Evening Star Newspaper, September 26, 1935, Page 2

" A—2 wx¥ G. 0.P. EXECUTIVES AP EARLY DRIVE Create Division of Young Republicans and Plan to Strike in West. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN, Creation of a division of Young Re- publicans, as part of the campaign ac- tivities of the Republican National Committee, has been authorized by the “Republican National Executive Com- mittee, it was announced today at party headquarters. The Executive Committee in its resolution providing for the new divi- sion, recognized the work that is being done by Young Republican Clubs throughout the country. It declared the interest which all the youth of the Nation has in the solution of pres- ent-day problems and in minimizing the burden of debt and taxation which has grown enormously under the Roosevelt New Deal administration. The Young Republican division of the National Committee will be in- cluded in the committee headquarters. Chairman Henry P. Fletcher is au- thorized by the Executive Committee to select the heads of this division as he does of other divisions. Spangler to Be in Charge. Announcement was made also to- day of the adoption of a resolution | ratifying the decision of Chairman Fletcher to open Republican head- quarters in Chicago at an early date, with Harrison E. Spangler, na- tional committeeman for Iowa, in | charge. Mr. Spangler was a prime mover in the Midwest Republican *grass roots” conference, held in | Springfield, Il last June. The Chi- | cago headquarters will take care of the entire Western section of the eountry “until further expansion” of the committee activities make neces- kary additional and further Western headquarters. To Start Drive at Once. The Republican national organiza- tion is to carry the fight against the New Deal into the West without further delay. But even wkile the plans are being made by the Repub- Heans to start their Midwestern cara- paign against the Roosevelt admin- istration, there was evident reluctance By Chairman Fletcher and othes members of the national committee fo denounce in plain terms the A. A. A, with its thousands of checks to the farmers of wheat, hogs and corn, the great crops of the Midwestern Btates. Until the Republicans have perfected some substitute for the A. A. A. which promises to give the farmers substantial aid, without regi- mentation of the farmers, it is likely that the leaders will be unwilling to assail the A. A. A. as such. Fletcher to Name Group. Another resolution adopted by the Executive ~ Committee authorized Chairman Fletcher to appoint a fi- nance committee which will arrange for raising the necessary campaign funds. This committee will be an- | nounced at an early date by the | chairman. “ General authority to expand the activities of the National Committee Wwas given the chairman in still an- other resolution. Many members of the Executive Committee remained today in Wash- ington. although they had concluded their formal sessions. Mr. Spangler, who is to have charge of the Chicago headquarters, issued a statement de- claring that the Midwest “is entitled to a square deal.” He continued: | “It will never be satisfied with a | policy of forced scarcity and idle acres. | Our agricultural people are men, and | not vassals. They deeply resent the | attempt of this administration to con- | trol through force their daily lives. The potato control bill, which makes it a | crime freely to raise and sell potatoes, | is causing a deep resentment against centralized power in bureaucratic Washington. The first man that they arrest for raising more than five bush- €ls of potatoes without a brain trust license will be delivered from jail by his neighbors.” Text of Resolution. In its resolution authorizing the ereation of a Younz Republican divi- sion of the National Committee, the Executive Committee said: “The Executive Committee fully Tealizes that the enormous burden of debt and taxation which is resulting from the wasteful extravagance of the New Deal administration will be & burden not only on the present gen- eration, but on generations to come. With such a situation, it is evident that the youth of the Nation has a most vital interest in stopping the wn}erul spending of the people’s #avings. That the danger of this situation is being more appreciated is evidenced by the interest taken by many young men and young women of the Nation who are taking an ac- tive part in public and political af- fairs. These young people in many localities have formed, and are form- ing, Young Republican Clubs and Leagues with the end in view of giv- ing thexr_ best in the battle for the Ppreservation of American institutions, “The committee, having canvassed the situation, having consulted with many of these various groups, and being highly gratified with the enthu- siasm of these young men and women, desires to lend encouragement and