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Washington News MARYLAND CRASH ISFATALASDEATH ADDSTOD.C.TOLL Capital Resident Is Killed in St. Marys and Second Seriously Hurt. FALLS CHURCH MAN SUCCUMBS TO INJURY | | Child, Hit by Car, Still in Critical Condition as Driver Is Freed on Bond. With the death late yesterday of & colored man in Emergency Hos-| pital, the District's traffic fatality list mounted to 76 for this year. Meanwhile, George A. Riggs, 30, 1101 Fourteenth street, was killed in an| accident near New Market, Md. | The dead colored man is Arthur Harris, 38, of Falls Church, Va,, who | was injured Thursday morning when | his automobile crashed into another automobile and a street car at Sev- enth street and Constitution avenue. Riggs, who with his wife, Mrs. Mae Riggs, is co-manager of the Re- liable Travel Bureau here, was fatally injured when the automobile he was driving, belonging to H. M. Nichol- | son ot Del Rio, Tex., got out of con- | trol, ran off the road and crashed into a telephone pole. Nicholson, who was riding with him, was seri- ously injured in the crash and re- | moved to St. Mary's Hospital at| Leonarctown, Md. Came From Oklahoma. i Mr. and Mrs. Riggs came here from Traffic Toll NICKEY NICHOLSO! Seriously injured. ¥ Tulsa, Okla., about seven weeks ago. The body is to be taken to Tulsa for | burial. The death was declared to | be the result of an accident at inquest last night. Nicholson was acquainted with the Rugeses at Tulsa and has been visit- ing them here. He and Mr. Riggs had gone on a fishing trip into South- ! ern Maryland. | Robert Thompson, 7, of 1514 Upshur street, was still in a critical condi-| tion today in Emergency Hospital from injuries received yesterday when struck by an automobile at Sixteen and Upshur streets while en route to the Sacred Heart School on Park road. | The boy has fractures of both legs| and hospital authorities were awaiting | X-ray reports to see whether his skull 1s fractured. Barney Robins of 1443 Kennedy street, who was arrested on a ck}arge of leaving the scene of an accident some several hours after the boy had been struck. was released from No. 10 | counsel yesterday aftzrnoon, in support | tof the Government claim that land- precinct under $500 bond. Reported As Witness. About an hour after the accident, police say, Robins went to the station house and gave his name as a witness. Police said he had driven to the sta- tion house in a different automobile from the one which struck the boy. Robins, according to officers investi- gating, later told police he had taken | another automobile to a garage, but was not aware that the machine had | struck the boy. He accounted for the broken headlight, it was said, through the belief it probably had been hit by a stone. Robins was arrested after police had found the automobile with the smashed headlight in a garage. Another boy, Nickey Nicholson, 10, | of 1112 Spring road, was in a serious | condition today in Garfield Hospital, believed suffering from internal in- | juries received yesterday when struck | by a truck while on roller skates at Sixteenth and Fuller streets. Irving 1. Garner, 931 New York avenue, driver of the truck, was charged with driving with a defective hand brake and re- leased under $5 collateral. | Two young children escaped serious | injury later yesterday when struck by automobiles near their homes. They are: Eugene Albreech, 5, of 2229 Shan-| non place southeast, treated at Provi-| dence Hospital for cuts about the head, | and Peter V. Mulligan, 7, of 218 Eighth | street southwest, who police say suf- fered a chin fracture. He was treated by a private physician. Car Overturns. Norman H. Reeves, 53, of 1424 Morse street northeast escaped today with a nose injury when his automo- bile overturned on the pavement after colliding with another automobile at | Eleventh street and Maryland avenue northeast. Four Washingtonians suffered cuts and bruises when their automobile ran | off the road and crashed into a tree | near Clarksburg, Md. Two of them, Miss Eleanor Koleneman, 35 and Robert Fisher, 20, both of 1420 M street, were treated at Georgetown Hospital. The other two, Kenneth Al- len, 4550 