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KING WILL APPEAL 10 RODSEVELT FOR MUNICIPAL CENTER Senator- Reveals He Has Backing of Secretary Ickes in Project. LIMITATIONS QN COST MAY BALK APPROVAL P. W. A Administrator Awaits Opportunity to Deliver Revised List to White House. There was a glimmer of hope today that President Roosevelt might be pre- vailed on to include the three minor court buildings proposed for erection on Judiciary Square in the revised list of new P. W. A. projects, for which he has set aside an additional $200,~ 000.000. Chairman King of the Senate Dis- trict Committee, who is to put the question up to the President this week, Tevealed today he has the backing of | Secretary Ickes, public works admin- istrator. “Secretary Ickes has acted in a very splendid way and promised to do any- thing in his power to secure funds for starting the Municipal Center,” King said. “I am going to try to get an appointment with the President tomor- row or Thursday, but I am a bit afraid that the limitations placed on man cost may constitute obstacles to plan: for starting the Municipal Center al this time.” Instructed to Intercede. As an ex-officio member of the National Capital Park and Planning Commission, Senator King was in- structed last week to intercede with Secretary Ickes and President Roose- velt in behalf of the $2,800,000 P. W. s t A. allotment for construction of the| three court buildings. Ickes, when asked about the matter at his press conference. referred all inquiries to Senator King. However, he told King he was not sure whether the project would receive approval !)e- cause of the $850 man-cost limitation placed on new works projects by the | President. To Deliver Revised List. Secretary Ickes was awaiting an op- portunity today to deliver his revised | list of projects to the White House | for final approval or possible revision. | Compelled to bring $800,000,000 worth | of improvements within the scope of & $200,000,000 program, he said he ex- pected the list would p:ovide for be- tween 2,000 and 3,000 individual proj- ects. | Along with his new P. W. A, pro-| gram, Secretary Ickes will submit a list of $100,000,000 in low-cost housing projects for the President's official | O. K. He did not make the list| public, but said he was well aware that many cities expecting housing develop- ments are due for disappointment. This is due to the fact that he was| forced to prune a $249,000,000 housing program to meet his reduced funds. Three housing projects for Washing- ton, the sites for which had been chosen, had been included in the larger | program. Since the Government owns titles to two of the sites, it was/| thought probable that these two might be among those on the new list going to the President. Ickes Realizes Need. Secretary Ickes has never opposed ! erection of the three court buildings . for the Municipal Center on the| grounds of undesirability, his former | objection to approving such an allot- | ment being based on the ground thati the limited funds at his disposal should | go to communities where the building | . trade has been harder hit than in' ‘Washington. He was represented as being thor- | oughly acquainted with the needs of | & new Police Court building as well as for the Municipal and Juvenile Courts. | He would welcome the inclusion of the Municipal Center project in the new program, it was said at P. W. A., if the President could be prevailed upon to exempt it from the strict lim- | itations he has imposed on all new | projects. D. C. YOUTHS ARE HELD | IN HOUSE-BREAK CASE! _ i Unauthorized Use of Auto Also! Charged to Pair Returned From Wilmington. Two Washington youths are being held on charges of housebreaking and unauthorized use of an automobile following their capture yesterday near ‘Wilmington, Del., after they aroused the suspicions of a State policeman. They were booked as Constantine Pergantis, 17, of the 700 block of Princeton place and John Hall, 20, of the 3500 block of Sixth street. They were brought here last night by Detective Sergts. Hugh D. Robey and Joseph Sincavitz. Pergantis, police say, entered the restaurant of William Finkel, Geor- i gia avenue and Princeton street, and took $179 early yesterday while Hall kept watch on the outside. E The youths are said to have been driving an automobile belonging to ' a Washington man when captured. ‘They told police they were en route to New York to look for work. FIRE DESTROYS ROOF OF ROOMING HOUSE . Fire believed to have originated from a wind-blown spark partially destroyed the roof of a three-story frame rooming house at 1462-4 Girard . street