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REGORD OF RACING BETS INTRODUCED INTRIAL OF BEARD Stenographic Report Taken From Tapped Wire Given as Testimony. AGREEMENT IS REACHED FOR 11 JURORS TO SERVE Stenographer States He Heard Request of $1 on Bing Crosby to Win. A stenographic record of alleged racing bets taken from a tapped wire | was introduced in District Supreme Court today in the trial of Sam Beard and 12 assoclates, charged with con- spiracy to violate the gambling laws. Louis G. Bates, the juror whose sudden illness caused adjournment of the trial after yesterday's lunch- eon recess, was still confined to Cas- | ualty Hospital, where his con-| dition was described as “slightly im- | proved.” Both the defense and the | Government agreed to go ahead with | only 11 jurors in the box. Testimony by Nesbitt. The morning session was occupied with testimony from John Nesbitt, stenographer in the District attorney's | office, who sat for three afternoons | with headphones on his ears taking | notes on telephone conversations be- tween Beard's place in the Mather | Building and outside parties. Nesbitt was placed on the tapped wire in an office rented by investiga- tors in the Mather Building, 900 block | of G street. | The Government contends Beard | was operating the headquarters ¢f a | gambling syndicate with almost 50 branches at the time of the raid on | the Mather Building suite, October 5. | John J. Sirica, of defense counsel, has insisted “not a dollar in bets” was | received and that the place was merely an agency for disseminating ! race track news. Nesbitt testified, however, of in- coming voices saying “Bing Crosby, one to win, Dandy Dancer and Spark- dale, two to win,” etc. These remarks were typical of the stenographic notes which took Nesbitt more than an hour to recite. Shortly before the luncheon recess Justice Joseph W. Cox overruled a motion by defense counsel to quash the warrant on which entry was gained to the Beard establishment last October. | Attorney Sirica declared the Com- missioner's warrant was illegal because issued on “hearsay” evidence of Lieut. George Little, chief of the vice squad. “The United States marshal who acted under this warrant was a tres- passer,” Sirica said. “I move that all testimony by officers who illegally entered the premises be stricken from the record. Lieut. Little was never inside the premises.” | United States Deputy Marshal | Thomas E. Ott told the jury how he received the warrant from Lieut. Little in the seventh floor office of the | Mather Building where Government agents were tapping wires going to the Beard place, Ott said he and the other officers went down to a fifth | floor suite and that Sergt. George | Deyoe kicked open the first door. Ott testified the second door was boarded from the inside and Deyoe chopped | his way in with an ax. The depuly marshal pointed out* Beard in court as one of the 13 men in the raided suite. Prior to the raid Ott said he lis- tened in on a tapped wire for “half a minute” and heard & $2 bet placed on & horse whose name he could not Tecall. Identified by Numbers. Nesbitt said the incoming«calls were identified by numbers 18, 10, 22, 27 and 1. He testified the same voices each time were identified by the same code numbers. On the afternoon of the raid, Nes- bitt said, & “number” phoned into the headquarters office. “Got anything?” the voice was asked. “Yes, quite a few bets, but give me time to light a cigarette first.” The outsider was urged to hurry, and his conversation ran “parlay six horses” (the stenographer said he could not catch the next words) “one to win.” On another occasion, Nesbitt tes- tified, & voice in the office in- quired: “What's wrong with business, Charlie?” “They're all out to hear the base ball scores, I guess; I broke every- body ' yesterday,” the other voice an- swered. Defense Counsel Martin O'Dono- ghue won a ruling from Justice Cox to the effect that Nesbitt must read his own stenographic notes. As- sistant District Attorney Roger Robb. had asked the court that he be per- mitted to read a transcript of the stenographer’s notes. Heated Tilt Develops. A heated tilt developed between ©O'Donoghue and Robb over admission of the transcript in evidence. “All right, then, if you insist, go ahead and identify that paper,” O'Donoghue said. "";'!lt down, then, and I will,” Robb incoming