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Washington News YADEN GOT GRAFT KNOWLEDGE FROM ROBERTS, HE SAYS Tells Reporters, Grand Jury Appearance, Press Was Also Source. SUMMONED FOLLOWING CHARGE IN ADDRESS People's Counsel Declares Will- ingness to Appear Before Inquisitorial Body. 1In an appearance before the grand Jury today which followed his public charges of graft in the District gov- ernment, James G. Yaden, president of the Federation of Citizens’ #Associa- tions, 15 said to have revealed People’s Counsel William A. Roberts and the public press as the sources of his in- N formation. The two cases which he charged‘ #never will be brought to trial” were | identified as arriving from incidents which already have been thoroughly aired in the newspapers. As to his broader allegation of graft in the District government, Yaden said his information consisted only in what he had read in the newspapers concerning the current investigation of the building inspector’s office. Before Jury Half Hour. Invited to tell the grand jury on what he based his charges, made in an address PFriday night before the Burroughs Citizens’ Association, Yaden arrived at the court house promptly | at 10:30 am. For 45 minutes he was kept waiting in the witness room. During this period he told reporters the substance of his testimony. He was before the jury approximately a balf hour. One of the cases concerning which Yaden testified was the indictment March 29 of Alfred J. Moss, District | building employe, on a charge of| solicitation of a felony. This indict- ment was nolle prossed May 21. The | case was presented again to the grand | “ jgury, which failed to indict the sec- ond time. United States Attorney Leslie C. Garnett said Moss was alleged to have agreed to waive the water charge | against a property owner in return for $15. He said the indictment was nolle | prossed because it was found the in- | dictment had incorrectly stated the water bill was owed by the complain- ing witness, whereas it really was « made out to his wife. Garnett said there was no statute covering the alleged offense and an extended search of the files was necessary to find a charge which might cover the alleged offense. Roberts Willing to Appear. Roberts said he would be “delighted” | to tell the grand jury what he knows concerning the Moss affair. “I was called before the grand jury when the case first was presented, but not the second time,” Roberts | asserted. “Capt. Robert E. York, the Assistant Engineer Commissioner, and | I still are holding the $15 that was paid, yet right now an effort is being ~ made to reinstate Moss. The District attorney never informed us that the case was nolle prossed.” Yaden said the other case to which he referred involved an employe of the District Water Department. He said he did not know the man's name or the facts concerning him. Garnett said he must have referred to the indictment May 23 of John Louis Wolarik on a forgery charge. Wolarik was said to have been in-; volved in a padding of a District | pay roll. He pleaded not guilty on June 21 and will be tried this Fall, Garnett declared. No Reason to Advance Trial. “There was no reason why we #hould advance the trial of this man,” said Garnetl. “He was at liberty on bail. There was only a week between his arraignment and the beginning of » the Summer recess, and during that time we were making strenuous efforts to elear up all our jail cases.” Asked if he told Yaden of this case, Roberts said he may have discussed it, but that he knew nothing about it except what he had read and heard in casual discussions. Whether Roberts would be called before the grand jury could not be learned early this afternoon. The invitation to Yaden to testify was extended by Norman E. Towson, erand jury foreman, after a conference with Justice Daniel W. O'Donoghue Send Letter to Yaden. Meanwhile, the Commissioners sent the following letter to Yaden: “The Commissioners have noted in « the public address that you are quoted es having made the statement that the District government is not free from graft and that you received this information from the District Build- ! ing. “Knowing your fairness the Com- missioners feel that you should give them the specific information you have and the source or sources. “The Commissioners’ aim has al- ways been directed toward an honest administration of District affairs, with absolute freedom from graft in el departments. As they