Evening Star Newspaper, June 16, 1935, Page 41

CHLLUM HEGHTS BROGEDEDCATIN SLATED SHTURDA Obtaining of Span Climaxes 20-Year Fight Waged by Association. A celebration Saturday night will elimax a 20-year fight by the Chillum Heights Citizens’ Association for a bridge over the Baltimore & Ohio railroad tracks on upper New Hamp- shire avenue northeast. Included among the speakers are Benator Fred H. Brown of New Hamp- shire, Commissioner Melvin C. Hazen, Needham C. Turnage, United States commissioner; Dr. Llewellyn Jordan of the Bridges Committee of the Board of Trade, and Nathan R. Smith, chief engineer, Maryland State Roads Commission. ‘Thomas W. Joy, president of the Chillum Heights Citizens’ Association, will deliver a welcome address and Harrison M. Dixon will serve as mas- ter of ceremonies. Program at 6 P.M. ‘The program to be held at the bridge at 6 pm. has been arranged by a special committee appointed by the association and headed by Cyrus T. Bright. Serving with Bright on vari- ouos sub-committees are the fol- lowing: Program—Olef P. Sqlam, Dixon, Joseph D. Bulman and George S. Foreman. Seating—Einar Christen- sen, Bulman and Arthur W. Cline. Decoration—Mrs. Dora C. Leizear, Mrs. Alice L. McConchie and- George P. Richards. Transportation—Mrs. Leizear and Mrs. McConchie. Corre- spondence—Mr. and Mrs. A. W, Cline and Foreman. Reception—Finnis D. Morris and Charles A. Langley, both past presidents of the association. Ribbon barriers—Mrs. J. C. Brown, Mrs. D. B. Finnell, Mrs. Cline and Mrs. O. P. Solem. Finance—Mrs. Lei- wear and Mrs. McConchie. Music— Cyrus T. Bright. Bright asserts, fulfill a much needed ‘want of residents of the community. In the past New Hampshire avenue terminated at the railroad tracks and continued on the other side, with no means of connecting the two thoroughfares. Street Weill Paved. The street north of the railroad tracks is well paved and continues to the District line at which point, Bright says, the State of Maryland is to continue the road to join with the Baltimore highway. This will relieve the overcrowded situation existing on the highway at the present. The construction of the bridge is | possible through public works funds | appropriations, Bright says. | Other features of the program in- | elude the invocation by Rev. F. J.| Bohanan and musical selections by | the Elks’ Boys' Band. The guests of honor are Commis- sioner Hazen, Lyster H. Dewey, presi- dent Petworth Citizens’ A&wcll!.h’)fl;i George V. Graham, chairman Streets | and Avenues Committee of the Board of Trade; Walter Irey, president Ta- koma Park Citizens’ Association; T. H. | Llewellyn, chairman Bridges and ;!Igg:nyl Committee of the Board of | TA W. C. Magathan, president Citi- #ens’ Association of Takoms, D. C.; ‘W. A, Mellon of the Maryland State Roads Commission, S. J. Prescott of the Board of Trade’s Streets and Av- enues Committee, Ernest H. Pullman, president Manor Park Citizens’ As- sociation; Charles W. Ray, president, Brightwood Citizens’ Association. Other Guests Listed. A. F. E. Scheer, president Joint Conference of Northeast Citizens’ As- sociations; Daniel I. Sultan, District Engineer Commissioner; Mrs. Mary | L. White of the Takoma Park Citi- | zens' Association, Capt. H. C. White- | hurst, District highway engineer; Clifford R. Whyte, District bridge en- gineer; James G. ‘Yaden, president Federaticn of Citizens’ Associations, and Mrs. J. Enos Ray, welfare and eivic worker of Maryland. With the completion of this, one of ihe major aims of the civic body, official programs for the event list five other aims now to be sought by the body. They are the completion of Eastern avenue, completion of the Fort Totten area as a park, restricted ®oning, assuring the development of & good grade residential area; con- tinuous extension and improvement of streets and sidewalks, together with the planting of trees, shrubs and flowers, and co-ordination of the work of the association with other civic agencies throughout the District. Status of Bills Lofillnion of Civie Inter- est Pending in House and Senate. The congressional status of District bills of interest to Washington citi- Eens’ associations is as follows: National representation for District of Columbia (8. J. Res. 12). In Sen- ate Judiciary Committee. Broaden divorce law (8. 