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THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTO D. C, AUGUST 18, 1 35—PART TWO. PERS[]NNH. NAMEB Site and Surroundings of Disputed Garbage Transfer Station NURIHEASI ERUUP I Leader l FORTRAGFCROLP Cosmopolitan International to Meet in Capital in August, 1936. Col. Lawrence C. Crawford, chair- man of the Traffic Committee of the Washington Board of Trade, yester- day completed his staff of subcom- mittee chairmen by naming John F. Victory head of the subcommittee on parking. At the same time two subcommittee chairmen named personnel of the groups headed by them. Maj. 8. D. Ashford, chairman of the subcommit- tee on automatic signals, signs and marking, announced the appointment of C. H. Chilton, J. L. Gelbman and E. D. Merrill to that group. Dr: J. Franklin Hilton, chairman of the subcommittee on operating reg- ulations, announced the appointment of the following members: Col. A. B. Barber, Samuel S. Blick, Capt. Milo H. Brinkley, James W. S. Peters, Dr. Louis Rodis, Capt. Charles H. Ruth, Henry J. Saunders, Henry E. Stringer and Claude Tschiffely. Hodges Returns to City. Curtis Hodges, executive director of the Greater National Capital Commit tee of the Board of Trade, returned from Chicago last week, where he at- tended a meeting of the board of di- rectors of the International Associa- tion of Convention Bureaus. Because of the increase in recent years in tourist travel as an industry, the organization changed its name to the International Association of Tour- ist, Publicity and Convention Bureaus. Hodges said the Department of Com- merce has estimated that the tourist “industry” amounted to an annual $4,000,000,000 business and is on the increase. This applies only to travel between points in the United States for pleasure and does not include for- eign travel to the United States, al- though there has been a notable increase in recent years in the number of foreign tourists coming to America. During the present year, Hodges continued, 12 States have recognized the value of the tourist business and have made legislative appropriations to encourage and develop the industry and to broadcast invitations to tourists to visit the States. Hodges is now making plans for the annual convention of the association to be held in Cincinnati, November 21. For the first time this year, the con- vention will have a travel exhibit. Hodges is a member of the Exhibit Committee. Rothschild on Vacation. Louis Rothschild, director of the | Washington Better Business Bureau, left yesterday on his vacation, which will end with the opening of the an- nual convention of the National Asso- ciation of Better Business Bureaus at Syracuse, N. Y., August 26. The convention will continue for four days and during the sessions Rothschild will read a paper on “Fabric Trade Names,” in which he will discuss the necessity for requiring trade names to indicate to the public the material content of the goods, in order to avoid misleading the public. On the same program will be Col. C. O. Sherill, former director of the old Office of Public Buildings and Public Parks, here, who is now head of the American Retail Federation. Col. Sherill will discuss “Coopera- tion of Better Business Bureaus and the American Retail Federation.” Convention Obtained. Arrangements have been completed through the Greater National Capital Committee for the next convention of Cosmopolitan International to come to Washington next August. Judge Michael Doyle represented the clubs in negotiations with the com- mittee. Approximately 400 delegates from all parts of the country and Canada are expected to be present. Contract BY P. HAL SIMS. Slam Bidding. North, & A-K-8 ¥ A-K 4 A-J-10-8-7-6-5 +Q West. A, J-2 v Q-J-9-4 ¢ 9-4 & K-J-10-9-8 South. A Q-5-4-3 v3-2 4 K-Q-2 & A-6-4-3 ‘The correct bidding: Narth East South 1 Di. Pass 1 Sp. 3 Di. Pass 4 CL 4 Sp. Pass 6 Di. Pass 7 Di. Pass Pass Pass TBE bidding is logical and correct, '™ and it is difficult to see how either North or South could do other- wise with their cards. In duplicate, North can count seven diamonds, two hearts, a club and at least three spades.” Therefore, he should bid wseven no trumps. It is not a bad gamble. In rubber bridge there is the prospect that South holds the jack ‘of spades or the king of diamonds. If either sorry prospect turns out to be fact and the missing queens are not located, North may easily go down five or six tricks. For that reason I advocated the suit grand slam. The contract is off one trick at most. However, when this hand was East. 4 10-9-7-8 ¥ 10-8-7-6-5 3 & 7-5-2 Pass Dbl é T and claimed the balance. (Copyright. 