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o] @he Sunday Star WASHINGTON, D. C, SUNDAY MORNING, JULY 14, 1935. ¥ Sports—Pages 7 to 11 PAGE B—1 : Eamp Vacations Have Their Ups and Downs for Young Washingtonians These youngsters know when it's meal time at Camp Good Will D.C. CRIME BILL Chemicals Mixed By TruckMishap Send 3 to Doctor GAS RATE BATTLE | L4 /N 3 A group at Camp Pleasant, colored community camp near Blue Plains, enjoys milk and crackers between meals. APPROVAL OF NEW ~—Star Staff Photos. Man Takes Night Plunge Into River D.C.HIGHWAY PLAN | From Key Bridge ACTION PRESSED REVISION IS LIKELY ISTAKENTO COURT Spectators Routed by " UDGES FORECAST | Police Find Him Holding Reed Predicts Bribery and | Repeater Penalty Meas- ures Will Pass. BY JAMES E. CHINN. For a digest of all bills affect- ing the District introduced at this session of Congress—those enacted and the status of those still pending—See Page B-F. Speedy action on two bills designed to discourage crime in Washington will be sought by Representative Reed, Republican, of Ilinois when the | broken and became mixed, filling the | claimed approximately $31,000,000. Committee meets | air and the driver's inclosure with | House District Wednesday to clear its calendar of &ll important pending legislation. The measures were drafted by Cor- poration Counsel E. Barrett Pretty- man at the request of the Special House Crime Investigating Commit- tee, of which Reed was a member. One defines and fixes punishment for bribery of District officials or em- ployes and the other sets up increased penalties for habitual criminals. Predicting enactment of both bills before adjournment, Reed pointed out that at present the District has no statute making bribery a crime, nor a law which imposes severe pumishment on ‘“repeater criminals.” The penalty provided in the bribery bill is from six months’ to five years’ imprisonment with mo alternative fine. The definition of bribery was broadened to include anyjattempt at bribery as well as the actual exchange of funds. Penalties Increased. The bill for "punishing habitual eriminals provides that any person convicted for the second time of com- mitting a felony shall be sentenced to the maximum term permissible in the first sentencing. In other words, if a man is sentenced to only two years for the first offense, where the statute allows a sentence of from one to 10 years, the second time he is con- victed he would be sentenced for the full 10 years, regardless of whether the felony was of the same type as the first. For the third conviction of a felony | the court could not sentence the of- | fender to less than 15 years regard- less of the offense. Reed believes the two bills will aid materially in driving the habitual criminal out of the District. He has had several years’ experience as & prosecutor in Illinois, and assisted in a revision of the State’s criminal stat- utes. These two bills are included in a group that were drafted and intro- duced on recommendation of the Crime Committee. Four of them, all intended to improve the Police” Court Jury system, already are on the House calendar, and are expected to pass on the next District day. The next regular District day is July 22, but there is a slim probability the House may grant a special .ay this week to make up for loss of the last scheduled District day, July 8, when the utility holding company bill was given the right of way. Speaker Byrns said he is willing to give the District & special day if the House disposes of national legislation ex- pected to come up this week. There are now 14 District bills on (See CRIME, Page B-3.) D. C. MEN IN FIRST CLASS AT NAVAL AIR STATION Group of 55 Candidates Will Take Flight Training Fleet Duty. Three Washingtonians are num- bered in the first class of 55 members which will assemble at the Naval Air Station at Pensacola, Fla,” July 20 for the Navy's prescribed .course of aviation training. They are J. M. McQueen, jr., 4330 Chesapeake street; J. R. Vensel, 1537 Isherwood street northeast, and Edward L Parke, 4208 Eighth street. Forty members of the class were chosen from the first class of candi- dates who were given a month’s elim- ination and preliminary aviation train- ing at various Naval Reserve aviation bases, the Navy Department explained yesterday. Fifteen are members of the Naval Reserve who qualified last year, but due to lack of funds, they were not given flight training. The Navy Department said cadets ho qualify as naval aviators will be ered for three years' active duty the fleet. for Fumes at Twentieth and Constitution. Fumes caused by a mixture of chem- Twentieth street and Constitution | avenue late yesterday sent three men | to Emergency Hospital and chased spectators to safety. The accident occurred when Car- roll Randall, 26, lost control of the | truck and it careened into the curb, | turning on its side and pinning him {in the driver’s cab. A drum of hydro- fluosilicic acid and several glass con- tainers of sodium hypochlorite were gasses. | Policeman Luther Wise, tenth pre- | cinct. and Milton Lewis, 1114 Florida | avenue northeast, witnessed the acci- dent and rushed to Randall’s aid, suc- ceeding in extricating him. Wise and Lewis, as well as Randall. were af- | fected by the fumes and all required hospital treatment. They are not believed to be in a serious condition. D. Meade Peebles. 