desire to Investigate these charges at once, they will appreciate this information as soon as possible.” The letter was signed by Melvirr C. Hazen, as president of the board. LIQUOR STORE ROBBED 9 SRR S Bandit Holds Up Manager and Clerk With Shotgun. A sawed-off shotgun was employed Jast night by a bandit who robbed & liquor store at 609 Eleventh street southwest of $58 in cash and a quan- tity of liquor after forcing the man- sger and clerk to lie on the floor. The bandit suddenly pulled the shotgun from under his coat and trained it on Edward Smith, the man- ager, and Leroy Taylor, clerk, whom he forced behind the counter before ¥ making them lie down. The bandit = . | ready. !on similar charges. ved the money from the cash ter and took $45 worth of liquor J from shelves. He left the scene in an automobile. The E WASHINGTON, World Is Friendly, If Curious, 7-Foot C. U. Instructor Finds 3 K. Wimsatt Knows| A.nswers to All Ques- tions About Height. Before | Queries Same Even in Alien Languages—and So Are Ejaculations. BY JOHN J. DALY, Friendliest place in all this world is the land of 7-foot-tall, according to W. K. Wimsatt, instructor in Bng- lish at Catholic University, who com- mands that height. So few men are 7 feet tall, and no women, it would seem offhand that this would be a lonely state of exist- ence, like a lone pine overlooking the shrubbery. Mr. Wimsatt says “No” He ought to know. He has found that from that vantage point the world belo¥ takes on a supreme smile of friendli- ness, each upturned face poised for & question. After 10 years of it—he hit 7 feet when he was 17. Mr. Wimsatt knows all the answers to 50,000 questions asked him, for the little curiosities on tallness all run to the same level: “Pardon me, mister, I hate to be | inquisitive, and I hope I'm not offen- | sive, but I'd like to ask just one ques- tion: How tall are you?” “Is it raining up there, buddy?” And then those side remarks: “Battcha he'll be & lotta help tuh his mutther when he grows up.” Interest Is Kindly. Only rarely does Mr. Wimsatt feel like he'd willingly choke somebody. As a rule, the general run of men and women are just kindly and in- terested. When they ask a fellow 7 feet tall if he has to have his clothes made to order, if he can tuck himself in a Pullman berth, what size shoes | he wears, and if he has & brother who takes after him, they mean well They are showing an interest in life, and & spark of imagination. They wonder how it would be with them if they were 7 feet tall. To be 7 feet tall is a distinction in any land. Even when Mr. Wimsatt went to France he found the same old questions, the same old gestures, the same nodding of heads, and the same amazement written in the eyes of the coquetes: “One big giant!” The street urchins of Paris even| asked him if it were raining up there. So many times has this 7-foot | specimen of mgnhood heard the old questions that he has his answers all When a stranger approaches him and begins the litany, Mr. Wim- satt answers before the questions are asked: “Seven feet tall, 200 pounds, 28 years old, single, and what else would you like to know?” The mere fact that he stands 7 | feet tall has whiled away many an otherwise lonely hour on railroad train, travelling across country. A man 7 feet tall is about a foot and a half above the rest of human- ity, taking it by and large. When Giant Meets Giant. Only once in his career has Mr. Wimsatt met up with a stranger the | same height—on the public highway. That was one day walking down | Broadway in New York. Ahead of him came a man, head and shoulders bening Sfar WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION D. C, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1935. * MOTOR CARRIERS || :nm..ced ] |ARLINGTON COUNT! BUREAU MAPPED UNDER NEW LAW Ten Sections Being Set Up Here, With 16 Districts Operating in U. S. 13 KEY MEN APPOINTED TO ADMINISTER PLANS Staff Eventually to Have 600, Half in D. C.