Evening Star Newspaper, January 13, 1935, Page 13

ooei e | @he Sunday Shae DELAYEDBY FIGHT FOR MORE POLIGE Measure Will Not Be Re- ported to House Before Wednesday. PASSAGE BY WEEK END SOUGHT BY CANNON Increases in Various Departments to Be Attempted on Floor by Lawmakers. The House Appropriations Commit- tee yesterday altered its plans to re- port the District supply bill tomorrow, | as preparations were made by several members to make a determined fight | on the floor to give the Police Depart- ment the 35 additional men sough[l by the Commissioners, but denied in | the budget estimates. A delay in reporting the District bill was necessitated by action of | House leaders, who decided to give the right of way tomorrow to a joint resolution designed to consolidate the unexpended balances of current ap- propriations for the various Govern- ment emergency agencies. The earliest the District measure can be reported now is Wednesday, { because the House intends to adjourn over Tuesday so the Democrats can Jjourney to Harrisburg, Pa., to attend the inauguration of Gov.-elect. Earle. A special train has been chartered for the trip. May Be Passed Soon. Even a two-day delay will not pre- vent passage of the bill before the end of the week. That is the aim of Chairman Cannon of the Appropria- tions Subcommittee which framed the measure. There is no particular reason for rushing through the District measure, and a delay might be advantageous because the Treasury experts, working on the tex study at the direction of President Roosevelt, might finish their work 1n the meantime, and find that the Federal obligation to the expenses of the municipal government should be increased above the $5.700,000 as fixed in the bill. The Appropriations Committee has indicated if the Presi- dent recommends a higher contribu- tion the figure could be changed. A number of House members, not on the Appropriations Committee, are planning to fight for increades Yor | various departments, but the battle will | center chiefly over the Police Depart- | ment. Police Supt. Brown originally asked the Commissioners for 140 additional men in the coming fiscal year, but they | agreed to give him 35 more, the num- ber needed to fill existing vacancies in his force. The Budget Bureau, however, decided the department could function satisfactorily without additional men, despite additional de- mands being made on it and the gam- bling “racketeers” situation. No Increase Allowed. The subcommittee, it is understood, followed the budget recommendation in this respect, and make no allow- ance in the appropriation bill for an increase in the force. For this reason, members of the House who understand the problems of the de- partment are planning to appeal for an increase in the appropriation over the amount carried in the bill. Quite a scrap also is expected on the floor over an item in the appropria- tion for the public schools for char- acter education. Dr. Frank W. Ballou, superintendent of schools, already has exerted all of his energy to convince the subcommittee of the importance of character education in the life of the modern school child, but there are some members of the House who are still skeptical. One member is known to be drawing up an amend- ment to transfer the character edu- cation appropriation to the Com- munity Center Department. ‘The bill, as it will be reported, is understood to carry appropriations totaling approximately $41,000,000, the same amount as recommended in the budget. The subcommittee, however. has made a number of changes in the budget report by increasing some items and decreasing others, without materially altering the total figure, — AUTO INJURIES FATAL TO WOMAN Alice Campbell, 50, Dies at Hos- pital as Police Hold Driver of Car. Alice Campbell, 50, colored, of 1201 Q street, died late yesterday in Freed- men’s Hospital from complications E. C. Jones, above, fireman, who last night carried Fire Chief C. E. Schrom to safety whon the latter dropped unconscious from smoke while they were fighting a small fire. FRENEN CARRY CHEF 0 SHFETY Overcome at Small Fire, C. E. Schrom Found Prostrate on Floor. | | | Firemen who stumbled over his prostrate form in the darkness of a smoke-filled” corridor carried Chief Charles E. Schrom to safety last night after the Fire Department head was overcome while battling a small blaze on the third floor of the Merchants’ Transfer & Storage Co., 920-22 E street. The fire caused practically no damage. Chief Schrom was removed in an ambulance to Emergency Hospital, where he was revived. He was kept in the hospital overnight. The blaze was discovered about 6:30 o'clock by the watchman, Ben- jamin F. Alsop. Chief Schrom arrived soon after the alarm was turned in, and followed his men to the