3713 Woodley road, head of the Peebles Chemical Co., in Rosslyn, Va. said the truck had been to Baltimore and was re- turning to the Peebles plant. when it turned over. | The acid is of the tyfie used to make | disinfectant solutions and is not con- | sidered particularly dangerous by itself, but when mixed with sodium hypo- | chiorite it causes nauseous fumes. TAXI FARE ORDER. *LIKELY THE WEEK | Utilities Commission Pains- taking in Determining Rate-Zone Issue. Decision br the Public Utilities Commission ordering uniform rates | and zones for all Washington taxicabs is expected to be announced this week. | to be made effective a day or two after it is promulgated. It had been planned to issue the order tomorrow, but officials said yes- terday the orver would not be ready by that time. ‘The commission is taking consider- able pains in drafting its order and deciding on the rates and zones be- cause of the order of a former com- mission calling for use of taxi meters in which it was declared: “No sched- vised for this city which will make the charge commensurate with the service rendered,” and that “the zone fare unduly favors certain riders and unduly discriminates against others.” Order Ineffective. At that time the commission sought to banish the zone system and require all cabs to use meters, charging 25 cents for the first two miles, or frac- tion thereof, and 5 cents for each additional one-third mile. That order was made ineffective by a “rider” attached by Congress to the District appropriation bill, forbidding use ‘of commission funds for enforce- ment of the order. To correct the resulting lack of any regulation of taxicab charges, the commission this year suggested a change permitting uniform zones, should Congress continue to refuse to allow metered operation. This was done. This will be the basis of the commission’s crder upsetting the find- ings of fact of the former commission. Different Commissioners. None of ths present utility commis- sioners was a member of the regula- der was issued. At the same' time care is being exercised in drafting the uniform rate. and zones order because of the historv of the commission’s position on taxicab regulation. 3 To prepare the way for the forth- coming order the commission yester- day rescinded the 1932 order so far as it applied to requirement of use of meters and the prescribed meter rates. The commission to date has not re- vealed what it has in mind as to uni- form zone rates. but some followers of the hearings or the subject believe the rates will not be radically differ- ent from the 2C-30-50-70 scale or the 0-40-60-80 system. Some changes in es are anticipated. icals in a truck that overturned at| ule of zone taxicab fares can be de-| tory body wher the 1932 meter or-| Companies Appeal Decision’ of Commission—Cut in | Charges Held Up. ‘ A long-expected court fight over | | the valuation fixed for the Washing- ton and Georgetown Gas Companies | by the Public Utilities Commission | was started yesterday when the com- | panies appealed to court to override | the commission decision | The commission last March set the values of the two companies for rate- making purposes at $16,993,000, | whereas officials of the companies The yaluation decision is destined to face a double-barreled attack, for | People’s Counsel William A. Roberts { already had prepared an appeal ofhis oW%n, to be filed promptly if the gas | companies appealed. He is contend- | ing the commission erred in favor of | the companies in some instances, | while the companies claim the valu- ation decision was “contrary to evi- dence, unreasonable and inadequate.” Chest agencies. Army camp at Pawtuxent, Md. Nurse Mary O'Day gives one of the children at the Salvation Army camp at Pawtuxent, Md., a dose of castor oil, despite noisy protestations. These are typical scenes at the three free camps operated by Community Both the camps conducted by the Family Service Asso- ciation—Good Will and Pleasant—are reported already filled to capacity. At the former there are 22 mothers and 49 children. 