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Washington News DE PASS INCICTED ON MURDER COUNT IN FEUD SLAYING Also Cited by Grand Jury on Two Charges of Crim- inal Operations. WIFE AND MALE NURSE HELD AS ACCOMPLICES Homicide Charges Against News- boy Ignored—True Bills Returned in Restaurant Hold-Up. Three indictments, one charging first degree murder and two charging criminal operations, were returned to- day by the District Grand Jury against David L. De Pass, alias Russell, 41, who allegedly shot and killed Ray- mond O. Conrad, 27, in the early morning of September 1, climaxing & seven-year feud between the pair. Both illegal operations were per- formed at De Pass’ home, 4753 Reser- voir road, on the afternoon or evening preceding the shooting, police said. Indicted with De Pass in both the latter cases was his wife, Mrs. Grace G. De Pass, while Corliss H. Bowen, described by police as a male nurse, was charged in one of the cases. Gun, Knife and Pipe Used. The fight between De Pass and Conrad, in which Conrad is said to have used a revolver, a butcher knife and a gas pipe, ended when De Pass sent a 25-caliber rifle bullet through the other man’s body, police stated. The immediate calse of the fight was a dispute over one of the women on whom De Pass is alleged to have operated, and who still is in the hos- pital. Conrad, who was her friead, sought to compel her ta leave the De Pass home, but De Pass objected, officials said. De Pass and Bowen are sald to have driven Conrad from the house. He returned, armed with a gas pipe, and is alleged to have struck De Pass with it several times before he was shot. De Pass told police there had been bad blood between himself and Con- rad since 1928, when Conrad broke his jaw during a fight at a party. 46 Indictments Returned. Forty-six indictments in all were reported and six charges ignored. The jury then was excused by Jus- tice Peyton Gordon, having completed its three months of service. panel will be chosen tomorrow, the first day of the Fall term of court. Three men and a woman were in- dicted on robbery charges as a result of the “blackface” hold-up of Thomp- son's Restaurant, 1113 Pennsylvania avenue September 4, when a patron ‘was shot in the wrist. Those named by the jury were Mor- ris Carlton Beck, 24; Edward Joseph Fitzgerald, 25; Vivian Jenkins, 20, and Martin J. Walsh, 35. All three men ‘are said by police to have served terms in the Lorton Reformatory. Beck and Fitzgerald are alleged actually to have accomplished the robbery, while the woman and Walsh, it was charged, knew of their activ- ities and associated with them. Only | ‘Walsh, who was indicted last week on | | | other robbery charges, has been ar- | Tested. Homiclde Charge Ignored. Among the cases ignored was a homicide charge against Paul John | Morrison, 26, a newsboy, who was | held by & coroner’s jury in the death of Hyman Azervoitz, 16, of 506 Fifth street, August 3, during a tussle in front of the Munsey Building. Azer- voltz, who Morrison said took a news- paper without paying fer it, died of a broken vertebrae A second-degree murder indictment was returned against Albert Taylor, 35, colored, whose truck, from which he had leaped during pursuit by a| revenue man, struck and killed Annie | E. Briscoe, 60, colored, of 407 K street. Another colored woman, Edna Chase, 27, of Naylors court, was seriously in- | Jured by the runaway machine. The accident occurred in the 100 block of Naylors court July 5. Taylor was being pursued by James W. Rogers of the alcohol tax unit of the Treasury Department, who finally captured him. Two and s half gallons of liquor are said to have been found in Taylor’s truck. Other Indictments, Others indicted were Ceaso B. Hath- away and Deward Edgar Walker, non- support of wife; John Henry Murray, non-support of wife and minor chil- dren; Willle Welsh, Benson Pough, Eugene Jones and Sidney Mudd Price, assault with a dangerous weapon; George 8. White, Lorraine Hammett, George T. Warrick, Willie Shields, Rudolph Pediford and Edgar H. Richardson, grand larceny; James E. Robinson, William Thomas, Edward ‘Webster, Joseph Fowler, Daniel T. Holton, John F. Hall and Constantine P. Pergantls, joy riding; John F. Hall, Constantine P. Pergantis, Paul Mueller, Antono Domingas and Walter Crosby, housebreaking and larceny; Harry Jones, housebreaking; Jesse C. Wil- lams, Thomas Knox, Joe Tabbs, Lander Dodson, John Traverson, Mike Coovage, Leroy Brown, Lee McClure, Louis B. Richards, Hilde A. Klein and Robert Daniels, robbery; Horace E. Davis and James Thompson, robbery and