rted. “Don’t you tell me to sit down!” shouted the defense counsel. ‘The court banged for order and O'Donoghue said, “I apologize, your | honor.” ‘The alleged bets taken down by Nesbitt referred to scores of well- known race horses at the various tracks in operation October 3, 4 and 5 throughout the country, although all of them appeared to be less than $3 and the-great bulk for $1. CHURCH MEETING ENDS The Spring Council of the General Conference of Seventh-Day Adventists | ended a 10-day session at the Takoma Park, Md., Adventist Church, 14 Car- roll avenue, yesterday with reports by various committees and officers. David D. Rees, editor of the Chris- tian Record, a monthly publication, was chief speaker during the closing session. Other speakers were M. N. Campbell of Winnipeg, Manitoba, and E. K. Slade of Walla Walla, Wash. OliverMontgomery, vice president of the % Council, was general for the conference. L A he Fp WASHINGTON, D. C., WEDNESDAY, MAY 1, 1935. Summer Health Round-Up Under 'Way in Schools : . N . WITE SUNDAY MORNING ED) The unwilling patient is Rena Savatini, being questioned this morning by Dr. George Mueller of Georgetown Upiversity. The examination was part of the Summer round-up conducted by the Parent-Teacher Associations throughout the city. Photo taken at Bancroft School, Eighteenth and Newton streets. The May day queen being crowned in the health pageant at the Wheatley School. 4 Left to right: Mollie Whitney. flower girl: Dick Helt, train bearer; Patricia Mahoney, flower girl: Dorothy Lichens, the queen. Betty Hayden, maid of honor; Tessie Koutsos, flower girl; Marcelyn Burke, flower girl, and Jackie Starr, crown bearer. ~—Star Stafl Photos. TENANTS PROPOSE APPEAL T0 COURTS Action Planned - Against Landlords Accused of Discrimination. Court action may be taken against | District landlords accused of discrim- ination against tenants, it was de- cided last night at a meeting of about 60 representatives of labor and Gov- ernment employe groups. With several lawyers included in membership of the groups, it was decided to name a grievance com- mittee, which will receive and consider {all complaints of discrimination by landlords. Some form of “collective bargaining” will be undertaken as the first recourse, but in the event this means is not effective the cases may be taken to court, it was decided. This group will be under general guidance of the Research Committee of the Central Labor Union, of which Robert Sentman is chairman. Its operation was decided upon principally to furnish protection to tenants during the period to elapse before Congress can act upon a rent control measure. An invitation was issued to all ten- ants who have a reasonable complaint to forward them to the Research Com- mittee of the Central Labor Union in the Washington Loan & Trust Co. Building, Ninth and F streets. The meeting last night also named a committee of 10 to press the cam- paign for rent legislation before Con- gress. C. M. Maples was chosen to head this group. Maples, Sentman and Wilbur Cohen were named to tes- tify before the congressional District Committees if hearings are sched- uled. Other Government employes ex- pected to testify are Miss Jessica Buck, Anton Dekon, John Donovan, A. R. Hester, Ingrid Larson, Henry Rhine and Louis Tuckman. e W. E. EMLEY ELECTED TORCH CLUB PRESIDENT Division 'Chief at Bureau of Standards Succeeds Dr. F. W. Ballou, Head of Schools. Election of Warren E. Emley, chief of the division of organic and fibrous materials, Bureau of Standards, as president of the Torch Club of Wash- ington was announced today. He succeeds Dr. Frank W. Ballou, su- perintendent of schools. ‘Watson Davis, director and secre- tary of Science Service, who has been serving as secretary-treasurer, Wwas elected vice president, and Dr. Tracy F. Tyler of the National Committee on Education by Radio, secretary- treasurer. Dr. Ballou will preside at the club’s final function of the year, a ladies’ night dinner to be held at the Raleigh Hotel tomorrow night. [} Court “Listens In” On Raid as Heard Over Tapped Wire Witness Describes Con- sternation When Of- ficer Seized Phone. What & gambling raid sounds like over a tapped telephone wire was de- scribed to the Jury today by John Nesbitt, who had head phones on when the police dropped in on Sam Beard and his associates. The Government witness, who was | seated in a