1935.) [LIITTTIT] B-RESIDENTIAL Map shows location of the District’s garbage disposal plant in South- east, which has caused members of the Southeast Business Men's Associa- tion to take up arms for its removal. The Executive Committee, consisting of Richard B. English, chairman; C. A. Donohoe, Lewis Frick, Alex Berlin, A 2" COMMERCIAL ZONING ~ INDUSTRIAL LEGEND. E— US. PROPERTY Charles Jenkins and John Holland will meet tomorrow afternoon to draft s brief for submission to Engineer Commissioner Daniel I. Sultan Wednes- day. done with the plant. District Civic Problems and Civic Bodies Prospects for Further D. C. Legislation Dim—Commissioners Plan Three Days of Hearings This W eek on Next Year’s Budget. BY JESSE C. SUTER. URTHER legislation for the District at the present ses- sion. of Congress does not appear very bright as this is written. In the House are a number of bills on the calendar, most of them of the uncontro- versial variety, but there is little chance of receiving action before the predicted adjournment this week. There is a bare possibility of an agreement between the House and Senate and passage of the several District social security bills. The Senate District Committee held its last meeting of the session on Wednesday and in addition to ordering favorable reports on the old-age pensions, unemployment insurance and blind pension bills ordered favorable reports on sev- eral others and voted to carry others over till next session. Among the other nine bills ap- proved were the bill changing pro- cedure in appeals to the courts from the decisions of the Public Utilities Commission, bill making Government employes and persons having contracts with the Govern- ment eligiole for jury service, and the bill making numerous amend- ments to the District liquor law. Among the bills going over to next session are the airport and the one requiring compulsory jury service by women. Of course, all of the bills going over are in a much better situation than if this was the close of the Congress. If this was the close of the Con- gress all pending bills would auto- matically die and would have to be introduced in the next Congress. Garbage Disposal System Survey by Expert Committee. P!RS!STENT agitation by the Southeast citizens for the re- moval of the garbage transfer sta- tion from its location at New Jer- sey avenue and K street southeast has resulted in the appointment by Col. Sultan, Engineer Commis- sioner, of a committee of investi- gation consisting of Capt. Howard F. Clark, Assistant Engineer Com- missioner; Health Officer George C. Ruhland, Sanitary Engineer J. Blake Gordon and Harold A. Kemp, engineer for the Sewage Disposal Plant. This committee There is widespread interest in this problem and many citizens have been inquiring as to the exact location of the present transfer station where it has been for the past 35 years. To enable inter- ested citizens to locate this munici- New Association Busy. this large amount of solids? Are the sewers of sufficient size to carry this additional load?> What of the large accumulation of grease? Will the sewage disposal plant be able to treat this increased load of heavy material? Grease in the sewage has always been something engineers have sought to reduce to a minimum. All garages having water and sewer connections are required to have grease traps installed to keep most of the grease out of the sewers. This sewage method of garbage disposal may be the coming system, but some of the experts feel that the game is yet too young for im- mediate use. Is There a Demand for Regular Fare on Express Busses? WILLIAM A. ROBERTS, people’s counsel, has asked that ques- tion recently of civic leaders living on the Chevy Chase and the Ta- koma express bus lines of the Capital Transit Co. In each in- stance he has received the reply that the patrons seem satisfied to pay the 10-cent fare and to feel that the more rapid service is worth more than the street car fare of four tokens for 30 cents or a $1 pass. Roberts has had in mind bring- ing an action to require the regu- lar street car fare to apply to the express busses. In view of the apparent attitude of satisfaction with existing rates he does not feel justified pursuing the matter fur- ther at the present time. Exaggeration Hurts The Southeast Campaign. IVIC leaders who have been watching with interest the ag- gressive campaign of Southeast ‘Washington in behalf of its im- provement program express the opinion that some of the advocates have made a serious mistake in overstating their case. Exaggera- tion of the condition of the Penn- sylvania avenue bridge and other statements not in accordance with the facts have brought rather sharp criticism from the District Building. It is predicted that because of these overstatements all future claims from that source will be subjected to a much more rigid scrutiny than heretofore. Many of the items of the Southeast pro- gram receive general civic approval because of their real merit sup- ported by actual facts. One feature of this exaggeration incident which interests the mem- bers of the organized citizens' as- sociations is the fact that these overdrawn statements were not the product of a neighbornood citl- zens’ association, but were made in a business men’s association. Commissioners to Hold D. C. Budget Hearing. TH!S 'week, on Wednesday, Thurs- day and Friday, the Commis- sioners: will hear civic leaders and workers it seems almost futile to continue to insist on the Federal Government bearing its equitable share of running the Nation's Cap- ital, the general sentiment of or- ganized civic Washington is that the Commissioners should again put up a strong fight for fair play. In this connection it is noted that the large added consumption by the Government of the city water for air-cooling systems should not be overlooked as a reason for an increase