Evening Star Newspaper, September 27, 1935, Page 21

Washington News ELEVATOR GRASH, INJURING 16, 1S SUBJECT OF PROBE, Inspectors Find Cable Shackle Had Slipped Loose From Mooring. SIX WOMAN VICTIMS RECOVERING IN HOSPITAL Passengers Had Been Attending | Meeting of Ladies’ Auxiliary of Bakers’ Union. An investigation by District inspec- | tors was being completed today into | the elevator crash last night in the Atlas Building, Ninth and F streets, Which sent six women to hospitals and | injured 10 other persons. The eleva- tor's passengers had been attending a meeting of the Ladies'*Auxiliary of Bakers' Union, No. 118. | The elevator’s fall to the basement, | shortly after it had started down trom | the fourth floor, was due, the inspec- tion showed, to the fact the cable | shackle on the bar over the elevator | slipped loose from its mooring. | Inspectors said the elevator had | less than a capacity load at the time Its capacity is 18 persons, or 2,750 pounds. Thrown Into Darkness. The elevator was thrown into dark- ness as it hit the bottom and there its 16 occupants waited until firrmen arrived a few minutes later and ex- tricated them by removing a door. Five of the injured are in E:ner- gency Hospital. They are: Mrs. Elizabeth Wedekind, 50, of 8236 P street, leg fracture; Mrs. Mary ‘Willner, 65, of 1533 Wisconsin avenue, ankle fracture: Mrs. Nellie Helwig, 39, of 710 Eleventh street southeast; Mrs Marguerite Arendes, 22, of 208 Ninth street southeast, fractured ribs and | sprained back, and Mrs. Betty Reickel, 51, of 1106 Oates street northeast. Mrs. Estella Mueller. 42. of 3615 Campbell street, president of the aux- | iliary, is in Sibley Hospital, suffering from possible internal injuries. | The others in the elevator, all of whom are said to have suffered minor injuries, are: Mrs. Marie Papst. 44, of 619 Oneida place: Mrs. Julia Nalley. 30, of 833 Ingraham street: George Turner, 47, ! financial secretary of the Bakers' Union, and his wife, Pauline, 38, of 5733 Third place; Mrs. Mary Curtin, | in behalf of Marshall Smith, one of | in trust for Miss Hooe's brother, Caleb 2254 Eleventh street: George Hanold, president of the Bakers' Union; Mrs. A. E. Crown, 4011 Eighth street; Carl P. Reichel, 1106 Oates street north- east; Mrs. Mary Berger. 690 Sixth street northeast, and William White, 22, colored, the elevator operator. The latter suffered a minor cut on his| hand, it is said. Tron Bar Misses Operator. ‘Turner said that shortly after the elevator had struck the bottom an iron ' parking purposes for many years and | bar fell from overhead, rammed through the top of the elevator and stuck in the floor, barely missing ‘White, the operator. | At first I thought we would not be able to get out,” Turner said, “because | no one knew of our plight.” However, | firemen had been summoned by a passer-by, who heard the crash. Turner said the women were coura- geous, although several of them screamed with pain from their in- Juries. Ironically, Turner explained today, some one asked last night about the elevator operator being paid. Turner replied: “No, and I guess we had bet- ter pay him or he will let us down to the bottom.” Several seconds later, after the man had been handed the money, the elevator started its plunge, | ‘Turner said. Col. John W. Oehmann, District tuilding inspector, sent Elevator In- | spectors E. E. Owen and E. R. Rhea to make a complete inspection and re- port. The two inspectors reported the cable shackle had slipped. Another thing to be determined was whether a governor cable, part of the safety de- vice, worked properly. The elevator, records showed at the building inspector’s office, was in- stalled January 4, 1904, and was given “its last inspection July 22 of this year. | In November, 1934, it was said, the ‘governor cable was ordered replaced, and this was reported done. WOMAN IS FOUND DEAD IN APARTMENT Mrs. Katheryn Shenk, Federal Worker, Victim of Cerebral Hemorrhage. Mrs. Katheryn Shenk. 