Evening Star Newspaper, October 12, 1935, Page 16

A—16 wx% 1,000 NEW HOMES BEGUN AT BERWYN ON LOW-COST PLAN Government Will Spend $5,- 500,000 to Develop Model Town for 5,000. RENTAL MAY AVERAGE ABOUT $30 PER MONTH Village to Be Circular, With Cen- ter Parkway and Underpasses for Safety. BY WILLIAM A. BELL, Jr. Out of the rolling wonded acres eround Berwyn Heights, Md., less than 10 miles from downtown Washington, relief workers today began carving a site for a suburban town of 5,000 population. Some time next year, probably, dwellers will begin moving into the 1,000 homes it is planned to construct with $5,500,000 of Rural Resettlement Administration funds. The families will be from the low- income group—mothers and fathers and children who have to live on $1440 a year or less who elsewhere would be cramped into stuffy apart- ments or duplex houses instead of the neat homes the Resetllement Admin- istration intends to provide. They will be from Washingior and nearby Maryland areas and there will be both Government and nron-Govern- ment employes. Officials Watch Beginning. District Works Progress Administra- tor George E. Allen and officials of Resettlement’s suburban division went out to witness 1,000 relief workersand | 20 tractors start clearing a site for the | first of four “Tugwell-towns” to be erected as experimental community developments by Dr. Rexford G. Tug- well's rehabilitation agency The ini- tial work involves uprooting trees, grading, leveling and road construc- tion. Resettlement officials said the start of actual construction some months hence would ke a spectacular novelty. The houses, thoritatively, will rent for substan- tially less than units in housing de- velopments undertaken by the Public Works Administration. Secretary Ickes' low-cost dwellings have a monthly rental of $8.50 to $9 a room and it was believed the Berwyn homes would rent for $5 or $6 per room, | it was indicated au- | Hit by ROBERT C. MONTGOMERY. CREDIT ILLEGAL FORHOTEL LIQUOR {Patrons of Dining Rooms Must Be “Registered Guests” in D. C. Patrons of hotel dining rooms may | not have credit for any alcoholic | drinks bought there unless they are |in fact residents of the hotel, legal | counsel of the District government |will hold in an opinion to be laid | before the Commissioners Monday, it was indicated clearly today. This ruling would support the posi- | tion taken by members of the Al- coholic Beverage Control Board in de- ciding that persons who merely take registered for rooms may not buy | liquor on credit under terms of the | District liquor act. Point Contested. | Organized hotel interests have con- tested the point and filed a brief with Corporation Counsel Prettyman in the hope of upsetting the rule. |Lawyers of the District government |are said to have taken the position that a “registered guest” at a hotel | means that the party has signed the hotel register and reserved residence quarters and that, therefore, a din- ing room customer is not a registered guest. |~ The law forbids retailers to sell| | liquor on credit, except to bona fide residents of hotels. suggesting a monsh's rental for a five- | room house of around $30. Officials said, however, that current cost estimates were tentative and rentals could not be announced until | construction and amortization costs were determined. The Ickes houses are amortized for 60 years. correspondingly lower. Residents will be expected to pay slightly more than one-fifth their an- nual income for rent, it was indicated. Project Embraces 9,000 Acres. ‘The project embraces 9,000 acres end the development area is to be | inclosed in a protected area or “green belt.” The village will be circular in design with houses on the outer rim | and in the center a parkway. A sys- tem of underpasses is to be provided so children can attend school, run er- rands and play games without cross- ing streets. As the town is in the beginning, it will be always, resettlement officials plan. That is, there won't be press- ing shops under dwellings, scattered, unsightly filling stations or other hap- hazard establishments which result from lack of foresignted planning. The business and government of the community will be concentrated in one area, recreational facilities in an- other, residences in a third Reduced to the least common denominator, the project will be “zoned” from the be- | ginning, precluding the necessity for future readjustment. Families to Be Chosen. Regarding the type of families to be edmitted, officials said they would es- tablish an income “ceiling.” Prob- ably no family with an income of more than about $1,500 will be considered. They will be selected from a stand- point of family health, habits and need. Persons unwilling to co-oper- ate with the Government and help keep “Tugwelltown” attractive are not wanted. In time, it was believed, the