of the Government pay- ment. Inquiry among spokesmen for the civic groups indicates that the chief demand will be for added and improved school accommodations. Unexplained Delay in ng the Merger. ANKING high in importance in the completion of the merger of the mass transportation facil- itles of the District is the long- overdue merging of the Washing- ton Rapid Transit Co. with the Capital Transit Co. The Capital company some months ago asked approval of the Public Utilities Commission of its proposal to pur- chase the other company. commission rejected the proposal, as the price involved was consid- ered exorbitant. At a later date it was announced by the president of the Capital ‘Transit Co. that his company would shortly submit a revised proposal. So far as is kmown the promised proposal has never materialized. People’s Counsel Roberts during the past week has been seeking information on this subject. Civic organizations in all sec- tions are interested in the comple- tion of this important link in a unified transportation system. It is held that with these two com- peting transportation services there exists in a measure the same un- satisfactory condition which ob- talned under the two street rail- way systems. Many are the ad- vantages seen through some re- routing of busses and above all through the introduction of & transfer system between busses and busses and busses and car, similar to the present transfer system of the Capital Transit Co. Sliding Scale Gas Rates To Have Consideration. RESIDENT SPERRY of the gas companies has accepted the re- sponsibility for initiating before the Public Utilities Commission a pro- posal for consideration of the sug- gestion of the people’s counsel for the prompt fixing of lower rates, satisfactorily by the Potomac Elec- tric Power Co. This opens the way . for definite negotiations, which, at the earliest, could not be concluded The: In the brief the association will offer suggestions as to what must be doing business. The territory served by this organization is in the section along the Anacostia road between the Pennsylvania Avenue Bridge and Benning. The meeting place is the little port- able building of the Free Metho- dist Church on Anacostia road near F street southeast. The at- tendance taxed the capacity of the building. Like all remote growing suburban communities, the residents and home owners have many needs which can only be taken care of through the inclusion of the re- quired items in the District budg- et. The most pronounced needs are for school facilities and im- proved service on the bus line which runs through the section. Under the direction of the School Committee there has been made a comprehensive survey of the school population. One hundred and fifty children between the ages of 5 and 10 years are without any school accommodations in the community and are compelled to travel long distances to schools in other sec- tions. The report of the efficient chairman of the School Commit- tee recognizes that it will be some time before a “permanent ele- mentary school can be provided for all children below junior high grade. What the committee is en- deavoring to do, with the active backing of the association, is to secure one or more portable build- ings for use of the small children. Absence from the city of some of the higher school officials has handicapped these new civic work- ers in their efforts. It is not yet known if there are any of the port- able buildings not being used or if teachfers will be avallable. There is some unused Federal land in the neighborhood and an attempt will be made to get the loan of a site if the buildings can be obtained. A representative of the Capital ‘Transit Co. present at the meeting promised improved bus service to as great an extent as may be pos- sible through adoption of some of the schedule modifications suggest- ed. He made a blanket promise to furnish adequate service for the school children when school cpens. The new association will apply for membership in the federation when that body resumes its meet- ings, as it now has a membership of 50, which is four over the mini-~ mum required. -~ MEETING OF FORUM {SLATED FOR TUESDAY [ Traffic Safety Drive to Be Main Feature, President Phil- lips Announces. The Citizens' Forum of Columbia Heights, which meets monthly during the Summer, will meet Tuesday night at Hillcrest, Thirteenth and Girard streets, as the guests of the proprie- tors, Mr. and Mrs. George W. Head. The present traffic drive is expected The proposal of the Capital Transit Co. to increase the number of one-man street cars, already challenged by People’s Counsel Willlam A. Roberts, will also receive attention, Phillips stated. A report will be made by the For- um’s Special Committee on Protection of Homes and Property Values with respect to its recent activities, will be made, Phillips asserted. Spain Counts Aliens. lation as 83,791, of whom 1,012 are Americans, 3,629 Argentines, 2915 Cubans and 1,249 Mexicans. Portu- gese top the list with 25,445 and 17,722 French are in second place followed by 8,817 Germans, 8,263 Bnglish and «mm‘u. BEGNS DWNFGHT Conference Charges Neglect in Apportionment of Works Projects. Not to be outdone by Southesst residents in their drive for civic