early this afternoon. Firemen . extinguished the blaze before it dam- aged any but the upper floor of the building. Neighbors on the outside saw the smoke arising from the wood shingles on the roof and turned in an alarm. A light breeze quickly spread the flames over most of the roof before firemen arrived. ‘The rooming house is operaied by Mrs. Pern Hall. The spark presum- ab' ' from the outside, blown from & L. . fire or incinerator. - Rilot Ben King shown talking from the Naval Air Station at 11:15 world altitude record for light seap! BEN KING STARTS ALTTUDE FLGHT D. C. Sportsman Hopes to Set New World Mark for Seaplanes. BULLETIN. Ben King apparently had broken the altitude record for light sea- planes when he landed at the Na- val Air Station shortly before 1:30 p.m. His altimeter showed 16,000 feet. The old record was 11,355 feet. ¥ Ben King, Washington sportsman pilot, took off from Naval Air Sta- tion at 11:15 am. today in an at- tempt to break the world altitude rec- ord for light seaplanes weighing less than 552 pounds. At 1:15 p.m. he was still aloft. ‘The present record of 11,355 feet is held by a French fiyer and King hopes to better this by 1,000 feet. His maximum altitude must be at least 200 meters more than the record to be official. King, who already holds three world records for light seaplanes, is flying a 36-horsepower ~ Aeronca seaplane weighing 524.5 pounds. The plane carries only seven gallons of gas, with which King said he could re- main in the air for several hours. A barograph which will calibrate his maximum altitude was placed in the cockpit by the National Aero- nautic Association. William R. En- yart, secretary of the Contest Board, N. A. A, was on hand at the take- off. King holds the world distance records for light single and double seater planes—185.4 miles in a two- 2212 miles for a single-place sea- miles for a two-place seaplane carry- ing 771 pounds. EMPLOYMENT FUND 0. KD BY PRESIDENT $550,000 to Be Spent for Per- petual Inventory Under Labor Department. An allotment of $550,000, requested by the Labor Department to maintan a perpetual employment inventory, was approved Roosevelt. Since the inventory is to be kept in Washington, where reports from all United States employment service offices will be recorded, $249,739 of the allotment will be used for expendi- tures here. ‘Two operations are involved in this project. First is the establishment of punch-card records of all active appli- cants registering for work in United States Employment Service offices, and secondly, the periodic tabulation of all active cards. ‘The purpose of the inventoryis to provide a current picture of the geo- graphica! distribution og ail applicants, including employables on relief rolls as well as unemployed persons not on relief. The $550,000 fund is to be allocated to employment offices in all the States, the allotment for Maryland being $2,362, end Virginia, $5,404. e ACTUARY APPOINTED Arthur 0. Wise Named for D. C. Insurance Department Post. Arthur O. Wise, 1426 Twenty-first street, was appointed today by the Commissioners as actuary in the Dis- trict Insurance Department at a sal- ary of $3,800, on recommendation of Insurance Supt. John A. Marshall The appointment is effective today and is for a probationary period of six months. Hygiene Classes Begin Today. Classes in first aid, home hygiene and dietetics will be held at the Gar- net-Patterson Community Center, Tenth and U streets, each Tuesday and Thursday, beginning today, Miss Etta Johnson, secretary, announced. —_— Historical Society to Meet. BLADENSBURC, Md, September 24 (Special).—The first Fall meeting of the Bladensburg Historical Society will be held in the fire hall Thursday night, place seaplane carrying 499 pounds, | plane carrying 1,256 pounds, and 185.4 | today by President | he Fpening Star WASHINGTON, D. C, with his wife just before he took off am. today in an attempt to break the lanes weighing less than 552 pounds. ~—Star Staff Photo. o STREET CAR FIRE - NETS LOAD PROBE ‘Three Passengers Hurt by Control Box Blaze. Cause Sought. Demands for correction of crowded conditions on street cars and busses will be renewed by People’s Counsel William A. Roberts as a result of a fire yesterday in the control box of a street car at Pennsylvania ave- nue and Jackson place. Three pas- sengers were slightly injured. The hazard to passengers in such cases is due to overcrowding of street cars or busses, in which panics may be created, rather than to results of | a short circuit, Roberts said. | The Public Utilities Commission to- @ay was investigating the cause of the fire, as other