Connecticut avenue, and Earl Holl, 1420 M street, were given first | aid at the Silver Spring, Md., police | station. A colored man was held for the grand jury and a beer truck driver exonerated at inquests into two recent traffic deaths yesterday at the Dis- trict morgue. Otho W. Sims, 23, colored, 1100 | block of Howard road southeast, was | ordered held as the driver of the au- tomobile which overturned Saturday night in the 3100 block of Stanton road southeast, fatally injuring Ben- nie Stewart, 25, colored, 800 block of Second street southwest. The driver exonerated was Elder Halohan, 35, 1109 M street, who was operating the truck when it struck and fatally injured Norman Dickens, 22 months old, of 7424 Georgia avenue last Friday in the 3600 block of War- der street. Today’s local traffic death was the thirteenth since the police drive on traffic law violators was launched July 20. Police Supt. Ernest W. Brown yes- terday told his inspectors and captains ‘that there is to be no let up in the campaign. e Licensed to Marry. . ARLINGTON COURT HOUSE, Va., September 17 (Special).—Marriage li- censes were issued yesterday in the clerk’s office to Walter J. Phelps, 25, a soldier, of 1247 Wisconsin avenue, and Josephine Yasko, 22, of 3139 N street, Washington, and Robert E. Jenkins, 27, and Mildred U. Thomas, 21, both of 801 Twentieth street, Vir- ginia Highlands, [ - (LD | Alexanders Island, Glassie declared. | age of the airport, including the dis- GEORGE A. RIGGS, The T WASHINGTON, D. C, WORK' INSURANGE POLICIES STUDIED BY DISTRICT BOARD Members Expected to Ac- cept Most of Prettyman’s Proposals. PROGRAM HANDICAPPED BY LACK OF FUNDS Hope Still Held That Emergency Relief Funds Will Be Al- lotted to Start Task. A complete outline of suggested policy and procedure in connection with operation of the District unem= ployment compensation act was being presented to the local board this after- noon by E. Barrett Prettyman, cor- poration counsel for the District. Since the attitude of the board to- ward these suggestions had not been sounded out in advance, Mr. Pretty- man declined this morning to discuss his proposals in advance of the meet- ing, scheduled to start at 2pm. Itis expected, however, that most of the corporation counsel's suggestions will| be approved by the board, particularly | those touching upon the legal phases | of the local program. | With the District activities stymied | | by the same lack of funds as h_n.s‘ | handicapped the entire social security | program, local board members are| | hoping that the Social Security | | Board's request for emergency relief tunds will be granted and that a | small administrative allocation in turn | will be made to the District group. Since the taxation provisions of the | Killed nea» New Market, Md. D UENFANT MAP USED N DISPUTE th Declared to Show District o0 emplor Boundary Once Ran Up to Airport. An old map by Maj. L'Enfant, who laid out the National Capital in the days of President George Washington, was used before the District-Virginia Boundary Commission by Federal back of Alexanders Island once was the bed of the Potmac River. | Requested by Washington. Henry H. Glassie, special assistant to the Attorney General, in rebuttal argument, claiming high-water mark | as the District of Columbia line, re- ferred to the old L'Enfant map. He said the map had been drawn at the request of President Washington and submitted by the first Chief Executive to Congress. This old map clearly showed the Potomac River back of The Federal counsel traced engi-| neering history from early days and | claimed that all reliable maps show that the marshland back of Alexan- | ders 1sland, which since. has been filled in and now is part of the airport, was originally part of the river bed. | Mr. Glassle will continue his re- | buttal tomorrow. He will be followed | before the commission by Samuel J. ! Solomon, vice president of the Na- tional Airport Corp., which owns the | airport. Taxes Paid to Arlinglon. Solomon today declared his corpora- tion had paid taxes last December to Arlington County for the entire acre- puted area, end was ready to pay taxes | again on December 5, for the next | year. Solomon