scene of the blaze. The firemen who carried the chemical hose through the smoke- filled corridor donned gas masks, but Chief Schrom followed them without taking this precaution. Pvt. E. C. Jones oZ No. 2 Engine Company was returning from the room where the blaze originated when he stumbled over a form on the floor. It was not until Jones and other firemen carried him to safety that they recognized their chief. Another fireman, Pvt. J. C. Everett of No. 14 Engine Company, was temporarily affected by the smoke. He was given first aid by his companions. COREY WILL DISCUSS COMMUNISM TONIGH Author and Economist Main Speaker in Town Hall Ses- sion at Hotel. Lewis Corey, author and economist, will discuss “The Economics of Com- munism” as the principal address in the Town Hall tonight at 8 o'clock at the Shoreham Hotel. Corey, who recently wrote “The De- cline of American Capitalism,” will be subjected to questioning by a panel of five and possibly six questioners. They are Representative Hamilton Fish of New York, a member of the House Foreign Affalrs Committee, who conducted an investigation into Communist activities about two years ago; Wayne C. Willlams, assistant to the Attorney General; Demarest Lloyd, editor of Affairs, a Washington news weekly; Richard H. Sanger, writer, who spent some time as an employe of an official Communist resulting from injuries received when she was struck by an automobile No- wvember 15. Police were holding Robert H. Mitchell, colored, 44, of 3028 N street, at No. 2 precinct for action of the coroner. ‘The Campbell woman was struck at ‘Thirteenth street and Rhode Island avenue while crossing the street, and taken to Freedmen's Hospital. She ‘was treated for a fracture of the right leg at*the time, and her condition was thought to be not serious. Her death yesterday was due to a fracture of the tibia and hypostatic pneumonia, according to police. DRIVER EXONERATED Coroner’s Jury Rules Man, 82, to Blame for Injuries. Alan R. Crain, 17-year-old stu- dent, 2943 Tilden street, was exon- erated\yesterday by a coroner’s jury in the death of Charles E. Ashby, 82, of Cherrydale, Va, who died in Emergency Hospital January 9, as a result of injuries received Novem- ber 23, when he was injured by Crain’s automobile at the intersec- tion of Connecticut avenue and Porter streets. The jury found that Ashby had died from injuries he received as a gesult of his own “carelessness.” newspaper in Russia and who also worked there in a heavy industries factory, and Vladimir Gsozski, former officer in the Imperial Guard, former imperial Russian jurist, and naw an employe of the law division of the Library of Congress. e HOLD-UP NETS $18 Robber Waits Until Customers Leave Grocery. Waiting until the store had emp- tied of customers, a young white man armed with an automatic last night held up C. C. Chaney, manager of & Sanitary grocery at 1359 C street southeast, and escaped with $18. The bandit, described as about 25 and well dressed, herded Chaney and a olerk into a back room while he cleaned out the cash register. Chaney said the bulk of the day's receipts, an unrevealed amount, were overlooked. Boy Freed in Killing. TULSA, Okla, January 12 (P).— Paul Lumary, 15, who shot and killed 17-year-old Carl Pulliam, while “play- ing gangster,” was freed today by District Judge Thurman Hurst under parole. Both Lumary and Pulliem were under suspended sentences for burglary when the shooting occurred. - WASHINGTON, D. C, SUNDAY MORNING, JANUARY 13, 1935. D.CSUPPLYBIL | meseuer | VAN DUZER URGES|INSOLVENT BANKS' THREE-YEAR TESTS FOR DRIVERS HERE Traffic Chief Claim§ Many Motorists Not Familiar With Newer Rules. PROPOSAL TO TIGHTEN CONTROL MEETS DELAY Most Accidents Traced to Viola- tions of Rules—Commission Awaits Public Reaction, All Washington motorists would be required to pass tests every three years before their driving permits are renewed, under a recommenda- tion made to the Commissioners by Traffic Director William A. Van | Duzer. The traffic director declared many drivers now holding permits are not |qualified because of their failure to keep up with changes in regulations. This is one of a series of proposals for more rigid control over traffic and pedestrians advanced by Van Duzer and now being studied by the Commissioners. Prohibition of jay- walking also is one of the important suggestions. Action Is Postponed. Action on the whole matter has been postponed by the Commissioners to give time for careful study of the proposals, and, incidentally, to ascer- tain the reaction of the public. Com- missioner Hazen believes something should be done to stop jaywalking, but sees difficulties in enforcing a ban. Commissioner ~ Allen has withheld comment. Most accidents, said Van Duzer, in a lengthy analysis