devel- opment will be a regular town, with its own government, newspaper, civic interests and so forth. Rent and service bills probably will be payable to the Resettlement Administration’s management division and a special corporation may be set up to super- vise the community. While most of the residents prob- ably will be Government workers, em- ployed at the Beltsville Agricultural Research. Center or on the project it- gelf and in Washington bureaus, non- Federal employes will be accepted on the same basis and accorded equal treatment, officials declared. The prox- imity of the suburb to the Capital will make it easy and cheap, it was ex- plained, for dwellers who work “in town” to commute. It takes about 40 minutes to reach the site by bus from ‘Washington, and less by train. Those employed in the vicinity probably can walk to work. Research Center to Expand. In connection with the housing de- Velopment, the Agriculture Depart- ment plans further expansion of its | Beltsville plant to make it an argicul- tural research center “second to none &nd a sort of Bureau of Standards for Agriculture.” The department’s re- search center at Berwyn has grown from a few hundred acres in 1910 to 5,555 acres today. Six agencies have branches there. One of the greatest benefits accru- Ing to the District from the project, according to Commissioner Allen, is the solution offered to the transient problem. There are more than 1,000 employable transients here (Relief Administration estimate) and these will be put to work immediately at Berwyn, a work train guing out daily. Unemployables will be sent to Fort Eustis, Va., and employables who don’t want to work will be turned out on the streets, Allen said. Em it for 6,000 Resettlement officials estimated the project would provide employment for 2,000 almost immediately and later for some 5,000 or 6,000. Three similar projects are planned for other sections of the country and selection of sites may be announced ‘within two months. Pointing out there was need for 14,000,000 homes in the United States within the next 10 years, resettlement cials said they hnped privlu ind would follow and start similar de- Since the | amortization at Berwyn will be for a | much shorter period, rentals will be | Declared Generally Practiced. The issue arose a few days ago when the board learned it was more or less the universal practice of hotels to permit dining room guests as well as hotel room occupants to sign their | checks for liquor orders as well u food. The A. B. C. Board has announced | it will vigorously enforce the rule if | the Commissioners, on advice of the corporation counsel, uphold their stand. 'GAS FIRM VALUATION ' COMPLETION PUSHED Utilities Commission Hopes to Finish Hearings Within a Few Days. of the properties of the Washington and Georgetown Gas Light Cos., hop- ing to complete the rate and valuation case within “a few days.” Only a few days ago, the companies suffered a heavy blow when the com- mission ruled “improper” submission |of data on original costs of plant | equipment, which had been “trended” up to current price levels. The companies yesterday had their inning, drawing from a commission witness an admission that in some instances he, too, had applied price trends to original cost figures. The witness was H. D. Scantlin, one of the deputy District assessors of taxes. |WOMAN ASKS $100,000 FOR ACCIDENT INJURIES Crash Victim Charges Mishap on August 12 Causes Permanent Paralysis of Legs. Asserting she was paralyzed for life from the hips down after being struck August 12 by an automobile driven by Katherine M. McHugh, 1631 Euclid street, Elizabeth Stanback, 932 ‘Twenty-seventh street, brought suit here today for $100,000 damages. The accident occurred on River road in Bethesda, Md. Allegedly traveling at high speed, the car hit her as she was walking across the road, the plaintiff told the court through her attorneys, J. William Shey and Franklin Yasmer. She said she suffered permanent and serious internal hurts in addition paralyzing her legs. 1,200 BEDS HELD VITAL TO HOSPITAL’S UTILITY Glenn Dale Plans Should Be Passed On by Experts if Reduced, Is Claim. Mrs. Ernest Grant, executive secre- tary of the District Tuberculosis As- sociation, emphasized today that plans for the tuberculosis hospital at Glenn Dale, Md., should not be cut to reduce its capacity below 1,200 beds, as threatened. ‘With the Commissioners faced with inability to build the structure under original plans because none of the recent bids was within the $188,000 allotment set by the P. W. A, Mrs. Grant suggested that any changes in the plans should be passed on by a committee of at least three compe- tent tuberculosis experts. More than 600 persons died of tu- berculosis here last year, she ex- plained today. The bed capacity of a tuberculosis hospital for a city is nl- ways estimated, she said, by doubling the deaths from this cause. velopments to relieve overcrowding in cities and eliminate the evils of sub- standard housing. One-third of the nation’s population lives in substand- ard homes, they said. . “This project, official, “constif for Yving.’ s new ‘design meals at hotels and who have not | ‘The Public Utilities Commission to- | day continued hearings on the values | to the injury to her spinal column, THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, SKATER CROSSING AVENUE AT NIGHT Policeman’s Son, Battered by Impact, Fails to Re- gain Senses. DEATH CLAIMS 85TH TRAFFIC VICTIM HERE Man Torn by Auto Crash Suffers Three Days in Intense Pain. The unconscious body of 16-year- old Robert C. Montgomery, 818 Eleventh street northeast, rested in a bed in Providence Hospital today as doctors struggled to save his life—a life whicn he nearly forfeited under the wheels of a Capital Transit Co. street car. Montgomery, son of Policeman Rob- ert S. Montgomery of the tenth pre- einct, was struck about 10:45 o'clock last night as he attempted to cross traffic-congested Pennsylvania avenue southeast on roller skates. Blood flowed freely from the mouth and ears of the boy when his limp and unconscious form was picked up on the car tracks. He was rushed to the | hospital, oply a few blocks away. A | hasty examination revealed skull in- ‘jurie.s, which may include a !ructure.! and torn organs in the abdomen—in- | ternal injuries that mean long months | of suffering if medical science saves | his life. Physicians Work Feverishly. Throughout the night, Providence physicians worked feverishly to aid the injured boy, but he failed to re- gain consciousness. Until he comes | out of the coma, the full extent of his injuries will not be known. Montgomery was skating from the southeast to the northeast curb when | the car struck him. The motorman | in charge was J. Malkin, 29, of 1235 | Thirty-fourth street. Shortly before Montgomery was in- | jured, death claimed its eighty-fifth | traffic victim of the year—Harry | Ghant, 44, of 44 I street, whose life ‘hung by a thread for nearly three | days in Casualty Hospital. Ghant was | struck by a car as he crossed at | North Capitol and H streets with | such force that his internal organs | were ruptured, filling his abdomen | with blood. Severe pain racked his body until death. An unidentified taxicab driver—a driver who hit and drove away—put | George Francis, 51, of 620 New Jersey avenue in Casualty Hospital to face, probably. weeks of intense pain and suflermg Bones protruded from one his legs, the result of a compound | cture. His condition is yet unde- termlned. Francis was crossing First street | just north of F when the taxicab | mowed him down and sped away. Passers-by found him groaning in the street and took him to the hos- pital. Boy, 3, Hit by Cab. Another taxicab sent 3-year-old Sidney Neal, colored, 1335 Tenth street, to Children’s Hospital crying in agony. The cab, driven, police said, by James A. Morgan, colored, 607 O street, struck the child about 6:15 avenue and Tenth street. Doctors be- skull. Bones stuck through the flesh in the elbow of Patrick J. Dougherty, 55, of 2859 Mills avenue northeast when he was taken to Casualty Hos- pital last night after a crash at Bladensburg road and Yost street northeast. Doctors diagnosed the in- Jjuries as both a dislocation and com- pound fracture of the elbow. Dougherty was driving a car which collided with a truck operated by Wilson Sutler of Staunton, Va. who was booked at No. 12 police station | on a charge of reckless driving. Girl's Leg Shattered. With a shattered left leg, lhx‘ee broken teeth and cuts about the head, June Louise Slaughter, 15, of 7000 Bradley boulevard, Bethesda, Md., lies in Montgomery County Gen- eral Hospital—the victim of a wreck last night on the Rockville-Norbeck pike. Her youthful companion, John F. Dickinson, 186, of 7 Charles street, Alta Vista, Md., is confined in the same institution with three broken teeth, cuts about the head and shock. Dickinson, son of John A. Dickinson. prominent Montgomery County civic leader and an engineer at the Bureau of Standards, and Miss Slaughter were driving east along the pike en route to a picnic of the Bethesda Presbyterian Church’s Christian Endeavor Society when the accident occurred. ‘Their car left the road, crashed into a tree and was wrecked, according to police. A passing motorist, Ralph Holt of Norbeck, carried them to the hos- pital at Sandy Spring. Miss Slaughter is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Slaughter. Her father is connected with the supply division at the State Department. Boy’s Face Mangled. Another boy, Albert Carter, 11, col- ored, 1200 block of S street, is in Children’s Hospital with & mangled face after being hit while in the 1300 block of V street. He