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Wash STUDYOFCHANGES MAY DELAY EAVE BILLS N SENATE McKellar Plans Amendment to Exclude Certain Naval and Marine Employes. REVISION OF 120-DAY CLAUSE CONTEMPLATED Senator King, However, Says He Has No Desire to Block Action . at This Session. BY J. A. O'LEARY. Senate action in the two Govern- ment leave bills may be put off until tomorrow to permit those in charge of the measure to study additional changes, which, it was learned today. are likely to be offered from the foor. Senator McKellar, Democrat, of Tennessee, said he is werking on one new amendment, employes of the Navy Department and Marine Corps. The Senator said he had been informed the pending legislation would bring about a 4-day week for the employes he will seek to exclude. to exclude certain | King Not to Delay Action. Senator King. Democrat. of Utah.| who asked for postponement of a vote | on the bills when they were reached cn the calendar Friday. indicated to- | day he may move to amend the pro-! vision making unused leave cumu-! lative to 120 cays. The Utah Senator reiterated the statement he made Sat- urday. however. that he has no desire to prevent action of the measures at this session. He said he would confer during the day with Senator Bulow of Scuth Dakota, chairman of the Civil Service Comaittee. Chairman Bulow said he had ex- pected to ask for a vote on the bills this afternoon, but that it might not be possible until tomorrow. Fe wants to get more information about the McKellar amendment. Senate Made Changes. Before reporting the bills favorably last week the Senate committee made spondent over a break-up with her | Oaks. three changes in the House language. One of these amendments, bringing ington News Saw Friend Leap JESSIE RICHARDSON. GRIEVING WOMAN - INURED INLERP {Man Carried Over Balcony Rail as He Attempts Rescue. ‘Two persons are in Emergency Hos- | pital today as a result of a young| woman's despondency over the loss of | a sweetheart and a man’'s attempt to | save her when she leaped from the balcony of the Hangar Club in nearby | Arlington County early today. The woman is Miss Fern Mestia, | 27, of the 1200 block of L street, | pretty night club waitress. The man | who tried to prevent her leap and was | | dragged over the railing to a 17-foot | fall is William S. Tipton, 45, of the 600 block of F street northeast. Both are in Emergency Hospital, Miss Mestia with a fractured skull| and Tipton with a sprained leg and a | | broken wrist. They will recover. It all happened about 3:30 this morning. | | Miss Mestia, according to her room- mate, Miss Jessie Richardson, who was with her at the time, was de- sweetheart. | | Tommy White, a waiter at the club he Foening Staf WASHINGTON, D. C., MONDAY, AUGUST 19, 1935. SALE OF $400,000 IN BONDS SOUGHT BY SANITARY BODY Application for Series Made and Hearing Set September 25. 4 PER CENT INTEREST CALLED FOR IN PLANS Is Extensive Water and Sewer Projects Are Planned in Two Counties. BY GEORGE PORTER, Staff Correspondent of The Star. HYATTSVILLE, Md., August 19.— In an effort to keep pace with the| building boom in the metropolitan area, the Washington Suburban Sani- | tary Commission today applied to the Public Service Commission for per- mission to issue $400,000 in bonds. | The issue is the largest sought by the commission in recent years. A public hearing on the application will be held by the Service Commission | on September 25. Dated September 1, the bonds will | bear 4 per cent interest. T. Howard | Duckett, chairman of the commis-| sion, said a date to receive bids would | be set later. He said there is a pos- sibility some of the money may be used as a basis of a request for P.| W. A. funds if allocated to trunk line extensions. 36 Extensions. | A schedule filled with the applica- tion calls for 36 water and sewer ex- | tensions, costing $84,307, in Mont- gomery County, and 29 extensions, costing $73,545, in Prince Georges. | The commission asks $242,146 for “certain extensions contemplated but not included in authorization, and to meet requirements for extensions not | as yet asked for.” | ‘The largest item listed in the Mont- | gomery County schedule is $14,402 for | sewer extensions in Branwill Park, a new development adjoining Seven ‘The largest Prince Georges item proposed is an extension of the Northeast Branch trunk sewer to a employes of the Mail Equipment Shops | where Miss Mestia works, and