2259). Sen- Mte: Passed. House: In District Com- mittee. Regulation of small loan business (H. R. 3464). House: In District Com- mittee. Creation of a commission to con- trol rents (H. R. 3809). House: On calendar. Provide pensions for the needy blind (H. R. 4510). House: Passed. Benste: On calendar. Strengthen gambling laws (S. 398). Benate: Passed. House: In District Commi ittee. Substitute civilian trial board for THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, JUNE 16, 1935—PART TWO Speakers for the program next Saturday, at which the Chillum Heights Citizens’ Association will celebrate obtaining the bridge project it has sought for years. Upper, left to right: Commissioner Hazen and United States Commissioner Needham C. Turnage. Lower, left to right: Dr. Llewellyn Jordan of the Board of Trade Bridges Committee, Nathan R. Smith, chief engineer, Maryland State Roads Com- mission, and Thomas W. Joy, president of the Chillum Heights Citizens’ Association. Senator Brown of New Hampshire, PARADE TO MARK The completion of the structure will, ’ FETE ON LY 4 Playground Dedication Also Included in Takoma Park Celebration. The Independence day community celebration at Takoma Park will be featured again this year with a street parade through the main thoroughfare of the town, concluding on the new Maryland Municipal Playground. The playground will be delicated at 11 a.m. with appropriate ceremonies. The District portion of the celebra- mer George Washington foot ball star, and superviser of the Whittier Street Playgrounds. The field contests will be held on the Whittier playgrounds and the swimming events in the new swimming pool on Van Buren street, which is part of the Takoma Recreatiopal Cen- ter. Others arranging details for the athletic events are Ralph E. Harries, Miss Josephine L. Irey, Miss Rhoda Lewton and J. Courtney Suter. Post Comdr. E. Brook Fetty of Ta- koma Park Post, No. 28, American Le- gion, will be grand marshal of the pa- rade, which will start at the new | Piney Branch road underpass at 9:30 am. The post has donated medals to be awarded to the organization hav- ing the largest number in line; best patriotic or historical float, and best costume appropriate to the early his- tory of the United States. The post also donated the American flag which is to be raised at the opening of the Maryland playground exercises. The celebration will conclude at 8 o'clock with fireworks on the Maryland play- ground. Judge Herman C. Heffner is general chairman of the Celebration Commit-~ tee, with Wallace C. Magathan, presi- dent of the Citizens’ Association of Takoma, D. C.; Mrs. Byron C. Coon, president of the Takoma Park Wom- en's Club, and Walter Irey, president of the Takoma Park Citizens’ Associa- tion, vice president; Hardin C. Wa- ters, secretary, and Robert M. Lyon, treasurer, SONS AND DAUGHTERS OF LIBERTY Justice Council held & party in honor of the State officers and the |mew deputy, Mrs. Mary Payne. Mrs, M. Harmop, associate State vice coun- cilor, presented the State councilor, Mrs. Belle Gibson, with a basket of held June 20. The State officers were guests of Friendship Council on the occasion of their twenty-sixth birthday anniver- sary June 14. Mrs. Belle Gibson, State councilor, announces the members will participate in the celebration at the Monument Grounds. Potomac Council will have & picnic today at the cottage of Mrs. Eila and a Washington Council at the next meeting will elect officers. . Columbia Council will meet June 20 for election of officers. True Blue Council met June 13, A bingo game will follow the next " | meeting. Youngest Member Elected. Royal Institute of British Architects, Percy E. Thomas, aged 52, has just been chosen president. tee. - Amend code relating to residence (H. R. 3642). House: tion will take place at 2 p.m. and will | include an athletic program under | | direction of Arthur Kriemelmeyer, for- | flowers. The next meeting will be | Citizens’ Forum to Hear Columbia Heights Forum, REPORT pn suffrage for the | District will be made at Tues- | A day night's meeting of the Citizens' Forum of Columbia Heights by its Committee on Suffrage, Chairman Burd W. Payne. The protection of property values to maintain a high grade restricted area in Columbia Heights has for | several years occupled the attention | | of the civic body. H. C. Phillips, | | president, has recently appeared be- | | fore several civic groups in the north- east quarter explaining the method used by Columbia Heights residents ir maintaining its residential restricted area. At this week’s meeting Phillips will make a report on this problem. The Committee on Education is ex- pected to report on a recent applica- tion for a liguor license near Central High School. ‘This group, unlike nearly all others, continued its meetings throughout