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Washington News ALUNNY HEAD HITS “BUZZARDS” WHO “BAIT" PROFESSORS Council Chief Says U. S. Should Be Thankful for College Teachers. W.R. HEARST IS NAMED AS MAIN OFFENDER‘ Graduates View Abuse and Ridi- cule With Smile, Ohio State | Official Tells Conference. “Buzzards,” “thwarted politicians,” | end “sour grape seekers of privilege,” | were_some of the choice epithets ap- plied today by John B. Fullen, presi- dent of the American Alumni Coun- cil, to persons engaged in what he termed “the current professor baiting | campaign.” The council is holding | it twenty-fifth annual convention here. More than a million college grndu-i ates are “viewing with a smile” the | present-day abuse and ridicule heaped | on the head of the poor but honest college professor, said the graduate official, who is alumni secretary of Ohio State University. He said| William Randolph Hearst was the leader of the “baiting.” | Far from subscribing to the atti- tude toward the professor being | foisted in some quarters, the college | graduates, who know him best, “thank | God, not only for what he did for| them personally, but for what he may yet be able to do for the Nation collectively through the quiet influ- ence of his teaching and level- | headed thinking,” declared Fullen. Not Creature of Theory. “Judging by the cartoons we are seeing, the professor is a bewhisk- ered-looking worm who, because he lives in a supposed cibistered sanctu- ary, thinks that life is just a bowl| of cherries and that the world can'| be governed by theorems,” Fullen | asserted. “No college professor teaching to- day has any theory quite as visionary | as this picture of him. Some of these | buzzards ought to visit a college class | room of the twentieth century. “Although whiskers are not impor- tant in the argument, the average | college professor _ toda¥eds . & Jclean- shaven, common sense sort of guy who dresses in a conventional business suit and looks and acts for the most | part just like you and me. | “He will tell you that he knows that the world runs itself by its heart| and not by its head; that where emotion and reason conflict, emotion | the witnesses, with the exception of | still gets the right-of-way, despite he Foening Sfar | WASHINGTON, D. C, FRIDAY, APRIL 5, 1935. Falls Out Window Asleep 7-YEAR-OLD BOY ESCAPES WITH BRUISES AND CUT CHIN, Francis Bolac, with his mother, M street, hoped today that his 3 his sleep would be his last one. The boy went to bed early last| night and awakened a few minutes later when he struck a concrete walk- way some 25 feet beneath his bed RANCIS BOLAC, 7. of 3265'; | room window. | Georgetown Hospital for cuts and first experience at walking in | | in his chin and later returned home_ The boy was asleep at home this | Meanwhile, the bed room | Mrs. Ethel Bolac.—Star Staff Photo. He was treated at bruises, several stitches being taken morning. window had been nailed down by his grandfather, Joseph Morris. ANTESMOKE LAW IRGED ATHEARNG District Officials, Business Men and Housewives Favor Legislation. The legislation designed to rid Washington of its smoke nuisance committee on Public Health of the House District Committee by a group of District officials, business men and housewives. The subcommitttee, headed by Rep- resentative Jeackes, Democrat, of In- diana, had under consideration two bills aimed at smoke control—one sponsored by the District Commis- sioners and the other by William A. Roberts, people’s counsel. Two Bills Analyzed, The hearing, Mrs. Jenckes an- nounced, was preliminary because of general unfamiliarity with provisions | in the two measures. As & result all Roberts; made brief was supported today before the Sub- | 91H STREET TRACK SEEN ABANDONED Elimination of Those North of Ninth and K Forecast in New Order. Abandonment of the Ninth street car tracks north of K street was defi- nitely forecast today when the Public | Utilities Commission ordered the Cap- | ital Transit Co. to make changes at Ninth and K streets to eliminate the present straight crossing from North to South. At the same time the commission ordered curves at Ninth street and | Pennsylvania avenue sa that cars bound for the Southeast and Bureau of Engraving down the Eleventh street line can be routed over existing tracks | from Eleventn and E streets east to Ninth and south to Pennsylvania ave- This definitely disposed of the | nue. the Eleventh proposal to connect street tracks to Pennsylvania avenue CONVICT IS NAMED ONE-OF SLAYERS IN COLEMAN CASE Sheriff Reveals Identifica- tion of One of Two Col- ored Fugitives. FINGERPRINTS FOUND IN RECOVERED AUTO Funeral Will Be Held Tomorrow for Murdered Virginia. Couple. Special Dispatch to The Star. FREDERICKSBURG, Va., April 5.