said that no responsi- ble officer of the United States had ever officially notified airport authori- ties that the Government claimed any part of the airport. Discussing reports that an amicable settlement may be in prospect over the disputed airport land, Solomon today said no one had | approached him on the subject. | DONKEY BASE BALL GAME T0 AID UNDERNOURISHED Program at Griffith Stadium Will | Include Employes of Three Dairies. A donkey base ball game and a va- riety show will be held next Tuesday night at Griffith Stadium for the benefit of a milk fund for under- nourished children in the District. The program will begin at 8:15 o'clock, with employes of Chestnut Farms, Chevy Chase Dairy and Southern Dairies participating in the base ball game. The funds raised will be handled by a committee headed by Mrs. unemployment compensation plan be- | | gin January 1, it will be necessary for | both the Federal and District bonrdsl to have complete employer lists avail- | able by that date. The Federal list| will include all employers of four or | more persons and within that bracket | the District Board may use the same | list. Because of the broader scope of | the local act, however, it will be neces- | sary for the District Board to have a | registry of all employers, even those ve each. Efforts to get these lists already | have started, with the local board call- ' ing for help from the Board of Trade | and several other business bodies. | John A. Marshall, executive director | of the District Commission; Mr. Pret- | tyman and perhaps one or two others are meeting with board members Ha- zen, Allen, Sultan, Locher and Calla- han this afternoon. Electrical Contractors to Meet. Members of the Electrical Con- tractors’ Association will hold ther regular monthly meeting tonight A 8 o'clock in the auditorium of the Electric Institute, in the Potomac Electric Power Co. Building, Tenta and E streets. e Marriage Licenses. 837 Shepherd st. and S0 John J. Marry. 2 e Mildfed E. Armstrong st.: Rev. G. E. Schnabel william H. Seltzer. Silver Spring. Md and Johanna Sweeney, 1318 Spring v. M W. Hyle. rd: Rey. A Richard P. Dee. jr. 29. Park Lane Apts.. and Marion A. Biythe. 25, New Orleans, : Rev. G. McCourt. James A. Crawford. ir.. 24 ttsyille Md, and Ann J Gallowav. 24, 1530 R. I. ave. n.e.: Rev. Aloert Evans. 2, Seat Pleasant. Md 19 Blacksburs. . H, Corkran. Kenneth Mingo. 98 1648 3rd st. and Josephine Barnes, 4. 424 Q st Rev. ¢ Westray William H. Dorsey 25. 1 and Margaret Hackett Rev. T. B. Travis Garainer’ Thompson. 25 and_Elizabeth Fumier N. i J. F. Denges. ndes, Jr.. 23 and Virginia 2 both of Richmond. Va.i Motry. Thorpe. 36, and Bessie M. both of Richmond, Va. Annapolis Hotel. | Franklin Apts.: y. Ath st and | 43 K st | 2 Swann st | 1735 T st Bel Alton. Md. 22, State Hil, ¥ avi and P Judee Robert E John L. Young. Achilles Worthts v. C. 2 Nathaniel _Youn: 30 ngton, . 1803_14th 1R, 2911 st.. and Sherman u 2. e 9 4th st se., er. 19, 211 8th st. 1 Hobart pl . 420 Hobart 00 Warder st., Logan circle: v N. M. Simonds. ood R, Woodyard. 19. and Georgia V. . both of Manassas. Va.; Rev. . 112 Rovers ct.. and 19. 145 Pierce st.; 1610 20th st. and 3314 O st; Rev. E. . 6315 Sth st. and Clinton. N. C.; Rev. rt. 23. 324 Emerson st o Thomas. 21. 315 Madi 4 13th st. and 40 Mt. Pleasant Alexandria. 3 3001 ne.: william T, Ferguson and Matiida Williams. pl: Rev_ B. H. Whitin Cecii E. Williams, 28 and Mattie V. Steel James Alese J. C. Ball Raymond F. and E. Lillia son A, Will Crumpler. Tal . st O. Wilton. beth S. Coale. Atki Gar: 11 o Butlock. n2 ullock. Lenwood Dodson. 30. 435 63 st. and E Heten L. mumns. a1 411 15t st.i Rev. water T Thelms, G. o 5 . 31. and Klr‘l;bx N 208 st.; Rev. J. ride. 6. both o riges, Dean. 45, and Mary Williams, 5: E st. s.e.: Rev. 8. A, Cabin John. Md. ‘Bethesda, Md.; . 39, Bass. and v. H George O'Connor. jones. Joe Martin. 21, Sunnyside Va. and Arbutus G. Beckley, 18. Richmond. Va.: Rev. J. E. Briges. Lone $5,000 Bid for Property Costing $75,000 Cancels Auction By & Staff Correspondent of The Star. SILVER SPRING, Md., September 17.