the Summer months. Rhode Island Avenue. '‘HE Rhode Island Avenue Citizens’ Association, which last week post- | poned its meeting until this Wednes- | day, will lay plans for securing appro- | priations for local projects in the 1937 | District budget. At the conclusion of | this meeting the group recesses until September. | Sixteenth Street Heights. | YWHEN the Sixteenth Street Heights | Citizens’ Association meets to- ; morrow night there will hardly be any | business to transact, President Sam- | | uel B. Loveless asserts. | All left-over business from previous meetings has been disposed of and no important business is before the asso- | ciation. However, plans are to devote the evening to a social get-together. A program arranged by a committee headed by Mrs. Margaret Smith is scheduled. Civic Calendar Seven Mllt‘;l\’l ScllIJUIod to Be Held During Com- ing Week. Monday, June 17, Sixteenth Street Heights Citizens’ Association, 8 pm., A. R. Shepherd School. Tuesday, June 18. Citizens’ Forum of Columbia | Heights, 8 pm., Powell Junior High | School. Summit Park Citizens’ Association, 8 pm., 3703 Bangor street southeast. Wednesday, June 19. Rhode Island Avenue Citizens’ As- sociation, 8 p.m., Woodridge Sub- branch Library. Friday, June 21 Burleith Citizens’ Association, ‘Takoma 8 p.m., Takoma Park Library. Saturday, June 22. Benning Citizens’ Association, 8 p.m., Odd Fellows' Hall, 508 Minnesots ave- nue northeast. Notes on Coming Meetings Report on District Suf- frage—Rhode Island Avenue Group to Consider 1937 Supply Bill. This will conclude the group’s ac- tivity for the Summer: its next meet- ing will not be held until October, at which time the annual election is scheduled. Takoma Park. AN AL FRESCO-ITALIAN, open- air meeting will signalize the close of the season for the Takoma Park Citizens’ Association Friday night at the home of President Walter Irey, 6626 First street. In the event of inclement weather the meeting will be held in the Ta- koma Park Library, Pifth and Cedar streets, at 7:30 pm. ‘The principal feature of the eve- ning will be the rendition of scenes from “The Taming of the Shrew,” at the conclusion of the business session. The characters in the cast are mem- bers of the Shakespeare Society of Wi L During the Summer recess the Ex- ecutive Committee will act for the or- . 'ws, chairman, R. Grabill, vice chairman of the Com- mittee on Streets and Lights, complet- ed a survey of all streets and alleys in Takoma Park and a detailed report is expected at the next meeting. The first Fall meeting is scheduled for October. Summit Park. [ Tms week the Summit Park Citizens’ Association will have two pro- Tomorrow right a covered grams. dish supper, given by the ladies cf the | association, will he held at the home of President William J. Smith, 3651 Suitland road southeast. Tuesday evening the group will hold its regular meeting, postponed from last Tuesdsy because of the Shrine Convention. At this meeting, Smith 3ays, s resume of the activity of the associa- tion during the past season will be made This is the final gathering of the group until October. Burleith. TEIB Priday meeting of the Burleith Citizens’ Association will be more ting, Program Committee Chsirman Norman Fields states. A musical program is scheduled, aftez which refreshments will be served. This will close the associa- tion’s activities until October. P. E. 0. SISTERHOOD Chapter A celebrated the 35th an- niversary of its organiastion at the home of Mrs. F. A. Hornaday. Dinner was served. A program was presented by Mrs. Fannie Rosman Shelton of Portsmouth, Va. Chapter A held a at the home of Mrs. T. Beech street, Mrs. G. F. Bixl E. Stimpson to Dr. Fales preme convi LEADS 14 PROJECTS FOR NEXT SEASON Northeast Association Also Seeks Natjonal Guard Armory and Stadium. National representation for the Dis- trict is listed as the first of 14 items tween Florida avenue and Bladensburg Abolition of assessments and re- rl\.md of payments under the Borland v, Removal of all obsolete hot-air fur- naces in school buildings. Abetition of centrol by the Budget Bureau over District expenditures. In April the group closed an active season, in which national representa- tion was a recurring question. When the group held its first meeting of the | season, October 8, 1934, Tucker re- ported on a proposed five-point plan for reorganizing the District govern- ment. Among its provisions the plan speci- | fied first, “We adhere to our previous | action in requesting representation in Congress and the right to vote for the ;Pres!dent and