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Washington News ELLENBOGEN AIMS AT FULL AGTIONBY HOUSE ON HIS BILL Presses to Bring Up D. C. Job Insurance Measure Next District Day. 'FAVORABLE REPORT IS SEEN TOMORROW New Legislation Is Introduced in View of Many Changes Decided in Hearings. Pressure for full House action at the | next District day on his unemploy- | ment compensation legislation for the District of Columbia will be brought by Representative Ellenbogen, Demo- crat, of Pennsylvania, he said thi: morning. A District day is scheduled in the House next Monday. | A favorable report on his bill \nl]i be submitted to the House District' Committee tomorrow, Mr. Ellenbogen | said and action on the national se- | curity progrem will not be awaited before pressing for House approval of | the local measure. He expects the | full House Committee to concur in | approval of the bill as reported by his | subcommittee, the Pennsylvania Dem- | ocrat said New Bill Introduced. In view of many changes decided upon after extended hearings on the | bill and in six executive sessions of the | subcommittee during the last two | weeks, Mr. Ellenbogen yesterday in- troduced in the House an entirely new | bill. It was referred at once to the District Committee and will be sub- stituted for the old bill in the sub- committee report tomorrow. { In addition to amendments already | made public during the executive ses- sions, the new measure will contain | numerous other changes. Most im- | portant of these. perhaps. is revision | of the administrative set-up whereby | the Advisory Council previously called | for is abandoned. In its place will | be a District unemployment compen- | sation commission of three members, | to be representatives of employers, | employes and the District government, | and to be named by the District Com- missioners, subject to approval of the | National Social Insurance Board. Fourth to Be Nominated. This District commission, in turn, will nominate a fourth District resi- dent to serve as director for the local | compensation organization. These | changes, while leaving the final con- | trol of the plan in the hands of the national board, will increase consid- ' erably the local administrative authority. The new bill also cuts the period of required employment during the 52 weeks preceding application for benefits from 20 to 17 weeks. The lump sum payment option by which the beneficiary might accept a cash settlement on his benefits and leave the city in order to seek employment elsewhere was eliminated. In its place, provision is made whereby the District compensation administration might enter into reciprocal agreements with other jurisdictions. »Responding to considerable agita- tion in the hearings, the subcommit- tee has provided in the new bill that the jobless who are under 21 and are | receiving benefits must attend voca- tional schools where these are avail- able. This corresponds to the prac- tice followed in the English system. Deduction From Pay Banned. The new bill also makes it a crim- inal offense for employers to deduct | part of their taxes from wages of em- ployes or for reducing these wages be- cause of the taxation. The merit system of establishing the tax rate, decided upon after the hear- ings, also is included in the new bill. This would allow the taxation of em- Dployers to be changed in 1940 so that degree of employment stabilization would be recognized. The rate might be reduced to a minimum of 11 per cent or raised correspondingly in com- par:son with the normal rate of 3 per cent. In other major respects the bill re- mains as originally drawn—employers of more than three persons to pay 3 per cent on their total pay rolls, while the District government pays 1 per cent of the same total, payments to begin January 1, 1936, and disburse- ments on January 1, 1937. MRS. THOMAS HORNE | DIES UNEXPECTEDLY Eastern Star Member Collapsed | Yesterday at Museum—Rites Tomorrow. Funeral services for Mrs. Maude Horne, wife of Thomas J. Horne, pre- parator, division of vertebrate paleont- ology, National Museum, will be held at the S. H. Hines funeral chapel tomorrow at 2 p.m. The Esther Chap- ter of the Order of the Eastern Star will conduct services at Glenwood Cemetery. Mrs. Horne collapsed suddenly yes- terday afternoon in the lobby of the myseum. She was pronounced dead upon arrival at Emergency