—Pay Roll Near $1,040,000. Outlining the orgAnization for the new Bureau of Motov Carriers, which will have jurisdictio: over the inter- state operation of frucks and busses under the motor carfier act, passed by the last Congress, th® Interstate Com- merce Commission today announced the bureau will have 10 sections here and a field force oprating in 16 dis- tricts over the country. The an- nouncement also carried the appoint- ment of 13 of the lkey men who will administer the law. 1t is estimated thé bureau will have a staff of about 6(0 employes—half here and the rest in the field. The pay roll will run around $1,000,000 per year. The commission already has advised carriers to file thei- applications for certificates of convefience and neces- sity October 15, and has allowed them | until December to file tariffs. The act gives it the powrr to decide if the rates of interstate commerce carriers are reasonable and to fix minimum | rates for interstate contract carriers. Scope of Wrrk Large. The bureau sections here will deal with certificates anc- insurance, traffic, #] | accounts, complaints, finance, safety, W. K. WIMSATT. above the crowd. The man was coming toward Mr. Wimsatt. “For once in my life, I was afraid,” he said, “This man looked so tall.” “Did you speak to him as you passed?” “No.” Mr. Wimsatt said, have the nerve.” All the world has the nerve to stop and ask this young student—he is studying for his doctorate—how it feels to be 7-foot tall, how he manages to keep from falling out of bed at nights, how he gets shoes to fit him, how he crams into an automobile—how he got that way, but here, the man among men, the 7-foot-tall gentleman, never has a question of his own. All he does is answer 'em. He meets a 7-foot man and passes him by, too timid to drum up an acquaintance with the giant. “T have made some mighty fine con- tacts on sccount of my height,” Mr. Wimsatt admits, “but never a lasting acquaintance.” His friends, incidentally, without im- plying anything about his height, but merely using the vernacular to tell what they think of him, say: “He's tops!” “I didn't Meal-Check Signing for Liquor Ruled Out by A. B. C. Board What constitutes & guest at a hotel? ‘This question—to be decided for the Alcohol Beverage Control Board by E. Barrett Prettyman, corporation counsel—will determine the future policy of the board in enforcing the “registered” |law against buying hard liquor on credit. The problem came before the board yesterday when it was found a num- ber of large hotels were permitting meal guests to sign due slips including the purchase of cocktails. The question then arose that if ho- tels permitted credit for cocktails for these guests, why couldn’t restaurants and night clubs do the same thing? The present Jaw permits the credit sale of liquor fo ‘“registered” guests of hotels, but does not define what constitutes a registration. It also per- mits clubs to sell to members on credit, but it does not permit credit sales by restaurants. Can Sign for Light Wines. ‘The Washington Hotel Men's As- sociation was called before the board yesterday and warned that hereafter guests who have meals only will not be permitied to sign their checks if * | purchases of hard liquor are included. They may, however, charge light wines and beer. This warning was given after George W. Offutt, chairman, and Isaac Gans, member, agreed that the warn- ing should be given rather than to undertake to prosecute cases that exist almost universally among night clubs and hotels. Mrs. William Beverly Mason, the third member, disagreed sharply. To- day she said her opinion was that it would be bad policy to permit “a big corporation to violate the law, al- though it was a minor violation,” and escape prosecution when the board already had established the precedent of prosecuting two smaller restaurants She pointed out, however, that in neither of the cases involving the smaller dealers were the licensees convicted. “We forced them, however,” she said, “to come before the board. And I think we should do the same thing in the case of the large corporations now involved.” “Tempest in a Teapot.” All three members agreed that the present disagreement was “a tempest in s téapot” and while they dis- agreed, it was a disagreement only on policy. Representatives of the restaurant and night club proprietors have been summoned before the board and will receive a similar warning to dis- continue accepting signed meal checks as credit slips if hard liquor is sold. The hotel men, admitting the sales to meal guests, contended the sig- natures on the checks constituted registration and hence they were within the law. Chairman Offutt instructed them to tetheir opinion, along with what- Lever evidence they have, to substan- tiate their stand. This will be sub- mitted to Prettyman, along with the board’s request. He will also be asked to decide on the point of discrimina- tion against night clubs and restau- rants in case