— Sheriff M. L. Blaydes of Spottsylvania County today said that one of the two suspected colored slayers of Mr. and Mrs. John Thomas Coleman had been identified as Connie Reese, 27, of Washington, who escaped March 19 while being brought from Fluvanna County to the Virginia Penitentiary. The bodies of the elderly farm couple were thrown into the well be- hind the Coleman homestead in | Spotsylvania County, about 12 miles | south of here. The colored men, whc were seen when they stopped to buy cigarettes and gasoline shortly after the double murder Tuesday night, abandoned the Coleman sedan in a Richmond col- ored residential section, where police found it early yesterday. =k Fingerprints inside the mud-stained | sedan were said to resemble those of | the two colored convicts. Police of the Virginia capital an- nounced they had sent out an alarm for the escaped pair, James Williams and Reese. A coroner’s jury at Fredericksburg late yesterday found that Mr. and Mrs. Coleman came to their deaths from fractured skulls and gunshot | wounds inflicted by parties unknown to the jury. Funeral Tomorrow. ‘The double funeral will be held at 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon from a funeral parlor here and Mrs. Cole- man will be buried in a local church yard while the body of her husband is to be returned for burial in the| family plot on the Coleman farm. The colored pair being sought for | questioning in the murder forced the | deputy to drive them to a point near | | Alexandria, where the car ran out of | | fuel. The two then took the officer’s pisto}l and fled. | Three other suspects were picked | up and released vesterday after they | could not be identified by Elwood | Hailsop, proprietor of a filling station at Thornburg, who sold the murderers | gasoline and cigarettes when they | made a hurried stop Tuesday night. Southeast Bear Hunt Nets One Hostage YOUTH NIPPED ON LEG, BUT FAMILY FINALLY CORRALS BRUIN IN GARAGE. 0. LGUOR LAW TEST 1 HNTED A. B. C. Board Orders Legal ' Opinion on Free Service and Signs. A veiled threat of a court fight over the order of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board that signs, rebates and | ! other free services given by manufac- turers or wholesalers to liquor re- tailers must be abandoned. was given today at a public hearing on the order., ‘The board has notified dealers that | any free signs or other services must be removed or discontinued on or be- fore April 20, holding such practices | are directly in violation of the Dis- trict liquor act. Because of dealers who believe this is not in vio- lation of the law, the A. B. C. Board protests from some * | Society and General PAGE B—1 PARADE OF 50,000 AND PLANE REVIEW TOMARK ARMY DAY 68 Ships to Fly Over March- ing Men in Observance Tomorrow. HIGH SCHOOL CADETS TO FORM DIVISION Reserved Seats in Stands on Con- stitution Avenue Available to Spectators. A spectacular aerial review and a parade by 50,000 soldiers, veterans and cadets will feature the Army day demonstration here tomorrow under auspices of the Military Order of the World War. Forty-four swift pursuit planes and 24 of the latest type bombers will arrive from Langley Field in time to maneuver over the column of march- ing men, which gets under way at 1:30 pm. The pursuit planes will land at Bolling Field to fuel, while the bomb- ers are to make the round trip and demonstration , without landing. Rivaling in local interest the Regu- lar . Army outfits, the Washington | High School Cadet Corps and other cadet units will form a complete di- vision of the parade. Starts at Capitol. The divisions of the great column will form at 1:15 p.m. and the parade will cross the east plaza of the Capitol to Constitution avenue and west to Seventeenth street, Seats in the stands to be erected along the line of march will be sold for 40 cents for adults and 25 cents for children, except at the stand op- posite the presidential reviewing box, where the charge is 99 cents for reservations. The seats can be reserved by tele- phoning National 1926, National 8664 or Metropolitan 8259. Maj. Gen. Rob- ert E. Callan, commander of the 3d Corps Area, will be grand marshal of the parade, while Maj. Edwin S. Bet- telheim, jr., adjutant general of the Military Order of the World War, is | chairman