assistance in aiding these Young Re- publicans in their efforts to serve effectively. “In some States these clubs have aeen ffime&; in towns, cities and coun- es. others, the unit of organiza- tion is the State. But there are States in which several unrelated groups have been formed, all work- ing toward the same objective. It is not within the scope of its authority, nor is it good organization, for the National Committee to delegate its responsibility. The committee is, however, most anxious to encourage co-operation with the regular organ- 1zations in the several States and to facilitate the activities of Young Republicans. To this end: “The Executive Committee recom- mends that a division of Young Re- publican activities be created and be included in the set-up of the Repub- lican National Committee headquar- ters, and that representatives be lected by the chairman in the same manner as other division heads are selected, to co-ordinate all these vari- ous organizations into a militant group under the National Committee of American ideals.” Increasing activities of the National Committee include the inauguration of a weekly clip sheet service under the direction of Harry J. Brown and Bennett Gordan, and the appointment D may of Thomas G. Sabin of New York to [ hear about impending radical farm establish and direct a radio publicity | uprisings, merely because a few farm- Commif ers have been division of the National i ttee, Behind News In Capital Pendergast, the Concrete BY PAUL MALLON. ANSAS CITY, Mo—New Deal- ers on the granary trail of the social reformation and little of the sordid affairs of politics. Yet a political bloodhound does not neces- been working the other side of the street out here. Ominous political footprints as large have been left on the shady side all through this Middle West. Here in K. C. they lead Tight up the machine method, with excellent results. The Pendergast Formula. Mixer, Dilutes New through here have the ideal- sarily have to have an unusual nose as the shoes of Democratic Chairman- to the door of Boss Pendergast, In case you have not heard, Boss What’s What Deal Idealism. K istic slant. They talk much to scent the fact that some one has Postmaster General Farley seem to who mizes concrete and politics, by Pendergast’s idealism was learned in | the lower wards. The bigness of his | Democratic heart may be measured by the fact that he hes permitted one Republican—a single, solitary one— to hold office around these parts. The Republican is one of nine Circuit Court judges whom Mr. Pendergast decided not to kick out. This may give you a hint that, as Pendergast goes today not only Kansas City, but the State of Missouri is very likely to be dragged along. And if you want to know where Mr. Pendergast is going, you have only to learn that one of his better men (Matthew Murray) was given charge of W. P. A. relief work spend- ing in this State by that well-known | practical idealist of the New Deal, | Harry Hopkins. New Deal Linked to Machines. In Illinois the New Deal tie-up ! was with the Kelly Chicago machine, | |in Wisconsin with the La Follettes. | Both machires, like that of Pender- | | gast, are dominant controlling powers. | h: i | mixed up with politics that the church Outsiders may wonder whether any political bed is large enough to hold such strange fellows. Kelly, La Follettes and Pendergast would not even speak to each other on the street, so radically diflerent are their views. That may not be nec- | essary under the Farley decen- tralized remote control system. They take the money, run their | own baliwicks in their own way | and may be expected to deliver on election day. The Pendergast machine is a Vare model with a special accelerator. It | does more than dole out jobs. From the inside it is considered something of a philanthropic institution. The ward leutenants look out for the poor of their neighborhoods, furnish food and coal at times to the need- iest, give Christmas baskets, promote dances and picnics. There are no club room pool hangouts, such as Tammany provided for the young men to grow up in, but the same busses which take them to the picnics de- liver them at the polls on election day. The head man is in the ready- mixed concrete business. Conse- | quently very little concrete is ever | mixed out here. But there is a lot of new building, a new workhouse, | a new Federal post office, the newest | and best air-cooled convention hall | in the country. (The Republican Convention should, and probably will come here next year. Hotel accommo- dations have been expanded). A new building bond issue of $40,000,000 has been put through. At least $100,000,000 will be spent (with the help of Federal con- tributions) on the mew program. All this, of course, will be concrete for Mr. Pendergast, which will further cement his friendly rela- tions with Washington. (Note.