is said to have run into the path of an auto- mobile. © Physicians say he may have fractures of the skull, jaw and nose. He also suffered a severe brain con- cussion. The machine which struck him was being driven by Joseph Miles, 19, colored, 1200 block of Walter street southeast, police said. Several other children suffered minor injuries in other accidents. In Sibley Hospital Richard Hamp- ton, 81, colored, who lives at the Home for the Aged and Infirm, at Blue Plains, is suffering from a leg injury received when hit by an automobile operated by Donald L. Liddle, 27, of 45 Rhode Island avenue. X-rays were o'clock last night at Rhode Island | lieve he has a possible fracture of the | to be taken to see whether the leg is tured. The accident happened at ighth street and Rhode Island ave- nue. Baltimorean Injured. Joseph Driscoll, 33, of Seamen’s Home, Baltimore, received numerous bruises and a cut finger when hit by an automobile on Thirteenth street near New York avenue. The automo- bile which hit him was being driven by Frederick Kitchener, 48, of 204-A and another cuts when thrown against the windshield and dashboard of an automobile whichy crashed into a sec- tion of the iron fence near the Po- tomiac Yard gate &% Gilebe road and street Car] | STREET GAR HITS [PARADE FEATURES D.C. GEREMONY T0 HONOR GOLUMBUS Catholic Organizations Have Prominent Role in Rites. MONUMENTAL FOUNTAIN IS SCENE OF TRIBUTE Italian Groups Place Wreath at Foot of Statue—Wheatley Speaks at Plaza Tonight. Celebration of the 443d anniversary of the discovery of America began this morning as a group of Italian organizations placed a wreath at the foot of the statue of Christopher Co- lumbus in the Union Station Plaza. The observance will be climaxed to- night with a parade and ceremony under direction of the Knights of Columbus. Centered around the Columbus Monumental Fountain at the Plaza, this evening’s program will feature addresses by H. Winship Wheatley, president of the District Bar Associa- tion, and representatives of Catholic organizations of the city. The Knights of Columbus, 500,000 strong in the United States and Canada, will | pay homage to the patrom of their order by placing a wreath at the base of tbn fountain. Preceding the services, the K. of C. councils of the District, military units and societies will form at 7 p.m. at Tenth and K streets, to march to | the Plaza. Led by Col. John Oeh- mann and accompanied by the Marine Reserve Band and the Catholic Uni- versity Band, the parade will proceed | down Tenth street to H street, east to Massachusetts avenue and down the avenue to the Monumental Foun- tain. Uniforms Predominate. At the head of the parade will be a police escort and a full regiment of the National Guard and the National Guard Band. Following will be the | Marine Fifth Battalion Fleet Reserve | Corps, the St. John's Cadet Corps and Band and the Washington General | Assembly, Fourth Degree, Knights of Columbus, in full regalia. Mem- bers of the five local councils, 2,000 strong, will complete the procession. | The invocation at the monument exercises will be offered by Rev. Ed- ward H. Roach, assistant pastor ot St. Matthew’s Church. Judge Michuel M. Doyle will deliver the address of welcome and serve as master of cer- emonies. After the principal address by | Wheatley, State Deputy George E. Herring of the Knights of Columbus will lead the wreath-laying ceremony and Rev. Edward P. McAdams, pastor of St. Joseph’s Church, will pronounce the benediction. The day's celebra- tion will terminate in a party and so- cial at the Knights of Columbus Club, 918 Tenth street. Committee in Charge. ‘The committee in charge of the parade and program is headed by Alfred A. McGarraghy, grand knight of the Washington Council. assisted by District Deputy James P. McKeoa, John F. Hillyard, John M. Connell, Dr. George R. Ellis, Harry J. | Kane, Thomas F. Carlin, Charles J. Considine, Francis A. McCann, Alfred Paul Neff, Daniel O'Connor and Jo- seph B. McCann. Organizations ir.vited to participate include the Catholic Daughters of America, Daughters of Isabella, Cur- ley Club of Washington, Calvert Club of Washington, Sodality Union, Holy Name Union, Brook’s Club, alumni associations of Georgetown and Catholic Universities, Gonzaga and St. John's Colleges and the parochial school children of the city. At the ceremony this morning a eulogy was delivered by Joseph Bonu- so, president of the Lido Club, and the wreath was placed at the monu- ment by William Amoroso, president of the Federazione Italiana. Groups assisting in the exercises were the Italian Athletic Club, Italian War Veterans, Italian Legion Auxiliary, Boveglio Club, Associazone Arte Mes- tieri Trinacria, Unione Fratellanza Italiana and several Italian lodges. State Deputy Herring will deliver an address over radio Station WRC at 6 