who | temporary outlet opposite Van Buren within the scope of the legislation, is | escorted the girls to Arlington, teased street, Riverdale, to cost $:8 . expected to necessitate sending the bills to conference. The other two committee amendments have not led to any controversy. One excludes Panama Canal Zcooe employes, whose leave regulations were fixed by execu- tive order some years ago, and the other makes sure that departmental employes would be entitled to the regular amount of leave while on assignments outside the United States. One bill restores annual leave from 15 to 30 days, and the other reduces &ick leawe from 30 to 15 days. FIFTH BATTALION GIVEN HIGH PRAISE Gen. Williams Compares Work of Washington Reservists With Others. Brig. Gen. Richard P. Willian.s, commanding Marine Corps Reserves all over the country, said today at Marine Corps headquarters at the Navy Department that “in the 5tk Battalion, which has just completed its Summer training at Quantico, Va., Washington has something of which it can well be proud.” The local re servists, commanded by Maj. Harvey | L. Miller, returned to the city vester- day after two weeks' grind at the Quantico post, aboard the steamer Northland. | Gen. Williams has just finished an | inspection of reservists on the West | Coast and the Great Lakes region and today set it down as his opinion | that the Washingtonians had the best program and did the hardest work of them all. He declared the local outfit has shown an improvement “beyond praise,” and asserted the men are “very fit and in excellent shape.” Back at their regular tasks today, the Marine Corps Reservists wers en- gaged during the past two weeks at | Quantico in combat exercises and un- | derwent a rigorous training. Maj. Miller said his men did everything the regulars did. The only cases of illness during the entire encampment, declared the major, were the 22 heat prostrations on Tuesday, but he added that every man was on his feet the following day. Yesterday the men received their pay and checked their equipment, re- her about the loss of her sweetheart, whereupon she threatened to jump | to the swimming pool, 17 feet below | the balcony, where the trio were standing. | Dared to jump, her roommate said, | the girl leaped from the rail. She| fell on a concrete runway between v.hei | pool and the balcony. | Tipton, a stranger standing nearby | and noting the argument, made a| dive for Miss Mestia as she perched | on the balcony rail. He caught her | just in time to be pulled down with ner. DEMOCRATS TO START FOR MILWAUKEE TODAY | Bramhall President of Organiza- tion Which Has Just Received Charter Here. Newly elected officers and a score | of delegates from the Young Demo- | | cratic Clubs of the District will leave Washington today and tomorrow to | attend the second national convention | | of their organization in Milwaukee, | Wis., Friday and Saturday. | The officers, elected at a meeting | { of the State Executive Committee | Saturday, are Walter F. Brambhall, president; Paul A, Best, vice president; | Robert W. Burton, treasurer, and Miss | Margaret Hickey, secretary. The or-| ganization today was issued its charter by the national office of the Young Democratic Clubs of America. G. M. GILLETT, BANKER, | EXPIRES IN BALTIMORE Financier, 70 Years Old, Long Was Active Figure in Sport- ing Circles. By the Associated Press. BALTIMORE, August 19.—George Martin Gillett, chairman of the Board of Directors of the investment banking firm of Gillett & Co., died at his home here last night. He was 70 years old. He had been in business here for the past 45 years and was an active sportsman, being president of the Maryland Skeet Shooting Association at the time of his death. He was born July 9, 1865, the son turning for a time to an inactive | status. Maj. Miller said today he was exceptionally well pleased with the showing his men have made and that they exhibited keen spirit for the tasks assigned them. Youth Hostels Opened. Fifty hostels for youthful hikers are of George Musgrave Gillet and An- | | tionette Jacobsen Gillet, daughter of | the Danish consul here at that time. i Gillet was educated at Baltimore City | College and was married to Miss | M. Prances Koons of Philadelphia in 1891. He is survived by his widow, three sons, George, Charles and Warrington | Gillet; one daughter, Mrs. Thomas being opened in Scotland this year. Swann, and six grandchildren. Tinkham on Top