—Auction of 252,591 square feet of county property, comprising 28 build- ing lots purchased four years ago at a cost of $75,000, was canceled here yesterday by the Montgomery County Commissioners because only one bid of $5,000 was offered. The lone bid was made by Garfield 1. Kass, president of the Kass Realty Co., a Washington concern, after Auc- tioneer E. L. Norwood had pleaded for 10 minutes with the group of 15 men for an opening bid. Another 10 min- utes of effort on the auctioneer’s part failed to obtain a second offer, and after a brief conference, County Com- missioner Paul M. Coughlan and Edward Peter, counsel to the commis- sioners, ordered the auction discon- tinued and the $5,000 bid rejected. The property offered for sale is lo- cated only a stone’s throw from Georgla avenue, behind the Armory Building, and is surrounded by newly developed residential areas. The lots are 50 feet wide and range in length from 160 to 195 feet. ‘The property was purchased by the former Board of County Commissioners in 1931 as a prospective site for county buildings or & recreation center. This idea was abandoned when a larger tract was bequeathed the county by the late Violet Blair Janin, which now is used as a community and recreation center, known as Jesup Blair Park. Commissioner Coughlan, supervisor of the Silver Spring district, declared the property purchased by the former board now represents a total of $97,~ 688.84 in value to the county, due to interest on the investment, loss of taxes from the property and cancella- tion of $3,048 in front foot assessments. Coughlan and Peter said they did ‘WITH SUNDAY MORNING ED) ening Stat Huge Chimney Toppled | Interfederation TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1935. H¥ OEATY HGHVA SIRVEY ORDERED BY CMG LEAGE Delegates Approve Efforts to Better Road. LEE BOULEVARD’S EXTENSION URGED Prince Georges Representatives Join Group and Pledge Co-operation. BY GEORGE PORTER. Agreeing that the Defense High- way's dangers affected them all, dele- gates to the Interfederation Confer-| ence from Arlington, Montgomery and Prince Georges Counties and the City Alexandria Ruled By Youth for Day As 30 ‘T ake Office’ Constitution Day Is Ob- served With Young Offi- cials Directing Affairs. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. ALEXANDRIA, Va, September 17. —The “government” of Alexandria was placed in the hands of 30 youths today as city officials stepped aside to permit the one-day establishment of a Youth Republic here as a fea- ture of this city's observance of Con- stitution day. While Mayor E. C. Davison escorted his protege, William E. Lee, on an inspection of all city offices, 29 other | | youths, all members of the Alexandria | Chapter, Order of De Molay, were busy learning the ins and outs of running a city. Gordon Zimmerman, the Youth Re- public’s Police Court justice, sat with Judge James Reece Duncan as he Society and General PAGE B—1 BUS IMPROVEMENT ON CONNECTICUT PRAISED BY KEECH Utilities Commission Is Sat- isfied by Changes in Schedule. 32 VEHICLES ADDED; LOOP SERVICE BETTER Dispatchers Placed at Strategic Points to Acquaint Patrons With Routes. The three-day-old bus service re- went through the morning’s court | docket. A police captain, Clifford | Goodrich, and three police sergeants, | Wellington Wayland, Otley Carroll |and W. W. Cunningham, were in-| of Washington, last night ordered a thorough study of the proper methods of eliminating the road’s hazards. Fall meeting of the conference at the Chamber of Commerce of the United States Building, at which the delegates also urged immediate completion of Prince Georges County atives to membership. Hull Heads Committee. ‘William C. Hull of Arlington County, president of the conference, appointed Stephen James of Montgomery County as chairman of the Defense Highway Committee, which is composed of Robert E. Plymale of Arlington Coun- ty, Jesse C. Suter of Washington .na John S. White and Burdette Righter represent- ! of Prince Georges County. Chairman James, who called the dangers of the highway to the atten- | tion of the conference, said his com- | mittee would begin work at once in the hope of having a report ready soon. The last landmarks of the temporary Government buildings erected on the Mall disappeared