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A—16 %xix POLIEHUNTHIE 1S SUSPEET I ELLSON KLLING Mountaineers Search Scene | After Finding Body in Lonely Wood. CAR BELIEVED SIGHTED IN CORNER OF STATE| License on Automobile at Rad- ford, Va.. Corresponds With That of Victim. Kite Contests in With scores of kites still remaining to be flown and judged, the fifth an- nual kite contest of the District Model Aircraft League. Playground Department, went into its second day of competition this afternoon on tI | Monument grounds and in Section C. Anacostia Park Registration of entrants was sched- uled from 1 to 3 p.m. and flying and exhibition of competing kites from 1 to 5 p.m. at both contests. Two contests were held yesterday afternoon. at Section D. Anacostia Fark. and at the Banneker Recrea- tion Center. Anacostia Park. By the Associated Press. * RICHMOND. Va.. June 1.—Depart- ment of Justice agents and State police looked toward the rugged mountains of Southwest Virgina tojay in their hunt for a short. stocky hitch-hiker believed to have mur- dered J. M. Ellison. 57. manager of the historic Brandon estate on the | James River. | The body of Ellison, partly de- composed. was found yesterday in lonely woods near the Goochland- Louisa County line. He had been - missing since Sunday afternoon, when } he left the home of his sister. Mrs. Arthur L. Willard, in Washington, to | return to Brandon after a visit. Ellison’s car was sighted at Rad- ford. in the southwest corner of the State, Tuesday by Police Chief C. H. Howell, who was called to arrest the driver after he had failed to pay for gasoline at a filling station. License Plates Checked. ‘The man eluded Chief Howell. who later found that the license number of the car was that on Ellison's ma- chine. which he was driving when he left Washington Negroes saw the car near Radford | again Wednesday and gave officers a description of the driver. who they said was short of stature. weighed about 160 pounds and was 30 or 35 years old. Ellison’s body. a bullet hole in the head. was found by two Nezro girls. Shreds of clothing on a barbed wire fence separating the road from the patch of woods and a bloody spot on the road were somber indications that the body had been dragged from a car to the place where it was found. Police officers and Government agents. who conferred on the case last night in the office of John Q. Rhodes. head of the State police, surmised that Ellison on his return trip from ‘Washington nad picked up a hitch- hiker who had killed and robbed him hidden his body in the woods and @driven away in his car. Investigators could only speculate upon whether Ellison’s companion had made him drive to the sparsely popu- lated area where the body was found and then killed him. or whether the Brandon manager had been killed and | his body driven to the wooded spot. which is nortnwest of Richmond, off the Washington Highway and in the opposite direction of Brandon from | here. Justice Department Agent Henry Shaw and State Police Lieut. D. D. Mannoni searched the vicinity of Rad- ford Thursday and Friday. but said no further trace of the car was found Lieut. Mannoni expressed the opinion that the fugitive had hidden in the mountains in that section of Virginia or had fled into nearby Tennessee or ‘West Virginia. | Ellison’s family and his employer, Robert W. Daniel, reguested :be aid of State police Morday after the es- tate manager had .failed to :eturn home. Daniel caid Ellison was 2 me of ‘conservative habits and toid offi- cers he suspected fcul play. Edited Paper Once. Ellison’s sister, Mre Willard is the widow of the late Admiral Artaur L. Willard. The slain man was tne son of the late Circuit Judge Audrews Pllison of Kirksville, Mc. and was edi- | tor of a daily newspaper there at one time. He also was & former instructor of the Northeast Missour1 State Teachers’ College Brandon, the ¢state owned by Dan- fel and managed by Ellison, comprises more than 1,000 acyes overlookuig the James River 15 iiles southeast of | Richmond. Estabiished in the eight- eenth century, :ts magnificent grounds and beautiful zardens are rencwned | among Virginia's show places. Pnor‘ to Mi. Daniel's acquisition ot 1t 10 years ago. it belonzed to the fiarrison family, famous in Viiginia history. | ARCHITECTS ELECT | D. C. MAN TO OFFICE Washington Selected as 1936 Convention City—Baltimorean Named Regional Director. Bv the Associated Press. MILWAUKEE, June 1.