Evening Star Newspaper, June 20, 1935, Page 21

Washington News MARYLAND PRISON DIRECTOR CHOSEN FOR ARNARD POST Harold E. Donnell Will Be Recommended Soon to Commissioners. ENTRANCE INTO OFFICE UNLIKELY BEFORE FALL City Heads Expected to Insist Present Official Be Permitted to Quit in Own Time. The year-long search of the Board of Public Welfare for the eventual successor to Capt. M. M. Barnard as superintendent of District penal insti- tutions has ended with the selection of Harold E. Donnell, superintendent of Maryland Prisons, it was learncd today. Elwood Street, director of public welfare, said & recommendation for Donnell's appointment will be placed before the District Commissioners at an early date. It is expected, however, that the Commissioners will demand assur- ances that Capt. Barnard, who is 73, but still robust, wishes to retire, before they consent to appoint his successor. They feel Barnard is doing a good job, despite his years, and should be allowed to keep his post as long as he wants it and his work continues sat- isfactory. Change Unlikely Before Fall. 1In any case, there is not likely to be & change in penal superintendents un- til next Fall when Capt. Barnard will round out 40 years of institutional work. The veteran superintendent became head of the District’s penal institutions November 1, 1923, after serving seven years as chief of the Lorton Reformatory. Donnell was recommended to the Board of Public Welfare by the United States Bureau of Prisons, Dr. Walter N. Thayer, jr, New York Commis- sioner of Cortection, and numerous other responsible sources. The board was informed he has done excellent work in Maryland and is especially well. qualified to supervise a wall- less reformatory such as that at Lor- ton. Although no member of the Public Welfare Board would allow himself to be quoted, it was learned that the | vote for Donnell was not unanimous. Some of the members had committed themselves to support Cal. William L. Peak, now superinteridefi¥ of the W= trict reformatory. Even Peak's supporters, however, agreed on the qualifications of Don- nell and one of them praised him as “an excellent choice.” Appointed by Ritchie. If Donnell comes to the District it will be because of political difficul- ties which he is said to feel are ham- pering his work in Maryland. He was appointed by Gov. Albert C. Ritchie, a Democrat. With the elec- tion of Gov. Harry W. Nice, a Re- publican, rumors arose that Donnell might be forced out, but these were quickly quashed by an . announce- ment from the new Governor. Despite this, Donnell is thought to feel uncomfortable in his present posi- tion and to be dissatisfied with certain Testrictions on his work. In taking the District job, Donnell would receive a substantial salary re- duction, since the superintendency of District penal institutions pays but $5,600, as compared with his present $9,000 salary. Donnell is 47 years old and has been superintendent of Maryland prisons since August, 1930. In that Jjob he supervised the building in Western Maryland of an “open sys- tem” institution like those at Lorton and Occoquan, which house District prisoners. He is vice president of the American Prison Congress and a director of the Osborne Association of New York, which works for better prison condi- tions throughout the country. Headed Commission. He also was chairman of former Gov. Ritchie’s Social Welfare Survey Commission, which set up thé nucleus of Maryland’s present welfare system. Before his appointment as superin- tendent of prisons, he was superin- tendent of the Maryland Training 8chool for Boys for six years. A graduate of Colby College and Harvard University, Donnell entered institutional work in 1916 as assistant superintendent of Sochonosset School for Boys at Howard, R. 1. While there he began the first \psychological testing done in juvenile institutions in " this country and perfected a congre- gate school system. During the World War he was edu- cational officer of the United States Naval Prison at Portsmouth, N. H, and later became administrative officer of that institution. From there he went to Maine to build a reformatory for men similar to the one at Lorton. Capt. Barnard ordinarily would have retired at the age of 70, but was given an indefinite extension of service by President Roosevelt. LICENSE SUSPENDED AT GINGHAM CLUB A. B. C. Board Imposes Usual Two-Day Penalty for Con- viction of Violation. Convicted of selling liquor to an intoxicated man, the Gingham Club’s