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Washington News MEDIGAL-DENTAL GROUPS UNITE TO AID NEEDY HERE Service Bureau Approved to Finance Requirements of Many Families. STEP FIRST OF KIND TC BE TAKEN IN U. S. Will Care for Group Between Charity Cases and Those Able to Pay. Establishment of a Medical-Dental Service Bureau in Washington to handle the financial aspects of medi- cal and dental services for families of small wage earners has been de- cided upon by the four chief profes- sional bodies represcnting the two fields. This makes Washington the first city in the United States, according to an announcemen: today from the Medical Society of the District of Columbia, with a set-up established by the physicians and dentists them- selves to care for all classes of pa- tients. It is the most far-reaching answer yet made by the professions to the increasing demand, as re- flected in proposed legislation, to socialize heelth services. May Be Model for U. S. Leading physicians here believe it may become a model for “he rest of the Nation. One or another of the features have been put into effect in other cities, but nowhere else have the two professions provided for the entire economic range of patients. The four societies represented are: | The Medical Society of the District of Columbia, the District of Columbia Dental Society, the Medico-Chirurgi- | cal Society (colored) and the Rubert‘ T. Freemen Dental Society (colored). This establishment, which is ex- pected to be under way in approxi- mately a month, will be financed Jointly by the four societies. The bu- Teau was unanimously approved at the meeting of the Medical Society of the | District of Columbia last night. The Medical-Dental Service Bu- reau, as contemplated, will act some- what in the role of “financial secre- | tary” for the two professions in so far as their relations are concerned with | the great group who are not in the | charity class, who desire professional | services from men of their own choice, | but who are financially pinched. Procedure Outlined. ‘The procedure, as at present out- lined, will be as follows: The small wage earner will go to the physician or dentist of his choice, state his case, and be told the ap- proximate cost of the services re- quired. He will explain that his financial situation is such that the charges will be quite difficult to meet and that he | can only meet them on some plan of extended payments. | The professional man will then refer | him to the Medical-Dental Service | Bureau to attend to the financial as- | pects of the case. From this point on he is concerned only with the medical or dental side. The patient will go to the bureau, state his financial situation and the appropriate arrangements will be made for extended payments of as much of the doctor’s bill as, after investigation, it appears within the individual’s power to pay. If the professional man agrees to accept this amount, the transaction is finished so far as finan- cial arrangements between himself and the patient are concerned. Bureau Will Collect. ‘The payments will be made to the bureau. It, in turn, will pay the| physician or dentist. The idea of the bureau is to reach the entire class of patients between those who are entirely competent to pay the customary fees and those who have so little income that health services must be had practically with- | out cost if they are to be had at all. Patients of the latter class now are provided for through the recently in- sugurated central admitting bureau. ‘The establishment of the medical- dental service bureau makes it pos- sible for the patient in reduced cir- cumstances, or with a heavy load of expenses, to keep his self-respect and | complete independence in case of | family illness without placing him under an extreme burden, according to the society’s statement. The financial arrangements, it is proposed, will be made after due con- sideration of each particular case and all the circumstances involved, Thus a man earning a very good salary might, due to a series of family mis- fortunes, be in a position where need for medical or dental services would place him in a difficult situation. His case, as others, will fall within the domain of the bureau. OPEN FORUM IS DENIED | THOMSON SCHOOL USE| Linn A. E. Gale and the Washing- ton Open Forum have temporarily been denied the use of the Thomson School for their weekly meetings, but will have a definite answer at the next meeting of the Board of