abduction; Genevieve Waller, ab- duction}/ William R. Countee, Ernest Ercus, Johnson, Simon Herson, Frank Partee, Charles Ezell, Beulah Clarke, John Jomes Hawkins, Dennis P. Tinney and James A. McEaddy, wviolation of the liquor taxing act of 1934; Milton 8. Taylor and William , false pretenses; John Cheatham, on section 33 United States Penal Code; Willls Palmer Harris and Herbert Bailey, violation section 194 United States Penal Code; Sigurd Bo, violation section 218 United States Penal Code; Archibald Lyles, Clarence Bsck, Willlam Tierney and Robert Louis Austin, violation of national motor vehicle theft act, and Albert Taylor, second degree murder. ‘The following charges were ignored: Fred Naylor, David Jones and ‘Wheeler Wilkins, assault with a dan- ‘weapon; James H. Marvel, larceny; Prank 8. Guy and Odell Cheeks, violation of the liquor The F ening AY MORNING EDITION WASHI Buéky Harris Signs Again manager of the Nationals. Clark Griffith smiles as he signs Bucky Harris for another year as (Story in Sports Section.)—Star Staff Photo. D. C. SCHOOL WORK PROECTS 0. K.D |President Approves $289,- 799 for Improvements to 173 Institutions. President Roosevelt, on recom- mendation of the Works Allotment | Board, has approved 173 District | school improvement projects and set projects suitable for employment of relief workers will be selected by Com- | missioner George E. Allen, District works progress administrator, and | will be undertaken at once. Individual allotments range down- ! ward from $12,117.05 approved for Central High School. The work to be { done will include physical improve- | ments for buildings and grounds. a A new | large number of the proposals for | !on, Tex. had the greatest decrease— elementary schools, including the im- | provement or construction of play- grounds. Other large allotments include $10,- 865.51 for McKinley High School, $7,- 646.98 for Eastern, $7,273.78 for Roose- velt, $6,686.77 for Dunbar and $6,- 083.52 for Western. Approved by D. C. Board. ‘The list was prepared for the Board of Education by Jere J. Crane, first assistant superintendent of schools in | charge of business affairs, and was | X subsequently approved by the Districi Commissioners. Those projects found unsuitable for employment of relief workers will be undertaken as public works jobs. The list of schools and amount | allotted to each follows: Bancroft, $2,068.66;: Barnard. $1.- 806.05; Brookland, $1,795.75; Brown Junior High, $3,561.06; Buchanan, $2,870.41; Burrville, $2,756.16; Con- gress Heights, $2,555.84; J. F. Cook, $1,998.11; Alice Deal, $3,716.06; Douglas-Simmons, $3,329.06; Eaton, $2,270.26; Eliot, $3,773.61; . Francis Junior High, $3,679.08; Garrison, $1,810.41; Giddings, $1,504; Gordon, $4,054.13; Harrison, $2,492.16; Health, $1,313.75; Hine-Towers, $4,168; Jan- ney, $2,242.06; Lafayette, $1,132.50; Young, $1,821.40; Abbot Vocational, $338561; J. Q Adams (new), $2- 095.13; old Adams, $819.95; Addison, Ambush, $687.70; Amidon, . Armstrong, $3,888.36; Ban- neker, $687.70; Bell, $1,296.06; Be: ning, $608.35; Berret, $502.55; Bir- ney, $1,322.51; Rlair, $687.70; Blake, $687.70; Blow, $767.05; A. J. Bowen, $1,454.76; S. J. Bowen, $1348.9 Brent, $661.25; Briggs, $634.80; Brightwood, $1,428.31. Langdon Project. Langdon, $2,237.09; Lovejoy, $2,- 792.53; Macfarland, $4,941.09; McKin- ley, $10,865.51; Murch, $2,234.1 Oyster, $1,539.05; Park View, § 725.81; Paul Junior, $,201.91; Powell, W. B, $1,739.15; Raymond, $2,244.61; Stuart Junior High, $3,172.11; Taft, $2,687.01; Truesdell, $878.15; Whit- tier, $2.064.16; Woodridge, $1,499.85; Deanwood, $1,798.661; Dennison, $1,- 216.17. E. V. Brown, $1,798.59; Bruce, $1,~ 190.26; Bryant, $1,454.76; Bunker Hill, $343.85; Burroughs, $1,613.45; Carberry, $740.60; Cardozo High, $4,- 232.02; Central High, $12,117.05; Chain Bridge, $158.70; Cleveland, $978.65; H. D. Cook, $1,752.45; Corcoran, $6561.25. Cranch, $634.80; Crummell, $767.05; Curtis, $1,322.51; Lenox, $661.25; Lin- coln, $872.85. Dent, $634.80; Dunbar, $6,686.77; Eastern High, $7,646.98; Eckington, $714.15; Edmonds, $767.05; Emery, $1,322.51; Fairbrcther, $793.50; Fill- more, $634.30; Force, $779.96; Frank- lin, $3,914.61; French, $343.85; Gage, $1,084.45; Gales, $1,243.15; Garflel $1,084.45; Garnet-Patterson, $2,968. Grant, $1,163.80; Greenlief, $687.7 Grimke, $661.25; Hardy, $661.2 Hayes, $714.15; Logan (new), $661.2 Logan (old), $687.70; Ludlow, $740. Madison, $661.25; Magruder, $661.25; Mann, $634.80; Maury, $661.25; Mili. Road, $317.40; Minor Normal, $2,380.51; Monroe, §,507.66; Mont- $740.60; Morgan, $1,534.11; $343.85; Orr, $740.60; Payne, $634.8( Peabody, $1,348.96; Petworth, $1,- 