similar incidents have occurred recently. Fred A. Sager, | chief engineer of the commissicn. was examining all known facts about the | case. He seeks to determine if “old equipment” or faulty manual opera- tion of the car was the cause, or whether both were to be blamed. He said the blaze could have been | caused by failure of the motorman | to wait until the street car had come |to a complete halt, after throwing on a reverse control, before again starting the car. He said he had not {yet determined whether this was the | case. | Roberts several times has petitioned | the commission to cut down the per- | missible number of standing passen- gers in street cars and busses. Be- NOW TOTAL 2,60, REPORT REVEALS Senator King Favors More Rapid Reduction in Agency’s Forces. CURTAILMENTS MADE AVERAGE 75 WEEKLY Personnel Aids Other Depart- ments, Acting Administrator Says in Data Submitted. The National Recovery Administra- tion had a force of 2,760 employes early this month, but is making cur- tailments at the rate of 75 a week, Acting Administrator L. J. Martin made known today in a report to Sen- ator King, Democrat, of Utah. King asked for the data before Congress adjourned. As he prepared to draft a formal reply, Senator King questioned the necessity for present expenditures and indicated he favored a more rapid re- duction in personnel. The report showed that the number of employes as of September 7 would cost $7,023,~ 220 on an annual basis. Commenting on the size of the present organization, Senator King said: “My information is that little s being done, and they are just keeping them on with the idea that N. R. A. may be resuscitated, meanwhile loan- ing them around to other agencies.” Questions “Loans.” Benator King also said there is a serious question in his mind as to the validity of loaning employes to other governmental agencies. He said he would be opposed to any move looking to a revival of N. R. A. legis- | lation at the next session of Congress. The report of the acting admin- | istrator showed that of the present | organization 2,072 are in Washington and 688 in the field service. It gave the number in each salary grade, | disclosing that 541 received sllarxes‘ at the rate of $4,000 or more a year. It shows also that N. R. A. employes were loaned to other agencies, as fol- lows: Commerce, 19; Treasury, 3; White House, 10; Labor Department, 6, and Federal Trade Commission, 76. In this connection, the report to Sen- ator King stated: “The N. R. A. has utilized many services and offices of the Department of Commerce which the N. R. A. would have found it necessary to es- tablish separately had it not been for the facilities made available by | the Department of Commerce. Th Department of Commerce was un- able to furnish such facilities to N. | R. A. within its appropriation. Sim- | ilar arrangements for similar reasons | were made with the Treasury and Labor Departments. “Under an arrangement with this administration, employes have been | loaned to the White House and like- wise employes have been loaned to the Federal Trade Commission in order to carry out the President’s program wherein that agency is working in conjunction with the N. R. A.” Controlier’s Decisions. cause in the accident case yesterday | injuries resulted from panic among passengers, he said he would again urge the commission to revise regula- tions. On busses passengers equaling 40 per cent of the seating capacity are allowed as “standees.” Several civic | Jeaders have joined with Roberts in a move to have this reduced. The com- mission has been awaiting results of rerouting before making a final study. The loading of street cars in excess of seating capacity is measured by average figures for half-hour periods, the rule being there must be an average of 7 square feet per standing passenger, with a minimum of 3 square feet per passenger in rush hours. Critics of street car operation say the minimum frequently is ex- OPENS ITS 68TH SESSION Nine Schools and Colleges Hold Assembly to Hear Presi- dent's Welcome. Howard University formally opened its sixty-eighth annual session today at a joint assembly of the nine schools and colleges of the institution in An- drew Rankin Memorial Chapel. Dr. Mordecai W. Johnson, president of the university, delivered the ad- dress of welcome. The ceremonies were opened with an academic proces- sion to the chapel. Although registration has not yet been completed, it was estimated at the registrar's office that the enroll- ment this year probably will be 18 per cent higher than that of last year. Howard has added nine uew full- time members to its faculty