—Stephen F. | Voorhees of New York. chairman of | the Construction Code Authority at | the time of its nullification. was | elected president of the American In- | stitute of Architects at the closing | session of the sixty-seventh annual convention here yesterday. He suc- ceeds Ernest J. Russell of St. Louis. Louis La Beaume of St. Louis was | named first vice president and Francis | Which amassed 82 points as against | estant Episcopal Bishop of Washing- P. Sullivan of Washington second vice president. Charles T. Ingham of Pittsburgh was re-elected secretary Was awarded to George Thornton | the and Erwin Bergstrom of Los Angeles | was re-elected treasurer. Three regional directors were named, each for a three-year term. +They are Walter R. McCornack of Cleveland, Great Lakes division; Wil- liam H. Crowell of Portland, Western division, and William G. Notling of Baltimore, Middle Atlantic division. Next year’s meeting will be ‘Washington. in TWO ASSAULT AND ROB WASHINGTON MAN, 65 Mount Rainier and County Police Hunt Pair—Victim Left in Alley. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. MOUNT RAINIER, Md. June 1.— County and town police yesterday were searching for two young white men who early today beat and robbed Philip ¥F. Latchford, 65, 642 Sixth street northeast, Washington, and left him lying in an alley here. Latchford and the men whom he claims assaulted him visited a res- taurant a short time before he was attacked, according to Town Chiet of Police Eugene B. Plumer. Latchford said the assailants took about $4 in cash and a gold wgtch from him. Championship—Austin Childs, fa- ther. and Allison Childs. 17, 1905 Otis | street northeast. for their tetrahedral kite. entered in the father-and-son class. Junior class. plane surface Kkites, workmanshin—First, William Connor: second. Arthur Berry; third. William Connor. Junior class, plane surface. design— | First, William Connor: second, Joe Hall; third, Gaeton De Zabba. Junior class, plane surface, perform- ance—First, Joe Hall: second, Mar- shall Crockett; third, Arthur Berry. Junior class, plane surface, for unique design—Victor De Vakos. Junior class, plane surface, for unique performance—William Connor. Junior class. plane surface. unique design and performance—Collier Car- penter. Junior class. box kites. first place for workmanship, first place for de- sign and first place for performance, all won by Leon Litsis. No other awards. Father-and-Son Class. Father-and-son class, plane surface kites, workmanship—First, Alejandro Macogay and junior: second. Eugene Del and junior: third, John A. Wil- liams and junior. Father-and-son, plane surface. de- sign—First, Eugene Del and junior; second. Alejandro Macogay and jun- ior: shird, John A. Williams and Junior. Father-and-son. plane surface, per- formance—First, Alejandro Macogay and junior: second. Eugene Del and junior: third, John A. Williams and Junior. Father-and-son class. box Kites, workmanship—First, Austin Childs Early Winners Announced |Scores of Aerial Toys Yet Remain to Be Judged in Monument Grounds and Anacostia Park. Winners at these con- | | tests were as follows: THE EVENING Second Day; jand Allison Childs; second, William A. Conners and James E. Conners. Father-and-son, box, performance— Pirst, Austin and Allison Childs; sec- | ond, William A. and James E. Conners. Father-and-son, box, performance— First, Austin and Allison Childs, sec- ond, Willilam A. and James E. Con- 1 ners. Banneker Contest Winners. Yesterday's winners at the Banne- ker contest were as follows: Championship—John Toomer Howard Playground. Junior class, plane surface Kites, workmanship—First, Rosa Selden, | Howard Playground, button award: second. Rebecca Wallace, Monroe | Playground: third, Albert Garner, Rose Park. Junior class. plane surface design— Pirst, Nathanie! Jenius. button award: | second. Albert Garner; third, Rosa | | Selden. | Junior class. plane surface, perform- | ance—PFirst, John Toomer: second. | Irvin Matthews. Shaw Playground; | | third, Rosa Selden. Junior class, plane surface, unique design—First, Albert Garner; second, Rosa Selden; third, Lillian Weeks. Junior class, box kites—First prize for workmanship, design and perform- ance all won by Edward Holloway of Banneker Playground. No other | awards. | Senior Class Winners. Senior class, plane surface Kites, | workmanship—First. Wesley Garner, Rose Park: second. Elmer Brooks, Howard; third, James Baylor, Howard. Senior class, plane surface, design— First, Wesley Garner: second, Alfred Saunders, Rose Park; third, Elmer Brooks. Senior class, plane surface, pe formance—First, James Baylor, How= ard; second. Elmer Brooks: third, Pat- i rick Leigh, Howard. Senior class, plane surface, unigue design. performance and workman- ship prizes all taken by Wesley Gar- ner. Senior class. box Kites—First places for workmanship. design and perform- ance and button award, all won by | Edward Holloway of Banneker Play- ground. Father-and-son