57, a clerk in the Internal Revenue Bureau and sister-jp-law of the late William Hughes, former United States Sena- tor fro few Jersey, was found dead in her apartment yesterday at South- brook Courts, 3420 Sixteenth street. Her body was discovered as the re- sult, of an investigation begun by Aworkers in the Internal Revenue office after she had been missing since Tues- #flay. A coroner’s investigation revealed that she had died of a cerebral hem- orrhage a day before hef body was found. Funeral services will be held to- morrow in Paterson, N. J., where she lived for many years before coming to Washington about 10 years ago. She is survived by two brothers in New York City. —_— BUS CHANGE STUDIED Monroe Street Northeast May Be Relieved by New Schedule. Proposed changes in the route of the Rhode Island avenue hus line, de- signed to reduce traffic on Monroe street northeast, will be considered at a public hearing before the Public Utilities Commission at 5 p.m. Octo- ber 4. The line now runs both east and west on Monroe street. Traffic Direc- tor William H. Van Duzer reports he has found no undue congestion, but Ssuggests that westbound busses be op- erated through Lawrence or Newton streets if the route is changed. r Injured Mrs. Ninth and F streets. Mrs. Elizabeth Helwig (right inset) were among others injured. in Elevator Crash Estella Mueller pictured in Sibley Hospital, where she is being treated for injuries received in an elevator crash in the Atlas Building, he Fvening Htar WASHINGTON, D« C, Wedekind (left inset) and Mrs. Nellie HITS MERCHANTS Court of Appeals Upholds Ban on Use of Firms’ Areas. A decision by the United States Court of Appeals today deprived doz- ens of merchants, most of them in the wholesale districts, of parking space which they have been using for years for the loading and unload- | ing of their trucks. The decision was in tHe form of a denial of a writ of error filed by the Briggs Hotel Supply Co., 474 L street, its employes, wha was convicted some time ago by Judge Gus A. Schuldt in Traffic Court on a charge of occupying a public space. In upholding the decision of the lower court, through refusing to re- view the case, the Court of Appeals has deprived all persons and com- panies of the use of space lying be- tween the sidewalk and building line. These spaces have been used for might still be used, it was stated at the Police Court office of the cor- poration counsel, if the parking had not become both a nuisance and a menace to pedestrians. In many places, it was said, oil has gradually run from vehicles to the sidewalk, causing a slippery condition which has resulted in the injury of a num: ber ot perscns. Smith was arrested on June 19 after, police said, he had parked a light delivery truck on the public space in front of the com- pany's building and left it there 25 minutes without loading or unloading CAB DRIVERS’ UNION PRESIDENT IS HELD, Henning Charged With Operat- ing Vehicle Without License Following Revocation. Bernard L. Henning, president of the Cab Drivers' Protective Union, whose $25“business license was re- | voked Tuesday for failure to abide by the zone rates set by the Public Utilities Commission, was arrested to- day on a charge of operating an un- licensed public vehicle. Henning was arrested by Officer J. L. Mavars of the hack inspector’s office while sitting in his taxicab at a hack stand near the navy yard. He was locked up at No. 5 precinct. Collateral of $50 is required on this charge. When the Commissioners revoked his license, on recomendation of the District License Committee and Cor- poration Counsel E. Barrett Pretty- man, Henning was given 24 hours | in which to turn in his public vehicle | peth T. Sullivan of the Federation of license. After he had failed to do this the | hack inspector’s office instituted a | tion of Oldest Inhabitants and other search for him. Globe Trotter, Optimist, Here After 16th Trip Around World Julius Brittlebank, perennial globe trotter, has arrived again in Washing- ton, genial, ruddy and active at 77, his sturdy legs still keyed to the roll of the freighter which conveyed him on his sixteenth trip around the world. An optimist is Mr. Brittlebank, an optimist so confirmed that neither war nor revolution can shake him in his faith that the world is becoming yearly a better place in which to live, a wealthier, happier place to visit and observe. Brittlebank saw Mussolini’s troop ships, an argosy of them, massed with men, moving through the Suez Canal on their way to the Ethiopian border, but he saw nothing very ominous in the movement, nor in the electric air of the Mediterranean, where battle squadrons are jockeying into position. “I'ts all a lot of bluff in the big game of colonial expansion,” said Brittiebank. “Please don't think I think I know it all; I'm only guessing, of course, like any other outsider. “But I've been on the ground. I know WW much the big powers hlvy Hospital Memorial Left for Any Il | Ma gruder or Hooe Member of Prominent| | Families Provides for Care of “Ailing.” A memorial room in some Wash- | ington hospital, to be used by any | “sick or ailing” Magruder or Hooe, will be established under the will of ! Mary B. Hooe, filed in District Su- preme Court today. Miss Hooe is connected