has been suspended for two he Zoening Star WASHINGTON," D. C, Motorists Take Written Tests Oral examinations were supplanted by written tests as District motor= ists applied for new operators' licenses at the Department of Vehicles and Traffic in the Ford Building today. Chief Examiner Robert C, Cornett is shown standing in the aisle directing the applicants, The Traffic Depart- ment can give five times as many examinations under the new system as by interrogating motorists orally. o Be Penal Head HAROLD E. DONNELL. —Bachrach Photo. SCHOOL CHILDREN START VAGATION 95,000 Pupils Leave Class Rooms and Playgrounds Become Active. ‘Washington’s many public schools had ceased today to be the bee hives of the past nine months, and the play- grounds of the city, busy only during limited hours for that period, were noisily active. The reason, of course, is that yes- terday 95,000 children were dismissed for the year. In several schools, there were the usual term-end ceremonies—Trecita- tions, songs, drills and the like—but in most of them, there were teachers who remembered their own childhood lest days of school and just let the ceremonies go. School officially ended at 3 pm. In reality, by that time several thousand children had been home or at play for three hours. Freedom for three months for the children, however, dcesn’t mean the same thing for all their teachers. Many hundreds of tnem wil get a brief respite from class room supervi- sion only to become pupils again. Special teachers’ courses in many of the leading colleges and universities have attracted the largest uumber. Others plan tours on which piay can be combined with education visits to Europe, Central and South America, tours of the West, jaunts into Canada and the North. The teachers have another offi- cial day’s work w0 perform, too. When they handed out the final report cards for the year yesterday they lacked some details in finishing the formal clerical work of the year. Their terms will end torrorrow. Clesses will be resumed on Sep- tember 23. Diesel Engines Favored. Nine out of every 10 heavy trucks in Germany are now equipped with Diesel engines. 2 Retired Federal Workers, 79 and 80, Licensed to Marry —=Star Staff Photo. [HREE-STORY FALL FATALTOD.C. MAN John Avery Yates, 24, Dies After Plunge From Win- dow of Home. John Avery Yates, 24, assistant en- gineer at the Ambassador Hotel, was fatally injured early today when he fell from the third-floor bath-room window of his home at 1310 L street into a paved alley. Yates is believed to have slipped and toppled through the window, carrying the screen with him as he plunged into the alley. The fall was witnessed by Firemen Henry A. Stieb and James B.: Morrison of No. 3 Truck Company, They summoned the rescue squad ambulance and Yates was pronounéed dead on arrival at Emergency Hospital. ‘William 8 roommate, said he-and ¥ates had been out to- gether last night and om returning home early today Yates went into the bath room and locked the door. Shortly afterward he fell through the window. Yates was & native of Virginia and was said to have relatives in Powha- tan. He recently passed a civil serv- ice examination for appointment to the police force and was to undergo & physical examination next week. The coroner’s office has not cam- pleted its investigation. THREE. SWIMMING POOLS IN OPERATION Fourth Playground Department Unit Will Be Ready for Use Monday. Boys and girls freed from the rou- tine of school may disport themselves in three of the four swimming pools operated by the Districts Playground Department, beginning today. The Rosedale pool, Seventeenth and Rosedale streets northeast, is the only one not open. Repairs have caused its use to be postponed to Monday. All the pools will be open every week from 6 am. to 6 pm. There will be mixed bathing from 6 a.m. to 9 am. and from 3:30 to 6 p.m. The Municipal pool, Potomac Park between Seventeenth street and the Monument, will be reserved for girls on. Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 9 am. to 3:30. pm., and during the same hours on Tuesdays, Thurs- days and Saturdays for boys. Girls’ days at the Georgetown pool, Thirty-fourth and Q streets, will be Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, while the boys will get in their swim- ming on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. The reverse order will be in effect at Rosedale and the Howard pool, at Fifth and W streets, which is for colored persons. LIEUT. COL. R. T. MORRIS OF MEDICAL CORPS DIES Funeral Arrangements for Officer Who Retired Five Years Ago' to Be Announced Later, Lieut. Col. Roy T. Morris, U. S. A., Medical Corps, died last night at Walter Reed Hospital. Born in East Palestine, Ohio, on January 9, 1876, Col. Morris was grad- uated in medicine from George Wash- ington University in 1907, and the Medical Fleld Service School and the Army Medical School in 1925. Entering the Medical Reserve Corps as a Heutenant in 1917, Col. Morris was appointed a major in the Regular Army in 1920, He retired five years 8go. Surviving is his widow, Mrs. Helen V. Morris of 26 Grafton street, Chevy Chase. Funeral arrangements will be announced later. WOMAN IS HUNTED Mrs. Annie Owen, 80, Reported Missing Three Days. SOCIAL SECURITY PASSAGEPRESENTS HOUSING PROBLEM Space Control Officials in Quandary as to Site for: New Organization. MANY GROUPS BIDDING FOR OFFICES OF N. R. A. Federal Trade Commission Must Leave Present Quarters Within - Next Few Months. With the administration’s social security measure nearly ready for President Roosevelt’s signature, Gov- ernment officlals were in a quandary today as to just where units that will handle old-age pensions and un- employment insurance are going to be housed. Officials of the Division of Govern- ment Space Control, under direction of Clay J. Guthridge, are canvassing the situation, so that this unit within the National Park Service may be ready to recommend a definite plan soon. Guthridge and his associates have plenty of space problems to wrestle with, for although N. R. A. has been held unconstitutional, it has not yet given up any of its space in the new Commerce Department Building and some 15 other structures over the city. Various Government departments already have put in a bid for a lien on the space that N. R. A. is ex- pected to vacate. None of the N. R. A. officers is willing to admit now that theirs is among the units slated to go. When the N. R. A. organization is diminished this is expected to relieve materially the pressure for space that official Washington now so keenly feels. The Rural Resettlement Adminis- tration, under Undersecretary of Ag- riculture Tugwell, is taking space in various blocks all over the city. The National Park Service authorities say they are not informed about the status of the projected new building for the administration which was talked of for the Arlington Farms. Another problem facing the space Trade Commission, which is quar- tered now in a temporary building at Twentieth street and Constitution ave- nue. It must move within the next few months, for the Federal Reserve Board wants to erect its pew structure on, that d. 1 , on the Mall. & tempo- rary structure erected during the World War, is scheduled to be torn down, but due to the great demand for space it will remain standing for the time being. Units of the Biological Survey and various other Agriculture Department groups occupy it, officials said, and more Government workers are being moved in. From 1435 K street the Printing Division of the Bureau of Supplies of the Procurement.- Division, Treasury Department, is moving to F Building. The Coast and Geodetic Survey and architects working in the Procurement Division are also interested in space in P Building. e e et CITY NEWS IN BRIEF. TODAY. Picnic, Oregon State Society, Joaquin Miller Cabin, Beach drive, Rock Creek Park, 6 p.m. . Meeting, Psi Lambda Tau Sorority, Raleigh Hotel, 8 pm. Supper and meeting, Lido Civie Club, Mayflower Hotel, 8 p.m. Meeting, League of Laymen’s Re- treat, Mayflower Hotel, 8 p.m. Meeting, Shepherds of Bethlehem, Washington Hotel, 8 p.m. TOMORROW. Meeting, Sigma Epsilon Sorority, Mayflower Hotel, 9 a.m. Luncheon, District Bankers’ Associa- tion, Willard Hotel, 12:15 pm. Luncheon, Trade Executives’ Asso- clation, La Fayette Hotel, 12:30 p.m. Meeting, Daughters of the American Colonists, Carlton Hotel, 1:30 p.m. Dance, Young People’s Society, Nativity Church, Fourteenth and A streets southeast, 9 p.m. ‘Meeting, c«mfim Club, Carlton Hotel, 8 pm. Banquet, Sigma Phi Gamma Sorority, ‘Wardman Park Hotel, 8 pm. Meeting, Washington district, W. H. M. 8, Chevy Chase M. E. Church, Connecticut avenue and Shepherd street, 10:30 am. Reptiles Make Excellent Pets, Says Mrs. Mann in New Book A snake may be the traditional enemy of man, but not of Lucile Quarry Mann, wife of the Zoo director, whose latest work, “Friendly Animals, @ Book of Unusual Pets,” is just off the press. Unusial, indeed, Mrs. Mann’s pets, some persons might