p.m. today. From 9 to 9:15 p.m. Dr. Michael C. Strizzi, editor of L'Araldo, and Mario Ricciardelli, as- sistant editor, will speak over WOL. —_— D. C. YOUTH PROGRAM GRANTED $62,000 MORE Needy Students to Be Aided in Effort to Complete Educa- tion Through College. An additional allotment of $62,000 for the District - Youth Administra- tion program has been received by Commissioner George E. Allen, bringing the total so far granted to $90,000. The money is to be disbursed to needy youths so they may continue high - school, college and post-grad- uate training. High school students may receive as much as $6 a month, college students a maximum of $15 a month and post-graduate students & maximum of $30. Certification of students to receive the payments is mlde by educational heads. D. C. BOYS GET TESTS Will Take Entrance Examina- tio ns for West Point. Four Washington boys are among the candidates designated to take the West Point enfrance examinations to be held March 3. The successful can- didates will be admitted to the Mili- tary Academy July 1, 1936. The boys ll'! John Christie Emery, 1918 N street; Duncgn M. Emery, 1918 N street; Henry Landes Taylor, 1803 Thirty-seventh street, and Theodore A. Baumeister, jr., Bolling Field, Ana- He is| D. C, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1935. slowly along the northern half of the | director of highways; 6., LAYS PLANS FOR HOMECOMIKG Week of Celebration Will Be/ Climaxed With Foot Ball Game. Alumni and students of George Washington University are laying plans for their annual homecoming. ioctober 31 to November 2, which will | foot ball game at Griffith Stadium. | The university is co-operating with | the Greater National Capital Com- | mittee of the Washington Board of | Trade and will work out plans so | former students and graduates will | | take part in the civic celebration of Halloween. | Robert P. Smith of the law class of '24, who was general director of the Shrine conclave here last Summer, is general chairman of the Homecom- ing Committee. Charles S. Baker, president of the General Alumni As- sociation of G. W. U, has issued a call to the alumni to return to the campus for the three-day celebration. The homecoming rally will be held on the Monument Grounds and Con- stitution avenue on Friday night, No- vember 1, with an elaborate display of fireworks, huge bonfire, songs, | cheers, band music and dancing. ‘Through the courtesy of the Greater National Capital Committee, the | stands, lights and amplifying system used on Halloween will be made available for the rally. The closing event of the rally will be a ball at the Wilard Saturday night at which the G. W. U. and Rice foot ball teams will be guests of honor. DECLINE IN RELIEF CASES IS REPORTED More Than 11,000 Still on Rolls After 2,000 Are Taken Over by W. P. A. ‘The number of cases receiving relief was reduced to 11,886 at the end of September, as 2,662 were taken over by the Works Progress Administra- tion, Miss Alice Hill, relief director, reported yesterday to the Board of Public Welfare. September began with 15290 cases on hand, as compared with 17,393 at the opening of August. The case load was increased by 1,096 cases in Sep- tember, as against 1,150 in August. Of the cases added last month, 295 were new applications from families which had not previously received relief, 550 were cases which had been closed before July 1 but had to be reopened and 251 were cases which had been closed since July 1, but which had to be reopened, officials said. The total number of cases carried during September was reported to be 16,386, as compared with 18552 in | August. Not all families listed in the relief list receive aid. During the past month, Miss Hill said, 14,379 cases actually received relief, as against 15,791 during August. ‘The relief cases “under care” at the end of September was 11,886, as com- pared with 14,195 at the end of August. Actual expenditures for relief in September amounted to $390,480 or an average of $27.17 per case, as com- pared with $448,086 in August, or an ::“!fllfioitu.!lmme,ummu School Program Tonight. A varied program of entertainment and dancing will be held tonight at 7:30 o'clock at the Buchanan School auditorium, Thirteenth and D streets southeast. Mrs. Thelma Graff, J. Philip McBriarty and Carl E. Fo tanini are in charge of the program, which is.sponsored by the Community the Southeast ‘ Department and the e With considerable ceremony, the new Calvert Street Bridge was opened to traffic this morning, cars moving structure. The bottom picture shows Commissioner Hazen lifting the barrier as a “Go” signal for waiting cars. him, left to right, are C. R. Whyte, engineer in charge of the construction of the bridge: 8. A. Pierce, vice president of the Cowper Co., contractor of the bridge construction. } | | CALVERT BRIDGE FORMALLY OPENED 10 ALL