666.36; Phelps, $2,274.71. Other Allotments. Hearst, $661.25; Henry, $1,190.26; Hilton, $634.80; Hubbard, $661.2i Hyde, $740.60; Jackson, $687.70; Jef- ferson, $2,142.46; Johnson, $634.80; Jones, $661.25; Keene, $687.70; Kenil- worth, $370.30; Ketcham, $687.70; Key, $$61.25; Kingsman, $608.35; Langley, $4,020.42; Langston, $1,058. Smallwood, $661.25; Smothers, $634.80; Stanton, $423.20; Stephens, $1,375.41; Stoddert, $634.80; Sumner, $1,031.55; Syphax, $978.65; Takoma, A taxing act of 1934, and Arthur L. Pope, carnal knowledge. [N { $1,639.91; Taylor, $634.80; Terrell, $1,587; Thompson, ’ aside $289,799 to pay for them' The | t FO0D PRICES HERE INCREASE 14 PCT. March 15-July 15 Advance in D. C. Twice Average for Entire U. S. The cost of food consumed by low- | salaried workers in the District of | Columbia increased 1.4 per cent from March 15 to July 15 of this year, according to figures made pubiic by the Labor Department. Washington was one of a score of | cities out of a total of 32 studied that reported an advance in food costs. The average increase for the 32 cities was .7 per cent. Baltimore reporled the greatest boost in food prices—4 per cent. | Portland, Me., and Jacksonville, Fla., | | had increases of 3.8 per cent. Hous- 136 per cent. New York City and Chicago also reported declipes. 1.5 Per Cent More Paid. Washingion consumers paid an | average of 15 per cent uore for house furnishings dusing the period of the survey. Other increases in this area were: Rent, .2 per cent, and miscellaneous items, .2 per cent. | Decreases were: Clothing, .3 per | cent, and fuel and light, 5 per cent. The average general increase in all | penses in Washington was .3 per | nt. The department said the principal items purchased in 32 cities by the low-salaried consumer group had in- | creased 2.7 per cent above their June, | 1934, cost, and 8 per cent above June, | 1933. { As compared with the period end- | ing March 15 the department said food, rent and household furnishing | goods were up a fraction, while cloth- ing and miscellaneous items dropped | slightly. It reported the most marked | change as & 4.9 per cent decline in | fuel and light costs. Changes in clothing costs were slight. The department attributed an advance of 2.2 per cent in Seattle to a State sales tax. In other cities the change was less than 1 per cent. Rentals Up in Two Cities. In only two cities—Detroit and Chi- cago—were the average rentals re- ported to have increased by more than 1 per cent. % Memphis and Seattle were the only | two cities to report fuel and light cost increases. The greatest drop was listed for Cincinnati—18.5 per cent—where natural gas rates were cut. Secretary Perkins explained: “The index numbers are constructed by pricing the commodities and serv- ices most important in the spending | cel NGTON, D. C, POTOMAC URGED ASLABORATORY IN POLLUTION TESTS $15,000,000 Program Fa- vored in Report of Na- tional Resources Board. ATTACK ON PROBLEM IN BASIN IS OUTLINED Domestic Sewage Disposal Plants ‘Would Cost Six Million, Is Estimate. A $15,000,000 program to make the Potomac River drainage basin a na- tional laboratory and demonstration unit for a proposed Nation-wide attack was recommended today in a special report to the National Resources Board. Tentative estimates have been drawn up for carrying out a complete pro- gram of abatement within the 14,000 square miles of the Potomac basin, including $1,000,000 for sewage treat- ment in the Washington Suburban Sanitary District. penditure was proposed for the con- strucion of domestic sewage disposal plants throughout the drainage basin and $3,050,000 for industrial waste treatment. Other items include $1.- 500,000 for building conservancy dams; $170,000 for protection against |acid waste in coal mines; $1.200,000 | when cotton is changed into cloth and for administration and engineering and $300,000 for special investigation. For the control of pollution in the | upper Potomac basin the Special Com= mittee suggested that projects in- volving $4,500,000 could be put into effect within three months if ap- proval is given the plan. Proposed sewage treatment in the Washington Suburban Sanitary District and a dam on the Savage River would be included in this initial program. No Expenditure Here. Since a $4,000,000 sewage-disposal | plant is now being constructed in the | District under a P. W. A. loan. no | immediate expenditure is contem- | plated in Washington. It was sug- gested, however, in the report that the partial