nearby office, said he heard a loud “crash and bang” over the enr phones. Then: “Hello, hello hello!” called an anxious voice from an outside source. “All right, then, hello,” said a voice inside Beard’s office. “Who's this?” “Sergt. Deyoe.” (Sergt. George De- yoe of the Vice Squad.) “Hello, hello, I can't hear you. I've been cut off.” “Yes, and you'll stay cut off!” “Yeah—who is this, anyhow?” “This is the law.” “Who?” “The law. «Oh.” COLONIAL DAMES MEET FOR GEORGETOWN PARTY Garden Fete Features Busy Day to Be Concluded by Club Reception. The place is raided.” The Colonial Dames were to gather at their Géorgian mansion in George- town, Dumbarton House, 2714 Q street, this afternoon for a garden party to be given by the District Society of the Dames. This entertainment will be the fea- ture of a busy day, which includes & visit to the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, a business meeting at the Carlton Hotel, a luncheon, & motion picture of “Colonial Rhode Island” in the evening to be followed by a recep- tion at the Club of Colonial Dames, 1300 New Hampshire avenue. ‘The group presented & colorful his- torical pageant at the National Mu- seum last night as the high spot in the second day of the societ)'s twenty- second biennial session. MAJ. CHARLES F. EDDY FUNERAL RITES TODAY Late Finance Officer at Fort Mec- Pherson Will Be Buried at Arlington. Maj. Charles F. Eddy, finance of- ficer of Fort McPi®jyon, Ga., who died there Monday, buried in Ar- lington National Cemetery this after- noon. Born in Lowell, Mich,, on Septem- ber 2, 1888, Maj. Eddy was appointed 8 sccond lieutenant in the Army Quar- termaster Corps in 1916, He was transferred to the Finance Depart- ment in 1920. . His widow, Mrs. Anne F, Eddy of Fort McPherson, survives, [ DAIRIES, GROSS Department of Agriculture Study Shows 6.08-Cent Return. ‘The gross profit of Washington milk | dealers on home delivery sales is 6.08 cents a quart, the Department of Ag- riculture disclosed today. teenth on a list of 40 cities through- | out the country for which the depart- | ment tabulated milk prices. Except | for Boston and Philadelphia, the dairy products distributor makes less profit than in any other Eastern city. The survey shows only four cities pay more for milk than Washington, but at the same time the milk of only four cities.averages greater butter-fat content, 4.2 per cent here. Producers’ prices in the 40 metro- politan markets range from 3.6 cents a quart at Indianapolis to 8.2 cents a quart at Miami. The Washington price of 6.92 cents & quart is exceeded only by Jacksonville, 6.99; Boston, 7.68, and Miami. Other Prices. Prices paid by dealers to farmers iIn other Atlantic seaboard milksheds are: . Philadelphia, 585 cents a quart; Baltimore, 5.74; Hartford, 6.67; Ports- mouth, N. H., 5.08; Greensboro, N. C., 5.68. The price the housewife pays for milk delivered to her door ranges from 9.5 cents in Indianapolis, where the dealer's margin is 5.16, to 16 cents in Miami, where the dealer grosses 7.76 cents for each quart sale. The four cities which pay more than the 13 cents set as the District quart-price of milk are Miami, Bir- mingham, 14; Jacksonville, 15, and Greensboro, 15. The only city which gets a higher butter-fat content milk for less than the Washington milk-drinker is Fort ‘Worth, Tex., where the price per quart is 12 cents and the.butter-fat 4.7 per cent. Butter-Fat Comparisons. Butter-fat content of milk sold along the Atlantic coast is: Philadelphia, 3.8, 11 cents a quart; Boston, 3.9, 13 cents a quart; Balti- more, 4.0, 12 cents a quart; Hartford, 3.9, 13 cents a quart; Portsmouth, 3.9, 12 cents a quart; Miami, 4.2; Jack- sonville, 45, and Greensboro, 4.1. Of the 40 markets reviewed, the de- partment declared, 14 are under Fed- eral license alone, one is operating un- der concurrent jurisdiction of State and Federal authority, 13 have regu- lations issued by State milk boards under special legislative powers, and 12 markets lack any form of official regulation aside from civic health ordinances. Few See Paintings. Only four white men are believed to have seen primitive rock paintings of hunting scenes, which are hidden among the hills of Kruger National Park, in Bouth Africa, 2 L4 PROFIT DISCLOSED This margin puts the District nine- | Mrs. Wilbur Ratcliffe looks on as her daughter, Mary Elva, is exam- ined by Dr. L. W. Gray