class, plane surface kites—First places for workmanship, design. performance and unique de- sign, all won by Arthur Greene, Cook | School, and his father. No other awards. of WITNESSES PLAN BAPTSHAL RIS 15,000 Hold First Session Today—Rutherford to Speak Tomorrow. Witk the world-wide address of their leader, Judge Joseph F. Ruther- ford, scheduled for broadcast tomor- row, the 15,000 meribers of the hosts of the Witnesses «f Jehovah, aclding their first general meeting- at the Washington Auditorium this after- noon will meet at the Takoma Park swimming pool tor a baptismal =ervice under direction of I.J. Sullivan The baptismal w.l be preceded by a talk at the auditorium. where the large crowd of devotees have forced those in charge o set up chairs on an adjoining park space to take care of the overflox. Anton nerber, Washington representative of the Wit- nesses. said he evpecled more than 20,000 persons .0 be present tomorrow to hear their leader ‘This morning was spent by the Wit- nesses, who call themselves the Watch Tower Bible Tract Society, in house- to-house canvassing of Washington. Baltimore and suburbs with their literature. Along with each tract given away, for a nominal contribu- tion, the Witnesses preach a short sermon on their aims, encouraging each listener to attend the meeting. The first meeting of the afternoon session opened at 2 o'clock at the auditorium, with a talk by M. C. Har- beck, director of the organization in Central Europe. with headquarters in Bern, Switzerland. This was followed | by the talk by Sullivan and the bap- tismal service was to be held later in the afternoon. A service of praise and declaration of principles will be held at the audi- torium at 7 o'clock tonight and will be followed at 7:30 p.m. by a discourse by A. R. Goux. The general meeting opened Thurs- | day and will continue through Mon- day. with several prominent speakers on the program. R. 0. T.C. MEDAL GIVEN HOWARD U: COMPANY Company A was victorious yester- day in the Howard University R. O. T. C. annual competition. Capt. Wil- liam K. Collins commanded and re- ceived a gold medal from President Mordecai W. Johnson. In second place was Company B, commanded by Capt. Robert A. Brown, 86 for the winner. A medal for individual excellence by Dean E. P. Davis. FAC A RUSHES * GODE SUBSTITUTE Liquor Control Agency Hopes to Have Plan Ready | Next Week. By the Associated Press. ‘Working night and day to devise a substitute for the liquor codes wiped out by the Supreme Court’s N. R. A. decision, officials of the Federal Al- cohol Control Administration said to- day they would have a plan ready to submit to President Roosevelt early next week. Mr. Roosevelt said yesterday the court decision killed F. A. C. A. and by implication left it up to Congress to decide on what, if any method of Federal control should be devised. “We have been directed not to talk the matter over with any ome. not even members of Congress. until the job is finished,” one asserted. Code Adherence Pledged. Simultaneously, two branches of the industry announced continued adher- ence to provisions of the outlawed codes. “Without exception. we have decided to carry on business according to the codes,” said Dr. James M. Doran, head of the Distilled Spirits Institute. “We | have agreed not to cut prices or wages, ‘or lengthen hours.” He said the distillers, who planned to meet today, had decided to wait for the Government to disclose its plans for new legislation before making any recommendation. Rectifiers Want Regulation. “We must have new legislation.” declared Ammon McClelland, a | spokesman for the rectifiers. “We have | not decided on the form desired, but | we want regulation. For the present, practically all members of the indus- try have decided to maintain the pro- | visions of the codes on wages and hours. I don't think there will be | much price-cutting. Prices are so low | | now we can't cut them.” | One proposal for meeting the gap | created by the death of F. A. C. A. icodes already has been discussed widely at the Capitol. It would involve revival of a law of pre-prohibition | days under which the Treasury main- Itmned a measure of control over the | industry through a system of licens- | ing distilleries, distributors and other | handlers of alcoholic beverages. | ————— Bishop Confirms Class. HYATTSVILLE, Md., June 1 | (Special).