To Hold Museum-Apartment ‘Though definite decision had not been made it appeared highly possible today that Repfesentative Tinkham, Republican, of Massachusetts, will win his fight to hold his museum- apartment in the Arlington Hotel after the building is taken over next month for New Deal offices. The hotel has been leased by the Rural Resettlement Administration and personnel of that office is ex- pected to move in early in September. Terry McAdams, who is in charge of obtaining space for the R. R. A, said today he has no objection to Repre- sentative Tinkham keeping his,two rooms on the first floor after the move. He said he had not discussed the question with heads of the divisions that are to occupy the Arlington, who would be the ones to make final deci- sion. The Representative has been promised an answer before Congress adjourns. Representative Tinkham has occu- in Fight | pled the apartment since the hotel was built 19 years ago, and holds & | 99-year lease. The apartment is a! | two-story affair and was especially | designed to house his valuable col- | lection of African and Asiatic rarities and hunting trophies. He said there is not another apartment in town that would take care of the collection which eventually will go to the Boston Mu- seum. “T have no desire to move out Rep- resentative Tinkham,” McAdams said. “We wish to co-operate with him in every possible way, and I believe a satisfactory solution can be worked out.” Representative Tinkham is one of 33 permanent guests of the Arlington who have been notified by hotel offi- clals that they will have to find other quarters. The hotel also has been the home of Representative Drewry, Democrat of Virginia, for a number of years. A | avenue, Silver Spring, $1.787. Other Montgomery Work. Other Montgomery extensions listed are: Water main extension, Everett street, Chevy Chase View, $765; sewer extension, Everett street, Chevy Chase | View, $954; water main extension, Elm avenue, Kensington, $250; sewer extension, Maple avenue, Kensington, $755; water main extension, Fairfax road, Bradley Hills, $1885; water main extension, Clarendon road, Edge- moor, $765; sewer extension, Taits subdivision, Crest View, $2,295; water main extensions in Branwill Park, $5,510. Water main extension, Brookside Drive, Seven Oaks, $2,631; water main extension, Cedar street, Silver Spring, | $1,662; sewer extension, Cedar street, Silver Spring, $1,873; water main ex- tension, Falkland Drive, Silver Spring, $843; water main extension, Schuyler road, Silver Spring, $1,485; sewer ex- ension Schuyler road, Silver Spring, | $2,504; sewer extension, Oneida and | Cedar lanes, Sonoma, $1,190; water main extension, Sonoma road, $165; sewer extension, Wisconsin avenue, $180. g Sewer extension, Bradley road, $12,043; water main extension, Hamp- den lane, $1,437; sewer extension, Hampden lane, $1541: water main extension, Bradley road, $731; water main extension, Wessex road, $146; water main extension, Park Crest Drive, Sligo Park Hills, $75: wat-r main extension, Blair avenue, Silver Spring, $1,125; sewer extension, BIair Water main extension, Custer road, Battery Park, $1,187; sewer extension, Custer road, Battery Park, $900; water main extensions in Wessling lane and Manning drive, Bradley Hills, $1,372; sewer extensions in Highland View of Sligo Park Hills, $6,743; sewer extension, Stratford road, Hunting- ton, $463; water main extension, Stratford road, Huntington, $1,150; water main extension in part of Chal- mer's tract, Massachusetts avenue, $3,743; sewer extension in same tract, $7,428. Prince Georges Plans. Prince Georges County extensions proposed are: Sewer extension in Laurel street, Seat Pleasant, $3,929; sewer extension, Marshall road, Omer avenue and Val- ley way, Cheverly, $8,627; water main extension in Marshall road and Omer avenue, Cheverly, $2,810; sewer ex- tension, Woodland avenue, Cheverly, $1,731; sewer extensions in College Heights to complete the subdivision, $5,119; water main extensions in Col- lege Heights to complete the subdivi- sion, $5,256; sewer extension in Rich- ard avenue, Greater Capitol Heights, $1,245; water main extension in East- ern avenue, North Woodridge, $1,625. Water main extension in Queens Chapel road and Rockwood avenue, North Woodridge, $1,068; sewer ex- tensions in Queens Chapel road and Rockwood avenue, North Woodridge, $3,577; water main extension in Pros- pect avenue and Harris street, Brent- wood, $588; water