with both | families, which are well known in | Washington and Prince Georges County. She died here July 29. The will, which disposes of about | $16,000, leaves the bulk of the estate | C. Hooe, and after his death this| trust is to be used by th= exgcutor and | trustee, Caleb Magruder, for a hos- | pital room as a memorial to her pare | ents. | When the room is not being occupied by a Hooe or a Magruder, it may be used free of charge by an indigent. Leo P. Harlow and M. Hampton Ma- | gruder represented the «xecutor before WELEARE B0ARD - PENSION AGENCY | | | | Commissioners Urged to | Place Old-Age Benefits | Under Group. Administration of the District's old- | age pension law should be placed in | the hands of the Board of Public Wel- | fare rather than under some new or independent director, the Corffmis- sioners were advised today by repre- sentatives of a group of civic, social and religious organizations. The Commissioners informed the | delegation the matter had not been | decideds The city heads have before them a | number of suggestions. One is that | the old-age pensions be administered | | by the newly created District Unem- | | ployment Compensation Board. An- | other is that a separate agency be | | set up. Still another is that an asso- | ciate director under the compensation ! board be appointed to handle old-age pensions and blind pensions. The delegation today included Wal- ter S. Ufford, representing the Execu- | tive Committee of the Monday Eve- | ning Club: Mrs. Louisa Roberts of | the Council of Social Agencies; Mrs. | W. W. Husband of the Twentieth | | Century Club, Mrs. William Morgan | | of the “Voteless” D. C. League of | Women Voters, Dr. William L. Darby of the Washington Federation of Churches, William H. Savin of the Family Service Association, Mrs. Eliza- Citizens' Associations and James F. Duhamel, representing the Associa- groups. to lose if war breaks out. Take the Suez Canal. It’s invaluable. Think of the enormous wealth which flows through it, and of the constant peace- time fight which ,oes on to keep nat- ural forces from closing the channel. “Europe and the world can’t afford to close that‘canal even for a few days. If there is fighting, it will be a local scrap. Every one knows that overcrowded Europe must- colonize Africa. Mussolini’s men whom I saw swarming on his transports looked more like laborers and colonists than soldiers to me.” Brittlebank landed in New York yes- terday on a cargo boat which main- 'Change Will Be Made When New LOW-COST HOUSING PROJECTSIND.C. CUT T0 ONE 108 Slum Clearance Financing Slashed—Anacostia Tract Retained. NEW DEAL CHIEFS SET FOR WAVE OF PROTESTS Surprise Evinced Over Ickes' Act in Keeping Market Closed on East Site. Out of the wreckage of his Nation- wide slum-clearance program, Secre- tary Ickes has succeeded in salvaging comletely only one of the three low- cost housing projects originally plan- ned for Washington. The $8,100,000 set aside for housing in the Capital has been cut to $1,- 660,000. From this amount Secre- tary Ickes will promote the develop- ment for colored residents Bconing road northeast, reserving $80.00 for | the purchase of a 55-acre tract for future use in the Anacostia district. The proposed slum clearance proj- ect for colored residents in the vi- cinity of the War College has been abandoned completely. For weeks this ill-fated project has been entangled in court proceedings. New Deal chiefs were all set today for a wave of protests from those ccmmunities which lost expected housing projects as a result of orders from President Roosevelt requiring | two-thirds of the national program | to be thrown overboard. The $100,~ 000,000 at his command for low-cost housing, Ickes announced, will build only 37 projects throughout the coun- try. Of this amount, $1,500,000 will be devoted for administrative and emergency purposes. Many Protests Are In. On the basis of the reduction. many Senators and Representatives had hurried to Washington even before the final list was issued, to protest against | the exclusion of projects in their dis- tricts. In addition to the 37 projects | now to be undertaken, work will be | continued on seven slum-clearance de- velopments already under construc- tion. | The virtual collapse of the Wash- ington program was not unexpected, as it was a foregone conclusion at least that it would suffer on the same basis with other sections. | There was some surprise, however, over Ickes' act in taking off the open market the 55-acre tract in Anacostia, originally planned for a $3,500,000 de- velopment. The site adjoins a 45-acre tract acquired by the