of the Parade Committee. Military Ball Scheduled. Following the parade, a banquet and military ball will be held at the Mayflower Hotel, under sponsorship of the Military Order of the World War. Speakers at the dinner include Sen- ator Sheppard of Texas, chairman of the Senate Military Affairs Commit- tee; Gen. Callan and Lieut. Col. George E. Ijams, commander in chief of the military order. The parade will be led by a platoon of Metropolitan Police, under com- statements | centuries of Christianity and teach- | tracks at Eleventh street. _tion has been a mystery to memberd @f the family, | recommending that drastic steps be ing. That doesn’t prevent him from | taken to eradicate the smoke nuisance. trying to get the rest of us fools to | Roberts, however, presented an analy- try to use our heads. sis of the two measures, but pointed | out he did not particularly care which The Guinea Figs. . Sut the two bills the committee lp-; “The President of the United States proved as long as the District is is accused of ‘being rushed off his' given .effective smoke-control legis- feet by the college professors.’ A |lation. State party platform recently referred | Roberts also explained that he to ‘the sinister and hidden purposes of | drafted his bill because of numerous a so-called brain trust.’ Those of us | complaints received at his office about who are not professors have been the smoke nuisance. He said he did called ‘the 130,000,000 guinea pigs.’ “Well, just amongst us guinea pigs, this country of ours owes a vote of gratitude to those professors who, | with little profit to themselves and | generally a hand-to-mouth existence, | have devoted their lives to a service | of the rest of us. One thing no one | ever accused them of is greed or avarice. Of all the labels fastened on them you never see the word ‘dis- honest.” | “The truth of the matter is that | the seekers of privileges, who have been milking the rest of us for so long, are sore at the prospect of being | caught with the goods and by such a harmless little rat as the lowly col- | lege professor.” This morning’s session of the alumni | council was devoted principally to| consideration of means of co-opera- | tion between alumni and college ad- ministrative officials. Prior to the | general assembly of the 300 delegates attending the convention, breakfasts ‘were held by nine groups, each repre- senting a different classification of institution. Go to White House, Mrs. Pranklin D. Roosevelt was to Treceive the alumni at the White House at 2 pm. today and the rest of the afternoon was to be given over to sightseeing. A formal banquet at Wardman Park Hotel, the convention headquarters, is scheduled for this evening at 7:30 o'clock. Those listed as speakers in- clude Senators Thomas of Utah and Copeland of New York, Bishop James H. Ryan, rector of Catholic University, and President Dixon Ryan Fox of Union College. At a session yesterday Al G. Stough- ton of Bucknell was elected vice president of the council. Glenn O. Stewart of Michigan State was named secretary and the following directors were chosen: Mrs. Florence Sumwalt, Goucher College; Mrs. Suzanne Bol- ster, Radcliffe College; Maj. C. E. Lovejoy, Columbia University,. and Charlton Beck of Chicago University. _— VICTIM OF AMNESIA IS_CAPITAL WOMAN Identified by Mother and Sister as Miss Ethel Cunningham, Miss- ing Since Tuesday. A woman amnesia victim, found wandering downtown Wednesday night has been identified as Miss Ethel Cun- ningham, 39, of 1320 Monroe street. The identification was by her mother, Mrs, Catherine Cunningham of the Monroe street address, and Miss Cunningham'’s sister, Mrs, James Whelan, 1109 Michigan avenue north- east, who went to the hospital after reading a description of her in the newspapers. Gallinger Hospital authorities stated Mrs. Cunningham said Miss Cunning. ham had been missing since Tuesday. The sister, Mrs. Whelan, declined to make any comment today except to say that Miss Cunningham’s condi- s0 without any intention of specifying | a particular kind of coal or apparatus. | Boiler Regulations Cited. In his analysis of the two measures | Roberts said the one sponsored by | the Commissioners was predominantly a boiler inspection bill, since only three of its paragraphs relate to smoke regu- lation. The principal purpose of the Commissioners’ bill, he declared, is to transfer jurisdiction over boiler in- spection and installation to a new | board that would be known as the | Boiler and Smoke Advisory Board. | He said his