—~The law here requires con- tracts to be awarded to the “lowest and best” bidder. This is no obstacie to Mr. Pendergast. He and his trienas are not always the “lowest” bidders, but are invariably “the best.”) Business Fears New Deal. The street car motorman will teil you “the President is not as stout as he was” here. The business man will tell you that all business is politically fearful, but business is much better and the immediate outlook is bright. These strongest anti-Roosevelt people, however, privately rate him no worse than even today, but are hopeful that the trend away from him will con- tinue. WHERE DO WE GOTROM uzu9 The plaint of the business man here is the same as throughout the Middle West. In Chicago, Milwaukee or Kan- sas City he will lean across his desk and tell you: “I am not against reform. Lord knows, we needed some. The social security legislation is all right with me. But what I want to know is: Where do we go from here? I am not going to risk my money in spruc-~ ing up my business or expanding my plant if the Government's going to turn socialist on me in the next year or so. “The President’s promise of a breathing spell did not mean much to me. That phrase, ‘Oreathing spell, sounded like he had some more fireworks in mind for later on. What I would like to have is a good feeling that Washington has done all the socializing it is going to do and that I can plan ahead without fear that some drain trust- er is going to get a new idea for cracking down on me or ruining me, or that spending is going to continue until the Government ruins itself and me.” Prairie Firemen in Minority, Don't fall for the rumors you THE EVEN NG STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, CLERGYEN CALL [t v e NEWA G E STOCK LETTER ‘POLITICS Several Accuse Roosevelt of Chicanery in Asking “Advice.” By the Associated Press. News dispatches from widely scat- tered sections indicated today that clergymen were offering varied, some- times critical, suggestions in response to President Roosevelt’s request for their “counsel and advice.” A San Francisco pastor said he would suggest that the President “re- main true to the Constitution,” while a Chicago rabbi said the President's letter to the clergy was a “practical, as well as a good political move.” A Philadelphia minister said Mr. Roose- velt was “striking below the belt and playing politics.” The President addressed his letter to representative clergymen in all parts of the country, saying that “be- cause of the grave responsibilities of my office,” he was “turning to repre- sentative clergymen for counsel and advice, feeling confident that no group can give more accurate or unbiased views.” Asks Data on Communities. “I shall deem it a favor,” he added, | “if you will write me about condi- | tions in your community. Tell me where you feel our Governmenut can better serve our people.” Rev. Dr. E. A. E. Palmquist, secre- tary of the Philadelphia Federation of Churches, said today he is “inclined to think that President Roosevelt is late in the day in asking for the ad- vice of the clergy of the land.” concern about the wishes of the clergy,” Dr. Palmquist said. “Con- trary to their well-nigh unanimous demand, he advocated the repeal of the eighteenth amendment. “If the President really wants ad- vice, the clergy would tell him by and large to work for the restoration of the eighteenth amendment, to bal- ance the budget, to re-establish civil service in Government jobs. to forget “The President evidently had little | PAUL DILLINGHAM. Death (Continued From PFirst Page.) thought was a safe spot. Pauls brother William, 6, also was in the nurse’s custody at the time. Tells of Second Injury. Mrs. Mary Storrs, 3944 Morrison street, who witnessed the accident from her home, said the truck knocked the child some distance and then again ran into him. Police said the truck was traveling south on the| wrong side of the street and ran 27 feet up into the parking. Paul, who is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Willilam Henry Dillingham. 5506 Connecticut avenue, was carried into the Storrs residence by Lieut. William Davis, U. 8. N., but he was dead on the arrival of a physician. An au- topsy revealed his skull was badly fractured. There is no sidewalk on either side of Belt road, where the accident oc- curred, it was pointed out at the in- quest. The scene is only a short dis- tance from the Chevy Chase Play- ground. Residents of the section said several other accidents have occurred ' the alphabet and to put an embargo on all war materials should any nation go to war.” Rev. Dr. William E. Lampe, secre- | tary of the Reformed and Evangelical | Church, said: “I have written Presi- | dent Roosevelt that he can hardly nearby, and additional ‘“stop” signs! | have been sought to lessen the danger | |to children. Was 79th Fatality. The death was the seventy-ninth INQUIRY ORDERED Hopson’s Company to Un- dergo Probe by Another U. S. Grand Jury. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, September 26.—Fed- eral Judge John C. Knox today au- thorised an additional grand jury to investigate the alleged manipulation of stock of the Associated Gas & Elec- tric Co. Application for the extra fary was made by United States Attorney F. W. H. Adams. The Associated Gas & Electric Co. —whose nead, H. C. Hopson, recently appeered before the Congressional Lobby Investigating Committees after an extensive search was made for hira —has been under investigation at dif- ferent times since 1932. Its affairs were studied by a Federal grand jury late in that year. | A corps of Government agents and accountants, under the direction of Hugh McQuillan, chief of the Intelli- gence Unit of the Bureau of Internal Revenue, is now engaged in poring over the company's records in New vork, New Jersey and New England. The Assoclated Gas & Electric Co. was one of the most active utility firms in lobbying against the admin- istration’s Wheeler-Rayburn utility control bill. The extra grand jury will convene early in October, probably on the 6th. The investigators have gone over thoroughly records of a recent re- organization hearing before Federal Judge Julian W. Mack. The advertising methods used by the company have been closely scrutinized, not only by McQuillian's staff, but also by post office inspectors and agents of the Department of Justice. The decision to lay the resuits of these investigations before a Federal grand jury came after Assistant United States Attorney J. V. Hayes compiled a lengthy report and sent it to Washington. For two weeks late in July and early in August Hopson was an elusive fig- ure, with Federal agents seeking him | over the Nation to serve him with a | summons to appear before the con- gressional committees. A few days after his testimony in expect the support of the church for | traffic fatality in the District since | Washington two suits were filed by his administration until he has shown | January 1, according to an official two minority stockholders, one in New in his public and private life more | Police count. Two other deaths, one | York and the other in New Jersey. sympathy and interest in the church & man killd on a street car right |They petitioned the court for an ac and what it stands for.” of way in an outlying section and counting of Hopson's stewardship of | Muddle of Politics Seen. another a colored man crushed be- ;Assocnbed Gas and sought to force “The President’s social legislation | for old age pensions and employment neath a truck where he had m,:hlm to return more than $1,000,000 asleep on a lot, are not included in | Spent in lobbying against the Wheeler- | insurance must have support, but I ave the impression that these are so must hesitate in lending its indorse- ment and support,” Dr. Lampe said In response, Dr. David M. Steele, rector emeritus of the Church of St. “Luke and the Epiphany of Philadel- phia, in an “open letter” accused the President of “playinz poi.tics on | | the low plane with which you have made us all familiar” and added: “The only help I can render you or the American people or myself is to vote for the next Republican candi- date who, by the grace of God, shall be elected.” Dr. Louis L. Mann, rabbi of Chi- cago Sinai Congregation and member of the University of Chicago facuity, said: “The President’s gesture in taking the clergy into his confidence is a very practical, as well as a good polit- ical move. My personal response will entertain the hope that every socially- minded citizen will support the Presi- dent’s social security legislation.” Culls for Economy. Dr. Mann added he left the time| had come to curtail many “of the other fabulous (Government) expendi- tures” and said the administration should bespeak its “loyalty to the Constitution.” In San Francisco, Rev. Julian C. McPheeters, pastor of the Glide Memorial Methodist Church, said he would sugest that the President call & day of prayer of all religious groups “to seek the hand of God in guiding men.” Another Philadelphia minister, Rev. Dr. E. A. E. Palmquist, secretary of the Philadelphia Federation of Churches, said: “If the President really wants ad- vice, the clergy would tell him by and large to work for the restoration of the eighteenth amendment, to bal- ance the budget, to re-establish civil service in Government jobs, to forget the alphabet and to put an embargo on all war materials should any | nation go to war.” One minister said he would not reply because he did not believe the letter would be read. \LEITCH FUNERAL RITES WILL BE HELD TODAY Full Military Honors Accorded Chief Boatswain, Who Died September 13. Funeral services with full military honors were to be held at 2 p.m. today in Arlington National Cemetery for Chief Boatswain Thomas Joseph Leitch, U. 8. N., who died September 13. Lieut. Comdr. J. H. Brooks, chap- lain, will officiate. Chief Boatswain Leitch, 58, died aboard the U. 8. S. Antares off San Juan, Puerto Rico. He had served in the Navy since 1898 and was attached for several years to the Washington Navy Yard. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Mil- dred Roselia Leitch, of 3800 New Hampshire avenue. for inciting revolt against Goverr- ment. The situation on that is the Milo Reno crowd of prairie firemen has a relatively unimportant minority fol- lowing. Its foothold extends into only two or three Missouri counties and perhaps a like number in Kansas. Once in a while the firemen get out their torches and start a political bon- fire. That is what happened to cause the indictments. You may expect the culprits to be punished. The Federal judge here is exceptionally competent (Supreme Court caliber). The strangest sight in K. C. is one | Pl which must make Carrie Nation turn over in her grave every seven days. This State is as wet as s brewery vat, except on Sundays, when everything closes up. But across the river in the Kansas soil from which prohibition sprang (and where it is still culti- vated), the law permits sale of beer any day on the assumption that it is non-intoxicating. Thirsty Missourians consequently find their oasis on the Sabbath in the center of national aridity. (Coprright, 1035.) | the police count. The coroner’s jury cleared Samuel | Berardine, 39. of 1406 North Capitol street of blame in the death of Georgi- | anna Holloway, 14. of the first block |of O street. Berardine’s car struck the girl August 14 as she was riding a bicycle at First and Decatur streets | northeast. In the accident this morning Prank- lin Britt. 19, messenger for the Radio | Corp. of America, received a mangled foot. brain concussion and a possible skull fracture when his motor cycle collided with a truck at Third and M streets northeast. Injured slightly in an accident & | week ago, the youth was going to his office to get permission to come back | /to work. As he reached the inter- | section, police said, a truck operated | by Max Shapiro, 655 Sixteenth street | northeast, struck the boy's machine. | Shapiro was not held. Britt lives at 1132 Pourth street northeast. Others on Injured List. Mrs. Sarah Fischer, 1353 Massa- chusetts avenue southeast, received | lacerations of the forehead when | struck by an automobile near her home today. She was treated at Casualty Hospital and dismissed. Walter J. Curtis, 43, of 106 Eleventh street southeast, and James W. Mar- shall, 54, of 1415 Chapin street, ec~ caped injury when their cars collided at the intersection of Nebraska ave- nue and Broad Branch and Military roads. Marshall's car overturned and was virtually demolished and Curtis’ car also was badly damaged. Police continued an investigation into the manner in which Mrs. Leola Heflin, 46, of 824 Eighth street, and another woman were injured on Tues- day, supposedly in a traffic accident. Mrs. Heflin is in Emergency Hospital suffering from rib fractures, a pelvis injury and sprains. The other woman, Ruth Benson, 38, also of the Eighth street address, was | | which the George D. Horning trophy Rayburn bill. Regatta (Continued Prom First Page.) purchased by popular subscription, | under the direction of the Corinthian | Yacht Club, which organized the first | regatta, Race for Local Boats. Another event which has its par- ticular appeal in the Capital is tne All-Washington Sweepstakes, for | is offered. This is & 10-mile race in one heat, limited to Washington owned and driven boats, on which there are no restrictions as to engine, | power or hull design. The wiiner holds the trophy until one month prior to the next race, when a repro- | duction for permanent possession is given. Other principal races include: American speed boat championship, William Randolph Hearst tropny; American Power Boat Association championship race for hydroplanes of the 225-cubic-inch class, Palais | Royal trophy; E Class inboard, Mexi- | can trophy, the award of the Mexican Embassy, and ladies’ free-for-all handicap for the French Line trophy. | In addition to these prizes, there are the Sir Thomas Lipton Point Trophy, given by the noted British sportsman to the American Canoe As- sociation, and offered through that | group to the canoe club scoring the greatest number of events in the re- gatta canoe events, and the Wash- ington Canoe Club international club four single-blade trophy, which goes to the winner of the club four single- blade race. The canoe events will be on Saturday and Sunday. Prizes for Sailing Events. The Evening Star is giving three trophies for tomorrow’s sailing races, which are on the program this year treated at the hospital and left, it is said. She is said to have a nose frac- ture and other injuries. Both women refused to say