of Georgetown University. ing Stap % CHLDREN' FETES | FEATURE NAY DAY IRSERVANGE HERE Mrs. Roosevelt Receives Delegation of Four Tots Bearing Flowers. HEALTH EXAMINATIONS HELD IN CITY SCHOOLS Hundreds of Youngsters Tested by Physicians as Summer Round-ups Start. This May day morning in the Na- tional Capital was given over to health and happiness of the city's children. Maypole dancing, games, pageants, athletic contests and health examina- tions and exercises were the order of PAGE B—1 LAVHARERS PLEA ON .. FRBORS PROJECTS HEARD Gov. Winship Outlines Plans for Puerto Rico Im- provements. |CHANNEL DEEPENING OF “PARTICULAR VALUE” Committee of National Water Congress Given Arguments of Various Sections. Opening the second day of con- sideration of 147 river and harbor projects involving a total expenditure of about $500,000,000, the Projects Committee of the National Rivers and Harbors Congress this morning heard testimony from nearly a dozen mem- bers of the United States Congress and the day. As if to symbolize the new spirit of the date, far different from its tradi- tions of political rancor, violence and | bloodshed, four small children, dressed in their best, were received at the ‘White House this morning by Mrs. Roosevelt, to whom they presented a | basket of flowers. They were Donald | Prick. 2. of 2314 Eighteenth street: | Connie Hough, 5. of 2443 Eighteenth | street; Deirdre Winn, 4, of 1860 Cali- fornia street, and Dorothy Ferebee, 2. |of 1809 Second street. Accompanied by Mrs. Ernest R. Grant. managing | director of the District Tuberculosis Association, they represented the May Day Child Health Committee. TROOPS SET STAGE -FOR BATTLE SCENE Chancellorsville to Be Re- fought by Troops and Cadets. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. FREDERICKSBURG, Va. May 1.— The Battle of Chancellorsville, a high point- of the Confederate Army's achievement during the Civil War, will be refought tomorrow on the ground that 72 years ago resounded to the rumble of guns and the moans and screams of thousands of dying men. Ten miles west of here a regiment of Marines, two troops of Cavalry from Fort Myer and 600 Virginia Military Institute cadets will line up in battle array and simulate the historic fight in which 16,000 Federal troops and 4,500 Confederate soldiers were killed. Planes to Drop Flowers. A modern touch will be given the Marine Corps planes from the Fleet Marine Force at Quantico. Just be- fore the firing begins the planes will fly over the scene of the conflict and drop flowers on the graves of both Union and Confederate dead. The monument to Gen. Thomas E. (Stonewall) Jackson, Southern mili- tary genius who was killed by his own men in the saddest moment of the jective for the flower-laden planes. Trucks filled with armed men rum- bled through the dawn toward this famed town this morning as the twentieth century fighting forces as- sembled to replay the nineteenth cen- tury military engagement. Parade Tonight. A parade by the V. M. I. cadets to- night will act as a curtain raiser for the event, which has drawn hundreds of visitors to Fredericksburg to watch the unusual demonstration and at- tend a colorful bdll to be given for the cadets and Marine and Army officers after the bloodless battle. ‘Throughout the action Dr. Douglas S. Preeman, Richmond editor and his- torian, will broadcast a running de- scription of the mock warfare. Dr. Freeman, biographer of Gen. Lee, will tell of the South’s hero, who with the 60000 men in the Army of Northern Virginia repulsed the 130,000 under command of “Fighting Joe” Hooker, Gov. Peery of Virginia will head a group of officials of the State and is expected to be joined by members of Congress, high Federal officials and ranking officers of the Army and Navy. Cavalry Encamped. Already Maj. A. P. Thayer has his 240 officers and men from Fort Myer, with 200 horses, 12 motor trucks and armored cars encamped on the battle site, now part of Fredericksburg and Spottsylvania National Military Park. Col. Kenyon Joyce will join the troops in time for cavalry charge tomorrow. “Gen. Hooker’s Camp,” occupied by the Marines in more than 360 tents, is set up before the ruins of the old Chancellorsville House, which served the Union leader as headquarters. The cadets will bivouac on the Fred- ericksburg fair grounds. Men of V. M. I served valiantly in the real Battle