bill, on the contrary, 1sJ‘ devoted entirely to improvement of | smoke regulation. | Mrs. Mahlon Pitney told the sub- committee that while the air here. is | not as bad as in some cities, the Pub- | lic Health Service had made a test and found that as much as 296 tons of smoke and dust were deposited per square mile at Seventh and B streets southwest in 1932. Damage Estimates Cited. “The damage chargeable to smoke is so staggering,” she declared, “that only the general uniformity of the various estimates makes them all be- lievable. The figure usually quoted to cover the annual bill for smoke in the United States is in the neighbor- hood of $500,000,000, of which $140,- 000,000 is said to represent the cost of spoiled merchandise and building cleaning.” 1 Joseph L. Gammell advocated crea- | tion of an advisory board to educate | the people to fire boilers properly rather than enactment of new legis- lation to cure the smoke evil. He op- posed particularly the bill of the Com- missioners, declaring its enactment would place undue hardships on 40 to 50 per cent of the residents of the District and increase fuel bills 50 to 60 per cent. Citizens’ Resclution Read. Mrs. Margaret H. Worrell, president of the Columbia Heights Citizens' As- sociation, read a resolution adopted by that organization urging establish- ment of a municipally owned hydro- electric power plant which would fur- nish electricity cheaply for heating as well as light and power. She said the smoke nuisance in Washington had increased until the city “looks like a little Pittsburgh.” J. Frank Butts, chief of the Divi- Abandonment Ordered. A few days ago the commission ordered the abandonment of tracks on E street between Eleventh and Four- teenth streets. ‘The commission directed the com- pany to double track the present single track turn in the southeast quadrnn!5 at Ninth and K streets, to make pos- | sible the contemplated turning of cars from K street south into Ninth and from Ninth street east into K. Abandonment, of the use of the Ninth street tracks north of K was proposed by John A. Beeler and W. H. Ahearn, special’ commission con- sultants; W. B. Bennett of the street car company, and Fred A. Sager, chief engineer of the commission. Citizens association spokesmen had asked the | commission not to order the physical | removal of the Ninth street tracks above K street on the theory that actual test of the new system might show the need of these tracks. It is the commission’s intention to accede to this request until a thorough test has proved the case. Cost Estimated at $275,000. ‘When the Ninth street tracks are cut off at K street, it was explained, the Georgia avenue cars will come down Seventh street to Pennsylvania avenue and thence to the Wharves, or some of them could be turned west at Seventh and K streets and after passing through the intersection of Fifteenth street and New York avenue be sent either to the Potomac Park region or to Georgetown. They also could be turned west at Seventh and K streets to Ninth street and then be routed south to Pennsylvania avenue, where they could be turned either east or west to reach desired destinations. ‘The cost of the track changes ordered today by the commissions is estimated roughly at $275,000. SCOUTS TO HOLD COURT BETHESDA, Md., April 5 (Special). —A Boy Scout court of honor, with review and awards, will be held in the Elementary School here tomorrow night. The examinations will begin at 7 o'clock and presentations will take place at 8:30 o'clock.” Dr. Camp Stanley, new Scout com- missioner of the District of Columbia Council, will deliver an address and plans for a field day and “camporee” will be discussed. mittee the Health Department would be glad to be relieved of its present duty of enforcing the present smoke- control law., - % Rufus S. Lusk, representing the apartment division of the Building -Owners and Managers' Association, indorsed the Commissioners’ bill and sion of Sanitation of the District Health Department, told the subcom- o?aoaed the measure drawn by Rob- erts, Love for Cherry Blossoms Costs District Because he loved the cherry blos- soms well, but not wisely, John Ed- ward La Velle, 26, of 305 D street was fined $10 in Police Court this morning, after having spent the night-in No. 3 precinct. Officer W. J. McFeeley of the United States Park Police this morn- ing about 1 o'clock was patrolling his beat, on the east Tidal Basin road- way, when he noticed La Vslls Man $10 Fine placed eight large Japanese cherry blossom branches in an