Hollywood Park Corp. of Government employes in the | vicinity of Alabama and Pennsylvania | avenues southeast. Ickes has no funds available to build in Southeast Washington and there is | no immediate prospect of funds being obtained. Developments have given the Holly- wood corporation a jump on Secretary Ickes. Whereas his own plans for the Anacostia project are hamstrung, the Government employes expect to go ahead steadily with the Hollywood de- velopment. They predict that 190 houses of moderate cost will be con- structed on their site within a year. The Housing Division of P. W. A. recently obtained an option on usl Anacostia site, taking the land from under the eyes of the Hollywood cor- poration which had thought it held an option on at least half of the acre- | age. They were “sold out,” however, by the property owners. As a result, the Hollywood corporation was forced to acquire another site nearby. Whether Secretary Ickes has sc- tually purchased the 55-acre site in Anacostia or was merely still holding an option on it was not cleared up today by the Housing Division. They are in the dark themselves as to his future plans. Land Held in Reserve. ‘The land, however, is being held in reserve in either case until such time as Ickes finds the money to start building. Meanwhile, no one else is likely to purchase the acreage. The development on Benning road is intended to provide 92 three-room flats, 21 two-room apartments, 43 three-room apartments and 167 four | and five room row houses. The site, occupying 13 acres of vacant land, is bounded by the proposed extensions of Twenty-fourth, H and I streets. Ickes has ordered the name of the project changed from Kingman to Langston Terrace. The project will utilize only avout 20 per cent of the site for buildings, the remainder of the land being de- voted to open areas and recreation space. It faces an extensive colored community. Construction work on all the 37 projects salvaged from his Nation- wide program is expected to vegin before January 1 next. The 37 projects were selected, Ickes said, because of the advanced stages of their plans. M STREET TWO-WAY Lights Are Installed. M street from New Jersey avenue to Thirteenth street will be made available for two-way traffic after in- stallation of new traffic lights at Thir- teenth and M streets and Sixth and M streets has been completed, Traffic Director William A. Van Duzer an- nounced today. Installation of the new lights by the Potomac Electric Power Co. at a cost of $164.74 was ordered today by the Commissioners. After the street is made a two-way tains a regular express schedule all the . ay around the world. The boat is owned by an American company which, Brittlebank said, is doing much to open up foreign markets. The globe trotter, who makes his home while not on the road at Charleston, S. C, had put almost 2,000,000 miles behind him since he retired from business at 50 and set out to see the world and the peopie of the world, | policies artery parking will be permitted on only one side, Van Duzer said. Boy Burned Fighting Fire. Vincent Di Stefano, 16, of 1714 B street southeast was treated at Gal- linger Hospital last night for pain- ful burns to the arm and leg, received at a fire in the storehouse of Michael Del Balso, contractor, at Ninteenth and B streets southeast. The boy was assisting in extinguishing the blaze, < FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, More Space for Navy Planes Ailr view shows present Naval Air Station at Anacostia, with open space in rear which will be added to give | Navy flyers more room. The added territory. about 319 acres, was the old Bolling Field used by the Army. | Outright title to the entire property now goes to the Navy, with the Army using newly developed space to the ~—Official Photograph United States Navy. south. CAPT. CLARK QUITS D. . RELIEF POST Deputy Works Progress Ad- ministrator’s Break on Policy in Background. A break in the ranks of the District relief directors occurred today wnen Capt. Howard F. Clark, Assistant En- gineer Commissioner, resigned as| deputy works progress admin- istrator for the| District. His res- | ignation was ac- cepted by Com- missioner George E. Allen and the | Commissioners promptly desig- nated Auditor| Daniel J. Dono- van to fill the position. Capt. Clark gave no reason for get- ting ont of the cortrol of the work-relief program other than to say that the District Works Projects Board, which he headed, now has completed its duty of passing on pro- posed works programs. 