where the accident happened. Work Relief (Continued Prom First Page.) playground officials and Lewis R. Bar- rett, recreation co-ordinator, in plan- ning the necessary cutting of costs of the several programs. Miss Sibyl Baker, District play- grounds supervisor, has suggested the bullding of one of the new swimming pools at the Hoover Playground in Southwest Washington and the other at the Barry Farm Playground in Anacostia. This has not been finally settled. Wading Pools Proposed. Miss Baker suggested that the wading pools be built at the Rose Park, McMillan, Hoover, Sherwood, Twin Oaks, Barry Farm, Burroughs and Phillips playgrounds. Tennis courts, as suggested by Miss Baker, would be placed at the Virginia avenue, Mc- Millan, Burroughs, Kenilworth, Rose Park, Willow Tree, Takoma Park, Georgetown, Hamilton, Lincoln, Hoover, Sherwood, Twin Oaks, Mon- roe, New York avenue and Barry Farm playgrounds. Other projects included in the ap- proved list, for which funds are now available, are employment of nurses and other attendants at Gallinger Hospital, $14,000; rebuilding of s steam line to the children's ward at Gallinger, $105,117; repairs to various library buildings of the free Public Library, $9,247; repairs to the Munici- Lodging House, $897; repairs to at the Industrial Home School, $17,423; a statistical survey of arrests made by the metropolitan po- lice, $1,728, and for the tuberculosis case finding program, $99,098. Federal officials also notified Com- missioner’ Allen they had approved profects for the maintenance of a per- petual inventory of job applicants at the United States Em; t Serve ‘The tost will be $249,739. This Federhl project, but the workers be drawn from District rellef for the first time. They start at 10 o'clock. A spectacular feature of the regat- ta, the night pageant, will start at 8 o'clock tomorrow night, with many brilliantly illuminated craft in line. Admiral H. G. Hamlet, commandant of the Coast Guard, will act as com- modore. Among the entries is the Forry, owned by S. F. Laucks, York, Pa.,, which took first honors in the night pageant at the recent regatta of the Maryland Yacht Club. An- other is the Wheeler, owned by R. W. Rappleyea, on which a tableau will be carried out. Baltimore and local yacht clubs are contributing largely to this spectacle. At the conclusion of the pageant Miss Evelyn Standley, the queen, will be crowned at the Corinthian Yacht Club. Miss Standley, the daughter of Admiral William H. Standley, chief of the Bureau of Naval Operations, will be attended by Miss Helen De Frees, Miss Margaret Davis, Miss Martha Gaither Townsend and Miss Leila Peeples, Another social event will be the re- ception and dinner at the National Press Club Saturday night at 8 o’clock. Seats Made Available, Seating arrangements have been worked out with an eye to providing thoroughly adequate accommodations at a desirable point of vantage, and as is customary, thousands of other spectators will line the seawall around the course. There will be 100 boxes, each con- taining six chairs and an umbrella table just opposite the judges’ boat, and for their occupants parking space seats. Reservations for the boxes may be madq through Curtis Hodges, at the Board of Trade, District 3535; for those | admitted to the house this morning, swimming and diving meet will it at the o THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1935. At Republican Conclave | Three leading members of the woman's bloc of the Republican Na- tional Committee caught by the camera at the meeting of the Executive Committee at the Mayflower yesterday. Left to right: Mrs. Manley M. Fosseen of Minnesota, Mrs. Bertha D. ton Scranton of Pennsylvania. Henry P. Fletcher (left), chairm mittee, going over committee papers JUDICIARY SQUARE FUND PLEA NADE Deficiency Bill Item Dis- cussed by Roosevelt, King and Delang. A suggestion that funds to start the $3.000,000 building program for the Police, Juvenile and Municipal Courts of the District in Judiciary Square be included in the first deficiency bill when Congress meets in January was made during a conference at the White House today between President Baur of Illinois and Mrs. Worthing- s SRS B an of the Republican National Com- with Judge R. B. Creager of Texas. —Underwood & Underwood Photos. DOUGHTON HOPEFUL NEW TAXES CAN BE AVOIDED General Levy May Not Be Neces- sary, He Believes, Noting Business Gain. By the Associated Press The hope that no new general tax legislation will be necessary next year was expressed today by Chairman Doughton of the House Ways and Means Committee after sizing up what he described as decidedly improved business conditions. Asked whether the $250.000,000 law written last session would be in for revision next session. Doughton ex- plained “We will have to wait and see what revenues it yields.” “I'm in hopes we won't have any general tax bill next year.” he added HURRICANE MOVES TOWARD YUCATAN Storm Travels Slowly and Is Changing Direction South of Florida. By the Associated Press. JACKSONVILLE, Fla., September 26.