treatment afforded by the | Washington plant would necessitate in | the future the expenditure of another $4,000,000. The Potomac River basin was sin- gled out to be the “pilot” plan be- cause it is sufficiently close to Wash- ington for careful and continued scrutiny. River conditions have been studied here by Federal, State, local and industrial agencies for more than 20 years, the report pointed out, and the four States concerned have had voluntary interstate agreements for & number of years. For the administrative control of the basin, the special committee ap- pointed by Secretary Ickes, chairman of the National Resources Board, pro- posed the creation of a board of five members. Four of them would be afpointed by the Governors of West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Maryland and Virginia. These are the States em- braced within the area of the Potomac basin. A fifth member, representink the Government, would be selected by the National Resources Board. Six-Point Program., This proposal for a Potomac River conservancy district was the main feature of a six-point program for the entire country. It was based on a survey made by a special advisory committee appointed by Secretary Ickes & year ago to draw up a pro- gram designed to bring domestic and industrial waste pollution under con- trol. The total estimated population in the water shed as of August 1, 1932, was 1,281,694, half urban and half rural. About 45 per cemt was with- in the District of Columbia; 25 per cent in Maryland and the remainder in the two Virginias and Pennsylvania. Population in Area. ‘The total estimated population dis- charging untreated sewage into the water courses within the Washington metropolitan area alone is 578,100. The population on the Potomac River drainage area above the District of of wage eamers and low-salaried workers, as shown by a study made in 1917-1919.” —_—— GAS VICTIM IN HOSPITAL Local Man Found Overcome in Kitchen. Malcolm McMichael, 25, of the 400 block of K street, was in an unde- termined condition at Gallinger Hos- pital today after he was found last | midnight in the gas-filled kitchen of his home. McMichael’s wife told police it was the third time her husband had been overcome by gas. —_ 14 NEW BUSSES HERE Put Into Service Today—10 More Expected in About Week. Fourteen new 32-passenger busses were put into service today by the Capital Transit Co. The busses ar- rived last night from Pontiac, Mich. Company officials said the vehicles will be used on regular lines, several of them probably on the new Con- necticut avenue route. Ten more busses are expected in about a week. $608.35; Twining, $634.80; Tyler, $661.25; Van Buren, $1,031.55. Phillips, $634.80; Pierce, $661.25; Polk, $661.25; Powell, W. B., $2,114.15; Randall Junior, $2,327.61; Randle Highlands, $714.15; Reservoir, $317.40; Roosevelt, $7,273.78; Russell, $687.70; Seaton, $925.75; Shaw, $5184.22; Shepherd, $317.40; Slater, $661.25. Van Ness, $634.80; Wallach, $1,- 375.41; Washington, $1,163.80; Webb, $634.80; Webster, $925.75; Weightman, $634.80; West, $1,692.81; Western High, $6,083.52; Wheatley, $2,195.36; ‘Wilson, $634.80; Wilson Normal, $2,* 803.71; Wisconsin Avenue, M. T, $317.40; Wormley, $634.80, - Columbia was estimated in 1933 to be 125,000. ‘The proposed administrative board would have nearly complete control over all problems in the 14,000 square miles of the area. For the purpose of direct contact with the National Resources Board, however, the special advisory committee was proposed. The administrative board would be empowered to negotiate contracts with municipalities, counties, States and private industries for the abatement adn correction of stream pollution. It would also be empowered to develop financing programs. Approximately one-third of the ex- penditures for domestic and industrial waste treatment, it was estimated, might ultimately be reimbursed by lo- cal governments. Part of the expenditures would be used for the development of a stream regulating program on the Upper Po- tomac River, the report stated, and perhaps ultimately at other points. “Sewage treatment will be neces- sary at & number of Government res- ervations and trade waste treatment at once,” it was recommended. ‘The regulating program for the Up- per Potomac could be undertaken in two or three months after the estab- lishment of the conservancy district. “Preliminary plans for this under- taking have already been completed by competent engineers and many of the surveys are available for immediate use,” it was said. “The Maryland Leg- islative