Educa- tion. Gale applied for the use of the building some time ago and on Feb- ruary 4 filed letters of commendation from Senator Royal S. Copeland of New York and Dr. Mordecai Ezekiel, economic adviser to the Secretary of Agriculture. B Dr. Frank W. Ballou, superintend- ent of schools, recommended that the request be denied under the boards ruling that the school buildings are not open to acrimonius discussions. Gale asserted that the forum is a neutral organization and offered the board a list of future speakers, along with their subjects. Ballou, however, persisted in his opposition, asserting that Gale’s meet- ings in the past had been of such nature as to cause embarrassment to teachers who participated. “The Washington Open Forum,” Ballou said, “does not measure up to the board’s standards.” . L] National banks: Commercial National Bank. District National Bank......... Federal-Amer. National Bank & Tr. Totals (three banks).......... Other banks: Bank of Brightwood. . Continental Trust Co. Chevy Chase Savings *Departmental Bank **Industrial Savings Bank International Exchange Bank North Capitol Savings Bank. Northeast Savings Bank Park Savings Bank. .. Potomac Savings Bank. Seventh Street Savings Bank. United States Savings Bank. ... Washington Savings Bank. .. Woodridge-Langdon Sav. & Com.. Totals (fourteen banks) Totals (seventeen) banks. . PAY $B%9103 17 Which Closed Here Re- turn More Than Half of Total Deposits. Seventeen insolvent banks in the | hands of receivers in the District of | Columbia had paid out to depositors | by the end of 1934, a total of $23,- 959,103, it was announced today by | Controller of the Currency O'Connor. There still remains unpaid in these |17 banks a total of $17,274,599 de- posits, according to a statement pre- | pared from receivers’ reports to the controller. The total amount of deposits in these banks at the date of suspension | was $41,233,702. Receivers in charge still are pro- ceeding with liquidation, with pros- pects, it is understood. that some further dividends will be paid. But nothing official now is available as to when the dividends may be forth- coming. The figures from the controller’s cffic do not include two other in- | solvent banks, which failed to re- | open at the end of the President's | banking holiday in March, 1933, the Mount Vernon Savings Bank and the Franklin National Bank. They were not in the list because these insti- tutions are mot in the hands of the | controller's receivers, but are held | by liquidating trusts. The best of both of these banks were sold-to the City Bank of Washington, which now has several branches through- out the city, and the remaining as- sets are being liquidated for the bene- fit of depositors by the liquidating trusts. Some of the banks in the adjoining table closed in July, 1932, and the | remainder closed early in 1933. FUNDS ARE SOUGHT FOR ADAMS SCHOOL Structure Ravaged by Fire Will Be Restored for Class Room Purposes. Funds will be sought from Congress to rebuild the old John Quincy Adams School, which was gutted by flames little more than a week ago, but it will not be re-equipped as an office building. For the past few years the Adams School has been used as an overflow office structure from the Franklin School, administrative headquarters, and it was expected by Dr. Frank W. Ballou, superintendent, that it could be abandoned permanently for class work. The Force and Cook schools in the same vicinity also were scheduled for abandonment, since the old structures have become antiquated. During the present school year, however, enroll- ment in the two outmoded schools increased by 305 pupils, and Dr. Bal- lou has decided that the Adams School is needed for classes more than for office space. The Franklin, Berry and other buildings—22 altogether—need to be replaced along with the Adams, Force and Cook schools, he said, but until their replacement can be made. The superintendent, meanwhile, was authorized by the board to prepare a list of projects that may be under- taken under the proposed new Fed- eral relief program. Three classes of projects will be outlined—those to provide employment simply for labor- ers; those requiring both materials and labor, and larger ones requiring definite building proposals. The plans will be worked out by Dr. Ballou and Status of Insolvent D. C. Banks *Figures derived from receivér's liquidation report of September 30, 1934; no report for December 31, 1934, having been received. **Estimated amounts, as receiver has submitted no report. INSOLVENT BANKS money becomes available no plans for ¢ @he Foen WASHINGTON, D. C, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1935. Deposits at failure. $11,058,615 6,077,504 9.