meal check signatures are accepted legally as registrations. As a result of the dispute, Maj. Jerome L. Johnstone, chief inspector for the board, who has been acting also as prosecutor, asked to be re- lieved from further work of presenting cases. His request was granted, and he will continue in the capacity of chief inspector only. The prosecution of cases hereafter will be in the hands of Rice Hooe, assistant corpora- tion counsel. A possibility that the “no credit” clause may be thrown out of the law in its entirely was seen as a result if Prettyman rules that both hotels and restaurants may charge to meal- buying “registered” guests. e EX-MRS. SARDO ASKS SPEEDY DECISION Attorney for Boy’s Mother Urges Confirmation of Custody Ruling. Speedy confirmation of the decision of District Supreme Court Justice Os- car R. Luhring granting Mrs. Helen V. Villapiano, former wife of the late Albert J. Sardo, custody of her 9-year- old son, was asked today by her attor- ney, Julian I Richards, in arguments be:g:e the United States Court of Ap- peals, The case had been taken to the appellate court by Wiliam H. Sardo, the grandfather, with whom the boy, Albert, jr., now is living. His attorney, Ringgold Hart, argued that the mother was unfit to have her son and that the evidence showed Justice Luhring’s decision was a manifest abuse of discretion. The father, a well-known Washing- ton undertaker, was killed in-an auto- mobile accident last February. 'nu Sardos had been divorced. ‘The trial of the case last Bpflnz was marked by a dramatic renuncia- tion of the mother by the boy while on the witness stand, —— s WO0O0D SELLER FINED Merritt Lotkwood Charged With Delivering Short Cord. Merritt Lockwood of Hillendale, Md., was fined $25 by Judge John P. McMa- hon in Police Court on a charge of mmmh | research, statistics, legal and enforce- ment matters and administrative mat- ters. This part of the organization will be under gencral supervision of an assistant director, while each sec- | tion will be headed by a chief of sec- tion. The fleld organization also will be headed by an assistant director. In each district a district director will be in charge and he will be assisted by a joint board agent, one or more rate and tariff agents, one or more ac- countants, several supervisors and the usual stenographic and clerical help. Appointments Announced. The appointments announced to- day—all of them men experienced in the work they are to undertake—in- clude the following: Park M. Smith of Tlinois and W. Y. Blanning of Pepnsylvania, assistant directors; H. M. Roberts, Kansas, chief of section of certificates and in- surance; Henry L. Callahan, New York, assistant chief; Walter H. Hayes, Illinois, chief of section of traffic; W. | A. Hill, District of Columbia, chief section of complaints; Maurice E. Sheehan, Iliinois, chief section of ac- counts; J. Edward Davey, New York, chief section of finance; Swink, District of Columbia, assistant chief; H. H. Kelly, Ohio, chief section safety; George W. Wellington, Rhode Island, assistant chief; Jack G. Scott, Colorado, chief legal and enforcement section, and Georsge A. Casey of Mas- sachusetts, assistant to the director. Hill, Swink and Casey already are on the commission. HOWARD ASSURED OF NEW BUILDINGS $550,000 Allotted by President for Construction of New Dormitories. After an investigation of living con- ditions at Howard University it was announced today that President Roosevelt had approved a $525,000 allotment from ¢ld P. W. A. funds for construction of equipment of two men’s dormitories on the campus. Construction of these dormitories, it was said, will solve a problem that has worried Howard officials for many years. They will replace Clark Hall, built 65 years ago, which is the only men’s dormitory at the university. As far back as 1928 the United States Bureau of Education called attention to the fact Clark Hall should be replaced® due to its lack of modern equipment. Nothing was done, however, until recently when Secretary Ickes became interested. He ordered the survey made at & time when the university was receiv- ing large sums from P. W, A. for a new building program. The old dormitory, inspected by men from the District building inspector’s office and engineers of the National Park Serv- ice, was declared to be a fire hazard. ‘While officiais of Howard Univer- sity today were unable to give details of the two proposed new buildings, they said application for the funds had been made some time ago. Grover L.