this morning when two huge brick chimneys, erected for a heating plant, were toppled to make way for beautification of the area. The chimneys were jacked up with wooden beams, which were then set afire. One fell just as cam ment and they had to run for their lives. eramen were setting up their equip- —Star Staff Photo. RIGHARDSON GETS HIGH NAVY POST Rear Admiral Named Chief of Staff to Commander of U, S. Fleet. Rear Admiral James O. Richardson, who formerly lived here at 2708 | Thirty-fifth place and was budget | officer at the Navy Department until a few weeks ago, was appointed today by Secretary Swanson as chief of staff of the commander in chief of the United States fleet. Admiral Richardson succeeds Rear Admiral Samuel W. Bryant, who has been transferred to the Naval Hos- pital at San Diego, -Calif., for treat- ment. Admiral Bryant served as chief of staff only for a short time, having relieved Rear Admiral Adol- phus Andrews, now chief of the Bu- reau of Navigation at the Navy De- partment. ? The new chief of staff formerly was commander of Cruiser Division 6, having taken over that post in August. Capt. Husband E. Kimmel took over Admiral Richardson’s desk in the Navy Department as budget officer. A native of Texas, Admiral Rich- ardson graduated from the Naval Academy in 1902, and during .the World War served as navigator of the battleship Nevada. He is well known in Washington, having served here in 1924 as assistant chief of the Bureau of Ordnance. He again served in Washington in 1928 as director of officer personnel in the Bureau of Navigation. % After leaving here, he commanded the heavy cruiser Augusta, and served at the Naval War College, Newport, R. as a student. President Roose- velt approved his selection as rear admiral in December, 1933. CAPITAL GIRL MARRIES NIGHT CLUB HEADLINER Betty Jane Hardesty Once Host- ess at Chicago Spot Where Romance Bloomed. A Washington girl and a night club entertainer, who met in the well- known Tin Pan Alley Club in Chi- cago, where they both were employed, were married yesterday at Los An- geles, it was learned here today. The bride, who was hostess at the club, is Betty Jane Hardesty, 24, and the bridegroom is Bobbie Burns Ber- man, master of ceremonies several years ago at the High-Hat Club in Baltimore. Mrs. Berman, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James D. Hardesty, of Upper not know what action the board would now take regarding disposal or utiliza- tion of the property. Marlboro, Md., formerly lived at 1008 Sixteenth street with her sister, Mrs. Hazel Miller, g » Chief of Staff REAR ADMIRAL J. RICHARDSON. D. C. PAROLE STAFF EXPANSION URGED Members of Board Declare More Employes Would Be Economy Move. A plea for expansion of the District parole staff was presented to the Com- missioners today by Wilbur La Roe, jr., and Dr. Emmett J. Scott, mem- bers of the Board of Indeterminate Sentence and Parole. They argued it would be a matter of economy as well as good manage- ment to employ two additional field parole officers end two stenographers. The present staff is unable to make the necessary check-ups on the 300- odd men now out on parole, they said. La Roe told the Commissioners a considerable sum spent for housing of prisoners would be saved by an en- largement of the parole staff, which would leave the Parole Board more freedom in granting paroles to de- serving prisoners. CLUB TO HAVE OUTING Transportation Group to Enjoy Day at Kenwood Tomorrow. The Washington Transportation Club will hold its Fall outing at the Kenwood Golf and Country Club to- mMOoITow. Part of the program will be a golf tournament, to be followed by dinner and dancing. Dinner will be served at 6:30 pm. Charles B. Buck is presi- dent of the club, and Louis H. Curry first vice president and secretary treasurer, 0. P '’ His proposal provoked immediate expressions of approval when it was laid before the meeting. Mrs. Eliza- beth T. Sullivan of Washington said she was particularly interested in see- ing the highway widened and straight- ened because two of her sons were | seriously injured on it. Having just returned from a visit to Tennessee, Mrs. Sullivan said the Federal Government had built ex- pensive four-lane boulevards with poses there and expressed the opinion that improvement of the Defense Highway in the interest of saving human lives would be more important and less costly. After Judge Alfred D. Bailey. presi- dent of the Prince Georges County Pederation, explained that body is do- ing all it can to convince the State Roads Commission that traffic over | widening, the federation pledged i support in the effort to have it im- proved. 