Vice President of the | United States, and we are opposed to any voteless representation in Con- | gress for the District.” Details of Plan. The plan, which was sent to other civic bodies for indorsement, also op- posed control by the Budget Bureau over District expenditures; favored the gress retaining the right to legislate :(;.the District, but also favor reason- tee, submitted plans affecting the northeast area and reported on a !M of the entire city-wide trans- | portation system. Many of his sug- gestions later were ordered by the Public Utilities Commission. | Touching on the proposed subway, which at that time occupied the at- tention of various groups, Jenkins' committee suggested the subway “may | have some merit for future considera- |tion but the immediate need is not apparent.” ‘When the annual election of officers was held last Fall Tucker was elected president for his forty-first consecu- tive term. Fought Numbers Game. In an effort to combat the “num- bers” game, the group last November tried to interest all Northeast citizens in reporting “numbers” game oper- ators. P. M. Painter, chairman of the Police and Fire Committee secured passage of his resolution praising the Police Department for its “excellent handling of the crime situation con- sidering the small number of men on the force.” After some of the newspapers and boadcasting companies inaugurated a publicity campaign against the racket, the Northeast body in December fol- lowed up its previous action against erime by indorsing this campaign and pledging co-operation. After Congress opened few District legislation measures escaped consid- eration of the Executive Committee and action of the association. At one meeting as many as 20 congressional measures were acted upon. Along with many civic bodies in other sections of the city, the North- east Association has from year to year urged Northeast residents to beautify their homes and lawns. This Winter Jenkins’ report on the Better Housing Board recommended a house-to-house canvass requesting residents to im- prove their homes. Builds Amphibious Car. Herr Jacob Bauling has invented an . missioners and most of them have Problems, Civic Bodies Dumps in Prince Georges County to Be Abolished. Wisconsin Avenue Terminal Station Estab- lishment Attracts Interest. BY JESSE C. SUTER. other bills were passed and in- cluded the ban on hidden bars, increase of fees charged by recorder of deeds, limiting of ex- RGANIZED civic Washington is to provide Health Officer Ruhland with ample funds with which to carry on his war- fare against disease. Conspicuous among these groups is the District of Columbia Medical Society, a civic-minded professional organ- ization. The civic mindedness of this society is shown through its active participation for a number of years as a member of the Ped- eration of Citizens’ Associations. Its presence in that body, through its accredited representatives, has been heiptul especially in the con- sideration of matters concerning health and sanitation. There is no dissenting voice to be heard throughout the organiza- tions of the District when it comes to providing out of the taxpayers’ money the means and appliances for combatting disease and the sav- ing of human life. The new health officer comes to the District with an established reputation as one of the most up-to-date and effi- cient public health experts in the country. Organized Washington would like to see him given a free rein to bring about a vastly im- proved health condition, particu- larly as to tuberculosis. Civic leaders are at & loss to understand just what causes mem- bers of the District Subcommittee of the House Committee on Appro=~ priations to scale down the amounts asked to combat and prevent disease. Some of these leaders state they should think the idea of self-protection, for them- selves and their loved ones resident in Washington, would prompt them not only to approve such jtems but to insist that adequate funds be provided. Students of District problems note that the men in Congress who insist on comparing the District tax rate with the rate In other com- munities entirely overlook making a comparison of the health sta- tistics and the very low per capita rate of expenditures in the District for the prevention and cure of dis- ease. There appears to be a very definite connection between the Jack of funds for public health and the high death and disease rate in the District. This is & most vital problem and the civic groups and District offi- cials are striving earnestly for an