60 children are being taken care of at Camp Happyland, the Salvation Twenty mothers and | Rate Cut May Be Delayed. The effect may be a protracted legal battle which will defer for two or three years an expected large re- | duction in gas rates. When valu- ation proceedings were started in Au- gust, 1932, the commission ordered a temporary 8.5 per cent discount on | bills. This has been continued since | then After the valuation case was de- cided by the commission it was in- dicated the permanent rate cut might amount to considerably more than twice the present one. Meanwhile, there is another possi- | bility. The people’s counsel recently | proposed that a “short cut” be taken with an agreement between the com- mission and the company on a rate cut, based on data now in hand, and that present rate proceedings and the past valuation case be abandoned. | He said he was prepared to submit a proposed rate cut, but as yet has not made public his suggestion. He said he would not enter into “secret negoti- ations” on this proposal and that if | the companies failed to accept, he would fight any other agreement. Willing to Consider Plan. Marcy L. Sperry, gas companies | president, said yesterday after the ap- peal was filed his concerns still were | willing to consider Robert's proposed agreement on a rate cut. The commission is scheduled to re- | sume the pending rate case on July 23. The valuations fixed for the ccm- panies, which are in joint owner- ship, at $1,954,000 for the Georgetown company and $15,039,000 for the ‘Washington company. In the appeals the companies contend the commis- sion did not properly consider nu- | merous items of value, including the | original cost, and that it omitted en- | tirely certain valuable useful prop- | erty. The latter was not described. | Many Figures Cut. | In hewing down the valuation claims of the companies, the com- mission slashed amounts claimed as | working capital, disallowed other sums set up for conduct of the com- panies’ appliance business, did not grant all that was claimed for “going concern” value, and increased some depreciation allowances. The plaintiffs say they are unwill- ing to have the valuations stand for fear they might be used as a rate- making basis and serve as a dangerous precedent. ) People’s Counsel Roberts, n his brief, yet to be filed, contends that the commission has refused to accept tes- timony as to facts offered at the hear- ings by its own staff and also has accepted claims of the companies which are not proper. ! Fort Dupont Personnel Will Move to New Jersey. tion Corps perscnnel in the Fort Du- pont camp here, with the exception of local enrollees, will be shifted to New Jersey. Officials of the National Capital Parks yesterday explained that a new company will be sent to Washington from the 3d Corps Area of the Army, which has headquarters st Baltimore, Md. The Fort Dupont te will be maintained, officials said, s stil much work to be done section of the city. | C.C. C. SHIFTS ORDERED | On July 25. the Civilian Conserva-| park improvements, officials of the National Capital Parks tomorrow | morning will send 11 tree surgeons into Rock Creek Park to work on the tree areas there. Frank T. Gartside, acting superin- announced that the National Park Service of the Interior Department officially advised him yesterday that this fund has been placed to the credit of Washington's parks in the Treasury Department. Secretary Ickes made the $1,000,000 allocation out of ‘lhe old $3,300,000,000 public works grant on May 25, but only yesterday were the local authorities given word to proceed with the spending and | putting men to work. The Treasury Department said that the money had been cleared the middle of last month and that Controller General J. R. | McCarl at that time had given his indorsement to the program. What | has occasioned the delay since has | been somewhat of a mystery. The local park officials, holding up their | | plans until receipt of the Treasury arrant, were puzzled over the delay. Program Is Outlined. Hundreds of men are expected to {be put to work in the immediate | future. Mr. Gartside sald that first | on the list of the projects are the tree surgery work, the Mall lighting, the paving of Union Square and top soil- ing for the Arlington Memorial Bridge approach and Meridian Hill Park, preparatory to the Fall planting schedule. Starting out with 11 tree surgeons tomorrow Mr. Gartside anticipates that 30 men in this profession will be | at work before the end of the week. | Ultimately, the force is to be built up | to 50. They will be engaged in aerating tree roots and feeding them in the intensively-used picnic areas in | Rock Creek and Montrose Parks, at the outset. Mr 3artside is anxious to | have this wock proceed first, as he considers these areas are particularly in need of treatment. “The ground in some of the picnic areas has become literally baked, said the park chief, through constant use, with a consequent malnutrition for the trees. The ground around needs to be opened up, so that the trees can “breathe” better and artificial feeding will be resorted to. The tree surgeons will be engaged in removing dead branches, adjacent to the main roads, that are considered dangerous in Rock Creek Park. Work to Be Extended. The new tree surgery program is designed to reach the larger parks | and the areas not covered in the pre- | vious expenditures in the city’s main smaller parks, Mr. Gartside explained. In about 10 days, his office will advertise