| Above: MRS. HELEN MORAN FAHNESTOCK. Below: COL. SNOWDEN A. FAHNESTOCK. —Harris-Ewing and Underwood Photos, (0L, FAHNESTOCK AWARDED DIVORGE Decree Fails to Mention Children, Objects of Court Fight Last Winter. Col. Snowden A. Fahnestock, who was charged with locking his two children in his mother’s fashionable Massachusetts avenue home last Win- ter in an effort to keep them from his wife, was awarded a divorce yester- day in Newport, R. I, according to an Associated Press dispatch received here today. His divorce suit was based on a plea of desertion. The decree made no mention of a financial settlement or of an egree- ment for custody of the children, Clara, 7, and Mary Lee, 6 ‘The children were central figures | in a court proceeding here last Winter after Col. Fahnestock, who was with the Lost Battalion during the World War, removed them from a train in Union Station and placed them in the home of his mother, Mrs. Gibson Fahnestock, 2311 Massachusetts avenue. His wife, the former Helen Moran of New York, came here and started legal proceedings to regain custody of the children. She charged they had been with her in South Carolina and were on their way to New York to enter school when the father boarded the train and took them from a nurse, Col. Fahnestock replied that his wife was not a suitable person to have the children and declared she had ad- mitted she was “infatuated with a certain man of prominence” whose identity was not disclosed. The legal battle between husband and wife came to an end, however, when Justice Peyton Gordon's sug- gestion that they settle the matter out of court was accepted. The Fahnestocks were married in Newport on June 15, 1925. RISING TEMPERATURE AND RAIN FORECAST Heavy Frost in Suburban Areas Reported—Minimum of 42 Predicted Tonight. Increasing cloudiness, slowly rising temperature and probable rain by to- morrow night are in prospect, follow= ing the first cold snap of the Fall. For the second consecutive day a heavy frost, was reported from subur- ban districts, while the mercury at the Weather Bureau fell to 36 degrees, one point above yesterday's minimum. A minimum of about 42 degrees is expected tonight. The maximum yes- terday afternoon was 54. Chinese Student, Aided by Sze And Eight Others, Gets Job “Bill Quon, Inc.” may yet pay big dividends, thanks to the gener- osity of the Chinese Ambassador and certain prominent Americans. Bill Quon, the Associated Press re- ported from Milwaukee, is & Chinese student who “sold himself to eight men in California, Wisconsin and Washington after ke was no longer able to finance his engineering course. These “directors” today were able to see their “investment” enter the employ of a Milwaukee manufactur- er to acquaint himself with ma- chinery products in preparation for a later job with the American Trad- ing Co. in China. A native of Canton, China, Bill was brought by his father to San Diego, Calif.,, at the age of 8. Later he felt Chins needed youthful en- ginddrs to develop her resources and began a campaign for his education which led him to the ukee School of Engineering in [ Four years spent in study at the school"found-‘Bill iast-February with- out funds to complete his final semester. He wrote a frank appeal to Dr. Sao Ke Alfred Sze, the Chinese Ambassador. The Ambassador sald today that while he did not know the youth he was impressed by his letter of appeal and inquired into his record. “I learned he was deserving, hard- working and ambitious,” the Ambas- sador said. “In China, we need edu- cated young men of this type to de- velop our country. I wrote to the student, saying that while no govern- ment funds were available I would personally contribute if he could se- cure other friends to complete the TELEPHONE RATES ORDERED REDUCED Lower Fees Will Permit $7,000 Annual Saving by 1,200 Users. NEW SCHEDULE TAKES EFFECT NOVEMBER 21 Zones 2, 3, 4 and Mileage Rates Involved—Other Cut. Planned. By a Btaff Correspondent of The Star. ARLINGTON COURTHOUSE, Va., October 8. —Widespread reduction of telephone rates in Arlington Couaty and plans for further reductions co- incident with construction of & new exchange in the Aurora Hills—Vir- ginia Highlands section were an- nounced last night at a meeting of the Arlington County Public Utilities Commission. The new rates, to take effect No- vember 21, provide reductions in zones 2, 3 and 4 rangiog from 50 cents to $1 