emergency appropriation of the $93,000 deleted from the District’s appropriation bill which was re- cently passed. Busses or Trolley Cars? That Is the Question. THI Public Utilities Commission on Thursday declared a two- day recess in the gas company hearing to hold a hearing on the petition of the Capital Transit Co. for permission to substitute busses for street cars from Calvert street to Chevy Chase. The commission some months ago invited citizens to consider the substitution of the bus for the cars. There developed a wide variation of opinion. ‘The Chevy Chase section has had a long experience with the so- called de luxe bus service, as well as some feeder lines, and some have become what is termed “bus conscious.” Many are enthusiastic advocates of the bus, while others have had their enthusiasm some- what dimmed by the run-down condition of some of the busses long in service. The through express service at & 10-cent fare or on a $1.25 weekly pass has won many supporters and it is predicted that there will be many more if the company pro- vides for making the transfers from bus to car and from car to bus within a modern terminal at the present Calvert street loop as pro- posed for Wisconsin avenue at District line. In all of the civic groups there are to be found strong partisans as supporters of each of these forms of mass trans- portation. No Real Relief in Sight For Overcrowded High School. T!!! relief to be afforded by the completion of the Woodrow Wil- son and the Anacostia High Schools will be a mere drop in the bucket compared with the present and prospective loads to be carried by the senior high schools. Erection of a senior high school at Pifth and Sheridan streets on a site al- ready purchased would afford some relief to both Roosevelt and Cen- tral. Additional relief is needed at Roosevelt through the carrying out of the original plan of the building which ' would add seven more class rooms. Probably the most acute cuse of overcrowding is at Eastern, where the present enrollment is about twice the rated capacity of the building. Representatives from the Eastern section, at the conference with the Board of Education last week, urged that the board en- deavor to obtain an appropriation for an addition of 21 class rooms the Senate, was amendment. A number of widely indorsed bills remain to be acted upon. Some of these were in the original legislative program of the Com- received rather general civic or- ganization indorsement. The bill to liberalize the divorce law, which has passed the Senate, is pending in a subcommittee of the House District Committee. There ap- pears to be sharp differences of opinion among the members of the subcommittee which are ex- pected to be ironed out. This bill has the active support of the Bar Association and the Federation of Citizens’ Associations. The bill to tighten up the gambling laws passed the Senate months ago and has been held in the subcommittee of the House Committee awaiting the report of the Crime Committee. There has been no hearing before the sub- committee. This bill is urged by most of the civic and reform forces. Other legislation for which there is wide public demand in- cludes the lunacy bill, pending in the House District Committee; the small loans bill, pending in the same committee, and the enact- ment of & modern smoke nuisance law, for which bills are pending before both Senate and House committees. Banishment of Dumps a Boon To Metropolitan Ares. PABBING of the dumps in Arling- ton County, Va., is to be fol- lowed by banishment of roadside dumping in Prince Georges County, Md. Civic organizations in nearby sections of Prince Georges have been struggling with this problem for some time. The head of the Suburban San- itary Commission now proposes to designate locations for three county dumps for use of the county residents and to be operated under definite rules. These are intended to stop the dumping of refuse along the roadsides and on vacant lots, & custom which has been on the increase in Prince Georges County. It is reported that few District residents haul trash into Maryland for fear of arrest. In Arlington County citizens complain that refuse is hauled in at night and dumped under the cover of darkness. One dump where trash continues to be burned is on the Fort Myer Army post. Refuse too large for the post in- cinerator is burned on an open lot at the western end of the reserva- tion, adjoining the right of way of the Arlington and Fairfax Rallway at Court House street. The court Thouse is about 200 yards away, and there