im- provements residents of Northeast have joined forces in & concerted movement to secure Works Progress Administration projects for their ares. The feeling that Northeast has never received a falr proportion of local projects has caused the Joint Confer- ence of Northeast Citizens’ Associa- tions to divert from its normal duties —that of acting as a purely advisory group—to take definite action in an effort to secure an equal share of P. W. A. projects. Projects Announced. Highway improvements as an- nounced by Works Progress Adminis- trator George E. Allen, which affect the Northeast section, include new pavement on Kenilworth avenue north- east from Benning road to the District line, covering existing roadway with bituminous surfacing on Eads strees northeast from Fifty-third street to the District line, Grant Circle north- east from Fifty-third street to Pifty- fifth street, Hunt place northeast from Minnesota avenue to Forty-eighth street, and on FPiftieth street from Grant Circle to Washington place. Also listed on the works program are the paving of the approaches to the new Eastern Avenue Bridge over the Baltimore & Ohio railroad tracks near Bladensburg road—this project will extend from Bladensburg road to Rhode Island avenue; widen Thir- teenth street northeast from Otis street to Bunker Hill road. Condem- nation proceedings have been suthor- ized along Maryland avenue northeast extended from Fifteenth and H streets to Anacostia Park. Most of these projects are small ones, delegates feel, and the amount of money spent, if equally divided among the four sections of the city, would go much farther in improving the Northeast area than is now planned. Member Bodies to Act. ‘When action was taken to ask Com- missioner Allen for a list of projects which the area needs, it was agreed that member organizations would have to ratify the action of the conference when they hold their first Fall rieet- ings. The street improvements asked for include: The opening of South Dakota and Eastern avenues northeast through to ‘Takoma Park, straightening and im- proving Brentwood road northeast and other streets that must necessarily be opened s0 as to afford full use of the projected two new rallroad bridges across the Baltimore & Ohio and Pennsylvania railroad tracks. The extension of Montana avenue northeast from Twelfth street to Brentwood road was also asked, and improvements at the following loca- tions: Seventh street northeast from Franklin street to Monroe street, Central avenue from Seventh to Fourth streets northeast and Jackson street northeast from Eleventh to Fourteenth street. New Roadway Sought. Another street project asked is the conversion of the triangular piece of land at the northeast corner of Eck- ington place d Florida avenue northeast into a roadway so that vehicular traffic may turn right at the red traffic light, thus relieving traffic congestion at this point. ‘When the conference next meets in the Fall it will be after each of the member associations have held their | first meetings. Hereafter, members agreed, the conference will again rec- ommend action to the member asso- ciations and will only meet to decide upon recommendations for proposals affecting the Northeast as a whole. Action was taken urging the Feder- | ation of Citizens’ Associations to ap- | = | the center of Conduit road seeded as point two members to sit with the Fine Arts Commission and the Park and Planning Commission when these bodies meet on all matters pertaining to the District. The conference, as a body, cannot urge this action on the federation since it is not a member; however all of its constituent civic groups are members of the federa- tion and, Chairman A. F. E. Scheer explained, one of these groups will have to take this matter before the federation. Who Are You? The Romance of Your Name. BY RUBY HASKINS ELLIS. \ fMacBuftie THI! is the oldest spelling of thiv Scottish surname and it is so written in a charter dated 1463. Vari- ous branches of the house later spelied the name Macfies, Macphees, Mac- Duffee and MacDuffy. The original home of the clan was Colonsay, of which they were in possession until about the middle of the seventeenth century. When Colonsay passed into the hands of the MacDonalds and after- ward to the Duke of Argyll, the Mac- Lochiel, where they became famous for their great bravery. Members of this family became established in Ireland, and from Ire- land came founders of the family to the New World. The coat of arms here given is accredited to Daniel EDWIN S. HEGE CITIZENS T0 SEEK LOW-LEVEL SPAN Other Projects Announced by Conduit Road Group for Coming Year. The fight for a high-level bridge to replace the old Chain Bridge will be abandoned by the Conduit Road Citi- | zens’ Association, Frank Shull, newly elected president of the association, announced yesterday. association will concentrate its efforts on obtaining a new low-level structure. | One of the main projects for which the association has been campaigning for several years, the Chain Bridge replacement, will again occupy an im- portant part n the association’s ac- tivities this coming Winter. A bridge about 8 or 10 feet above the present structure will be adequate. Shull be- lieves, and will also do away with the