and “substantial reductions” of charges in the mileage area beyond the flat rate zones. Will Benefit 1,200. ‘The new schedule does not apply to zone 1, which includes Rosslyn, Clarendon, Cherrydale and Lyon Park, but the promise of reduction of rates on the Walnut service in this area together with reductions for both local and extended service in the area to be covered by the new exchange is containd in the announcement. Colvin L Kephart, chairman of the Arlington County Public Utilities Commission, said the rate reductions, resulting from geveral months of nego- tiations with the Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Co. of Virginia, will benefit approximately 1,200 sub- scribers in zones 2, 3 and 4 and effect | an annual saving of approximately | $7,000 to subscribers. Further reductions, to be made, upon completion of the new exchange | at & cost of $100,000, will affect ap- proximately 400 subscribers in Aurora | Hills, Virginia Highlands, Arlington | Ridge, South Washington, Oak Crest and Club Manor, he said. Because of the comparatively short distance be- tween the proposed new office and Alexandria it is expected that the toll charges between these two ex- changes will be reduced to 5 cents. Examples Cited. Citing examples of the new rates, Mr. Kephart explained: “The present individual residence rate of $7.50 for Walnut service will become $6.50 and the present Walnut rates of $7 and $6.50 will become $6. The Clarendon individual line resi- dence rates of $4.25 and $3.75 will become $3.75 and $3.25, respectively. “Other classes of service in cer- tain zones,” he said, “will also be reduced and mileage charges applying to service in the area outside of the flat rate zones will be substantially reduced. With establishment of the office at Aurora Hills rearrangements will be made in the Clarendon tele- | phone plant and a reduction effected | in the $6 rate on the Walnut service in the primary zone surrounding the Clarendon central office. The exact amount of this reduction will be an- nounced later.” Other members of the Arlington County Public Utilities Commission, who conducted negotiations with offi- cials of the telephone company, are Paul E. Schaub, chairman of the Telephone Committee; G. O. Basham, James E. Chinn and Albert M. Jones. COUNTERFEIT RING BELIEVED BROKEN Two Jailed Here, Accused of Passing $800 in Bogus Notes. A small-scale counterfeiting “ring,” involving the circulation here of $800 in bogus banknotes, was believed to- day to have been smashed with the arrest of two young men charged with wmu; and passing counterfeit $20 Arrested Saturday night by secret service, agents, assisted by Detective Sergt. Joseph Sincavitz, Joseph Purr, 24, of the 1300 block of Sixth street southwest, and Aubrey W. Jones, 29, of the 1600 block of C street north- east, were arraigned yesterday before United States Commissioner Need- ham C. Turnage and were released under $2,000 bond pending grand jury action. They face maximum sen- tences of 15 years and $5,000 fines. Chester H. Allen, leader of secret service agents in this case, said Furr, who pleaded guilty, told him he was an agent of Jones, who pleaded not guilty. Jones was said to have bought $1,000 in bogus bills from a “stranger.” Of this amount, $200 was found in Jones’ attic and $600 in various stores. The rest is still in circulation, Allen believes. Furr rode around town with his captors and pointed out stores where he tendered the money. One merchant told secret service men he had noth- ing but real money. He pulled a roll of bills out of a sock. The second note was a $20 counterfeit. Another threatened Furr, saying he would like to “take a punc The pair began circulating the bills two weeks ago, Allen said. The fake money, of clever manufacture, was passed on Pridays so it would not reach banks for two days. The bills are coples of New York check letter I-39. —_— LICENSE SUSPENDED ‘The Alcohol Beverage Control Board today suspended the “off-sale” liquor license of Katherine Pappas, 43 H The suspension will Crash Victim MARINE OFFICER DIES IN PLANE. LIEUT. COL. JAMES E. DAVIS. Col. Davis, U. . M. C,, was killed yesterday when an airplane in which he was taking off crashed at Lordsburg, N. Mex. Gunnery Sergt. Quitman M. Owens was injured. Col. Davis, recently on duty at the Navy Department here, is survived by his widow, who lives at Coronado, Calif. 