—A class of nearly 50, in- | cluding 15 adults, was confirmed by | Right Rev. James E. Freeman, Prot- | ton, 1ast night in Pinkney Memorial Church here. The class was one of largest in the history of the parish. New Message From Houdini | Doubted by Magicians’ Society Claims of another psychic message from Houdini were received with a grain of salt today by the hard- | headed, nimble-fingered members of | the Society of American Magicians in | session at Wardman Park Hotel. The resourceful Houdini, his friends | say. has succeeded, even after death, in carrying on his campaign against mediums and claimants of psychic power who would cloak the art of magic in the dark garments of sorcery. Nevertheless, a message apparent in Houdini’s secret code, desc! by Houdini’s own lawyer as “astound- ing,” has been claimed by Mabel F. Billinge of Norwood, R. I, the ma- gicians were told. Before he died, about 10 years ago, Houdini left a secret code with his intimates and promised to do all in his power after death to communi- cate the code to the mediums on earth. Among the 1 persons who know the code are Mrs. Houdini, Houdini’s brother, Hardeen; his attorney, Bernard M. L. Ernst. and Julian J. | Proskauer of New York. Houdini left $10,000 in trust with Ernst for any one who could prove he had received his code message. The claim will be investigated after the convention, which closes tonight with a second public performance in Wardman Park Theater beginning at | 8:15 o'clock. Hardeen Houdini, who carries on the Houdini tradition, will be among the performers. Others include Mack Holden, a veteran vaudeville enter- tainer, whose spectacular “shadow- graph” pictures have won him wide recognition. The magicians will be occupied this afternoon with an election of officers. Heéated contests are expected over sev- eral positions. This morning 1,000 of the city's underprivileged children were guests of the magicians at e special perform- ance in Keith's Theater. x | from the new work-relief set-up. DR. GROFF'S FUNERAL STAR, WASHINGTON, §631.200 SOUGHT BY CIVIL SERVICE FROM WORKS FUND| Money Needed to Defray Extra Expense for Ad- ministration. $60,000 ASKED TO ERECT NAVY YARD LUNCH ROOM Soil Conservation Service Bids for $65,291,888 to Teach Topsoil Retention. As a direct result of additional work growing out of the recent emergency relief appropriation act, the Civil Service Commission has filed an ap- plication for $691,200 with the divi- sion of applications and information The money is intended to be used to meet the extra expense of admin- istrative work of the commission in supplying needed workers to carry out the spending program. The item was one of a total of $4,- 252,300 asked yesterday. $60,000 for Lunch Room. A second item for an expenditure within the District was a request for $60,000 for construction of a lunch room in the west yard at the Navy Yard. This project would supplement | present inadequate facilities located | at considerable distance from many of the Navy Yard shops. At the same time, the Agriculture Department asked the division for a total of $65291.888 for .the Federal | Soil Conservation Service to teach farmers in 29 States how to keep fer- | tile topsoil from becoming duststorms. ‘The request supplements one filed earlier asking for $156,298,000 for a vast reforestation plan in 47 States, embracing the belts of. semi-arid ‘Western areas. $3,900,00 for Flood Control. | Other Federal agencies applied for $4.943,500, including $3,900.000 asked | by Army engineers for flood control | projects in Oklahoma and Kansas. | Harry L. Hopkins, works progress administrator, allotted $79.040.929 to 42 States for June relief. and $6.051.- 930 to carry on farm aid until Dr. | Rexford G. Tugwell's Rural Resettle- | ment Administration takes over that work. Illinois, which was cut off Federal relief in May during Hopkins' struggle to force increased State contributions, did not receive an allotment. but offi- cials said money would be allocated as soon as its needs were determined as in California, Delaware. Missouri, New Jersey and New York. FINGERPRINT PLAN TO IDENTIFY PUPILS War Department Expert Will Take Records of Students at Eastern High. As an initial step in his efforts to have every child fingerprinted for identification in case of accident, kid- naping. amnesia or death, Christopher Bennett, fingerprint expert of the War Department, Tuesday *-ill begin taking the prints of pupils of Eastern ! High School. Bennett, a member of the Inter- national Association of Identification. said his organization would sponsor a bill in Congress to promote finger- printing of all children. | He began his work of advocating fingerprinting 31 years ago when he watched frantic mothers rushing from | |one morgue to another trying to| identify their children after the burn- ' ing and sinking of the excursion steamer General Slocum in the East River near New York, with a loss of 1.021 lives. Of the children aboard, | 164 of the dead were never identified. Bennett explained that