1t has been rumored for months, however, that Capt. Clark has not | been in sympathy with many of the in the District work-reliet system. His engineering training made it difficult for him to sponsor many of the projects sent to his committes primarily as a means of giving steady work to the unemployed on the relief list, officials have been informed. His decision to step out of the| W. P. A. direction coincided with the | development of the question of whether the hours of mechanics on W. P. A. projects should be shortened. Labor leaders opposed the security wage scales fixed for the W. P. A.| claiming the effect would be to break | down union wage scales in private | fields. The Federal administration compromised with labor last week by instructing local administrators that they could, if they saw fit, reduce the hours of work for mechanics. This would have the effect of showing a higher hourly wage rate. John Locher and other officials oti the Washington Building Trades Council last year made an official pro- test to the Commissioners over their designation of Capt. Clark as chair-| man of a District Committee to han- | dle “kick back” complaints against contractors. They said he was not in | sympathy with union wage scales. In- stead of filing complaints with Clark's committee, organized labor leaders took complaints to Senator Walsh's “kick back” committee of the Senate, and later Capt. Clark was called there to be questioned about District policies | on wages. Capt. Clark has been acting in an official capacity ever since the original | work relief program was started ln| November of 1933, when the Civil ‘Works Administration was launched. He has continued to serve in engi- | neering direction of the succeeding Emergency Works Administration and the Works Progress Administration. In the past few months he sat as chairman of the projects board which approved works programs costing some $13,000,000, which had been sent to the Federal W. P. A. H. F. Clark. | Licensed to Marry. UPPER MARLBORO, Md., Septem- ber 27 (Special).—Marriage licenses have been issued here to the following: Francis Louis Glasgow, 21, and June Burnell Gill, 20. both of Hyattsville, Md., and Wilmer Richard Edelen, 22, Upper Marlboro, Md., and Katherine Sarah Ellingsworth, 21, Queens Vil- lage, Long Island, N. Y. 1935. (Story on Page A-2) Society and General Sees President SENATOR WILLIAM H. KING. The chairman of the Senate Dis- trict Committee is shown as he called at the White House yester- day to discuss the Municipal Cen- ter program and the silver pur- chase act with the President. King is still on crutches because of an ankle injury. —A. P, Photo. HOUSING MERGER DENIED BY FAHEY |laws, and in any one of these a Dis- | trict resident can lose his right to Home Loan Bank Board Head Says Jobs Are Good for Some Time to Come. Chairman John H. Fahey of the Federal Home Loan Bank Bossé yes- terday applied another spike to the recurrent rumor of consolidation of Federal housing bureaus and told newspaper men the mass of H. O. L. C. employes were assured of jobs “for some time to come.” Fahey also stated that a Nation- wide survey of real estate and home financing conditions made by co- | operating financial organizations re- vealed “striking improvement.” The survey showed an average increase in rentals since April 1 of 7.6 per cent, with some of the New England States being the only areas not reporting an advance. The chairman stated he had heard numerous stories that organizations under his direction would be merged with the Federal Housing Adminis- tration, P. W. A. housing and other bureaus, but if there was any truth to them he knew nothing about it. He -explained that he was working with other housing chiefs to co-ordi- nate activities of the various bureaus. He promised there would be no ma- terial reduction in the corporation’s personnel in the near future. Guards at Bellevue Magazine Told to Ban Communists Guards at the Bellevue Magazine are under special orders to be on the look- out for and prohibit the entrance of Communists to the Government prop- erty, it was disclosed yesterday at the Naval Court of Inquiry hearing on the fatal shooting Saturday of John D. Moriarty, Government Printing Office employe. Moriarty was shot by Pvt. John F. ‘Whitmore, Msrine guard on. sentry duty at the main gité, when he knocked the gate ajar with his car and drove into the grounds. The shooting occurred during & scuffie at the auto- mobile. During the course of the investiga~ tion, Whitmore was asked: “Did you receive lnm'\:tlml to keep Communists out of the magazine?” “Yes,” Whitmore replied, “about a month ago.” Whitmore, in answer to questions, declared he was aware of the