Assembly has created a public body in this area with powers of taxa- tion and condemnation with which the conservancy district could negotiate prompt undertakings.” Domestic Problems. The Potomac drainage basin, the re- port points out, contains & number of domestic sewage treatment problems which, although relatively small in size, have the same characteristics as larger undertakings elsewhere. “Industrial wastes in the region are of considerable volume and cover practically all of the types which now confront the rest of the United States for solution,” the report sald. “The cost involved in this particu- N on the problems of water pollution | At least $6,600,000 of the total ex- | Supreme Court Faces Momentous Session Decision on A. A. A. to BeOne of First Handed Down ITH the future of the Na- tion’s political and economic \/ V philosophy hanging in the balance, the Supreme Court will convene next Monday in its new $11,000,000 temple for what many ob- servers pelieve will be the most momentous session in its history. By far the most important case awaiting the decision of the nine jus- tices is the attack on the constitu- tionality of the administration’s agri- cultural program—a decision that probably will be reached by Christmas. President Roosevelt, now on a tour of the West, already has indicated the New Deal will look to the A. A. A. program for its principal support in the farm belt during the forthcoming national elections. Should the court declare the act un- constitutional, many believe the issue of constitutional revision would then inevitably be raised in the 1936 cam- paign, If, on the other hand, the court should declare the legislation valid, it is believed the New Deal philosophy would become so strongly imbedded in the law of the land that it would stand, regardless of who is elected President. Procedure to Be Speedy. ‘The attack on the validity of the A. A. A. was launched by the Hoosac Mills Corp. of Massachusetts. Ordi- narily a decision would not be reached until long after Christmas, but the Farm Administration has indicated it wants the case expedited, and in such | circumstances the Supreme Court us- ually agrees to speedy procedure. ‘The Hoosac controversy attacks the constitutionality of processing taxes | | levied on cotton and other basic agri- | cultural commodities. For instance, | | wheat converted into fiour, a tax is | imposed. The A. A. A. act also as- sessed articles or commodities which already had been processed. That was called a floor stocks tax. Money thus derived is used for rental and benefit payments to farmers who agree to control of production or to withdraw land from cultivation. Other Laws Due for Test. Additional administration legisla- tion regarded as virtually certain to come before the bar of the court, for continued life or sudden death, in- | | cludes three acts standing at the core | of the President’s program: The Bankhead cotton production act, the first attempt in this country to regulate by national legislative command the amount of a commodity a man might grow without penaity. | (This act, while in a sense supple- mental to the A. A. A, stands apart in that it has compulsory features, | whereas voluntary co-operation of | Star MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1935. | right to bargain collectively and the in New Building. Vital issues affecting the future of the country will be decided in the new home of the Supreme Court (shown above) when that tribunal con=- venes next Monday. —A. P. Photo. farmers is implicit in the general ad- justment law.) The act creating the Tennessee Val- ley Authority, and indirectly, at least, putting Uncle Sam into the electric power business. | ‘The slum-clearance and low-cost housing program legislation. | Aside from these immediate gques- | tions the court is expected to have to pass ultimately on newer legislation, | including social security, the uumyi holding company regulations, the | Wagner act guaranteeing labor the Guffey act setting up a “little N. R. A" for the coal business. The problem of seating would-be | spectators next Monday rests on the shoulders of Frank Key Green. mar- shal of the court and an employe 44 years as page, crier, librarian“and marshal. Green admitted today that this task is no pleasure, since there are only 315 seats. “There will be no reserve seats,” he said; “it will be first come, first served. Of course—" ‘Then he explained that two seats always are provided for the family of each justice. Also there are always a few friends of the justices who de- serve to be