for lighting in the Mall The type of light has been indorsed by the Fine Arts Commission and the National Capital Park and Planning Commission. Plans for paving Union Square are ready for translating into action. Bids have already been opened and are pending before the Bureau of Public Roads. In about two weeks, Mr. Gart- side expects, the job of supplying top soll for the Arlington Memorial Bridge approach and the Meridian Hill Park will be on the market. The contract for lighting Meridian Hill Park will be separated and will follow shortly. Mr. Gartside held a conference yes- terday with officials of branch of plans and design of the “National tendent of the National Capital Parks, | P. W. A. Grants $1,000,000 For Park Improvement Here, Tree Surgeons Will Inaugurate Pro- gram in Rock Creek Area, Starting Tomorrow. Initiating a program for sperding | Park Service, with a view to acquaint- | $1,000,000 of P. W. A. funds for local ing the landscape architects and the | engineers with the latest developments in the $1,000,000 program. He urged upon them the necessity for speed and the putting of men to work without delay. | The allocation of $50,000 has been made for tree surgery, plant disease | control and reforestation. Improve- | ment of the Mall sidewalks, sprinkler }system and lights will cost $130,000. Improvement to the small parks, in- cluding Franklin, Folger, Lafayette, Marian, Mount Vernon, Montrose and the numerous triangles throughout the city, will cost $300,000. Designing Playground. The branch of plans and design [is now at work on details for the | Palisades playground and park, for | landscaping, grading, construction of small field houses and recreational fa- }cflmu—a job that will cost $70,000. i Revised plans are expected to be laid | before the Fine Arts Commission and the National Capital Park and Pla: TWOHURT AS AUTO, TROLLEY COLLIDE Roadster Carried 35 Feet in Brookmont Crash—In- quiry Starts. A man and his wife were injured late last night, when their automobile was in collision with a District-bound street car at Maryland drive and Broad street, Brookmont, a few miles east of Cabin John. Cecil Holsinger, 29, house painter, of 1843 Massachusetts avenue southeast, suffered a fractured hip, broken col- lar bone and severe cuts of the face and head. Mrs. Ruth Holsinger, 31, a book- keeper at Kann's, escaped with pos- sible fracture of the ribs. Both were taken to Georgetown Hospital. Bethesda police at once opened an investigation of the accident. The Holsingers were returning home from a visit to friends in Brookmont. ‘When their car reached the unmarked tracks at the bottom of a gully, it and the trolley collided. The roadster was carried 35 feet along the tracks. Motorman F. S. Nicholson, 105 Fifteenth street southeast, was un- able to continue operation of the trol- ley because of nervous shock, and Con- ductor Charles Brant of Forest Glen, Md., brought it into Washington. Two other persons were injured in accidents last night. Roland Johnson, 10, colored, of 2732 Sherman avenue, suffered concussion of the brain and serious body injuries when struck by an automobile in the 2700 block of Eleventh street. Margaret Pivarnick, 24, Children’s Hospital nurse, suffered a fractured rib, leg contusions and body bruises when struck at Fourteenth and W streets by an automobile driven by Russell Nagle, 19, of 1209 Shepherd street. Nagle was charged at No. 2 precinct with reckless driving and re- leased under $300 bond. Miss Pivar- nick was treated at Children’s Hos- pital. Her condition was met serious. | public hearing yesterday afternoop Hearing on Nominations De- velops Complaint Against Aukam. Action is expected to be taken early this week on the four pending local judgeship nominations, following a before a Senate subcommittee, at which testimony was heard for and! against reappointment of Judge George | C. Aukam of the Municipal Court. | No witnesses appeared against the | reappointment of Judge Nathan Cay- | ton of the Municipal Court, nor against the two new appointees, Walter J.| Miss Ellen K. Raedy, to be a Munici- pal Court judge. Senator King, Dem- ocrat, of Utah, who presided, said he had one letter inquiring whether Miss Raedy has practiced the required five years. Miss Raedy testified she has practiced seven years. At the outset of the meeting Chair- | man King said the Judiciary Commit- tee had been polled and had consented to & favorable report on the four nom- inations, Following receipt of several | letters, he said, it had been decided to hold a hearing. At the close of the hearing Chairman King said he would confer with Senator Borah, Repub- lican, of Idaho, the other member of the subcommittee, before taking ac- tion. } | | | Impartiality Questioned. 