Hospital. Besides her interest in the Order of the Eastern Star, she was an active member of St. Andrew’s Church. A native of Pennsylvania, she had lived here for the last 50 years. Her hothe was at 1791 Lanier place. She is survived, besides her husband, by three brothers, Charles Haas, Ken- sington, Md.; Joseph Haas, Mount Rainier, and John P. Haas, Balti- more; two sisters, Mrs. Mary Harley and Mrs. Reuben Bogley. and a step- daughter, Miss Eugenia Horne, all of ‘Washington. e Plan Bridge Luncheon ‘Representatives of District junior high schools will hold a bridge lunch- eon tomorrow at the home of Mrs. George Scheuch of the Macfarland School. Proceeds will be used to pur- chase a trophy to be given to the .Junior high school reaching 100 per cent on the honor roll, “© A | Chase High School, was seen here las WASHINGTON, D. C, PROBERS TO URGE Death Ends Runaway Journey Of Youth Carrying Insulin Kit Despondent Sufferer of Diabetes Was Object of Intense Search. Left Bethesda Home to Visit Friend Sick in Hospital. Death has revealed the whereabouts | of a runaway boy who left his home | in Bethesda, Md., a week ago, although | he suffered from cronic diabetes and had to carry along insulin for self | treatment. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Mattingly of 5009 Battery Lane, Bethesda, reccived & wire today saying their son, Roy, jr., 17 years old, died early this morning at a hospital at Pensacola, Fla. Roy, a student at Bethesda-Chevy IR, courses, since the youth's hobby was when he left home with the announced | golf and “he often caddied just to be intention of visiting a friend ill with near the game.” Receipt of the tele- pneumonia in a hospital. gram was reported to police today by Police Aid in Search. | Roy's uncle, Nicholas D. Offutt,” 630 His continued absence caused grave | Teuxns f"”t' concern for his welfare. The Wash- | Wrote Letter to Friend. ington Police Department was in-| The only word from Roy after he formed that long absence from home | left was received in a letter to a young might have fatal consequences for the | friend. He said he expected to return youth, and an urgent look-out was tnJune and to resume his studies at | broadcast to neighboring cities, | school next year. | The lookout said that Roy carried | Relatives said Roy took along “a bag containing insulin for treat- enough insulin for several weeks. | ment of diabetes. He is a good boy, | The vouth is a nephew of Earl S. he b | House Priday. and is worried about his disease,” the lookout continued. Schoolmates of Roy's said he was depressed because of his illness. Police were asked to canvass all golf ALUMNITOMEET HERE TOMORROW 71 Colleges to Take Part as | Council Forms in 21st Session. Seventy-one colleges and universi- ties will hold alumni meetings here tomorrow night, launching the twenty-first national convention of the American Alumni Council. Alumni executives began arriving in Washington today and the first of the rank and file of the delegates are expected tomorrow morning. The convention will bring together the largest number of graduates since the organization was formed at Ohio State University in 1913. Sessions will be held morning, aft- ernoon and evening through Thurs- day, Friday and Saturday at the Wardman Park Hotel. To Discuss Problems. Problems of alumni relationships | with college and university adminis- tration will be taken up at the first regular session Thursday morning, with a large group of speakers repre- senting many institutions. Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt will re- ceive That evening there will be a formal banquet with speeches by Senators Copeland of New York and Thomas of Utah, Bishop James H. Ryan of Catholic University and Dixon Ryan Fox, president of Union College. Ambassador to Speak. Speakers at a luncheon meeting Saturday are to include Ambassador Hirosi Saito of Japan, H. H. Clegg, assistant director of the Bureau of In- vestigation, Department of Justice, and Ward M. Cannady. assistant to the Federal Housing Administrator. The convention will close with a banquet Saturday night. Those listed as speakers are President W. Coleman Nevils, S. J., of Georgetown Univer- sity: David Allen Robertson of Goucher College, Cloyd Heck Marvin of George Washington University, Gil- bert Mead of Washington Cellege and | James S. Bryan of William and Mary College. FAIR