main extension in Monroe avenue, Riverdale Park, $600; water main extension, Colmar avenue, Riverdale Heights, $618; water main extension, Third street, Berwyn, $227; sewer extension, Third street, Berwyn, $292; water main extension in Auto- bille Drive, $772. Water main extension in C street, Daniel’s Park, $1,552; sewer extension, Colesville road, University Park, $609; water main extension, Lawrence ave- nue, Capitol Heights, $275; sewer ex- tension, Lawrence avenue, Capitol Heights, $360; water main extension, Firmin road, Cheverly, $956; water main extension, Monroe street, River- dale Park, $162; water main exten- sion, B street, Greater Capitol Heights, $250; water main extension, Sherman avenue, Greater Capitol Heights, $517; water main extension in Eastern and Rockwood avenues, North Woodridge, $2,300; water main extension in Taft avenue, Greater Capitol Heights, $1,068; sewer exten- %::w Long Branch. Takoma Park, | foreseen at Irate Housewives Demand Wallace Cut Meat Prices DETERMINED WOMEN FROM DETROIT SUBJECT SECRETARY TO CROSS EXAMINATION BY BLAIR BOLLES, IVE Detroit housewives, leaders in a three-week boycott of butchers because of high meat costs in the automobile city, to- day brought their woes to Secretary of Agriculture Wallace. He listened patiently to their pros tests, answered some of their com- plaints and then left the room as Mrs. Mark Zuk, leader of the group, was demanding: “Aren’t you going to give us a defi- nite reply?” Just then the door closed behind Wallace and Mrs. Zuk exclaimed: “Well, there he goes. But if we don’t get some action, we're going to strike until the strikers bring down the price of meat. It's time to end this racket.” Hurry to White House, The women then hurried to the White House Wwith their platform, which calls for: 1. An immediate investigation of packers’ profits, to be held in Detroit and ended in two weeks. 2. Prosecution of packers for “profiteering,” ‘“especially so now, when prices were raised in order to intimidate the Detroit populace.” 3. A 20 per cent reduction on all meats as of July 15. Wallace mopped his brow in the packed, small office of Dr. Calvin Hoover, consumers' counsel of the A. A. A, when he was confronted by®" the strikers. Mrs. Zuk began by demanding Gov- ernment investigation of packers’ profits. Question of Conspiracy. “We might be able to do something along that line if it were shown there is a conspiracy in Detroit to make prices to the consumer higher there,” Wallace said. Mrs. Zuk—"Don't the Government know we want to live? Why does it | try to starve us?” Wallace—"Have you thought about the farmers’ end of it?" Mrs. Zuk—Yeh, I've thought aboui | them poor farmers. But they ain'i getting anything now. Maybe the rich farmers are getting good prices, but the poor farmers aren’t.” “Everything in Detroit has gone up but wages,” interposed Mrs. Pearl Alterman, a member of the delega- tion. “We think it's about time we have an opportunity at enjoying an American standard of living.” Blue-hatted Mrs. talking to Dr. Hoover for the house- wives. She opened by asking: “Why does the Government pay the farmers not to produce pigs?” Hoover replied: “Because the prices were so low to the farmer that he was in dire straits. The drought could not be the time the reduction program was put into effect. The aim of the A. A. A. now is to increase the supply of meat.” “Then,” Mrs. Zuk pursued, “why does the Government have a reduction program this year?” “To keep the supply of corr and hogs in line,” Hoover said. “We could not increase the production of pigs because there is so little corn to feed them.” Mrs. Zuk then leaned forward in her chair and asked in a louder voice: “Why do you raise prices when the people are hungry?” “The principal reason was that it was an effort to increase the farmers’ income and spread the purchasing power.” Hoover said. Claude Wickard, chief of the A. A. A. corn-hog sec- tion, at this point came to Hoover's aid and said “When hog prices in Detroit were | $3 a hundred in 1932, there was much more suffering than there is now. We're rtying to help everybody. We want to arrive at a happy medium for the farmer and the consumer.” Mrs. Zuk’s lieutenants, known as | the Central Action Committee Against the High Cost of Living, are Mrs. Elizabeth Moss, Mrs. Katherine Mudra, Mrs. Pearl Alterman and Mrs. Irene ‘Thompson. 'ALEXANDRIA MAN HELD IN LOUISIANA Burdette Graves to Answer Charge of Taking $300 in Pay Checks. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. ALEXANDRIA, Va. August 19— Alexandria police announced today that Burdette W. Graves, 38, former Fruit Growers Express Co. employe, who is alleged to have absconded June 10 after cashing approximately $900 worth of checks of his fellow workers, has been arrested at New Orleans, La. Graves, posing as Eddie Gray, was arrested on information obtained from a woman who left Alexandria with him after he had cashed the com- pany checks at a local bank, police said. The woman, listed as Mrs. Mabel Cook, 28, of the 100 block Commerce street, was arrested last week on & desertion charge placed by her hus- band, after she returned here. The two went to Trenton, N. J., by airplane after leaving Alexandria in June, and then proceeded to New Orleans, police learned. Graves, auto- mobile was found after his disap- pearance where it had been parked at the Washington Airport. He will be returned here to face charges of grand larceny on warrants sworn out by his fellow workers, and will also face charges of larceny after trust in Fairfax County, where the company is located. Detective Sergt. Edgar Sims and Acting Sergt. Joseph Butler conducted the investigation of the case which led to Graves' arrest. SENATOR GLASS SILENT ON FAIRFAX OPPONENT Says He Doesn’t Know Randolph Leigh, Who Has Announced Candidacy. By the Associated Press. Announcement by Randolpn Leigh of Fairfax, Va., that he would oppose Senator Carter Glass for renomination by the Democrats next year today drew from the veteran Virginia Sena- tor “no comment”—other than: “I do not know Mr. Leigh.” In an announcement Sunday, Leigh said his candidacy was grounded on a belief that “Roosevelt represents the one way out for America,” and that “if Roosevelt is to carry Virginia in the general election Glass must be de- feated in the primaries.” Zuk did all the Left to right: Mrs. Elizabeth Mess, Mrs. Pearl Alterman, Mrs. Katherine Mudra and Mary Zuk, present- ing paper to Calvin B. Hoover and PR Mrs. Irene Thompson. —A. P. Photo. CAPITAL MEN HURT IN LANGLEY WRECK District Free of Serious' Crashes—Drive Enters | Its 31st Day. ! } Two Washington men are in Emer- | | gency Hospital with injuries believed to be skull fractures, suffered yester- | day when their automobile crashed | | into a telephone pole near Langley, | | Va., and overturned. Meanwhile, no serious traffic accidents occurred in | the District over Sunday. The traffic safety campaign went into its thirty- | first day. The men in Emergency Hospital are John Kirkpatrick, 22, and Charles Drasil. 21, both of 1221 Decatur street. Two others, Augustine Lesco. 29, of | 1712 New Hampshire avenue and James Kara, 20, 1413 Newton street, | who were injured in the same acci- dent, were treated at Emergency Hos- | pital for cuts. In-another nearby accident Norman Swann, 28. of Newburg, Md., possibly suffered a skull fracture in an accident | involving three automobiles near Leonardtown, Md. He was taken to| | Casualty Hospital, where his condition | was undetermined. | | An unidentified man, about 40 years | old, injured Saturday night at Dela- | ware avenue and C street southwest, was still unconscious today in Provi- dence Hospital, where his recovery is | held doubtful. The name “Wolf" was | found on his clothes. Frank Adams, | 34, colored, 1400 block of W street, allegedly driver of the vehicle which | struck_him, was being held by police pendifig the outcome of the man's injuries. | Police likewise are holding for in- | vestigation Joseph Wayne, 34, of the 100 block of Shotts court in connec- tion with the death Saturday night of Gladys Mack, 2-year-old colored | girl, said to have been run down by ‘Wnyne's machine near her home in | the first block of Myrtle street north- | east. | child to Sibley Hospital, but neglected to report the accident to police. i Cuts and bruises were the extent of | forced to give up in order to swim |Aurora Hills, Va. injuries suffered by 10 persons in a | total of 19 accidents here over Sunday. | Total arrests for traffic violations for | the 24-hour period ending at 8 am. today numbered 83. Of these, 13 were i for speeding, 8 for passing red lights and one for .driving while drunk. | Thirty-six speeders were taken in a total of 183 arrests for the previous 24 hours. AUTO SAFETY LAW | EFFECTS DELAYED Act Is Not Retroactive, and Even ' Where It Applies Principals | Invoke