automobile, ‘These branches, the officer said, were from 3 to 5 feet long and well flow- ered. Two men and a woman in the car, which had Maryland tags, dis- claimed any knowledge of La Velle's intentions when he left the machine, 80 the policeman did not hold them. Judge Ralph Given, in United States branch of Police Courty decided Yelie sbowid pey s The big Coleman farm, with its | homestead, Hickory Point, is com- | paratively isolated. = The nearest neighbor, Mrs. Bertha Newton, who | lives about half a mile distant, heard two shots Tuesday night. No Sign of Struggle. Although the murderers searched | the premises for valuables the well-to- do couple was supposed to secrete | | about, the premises, there was no sign of a struggle within the house or in | the yard. | Investigators yesterday searched the | ample yard about the Coleman home | | for shotgun shells, wadding or other | | clues. They found nothing definite | :to g0 on. 1 | " County officials believe that Cole- | | man must have heard the marauders and gone outside with his shotgun to investigate. This was about the time | of the evening meal, which Mrs. Cole- | man had prepared on the stove. | Coleman apparently was disarmed, | clubbed with his own gun and pitched into the 40-foot well. After that, in- vestigators believe, the pair went in- side and searched Mrs. Coleman. They probably then clubbed her and threw her into the well, shooting down into the well at the couple. Coleman’s body was fully clothed, while that of Mrs. Coleman was garbed only in underclothing. DEATH RATE DROPS SLIGHTLY IN WEEK Meningitis Epidemic Continues, but Health Officials See No Cause for Alarm. The death rate among District resi- dents showed a slight decline last week despite a continuation of the meningitis epidemic and the preva- lence of other contagious diseases, ac- cording to figures compiled by the Health Department. ‘There were four deaths and 13 new cases of meningitis reported, as com- pared with six deaths and nine new cases reported the week previous. Since January 1 there have been 84 cases of this disease and 27 deaths, the department -added. Last year there was but one case and one death for the same period. Department officials are watchi the situation caréfully, but do not find any cause for alarm, ‘The death rate for the white popu- lation last week from 155 per 1,000 to 14.7, while for the col- ored residents the rate increased from 269 to 27.7, making the rate for all residents 18.3, as compared with 18.7 the week previous. R VICE SQUAD WINS CASE Alleged Lottery Operator Fined After Attempt to Evade Police. . The _police vice squad won the first round of its bout with one of three alleged numbers - operators arrested yesterday in the Southeast section when Charles L. Gear, 25, of Capitol Heights, Md., was convicted of speed- ing in an alleged attempt to escape the officers and was fined $15 by Judge "John P, McMahon in Trafic Court. Charges of operating a lottery against Gear, John H. Beach, 29, 700 block Fifteenth street southeast, and has asked the corporation counsel for a written opinion, on which the Dis- trict will base its future actions. Some 40 dealers, including both wholesalers and retailers, debated the matter at today's hearing. While a ' majority of the group remained non- committal, one lawyer suggested the order of the board be subjected to a court test. This was countered by a warning from George W. Offutt, board chair- man, that financial or service tie-ups OHN H. TORNEY and family went bear hunting in the vicin- ity of their home, 1020 South Carolina avenue southeast, this | mrning and captured a prize | brown of bear steak for dinner. but to hold as a guarantee for damages. ‘Thelma Torney. 17, is shown feeding the bear captured in her balk. | yard this morning. Below, William Torney, bitten by the bear. bear—not with the intention | in the past served to bring about PY0- | The hunt netted the son. William, O e o T o e |19. 5 bife on the leg, while his siater, bid re-establisnment of the old-time | L1€ima. received an early morning “tied” house, this being the mmmonlrun—thnz was before they were sure name given’ to retail establishments | the bear was tame. = 2 | Dragging his chain, Bruin entered which received financial and other | the Torney’s backyard about 6:30 | Stover, Eugene Talbert, 60, 700 block Ninth street southeast, were continued until Al i aids from manufacturers or whole- salers. Offutt was supported by Holly a wholesaler, who declared that if the liquor and beer industry was not careful in this connection con- ditions would arise which would be so irritating to the drys and others that a movement would be started | again to prevent liquor sales. On the other hand, some of the wholesalers and manufacturers ar- gued that most of the services com- plained of amount to no more than services given by cigarette and soap manufacturers to retailers of those products. In conclusion, Chairman Offutt said the board would seek to enforce “to the limit and without fear or favor” whatever interpretation of the law | was given by Prettyman. 