serious nature of the work going on at the Bellevue magazine. His story as to the accidental shooting of Moriarty was substantially the same as that told previously by other witnesses. Adjourning at 4:30 p.m., the court agreed to reconvene Monday at 9 a.m. Final arguments will be submitied then, it was said, and recommenca- tions in the case will be sent Secretary of the Navy Swanson possibly the next day. Col. Harold L. Parsons, Marine Corps, heads the court. Whitmore already has been exon- erated by a coroner’s jury. | tue street in front of his home. | was | them serious, ONLY 5 ACCIDENTS OCCUR IN TRAFFIG {Lone Casualty Is Boy, 6, Slightly Bruised by Truck in Street. PAGE B—1 OVERHEAD WIRES AT AIRPORT SOON WILL BE REMOVED Pepco Officials Announce Plan Ending Three Years of Agitation. SURVEY TO DETERMINE COST IS COMPLETED 1,200 to 1,500 Feet of High-Ten- sion Line to Be Placed Underground. One of the worst hazards of the Washington Airport—overhead high- | tension wires—will be removed as soon | 8s possible, Potomac Electric Power Co. officials promised today. The announcement climaxed a cam- paign for removal of the wires which dates back more than three years. It had been intensified recently as a re- | sult of ‘an airplan- crash in California |in which a pilot, co-pilot and stew- | ardess were killed when their plane struck similar suspended power lines. The power company said it was willing to place the lines in under- ground cables and was completing a survey to show the cost, proper method and extent of the wiring to be buried Wires Down in District. | There are some 1.200 to 1.500 fect of high-tension lines suspended about 30 feet above the southeastern ap+ { proach to the airport in Virginia. | Except for a telephone wire along the Pennsylvania Railroad tracks, faey are | the last such hazards around the field. The telephone line was said not to constitute any serious danger. The Public Utilities Commission, in Washington's motorists became more safety conscious today as police re- ported only five accidents, none of A child was the lone casualty, and his injuries were slight The victim was 6-year-old Jackie Bradley, 724 Third street, who re- ceived a cut lip and bruised knee when struck by a truck as he crossed He treated at Casualty Hospital Jesse B. Slaughter, Ashland, Va., was | driving the truck, police said. Cars were damaged in the other | crashes, one of which involved a mail | truck that overturned in a collision | at Thirty-eighth and Warren streets. | of Vehicles and Traffic Messenger's Condition Serious, Meanwhile, Franklin Britt, 19. of 1132 Fourth street northeast, a mes- senger, who was injured yesterday when his motor cycle collided with a | truck, was still in a serious condition | in Casualty Hospital. He received a mangled foot, brain concussion and a possible fracture of the skull. Reviewing cases involving the Dis- trict’s new financial responsibility law, the American Automobile Association reported today that 42 drunken drivers and hit-and-run motorists had been | denied driving privileges during the | five-week period from August 15 to September 21. Remarking on the speed with which the law, effective August 1, has brought offenders to account, the A. A. A. said dents of the District. were handled during that period by the Department ‘The depart- ment suspended 37 driving permits and “blacklisted” five persons who were driving without proper credentials and now will be unable to obtain a permit The remaining 35 cases are pending final investigation, In addition, the department suspended 30 license tags. Convictions Are Many. Of the 42 drivers who lost their right to operate a motor vehicle because they had no liability insurance or otherwise did not qualify under the safety responsibility act, 20 were con- victed in District courts, 19 in Mary- land, 2 in Virginia and one in Dela- ware, the A. A. A. reported. There are 26 States which have similar drive here. The A. A. A. noted that all of the cases under the new law so far have involved persons convicted of driving while drunk or hit-and-run driving where personal injury has resulted. |SCHOOL EXPANSION APPEAL SUBMITTED Mrs. Doyle and Dr. Ballou Head Delegation Before Commis- sioners Urging Funds. Facing prospects of a slash of $4.000,000 or $4,500,000 in their esti- mates for the next fiscal year, school authorities appeared before the Com- missioners today to make a strong defense of their plans for expansion of the school system. The delegation was headed by Mrs. Henry Grattan Doyle, president of the Board of Education, and Dr. Frank W. Ballov, superintendent of schools. The