SKIES TO GREET BLOSSOM VISITORS Foreeast for Clouds Tonight In- cludes Assurance of Clearer Weather. Fair skies tomorrow should termi- | nate several days of misty chill which | have dampened the enthusiasm of Washington's cherry blossom visitors. The forecast is for continued cloudy weather this afternoon and tonight, without much change in temperature, followed by a bright day tomorrow. No frost or wind storms are in sight, and there was an excellent prospect that the blossoms would re- main until next week. A minimum of about 40 degrees is expected to- night after last night's 42. Only a trace of moisture was re- corder here last night following a day in which about a quarter of an inch of rain fell. the delegates at the White | Mattingly, registrar at Washington | and Lee University. His father runs a | garage at 1206 Twenty-third street. .| The parents left for the Florida city shortly after receiving the telegram. | FLAGSHP OLYMPIA * BILLIS APPROVED | | | Measure to Bring Fighting‘L Vessel Here Soon to Be Reported Favorably. The House Naval Affairs Commit- | tee unanimously agreed today to make a favorable report on the Cochran bill | to bring Dewey's old flagship at Manila | Bay, the Olympia, to Washington to | | be preserved as a naval relic and a | memorial to Spanish-American War | veterans. | Chairman Vinson expressed a strong | conviction that the old frigates Con- | stitution and Constellation, the two | other most historic veteran war craft, | also should be brought to Washington | | for preservation as naval relics at the | | seat of Government. No legislation | i for -this, however, is pending before | the committee. Several members sup- ported Chairman Vinson's views. Amended by Navy. The Cochran bill was sent back to the Navy Department for several | { amendments. One would place the | | Olympia entirely under jurisdiction of | the Navy Department instead of the | National Capital Parks and Planning | Commission, as proposed in the bill. The Navy Department was in- 1structed. however, to confer with the | commission regarding a suitable loca- | tion for the Olympia and to bring | this recommendation back to the | committee tomorrow morning, when | favorable action is promised on the | bill | Would Restore Guns. | Another amendment contemplates | restoration to the Olympia of as much | of its original guns and other equip- | ment as can be located. The Navy | Department is called upon to make a report also on this. By unanimous | consent the authorized appropriation for establishing this Navy memorial | in Washington is increased from | i $25,000 to $75.000. | Representative Maas, Republican, of Minnesota, led his colleagues on the committee in requiring restoration of the old guns and equipment. 'CITY RELIEF FUNDS FOR APRIL SHORT Hopkins Grants But $17,500. Rest of Needs Dependent on Works Measure. The District will run out of relief funds before the end of the month unless the Federal work relief appro- priation’ is made available in the meantime, officials said today. Harry L. Hopkins, Federal relief ad- ministrator, yesterday sent the Com- missioners & grant of but $17,500, whereas April costs are expected to amount to about $800,000. This sum is for the Transient Bureau only. The remainder will be borne out of the District’s own relief funds of $500,000, remaining out of its 1935 appropria- | policemen. Sk 4 INCREASE OF 141 IN POLIGE FORGE Special House Body Will Ask District Committee to Approve Report. CITE IMMEDIATE NEED FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT Recommendation Seen as Victory for Maj. Brown—Would Es- tablish New Precinct. BY JAMES E. CHINN. ‘The Special Crime Committee of the House will ask the District Committee tomorrow to approve a special prelim- inary report recommending an - crease of 141 in the personnel of the Metropolitan Police Department. Citing the increase as an immediate and urgent need, the committee pre- pared the special report in time to have its recommendation approved by the District Subcommittee of the Senate Appropriations Committee, which has the 1936 District supply bill under consideration. (Note: The Senate Subcommittee on District Ap- propriations today approved the Pn-‘ lice Department increase, See story on Page 1) The committee, however, explained that its recommendation for increased personnel was not to be construed as an indorsement of