of traffic accident records, are due to violation of regu- lations. Most drivers subjected to tests, after being involved in traffic cases, fail to pass the examinations, he reported. “Many of these person had been driving for years, and had not even read the regulations since obtaining their permits,” he said. “They had forgotten many of the regulations and had not kept abreast of changes. It seems fairly safe to assume that this is true of many of the persons whose violation caused accidents.” Heaviest Toll Downtown. Van Duzer found that the central business district takes the heaviest accident toll. The surrounding ereas, where vehicular traffic is as heavy, have lighter accident tolls, due, per- haps, to the lighter pedestrian traffic, { he said. The hours between midnight and 7 am. he found to be the most dan- gerous. He believes that higher speeds are more prevalent in such hours and that this, combined with darkness, the absence of control meth- ods and the fatigue of motorists, make for greater severity of accidents. Rigid enforcement of rush-hour parking prohibitions would aid ma- | Van Duzer argued. The making of turns from the wrong lane of traffic is one type of violation that should be stopped completely, he added. Speeding Analyzed. Excessive speeds were held respon- sible for the heavy traffic toll on out- ,lying boulevards. Observations of 860 automobiles on Wisconsin, Massa- chusetts and Connecticut avenues and on Bladensburg road, where the legal limit is 30 miles an hour, Van Duzer reported, showed cars were traveling at an average speed of 33.7 miles per hour. The speeds in indi- vidual cases were found to vary from 10 to 67 miles an hour. The average speed ‘of those breaking the speed limit was found to be 47 miles an hour. ¢ Van Duzer found women have a better driving record than men. The traffic director proposed that the former practice of issuing a 10- day temporary permit be reinstated to give police time to check on appli- cations before permits are issued. GAS STATION MAN MYSTERIOUSLY SHOT Roughly Dressed Gunman Flees 16 Massachusetts Avenue After Wounding Marcey. Frank E. Marcey, 26, manager of a filling station at 16 Massachusetts avenue, was shot in the leg last night by a mysterious gunman who entered the office of the station and fired twice without warning. ! Marcey, who described the man as | being between 30 and 35 years old, roughly dressed in a brown overcoat and hat, was taken to Casualty Hos- pital, where his condition was said to be not serious. He told police the gunman parked his car, which later was reported stolen, near the station and entered the office with a pistol in his hand. Without speaking, Marcey said, the man fired at him twice, one of the bullets lodging in his right leg, and the other striking an oil barrel. The man then fled, leaving the au- tomohile. Officers investigating the shooting expressed the theory that Marcey's assailant was an amateur hold-up man and became rattled. Marcey lives at 508 Eighth street southwest. e AUTO HITS PEDESTRIAN Lonnie L. Hatley in Hospital as Driver Is Released. Lonnié L. Hatley, 40, of 45¢ C street, seriously injured last night when struck by an automobile at New Jersey avenue and. E street, ¥ At Casualty Hospital he was sald to have a-broken right arm and pos- sible intefhal injuries. Police >said the machine which struck Hign was operated by William .Bfi!e’{hnmmn. 49, colored, 440 M Police were told Hatley was cross- ing against the traffic lights when the accident s occurred. ‘Thomason was not held : 3 terially in reducing traffic accidents, | PAYMENTS TOTAL SLITS000 IN CITY Dividends to Depositors Range From 50 to 80 Per Cent. ADDITIONAL FUNDS DUE LATER, OFFICIALS SAY Total Remaining Uncollected As- sets Listed at Five Million, Book Value. Out of total assets of five insolvent banks in the District of Columbia amounting to $18,069,098.55, cash col- lections have been made to the extent \ of $7,775,872.18 up to the end of 1934, | according to quarterly reports by Nor- man R. Hamilton, receiver for the five institutions, made public last night. Dividends paid to unsecured credi- tors, such as depositors, range from 50 per cent to 80 per cent among these banks, and total altogether $4,804,- 740.50. Some further dividends may be available, but the quarterly reports make no prediction as to when these additional dividends may be available, nor how much they will be. The District National Bank, which had assets at date of its suspension of $8.601,400.13, acquired $434,872.57 assets after suspension. and a stock assessment of $1,000,000 was levied, making total assets of this institution to be accounted for $10,036,272.70. One dividend of 50 per cent has| been paid by this bank, the con- servator paying $1.793,757.63 