3 SHARE BULK OF CORBY ESTATE {Widow and Two Daughters to Get Income and Annuities. Bpecial Dispatch to The Star. ROCKVILLE, Md., October 8.—Wil- |liam S. Corby, wealthy resident of tate to his widow and two daughters. under the terms of his will admitted to probate here, Other bequests contained in the document provide $5,000 a year for his mother, Mrs. Louisa A. Corby; $2,000 ‘. year to his sister, Mrs. May Corby | Ward, and $1,800 a year to his broth- er, Clarence W. Corby, together with \oumgm gifts of $5,000 to his secre- ! tary, Esther M. Martin, and $1,000 to his gardener, Walter Winston. | The will, dated June 29, 1933, states that the testator made no charitable | or philanthropic bequests, not through things, but because he hopes his widow clined and believed it to their best interest for them to give from their portions of the estate. Homes to His Family. ‘The widow, Mrs. Muriel H. Clark Corby, and daughters, Justine May and Muriel Eleanor, are given the right to occupy the Corby home at Chevy Chase and a cottage near Mel- vin Village, N. H, as long as they wish. Should the heirs decide to give | up either residence, it is to be sold! and made part of the estate. As long as Mrs. Corby lives the net | income from the estate is to be divided equally between her and the daugh- | ters. At her death the estate is to be divided into two equal shares, sub- Ject to the annuities specified. In- come from the shares is to be paid the daughters for life and disposed of as they direct in their will, except that no portion of the estate, nor more than one-third of the net income, is to go to the daughters’ husbands if they marry. Burial Fund Limited. ing to her husband, while provision is made in the will for an expenditure ily vault or mausoleum, or use of & public crypt. The American Security & Trust Co. was named executor and trustee of the estate. T. Stanley Holland, trust officer of the institution, and William F. Prettyman of Rockville filed the will for probate. MARRIAGE CLAUSE DECISION AWAITED Board to Decide Whether Em- ploye Who Resigned Must Com- ply With Present Rules. ‘Whether a married employe of the Board of Education who resigned under the marriage clause of the na- tional economy act may be reinstated under the board’s rules in effect at the time, or must comply with pres- ent rules to regain appointment, will be decided by the board probably at its meeting a week from tomorrow. Mrs. E. Y, Taylor, employed as a clerk in the colored schools, resigned because her husband was employed in the Post Office Department. Later, the corporation counsel held the mar- riage clause did not apply to the Dis- trict schools. The board has held that all such resignations were voluntarily, and that any one affected by the economy act would have to apply as an out- sider and could not ask for re-in- statement. W. L. Houston, attorney, appeared before the Personnel Committee of the board yesterday and argued that the board had violated its own rules in barring Mrs. Taylor. The case was taken under advisement, and another meeting will be held next Monday afternoon. A small number of such cases is pending. BRIDGE LESSONS First of Community Center Series Tonight. The first of a serles of contract bridge lessons, under the auspices of the Community Center Department, will be given tonight at 8 o'clock in the basement of Central High School. Maxwell L. Johnson, associate mem- ber of the Culbertson National Studios, will have charge of the first lesson. ‘Tomorrow evel at 7:30 o'clock, Johnson will condfict classes at the | Langley Community Center, First and T streets. | Chevy Chase, left the bulk of his es- | lack of sympahy or interest in such | and children will be charitably in- | Mrs. Corby also is bequeathed all | wearing apparel and jewelry belong- | of not more than $15,000 for a fam- | Society and General PAGE B—1 SPLINTER OF GLASS STABS BABY'S EVE; SIX OTHERS HURT Painful Injuries Incurred in Traffic—O0nly Two Crashes in D. C. GRANDMOTHER OF CHILD HAS FACE BADLY CUT Auto Smashes Into Rear of School Bus—Pupil Hurt and Others Shaken Up. Seven of the latest victims of high way tragedy, in agonizing pain, rolled and tossed in hospital beds today as doctors struggled to patch fractured ribs, broken noses, torn scalps and disfigured faces. Five were cut, torn and bruised in a series of accidents on the open highways of nearby Maryland and Virginia. Only two were injured on the heavily traveled District streets. ‘The most pathetic case is that of 2-year-old Frederick