‘3,793 Deposits paid off. $7,143,416 3,803,778 5,186,006 Unpaid. $3,915,199 2,273,126 4,397,787 $10,586,712 $26,719,912 $16,133,200 — ==k $512,073 5,766 461,881 634,222 172,871 192,411 299,702 844,691 864,363 1,294,350 963,689 1,115,564 277,537 186,783 278,028 168,151 315,925 260,439 728,160 303,905 2,515,191 775,546 102,274 626,416 81,889 144,656 1,741,980 359,426 331,439 $14,513,790 $7,825,903 $6,687,887 == 41233702 $23,959,103 $17,274599 SHIFT IN'HOUSING MAY CURBDISEASE Decentralization of 2,000 Transients Planned in Meningitis Fight. . Decentralization of the 2,000 transi- ents under public care here was being | planned today by Federal officials in a move to combat any spread of spinal meningitis, which provoked an order Tuesday night for quarantine of the men in the various buildings whaere they have been housed. The plans are being made under | direction of Dr. C. E. Waller of the | Public Health Service, medical direc- | tor of the Federal Emergency Relief Administration, and Aubrey Williams | of the F. E. R. A. stafl. Survey was being made today to | determine if an adequate number of | small lodging places could be pro- vided so as to break down the con- gestion of transients in their present quarters and to determine if a large number should be moved to Fort Hunt, Va, or some other outlying Federal property. Up to noon a defi- nite plan had not been announced. $35.000 Made Available. Meanwhile, Williams, assistant to Harry L. Hopkins, Federal relief ad- ministrator, made available an ad- ditional $35,000 for the care of transients here. Only a partial grant for relief operations was made to the District at the opening of this month to carry the District through the first 10 days of February. At that time $33000 of the total partial grant of $220,000 was assigned to transient re- lief. The additional sum for transients is calculated to provide for needs through February 20. The extra sum for transients was not forthcoming because of the men- ingitis problem. but its availability will assure the Transient Bureau with funds up to February 20 One additional transient suspected of having the disease was isolated yesterday at Gallinger Hospital for | careful examination. There now are five transients there under treatment. The Public Health Service has as- | signed Dr. J. P. Leake, senior surgeon, as an assistant to Dr. Waller. Cases Closely Studied. | It was brought out today that Fed- | eral officials are studying meningitis | cases among transients at various places in the country, to take precau- | tionary steps to prevent spread of the | disease. The general tentative plan | is for decentralization of the housing of transients wherever possible, be- | cause the disease develops under con- gested housing of the men. Richard Gebhardt, District transient | director, and Dr. Edward J. Schwartz, | acting District health officer, con- ferred today with other District offi- cials on the meningitis problem, but | are awaiting word from Federal offi- cials before any change is made in the quarantine. Extra nurses have been assigned to observe transients who have contracted colds and fever, these being symptoms of the disease. Closer medical examinations are made in | such cases. Gebhardt reported the morale of the transients is remaining good and extra entertainment facilities, such as games and radios, have been provided to ease their confinement. ——e CARD PARTY PLANNED The Ladies’ Auxiliary, No. 13, to Columbia Typographical Union, No. 101, will hold a card party tomorrow at 8:30 p.m. at 1219 G street to aid in a Nation-wide drive for funds to erect a home for aged members of auxiliaries throughout the country. The site for the home has been selected in _Colorado Springs, near the Union Printers’ Home. Member auxiliaries are making a special effort to raise necessary funds so that con- struction of the home will be started the board’s Finagce Committee. A steady rhythm of high, frenzied bidding featured the fifth session of the current auction at Henderson Castle. It was the “best audience,” from the standpoint of prices brought, since the beginning of the sale. Operations got off to a good start when the first item, 24 “handsome English silver gilt service plates,” crawled in $2.50 and $5 bids