fingerprint- ing of children has nothing to do with criminal practice, but that it is the | best safeguard for parents in case of mishap to their children. MONDAY MORNING Brother of Local Merchant Will Be Buried in Rock Creek Cemetery. | Services for Dr. Chester C Groff, 54, who took his own life in a Balti- more hotel yestraay just as his brother, Diller F. Greff, prominent Washington wholssale wall paper dealer returned with his family from a world cruise, will be held at the ‘Wright funeral chapel 1337 Tenth street Monday 1t 10:30 am. Rurial will be in Rock Creck Cemeterv Dr. Groff, who had been practicing medicine at Ozone Park. N. Y., since the war, came to Washingter nine months ago to apen an office ir the 1100 block of I street. He had been suffering from an incurable cisease, he said in a note ieft for the coroner, and in a letter to his brother Dr. Groff was a native of Washington and had received nis medical degree | at the University of Baltimore. Besides his wife, Mrs. Dorothy Groff he leaves only his brother, Diller F. Groff, 3900 Ingomar street. REPRESENTATIVE MAAS 1S LIEUTENANT COLONEL Lawmaker Who Disarmed Man in House Gallery Promoted by Marine Reserves. Representative Melvin J. Maas, Re- publican, Minnesota, who several years ago ook a loaded revolver from a man in the House gallery who had threat- ened to shoot members on the floor, today was promoted to leutenant colonel in the Marine Corps Reserve. a Marine Corps aviator during the ‘World War Some time ago, the general said, the Representative organized a Marine Corps Reserve squadron of flyers sta- ticned at Minneapolis. Gen. Russell said Marine Corps officials considered ;tmo(unmelt efficient in the serv- ce. lSlDfl. | Chevy Chase Circle to Chevy Chase . |for new trackage that will be neces- D. C. SATURDAY, JUNE 1, 1935. Hog Callers Yield to Sprinters Pig, Going With Oklahomans on Boat Outing, Breaks Away and Leads Chase on Wharves. BUSSES BEYOND CALVERT SOUGHT Utilities Commission to Hear Company Plan on Monday. Grunt shown soon after his short-lived flight came to ean abrupt end this morning on the water front. Chief Uutaw of Hugo, Okla., contemplates the elusive boar as his captor, Brodus Mothershead, makes sure he doesn't get away again. ~—8tar Staff Photo. HE hog-callers of the Western plains wasted a lot of vocal effort on Grunt this morning when the piglet escaped as 500 members and friends of the Oklahoma State Society were em- barking from the Seventh street wharves for an all-dayv round-up and outing at Marshall Hall. What was needed was a champion sprinter instead of a hog-caller, for Grunt did not take kindly to the idea of the round-up. No Oklahoman was going to put his brand on Grunt. In this, of course. Grunt was mis- taken. He was merely to be enticed to some imaginary trough by the yodels | of Oklahomans competing with Ark- | ansas artists in a hog-calling match Petition by the Capital Transit Co. for substitution of local and express bus service for street cars on Con- necticut avenue bevond Calvert street will be considered by the Public Utili- | ties Commission at its session Monday. A similar petition is to be filed with the Marviand Public Service Commis- affecting transportation from Lake. Officials of the District Commission today declined to forecast their de- cision but observers predict approval of the idea. They point out the com- mission in its general street car order | yesterday voiced sentiment favoring larger use of busses in outlying areas. Six Miles of Track. The change would mean abandon- ment of approximately 6 miles of track, saving the company a large sum needed for rebuilding sections of worn- out track and the annual costs of maintaining the rails Between 50 and 60 busses would be needed for the proposed bus service, which would be operated in both rush and non-rush periods, company offi- cials estimate. The company did not fix a date for the requested change. This would depend on how soon addi- tional busses could be obtained, amongz other things, if the rommls-l sion approves. ‘Three types of bus service were proposed One would be an express bus from Chevy Chase Circle to Pennsylvania avenue and Eleventh street. Another would be a through local line between the same points. The third would be a local bus service from the circle to the east end of the | Calvert Street Bridge. The first | named two lines would use Taft | Bridge instead of making the job over Calvert street, the new bridge and Adams Mill road. Fare Scale Proposed. | For the two local bus services the company proposes to charge the regu- lar street car fares and provide free transfers to other lines of the com- pany, except the extra fare busses, the Chevy