present. | Members of the Sapreme Court bar also far outnumber the 102 seats pro- vided for them. Green said some of them also will have “to be placed” in the public section of 180 seats. Then he recalled the Attorney Gen- | eral, the solicitor general, the archi- | tects, the contractors, their families and so on. Finally Marshal Green's brows wrinkled. His “must” list was leaving few places for the “first come, | first served.” | The small capacity of the court room, architects and builders ex- plained, was the desire of the jus- tices. “After all, the Supreme Court is. not a spectacle,” one of them said. “This court is anxious to keep every- thing dignified. The justices were op- posed to anything that might have SESSIONS OPENED BY WAR MOTHERS Committees Named and Re- | ports Received at Annual | Convention Here. Business sessions of the American War Mothers' convention began today with appointment of special commit- tees and receipt of reports from State presidents and the national president, | Mrs. William E. Ochiltree. This morning at the Wardman Park Hotel delegates were welcomed by Capt. Howard F. Clark, Assistant | Engineer Commissioner, representing the District government, and a series of brief speeches were made by rep- resentatives of various patriotic or- ganizations and officers of the con- vention. The latter included Mrs. Irving Fairweather, national record- ing secretary; Mrs. Anne D. McClure, past national president; Mrs. Sarah Deeds, first vice president of the Dis- trict chapter, and Mrs. Lenore Harns- berger Stone, jr., past national presi- dent. A banquet at the hotel has| been arranged for this evening. Sessions Tomorrow. Tomorrow more reports will be given, and in the evening the con- vention will hear a concert by the United States Army Band and ad- dresses by Mme. Julia Cantacuzene- Grant and Miss Maude E. Aiton, principal of the Americanization School of Washington. Patriotic cere- monies will be directed by Mrs, Lydia Spofford, national Americanization chairman. Election of officers, originally sched- uled for Thursday, has been advanced to Wednesday. Thus far only one candidate for the presidency has been announced, Mrs. Howard C. Boone of Kansas City, Mo., present member of the Ways and Means Committee. Visit to Arlington. More than 100 Gold Star Mothers yesterday visited Arlington National Cemetery for their annual services in memory of soldiers killed in the World War. Wreaths were placed on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, followed by the placing of wreaths on the graves of the sons of many mothers who attended. Memorial services for the 464 War Mothers who died since the last na- tional convention were held at the hotel last night. A commemorative flower was laid at the foot of a me- morial cross by each of the State or- ganizations. British Troops. No individual British units are lo- cated permanently in India; troops are stationed there as part of their foreign service terms. lar district is sufficiently low to be within the range of Federal selec- tion.” Aside from administrative and in- vestigating expenses, the expenditures for domestic sewage treatment would be utilized as follows: West Virginia, $600,000; Maryland, $3,500,000; Penn- sylvania, $500,000; Virginia, $1,500,- 000; United States Government, $500,- 000. For industrial waste treatment: ‘West Virginia, $300,000; Maryland, $2,000,000; Pennsylvania, $200,000; Virginia, $500,000; United States Government, $50,000. The $170,000 for treatment of acid mine waste would be divided between West Vir- ginia and Marylsad, | Heads Mothers | | | | | was made possible today When the | Works Progress Administration in- | | cluded $22,736 for the purpose in allot- HUMANE SOCIETIES OPEN CONVENTION 500 Groups Represented in 59th Annual Meeting of Association. Representing more than 500 so- cieties for prevention of cruelty to children and animals, delegates were assembled at the Mayflower Hotel to- day for the fifty-ninth annual meeting | of the American Humane Association. ‘The convention, which will be in session through Thursday, was opened with an invocation pronounced by Rev. Raphael Harwood Miller, pastor of the National City Christian Church, and addresses of welcome by Dr. George C. Ruhland, District health officer, and Rev. C. Ernest Smith, pas- | tor of St. Thomas’ Episcopal Church. Sessions today and tomorrow will be devoted to children's activities, while Wednesday and Thursday will be confined to discussions of progress in prevention of cruelty to animals. Roy F. Woodbury, director of the Juvenile Protection