proposed 1937 school budget totals $18,041,339, or an increase of | $6,500,000 over current '&ppropria- tions. The Commissioners were un- derstood to have told the school heads | they could have between $2,000,000 and $2,500,000 more than appropria- tions for the present fiscal year. Com- missioners are hoping to be able to chop down the total estimate to ap- proximately $47,000,000. They say this is necessary if the District is to live within its expected revenues. School officials appearing with Mrs. Doyle and Supt. Ballou were George M. Whitwell, Dr. J. Hayden Johnson, Benjamin L. Gaskins and Henry I. Quinn, members of the board, and Stephen Kramer, G. C. Wilkinson, Robert L. Haycock and Jere Crane, assistant superintendents, and Charles B. Degges, secretary of the board. :Goit Tournament Dated. The annual Fall golf tournament for employes of the District government will be held October 9 at the Washing- ton Golf and Country Club, the Com- missioners announced today. Capt. Howard F. Clark, Assistant Engineer Commissioner, is the defending cham- pion. t 77 cases, all except one involving resi- | the Summer of 1932, ordered the power company to remove its overhead lines | and poles on the District side of the airport. The wires were buried and | the poles taken down shortly there- after. But the question was raised whether the commission had jurisdic- tion over the Virginia part of airport territory. This question is being set- tled now by the Boundary Commise | sion. ‘ McClellan to Get Survey. The present lines belong to the | Braddock Power Co.. an affiliate of | the Potomac Electric Power Co. The survey regarding their removal probe ably will be submitted tomorrow to Dr. William McClellan, P. E. P. Co. | president. Company officials said about 450 subscribers are served by the lines. | Although most planes entering or leaving the field fly over the wires at a safe height. a miscalculation might result in a grave accident, it was said, Representative Randolph of West Vire | ginia, chairman of an aviation sub= committee of the House District Com= mittee, vesterday wrote Dr. McClellan demanding removal of the wires. He said he would not “rest” until this was done. There has been similar agita- tion in Congress for some time. BOARD HEAD SLAIN, PRINCIPAL A SUICIDE President of West Virginia Coun- ty School Body Shot to Death | in Office. By the Associated Press. CLARKSBURG, W. Va., September 27.—James F. Tracy. 32-year oid prin- cipal of the Mount Clare Junior High School. broke into the private office of Dr. J. W. Corder, president of the Harrison County School Board, late yesterday and killed both the physician and himself. | Tracy was the son of Mrs. Dora | Tracy, who for 13 years had been secretary to Wade H. Coffindofer, su- | perintendent of schools. She lost her position on July 1 along with her eme ployer as the new School Board took office. | Laco Wolfe, former chief of police, was in Dr. Corder’s office when Tracy broke into the room, automatic pistol in hand. “I shouted to him, ‘For God's sake, don’t shoot”"” Wolfe said. “But he fired four times at Corder and turned the smoking gun to his own heart as the chairman slumped to the floor.” Tracy had been ill for some time. A note found in his pocket said an X-ray picture disclosed he was af- flicted with a malignant growth. ANDREW L. HUSS, 70, DEAD IN FREDERICK | Retired Employe of Government Printing Office Was Penn- sylvania Native. Special Dispatch to The Star. FREDERICK, Md., September 27— Andrews L. Huss, 70, for many years a resident of Washington and a fore- man in the Government Printing Office, died at his home here late yesterday after a three-month iliness, Born in Waynesburg, Pa., Mr. Huss | moved to Washington in 1893, where he lived until his retirement from the Government service five years sgo, when he bought a home here. He was & member of the District sa= sonic Lodge. Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Flor= ence Reeder Huss; a brother, James B. Huss of Washington; two sisters, Mrs. Ralph Cooley of Spokane, Wash., and Miss Ida D. Huss of Washington, and two daughters, Mrs. Monroe Zentz of University Park, Md., and Mrs. Dene meade Kolb of Salisbury, Md. Funeral services will be held tomor= row at 3 p.m. at the Etchison Lwneral home, Frederick. VIDAL FREED ON BOND Air Commerce Head Relepsed on Charge of Speeding. e Eugene L. Vidal, director of the Bureau of Air Commerce was released on this personal"bond by Judge Isaac R. Hitt in Traffic Court foday on as’ charge of speeding. Vidal was arrested on Wisconsin avenue by Policeman W. E. Bicker of the Traffic Bureau. &