to a knockdown at $37 apiece. The rather faint voice of Mrs. George Burnham of the Mayflower Hotel, announcing that she would purchase the lot at that price, drew a chorus of buzz and comment from the crowd. Packed in both wings off the art gallery, where the sale is in progress, the audience was large, chummy and responsive to Auctioneer Adam Wesch- ler’s persuasive chanting, despite the latter’s three-day siege of laryngitis. The sale was slow only because, for each item, there were so many com- peting bidders. Only a handful of men attended this morning. Once started, the silverware, first of the objects offered for today’s morning session, went quickly. “Best Audience’ Auction Buys Items Rapidly by Fall. *> at Henderson group in the sale, likewise went rapid- 1y at rather startling prices. Despite the warnings of the auc- tioneer that several of the fans were somewhat frayed and dilapidated, the audience seemed bent on getting at least one of the ostrich plumes or French silk creations once wafted back and forth by the Washington so- ciety arbiter. An old lace and mother- of-pear] dainty brought $19.50 in a spirited zigzag of price boosting. There were a few arguments as to Wwho had won a couple of the races for black lace and Japanese feather fans, and these items were resold according to ancient auction laws. All together, a total of 14 fans brought a total of $89. A small lot of Chinese and Japa- nese swords, with bone and ivory scabbards intricately carved and in- laid with pastoral scenes and the con- ventional dragons of Oriental my- thology, averaged about $15 apiece. These old weapons, fit accommoda- tion for any mandarin bent on hara- | ber of the detective force denying that | documents are designed to answer a |to be questioned about the recent | mands for action. feather and ‘The outlay of lace, the next satinwood fans, displayed as kari, were part of a lot collected by the late John Hendesson, jr. s ® WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION HOUSE APPR[]VES Pylons and Kiosks to Mark $1.500 FUND FOR D. C. CRIME PROBE Accounts Committee Re- duces $2,000 Request of District Committee. ALSO BARS PRIVATE STENOGRAPHERS’ USE Hearings to Be Resumed Tomor- row and Burke Is Expected to Submit Affidavits. Without debate the House today adopted a resolution providing an op- propriation of $1.500 for the special District Crime Investigating Com- mittee. A $2,000 fund was sought by the House District Committee to enable the investigating group to employ a special investigator, stenographers, a clerk and to meet other incidental | expenses in connection with its work. The House Accounts Committee, how- | ever, in reporting out the resolution, reduced the amount to $1,500. The House not only approved this change, but adopted another amend- ment to the resolution requiring the Investigating Committee to use offi- cial stenographers of the House in- stead of private stenographers as a | means of reducing expenses. Resume Hearings. In the meantime, the investigating committee made preparations to re- sume its hearings tomorrow at 10:30 am. Inspector Frank S. W. Burke, chief of detectives, will be recalled to the witness stand to be followed by Lieut. George M. Little, head of the Police Department’s special gambling and vice squad, and Sergt. George Deyoe. his chief aide. Burke will turn over to the com- mittee affidavits signed by every mem- they have failed to make true reports of their activities in the past. These charge of Representative Schulte, Democrat, of Indiana that some d tectives assigned to work in the pre- cincts depended on their partners to report for them while they remained at_home in bed Lieut. Little and Sergt. Deyoe are gambling crusade. Schulte wants them to explain the sudden closing of 100 gambling establishments several months ago when “the heat was turned on” as a result of civic de- May Call Garnett. The committee next week plans to call Leslie C. Garnett, United States attorney for the District, and other court attaches to discuss the jury system and the parole and probation law. Judges of the various District courts also are to be requested to testify, but the committee under the House resolution authorizing the inquiry will not be permitted to question them as to their reasons for any act of “ju- dicial discretion.” That restriction was written into the resolution primarily to preclude the questioning of Judge Fay L. Bentley of Juvenile Court about her recent_action in committing