on re- organization of the bank, and the receiver since paying sufficient addi- tional to claimants who did not get it from the conservator to make total | payments to unsecured creditors | { $1.911,053.60 Some stockholders are making a | | court fight to prevent collection of | | stock assessment, so that the receiver has listed no collections from stock | assessment as such, turning the pay- | ments from some other stockholders ! into a trust fund to await court de- | termination of the stockholders’ fight. Total remaining uncollected assets are listed at $5,121,833.12, book value. Cash collections total $4,135,815.34. Repayment to R. F. C. The Reconstruction Finance Corp., | which loaned $817.287, had been re- paid in the amount of $148.230.90. The Potomac Savings Bank had as- | sets, including a 100 per cent stock | assessment of $140,000, totaling $3,526,844.05, out of which total cash| collected from assets is listed at; $1.435,940.87. Only one dividend of 50 per cent has been paid through the conserva- tor on reorganization of the bank. This | | dividend. including some payments by | I'the receiver since, on the same 50! per cent, total $1,018546.01. A suit is pending in this institution over right of the receiver to collect a stock { assessment, so the collections Irnmi this source are not segregated. The | Reconstruction Finance Corp. loaned this bank $445,575, of which $99,714.37 has been repaid. Receiver Hamilton has paid addi- tional dividends in the Seventh Street Savings Bank, which in addition to the original 50 per cent paid by the conservator brings the total to 80 per cent, or a total cash of $839.147.75. Of total assets of $1,869,942 in this bank, including a stock assessment of $100,000. total cash collected is listed at $801,382.55, but stock assess- ments collections are also segregated in this account. Out of a total of a loan of $623,407 from the R. F. C. the receiver has repaid $254,807. Total remaining un- collected assets are listed at book value $930.571.54. Cash in hands of receiver and controller is $44,806.46. 75 Per Cent Paid. The Northeast Savings Bank has paid a total of 75 per cent dividends to depositors, including the original 50 per cent and an additional 25 per cent, amounting_altogether to $792.- 943.33. The R. F. C. loan of $462,330 has been curtailed by $272,330. A stock assessment of $100,000 has been levied against the share owners, but not segregated on collections. Total | | Sports—Pages 7 to 11 Two Dogs Accused in Barnyard Massacre D'STR'[:T HEA“S SUSPECTS IDENTIFIED BY OWNER OF 14 SLAIN GAME CHICKENS. Herbert Payne of Falls Church. Va., points an accu his arms around the anima Hewett Covington, who ha prepares to lead him away killed 14 prize chickens belonging to payne. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. FALLS CHURCH. Va., January 12. —The fate of two suspects identified in a barnyard massacre at a sensa- tional canine line-up here today was to be determined before County Judge Ben Hedrick on Monday. The suspects, Buster, a pet of 6- vear-old Hewitt Covington, and Kipp, belonging to the young children of Mr. and Mrs. Sam P. Grubb. were picked from a line-up by S. Herbert Payne as the dogs who killed 14 game chickens in his back yard on Decem- ber 28. Payne “put the finger on™ Buster and Kipp amid several hundred more or less hostile spectators in Grubb's back yard, while movie sound ap- paratus and news cameras recorded the event. Identity Held Mistaken. The line-up was ordered by Judge Hedrick after Maj, William L. Coving- ton, Hewitt's father, and Grubb were haled into court on Payne's com- plaint. Maj. Covington, an attorney for the Civil Service Commission. and Grubb, en employe in the supervising architect’s office, Treasury Department, contended it was a case of mistaken identity. This morning the two fathers rounded up eight dogs of mixed pedi- gree. They hastily erected a wire in- closure in Grubb’s yard and placed the dogs in charge of a colored youth, who was under orders to hide their identity and not to address them by name. TRUMAN IN GROUP HANDLING D.C. BLL Missouri Senator Named on Appropriations Sub- committee. BY J. A. O'LEARY. One new member, S. Truman, Democrat, Oddly enough, four of the dogs bore 1g finger at Buster, the dog owned by 6-year-old neck, as State Game Warden W. Harry Johnson Buster was picked as one of the two Falls Church dogs which allegedly have —Star Staff Photo. | between a lane of spectators. He TOHEARVIEWSON ENLARGED POWERS Wednesday Designated as Date for Hearing on Proposed Bill. CONTROL OF EDUCATION BOARD IS OPPOSED Commissioners to Delay Decision Until After Civic Federation Takes Action, . A public hearing on the proposed bill to enlarge the powers of the District Commissioners, which