5 Judge Bailey said that as a tempo- rary emergency measure the federa- tion would propose county police be assigned to direct traffic at the Bla- densburg Peace Cross bottleneck, re- lieving the State officer usually sta- tioned there to patrol the road on Sundays and holidays. Others who spoke in behalf of the modernization of the road included Suter, Plymale, Miss Elaine Eppley, W. L Cleveland, White and Louis A. Day. Acts on Lee Highway. At the request of Arthur Orr, presi- | dent of the Arlington County Civic Federation, the conference urged com- pletion of the Lee Boulevard to the Memorial Bridge. The | adopted avoided any mention of the route to be followed. It will be sent to Gov. Peery and the State Highway Commission. admitted to membership on mction of Mr. Suter, who said the County Fed- eration was found to meet the require- ments of the conference. He told the delegates that Oliver Owen Kuhn, who was president of the Montgomery County Civic Federa- tion when the interfederation confer- ence was formed, was greatly pleased to learn Prince Georges was to be re- ceived into membership and sorry that engagements prevented him from be- ing present. Judge Bailey affirmed the new del- egates’ intention to co-operate in every way with other members of the con- ference. He announced the County Federation’s objectives for the year as Defense Highway widening, Bla- densburg flood control, New York ave- nue extension and establishment of a county hospital. meeting, at which each member will be permitted to have one guest. A resolution paying tribute to the Arlington County and expressing re- gret at his death was adopted after several speakers had eulogized him. I s County Buys 400 Tracts. UPPER MARLBORO, Md., Septem- ber 17 (Special).—About 400 of the 450 parcels of property offered at final tax sale yesterday were bought in by the county, Treasurer R. Ernest Smith reported. The sale was the largest in the county's history. resolution | The Prince Georges delegation was | The delegates voted to have a din- | ner in conjunction with their October | services of Frederick E. Mann of stalled at police headquarters under | direction of Capt. John S. Armold. | James A. Tomlin sat with City Man- | his morning’s duties, and other youths ; | occupied the chairs of heads of other city departments. | Tonight the junior rity officials will | dutics at a meeting of a junior City | Council to be held in City Hall at | 7:30 pm. The boys, all between the ages of 16 and 20, were excused from schools | and work to take part in the Youth | Republic, establishment of which was authorized at a recent meeting of City | Council. | BRITISH HOUSING REFORM PRASED Woodbury Says Private En- terprise Unchecked by Government Work. In England. where the greatest progress has been made in housing. “marble bridges” for sightseeing pur- government-sponsored slum reclama- | tion projects have not checked private enterprise, Coleman Woodbury, exec- utive director of the National Associa- tion of Housing Officials, told a group | of Washington civic leaders yesterday during a luncheon at the Y. W. C. A. Woodbury, just returned from a | study of housing in Europe, said Amer- ica, with two years of experience in | countries, where interest in reclama- | tion of blighted metropolitan areas | has been maintained for 60 years. | He said he found some of London's worst slums are on land owned by the i Prince of Wales, which has been hand- | ed down to him from the Middle Ages. The Prince, however, is interested in | abolishing slums and much progress i has been made in cleaning up the | crown lands. England’s achievements | in reclamation impressed Woodbury | most of all, and in the building boom of that country he found