the administration ot the Police Department. “This report,” the committee said, “should not be construed as indicating any failure to recognize the necessity for the most careful consideration by the subcommittee for the broader ad- ministrative problems of the Police Department. These matters will be treated by the subcommittee in its final report.” Victory for Brown. The committee’s recommendation | represents a victory for Police Supt. Ernest W. Brown, who has repeatedly stressed the need of 141 additional In fact, Maj. Brown in- cluded an item for 141 more men in his budget estimates last Summer and the Commissioners reduced the num- ber to 35. The Budget Bureau, how- ever, refused to allow any increase. “The subcommittee of the District of Columbia Committee, authorized by | House resolution 66 to investigate all | forms of criminal activity in the Dis- | trict of Columbia and for other pur- | poses,” the report said. “has had its | attention directed to the fact that the 1936 appropriation bill for the District | of Columbia is now pending before the | subcommittee of the Senate on Dis- | trict appropriations. “The subcommittee has further had its attention directed to the fact that the consideration of the bill is now in is final stages. In the light of this information, the subcommittee deems it appropriate to submit this partial and preliminary report with the thought that the findings and recom- mendations herein contained may be of assistance to members of Congress | in connection with their consideration of the District of Columbia appropria- tion bill. Increase Held Imperative. “The major and superintendent of police, various police inspectors, the captains of 11 precincts, the captain | of the Woman's Bureau and others have testified before this subcommit- tee and submitted data which has led the subcommittee to the conclusion that an increase in the Metropolitan Police Department is an immediate need. The subcommittee, therefore, recommends and urges that Congress, in the District of Columbia budget for 1936, authorize and provide funds for such an increase in the membership of the Metropolitan Po- lice Department as will bring the total strength of the department up to 1,447 members. “This increase is designed to re- store 35 vacancies created by reduc- tions made in 1933 and 1934 under the economy program, and to add one captain, two lieutenants and three sergeants. “This additional captain, leuten- ants and sergeants will make possi- kle the re-establishment of a former precinct, which, as demonstrated by evidence before this subcommittee, is necessary to efficient law enforcement in an area now covered by precinct No. 2, which has a population of ap- proximately 100,000 persons, covers an area of 3% square miles, and in which, during the last fiscal year committed 25.8 per cent &f all the felonies recorded in the District of Columbia. “Further, the recommended increase in police personnel would strengthen all precincts and bureaus which at this time are not adequately staffed. It will permit an increase in personnel in the Woman’s Bureau which is partic- TUESDAY, FIVE ARE CHOSEN tion of $2,000,000. ularly in need of assistance for its Commissioner Allen refused today | vitally important work. Among other to become alarmed, however, declaring | improvements made possible by the his optimism that the Federal bill | adoption of this recommendation would be enacted in due time. The |would be the assignment of motor majority of District relief cofts are | cycle policemen to the several pre- paid by the Federal Government. New City Directory Appears . With Record Number of Names A statistical harbinger of prosper- ity for the District of Columbia ap- peared today with the publication of the 1935 edition of Boyd's Washing- ton City Directory. More names, more featyres, more sections, more celebrities, more busi- nesses than ever before fatten the sturdy pink-and-white volume to a record of 2,877 pages. The R. L Polk Co., which released the volume, concluded increased em- ployment and heightened public mo- rale, both among business people and stay-at-homes, were chief causes for the optimistic increase in size. Homes, offices and stores recently vacant are being retenanted, and the practice of doubling-up to save living expenses is on the wane, the publish- ers_cheeringly observed. The book lists 369,880 names, ex- actly. 