would give them control over the Board of Education and other semi-independ- ent groups, will be held Wednesday at 10 am.,, it was announced yesterday. Commissioners Hazen and Allen agreed to. withhold action on the measure until various interested groups had filed formal statements. It had been suggested that the hearing be delayed until after the meeting of the Federation of Citizens’ Associations on January 19. This has been avoided by the willingness of the city heads to postpone action until the federation statement is presented following its meeting. Opposition Voiced. The hearing will last until all in- terested parties have had opportunity to voice their views. A storm of objection against giving the Commissioners control over the acts of the Board of Education already has come from officials of that body as well as numerous civic groups. Fears have been voiced that such a change would open the door to injec- tion of politics in _he appointment of a striking resemblance in size and | Pointed to Buster and then leveied a|executives of the school system. color to brown Buster and the re- maining f were of a brindle hue, such as Kipp's. | The suspects themselves were smug- gled in among their canine counter- parts by an unidentified Individual, who later admonished the growing ring of spectators not to address any dog by name. | State Game Warden W. Harry | Johnson was there as official rep- | resentative of the court to see justice done. There were rumors that Payne had seen at least one suspect’s pic- | ture in the paper and already knew which dogs belonged to the Grubb {and Covington families. The Grubb children, 8-year-old Jimmie, and Sam, jr.. just 3, remained | indoors with their father. who had tumbled down the steps in the excite- ment of the preliminaries and sprained his ankle. Grubb later limped out, leading Jimmie and Sam, but warning them a2gainst showering any sympathy on Kipp. Meanwhile, Payne, a farmer who lives on the outskirts of Falls Church, remained in an automobile parked in !front of the Grukb home until all was in readiness. Several policemen were there to maint: crowd grew as sound reel men backed trucks into place and set | paratus. When all wes in readiness, the ac- | cuser advanced toward the menageri On Committee Senator Harry | of Missouri, | was appointed yesterday to the Dis- | trict of Columbia Subcommittee of the Senate Appropriations Committee. The size of the subcommittee Te- mains the same, however, since one assets are listed at $1,901,192.31. Total | of last year's members, former Senator | cash collected, excluding stock assess- ment, is $1,081,504.34. Total remain- ing uncollected assets are $657.586.30, and the cash in hand is $43,353.30. The Washington Savings Bank, against whose stockholders there has dividends of 70 per cent, amounting to $243,049.81. Total assets are listed | Democrat, of Oklahoma, chairman, | at $734,847.35, and cash collections at $321,229.08. Total remaining un- collected assets are booked at $346.- 639.54. The cash in hand is $12,104.92. The R. F. C. loan of $247,395 has been repaid in the sum of $133,695. CLUB ELECTS BRANDT Gridiron Member Correspondent of St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Raymond P. Brandt, Washington correspondent of the St. Louis Post- Dispatch, was unanimously elected an active member of the Gridiron Club at a meeting of the club yes- terday. Brandt came to Washington a num- ber of years ago to enter the Wash- ington Bureau of the Post-Dispatch. He was made head of that bureau when Charles G. Ross returned to St. Louis to take charge of the edi- torial staff. Brandt is a graduate of the University of Missouri and a Rhodes scholar. INSPECTORS TO MEET Electrical Problems to Be Dis- cussed at Session. A public session for discussion of specific electrical problems will be held tomorrow night by the George Washington Chapter of the Inter- national Association of Electrical In- spectors, in the board room of the District Building.’ Herbert A. Friede, superintendent of fire’ alarms for the District, will speak on fire alarm systems. E. B. Fetty of the District Electrical De- ént is chairman of the body and . 