private en- | | terprise keeping pace with the gov- | ernment’s program. | Calls Vienna Depressing. | Woodbury told of his 10-week tour of Russia, Germany, Switzerland, Aus- tria, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Scandi- navia and Holland. Vienna, he said, is one of the most depressing cities in the world today. but he found the people poor and with | no confidence in the future. He char- acterized as “utter insanity” Vienna's subsistence homestead project, which he termed a collection of cheap shacks which probably will not be rented in 20 years. Warsaw, the speaker found, was dilapidated, but had one of the best exhibits of model housing in Europe. A week in Russia gave him the im- pression of “physical progress.” A 3,000-room hotel is being built in Moscow, but skilled labor is scarce and a large percentage of women -work as mechanics. He found apartment houses for low wage earners going up in great number in the Soviet country. Progress in Stockholm. urban land suitable for small houses, and at present the total area of these acquisitions exceeds the area of the municipality itself. In urging America to take advantage of the experience of Europe in hous- ing reform, Woodbury branded as erroneous the theory that Govern- | ment reclamation projects conflict with private initiative. He said this theory is one reason why this country trails in the matter of cleaning up of blighted areas. Among those present at the lunch- | eon, arranged by John Ihlder of the District Alley Dwelling Authority, were Frederic A. Delano, Clarence Phelps | Dodge, Dr. George C. Ruhland, El- Nolen, sr., and John Nolen, jr. J. Q. Adams, Armstrong High School teacher, whose dismissal was recommended last week by Dr. Frank W. Ballou, superintendent of schools, and Dr. G. C. Wilkinson, first assist- ant superintendent, succeeded today in obtaining a postponement of a public trial on charges that he at- tacked an Armstrong student who called him a “Boy Scout.” According to the charges, Adams, who is a member of the United States Army Reserve, appeared at the annual cadet drills last Spring wearing his uniform. At the time it was said that some of the cadets shouted “Boy Scout,” but that Adams apparently paid no attention. The next day when he reached his class room at Armstrong, a student again shouted it and Adams is accused of attacking Harry Carter, 17-year-old student. There followed s fight in which v ’ Teacher’s Dismissal Trial n Boy’s Charges Postponed several students joined, and in the course of which Adams was struck with a metal map frame. Before the Personnel Committee and other members of the board to- day, Adams was represented by Jesse Lewis, Belford V. Lawson, jr., and Ed- ward A. Beaubian, colored attorneys. Lewis asked that Adams be served with formal charges and that the Board of Education tomorrow fix the date for the hearing. Meanwhile, he made arrangements to confer with Ballou and Wilkinson in an effort to avoid a public trial. The meeting today was the first public session of the Personnel Com- mittee held for a number of years. It was because of the insistence of ! Some advance in | housing reform has been made there, | Woodbury said that for 30 years Stockholm has been purchasing sub- | | wood Street, Miss Sibyl Baker, John | placing street cars on Connecticut avenue north of Calvert street was revamped to such an extent today that Public Utilities Commissioner Richmond B. Keech, who yesterday strongly criticized the system, com- plimented the Capital Transit Co. for “an astonishing improvement” and The action was taken at the first | ager E. C. Dunn as the latter started | said more than adequate transporta- tion was being provided 3 Thirty-two more busses were placed in service and northbound trips from Rock Creek loop at the east end of the Lee Boulevard and mammedgmBke official reports of their day’s | the Calvert Street Bridge were more than doubled. The loop service was :‘he chief cause of complaint yester- ay. There were other changes involving rerouting adjustment of starting time and revision of schedules. Calls Improvement Remarkable. “The improvement since yesterda is remarkable,” Keech said after two-hour