Chase coach and the, Hains Point busses. For the express | busses the proposed fare would be 10 | cents cash, or use of the $1.25 weekly | passes. On payment of a 10-cent | cash fare there would be transfers | {‘rom the local busses to the express ne. Fares for the service from the lake to the circle the company has not[ yet proposed, but officials say it likely | would be 5 cents cash or 3 cents on I the book ticket basis. As to the service beyond the District line, they suggest informally operation of some of the local and express busses through to the lake. Shuttle busses would be run when the through busses There would be| were not used. transfers from these to the through busses at the circle. The company recalled that it had | months ago proposed operation of | street cars over Taft Bridge instead | of the Calvert street span, so as to | save some time in trips to the down- town area, but this was rejected by | the commission. Route Outlined. ‘The route of the through busses and the express line would be di- rectly down Connecticut avenue to Seventeenth street, then south to I street, east to Thirteenth, south to E street, east to Eleventh and south to Pennsylvania avenue. Outbound, the | busses would go west on Pennsylvania avenue to Thirteenth, north to H, west to Connecticut avenue, north to I street, north on Seventeenth street to K, west to Connecticut avenue and then out to the circle. ‘The company asked permission to cut street car service south of the | Rock Creek loop to the extent that may be justified by diminution of traffic caused by operation of the bus es. “Necessity for large expenditures for track reconstruction in the imme- diate future, including expenditures portion pa- trons of the Capital Transit Co. in this territory, makes it necessary that a determination be made in the im- mediate future with respect to the type of public transportation to be furnished over this thoroughfare,” the euu: told the commission. < k | for replacement of worn-out equip- this afternoon. The hog-callers got a lot of prac- tice, but it was the sprinter who brought home the bacon. While the Oklahomans shouted from the decks of their excursion steamer, and others dashed in the wake of Grunt, a sure- footed cobble-stone jumper named Brodus Mothershead of Water street. made the capture. Grunt had cut a zig-zag course, squealing down street, eluding auto- mobiles and a pursuing mob like a broken-field runner. Unless Grunt re- covers from the shock it will take some calling o lure him out this aft- ernoon. Experts said Grunt was one shy pig. Representative P. L. Gassaway, the Oklahoma cowboy of Capitol Hill, was to be generalissimo for the day of sport and pageantry. Besides the boat which left with Grunt at 10 a.m. other boats are scheduled for 2and 5:30 p.m. The program includes rodeo sports of riding and roping. the hog-calling contest between natives of Oklahoma and Arkansas and a pageant to be staged by Indians at 4:30 p.m. Late this afternoon an old-fashioned covered wagon will roll onto the grounds with a typical “pioneer” fam- ily, equipped with all the household | effects and shooting irons necessary to the early life on the plains. An old-fashioned barn dance will terminate the round-up. | NEW STREET CARS IN USE TOMORROW Three New Types Will Be in Regular Service on Ross- lyn Line. | Three of the new-type street cars | purchased by the Capital Transit Co. ment. will be placed in actual service for the first time tomorrow morning, | company officials announced today. The cars will be used regularly on | the Rosslyn-Seventeenth and Pennsyl- vania southeast line. The company ’hu ordered 20 of these modern cars. Three more are to arrive here Tu day or Wednesday and promptly will | be added to the service on the same ne. As fast as the others arrive, they, | too, will be put into the same service. The Rosslyn line was picked because 20 cars normally are required for its base day operation and the company | thought it offered a better policy to | have all 20 of the new cars used on the \ line where they would completely pro- 1 vide full service. | This decision, however, might be | changed if conditions warrant, officials said. Several weeks are expected to here. | By the Associated Press. I Here was a pretty problem of protocol. A White House dinner party next Tuesday night honoring Mme. Albert Lebrun. wife of the President of France, and William Bertrand, French minister of merchant marine, was an- nounced Monday by Mrs. Roosevelt. But while the merchant marine minister was on the high seas on the new French superliner Normandie, the French cabinet fell. For a full day, the White House social arrangers worried, but last night news