say! officials is where to put the Federal |«poger faces” throughout the playing THURSDAY, JUNE 20, 1935. *% Oboe’s Plaintive Notes Hold Fate of Musician, On Relief Rolls, Who Seeks Symphony Place Emil Spitzer, oboeist, here is trilling a few cadenzas for his smallest audience. He is shown with Irving Cohn, first oboeist of New York Philharmonic Orchestra, examiner, as he tried for place with Washington Sym- phony Orchestra at Musicians’ Hall. WITH a few plaintive notes| his place with the Wash- | ington Symphony Orchestra—a place that will take him off the relief rolls. Spitzer’s audience—Dr. Hans Kind- ler, director of the orchestra; Dr. William McClellan, member of the ad- ministrative board and the orchestra’s largest contributor, and John E. Birdsell, secretary of the Musicians’ Protective Union local —sat with | of the'short interlude which was Spit- zer’s test. £ . Irving Cohn, first oboeist of the New York Philharmonic Orchestra, stood beside Spitzer as he sounded the few notes on which his fate as second oboeist for the local orchestra, depends. Cohn will make his report to Presi- dent Joseph Weber of the American | Federation of Musicians and on the| report Weber will base his decision as| to whether Spitzer or an outsider shall play the part. ‘The oboe, said hy musicians to be of decision on the concerts for several weeks. The first concert in the series isdue to be held a week from Sunday. The oboe is used in symphonic com- positions to give a plaintive, lilting effect to the music and must be subordinated to reeds, brass, string and even the other woodwinds. After the audition this morning, Cohn said he would return to New York immediately and would make his report to Weber tonight. A final de-l cision is expected tomorrow, he said. As soon as it reaches here it will be the signal for the starting of re- hearsals for the Summer concerts, it was learned. v It ,was explained today thai . the last obstacle in the way of holding the concerts had been removed with the holding of the audition, since this was the last demand of the union. ‘Whether or not Spitzer gets che job, the concerts will go on, since, if he —Star Staff Photo. | is found tncompetent to play the part, on his oboe, Emil Spitur’ least importance in the personnel of an outsider will be imported as de- sought today to win back | a symphony orchestra, has held up a| manded by Dr. Kindler, Spitzer on F. E. R. A. Rolls. Spitzer, a small man of about 4 feet, 10 inches, has been on the F. E. R. A. rolls for some time. He works three days a week for the F. E. R. A. |and on other days takes “things as | they come,” playing solos where solos are wanted. He is to play an oboe solo at the Soldiers’ Home tonight. ‘The audition, designed to settle a | dispute that has threatened to cancel the Summer concerts and had the { union and the orchestra management at loggerheads for weeks, finally re- sulting in the calling in of the presi- dent of the national federation to set- tle the differences by arbitration, took & matter of only about three minutes. Dr. McClellan declined to comment | after the audition and Dr. Kindler | merely stopped long enough to chat for a minute with Birdsell, during which Birdsell explained the laws un- der which the union works. Capt. R. S. Mackie Is Appointed Commander of U.S. Army Band |R.0.T.C. Officer at Cor- nell Named to Replace Capt. K. ]. Fielder. Capt. W. ]. Stannard to Stay Musical Direc- tor of Unit. Appointment of Capt. Robb S. Mackie, Infantry, as commanding offi- cer of the United States Army Band, relieving Capt. Kendall J. Flelder, ‘was announced today by the War De- partment. Capt. Mackie, who for six years has been on duty at Ithaca, N. Y. as R. O. T. C. officer at Cornell Uni- versity, has arrived in Washington and formally assumed command of the band this week, it was announced. Although Capt. Mackie is officially commander of the band, the musical direction will remain in the hands of Capt. William J. Stannard, band leader. Capt. Mackie will supervise the military features of the band, in- cluding inspection of equipment and personnel and the enforcement of discipline. He has established head- quarters at the Army War College. The new commander of the famous musical organization, while on duty at Cornell, specialized on machine- gun instruction and also had charge of the band there. Born in Westfield, N. J., June 3, 1895, Capt. Mackie began his military career when the United States en- tered the World War and was com- missioned a