inspection. “There is n question but that the company was affording adequate transportation The busses were well spaced today and there was actually more tha: enough service at some points. Following Keech's suggestion yes terday that more equipment be placec in the Connecticut avenue service, the transit company increased the numbe: of busses to nearly 100. As a result the curb loading stations were much less crowded during the rush hour this | morning. Despite the additional | equipment, there was comparatively little confusion at Chevy Chase Circle and the Rock Creek loop, principa terminals of the new line. A score of dispatchers were sta tioned at important terminals toda to speed up the service and acquain | patrons with the new routes. | 48 More Loop Trips. | The situation at Rock Creek loo | which yesterday made numerous ser\- ants northbound to homes above Cal- vert street and in Chevy Chase late to work, was adjusted today to Keech's | satisfaction. Busses starting north from this point made 48 more trips | the highway is sufficient to justify its | meeting low-cost housing problems, | To take care of the heavy evening ts | has much to learn from the European | traffic at this point, the company ordered Anacostia and Congress | Heights busses, northbound, to turn off at Ashmead place and into the loo; | instead of crossing the Taft Bridge. | Keech said that from 4:30 to 6 p.m | yesterday the service was “function- ) ing perfectly” in so far as residents o: | the District were concerned. Elimination of express service prior to 7:30 am. caused some annoyance today to persons starting from Chevy Chase Circle, but these were com- paratively few and officials felt that the small pay loads prior to 7:30 o'clock did not justify the service | Earlier local busses required 11 to 15 minutes longer than the expresses, bu | company officials said that was ac- cording to schedule. The additional equipment put this morning also will operate durin afternoon rush hours Keech said he was impressed by th flexibility of the bus service. He poin ed out that it was possible to dive busses from their scheduled route to another in order to accommodate waiting crowds and prevent confu- sion. This would be impossible with street cars, he said Vehicular Traffic Improved. “I also was impressed with the fact that general vehicular traffic was mov- ing along Connecticut avenue with much greater freedom and ease,” Keech said. He suggested that to improve the condition still further it might be wise to prohibit parking on the wes: side of Connecticut avenue during | morning rush periods and on the east side during the late afternoon. Workmen were removing overhead trolley cables along upper Connecticu avenue today, having already taken up the iron domes on street car safety zones and ripped out raised plat- forms. Some confusion over the new bus routes still persisted among patrons today and now and then a bus would be hailed only to have the driver tell the commuter it wasn't the bus he | wanted. Keech and transit company ‘Vomexnls believed, however, that the ‘pubhc would become educated to the | system within a week or two. SHORTAGE OF RELIEF FUNDS DISCUSSED Conference Held With Commis- sioners Today to Make Both Ends Meet. Concerned over the possibilities of a shortage of funds for relief operations during the rest of this month District relief and welfare officials conferred at length today with the Commis- sloners. By effecting some economies and other emergency steps, it was figured the District could “get by” without dipping again into its own relief ap- propriations. The question of whether the Federal Government should be asked for an additional sum appar- ently was deferred until the return ot Commissioner George E. Allen, re- lief and works administrator, expected back from vacation soon. The District received a Federal grant of $250,000 for the first half of this month and $200,000 more for the last half. It is using $166,000 per month of its own $2,000,000 ap- Henry Gilligan and Henry I. Quinn, board members, that “star chamber” sessions were outlawed, \ propriation, but was to pay back to the main fund $83,000 which had been advanced.