of Chancellorsville, and the 600 young men will act as the Confederate Army in the mock engagement with the Marines and the Cavalry in the roll of the blue-coated Federals. D. C. PUPILS TO SEE “BATTLE” Y. M. C, A. School Boys Will Go to Fredericksburg. g Approximately 50 students and members of the faculty of the Wood- ward School, Y. M. C. A. high school for boys, will go to Fredericksburg, Va., tomorrow to witness the re-enact- ment of the Battle of Chancellorsville at the scene of the Civil War conflict. The school will ciose several classes for the day. The trip is one of a series arranged for educational pur- poses. Places of historical interest near Washington are visited on these motor tours. The delegation will leave the school at 8:30 a.m. and is due to return about 7 p.m. Headmaster J. J. King will canduct the-tour, Physical Tests Given. Bright and early the annual proces- sion to the public schools of mothers and small children, taking advantage of the Summer round-up of the par- ent-teacher associations, was under way. Hundreds of youngsters of pre- GREAT STEP SEEN | ings will be turned over to their par- ents with recommendations for treat- ment and cure. The final phase of the Summer round-up will occur next | Fall, when the Parent-Teacher Asso- ciation workers check up on health | improvements which have been effect- ed as result of the examinations. The scene at the Bancroft School, | Eighteenth and Newton streets, which A o el e 1 was one of the 13 where examinations s the District safety-responsibility | .o % 014" Lo typical. | bill moved toward the White House; Before 9 am. the children began | today, its journey through Congresslw arrive. ‘The majority will start completed, it is descrived as a | SChool next September or possibly Feb- great stride forward in the campaign | [L2TY but some were younger even than that. Laughi 3 for street safety, in a statement issued | chattering and sfienxagm:;d“(}rs T:d' by George W. Offutt, chairman of the into the examination room. | advisory board of the A. A. A. District Thorough Tests Made. of Columbia Motor Club. ‘There physicians tested their hearts, “Law-abiding motorists need have | their lungs, talked with them, looked | no fear of this measure, since it was a}.l Lhe;lr teeth and put them through : _ {all other steps needed to ascertain | specifically designed to restrict care | whether they were suffering from | less and irresponsible drivers without | remedial physical defects. causing any hardship to the cautious| In charge of the work was Dr. Carl drivers who make up the great ma- Eckhardt. who was assisted by Drs. jority of highway users,” Offutt stated. gt’m;ls? Pguelltr. L. W. Gray, D. V. ughes, D. S. Fettes and J. M. Mur- Clears Last Hurdle. | phy. The committee of parents which The bill, which has been considered arranged for the examinations in House and Senate committees at | cluded Mrs. A, S. Mangere, Mrs. Wil- i A. A. A. Advisory Board Chairman Praises Respon- sibility Bill Passage. sham warfare by the presence of 36 jintervals for seven or eight years,|liam Sweet, Mrs. Frank Towns and | | cleared the last legislative hurdle Mrs. William Stone. | when Senator King, Democrat, of | Others of the city's 51 parent- Utah, had the Senate approve the | teacher associations will hold exam- | conference report yesterday afternoon. | inations tomorrow, Friday, May 6, The House agreed to the report Mon- | 7, 15 and 24. from Gov. Blanton Winship of Puerto Rico. Gov Winship was appearing on be- half of improvements to San Juan Harbor which in their originally con- templated form called for expenditure | of about $2,500,000. Some of the work, however, already has been ac- complished and a P. W. A. allotment for $440.000 is now available for more of the work, leaving the improvements asked by Gov. Winship requiring some $600,000 additional. Principal among the features of Gov. Winship's pro- posal were the degpening of San Juan Harbor channel and the construction of a floating dry dock there. These | improvements, he pointed out, would | be of particular value in the event of operations of the United States fleet in waters adjacent to the island The first witness of the morning was Representative Smith, Democrat, of Washington, who urged the commit- | tee’s indorsement of three canal pro- | jects in the Northwest. In presenting his arguments, Smith