reports carried Bertrand's name in the tenta- tive list of new cabinet membets. The puzzler was where wouid they seat Bertrand at the formal White House dinner Tuesday night if he lost ‘his cabinet ranking before he got there? Until that is setiled, the place cards couldr’t go much beyond President Roosevelt having Mine. Lebrun for his dinner partner, and Mrs. Roosevelt | permii the French Ambassadm After a Monday visit in Orange, N. J‘m Roosevelt will fly to the NAVY PLANS PLANE SHOW FOR SHRINE Maneuvers Will Be Staged Wednesday, June 12, for Conclave. The Navy plans to present on Wednesday. June 12, an exhibition of aircraft maneuvers for the benefit of Shriners here for the imperial con- clave, it was announced today by Robert P. Smith, director general of the Shrine Convention Committee. Aircraft Squadron No. 1 from the Marine base at Quantico. which in- cludes some crack flyers, will stage an saircraft show with fancy flying about 11 am. in the neighborhood of the Navy Yard. The Navy Yard will be open for inspection that day. and visitors will be invited to see the various stages of manufacture of naval guns. Ara M. Daniels. chairman of the Shriners’ Granggtand Seat Sale Com- mittee. announced today that more than half of the 52,000 grandstand seats already had been sold and that demand was on the constant in- crease. From Shrine temples out of town have come many orders for large blocks of seats along the line of march. Daniels said. explaining that the temples are bringing large num- bers of their friends and members of ! their families who will sit on the side lines to watch their favorite temples perform in the three great parades. Several Masonic lodges in Wash- ington have requested blocks of seats for their members, the chairman said, and many business houses are reserving seats together for their per- sonnel. Grandstand “U.” located on the South side of the Treasury overlook- ing Pennsylvania avenue to the Capi- tol, has been sold out completely, Daniels said. EMPLOYES WILL HONOR PUTNAM AT LUNCHEON Retiring Commissioner of Light- houses Served Government for 25 Years. George R. Putnam. who resigned as commissioner of lighthouses after 25 years' service, was to be feted by his employes today at a Commerce De- partment luncheon. Putnam left his desk yesterday after 45 years in the Federal service, For 20 years he was connected with the Coast and Geodetic Survey before President Taft appointed him to the commisisonership. Deputy Commissioner Harold D. King is acting chief pending appoint- ment of Putnam’s successor. U. S. SENDS DEBT NOTES The State Department yesterday dispatched its customary “please re- mit” notes to 13 countries asking pay- ment June 15 of $180,899.701.65 for | | elapse before all the cars are delivered | semi-annual installments on their war debts. 'French Cabinet Fall Upsets White House Dinner Seating White House Tuesday to receive the afternoon call required by protocol from Mme. Lebrun. Mme. Lebrun is making her first visit—and it's to be as crammed with events as Mrs. Roosevelt’s regular routine. ‘Though her coming is in no sense official, Richard Southgate, assistant chief of protocol, will go to New York, and down the bay, to meet her as representative of this Government. He'll accompany her party to Wash- ington, arriving at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday. She will stay at the French Embassy on Sixteenth street, where a reception will be held in her honor that after- noon, in addition to the White House afternoon call and the State dinner that night. Next morning, Mrs. Cor- dell Hull, wife of the Secretary of State, will take her to Mount Vernon. and show her as many capital scenes as an early afternoon departure will t. Then there'll be more events in New York. A dinner on the Nor- mandie and a reception at the French Institute, {> DRIVE T0 ABOLISH DUMPS - STRESSED BY FINE ARTS HEAD [Dr. Charles Moore Cites Necessity of Cleaning Up Capital Gateways. PARLEY SET TUESDAY ON BRIDGE APPROACH Virginia and U. S. Authorities to Confer on Memorial Span Problem. Throwing the weight of his In- fluence behind the campaign by The Star to abolish speedily the “nauseat- ing dumps” from nearby Arlington | County, Va.. Dr. Charles Moore, chair- man of the Fine Arts Commission, today asserted that the time is not far distant when all approaches to the National Capital will be in keep- ing with the character of the city. His statement came on the eve of an | important trip to Richmond on Tues- day, when Arlington County and Fed- eral officials will seek from Gov. George C. Peery and Virginia State Highway authorities an immediate solution of an adequate highway ap- proach to Arlington Memorial