this year, including Dr. W. Y. Bell, professor of Biblical literature; Miss Roberta T. McLemore, assistant librarian; Erskine G. Roberts, instructor in electrical en- gineering; Eugene Clay Holmes, in- structer in philosophy; Frank Leslic Norris, assistant in philosophy; Mss Geneva Howard, instructor in physical education; Willilam Peters Robinson, assistant in political science; Maj. Chambord H. St. Germaine and Capt. William B. Miller, professors of mili- tary science and tactics. ROOSEVELT THANKED Federal Employes Express Appre- ciation for Favorable Attitude. Luther C. Steward, president of the National Federation of Federal Em- ployes, brought to the White House today a resolution adopted by the re- cent convention of that organization at Yellowstone Park, expressing the appreciation of the organization to President Roosevelt for his interest in and favorable response to the activ- ities of Federal employes’ unions. Mr. Steward was accompanied by Miss Gertrude M. McNally, secretary- treasurer of the organization, . 'HOWARD U. The letter also referred to several decisions of the controller general on this question. Following the Supreme Court's de- cision last Spring against the N. R. A., Congress, in June, passed a resolu- tion keeping the organization alive until April 1, 1936. but shorn of its original power to enforce compulsory codes. The acting administrator attached to his report the executive order of June 15 outlining the scope of cur- tailed authority of N. R. A. during this one-year extension. The order created & division of review to assemble and analyze information on the codes while they were in existence, a division to co-operate with and aid trade groups in following voluntary standards of fair competition, and an advisory council After calling attention to the exec- utive order, Martin concluded his let- ter to Senator King with the state- ment: “This administration is now actively employed in an accomplish- ment of the program cited above.” . SHOOTING OF WOMAN TO BE INVESTIGATED Police Not Satisfied With Report That Mrs. Evelyn Jordan Killed Self. A coroner’s jury tomorrow will in- quire into the mysterious shooting of Mrs. Evelyn Jordan, 23, in & rooming house at 419 New Jersey avenue south- east Saturday evening. Although Mrs, Jordan said before she died that she had shot herself, police are still in- vestigating certain angles of the case. Officials as yet have been unable to learn who telephoned to No. 5 precinct the first report of “a shooting” at the New Jersey avenue address. Police re- sponding to the alarm were told there was “no trouble” on the premises, and it was six hours later before the woman, dying in & bed room at the dwelling, received medical attention. Roomers told officers they did not hear the shot or know Mrs. Jordan had been wounded until her groans attracted attention about midnight Saturday. Police today were holding two wit- nesses for the inquest—Harry FPrye, 37, 600 block of Massachusetts avenue, with whom Mrs. Jordan said she had had “an argument,” and Fred Taylor, 52, in whose room the shooting oc- curred. —_— REPORTS $740 THEFT Ohio Woman Informs Police of Robbery of Parked Car. Miss Ruth Brannan of Bryan, Ohio, reported to police today the loss of $740 in property which she had left in her car parked at 1631 8 street. 2 The property, she said, included wearing apparel, jewelry and 118 shares of stock. A | TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1935. % doned Tracks Connecticut Avenue Being Cleared in Short Order by Powerful Force. Removal of the street car tracks on Connecticut avenue is proving an easy task. due to the complicated ma- chinery employed. A steam shovel, equipped with specially built “yokes” and “bails,” is shown above pulling up & long section of abandoned track, to which are attached sections of street paving, both concrete and asph t. —Star Staff Photo. SING machines capable of jerk- ing huge sections of track l l loose from concrete moorings, workmen today went forward speedily with the task of removing the Capital Transit Co.'s abandoned street car tracks along upper Con- necticut avenue. The novel machines made short work of the usually tedious job of re- moving the tracks. Workmen with air drills figst cut through the paving along each side of | the track and acetelyne torches were then used to cut through the steel rails at widely spaced intervals. Two steam shovels were maneuvered into position, one at each end of a section of track. Powerful tentacles dropped down over the rail, were hooked into position and the steam shovels with one jerk ripped the rail | free. The