declared the canals would result in considerable in- crease in commerce in that section. At the same time, he said, railroads in the area affected have voiced no oppo- sition to the waterway improvements. In approximately 98 per cent of such cases, he said, it has been shown that improved water transportation facili- ties served also to increase transporta- tion by rail. The Washington State proposals involve a total expenditure of slightly more than $33,000,000. Recreation Project. Representative Utterback, Democrat of Iowa, proposed a vast recreation lake project in the Des Moines River | Valley costing about $11,000,000 or £12,000.000. The project also has value for irrigation and flood control benefits, he said, while some even favor location of a power development there. Representative Crawford, Repub- lican. of Michigan, appeared next in behal’ of two projects in Saginaw Harbor. He was followed before the | comg2iftee by Representative White, Den‘ocrat, of Idaho, who requested the indorsement of river development projects in his home State. Vermont's congressional delegation preceded Gov. Winship before the committee. Senator Gibson, Senator Austin and Representative Plumley, all Republicans, urged the approval of the Congress for two canal projects | near the New York and Canadian borders of the State. Their principal value, Senator Gibson said, would be contingent upon development of the St. Lawrence Waterway agitated for four-day battle, will be a particular ob- | day. The effective date of the measure is | 90 days after its approval by the | President. | Mr. Offutt said the sponsors of the | bill were fortunate in having the non- | resident clause restored in conference. | ‘This clause authorizes the same | method of serving process on out-of- | town drivers that is followed in most | of the States. This provision was im= | portant, Offutt said, because 20 per cent of the cars using Washington | streets are from the States. Provision of Bill. The bill provides that any motorist | | convicted of driving while drunk or | | of leaving the scene of an accident in which personal injury has oc- curred without making known his identity, would be deprived of the right to drive again until he demon- strated ability to respond for dam- age or personal injury that might re- | sult from a future accident, Driving permits also would be suspended as long as accident judgments remain unpaid. Financial responsibility could be shown in one of three ways: By in- surance, by surety bond or by a cash deposit, —_— RELIEF FUND $674,733 District Granted Larger Sum for May by F. E. R: A. The Federal Emergency Relief Ad- ministratior. has granted the District $674,733 for relief here this month. This is $217,000 less than was re- quested, but is about $50,000 more than was granted for April. For direct and work relief, the F. E. R. A gave for May $550,000; for relief research, $29,733, and for transients, $95,000. The total will be increased by $166,666 out of the Dis- trict’s own fund. Spinach Craving Traps Man Laden With Stolen Stock Caught like the monkey who reachéd through & small hole in a coconut to get & lump of sugar and couldn’t get free again, John H. Devlin, 37, of no fixed ad- dress, went down to the count of six months before Judge Ralph Given in Police Court this morn- ing. Possessed, evidently, with a fatal passion for spinach, the de- fendant, it was charged, climbed through a small hole left in a truckload of merchandise belong- ing to David A. Hildebrand, 600 Pennsylvania avenue. His pockets loaded with 10 cans of spinach and seven cans of tomatoes, he was unable to squeeze out again. He was captured as easily as a sitting bird by Policeman J. T. ‘Two other health drives also swung | into full operation today. One was the campaign of the American Child Health Association in co-operation with the District Health Department for immunization to diphtheria of pre-school children. Each year the association wars against some phase of child illness. This year it was decided to concen- trate on diphtheria in childre : rang- ing in age from 6 months to 6 years. Lectures Launch Drive. The instructional side of the joint drive by the District Health Depart ment and the District Tuberculosis Association to examine each high | school senior for tubercuiar infection was launched with lectures in three high schools and in many