Privileges. “ Washington motorists have yet to | feel the teeth of the safety responsi- bility law which went into effect on August 1, since the act, which requires | revocation of operator's permit upon condition of driving while drunk or leaving after colliding, is not retro- active. While there have been a number | of coavictions for these offenses since the act went into effect, the defend- | ants, with the exception of one, were all arrested prior to the date upon | which the new law became effective. | | In most cases, these defendants de- manded jury trials. | Considerable delay is expected both | | | from the fact that jury trials are | usually demanded in driving while drunk or leaving after colliding arrests, and because, upon conviction, counsel can request a new trial. In this way the revocation can be deferred for a considerable period. An even greater delay is expected in the cases of persons who fail to pay judgments of more than $100. These cases will of necessity be held over until after civil proceedings have been completed. Defendants are then given 30 days in which to pay the judgments before their permits are revoked. COUNSEL POST FILLED A. H. Ferguson Takes F. H. A. Place Held by Whiteford. Abner H. Ferguson, Capital attor- ney, today was named general counsel for the Federal Housing Administration by Administrator James A. Moffett, to succeed Roger Whiteford, prominent local lawyer, who had been serving in the capacity for menl_’ months as a “dollar a year man. PFerguson has been assistant gen- eral counsel since the first of the year, It was stated that Whiteford resigned his post because of the press of private business. YOUTHIS DROVNE 1S, CANOE UPSET Thomas E. Alexander [s Vic- tim of Accident Above Key Bridge. Thomas E. Alexander, 18, an auto- mobile salesman. was drowned yes- terday in the Potomac River when a canoe in which he and a companion were paddling capsized about a half mile above Key Bridge. Young Alexander was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Horace E. Alexander, LORLEBERG BALM VERDICT AFFIRMED |Mrs. Marie De Beauvis Rich- Society and General PAGE B—1 HAZEN WELCOMES COLORED MASONS AS SESSIONS OPEN Commissioner Asks Dele- gates to Petition Congress- men for Funds for District. CITES LACK OF MONEY FOR CIVIC DEVELOPMENT Shriners and Knights Templar to Climax Convention With Pa- rade Wednesday. ‘The red and’ yellow of colored Shriners fluttered along Washington streets today as delegates to the thirty-fifth annual convention assem- bled here from all over the country. The Grand Encampment, colored Knights Templar, is holding its bien- nial session jointly with the Shriners. Some 200 members of the convening fraternal organizations gathered this morning in the Garnett-Patterson Junior High School Auditorium, heard Melvin C. Hazen, president of the Board of District Commissioners urge visiting delegates to petition their Congressmen to appropriate more money for upbuilding of the National Capital. Digressing from his formal address of welcome Hazen declared the Fed- eral Government was not contribut- ing enough to the city’s upkeep and that collections from the small num- ards Loses Appeal in $18,- | ber of local taxpayers were insufficient 000 Alienation Suit. | Mrs, Nancye M. Lorleberg, who | claims her husband's affections had been alienated by Mrs. Marie De | Beauvis Richards, was affirmed to- | day by the United States Court of Appeals. Mrs. Lorleberg asserted Mrs. ards, wife of & noted geologist, alien- ated the aflections of her husband. Richard Lorleberg, while taking music lessons from him. Lorleberg is a well known musician and at one time played the cello with the Washington Symphony Orchestra. Claimed $100.000 Damages. In her suit, filed in District Supreme Court through Attorney Jean Boardman. Mrs. Lorleberg claimed $100.000 damages. The trial of the case, because of the prominence of the parties and the nature of the testimony, attracted wide attention. ‘The jury returned a verdict for Mrs. LorleBerg, who is now 50 years | | old, for $30,000, but this was later | reduced to $18,000 by agreement of | both parties. | Mrs. Lorleberg told the jury her | husband had associated intimately | with Mrs. Richards and described one | occasion when, upon searching the | latters’ home at 2717 Connecticut avenue, she found her husband hid- ing in the basement with his hat pulled over his face. Charges Denied. Mrs. Richards denied all