two 15- year-old boys to the National Train- ing School for “joyriding” in a stolen automobile. The boys were later granted a new trial. CITY NEWS IN BRIEF. TODAY. Buffet supper, Amity Club, Hamilton Hotel, 8 p.m. Dinner, meeting, the Thirteen Club, Willard Hotel, 6:30 p.m. Bingo party, benefit St. Peter's Com- mandery, No. 134, Knights of St. John, 60 M street northeast, 8 p.m. Turkey dinner, benefit Unity Chap- ter, No. 22, O. E. S., Almas Temple, Thirteenth and K streets, 5 to 7 p.m. Dinner, meeting, Washington Leica Club, Kennedy-Warren Apartments, 7 pm. Card party, Newman Club of George Washington University, Willard Hotel, 8:30 p.m. Dance, Bull Run Camp, Sons of g:onfcderate Veterans, Willard Hotel, p.am. Dinner, National Institute of Adult Education, Mayflower Hotel, 8 p.m. Entertainment, auspices Vincent B. Costello Post, No. 15, American Legion, Home for Incurables, 7:45 p.m. Card party, benefit Ladies of Char- ity, St. Ann’s Orphan Asylum, 2300 K street, 8:30 p.m. TOMORROW. Card and bingo party, benefit Im- maculate Conception Church, audi- torium, Eighth and N streets, 8:30 p.m. Dance and card party, benefit Wil- liam F. Hunt Chapter, O. E. S, Wil- lard Hotel, 8:30.p.m. Dance, Georgetown University Jun- ior Promenade, Wardman Park Hotel, 10 pm. Dinner, Washington Academy of Surgeons, University Club, 7 p.m, Card party, benefit Women’s Aux- iliary, No. 13, Columbia Typographical Union, No. 101, 1219 G street, 8:30 pm. Ball, Catholic Students’ Mission Crusade, Mayflower Hotel. Smoker, Variety Club, Willard Hotel, 9 pm. Dance, Phi Mu Sorority, La Fayette Hotel, 9 pm. Dance, Alumni Association of Oxon Hill High School, school auditorium, 9 pm. Card party, benefit H Street Chris- tian Church, 60 M street northeast, 8 pm. Bingo party, benefit Blessed Vir- gin’s Sodality of Our Lady of Victory Church, parish hall, Conduit and Reservoir roads, 8 p.m. > S . Located between sidewalks and curbing at important points around the great Federal triangle in down- town Washington, these granite pylons and kiosks, shown above in architect’s sketches, are now un- der preliminary construction. They are designed by Bennett, Parsons & Frost, landscape architests, to mark with a “strong accent,” cer- tain imposing entrances to Fed- eral domain in the triangle of monumental Government buildings, between Pennsylvania and Consti= tution avenues and Fifteenth street. Both are of reinforced concrete bases, brick pillars, faced with granite. The pylon at left is 27 feet high, surmounted by an eagle and scroll, while the kiosk at right, with lion's head fountain, is 12 feet high, but wider than the pylon. —Star Staff Photo of Architect’s Sketches. AUTO BILL PASSES HOUSECOMMITTEE Favorable Report Quickly Made on D. C. Liability Measure. The automobile liability bill. which passed the Senate January 10, was re- ported favorably today by the Subcom- mittee on Streets and Traffic of the House District Committee. The sub- committee acted before several persons scheduled to support this legislation in the hearing reached the committee room. It was emphasized at the hearing that this bill had passed the House in previous Congresses and that there was no known objection to it. It is one of the measures of a 10-point program pressed by the Commissioners as imperatively important. Chairman Norton of the House Dis- trict Committee introduced the bill when submitted by the corporation counsel. It was drafted after con- ferences with officials of automobile associations and those most interested in traffic safety. It aims to promote safety on the public highways of the District by providing for the financial responsi- bility of owners and operators of motor vehicles for damages caused on the public highways and prescribes pen- alties for violations. The subcommittee also favorably re- ported a bill introduced by Repre- sentative Clark of Idaho, to change the name of Lefler place northwest running north from Oglethorpe street to Peabody street. The new name proposed is Second place, to conform to the general practice in naming short streets in the District. TOWN HALL BRINGS LORD LYTTON HERE British Statesman Speaks Sunday Night on “Far Eastern Prob- lem and Peace.” The Earl of Lytton, chairman of the League of Nations' mission to Manchuria in 1932 and one of the world’s outstanding statesmen, will dis- cuss “The Far Eastern Problem and World Peace” in the town hall of ‘Washington at the Shoreham Hotel Sunday night. Lord Lytton, who succeeded his father, Edward