second lieutenant of In- fantry October 26, 1917. He was at- more beautifuf, but infinitely more interesting.” Reptiles, however, occupy only & small section of Mrs. Mann's on the selection, training and care of a variety of pets. The illustrated vol- ume was published by the Leisure League of America and contains & fund of information developed from & wide experience with animals in many lands. For example, did you know pet raccoons require & wash bowl with their meals? Or which monkeys are the friendliest, the most mischievous, the “smelliest”? Or which parrots are most decorative, or most likely to talk? Or which cage birds are the sweetst singers? Mrs. Mann speaks with, authority. CAPT. R. S. MACKIE. —War Dept. Photo. tached to the 41st Infantry at Camp Funston during the World War, For two years after the war, he served at recruit depots and then in the 6th Infantry. He was on duty in Hawaii from 1923 to 1026, and then came back to the United States for three years for duty at-Fort Benning, Ga., during one year of which he was a student in the Infantry School. Capt. Mackie is married and has three children, a boy 16, a girl 2 and & baby boy. His family, now in Ithaca, will join him here later. Capt. Fielder, relieved from duty as band commander, has gone to Fort George G. Meade, Md,, for duty with the 34th Infantry. This regiment was on duty in Washington during the Shrine session as an exhibition outfit, living under canvas in a model camp near the Monument and putting on exhibition drills on the Ellipse. Capt. Fielder was assistant adjutant of the District of Washington before taking over command of the band. He is & Georgian and was captain of the Georgia Tech foot ball team-in 1916 before entering the Army. VETERAN WHO LOST CHILDREN RETURNS Nuttall Says He Wandered to Pittsburgh After Leating Youngsters at Zoo. Frank Henry Nuttall, civilian em- ploye at the Edgewood, Md., arsenal, MOTORMAN HELD AT FAULT IN GRASH Probers Report as Trial Plans Are Drawn in Fire Accident. Coincident with preparation for the trial next Tuesday of George H. ‘Williams, 35, of 1211 North Capitol street, operator of a street car which was involved in a crash with a fire engine on May 8 when four firemen were hurt, officials of the corporation counsel’s office at Police Court today received a report of the special In- vestigating Committee, in which it was held that the accident was the fault of the motorman. ‘The committee, appointed by Cam- missioner Hazen, consisted of Assist- ant Corporation Counsel Elwood Seal, Police Inspector B. A. Lamb and Fred A. Sager, chief engineer of the Pub- lic Utilities Commission. Describing the accident, which hap- pened at Eleventh and V streets, the report states that the fire siren was being operated and could be heard blocks away. It was further stated that “the siren could have been heard by a competent and alert oper- ator of the street car.” ‘The report also said: “The street car was being operated at an excessive rate of speed when approaching a street intersection while fire apparatus sirens were scund- ing; the street car was not under proper control under conditions exist- ing as stated above; the mocorman failed to give right of way to the fire apparatus, and, by reason of the great distance betwern the building lines on the two streets, the opera- tor of the street raiiway car had a clear view for at least 173 feet. and should have been sble to see the tire apparatus approaching nhid he deen alert. Williams will be ttied before Judge Ralph Given Traffic Court on charges of failing to give the right of way to fire apparatus. All the fire- men, although badly injured, ave re- ported to have recuvered or to be recovering. $5,600 IN EASH STOLEN FROM HOME FIREPLACE Police are investigating the reported theft of $5,600 in cash from a fire- place where it had been hidden in the home of Louis Weinstein, local bondsman, and his two sons, Max and Meyer Weinstein, 2801 Bellevue ter- race, Discovery that the money was questioning & number of per- who are said to have worked at Weinstein explained that the was for use in the bonding but declined to say to whom belonged. ‘The money consisted of three $1,000 two $500 _and sixteen $100 10 @e police report. Society and General PAGE B--1 POLITICIANS CITED WITH ARCHITECTS ASPERILTO PARKS - Editor Tells Conference Local Historians Are Also Obstacle. DELEGATES DIVIDED ON SKYLINE DRIVE Scenic Route Criticized by Some. Care in Selection of Sites Urged. By the Associated Press. SKYLAND, Va, June 20.