of the intermediate and elementary schools. Dr. Stuart O. Foster spoke at Mc- Kinley, Dr. Charles R. L. Halley at Western and Dr. E. O. Wiggens at Dunbar. Mrs. Grant of the Tuberculosis As- sopiation, in & radio interview last| evening, explained in detail the aims | of the drive. The interview was con- ducted by George Hurd of the repor- torial staff of The Star. out that Washington's death rate from tuberculosis, 123 per 100,000 pop- ulation, is the third highest of the | country’s larger cities. She attrib- uted this to the lack of an adequate number of hospital beds for persons | suffering in the active stages of the disease and to the presence of alley slums. One of the principal May day pageants this morning was at the ‘Wheatley School, Montello avenue and | Neal street northeast, with some 700 children participating. The exercises | included maypole dancing, crowning | of a May queen and a Japanese pageant. Playgrounds Have Programs. May day observences were scheduled for the city’s 39 playgrounds through- out this afternoon. On the program are games, athletic efficiency tests, singing and general merrymaking. From 1:30 to 3:30 p.m., the play- grounds were to be given over to children under 6. They were to play games, sing songs, march in health parades and hear talks on personal hygiene. From 3:30 to 4:45 p.m., athletic ef- ficlency tests for older children are scheduled. Bronze, silver and gold buttons will be awarded. A father-and-son program will wind up the 's playground activities, end- ing at 6 pm. Parents and children will play together at quoits, soft ball and other games, and listen to talks by playground officials. A series of nature walks will be inaugurated this afternoon, when Ar- thur Stupka, Federal parks naturalist, will conduct a party through Rock Creek Park. The hike will start at 1:30 p.m. from Pierce Mill. Ladies’ Aid to Meet. ASHTON, Md., May 1 (Special).— The Ashton Ladies’ Aid and Missionary Society will meet here tomorrow after Connelly, noon at 2 o'clock at the home of Mrs. Herbert Cufl, She pointed | | the past several years. } To Approve Three-quarters. | Questioned about probable action of the Projects Committee and of the whole Congress, President Frank Reid and H. H. Buckman, vice chairman of the Projects Committee, ventured a prediction that about three-quarters of the proposals submitted will be given approval of the group, although many, including two for the District of Columbia, already have been ap- proved by the House of Representa- tives in the omnibus rivers and har- ors bill. These officials doubt that indorsement of their organization would expedite passage in the Sen- ate. In cases where projects have not received approval of the United States Congress this special body will press for their acceptance by the new pub- lic works set-up. It was pointed out that approximately 85 per cent of ex- penditures for waterways projects goes directly for manpower labor. SCOTT NOMINATION HEARING ON FRIDAY Discussions on Municipal Court Judge to Be Held in Senate Committee Room. Hearings on the nomination of Ar- mond W. Scott, colored attorney, to be a judge of the Municipal Court will be started at 4 p.m. Friday in the Sen- ate committee room in the Capitol. ‘This was announced today by Sen- ator King, Democrat, of Utah, chair- man of the special subcommittee ap- pointed to handle the nomination by Chairman Ashurst of the Judiciary Committee. Other subcommittee members are Senators Van Nuys, Democrat, of Indiana; Deitrich, Dem= ocrat, of Illinois; Norris, Republican, of Nebraska, and Austin, Republican, of Vermont. Scott was nominated by President Roosevelt to succeed Judge James A. Cobb, also colored. The subcommittee will have before it the voluminous files containing let- | ters and petitions both for and against 1Scou. Included in the data is a pe- | tition, signed by members of the bar, | urging the committee to give careful | consideration to the qualifications of the nominee before action is taken. —_— HANNAH PARSONS RITES Daughter of Naval Officer to Be Buried at Arlington. Funeral services were to be held this afternoon at Arlington National Cemetery for Hannah Parsons, daugh- ter of Lieut. and Mrs. W. 8. Parsons, U. 8. N, and granddaughter of Rear Admiral and Mrs. Wat T. Cluverius. She died at Annapolis, Md,, Monday, Chaplain W. M. Thomas, U. §. N., was to officiate.