charges of misconduct and appealed the verdict against her on the ground the court ( had erred in admitting into evidence | testimony concerning conversation be- | A judgment for $18,000 awarded | Rich- | | o continued civic physical develop- | ment. Educational Benefits Cited. Garnett C. Wilkerson, first assistant superintendent of pubiic schools, told the gathering that Congress had been “very kind in supporting public educa- tion for the Negro youth of this city.” , The National Government, he said. “has very diligently lived up to its obligation” in giving Washington's colored population its proper share of educational facilities Wilkerson cited the establishment of the National Youth Administration as a praiseworthy step by the Federal Government to aid graduate and un- | dergraduate students of both races. He said, however, that education was a State rather than a Federal function M. and urged that organizations like the Shriners and Knights Templar cam- paign for State control of public ed- ucation. Rev. William H. Dean gave the opening invocation. When he finished the delegates sat down. Knows Only God and Man. Louis W. Roy, grand master of the host ledge, said in a welcoming address that the colored Shrine organization “knows no race distinction. but knows only God and man.” Suggesting that the delegates visit public buildings and historical sites. Roy said the Shriners and Knights had come to Washinglon at a time “when every- thing is bustling with activity in con- nection with the building of & new social order on the rock of justice.” Dr. L. S. Terry spoke in behalf of Washington's colored business men and Dr. Robert M. Williams, pastor of Asbury M. E. Church, for the churches Other addresses on the program were 117 East Bradley lane, Chevy Chase, tween Mr. and Mrs. Lorleberg while hy Judge Armond Scott of the Mu- Md. His companion in the the Virginia shore, made several ef- to safety himself. Fenton and Alexander had taken a friend to shore and were starting back to camp, where Alexander had gone to spend the week end, when the boat upset. Young Alexander, ordinarily a good swimmer, seemed helpless as he struck the water and began to sink, it is said. The youth had attended the Chevy Chase-Bethesda High School. where he won his letter 1n soccer and played on one of the basket ball teams. Besides his parents, he leaves a and Paul. Funeral services will be held to- be funeral home. Burial will Cedar Hill Cemetery. . THIEVES GET $300 CASH AND $150 IN JEWELRY Three Armed Men Rob Gas Sta- tion Attendant—Bowie Man Reports Loss of $180. Cutting telephone wires to delay police notification, two young armed men held up and robbed Thurman Hartman, gasoline station manager at 1231 New York avenue northeast, of 835 early yesterday. The men then escaped in a waiting automobile. Hart- man lives at 917 Farragut street. This was one of eight robberies re- | ported to police over the week end, in which more than $300 in cash and about $150 in jewelry and personal property was stolen. ‘With his eye bleeding from a black- jack wound, Warren M. Lowe, 53, of Bowie, Md., drove to Casualty Hos- pital, where he told ninth precinct po- lice he was beaten by five men and robbed of $180 yesterday near Gales- ville, Md., while en route to Wash- ington. Three colored men robbed Henry B. Visscher, 220 Bryant street northeast, of $27 late Saturday night in front of Sibley Hospital, it was reported. Pauline Boone, 231 Douglas street northeast, asked police to recover a diamond ring and wrist watch worth $110. The jewelry was lost in a taxi- cab, she said. Other small robberies were also re- ported. ROBBERS GET $40 By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. HYATTSVILLE, Md., August 19.— Prince Georges County police today were searching for two young white men who held up A. Lashley, 21, Brentwood gasoline station attendant, and tobbed him of $40 early this morning. Police said the robbers locked Lashley in a rest room after taking the money and cut the telephone wires. Sergt. Ralph Brown is investigating. she was not present. The appellate Wayne, police say, took the | Thomas Fenton, living in a camp on | the verdict. | Mrs. Lorleberg, who has separated Mrs. Richards is the wife of Ralph W. Richards. | Shoal Soee EMPLOYES ANNOUNCE CONVENTION PLANS Liberalization of Retirement Act | | One of the Goals of the Union. Liberalization of the retiremeni act | sister, Ruth, and two brothers, Albert