Bulwer Lytton, to the title in 1891, is the grandson of the famous novelist, Bulwer Lytton, who gained international renown for his “Last Days of Pompeii” The first Earl of Lytton wrote under the pen name of Owen Meredith and likewise became famous for his narrative poem, “Lucile.” Lord Lytton has had a distinguished career, having served twice as civil lord of the admiralty, and also as un- dérsecretary of state for India, gover- nor of Bengal, viceroy and acting governor general of India and British delegate to the League of Nations. He was the first English guest of the League for Political Education of the town hall of New York to be invited here on the Jonathan Peter- son Lectureship, which was estab- lished “to promote & better under- standing among the mush--pe.kmcl people.” ’ ng Star Society and General “Triangle” Garnett Nolle Prosses Ac- cusation, Acting on Jus- tice Head’s Orders. ‘The Sigma Chi Fraternity arson case, in the course of which Attorney | General Cummings personally sought | to nullify a conviction obtained against Edward J. Parlton and Albert | H. Smith, died an official death today | when United States Attorney Leslie C. Garnett, acting under instructions from the Department of Justice, nolle prossed it. Pariton and Smith, pledge and ! president, respectively, of the local Sigma Chi chapter, were convicted in District Supreme Court of deliberately starting a fire in the fraternity house which endangered the lives of several members. Parlton and Smith offered an alibi at the trial to the effect that they were en route to New Freedom. Pa.. at the time of the fire. Following their conviction, they carried the case to the Court of Appeals. In that proceeding, Garnett filed 2 brief reviewing the evidence and expressing the belief it was suffi- cient to justify the conviction. Then | the attorney general stepped into the | case and filed with the Appellate| Court & confession of error, setting forth his belief that the conviction was not justified by the evidence and | asking that it be set aside. The Court of Appeals declined to | abide by the request of the attorney | general, but then went on to reverse the conviction on the ground evi- dence had been improperly admitted at the trial. This action sent the case back to | the lower court, where it was subject either to a nolle prosse or a new trial. Garnett announced at the time he would take no action until he had heard from the Justice Department. He refused any comment after the case had been dropped today, but it was believed he acted under instruc- tions from the department. Attorney General Cummings said he had communicated with Garnett the desire of the Department of Justice that the case against the fraternity boys be nolle prossed. Cummings expressed himself as “well preased” with the decision of the District Court of Appeals upsetting the conviction of the pair. He said the action was in line with his own sentiments as stated in his petition confessing error. COMMITTEE NAMED ON SCHOOL HEALTH New Department Program to Be ‘Worked Out by Four Groups. Four committees were set up by the Board of Education yesterday upon recommendation of Dr. Frank W. Bal- lou, superintendent of schools, to work out & complete program for the new and enlarged department of health and physical education. Dr. Ballou reported that eight men now in the District school system and 31 outside the service have applied for the position as head of the new de- partment. Ten women now employed here and six from the outside have asked for the job as first assistant. He deferred recommendations, how- ever, to an indefinite future date. The committees to work out the curricula for the reorganized depart- ment are composed of the following: Senior high schools—Dr. Stephen E. Kramer, Garnet C. Wilkinson, Dr. Harvey A. Smith, G. David Houston, Lynn C. Woodworth, Dr. E. B. Hen- derson, Miss C. B. Meyers and Mrs. T. L. Robinson. Junior high schools—Dr. Kramer, Mr. Wilkinson, Chester W. Holmes, H. A. Haynes, L. A. Holmes, Mrs. H. E. Marshall and Miss E. W. Plimpton. Vocational schools—Dr. Kramer, Mr. Wilkinson, W. F. Smith, Miss Mary Lackey, E. D. Reed, F. E. Parks, jr.; Mrs. L. C. Randolph, Albert Nathan- son and Mrs. L. M. Atkins. Elementary schools—Robert L. Hay- cock, A. Kiger Savoy, Miss Elizabeth A. Hummer, L. L. Perry, Miss M. K. Steinle, Mrs. A. B. Bishop, Mrs. E. D. Fraser, Miss Augusta Kriener, B. J. Henléy and Miss A. J. Turner. Benefit Party Planned. A card party, sponsored