sections of rail, with huge frag- ments of concrete and paving at- tached, were next dropped under a pile driver, which battered the mass into fragments, ready for loading onto waiting trucks. The workmen, using five steam | shovels, this morning had cleared the busy intersection at Calvert street and Connecticut avenue and were repav- |ing the torn trackbed to have the crossing ready for use before the aft- ernoon traffic rush starts. Only the hole left in the middle of the streets will be paved from Calvert Street Bridge to Cathedral avenue, but from Cathedral avenue to Klingle Bridge, Connecticut avenue will be re- paved from curb to curb. Only one- third of it will be torn up at once, however, to allow always two traffic lanes for carrying the traffic load. The Warren F. Brenizer Co. is pull- ing the rails, and the paving is being done by Carson & Grueman at the Calvert street bridgehead. and by Mc- Guire & Rolfe, from Calvert street to Klingle Bridge. TRAFFIC VICTIM'S CONDITION SERI0US {Charles Gellard, 50, Was Hit by Automobile Late Yesterday. Charles Gellard, 50, of 1113 Twelfth street, is in a serious condition today in Emergency Hospital suffering from injuries received late yesterday when struck by an automobile at Thirteenth and I streets. He was treated for brain concussion and shock. X-rays were to be taken to determine whether he has a skull fracture. William J. McLane, 48, of Hylas, Va. driver of the automobile which struck him, was arrested on a charge of reckless driving. Police today were continuing a search for a hit-and-run driver who late yesterday struck and slightly in- jured Emel Ebner, 15, of 304 Kentucky avenue southeast. The boy was struck, police said, while playing with a toy wagon in the 900 block of South Caro- lina avenue southeast. The automo- bile bore a Maryland license, it is said. Melvin Jackson, 6, colored, first block of Myrtle street northeast, was | treated at Sibley Hospital late yester- day for bruises received, according to police, when he ran into the side of an automobile being driven on First street northeast near his home. PASTORS WILL MEET WITH BISHOP FREEMAN Prelate to Preside at Session of Denominations to Work Out October 2 Plans. Right Rev. James E. Freeman, Bishop of Washington, will preside at & meeting cf pastors of all de- nominations at noon tomorrow at the United States Chamber of Commerce. Plans of the Committee on Re- ligious Life in the Nation's Capital will be heard as well as the ar- rangemen‘s for the mass meeting at Constitution Hall October 2, when Secretary of State Hull will apeak on “Religion and Church Loyalty in a Democracy.” Immediately following tomorrow's meeting, another session will te held for mempers of the commiftees. Pas- tors of all congregations are invited to attend. ST. FRANCIS’ CHURCH CONTRACT AWARDED Award of the contract for construc- tion of the new St. Francis Church at Twenty-eighth street and Pennsyl- vania. avenue was announced last night by Father Joseph Buckley at a meeting of the Church Buliders’ So- ciety. The Charles J. Cassidy Co. of this city, which, it was announced, had submitted the low bid, is to begin work on the new structure early next month. The design submitted specifies a Ro- manesque style of architecture, with an exterior of Indiana limestone. A hall is to be constructed beneath the church, with stage facilities and quarters for cooking. A newly formed organization, the St. Francis Xaviers Church Byilders’ Society, is to lead a drive among church members for support of the church fund campaign, SINCLAIR DEATH TRAP TO GET TRAFFIC LIGHT Commissioners Order Safety De- vice for Bladensburg and Queens Chapel Roads Northeast. Installation of a traffic control light | at Bladensburg and Queens Chapel roads northeast, where Motor Cycle Policeman Raymond Sinclair was killed some time ago, was ordered to- day by the Commissioners. Many serious accidents have oc- curred at that point, the Commission- ers were told. Installation of a traffic light at New York avenue and Bladensburg road also was ordered by the Commis- sioners. (LASS A LAWYERS RARE,SAYS GRONER Students Views of Profession. Fifteen years' experience as a Fed- eral judge has impressed Justice D. Lawrence Groner of the District Court | of Appeals that a “really first-class lawyer” is a rarity. Justice Groner addressed the open- ing session of the National University last night, when the sixty-seventh academic year was inaugurated. “The one thing which has impressed ! me most,” the unsmiling judge said, “in my 15 years as a member of the Federal judiciary is the rarity with which I have