1 Two witnesses appeared against Judge Aukam, one contending he is not always impartial and the other describing the judge as arbitrary. Later two other witnesses appeared in favor of Judge Aukam and commend- ed his record. One of the opponents, W. E. Ryan, complained of Judge Aukam's de-| cision in a damage suit about four; years ago, in which Ryan was the| plaintif and which was decided against him. He raised the question | as to whether the judge is impartial. | Judge Aukam testified he based his| decision on & rule laid down by the| | Court of Appeals in a similar accident | case, involving the question of wheth- | er a street car had been stopped or started with an unusual jerk. The other complainant was Attor- ney John H. Connaughton, who ex- pressed the opinion that, on the bench, Judge Aukam “is inclined to be not only judge, but lawyer for both sides.” He contended the judge some- times takes the examination of wit- nesses out of the hands of the lawyers. The witness sald he knew nothing against the judge’s integrity, but re- garded him as arbitrary. Cites Little Opposition. Testifying i support of Judge Aukam, Attorney Francis W. Hill, jr., said a tremendous number of cases are tried in Municipal Court, and| added: “In view of the number of cases heard there, it is rather a com- pliment that so few are protesting.” Assistant District Attorney Henry A. Schweinhaut also told the subcom- mittee he had a high regard for Judge Aukam. Judge Aukam told the sub- committee he has never consciously ! done any one a wrong in deciding cases in his court. i Chairman King questioned the two | new appointees — Miss Raedy and Casey—as to their experience. Miss Raedy said she has lived in Washing- ton all her life and has been practic- ing law since 1928. She said part of the time her practice was before Gov- ernment departments, that she has also practiced in local courts and as- sisted in preparation of cases for con- sideration in District Supreme Court and the Court of Appeals. Data Revelation Protested. One other witness, 8. P. Hoffman, an official of the Washington Daily Record, Inc, complained of the pro- cedure in Municipal Court in making available data on cases tried there. Hoffman had filed a brief contending that the court allows one of the clerks, Robert Rollins, to prepare and furnish to subscribers a record of court cases in competition with private concerns. Judges Aukam and Cayton con- tended this data is assembled after court hours. Judge Aukam said it cannot be assembled during the day and that if the present arrangement were discontinued some one would have to be employed to supervise preparation of the data. Judge Cay- ton expressed the view the clerk has no greater advantage than others. that the L0AN BEING PAID Onto Pier—Back Is Slightly Strained. William Randolph Mathers, 29, of took a midnight} plunge off Key Bridge into the Po-| Park Lane, Va, tomac last night, but his only worry |Result of $1,400 Limitation | Placed by President on Work-Relief. Revision of the District’s tentative program for highway improvements, now is that he may have strained his| to be financed out of the national back slightly. 1$400,000,000 road fund provided by the Mathers apparently had too much work - relief appropriation, appeared liquor under his belt, according to police, when he decided to take his dive. John Royster, Rosslin, Va., saw him as he leaped from the bridge and summoned seventh precinct police- men. Officers M. B. Moore and M H. Casey, to be a Police Court judge, and | Britton commandeered a row boat Mathefs was found clinging to the bottom of a and went to the rescue. BY CLOSED BANK Report on Payments to R. F. C. Made by Commercial | National Receiver. The closed Commercial National Bank is making good progress in pay- ing off its big loan to the Reconstruc- tion Finance Corp., according to the quarterly report of conditior of this | institution by its receiver, Kobert C.| Baldwin. | Of a total loan of $3,327,400, Re- | ceiver Baldwin has paid back $2.-| 620,400 in cash. The quarterly report discloses also that the secured deposits which the receiver is endeavoring to recgpture from certain quasi-governmental agencies, under a recent court deci- sion, constitute only a part of the total of secured and preferred lia- | bilities paid back 100 per cent. | The court suit shews the nmounti sought from these certain agencies is | about $1,300,000, or 50 per cent of that | paid to them from the bank. Other | unsecured creditors, including deposi- | tors, have received 50 per cent of | their deposits so the receiver is at-| tempting to recover only the other half. The total amount of secured and preferred liabilities paid in cash, however, amounts to $6,834,386.23. Many of these were secured under special acts of Congress, not ques- tioned in court. Cash on Hand. Commercial now has cash on hand | of $154,803.46. Collections from stock assessments amount to $230,444.43 out of & total assessment of $1,000,000. Remaining assets are estimated by | the receiver to be worth $2,334,765.19. Col. Wade H. Cooper was pTesident of the Commercial Bank. Another bank, of which Col. Cooper was president, the United States Sav- ings Bank, has remaining