by the Holy Name Society for the benefit of the Church of the Assumption, will be held this evening at 8 o’clock in the Assumption rectory, 3405 Nichols ave- nue southeast. RAID FREE ON BOND Not Guilty Plea Is Entered in Arraignment—Get Hearing Feb. 21. Eight men, taken in custody yes- terday in a gambling raid almost | within the shadow of the Capitol, were released in $2,000 bond each when arraigned today before United States Commissioner Needham C. Turnage on charges of setting up a gaming table. They pleaded not | guilty and will be given a preliminary | hearing before Turnage at 10 am, | February 21. the raid, but were released after hav- ing their names listed by police. They were warned to hold themselves in readiness to appear as United States witnesses. List of Those Booked. Those booked identified themselves as follows: block of East Capitol street; John M. Cornell, 31, of the 900 block of East Capitol street; Edgar J. Behrle, 39, of the 900 block of E street north- east; Fred A. Stillman, 42, of the 1700 block of P street; Kenneth T. Fifteenth street northeast; John E. Goetz, 36, of the 1600 block of Q street; Wilmer M. Long, 28, of the 700 block of Nin®teenth street north- east, and Frank E. Lynn, 51, of the 500 block of Fifth street. The raid followed charges several days ago by Representative Blanton, Democrat, of Texas that a gambling establishment “which everybody knows about” is operating close to the Capi- tol. The charges came during the special District crime investigation and there were veiled implications, expressed “off the record” in the in- quiry, that the police were afraid to raid the place because it was being patronized by employes of the Capitol. The heavily barricaded establish- ment was located on the third floor of the building at 113 B street, south- east, just across the street from the Library of Congress and only half a block from the old House Office Building. 56 Found in Place. ‘There were 56 men in the place when police smashed their way in at the height of the afternoon rush hour. The raid attracted hundreds of spectators including several mem- Forty-eight others were seized in | Charles Turner, 45, of the xzoo‘ Pumphrey, 29, of the 400 block of | PAGE B—1 GRAVELLY POINT AIRPORT ACTION 1S URGED AT ONCE House Subcommittee Hears Pleas of Several Wit- nesses for Speed. ARMY EXPERT HOLDS RECLAIMING IS SIMPLE Area Quickly Could Be Filled, Aiding Channel Opening, He Says. Immediate construction of a model municipal airport on the Gravelly Point site was urged by representatives of the National Capital Park and Planning Commission, the District Army Engineer’s Office and by Repre- sentative Smith of Virginia, at a hear- ing today before a subcommittee of the House District Committee. Representative Smith, author of the ball upon which hearings began today declared “the time has come to do something besides talk about this Gravelly Point matter.” “I think Gravelly Point is the only practicable site for an airport which will meet the requirements of the Capital,” Smith said. Settle Approves Site. Unqualified approval of the Gravelly Point site was voiced by Thomas S. Settle, secretary of the National Capi- tal Park and Planning Commission, who said his commission for ning years has studied the airport question here and has exhausted the possibili- ties of all other sites. He declared that construction of an airport upon filled ground, which would be necessary at Gravelly Point, presents no obstacles, and cited a number of large .municipal airports which have been so constructed. Among them he mentioned fields at New Orleans, La.; Portland, Oreg.; New York, Alameda, Calif.,, and Kan- sas City, Mo. ‘The work of reclaiming the Gravelly Point area already is in progress, the subcommittee was told by Maj. R. W. Crawford, District Army engineer. Maj. Crawford turned over to the committee an aerial photograph show- ing levees which have been con- structed around the area of the pro- posed airport to hold the dredgings which will be pumped from the river channel in connection with the reg- ular channel clearing program, Work Can Be Speeded. Maj. Crawford said that although normal dredging operations would re- quire 35 to 40 years to bring Gravelly Point up to grade, there is sufficient material available in the river bottom near the airport site to permit a | speedy filling of the area. | “There is a proposal to deepen the river channels in the main river, | Washington Channel and the Eastern | Branch,” Maj. Crawford said. “We | have exhausted other sites for dump- | ing the dredgings, and if this program | is undertaken all that material would | be disposed of at Gravelly Point. This | deepening not only would improve the river, but would decrease the danger | of floods.” The hearing is expected to continue for several days and a number of wit- nesses representing local civic and aeronautical organizations will be heard. The hearings are being con- | ducted by the Subcomm'ttee on Parks {and Playgrounds, Representative Jen- |nings Randolph of West Virginia, chairman. ELEVATOR INJURES D. C. ELECTRICIAN James Bailey Suffers Fractured Nose and Jaw in Municipal Garage. A descending elevator in the muni- cipal garage at the Ford Buijding, Pennsylvania avenue and ‘John | Marshall place, today struck and in- | jured James Bailey, 21, an electrician, | of 1351 Ridge place southeast. At bers of Congress and the crowd be- came so great police had difficulty in clearing the thoroughfare for traffic. Under the new police policy every one in the gambling rooms was given a ride to police headquarters in a patrol wagon. Two wagons were first called into service, then, when it be- came apparent these would not be enough, Lieut. George Little, raid commander, summoned all available wagons. | Emergency Hospital it was said he | is suffering from fractures of the nose and jaw with his condition as yet undetermined. | While there were no witnesses to | the accident, the superintendent of the building said Bailey was standing on a ledge separating two elevators and was searching for a key in the shaft of one when he was struck. Bailey's father, William Bailey, a | retired District employe, well known | for his work with the fire alarm sys- tem, was standing within 20 feet of Several patrons ran up to the third | the ‘elevato- 1 floor to hide as the raiders smashed ..1;ured.Etx%ext‘tge;‘fie::g? ;fin:?nr:;: through a final barred door on the | employes knew of the accident, how- third floor. but Lieut. Little’s men fer- | ever, until young Bailey climbed the Teted them out and herded them in | gate in front of the other shaft, with the rest on the third floor. All | calling for help. F then were taken out one at a time | and loaded into the patrol wagons, | much to the amusement of spectators and cameramen. Equipment Seized. Raiders seized a pool table, said to have been used for dice games; a ra- dio, several telephones, several loud- speakers, 1,200 numbers books, two barricaded doors and a quantity of poker chips. Little reported finding $2,127 on the eight men who were | charged. 3 Only a week ago a raid was made | PATRONS ANNOUNCED FOR DANCE TOMORROW Catholic Students’ Mission Group to Give Event at Mayflower Hotel. The Minister of the Irish Free State | and Mrs. MacWhite head the list of patrons and patronesses for the dance on the ouilding by fifth precinct police, who reported the building empty. New boards put in recently " |led police to believe plans were under | way for operating the establishment | on a larger scale. | Heavy timbers had been placed un- | der the ceiling between the second apd third floors. Police were unde- | c%ed whether these were merely for | reinforcement to enable the third floor to withstand more weight or whether it was to make it more difficult to gain entrance. . Lieut. Little said he had had the | place under surveillance for some time, however, and was merely waiting until sufficient information could be ob- tained to warrant a raid. Several members of Congress, at- tracted to the scene of the raid, praised Little and members of his squad for their activities. The squad commander commenting on the raid today, said: “The best part of it is that not a single man escaped.” 1 of the Catholic Students Mission Crusade, which is to be held in the Mayflower Hotel tomorrow night. The list follows: Minister of the Irish Free State and Mrs. MacWhite, Hon. J. H. Haeppel, Judge and Mrs. Michael M. Doyle, Mr, and Mrs. James E. Colliflower, Mr. and Mrs. Milburn J. Donohue, Mr. and Mrs. Irving C. Fox, Mr. Isaac Gans, Mr. and Mrs. Edward J. Hard- ing, Mr. Willlam Hayes, Mr. and Mrs. M. Frank Ruppert, Dr. and Mrs. Wi liam J. Stanton, Mr. and Mrs. W, Stewart, Dr. and Mrs. Hebert Wright, Holy Cross Academy, Saint Cecilia's Academy, Sacred Heart Academy, Immaculate Seminary, Notre Dame Academy and Holy Trinity High School. Philippines Improve. Business in the Philippines gained in 1934, according to sales tax re- \