encountered- a really first-class lawyer.” Dr. Hayden Johnson, chancellor of the university, welcomed the new stu- dents and pointed out that enroliment in all the law schools of the city is unusually heavy this Fall. -He at- tributed the gain to both the growth in population of the city and an | increased interest in the law. Justice F. Dickinson Letts of the District Supreme Court urged “broad humanity and a knowledge of what is going on in the world” for voung lawyers who would succeed in the profession. H. Winship Wheatley, president of the District Bar Association, and Conrad H. Syme, a former corpora- tion counsel, jokingly took issue with Justice Groner on the rarity of good lawyers. Syme pointed out that law- yers far outnumber judges. Other speakers included Chief Jus- tice Fenton W. Booth of the United States Court of Claims, Justices Oscar R. Luhring and Peyton Gordon of the District Supreme Court, and Dr. Charles Pergler, dean of the uni- versity’s School of Economics and Government. T RS S A PUPP Y FOR PRESIDENT Great Dane to Be Given Roosevelt in Dog Week Observance. Presidént Roosevelt will be pre- sented with a Great Dane puppy to- day or tomorrow by the National Capital Kennel Club in observance of National Dog week. Joseph O’Hare, president of the club, and Will Judy, editor of the Dog World e, will make the presentation. - Dog week will be further observed in Washington with an illustrated public lecture at 8 o'clock tonight in the Shoreham Hotel by Judy. - National U. Speaker Tells| 0.CTAXSTUDY WL BERESUNED | | | Special Committee to Weigh Proposals for Increase on Friday. With various proposals for new or increased taxation before it, the re- cently appointed special committee of District officials, headed by Cor- poration Counsel E. Barrett Pretty- man, will resume its study of a re- vamped taxatiou system at 10 am Friday. Commissioner George E. Ailen’s pro- | posal that all gasoline tax funds be | turned ‘nto the genera! revenues so |they could be used for other than | highway improvements alreadv has drawn fire from several sources. | The committez will have at hand | a declaration from the District Motor Club of the American Automobile As- tax funds would subject the motorists to double taxation. “It would impose on them as a class & dicproportionate share of the general costs of government in their ordinary capacity as payers of gen- |eral taxes,” the Commissioners have | been told. | "Allen declared some weeks ,ago “the proceeds from no special tax should be earmarked for any special | purpose.” | The automobile club retorted. | 8 letter to the Commissioners: “These | views are at such wide variance with | generally approved and well-estab- | lished motor-tax principles that they | must be challenged as revolutionary and directly involving the interest of the owners of our 163,000 motor vehi- cles in the District.” Increased taxes on public utilities, adoption of an automobile weight tax, l a boost in the gusoline tax and adop- | tion of a District inheritance tax are among proposals being studied by the committee. $500 LOOT TAKEN 'Suit Case Containing Articles Worth $218 Stolen From Truck. | Cash and articles valued at more 1thlu $500 were taken in thefts re- | ported to police last night. in case, containing articles valued at $218.45, was reported stolen from a truck at Union Station. Others reporting thefts were: Margaret Murphy, East Clifton Ter- race, who reported $100 stolen from & closet of her apartment; Ada Swan- son, 67 Rhode Island avenue, who reported $98 taken from her bed room closet, and Marvin Reichley, 1555 Thirty-fifth street, who reported a silver-plated trumpet, with a gold ball, valued at $100, had been taken. |SUBWAY_STUDY FAVORED Business Men’s Federation Sup- ports Consideration of Proposals. A study of proposals for construc- tion of a subway system for the Dis- trict is favored by the Federation of Business Men, People’s Counsel Wil- liam A. Roberts was notified yesterday by Arthur Clarendon Smith, president of the group. Mr. Smith said the vote in favor of proceeding with the study was 17 to 2. sociation that diversion of gasoline | The largest single loser was Helen | F. Béyle, Portland, Ore., whose suit | Society and General PAGE B—1 ENROLLMENT GAIN MAY TOP 000 IN'D. €. SCHOOLS |First Day’s Registrations List 5,052 More Than Showing Last Year. |FREE LUNCHES TO NEEDY PUPILS START MONDAY Nearly 6,000 Expected to Be Served by Workers on Relief Rolls. With the first day’s enrollment in the public schools 5,052 more than on opening day last year, statisticians for the Board of Education have re- vised their estimate