'COMMODITY PRICES SOAR DURING WEEK Bureau of Statistics Reports In- dex 71/, Per Cent Higher Than Last Year. Wholesale commodity prices soared on the wings of sharply advancing food costs last week, the Labor De- partment’s Bureau of Statistics re- ported yesterday. The index is higher by 7'2 per cent than the corresponding 1934 week, and 31! above the index of two years ago, Statistics Commissioner Isidor Lubin said. The wholesale food index, now 81.8, rose 1 per cent over the previous week. The gain was due mainly to a 2!, per cent increase in butter, cheese and milk; 13 per cent in lard, pepper and granulated sugar; 1 per cent in cereal products, and a small rise in fruit. ‘The last week in March found prices of fuels and lighting materials fractionally higher, while farm prod- ucts, leather, building materials, chemicals and drugs were lower. RITES TOMORROW Special Dispatch to The Star. SILVER SPRING, Md., April 5— Funeral services for Mrs. Margaret L. Walker, 68, of White Oak, Md., who died Wedn: at Georgetown Uni- versity Hosp following a lingering illness, will be held tomorrow at 11 am. at the Silver Spring Baptist Church. Interment will be in Coles- ville Cemetery. Mrs. Walker moved to a farm at ‘White Oak with her family about 15 years ago, coming here from West Virginia. She is survived by her hus- band, William I. Walker, and a son, & | this morning, damaging several pet | rose bushes and other plants. | Mrs. Grace Port, 317 Eleventh | street, who vows she is from Vermont |and has often ‘“petted” bears, first noticed the bear pawing at the Tor- ney's back door. —Star Staff Photos. mand of Maj. Ernest W. Brown, su- perintendent of police. The regimental colors of all the | cadet units will be massed at the head | of the 3rd Division and the youngsters | “I thought it was a police dog at { first.” she declared. “but soon changed my mind.” Calling to her neighbors, | | Mrs. Port spread the news and the | | chase was on. | After William caught the loose chain dragging from around his collar, the | bear turned and bit him. With the | assistance of his family, he managed to walk the animal to their garage | nearby and removing two automobiles, locked him up. Meantime, bruin be-‘ gan piling up a bill for damages by | tearing out a window of the garage. | | Police answered a neighbor's call for | | assistance, but the Torneys declined to | give up the hostage., |~ Just who owns the animal is still a | mystery. but somebody has a bill to | pay. Until then Mr. Bear has a new | home and roast beef, not an approved | 'Deaf Mute Pleads | “Not Guilty” When Brought to Court | Also Hears “$10 or 10 Days” Sentence for Soliciting Fraud. A “deaf” man heard himself accused 1in Police Court today and forgot he was supposed to be “dumb” also. They had William Atwood up before Judge Isaac R. Hitt on a charge of soliciting alms from Policeman J. L. Proctor of the Traffic Bureau. Atwood, Proctor testified, ap- proached him in the downtown area yesterday and with eloquent gestures handed him a card which said: “Kind friend, I am a deaf-mute. Have just .lost my left eye. Please help me. Thank you.” The “thank you” was wasted on Proctor, who took Atwood to jail. The policeman and the court supposed At- wood was a deaf mute until a clerk asked Atwood if he was “guilty or not guilty?” “Not guilty!” Atwood said em- phatically. The court heard Atwood, and then Atwood himself heard, “$10 or 10 days!” Proctor looked at the one-eyed “deaf mute” and remarked if he could see as well as he could talk and hear he ought to know a policeman the next time he meets one. SPECIALS BRING 7,000 Children Due Tomorrow -to See Cherry Blossoms. More than 7,000 school children from Kentucky, West Virginia and Virginia will arrive in Washington to- morrow morning on ‘seven special trains over the Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad to see the Japanese cherry blossoms and to visit the Capitol and other points of interest. Several