34,080 more. thap a year.ago.and, cincts. This is almost certain to re- b duce the number of traffic fatalities and should assure a decrease in the number of automobile accidents. “This recommendation is based upon evidence before this subcommittee and the testimony of competent witnesses. “The subcommittee is unanimous in its conclusion that this addition to Washington’s first line of defense against crime should be provided—and X tl E - » 85,040 more than in 1928. The in the earliest ible date. crease has been determined and |at S Tig Brst womah in the book is Mrs 1 e woman in t] & Gwe'ndglyn M. Aaberg, A. A. A. ste- 1S, FINLEY DIES nographer. Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt, is list- | Virginia Man Was Veteran :g,;l‘;f’mu“"’ WihinG gpcoiti et Southern Railway Agent. The guide catalogues 743 kinds of | Special Dispatch to The Star. businesses and professional establish- | FRONT ROYAL, Va. April 2— ments, against 727 a year ago. It has | joseph S. Finley, agent for the South- 500 more pages than in 1934. It in-|ern Railway for 50 years, died in his cludes the -new feature of denoting | home at Delaplane, Fauquier County, homes owned by the tenants thereof. | yesterday, after an iliness of several It includes an extensive roster of [ months. United States Government officials| He is survived by his widow, for- and offices. merly Miss Catherine’ Essex of “With the possible exception of the | quier County, and three sons and a city directories of London and New |daughter, J. S. Topler Finley of the York, the local book contains the | Southern Railway office at Wash- names of more celebrities thdn any [ington, D. C.. Essex and Valliant other city directory in the world,” de- | Finley of Delaplane, and Mrs. Mar- clares the Polk Cq. guerite Stevens.of Albemarle County. ~ ening Sfaf SUNDAY MORNING EDITION APRIL 9 = Wreckage of Crash Which Killed Two ] 19, OON FORISLAND PROBE !Special Senate Committee Named to Investigate Administration. By the Associated Press. A cpecial committee of five United States Senators will be appointed to investigate the administration of the Virgin Islands, under a resolution adopted yesterday by the Senate. Gov. Paul Pearson, an appointee of President, Hoover, has been charged by his former assistant, Paul Yates, with mal-administration of the islands purchased years ago from Denmark as a bulwark of defense of the Pan- ama Canal. from the Atlantic. Ever since the inception of the Fed- | eral relief program, the Virgin Islands have been included in this financial | set-up. Chairman Tydings, Democrat, of Maryiand of the Territories Commit- | tee, obtained approval of a $12,000 fund for the investigation. The com- mittee, to be appointed, is expected to visit the islands this Summer—to make the investigation. The resolu- tion directing the investigation does not state how the inquiry shall pro- ceed; whether it will be conducted in Washington or on the islands. Vice President Garner will name members of the committee. WELCOMED BY PEARSON. Governor Desires to Show Senators “Everything.” ST. THOMAS, Virgin Islands, April 2 (#).—Dr. Paul M. Pearson, Governor of the Virgin Islands, in a statement to the Associated Press yesterday said his administration “welcomes” the op- portunity of showing a special Senate investigating committee “everything.” STUDENT IS MISSING Mother Asks Police to Find 15- Year-01d Son. Ralston :I. Adams, 15-year-old Western High School student, has been missing from his home, 5607 Thirty-ninth s.aeet, since Saturday, his mother, Mrs. Jeannette Adams, re- ported to police last night in asking that a search be instituted for him. The youth had dark brown hair, brown eyes and wore a gray check- ered suit, gray felt hat and black shoes when last seen. . W. C. A. Will Elect Officers. The annual meeting for election of officers of the Women's Christian As- sociation will be held Friday at 3 p.m. at the association’s building, 1719 Thirteenth street. Tea will be served by the board of management. Weekly Traffic Report Below is the number of traffic violations reported by the Traf- fic Safety Observers from March 24 .to March 30, inclusive: 1a Driving manner . Too fast for safety. Failed to yield right of WAY .ecennnn Failed to obey stop sig: Failed to obey traffic sig- nal lights........ Turned left from wrong lane .. Turned right from wrong lane ..... Driving through safety (Drove) (passed) on the wrong side of the street Pulled from the curb with- out signaling........ Passed street car in viola tion of regulation Improper lights. . Parked abreast. .. 13a Parked too near fire plug. 13b Parked too near corner.. in a © @ a9 > o we [J 4 ‘The following report shows the activities of the Board of Revo- cations and Restorations for the period: Number of cases reported for action ... ..oicieeeiiiine Number of permits revoked... 83 ‘The following shows the traffic aceidents occurring in the Dis- trict of Columbia during the period as compared with the same period in 1934: 1934. 1935. 0 1 96 143 *Minus 10 Total . 17 229 *Minus—More than one person in same accident. Minor injuries......... Property damage eesesscsecsses 1 SHOKE NISAE * BLL INTRODUCED | Chairman Norton Offers | Measure in House—Hear- ings Planned. | Chairman Norton of the House Dis- trict Committee today introduced the Commissioners’ bill to control the smoke nuisance in the District of Co- lumbia and also control the operation of high-pressure steam boilers. Chairman Jenckes of the Subcom- mittee on Health and Sanitation is arranging for a public hearing in the caucus room of the old House Office Building to continue for two days the latter part of this week. In transmitting the bill to Chair- man Norton. Commissioner Hazen emphasized the necessity for a smoke law in the District and reminded the committee that the matter has been brought persistently to the attentibn of mergbers of Congress. One section of the bill contemplates | creation of a division of smoke regula- |tions and boiler inspection in the | engineer department and provides personnel for that purpose. It is esti- mated that the cost would amount to $25,000 per annum while the revenue is estimated at $12.000. Steam boilers or unfired pressure vessels in boats, locomotives, street cars and so forth, operating under the | regulations of the Federal agency or the public utilities, are exempt from |the provisions in respect to steam boilers but are not exempt from provi- { sions of the bill respecting the emis- sion of smoke. EMARRIED AFTER ELOPEMENT Tristram C. Devereux and Miss Phyllis Ann Brown First O Went to Rockville. After a Rockville elopement yester- day afternoon, Tristram C. Devereux, 22, son of a socially prominent Chevy | Chase family, and Phyllis Ann Brown, | 18, were married again this morning |at the Blessed Sacrament Catholic | Church here. ‘The parents of the bride, Mr. and Mrs. Alonzo P. Brown, of 825 Emer: | son street, were present for the sec- | lond ceremony, which was performed | by Rev. Thomas G. Smyth. Dr. and Mrs. J. Ryan Devereux, parents of the bridegroom, are in Atlantic City. Leaving her classes at Sacred Heart Academy, where she has been a stu- dent, the bride met Devereux and | several of his friends at noon and { motored to the Maryland town. The home of Rev. Harold Pasma in Rock- ville. estate firm in Washington. The couple are making their home tem- porarily at his father's residence, 3 West Bradley Lane, Chevy Chase. P Optimists to Elect Officers. Annual election of dfficers and di- rectors of the Washington Optimist Club will be held during the regular weekly luncheon at the Hamilton Ho- tel tomorrow, at 12:30 p.m. Final ar- rangements will be made for the large group of members and their wives who will attend the District conven- tion to be held in Richmond next Saturday. | first ceremony was performed at the | | Devereux is employed by a real | Two colored men were fatally injured and three others hurt when the sedan and overturned truck shown above collided late yester- e day at Forty-fourth street and Gault place northeast ' Sociéty and General PAGE B—1 THREE DIE, 11 HURT INAUTOAGCIDENTS; YEARSTOTAL IS 31 Young Girl, U. S. Clerk, Is Killed in Downtown Crash. TWO COLORED BOYS IN FATAL COLLISION Pedestrians Injured When Struck by Machines—Two Drivers Held Pending Inquests. Three persons lost their lives and 11 —Star Staff Photo. = Miss Theresa Wedel, who was killed in an accident at Twelfth | street and Constitution avenue. MEDIGAL LEADERS CONSIDER CENTER /Allen to Explain His Plan to Committee of Thirty Tomorrow. | With most of the members main- taining an open mind on the proposal, a committee of some 30 leaders of the | medical and dental professions in the District of Columbia will meet tomor- row morning with Commissioner | George E. Allen to hear in detail his | plan for establishment of a great | medical center in this city | Thus far many members of the [ committee have had no first-hand in- | formation on the plan, the Commis- | sioner having discussed the details only with a few. Karl Corby. chair- man of the board of directors of | Emergency Hospital, and Dr. E. B. | McKinley, dean of the George Wash- | ington University School of Medicine, | both enthusiastic supporters of the plan, have had preliminary confer- ences with Commissioner Allen. | Among hospital and medical school | officials a principal concern is the | preservation of the identities of the separate institutions and the neces- | sity of evolving some practical man- | mer of utilizing or disposing of their | present physical properties. ‘The | question of financing the mainte- | nance of such an institution also has been raised by several. ‘The meeting. scheduled in Commis- sioner Allen’s office at 11 a.m. tomor- row, probably will not be an open ;‘ one, the Commissioner said today. GOLDEN STREET LIGHTS | TO GLOW FOR SHRINERS Pennsylvania Avenue Lamps Will Be Equipped With Yellow Screens. Street lighis along Pennsylvania | avenue will shed a golden glow dur- ing the period of the Shrine Conven- tion in June, according to plans now | being developed. | Several lamps near the District Building were fitted with the equip- ment last aight as an experiment. The golden glow is achieved by in- serting a wire screen, covered with a translucent yellow substance, about | the light bulbs, inside the globes. | A similar p.an was used in some | cities during the Edison Golden Ju- ! bilee. Cherry Blossom Sunrise Service .' 'To Be Held at Basin Tomorrow Because of the early maturity of the blossoms of the Japanesé cherry trees surrounding the Tidal Basin, a sunrise service will be held tomorrow at 6 a.m., under the joint auspices of the Na- tional Capital Parks, the Community Center Department and the Greater National Capital Committee. The service was originally planned for Friday. ‘Wives of the justices of the Supreme Court and of cabinet members will be guests of -honor for an elaborate musical and dance program on the north side of the basin. Seats for these guests will be reserved, but ap- proximately 500 other seats will be available for early arrivals. Space will be roped off for thousands of others who are expected to attend. Marine Band to Piay. A special bandstand was being erected today by park authorities near the John Paul Jones statue at the foot of Seventeenth street, where the United States Marine Band will pre- sent a concert and play the accom- paniments for a series of Japanese numbers by 14 members of the Evelyn Davis Dancers. The trees tomorrow are expected to be in full bloom, and the dancers will observe the Japanese custom of pin- r ning poems to the flowering boughs. “Salute to the Morning” will be the first number. It will be followed by an old Japanese legend, “The Sun God Chooses a Wife.” A processional will conclude the dance program. Dancers to Appear. Taking part in the dance program, in addition to Miss Davis, will be Anita Dunn, Margaret Kincannon, Jenny Turnbull, Mary Happer, Vir- ginia Tanner, Clara Ruch, Conna Shaw, Ruth Rullings, Anne Noorda, Lois Green, Elaine Scanlon, Louise Morse and Elizabeth Jenkins. On Saturday afternoon the Com- munity Center Department will pre- sent “The Mikado” at the Sylvan Theater in the Monument Grounds. Although the cherry blossoms are now approaching the peak of their annual beauty and are attracting thousands of visitors, they have a rival in the display of magnolias in West Potomac Park near the District of Columbia World War Memorial. Many persons consider the magnolias a better show than the cherry blossoms. Soon, in Anacostia Park, the crab apple trees will be bursting into bioom. ‘These, too, are regarded as an at- tractive Spring floral display that rival the cherry trees. 1 others were injured in traffic accidents in the District during the past 24 hours. The deaths brough the total | number of fatalities from automobile (‘ mishaps this year to 31, only three less |than for a similar period in 1934, despite intensive efforts to promote safety. { One of the victims, Miss Theresa | Wedel. 