Bridge. around Arlington National Cemetery | from the Lee Boulevard. | Dr. Moore pointed out that in the program to eliminate the dumps, pri- vate interest must be subordinated to those of the public. But he prom- ised that the communities—such as Arlington County—will benefit ma- terially by this cleaning up of dumps and other unsightly things that now mar the landscape. Highway Sets Example. “The Mount Vernon Highway sets the highest example main approaches should Moore. “The memory of man goeth not back to the time when the approaches to Washington were not a reproach to the National Capital"” he declared “Within the past ten years. however. so much has been done by way of | remedying the defect that the time 15 | not far distant when all the entrances to the District from Maryland and Virginia will be of adequate width. | developed in orderly fashion. and | protected against unsightly billboards and nauseating dumps. The Mount Vernon Highway sets the highest example of what the main approaches ‘shuuld be. “It is only by intelligent. concerted action, backed by a keen sense of what is due to the National Capital. that suitable approaches will be at- tained. To a certain extent. private interests must be subordinated to the public interest. But by such sub- ordination the entire communities af- fected will benefit beyond measure.” Long Interested. Dr. Moore has “observed with keen interest the campaign by The Star to eliminate the unsightly dumps.” said the executive secretarv of the Fine Arts Commission, H. P. Caemmerer. For a great many years Dr. Moore has taken a lively interest not only in im- proving the appearance of Washinz- ton, but 1n the approaches to it. “For years the Commission of Fine Arts has advocated a comprehensive scneme for improving all the ap- proaches to the National Capital.” said Mr. Caemmerer. “The American In- stitute of Architects undertook to have a committee study this problem. Un- der its auspices. architectural schools all over the Nation made suggested designs for treating the approaches to Washington. Of course, these could never be carried out in their entirety with the dumps at Washington's front deor. The National Capital Park and Planning Commission likewise has de- veloped a program for improving the approaches to Washington. Here. again, the development is hampered by the existence of the dumps.” Necessity Sharpened. On Tuesday. in Richmond, repre- sentatives of the Bureau of Public Roads of the Department of Agricul- ture, the Fine Arts Commission, the National Capital Park and Planning | Commission and the Arlington Countv | atthorities will meet with Gov. Peery | to urge immediate carrying out of the Lee Boulevard plan. This will provide connection between Arlington Me- morial Bridge and the Lee Boulevard. around Arlington National Cemetery. and both north and south routes will be considered, said Mr. Caemmerer | The Fine Arts Commission has ad- \vocau‘d using the valley on the north side of the cemetery and Fort Myer to give the connecting highway a park appearance. declared the Fine Arts Commission’s secretary. Mr. Caem- merer said that his commission would like to see the so-called Rout D given a parkway development, as dignified as the Mount Vernon Memorial High- way. Because this improvement is in the offing—made possible by new pub- iic works funds—removal of the ob- jectionable dumps from Arlington County should be made without delay, in Mr. Caemmerer’s opinion. 'CONTINENTAL TRUST . ASSESSMENT MADE Controller of Currency 0'Connor Levies 100 Per Cent Against Stockholders. of what the be,” said Dr Controller of the Currency J. F. T. O'Connor has levied a 100 p=1 cent stock assessment sgainst stockholders of the Continental Trust Co., which was taken over ov the now insolvent Commercial National Bank. Col. | Wade H. Cooper was president of both concerns. | The Continenta! Trust Co., which was located at Fourteenth znd H | streets. continued in existence as a | corporation even after merger into | the Commercial, and was not declared insolvent until the Commercial’ Na- | tional became insolvent in February, 11933, A court case now i pending con- cerning a conflict of claims between the two institutions. The long-pend- | ing case against Coi. Cooper also hinges around financial transactions involving both of kese institutions. There are 10,000 shares of sick in the Continental, on which assessment is $100 a share. Women Fail in Drive Tests. A greater number of wogen. than men motorists have failed to pass the new official driving tests in Great Britain. A special report showing the percentage of the women “ploughed™ by the ministry of transport examine ers since the tests began has just public,