—A fully developed tropical hurri- cane today moved slowly toward the Peninsula of Yucatan in Mexico. Its position was charted at 10 a.m. by the Weather Bureau as about 190 miles slightly north of east of Cape Gracias a Dios, Nicaragua, and its movement was apparently northwest- ward, & change in course since last night's advisory when it was reported going westward. “This hurricane is moving very slowly and apparently is changing di- rection,” said the Weather Bureau's morning advisory. The storm was reported increasing slowly in area and intensity. The present position of the center was some 600 miles south southwest of the extreme tip of Florida. Vessels were warned to exercise cau- tion in the Northwestern Caribbean Sea south of Yucatan and Cuba. The San Juan Weather Bureau re- ported the disturbance in the Easter Caribbean was dissipating. Meteorologist Dunn said the wester hurricane center was moving about < miles an hour or less over a smz |area and the bureau has not yet ful | determined the angle of its recur: in course, since last aight. “As long as the storm is moving ¢ slowly,” said Dunn, “there is plent | of time for warning Florida shoul it menace the peninsula.” The meteorologist placed the cent | about 475 miles southeast of the Yur tan Channel and approximately ¢ | miles south of Miami, Fla. 'D. C. TUBERCULOSIS GROUP ASKS FUND {City Heads Told of Need f Continued Use of 0ld Hos- pital Building. Directors of the District Tubercul Association today urged the Commi | sioners to provide funds for continur tion of the use of the old Tuberculos Hospital until such time as “adequs facilities are available in & new in stitution.” Another resolution adopted by ti | body was in support of requesis b the Board of Public Welfare for mo: | adequate funds for personnel an | equipment at the Children’s Tubercu | losis Sanitarium at Glenn Dale, Md | Members of the group declared b tween 20 and 30 patients cannot t admitted to the institution because | a lack of tunds for this year for ade | quate personnel and eauipment. Pur- | thermore, the group reported there 1 |a waiting list of 60 chiidren wh should be transferred from their | homes to the institution for proper | care, —_—— WARDE FUNERAL RITES TO BE HELD TOMORROW Retired Washington Building Engineer Is Victim of Heart Attack. Puneral services for Frederick J | Warde, 68, retired building engineer | who died Tuesday of a heart attack will be held at 9 am. tomorrow from Roosevelt and Chairman King of the -1 dont want one if it is not neces- his home, 4404 Ord street northeast. Senate District Committee. sa Frederic A. Delano, chairman of the National Capital Park and Planning Commission, also attended. The District Commissioners some time ago applied to the Public Works Administration for a loan to erect! these buildings. The purpose of Sen- ator King's visit to the White House was to find out whether the loan ap- | plication might be approved at this time. Although it appeared, following the conference, that there is little hope of obtaining the P. W. A. allocation at this time, Senator King said the President indicated he was in favor | of making. provisions for the court building and made the suggestion' that it might be covered in the de-I ficlency bill. | According to Senator King. the President felt that arrangements al- | ready made between P. W. A. and W. P. A. could not be disturbed by | making the allocation for the court | building. King said the next step would be to confer with Chairman Buchsnan of the House Appropriations Committee. Under the District P. W. A. loan law, if the money had been obtained from P. W. A, the District would have been required to pay back to the Federal Government 70 per cent of the allotment at the rate of $1.000,000 per year. Part of the total cost will be asked for in the deficlency bill, the usual procedure being to fix the au- thorized limit of cost and then ap- propriate only as much as would be spent within the ensuing ye: KAUNAS, Lithuania, September 26 (#).