25 years old, 1004 Independence avenue southwest, a Treasury Depart= ment clerk, died in Emergency Hos- pital from a crushed chest shortly after the taxicab in which she and Walter McColleen, 25. of 1806 Kalo- rama road. were riding collided with | another car at Twelfth street and Con- stitution avenue. Miss Wedel ca here about six months ago from Fair- | view. Okla. The others killed are Harold Bell, 18. and Joseph Brown, 15, both colored of Cedar Heights, Md. Bell was the driver and Brown an occupant of an automobile that caught fire after a | collision with a truck at Forty-fourth street and Gault place northeast. They ‘dled in Casualty Hospital. | Drivers Are Held. Alvin C. Boxwell, 32, of 730 Sixth | street, driver of the taxicab in which | Miss Wedel was killed. and Russell T. Wood, 45, of 2123 I street, operator of the other car involved in the fatal col- lision, were ordered held pending an inquest. McColleen was treated at Emergency Hospital for head injuries. Whitfield Hawkins, 38. colored. 4207 Clay street northeast, driver of the | truck that collided with Bell's car, and Harry Payne, 33. colored, 4238 Clay street northeast, and Rudolph Payne, 34, colored, 4414 Clay street northeast, who were riding in the truck, were treated at Casualty Hospital. Ru- {dnxph's leg was broken, while the | other two suffered head and other injuries said to be not serious. Two other persons were hurt when | a taxicab driven by Gordon G. Merfa, 30, of 154 Portland street southeast, | crashed into a light pole at Good Hope road and Naylor street south- east. Kenneth Bisonette, 22, of 1242 Pleasant street southeast, sustained a broken nose, and Mrs. Belma Fields, 23, of Bradbury Heights, Md., re- ceived a broken arm. They were treated at Casualty Hospital. Ecklin J. Fields, 30, husband of the injured | woman, and Merfa, were unhurt, po- | lice said. | Skull Fractured. | Edward T. Payne, 26, of 3353 Nich- | ols avenue southeast, passenger in an | autemobile operated by Norman C. | Love, 27, of 2901 Seventh street south- | east, received a possible skull fracture i when the car ran into a tree and tel- | ephone pole on Atlantic street south- | east. He was treated at St. Eliza- beth’s Hospital | Michael Mavick. 47-year-old in- | mate at Soldiers’ Home, was found in | the basement of the Scott Building, {on the home grounds. suffering from |a broken jaw and other injuries. He | said he was struck by an automobile | at Harewood and Rock Creek Church | roads northeast. Seven-year-old Jane Curtis, colored, | 1239 Twentieth street, suffered minor | cuts and bruises when struck near her | home by a machine driven by Don Juan Terrasa, commercial attache at the Spanish Embassy. She was treated at Emergency Hospital. | The others hurt were Frank Rey- | nolds, 31, of 811 Ninth street, who | received a cut over the ear when he was said to have walked into the mov- | ing taxicab of R. R. Rivers, 1837 Co- lumbia road, and Rosier W. Tapscott, 37, colored, 320 Twenty-second street, who was cut above the eye when his car collided with the machine of | J. N. Meeks, 28, at Third street and | Maryland avenue southwest. Reynolds | was treated at Emergency and Tap- | scott at Providence Haspital. HELD IN CATHEDRAL :Burial of Choirmaster in Crypt Follows Service—Tribute Offered. Funeral services for Edgar Priest, | musical ~ director, choirmaster and organist of the Washington Cathe- dral, were held today at 11 a.m. in the Great Choir of the Cathedral, fol- lowed by burial in the Cathedral crypt. Honorary pallbearers were Mer- ritt O. Chance, Warren Grimes, Rob- ert D. Heinl, sr.; Van H. Manning, ‘George R. P. Shackelford and Ernest M. Skinner. As a tribute to Mr. Priest, Edward P. Kimball, organist of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, dedicated the last number of his re- cital last night to his memory. Born in Yorkshire, England, 57 years ago, Mr. Priest received his musical education at Manchester Ca- thedral. He died at Sibley Hospital Saturday night afte’’ a two-week ill- ness. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Edith Priest. a brother, Robert, of Vancouver, British Columbia, and a sister, Mrs. Fred Thorpe, Alton, Il GAS STATION ROBBED ‘Three colored bandits held up a filling station at Bladensburg road and Morse street northeast early today and escaped with $45 which they took from the manager, Cletsus T. Mohler, 606 Independence avenue southwest. The men drove away in an automobile bearing Florida tags after locking Mohler in & wash room. 5