danger of flood water washing away a lower bridge. He is also of the opin- fon that the association has a beuex! chance of obtaining a low-level bridge | than it has of getting & high-level bridge. Road Widening Sought. Another project connected with Chain Bridge which the association will push is the widening of Canal road and raising the level of the road to meet that of the proposed bridge Capt. Ellis R. King, past president of the association and now chairman of the Streets Committee, has cam- | paigned several years for this work. He has also asked that the sharp left turn where Canal road meets the bridge be eliminated. This Winter King will again press the Canal road project and an addi- tional proposal that the road be car- ried past the brdige and on to the Dalecarlia Reservoir. If Chain Bridge is replaced by a slightly higher struc- ture, a new approach will probably be bulit to connect it to Potomac ave- | nue, and thus allow a bypass through the edge of the District on to Rock- Instead the | CHEVY CHASE BUS NEEDS OUTLINED Want Connecticut Avenue Car Tracks Left Till New Service Is Tried. Better ventilation facilities and more busses are being sought for the Con- necticut avenue bus line by the Chevy Chase Citigens' Association. The new line has been ordered by the Public Utilities Commission to go | into_operation this Fall, but before starting the service the Chevy Chase association, through its Executive Com- | mittee, has asked that several changes ibe made in the type of service pro- | posed. The association has also asked that | the change from street cars to busses | be considered as a temporary measure only until it is proved to be the best service possible, both as to quality and quantity. Edwin S. Hege, president of the as- sociation, has taken a great deal of | interest in the change ever since the | idea was first advanced. He attended the hearings held by the Public Utili- ties Commission when the matter was up for discussion and testified before that body several times in the matter. At that time he said that what his association wanted was “better serv- ice and more of it.” Special Meeting Held. He has been investigating the type of service proposed for the new line and last week held a meeting of the Executive Committee of the associa- tion at his home to discuss the matter. Considerable apprehension was ex- pressed at the meeting that the trac- tion company would use poor equip- ment, especially in regard to ventila- tion. Hege pointed out street cars have large windows both in the front and rear which can be opened to provide ventilation, while on a bus | coly the front window can be opened, and that only part way. The rear window cannot be opened because of the danger of drawing carbon momn- oxide gas into the interior. The committee passed a resolution asking that the busses be equipped with adequate ventilation facilities, and sent copies of the resolution to the Capital Traction Co., the Public Utilities Commission and to the Commissioners. The resolution also asked that enough busses be provided to reduce the percentage of standees t0’a minimum. The committee felt that since standing in a bus is more difficult than in a street car, that more seats should be provided by the addi- jtion of more busses. Under pres- | ent plans, the traction company pro- | poses to put about 60 busses on the |line. The committee asked that this number be increased to 70 at the | least. | The resolution also asked that the | street car tracks be allowed to remain lon the avenue until the bus service | had passed the experimental stage and { proven to be the best possible method {of transportation from Chevy Chase to downtown Washington. The com- mittee wants the bus substitution to | be considered as a temporary measure until it has proved successful. Another resolution passed by the executive committee at the meeting ville, Bethesda and Northwest Wash- | Commended the police department for ington, eliminating the necessity of going through Georgetown and down- town Washington to get to these points. As president of the association. and later as chairman of the Streets Com- mittee, King has advocated the paving of alleys in the neighborhood to keep cinders and dirt from being washed away. He has been successful this Summer in having several alleys paved and another in process of being paved. Parkway Seeding Wanted. Out of the $800.000 deficiency ap- propriation the association is seeking an allotment to have the parkway in this project is too large to come out of regular District funds. Shull plans to seek a P. W. A. allotment for the work If funds are not made available from the deficiency fund. Last Winter | the association asked to have a hedge | or small shrubs planted in the park- way, but this request was refused be- cause even a small hedge would make driving hazard. Part of the park-| way has been cleaned and raked by | C. C. C. workers this Summer, but it | still needs to be sodded or planted | with grass seed, Shull claims. The replacement of the old branch library on Conduit road is another matter for which the association will work this Winter. The replacement of this library has been advocated by King for several years, and at one time he even offered to have a private