—Tom ‘Wallace, editor of the Louisville, Ky., Times and national director of the Izaak Walton League, warned against politicians, landscape architects and local historians in an address before the fifteenth annual Nasional Con- ference on State Parks here today. The unrestricted landscape archi- tect, devotees of local history of minor importance and politicians, he said, should be kept out of park systems. “The politician, seeking to serve political ends, and l&ndscape archi- tects seeking a job, are about on a par morally,” he said. “The local history fanatic may be sincere and well meaning, but each is an obstacle to the creation of a practical park system,” he sald. Wallace addressed delegates during the morning business session of the meeting here. Care in Park Sites Stressed. H. S. Wagner, general manager of the Akron, Ohio, metropolitan park system, presided over the meeting, the general theme of which was “what constitutes a park system.” “Park areas,” Wallace said, “should be, more largely than some of them are, made up of wilderness areas of o not less than 1,000 acres, possessing in each case some outstanding at- | traction of recreation and publicity | value.” | He asserted that an “ill chosen” | park site “may become a drain upon | the State treasury and therefore an | impediment to the movement to create | a Nation-wide system of State parks.” Clash Over Drive. An unexpected clash of opinion as to the value of scenic highways through mountain parks developed at the conference yesterday. The debate came after a statement by Horace M. Albright, former di- rector of the National Park Service, |that he did not believe the Skyline Drive should have ever been built. “I have never favored a motor road along the tops of mountains,” de- |clared Willlam A. Welch, general | manager of the Palisades Interstate Park of New York. “There should be crossroads to afford access to trails, but the mountains should be preserved as a wilderness.” Opposition to these opinions was § voiced by Howard B. Bloomer of Michigan and Wilbur Hall, chairman of the Virginia Conservation and De- | velopment Commission. “Not to have made the drive would have excluded too many from this view,” said Mr. Bloomer. Mr. Hall maintained that “America travels on wheels, and only in this way can scenic beauty be made avail- able to the people of America.” Wwilliam E. Carson of Riverton, chairman of the Conservation Com- mission, gave credit for the Skyline Drive to former President Hoover, say- ing the latter “closed his eyes to tech- nicalities standing in the way. We had to show people this park and that is the reason for the drive,” he added. Delegates to the conference this | morning re-elected officers, including Richard Lieber of Indiana, president; Welch of New York State, vice presi- dent; Carson, former chairman of the Virginia Conservation and Develop- ment Commission, vice president, and Ernest W. Smith of Washington, | treasurer. Mrs. Beatrice Ward Nelson of | Charlottesville, Va., resigned as secre- tary, and Col. Lieber said her place will be filled by Miss Harlean James of Washington, secretary of the Amer=~ ican Civic Association. YOUTH, 19, ACCUSED OF GIRL’S KIDNAPING | Berwyn Heights Resident Held in Hyattsville—Victim’s Aunt Makes Charge. Omar Henderson, 19, of HEerwyn Heights, Md., was in Hyattsvile Jail today charged with kidnaping Marion Carey,.15, of Arlington Va. The warrant for Henderson's arrest was obtained from Magistrate Her- bert J. Moffat by Mrs. Lillian R. Waters, the girl's auni, from whose home she is alleged to have disap- pearec yesterday. Police say Mrs. Waters told them the girl was Henderson's sweetheart, and that he took ner from the Wsters when he heard shs was to reurn to the home of her parents In New York City. Prince Georges County arrested Henderson in Bladensburg. Some hours after he had been placed in a cell, Mrs. Waters came to the police station and asked permission to withdraw the warrant against Hen- derson, but this was refused. Later the officers recewved a telephons call that the girl was back home, but were unable to learn where she had been. D. C. GROUP TO MEET Senate Committee Will Clear Up Urgent Bills Today. ‘The Senate District Committee was y | scheduled to meet at 3 p.m. today to clear its calendar of remaining bills which District officials regard as ur- gent, except the local social security program. The security bill will be taken up at' a later meeting, after the national bill becomes a law.