are about 50 dwellings in the vicinity. Numerous complaints against this Federally-maintained nuisance have been filed with the county authorities and by them forwarded to the War Department. Some of the citizens of the section regard the erection by this Army post of an adequate incinerator as a proj- ect worthy of inclusion in the new public works program. The general sentiment of the civic organizations throughout the entire metropolitan area is that the National Capital and its en- virons should be kept as attractive and wholesome as possible. Un- sightly refuse dumps are regarded &8 unnecessary nuisances which should not be tolerated for one moment, that are to run during rush perieds will go directly into the city and not stop to transfer passengers at D7 JAMBOREE HEADS 152 CONVENTIONS STILL T0 BE HELD Greater National Capital Unit Schedules 130 Others - for 1936 and After. With the Shrine conclave the largest of 116 conventions already held in Washington this year, there still remain 192 on schedule, with the Boy Scout jamboree in August the largest on the list, the Greater National Capital Committee of the Washington Board of Trade an- nounces. . Curtis Hodges, executive director, and Roy Miller and Thomas Lockert of the convention staff have already scheduled an additional 130 after the end of this year. Of these 120 will be here between January and December of 1936. The remaining 10 are scheduled from 1937 to 1940, 2 having already been placed on the schedule for five years hence. Out of all this number 108 actually were scheduled and announced dur- ing the first 5!, months of this year, the work of concluding ar- rangements having been done during that time. Among those scheduled for the future, along with the dates, which have not been previously announced, are the following: National Association of Commer- cial Organizations Secretaries, Octo- ber 20-23. American Humane Association, September 30-October 1. Middle Atlantic Conference of Building Owners and Managers, Jan- uary, 1936. Home Missions Council, January, 1936. Commercial Law League of Amer- ica, July 29-August 1. Intercollegiate Golf Association, June 24-29 National Conference on College Hy- giene, December, 1936. | American Student Health Associa- tion, December, 1936. American Airmail Society, August 15-17. American Association of Teachers of Journalism, December. 1935. International Railroad Y. M. C. A. Conference, November, 1935. National Paint, Varnish and Lac- quer Association, October 22-25. Association of Land Grant Colleges and Universities, November 18-20. William Montgomery Quality Club, August, 1935. World Women's Christian Temper- ance Union, September, 1937. General Missionary Council of the M. E. Church South, January, 1936. National Association of Referees in Bankruptcy, July 25-27. Sportsmen Pilots' Association, Jan- uary, 1936. American Type Founders Corp., January, 1936. Wemen's Patriotic Conference on National Defense, January, 1986. Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology, March, 1936. National Cash Register Co. em- ployes’ tour, August 6-7. Synodical Luther League of Mary- land, September 2. Society of Motion Picture Engineers, October 21. National Rivers and Harbors Con- gress, 1936, American Engineering Council, Jan- uary, 1936. Cause and Cure of War Conference, January, 1936. Association of Retail Credit Bu- reaus, February, 1936. p Rensselaer Alumni Association, Inc., February, 1936. Association of American State Geol- | ogists, February, 1936 American Industrial Managers' Con- ference, March, 1936. Sixteenth District Optimist Inter- national, April, 1936. Phi Delta Zeta Praternity, May. Women's Trade Union 1936. National League of America, May, 1936. American Railway Association, Freight Claime Division, May, 1936. Grand Council of the Ladies’ Orien- tal Shrine of North America, May, 1936. Colonial Dames of America, Nation- al Society, May, 1937. ‘Women's International Leegue for Peace and Freedom, May, 1937, ‘Warning Is Issued. ‘The recurrence of house-to-house eanvassing rackets in Washington led Mrs, Sallie P. Muchmore, merchan- dise manager of the Washington Bet- ter Business Buresu, to devote her radio address last week to warning housewives against buying from ped- dlers with unusual stories of how they came into possession of the bar- gains they have to offer. This time it was the “real Irish lace” racket, the saleswoman explaining that she was di of s stock for s goods. pointed out that bankrupt importers do not have to send house-to-house i HH m il i - i g% g8 H ig% E