Bryan, 3d, of Cherrydale, Va., who may be forced to go through life with only one eye. A sliver of glass pierced the baby's left eye when a car in which he was riding with his grandmother, Mrs, Mildred C. Bryan, collided with ane other machine in Lyon Village, Va., | near the intersection of North Fill- more and Highland streets. Mrs. Bryan also was painfully in- jured—blood streamed from her face when the Clarendon rescue squad ar- rived on the scene to rush her and the baby to Georgetown Hospital. Aside from the face lacerations, doc- tors said she may have a fractured skull, ‘ Drivers Escape Injury. George L. Leech was driving the Bryan car. He and John E. Harries, 1132 Twelfth street, operator of the other machine, escaped injury. Both, however, were questioned by Com- monwealth Attorney Lawrence Doug- las after the accident and released on personal bond. | Out in Montgomery County, Md., | on the Gaithersburg-Laytonsville road, an automobile crashed into the rear | of a school bus, loaded with 16 home- ‘wnrd~bound children, injuring one of them and shaking up and frightening the others. Ralph Smith, son of Mr, and Mrs. Kirby Smith of Laytonsville, was the lone victim in that crash. His ears and scalp were cut by broken glass, Ellis Barber, who lives near Laytons- ville, was driver of the car. The col- lision occurred when the school bus stopped to discharge one of its pupils. Barber was arrested and charged with reckless driving. Honeymoon Trip Delayed. | Another accident in Montgomery | County put Miss Jennie Duvall, 25, [t the 800 block of Eighth street south- east, in Georgetown Hospital and de- |layed a contemplated honeymoon trip. She is suffering with painful scalp | wounds. Miss Duvall and John H. Decker of the receiving station at the Washing- ton Navy Yard were returning from Rockville in a taxicab about 4:30 o'clock this morning. They had gone to Rockville to be married, but failed | to procure a license because of the late hour. Near Garrett Park the cab overturned at a curve. Neither Decker nor the driver of the cab, William Lane, 630 K street northeast, was in- Jured. The cab driver, however, was arrested for failing to carry an in- surance registration permit required under Maryland law. Physicians at Casualty Hospital are | still trying to determine the extent of all of the injuries to George D. Howard, 35, colored, 3500 block of | Benning road northeast, who crashed into a warning sign when he failed to negotiate a curve on the Washing- ton-Baltimore Highway near Belts- ville, Md. A fractured skull and in- ternal injuries are possible. His con- dition is regarded as critical. One of the accidents was too far away to be recorded in the District traffic tall, but it involved a Wash- ington man, Art Wright, director of publicity for the contest board 4f the American Automobile _ Association, whose home is at 1341 Irving street. Near Atlanta, Ga., his car struck a pole, critically injuring him, and kill- |ing one of his passengers—Miss Hazen Mansell of Atlanta. John D. Ambler, wealthy Philadelphia racing enthusiast, also a passenger in the machine, recelved minor injuries. The only two traffic cases in Wash- ington were comparatively minor in character. Mary Cornwell, 7 years old, 4440 Alabama avenue southeast, was struck by a car and cut and bruised as she alighted from a bus at Bowen and Ride roads southeast. Police said the machine which struck her was driven by Iva M. Gregory, 53, of Seat Pleasant, Md. The other accident resulted in slight injuries to Vera Curtis, 24 years old, colored, of the 100 block of M street southeast. She was cut and bruised when a taxicab in which she ‘was a passenger, collided with a ma« chine at Fourth street and Pennsyle vania avenue. She was taken to Freedmen’s Hospital AUCHINCLOSS TO WED MRS. NINA G. VIDAL Wealthy Broker Licensed Marry Former Wife of Air Commerce Head. Hugh D. Auchincloss, 38, wealthy Washington broker and a partner in the firm of Auchincloss, Parker & Redpath, 719 Fifteenth street, obtained a license today to wed Mrs. Nina Gore Vidal, 32, former wife of Eugene Vidal, chief of the Bureau of Air Commerce. Both Auchincloss and Mrs. Vidal, who live at the Wardman Park Hotel, obtained Reno divorces. They are prominent in Washington society. | According to the license, they are | to be married by Rev. Joseph Sizo0, pastor of the New York Avenue Pres- | byterian Church.™ The bride-to-be 18 ' the daughter of Senator Gore of Okla- to