Department at Buffalo, N. Y., declared the legaliza- tion of liquor constitutes one of the most serious problems faced by the youth of today. ‘Woodbury criticized the existence of “such so-called amusements for young boys and girls as dance marathons, traveling commercial street carnivals, taverns, roadhouses and the like, with their liquor and cheap shows, and sala- cious literature.” He charged that many of these taverns and roadhouses employ entertainers ranging in age from 12 to 21./ After hearing the annual report of its president, Sydney H. Coleman, the association was to be addressed this afternoon bygfour speakers, including two Government officials here—H. J. Anslinger, commissioner of the Bu- reau of Narcotics, and Miss A. Patricia Morss, chief of the child welfare divi- slon, Board of Public Welfare. . 1$19,649 Will Be for College the atmosphere of an arena.” | . U TEALLOTIED FOR STUDENT AID Projects and $3,087 for | High School Pupils. Prompt beginning of Government aid to needy high school and college students here, as a part of the Na- tional Youth Administration program, ment of funds for work-relief projects. Of this sum $16,369 will be for projects for college students, $3280 for postgraduate college students and $3,087 for District high school stu- on the relief list here. $76,001 for Rifle Range. At the same time the Federal W. . P. A notified Commissioner George E | Allen of the allotment of $76,001 for construction of target butts and a tar- get. house, completion of pistol and target ranges and road work at the National Guard rifle range at Camp Simms in Anacostia, and for repairs to the 260th Coast Artillery armory at Sixth street and Pennsylvania ave- nue, Two other projects for which funds | were made available were compilation of old records in the office of the District assessor taxes, $14,424, and | for compilation of statistical data in police precincts, $1,094. $525,000 for Relief. Commissioner Allen also received | word today of the allotment of | $525,000 for emergency relief activi- ties here during October. This sum is approximately $100.000 less than | more, Society and General PAGE B—1 WEEK END TRAFFIC TOLL IND. G. AREA 5 WITH 20 HURT Two Injured in Crash of Car Reported Stolen Dur- ing Police Chase. |BALTIMORE WOMAN DIES IN COLLISION Crane Highway Accident Sends Husband to Hospital—Takoma Park Youth Succumbs. ‘Three more traffic deaths yesters day, resulting from Maryland accie dents, raised the toll to five ovér | the week in the Washington area. | At least 20 others were injured, two | of them when a speeding automobile reported stolen crashed into their ma= chine in northeast Washington while | being chased by a policeman. Mrs. Hilda Longini, 36, of Baltis more, was fatally hurt and her huse band, Marcel Longini, 46, was seri« ously injured yesterday in a head- on collision on the Crane Highway near Annapolis. ‘The others who died vesterday were Wilbert Gary, 21, of 403 Carroll ave= nue, Takoma Park, Md., who was ine jured on September 13 when his motor cycle collided with an automobile at Ednor, Md., and Preston Vantroy, 63, colored, 1100 block of Twenty-second street. who died in Casualty Hospital of injuries received Friday when he was ck by an automobile near Bladensburg, Md. Woman Driving in Collision. In the accident near Mrs. Longini was driving, police sal when her automobile was in collisioq with an automohile driven by William Briscoe, colored. Great Mills, Md. Briscoe later was charged with recke less driving. Mrs. Longini died about an hour after the accident in the Crownsville State Hospital from se- vere cuts about the throat and other injurfes. Mr. Longini was taken to Emergency Hospital. Annapolis. where it was thought he may have a skull fracture. Frank G. Ely. Sandy Spring. Md, was driver of the automobile which collided with the motor cycle, fatally injurying Gary. Vantroy, the other man who died yesterday, was fatally injured when he stepped from behind an automobile directly into the path of another machine, according to Prince Georges County police. He had been conducting revival services in nearby Maryvland. The couple injured when their mae chine was struck by the automobile reported stolen were Walter P. Bowden, 51, and his wife, Lillian May Bowden, 50. of 516 East Capitol street The crash occurred at Bladensburg and Queen Chapel road while Police= man Irving Lubore, No. 1 precinct, was chasing two colored youths who oce cupied the allegedly stolen machine, The pair. George William Harris, 19, of the 200 block of V street, and Leroy M. Hunt, 15, of