and extension of classification to field | employes are two principles for which the National Federation of Federal ! morrow at 3 p.m. at the Chambers’| Employes will reiterate support at the in { forthcoming convention. it was said | |today by Luther C. Steward, | president. | The federation favors optional re- tirement after 30 years’ service, »t the the | age of 60 years, and a broadening of | | retirement benefits to cover two per- sons—that is, to continue payments to | the survivor of a deceased annuitant. These changes would not entail ap- | preciably larger costs, Steward says. Field employes should be classified both in justice to those affected and as a measure of efficient administra- tion, he added. ‘The federation convention opens in Yellowstone on Labor day. STRICKEN ON RIDE Baltimore Woman Dies in Auto- mobile Near Leonardtown. Special Dispatch to The Star. LEONARDTOWN, Md., August 19. —Mrs. Annie R. Logan, 70, of Balti- more, was stricken with a heart attack and died while taking a Sunday after- noon automobile ride near here. She had been boarding with the family of Emmitt Joy at Hollywood, Md., and was riding in the family car when stricken. Dr. 8. A. Camalier pro- nounced her dead. nicipal Court, J. Finley “Little Na- canoe, | court, however, refused to set aside | poleon” Wilson, grand exalted ruler | of Negro Elks; Dr. Conwell T. Banton | of Delaware, Dr. A. W. Brazier of | forts to save him, but finally was|from her husband, is now living in| New Orleans and Lawrence M. Leake, | Washington. Although only about 350 Shriners, Knights Templar and members of af- filiated women's organizations had registered this morning, the conven- tion was expected to attract more than 7.000. The delegates were colorful in their fraternal trappings. the men in red fezzes, some in formal evening clothes, the women in white fezzes. dresses, shoes and stockings. Some of the women wore military caps and capes gay with red and yellow ribbon. Big Parade Wednesday. The big convention event is to be a parade Wednesday afternoon. Memorial services were held last night at the Asbury M. E. Church for Shriners and Knights Templar who died during the past year. The roll | call of departed Shriners was read by Thomas H. Williams, imperial record- er, and that of the Knights Templar by William S. Lewis, grand recorder. Musical numbers included an organ prelude by Mrs. Theresa Dickson and solos by Naomi V. Evans and Louise Beck. In a memorial address, Maurice W. Spencer of Mecca Temple said, in part: “The criterion of all right relations whatsoever is that we are helped by them. And so, too, the criterion of right relations toward those who have | gone is that we are helped, not weak- ened and disabled, by them. Those whom we lové are not given us merely for our joy and happiness. Their truest ministry consists in being re- vealers of the divine.” Automobile Pioneer Dies. | BUFFALO, N. Y., August 19 (#).— Fred Godfrey Kent, 65, pioneer in the automobile industry, died at his East Aurora home yesterday. Mr. Kent was nationally known as an expert who diagonsed and remedied faults in production of firms manufacturing | machinery. He was born in Grand Rapids, Mich. He retired five years ago. For the first time since Judge Ralph Given started a campaign against re- peated drunks more than two months ago, the District branch of Police Court was crowded today with 225 persons locked up over the week end on charges of intoxication and dis- orderly conduct. Court officials explained that the large number of cases today was prob- ably due to the fact the 60-day sen- tences in a large number of cases have been served, and cnce again the same defendants are appearing in court. ‘Within two weeks after Judge Given's heavy sentences were started, week end arrests for intoxication and dis- Intoxication Charges Bri)@g 225 To D. C. Court, Most in Weeks " orderly conduct were reduced from an average of more than 200 to 100 or less. Judge Given, however, has been on leave for several weeks, and may not again appear on the bench, since he is to be replaced about September 1 by Walter J. Casey, recent presiden- tial appointtee. Judge Given held Washington's drunk arrest record indicated a much greater number of persons apprehend- ed that is actually the case, because a large percentage is made up of per- sons who appear from week to week. The only way to stop it was con- tinued imposition of heavy sentences, he said.