architect draw plans for a new build- ing to save the District an architect’s fee. This offer was refused, however, because it was feared the plans would not be of the style wanted by the Commissioners or the Board of Library Trustees. School Grounds Improved. ‘Through efforts of the association's School Committee, co-operating with parent-teacher and other groups in the community, the ground surround- ing the Prancis Scott Key School has been graded and resurfaced. Honey- suckle has been planted on a bank in the rear of the school so that rain will not wear gullies in the soft soil. Mrs. J. R. Lyddane, chairman of the committee, has been active for some time trying to get an appropriation for a field house and a playground in Palisades Park, and hopes to have enough money set aside from the sec- ond deficiency appropriation to at least start work on this project. About $68,000 is needed. = A night school at Western High School is another matter Mrs. Lyddane has been pressing. and she plans to call a meeting soon of a special com- mittee of which she is chairman to formulate plans for a campaign this coming Winter. e Short Wave Clubs Gain. SHORT-WAV'! listening clubs hav- ing become a vogue in this coun- try, many of them sponsored by news- papers, Station YV2BC at Caracaz. Venezuela, one of the South American stations heard best in the United States, is dedicating a series of broad- casts to them. The programs are to be heard on its frequency of 6,112 kilocycles (49.08 meters) at 8:30 to 6 pm., Eastern standard time, on the following schedule of dedicatons: September 3, Short Wave Club of New York, Capt. Horace L. Hall, New Tork Sun; September 10, Newark News Radio Club, Newark, N. J.; Sep- tember 17, Quixote Radio Club, Hen- dersonville, N. C.; September 24, Philadelphia Public Ledger, Carl H. Stensler; Octob 1, Chicago Short Wave ¢ ub, 72 North Adams street; October 8, San Francisco Examiner; October 15, Anglo-American Radio & | the traffic law enforcement campaign, jand asked that it be continued until reckless driving and speeding is halted. | The resolution also commended the {trafic court for the disposition of | the cases brought before it. | Hege believes the traffic campaign could be carried even further, and | suggested that all car operators con- ! victed of reckless driving should have their permits revoked. Hege has devoted a great deal of his time to civic affairs, as well as serving on numerous committees and ‘boards. | Was Rockville Resident. He was born in Chambersburg, Pa., {and moved to Rockville with his parents at the age of 8. His early education was received in the Rock- ville schools and at Central High School in Washington. Shortly after leaving Central he became confiden- tial secretary to Cornelius N. Bliss, then Secretary of the Interior. He attended the National Law School in the evenings and graduated with the degree of LL. B. in 1901. The next year he received the degree of LL. M. | from the same school. He continued in the Government service until 1911, when he entered the real estate busi- | ness here. At present he is & member | of the Civil Service Commission Board. | While living in Rockville Hege cam- paigned for a municipally-owned sew- age disposal system and garbage dis- | posal plant following an outbreak of ilmnoid there. He was elected to the Town Council in 1910 and served on that body for two years. In 1916 he married Miss Lena A. Collins of Mon- tana and moved to Washington. At the outbreak of the World War he was made administrative secretary of the District Council of Defense. He was also manager of the Washington | division of the United States Housing | Corp. during the war, having charge | of the operation of commandeered and f other buildings controlled by the Gov- ernment for the use of war workers. Hege was president of the Kalorama Citizens’ Association in 1919 and 1920, as well as delegate to the federation from tha! association. He later joined | the Chevy Chase Citizens’ Association and served as delegate from that asso- ciation. Other Activities. As a member of the Federation of | Citizens' Associations he was chair- | man of the Public Welfare Committee and at present is chairman of the Committee on Fiscal Relations and | of the Special Committee on Airports. He has been a member of the Inter- federation Conference for some time | and has served several terms a$ chair- | man of that body. He was chairman of the Chevy Chase Zoning Gommittee for several years and represented that section at a number of hearings. He was very successful in that capacity and on all but one or two occasions the Zoning Commission accepted the recom- mendations of his committee in regard to the Chevy Chase area. In 1927 he was selected to the Citizens’ Advisory Council, but because of the press of private business served but one term. Under Hege, membership in the as- | sociation has increased. There are | now 1,429 paid-up members for the calendar year 1935, giving it one of the largest citizens’ association mem- berships in the District. Television Society, Willowbank, Ux- bridge, England; October 22, Inter- national Short Wave Club, East Liver- pool, Ohio; October 29, Short Wave League, 98 Park place, New York; November 3, New York Sun, Fred ©. " s 4