8. Zebley of the same department is secretary-treasurer, [} Patterson, Republican, of Missouri, was defeated in the November elec- tions, The other members of the sub- committee, which handles the annual appropriation bills for the National | been no assessment, has paid total|Capital, will be the same as at the | last session, namely: Senator Thomas, and Senators Glass. Democrat, of Vir- ginia; Copeland, Democrat, of New York; Coolidge, Democrat, of Mas- sachusetts; Overton, Democrat, of Louisiana; Nye, Republican, of North Dakota; Keyes, Republican, of New Hampshire; Carey, Republican, of Wyoming: King, Democrat, of Utah; Tydings, Democrat, of Maryland, and Capper, Republican, of Kansas. The last three are ex-officio members by reason of their positions on the Senate District Committee. Interested in City Planning. / Senator Truman is deeply interested in the city planning, having taken a leading part in recent years in the development of regional plans for six counties in and around Kansas City. He was born at Lamar, Mo., in 1884. During the World War he served over- seas as commander of a battery of the 129th Field Artillery. In 1924 he was elected a judge of the County Court for Eastern Jackson County, Mo., and from 1926 until his election to the Senate last year he was presiding judge of the court. Senator Thomas, who has been sub- committeq chairman during the past two years, plans to wait until the local supply bill comes from the House be- fore ing a detailed study of District needs for the next fiscal year. New members also have been added to subcommittees in charge of some of the other annual appropriation bills in the Senate. Another Post to Truman, On the subcommittee in charge of the agricultural appropriation bill there will be'two new members, Sena- tor O'Mahoney, Democrat, of Wyo- ming, and Senator Truman. On the subcommittee to handle the legislative supply bill Senator Carey, Republican, of Wyoming, succeeds former Senator Patterson. ~ | SENATOR TRUMAN. MAPESWILSE 0.C INCONE TAY Representative Norton Will Oppose Bill Planned by Michigan Man. Representative Mapes, Republican, of Michigan, who has worked unsuc- cessfully for several years to give the District some new_forms of taxation, announced yesterday he proposed to reintroduce his bill to substitute en income tax for the present tax on intangible personal property. The measure, however, is expected to meet considerable opposition. Rep- i resentative Mary T. Norton, chairman of the House District Committee, said she would oppose it. An income tax for the District, Mrs. Norton said, “Is unnecessary at this time.” Mapes’ bill would affect every un- married individual having a net in- come for the taxable year of $1,000 or more, married persons with an in- come of $2,500 a year or more and every person having a gross income of $5,000 a year or more regardless of the amount of his net income, Men to Give Supper. KENSINGTON, Md., January 12 (Special). —The men of St. Paul's Methodist Episcopal Church will hold their annual roast turkey supper Thursday evening from 5:30 to 7 L in order, for the ! up ap- | finger at Kipp. Coached by the sound recl men, he Kept repeating: | “There is the dog that killed my chickens!” All of the dogs set up a sympathetic howl. There was a murmur of in- dignation. “He knew all along,” some one said, or “He saw the dogs in the Grubb's yard” and aghin, “He | identified them from that newspaper picture!” Choice Made Close to Dogs. Attorney J. J. Kramer declared the identification was illegal because { Payne had seen the chicken killers at 35 yards, while he made today's | identification at from 5 to 20 feet. and then only after a considerable pause. Little Hewitt ran into the inclosure to hug Buster, whom he had raised from a puppy. The small members | of the Grubb family consoled Kipp. Game Warden Johnson announced he would report the identification to | Judge Hendrick wien the trial is re- sumed Monday. | Under a Virginia statute, dogs which are confirmed chicken killers can be executed by court order. Kipp and Buster were released in custody of their masters, however, pending the outcome of the trial. Maj. Covington and Grubb announced they had “only begun to fight.” It was said that Payne would press for damages also, valuing the slain ! chickens at $10 each. SULLIVAN LEAVES CASHTO CHARITIES |Estate Valued at $70,000 Disposed of in Will of Attorney. An estate valued at more than $70,- 000 was disposed of in the will of the late Joseph D. Sullivan, prominent local attorney, it was disclosed yester-. day in District Supreme Court. Mr. Sullivan, a leader of the local bar, was identified with many impor- tant cases in Washington, including his service as counsel for the trustees | in bankruptcy of the Swartzell, Rheem | & Hensey Co. He was also professor of the law of real property at George Washington University Law School and the author of a text book on that subject. A petition for probate of the will, filed by Leonard W. Groomes, valued Mr. Sullivan’s real estate holdings at $25,000 and his personal property at $46,255. The petition was filed through Attorney James A. Davis. Bishop Curley Gets Fund. The will bequeathed $500 each to the Little Sisters of the Poor and St. Ann’s Infant Asylum, and $250 each to the Conference and the Particular Conference of the Society of St. Vin- cent de Paul. Archbishop