the 1200 block of First street, were arrested and booked for investigation after being treated for minor injuries. Mr. Bowden was treated at Casualty Hospital for fractures of the ribs and hand, in addition to numerous cuts, and Mrs. Bowden for fractures of the rib and jaw &and possibly ine ternal injuries 6 Washingtonians Hurt. Six Washingtonians were injured, one seriously, when the car in which they were returning from a dance | collided with a milk truck early Sun- day near Leesburg, Va. Francis R. Stevens, 25, of 4911 Forty-fourth street, driver of the car, is in the Leesburg Hospital with in- | dents who are members of families | ternal injuries and lacerations. His | condition is said to be serious. The others, all of whom were treated at the hospital for minor in- juries, were Mrs. Stevens, Mr. and Mrs. John F. Davis, 2520 L street. and Mr. and Mrs. Claude Lawson, Vienna, a. Accidents on the Baltimore Boule- vard yesterday sent three persons to Washington hospitals for treatment for minor injuries. Sarah Knott, 37, of Baltimore was treated at Sibley Hospital for cuts and bruises, while Winifred Hill, 26, and Seymour Solomon, 29, both of Balti- were treated for bruises and shock at Casualty Hospital. Miss Knott was injured in an accident at Laurel and the others in one at Belts« ville. Frank L. Call, 31, of Roanoke, Va.; his wife Ruth, 28; their 2-year-old son Joseph and a colored maid were injured when their automobile crashed into one of the supports of a railroad underpass at Accotink, Va., late yese that granted for September, but Com- | terday. They were taken to Fort Bele missioner Allen was advised by his as- sistants this reduction would be more voir Hospital, where Call, who was than made up by diminution of the relief rolls due to transfer of relief clients to W. P. A. projects, For general relief purposes next month, Federal officials allotted $350,- 000, as compared with $456,000 for this month; for transient relief, $80,000, as | compared with $110,000 for this month, and for relief research, $95.000, as compared with $60,000 for Sep- tember. Provision for Students. Post-graduate college students un- der the educational aid program may Teceive a maximum of $30 a month. Other needy college students are to receive an average of $15 a month but may be given as high as $20 a month. Those to receive the sums are to be certified by ocellege officials as being in weed of help and all of them will be assigned to work programs to be selected by college heads. High school students may receive up to $6 a month and will not have to engage in work projects to earn the money. In their cases, however, they must be certified as being members of families on the District relief list be- fore they are eligible. Commissioner Allen said the programs could be started as socn as various officials certify the list of needy high school and college students. Commissioner Allen conferred today with Dr. Prank W. Ballou, superin- tendent of schools, regarding various aspects of student aid and later was scheduled to meet with Aubrey Wil- liams, assistant to Harry L. Hopkins, | | badly cut about the head, was found to be the most seriously- injured. Foot Ball Player Hurt. Angus Lamond, 24, former St. John's College athlete and an oute standing foot ball and lacrosse player, and three other persons were injured when two cars collided on the Defense Highway near Annapolis. Lamond was treated at Emergency Hospital, Annapolis, for a leg injury and pere mitted to go to his home in Takoma Park, D. C. Miss Magel Kehoe, 19, of 3644 Warder street, had several teeth knocked out, and Harry Emerick, 24, of Baltimore, suffered a possible con= cussion of the brain. Both remained in the hospital. Miss Carolyn Bote= ler, 20, of Baltimore, the fourth vice tim, was released from the hospital after being treated for a cut arm. State Trooper J. C. Gates said the injured were riding in a car operated by Emerick, which was in collision with one driven by Francis Newman of Annapolis, who escaped unhurt, John Sickler, Takoma Park, D. C,, continued in a serious condition toe day at a hospital in Winchester, Va., with a broken back as a result of being hurled headlong from an over- turning automobile he was driving near Middletown yesterday. His brother escaped with minor cuts and bruises, returning home. A new bus, one of a group ordered by the Capital Transit Co., while en route to this city last night crashed into a parked automobile near Bethege da, Md,, while on the Rockville Pike head of ‘the Federal W. P. A. 4 and turned over in a ditch, 4