of the total en- rollment for the vear, boosting it from 94,000 to 95,000 by November 1, | A total of 83,114 pupils placed their {names on the rolls yesterday. The statisticians, basing their prediction on past records, had estimated 82,000 would enter the first day. It was this increase of 1,114 that brought about the revision First-day enrollment last year was 78.062. Today approximately 5,000 more students are expected to enter classes; 12,000 more tomorrow and 500 more i Thursday. Actual figures, however, will not be tabulated until after the close of school at 3 p.m. today and the reports of princivals can be sent to the Franklin Administration Builde ing. Free Lunches to Start. Meanwhile, it was announced that | free lunches will be served to needy | pupils of the elmentary schools be- ginning Monday, under emergency | arrangements perfected by C sioner George E. Allen. pupils are expected to be s Funds to employ needed workers from the District relief list were sought in a project sent to the Fed- eral Works Progress Administration, but the item was caught in the jam there. Allen late yesterday directed aides to -draw 104 workers from District emergency works programs until the {new plan is approved. Food supplies already have been ordered under use of $25,000 of the District’s cwn relief funds. During the past school session there were about 7,000 children receiv- ing the midday free meal, prepared at a central kitchen operated by the Dis= trict under direction of Miss Kather« ine Ansley. | Yesterday's matriculation was {vided into 55,149 white pup! 27,965 colored. The greatest was in the colored elementary schools, already the most crowdec in the city system. These schools enrolled 18- 124, a first-day gain of 1881, The white elementary schools increased | 817, with a total of 30,912. | Gains in Higher Grades. But gains also were shown in the junior and senior high schools, the totals being: White junior high schools, 12,140; colored junior high schools, 5.208; white senior high schools, 10,892, and colored senior high schools, 3.477. Eastern continued to have the larg- est single enrollment in the city two shifts are necessary to take ca of the classes. As was expected, the two new additions the system, Woodrow Wilson and Anacost the smallest and had exa number enrolled—640. pupils, however, will not occ new buiiding until abo and are at present tempor signed to schools in Northeast Southeast Washington, some of them at Eastern. The enrollment in the senior high schools was: Eastern. 2.855; Central, 2323; McKinley, 1976; Roosevelt, 1,748; Western, 1,350, and Woodrow Wilson, 640. In the colored high schools the enrollment was Armstrong, 1343, Dunbar, 1,231, and Cardoza, 903. Night Schools Set Mark. | The night schools, under the direc- tion of E. J. Lockwood, set a new high record at registration last night, a gain of 1,383 being recorded in both white and colored schools. White night schools gained 800 with an en- rollment of 63821, colored schools gained 583 with a total of 2307. If precedent is followed, the nigl school enrollment will decrease as the year progresses and a number of the classes may be consolidated before the end of the school year next June. Additions are to be made to the teaching staff for which provisions already have been made, but until en- rollment is completed and the par- ticular points of congestion are lo- cated assignments will not be com- pleted. Just how many teachers are to be added to the approximate 3,000 now in the system will be determined by the demand. RECREATION LEADERS T0 RECEIVE MEDALS to Be | Honored for Service at Congress case | Seven Washingtonians of National Association. Seven Washingtonians identified with municipal recreational activities will receive medals for* their long service when the National Recreation Association holds its twenty-first cone | gress in Chicago September 30-Octo- ber 4. The 15-year award will go to 3 gphygmund directors—Kathleen Fishe | er, Happy Hollow; Susie K. Hand, | Gallinger, and Violet C. McKenney, | Ross Park. | The 10-year award will be presented to Albert Clyde Burton, assistant su- perintendent of National Capital parks; Harold Snyder, Community Center Department; Etta Johnson, community secretary, and Gladys Mayo, Payne Playground director. A large group from the Capital will attend the congress. -~ Home Hygiene Class Tonight. A class in “home hygiene and care of the sick” will be conducted by the District Chapter of the American Red Cross, 1730 E street, tonight from 7:30 to 9:30 o'clock and Thursday evening at the same hour. Enrollment ceases after Thursday.