Michael J. Curley of Baltimore was given $2.000 to spend “in his absolute discretion for charitable purposes in the Dis- trict.” Mr. Sullivan also gave $5.000 to St. Mary's Seminary of Baltimore and $2,000 to the Foreign Mission Seminary, Brookland, D. C. . After providing for a bequest of $20,000 to his mother, Mrs. Mary C. Sullivan, 1849 Vernon street, he di- rected that the residue of the estate be divided equally between a sister, Mary E. Sullivan, and two brothers, Thomas V. and Francis P. Sullivan. Mr. Sullivan died November 26. Other wills filed with the court in- cluded that of the late Mrs. Sabine Drury Callaghan, who named her four children as the principal bene- ficiaries of her $600,000 estate. The children are Mrs. Lilly C. Wallace, 3315 Cleveland avenue; Mrs. Edith Hatheway, 2144 I street; Leo Callaghan and Mrs. Madeline C. Tuck. The will designated the National Met- ropolitan Bank as trustee of the estate. Harold L. Kertz was designated as attorney. . Hofstetter's Will. - The late Joseph Hofstetter, 2784 Military road, left an estate worth approximately $67,000, it was learned when his widow, Mrs. Ethel F. Hof- stetter, filed ¢ petition for authority to administer the estate. The petition, filed through Attorney Charles E. Ford, o'clock in the Sunday School rooms. | (Continued on Pl_xe 2, Column 1.), L] Commissioner Allen has expressed a willingness to have written into the Ibul a definite provision for creation i by law of a definite merit system for |cmp10,\-rs of the school system and a waiver of power of the Commis- | sioners to appoint members of the i Board of Education. The Commis- sioners believe, however, it is stated. that they should be given power of appointing members of the School Board. Commissioner Allen has sug- gested that this matter be debated at the public hearing. Reorganization Proposed. ‘The question of who should have control over the entire public school ystem also is expected to be raised n proposals for reorganization of the District government. This matter is expected to be presented soon on & report to the Senate District Commit- teee by members of the committee named by that body to study reorgan- ization. Members of this committee are Wil- liam A. Roberts, people’s counsel; Ma). Dahiel J. Donovan, District auditor and budget officer, and a representa- tive of the Budget Bureau. CITIZENS TO RESUME RECREATION STUDY Control of Play Facilities Again ‘Will Be Discussed at Meet- ing Tuesday. Discussion of where control over the recreational facilities of the Dis- trict should be lodged will be resumed by the Citizens' Committee, created at the invitation of the Commission- iers, at a meeting Tuesday at 2:30 pm. in the conference room of the National Capital Park and Planning Commission. Reports on organization and pro- cedure will be taken up at that time, it was announced yesterday by Miss Sibyl Baker, supervisor of District playgrounds. Leifur Magnusson is chairman of the’ Committee on Or- .nmunon and Mrs. Horace J. Phelps of the Committee on Procedure. John Nolen, jr. director of plan- ning of the Park and Planning Com- mission, has been asked to explain the relation of that commission the recreation program of the Dis- trict, and William A. Roberts, people’s counsel, to speak on legislation af- fecting the operation of public recrea- tion centers. C. Marshall Finnan, supervisor of National Capital Parks, and Mrs. Elizabeth K. Peeples, director of the Community Center Department of the public schools system, have been invited to attend. COMMITTEE TO STUDY NEW DISTRICT BILLS Senate Group Expected to Meet Early This Week—Nine Measures Passed. ‘With nine local bills already ap- proved by the Senate and sent to the House for consideration, Chairman King of the Senate District Commit- tee plans to call another meeting this week to consider additional measures submitted by the Commissioners. Senator King said the meeting would be called either for Tuesday or Thursday. The bills already passed by the Senate, including the anti-gambling and motorist - safety responsibility measures. were all proposals that had passed either House or Senate, but not both branches, in the last Con- gress. Senator King decided to expe- dite these proposals. LE DROIT BUS ASKED Roberts Says People Demand Transportation Service. Substitution of bus service for trans- portation formerly furnished by the LeDroit Park street car line, which was abandoned January 7 by order of the Public Utilities Commission, was proposed yesterday by People's Counsel William A. Roberts. In a letter to the commission he asked for the calling of a public hear- ing on the matter, reporting that res- idents in the areas affected are pro- testing against lack of proper service under present arrangementds ’