other roads have arranged special excursions for visitors to come to Washington over the week end. Special trains of the Pennsylvania lines will bring visitors here Sunday from Atlantic City, New York, Pitts- burgh, Wilkes-Barwg, Philadelphia and P 95 CIFT ENLIVENS SARDD HEARNG Witness for Grandfather Unwittingly Frowns on His Actions. A difference of opinion concerning | year-old boy today enlivened legal | proceedings brought in District Su- preme Court by Mrs. Helen Villapiano to regain custody of her young son. ‘The boy, Albert J. Sardo, jr.. is now living with his grandfather. William H. Sardo, in Chevy Chase, Md. In testifying to his own fitness to have custody of the child, the elder Sardo said he once gave the boy a $5 bill for pocket money. Bean Testified for Sardo. A few minutes later, Police Inspec- tor Thaddeus R. Bean was called as a character witness for the grand- father. He said Sardo is a man of good reputation and expressed the belief he is well suited to bring up a young boy. Trial Justice Oscar R. Luhring then asked Bean if he believed it would be a wise thing to give an 8-year-old boy $5 for spending money. Knowing nothing of Sardo’s testimony, In- spector Bean replied that he would not approve of doing that. Sardo said he doesn't want Mrs. Villapiano to have the child because “she despised my son and went away with & man that broke up his home.” Brown Is Called. The son, Albert J. Sardo. was killed in an automobile accident last Feb- ruary while driving to New Orleans. Maj. Ernest W. Brown, superintend- ent of police, was one of several other character witnesses called on behalf of the eldér Sardo. ' Mrs. Villapiano, who remarried after obtaining a divorce from Sardo in Reno, now lives in Asbury Park, N. J. She voluntarily surrendered custody of the child to Sardo in the divorce case, but contends she is entitled to | diet for bears. | | the advisability of giving $5 to an 8- | will keep step to the tune of six cadet bands, some of them as large as the Army Band itself. Washington's High School Cadet unit has been conspicu- ous in all the big parades in Washing=~ ton and rivalry among them is keen this year as each battalion has been drilling to make the best showing. Barton to Be Marshal. Maj. Raymond O. Barton, U. S. A., commandant of the Georgetown Uni- versity R. O. T, C. battalion, with members of his staff, will be the marshal of the cadet division, which will follow right behind outstanding National Guard units. Heading the 3rd Division units are the 50-piece Georgetown University Band and the cadet battalion of the univeristy; a detachment of the Mary- | land University R. O. T. C.; the St. John's College Band and Cadets; the | Howard University Band and two companies of cadets. Colored Brigade in Parade. The Washington High School Cadet brigade staff with the brigade band ! will be next in line with the cadets from the white schools. The Sth Colored Cadet brigade and its band will follow. | Bringing up the rear of the column | will be the 340th Civilian Conservation Corps Co. of Lavonia, Pa., with its |band and a detachment from other |C. C. C. camps, marching for the first time in an Army day parade. A Civilian Military Training Corps float will be a picturesque feature of the division. \Duty F orées Ickes To Oppose Project He Twice Favored Too Many Jobs Ties His Hands on Irrigation Proposal. Secretary of the Interior Harold L. Ickes, who heads nearly a score of widely divergent Federal activities, sometimes finds it pretty hard to reconcile his desires in one public role with his stern duty in another. He f{llustrated the point yesterday by mentioning one of his present predicaments. “A week ago I approved as public works administrator a $150,000 allot- ment for a survey of the proposed Northern trans-mountain water di- version project in Colorado, intend- ing to drain off water from good farm land, pipe it over the Rocky Mountains and use it for irrigation. “As head also of the Reclamation Bureau I also approved the project. “But the National Park Service, of which I am also the head, was not at all in favor of the project, so in that capacity I had to be opposed to it, and consequently the project is held up.” Finding his official hands tied in this manner, Secretary Ickes has writ- ten to the Geological Survey of the Comerce Department to get an opin- ijon. He fears the Department of Agriculture might take a hand in the matter, he said, because the proj- ‘have the boy wifjy her since Sardo’s ect might bring about increased beet suger S