—Felix Waitkus, 28-year-old Amer- ican fiyer who cracked up in Ireland on his attempted New York-to-Kaunas flight last Monday, today was elected to honorary membership in the Lithuanian Aero Club. “Business conditions are improving. People are more hopeful. I think there is a decided improvement all over the country.” Doughton came here in connection with a $6,000,000 public works alloca- tion for construction work on the Shenandoah-Great Smoky Mountains National Parkway. Jaywalkers (Continued From First Page.) | crosses the street at the proper place and in the proper manner. “Last year out of a total of 135 per- sons killed in traffic accidents 66 of these accidents investigations show that the pedestrians were pre- sumebly at fault. study shows the drivers were at fault. “In the cases where the pedestrians | were at fault, 35 were crossing not at crosswalks, 7 were walking in the street between intersections, 9 pedes- trians stepped from behind parked cars, 3 were pedestrians crossing the street at traffic-controlled intersec- tions against the signal light, 3 were playing in the street, 4 of the pedes- trians were intoxicated, 2 were coast- ing in the street and 3 were inatten- tive to traffic conditions at the time.” Van Duzer said there had been a definite improvement in the accident record since the opening of the Police Department’s campaign two months ago, but more drastic steps are needed. Maj. Ernest W. Brown, superin- tendent of metropolitan police, told the Commissioners he agreed with Van Duzer's suggestion, but added he would need more police officers to en- force the ruling. Girl With Ruptured A ppendix Taken From Barricaded Home By the Associated Press. PERTH AMBOY, N. J, September 26. — Margaret Kerston, 15-year-old girl critically ill with a ruptured ap- pendix, was removed to a hospital today after her mother yielded to the pleas of priests, physicians and police to abandon ner objections to surgical treatment for her daughter. Margaret underwent an operation soon after arrival, but physicians were dubious of her chances for life. The mother, Mrs. Anna Kerston, had stubbornly refused all night to consent to an operation which Dr. William Me- Cormick said was needed immediately. Two priests, Police Chief Joseph Gutowski and several physicians were and several hours later the girl was carried to an ambulance and taken to Perth Amboy General Hospital. “I won’t let them take my baby away from me,” was all gray-haired Mrs. Anna Kerston, the girl's widowed mother, would say from behind the heavily-barricaded door of her plain, neat frame cottage last night. Two savage dogs growled at visitors A through the picket fence and two men who said they were relatives stood gusrd. The men said gruffly that would be “all right” without surgical attention. Dr. William H. McCormick, the family physician, who found the door barred to him, expressed fear the girl would die. Margaret was stricken suddenly last night and Dr. McCormick was sum- moned. He then went to call an ambulance. When he returned he found Mrs. Kerston had hastily bar- ricaded the doors and pulled the shades. The ambulance, with two staff sur- geons, and finally a squad of police srrived, but Mrs. Kerston was ad- amant. Helpless, the group stood on the sidewalk and watched the lights in thé house go out one by one save a single bulb in the sick girl's bed room. Police learned that mother and daughter held a deep fear of hospitals and surgeons since the death of Mrs. Kerston's mother following an opera- tion six years ago. in| Washington, 89 were pedestrians. In!| In 23 of the cares, | | followed by requiem mass st St ! Dominic's Church, Sixth and E streets southwest. Burial will be in Con- gressional Cemetery. Mr. Warde was emploved as an en- gineer in The Star Building until a | heart ailment forced him to retire | about four years ago. He came to Washington from Philadelphia 30 years ago. Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Sarah Edith Warde, and a sister, Mrs. Jo- sephine Burke of Philadelphia. DESTROYER SAILS Monaghan to Visit Four Countries on Shakedown Cruise. England, Ireland, Scotland and Holland will be visited by Uncle Sam’s new destroyer Monaghan, now en route from Boston to St. Pierre Miquelon, on her shakedown cruise, the Navy Department disclosed yes- terday. She will return to Boston November 9. Comdr. Robert R. Thompson, who was formerly on duty at the Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md,, is in com- mand of the Monaghan, which was constructed at the Boston Navy Yard She was commissioned on April 19 last and is the eighth of the new destroyers to be finished Irvin S. Cobb Says: | Louis Has a Chance to Reflect Credit Upon His Race. CULVER CITY, Calif., September 26.—Let the sport writers name him by what fancy names they please, but Il bet you on this—the day after, and on every day thereafter, Maxie Baer will ihink of him ag that dark brown taste. And now, i young Louis goes | on setting an ex- ample to some of the heavyweights, both plain and colored, by being neither a buffoon nor & bully nor| yet & braggart, |8 and if, by behav- ing with modesty and sobriety and some degree of dig- nity, he continues to reflect credit upon his own people—well, it's cer- tainly going to take the heart right out of the next miscellaneous lynch- ing-bee in this country. And if T were Mr. Braddock, the present champion, I'd now go so far away from here they'd have to run me down with bloodhounds and then throw a net over me. (Copyrighy. 1933 by the North American fewspaper Alliancs, Inc.)