assets now estimated at $1,044,810.27, after pay- ing a 65 per cent dividend amounting to $1,032,539.29 to depositors, accord- ing to the quarterly condition report by Carter B. Keene, receiver. Cash on hand amounts to $56,875.57. Cash Paid to R. F. C. ‘The receiver has paid back $1,068,- 193.12 on a loan from the R. F. C. amounting to $1,449,293.12. No assessment has been levied against stockholders of the United States Savings Bank. Col. Cooper still has pending a court fight to force the Treasury to reopen the bank. The International Exchange Bank, which went into receivership in July, 1932, and has paid 3125 per cent divi- dends to depositors amounting to $113,288.14, has remsining assets es- timated at $159,594.22, according to the quarterly report of Receiver Pred- erick J. Young. This bank has repaid $7,000 on a $22,100 R. F. C. loan. Collections- from stock assessment total $22,372.77. Firemen to Plan Field Day. ARLINGTON, Va., July 13 (Spe- cial) —The Arlington-Fairfax Coun- ties Firemen’s Association will meet Tuesday night in the Virginia High- | elimination. land fire house to complete plans for their annual fleld ¥ay, August 24. certain yesterday as a result of a lim- itation placed by the President on | the cost per man per year. Elimination of some of the high- grade highway work from the list and | the insertion of more low-cost proj- | ects Joomed after District engineers | had serutinized limitations imposed in | the set of regulations for the pro- | gram. pler—a far more sober man. He was | taken to Georgetown Hospital for ex- | amination when he complained his back was strained. $949,496 for District. District officials had prepared a long list of work out of which was to be se- lected projects coming within the Dis- trict’s apportionment of the $400,000,~ 000 sum for roads and for grade-cross- ing elimination. The District is to get $949.496 for highway work and $410.- 804 for grade-crossing projects. A limitation of $1.400 a year per man was fixed by the President on the amount of Federal funds which would be spent on the two-phase pro- gram. District engineers found their tentative program could not be fol- lowed under this limitation. The necessary result would be substitution of low-cost road work from some of the high-grade work, it was said. Few Lump Sums Given. One difficulty of the District is that while various States make a blanket appropriation to their highway com- missioners for road work, the District appropriations for the most part are specifically appropriated out of Dis- tict revenues for definite projects. Only in a few instances are lump-sum appropriations made for maintenance, repairs, resurfacing, grading, etc, which the District might use on high- way work in conjunction with the Federal works program here. In this connection one District of- ficial stated the District would not use such funds for this purpose if it meant a dropping of the regular Dis- trict per diem highway forces. There- fore, only those funds for street im- provements which would be let out on contract can be used for this pur- pose. Officials insisted, howzver, the Dis- trict program for work under the Fed- eral road improvements would be car« ried forward, somehow, although con- siderable figuring must be done. For this purpose a conference of Highway Department officials has been called for tomorrow. Contact also will be made with officials of the United States Bureau of Roads for interpre- tation of regulations. District Could Employ 971. Under the $1,400 limitation the Dis- trict could employ 678 men under the $949,496 grant for road improvements and 293 men under the District’s $410,804 apportionment of the Federal $200,000,000 sum for grade-crossing For the grade-crossing program the District tentatively had planned to build non-grade crossings over railroad tracks at Eastern ave- nue, Michigan avenue and the Bates road crossings. This program should not be con- fused with the road improvements which may be performed by relief la- bor under other grants to the District, to be handled by Commissioner Allen, He has sent seven projects to the ‘Works Progress Administration, and announcements there have been that the District had been allotted sums to cover these, amounting to more than. $1,200,000, but Allen as yet has not received notice. These were for & series of highway and sewer system improvements. . LAWN FETE THIS WEEK Hyattsville Catholic Church Plans Annual Event. By the Associated Press. HYATTSVILLE, Md., July 13.—8t. Jerome’s Catholic Church will hold its ennual lawn fete next Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights * on the church grounds. Vincent Shee- hy, jr. is general chairman of ar- rangements. Wednesday will be Holy Name night. Thursday, when a sup- per will be served in the Masonic Hall from 5:30 to 8 o'clock, will be parish- ioner’s night; Friday will be sodality night and Saturday night 5 per cent of the proceeds will be turned over to the parish's eharity fund.