TRAFFIC Commissioner Hazen Lifts Barrier and Leads First Automobiles Across. SOUTH DRIVE OF SPAN WILL REMAIN CLOSED ‘Workmen Will Use That Portion for Month to Dismantle 0ld Structure. Commissioner Melvin C. Hazen to- day lifted a wooden barrier at the east end of the new Calvert Street the north side of that imposing Rock Creek Valley spaa. Commissioner Hazen then climbed into his official car, which bears D. C. license number 1, and led across the spick-and-span paving a long praces- sion of automobiles intent o joining in the informal dedication of the structure. With Hazen in the leading car were Capt. H. C. Whitehurst, di- rector of highways, and C. R. Whyte, engineer of bridges. Old Bridge Closed. Coincident with the opening of the new arched stone bridge to vehicular | and pedestrian traffic at 9:30 am, | Assistant Traffic Director M. O. Eld- | ridge ordered barriers erected across both ends of the antiquated iron bridge which was moved a short distance south of its original site to | make way for the new project. The old Calvert bridge will become prey of a crew of wreckers next week, it was stated by S. K. Pierce, vice | president of the John W. Cowper Co, Beside H. C. Whitehurst, —Slar St nfl Phoms Jungle's Comforts Will Be Furnished Population of Zoo $680.,000 to Supply: Pool, Tank and Syn- thetic Moonlight. All the comforts of home will not be a meaningless expression when applied to the contemplated new | headquarters of part of the Zoo pop- ulation, grant of $680,000. To be designated as bird house, mammal house and pachyderm house, the new structure will contain such fancy features as the following: An f{lluminated tank for the hip- popotamus. A flying monkeys. A room full of synthetic moonlight for the so-called nocturnal prowlers. An air-conditioned bird house with all degrees of climate. A tall room for giraffes. A diving pool for birds who like such sport. And a frieze on the walls of the pachyderm building showing the pres- ent-day animals what they missed by not living in prehistoric times. COL. W. J. CONNOLLY, ILL 4 MONTHS, DIES Funeral Service Will Be Held at Army Medical Center Chapel at 9 A M. Tuesday. Col. William J. Connolly, U. S. In- field for air-minded the extensive fantry, died yesterday in Walter Reed | said. Hospital after an fillness of four months. Surviving is his widow, Mrs. Blanche C. Connolly, 120 Albany ave- nue, Takoma Park, Md. Connolly’s latest service had been with the Civillan Conservation Corps in Arkansas. During the World War he had served with the Quartermas- ter Corps., Joining the Army in 1898 he was first attached to the Connec- ticut Infantry and later transferred to the Cavalry. Subsequently he served with the Infantry and the Coast Artillery. Funeral services will be heid at the Army Medical Center chapel at 9 a.m. ‘Tuesday, followed by burial in Ar- lington National Cemetery. The following have been named as honorary palibearers: Col. John D. Reardan, Charles H. Brough, former Governor of Arkansas; Brig. Gen. John W. Heavy, Lieut. Col. C. M. Dowell, Maj. R. G. Jenks and Col. C. E. Delaplane. DEPARTMENT WORKERS PRAISED BY WALLACE | Secretary Cites Loyalty in Ad- dress Before American Legion Post. Secretary of Agriculture Wallace, speaking last night before Agriculture Department Post, No. 36, American Legion, praised the loyalty of employes of his department and expressed the conviction they feel they are workmg for the whole country, not just the farmers. Seoretary Wallace was introduced by Dr. A. G. Black, chief of the Agricul- ture Bureau of Economics, who also spoke. Joseph L. Koehl was installed as commander of the post. Other officers installed were: B. Z. Kile, first vice commander; F. M. Grant, second vice commander; P. L. Blake, adjutant; W. P. Thompson, financial officer; T. L. Holden, historian; E. A. Albritton, chaplain, and Thomas Haw, sergeant at arms. Joseph J. Malloy, District American it was indicated today with | D announcement of plans for construc- | | be climaxed with the G. W. U.-Rice | tion of three buildings from a P. W. A. | BANS COST RAISE ONLIBRARY ANNEX McCarl Rules Contractor Cannot Add Increased Pay on U. S. Bill. With Controller General McCarl holding that the Government cannot assume any additional cost for con- gress, seeking a wage increase of 12! cents | an hour, David Lynn, architect of the | Capitol, in charge of the building, next step will be. Lynn added he expected the con- tractor would confer with him on the matter early next week. The trouble centers around the new | annex, costing $6,269,400, for which | | the Consolidated Engineering Co. has | the contract. In making its bid, the | Consolidated figured the carpenter | wage at $1.25 an hour, the scale then effective, but on May 17 the Master Builders’ Association and the Carpen- ters’ District Council entered a new | agreement—retroactive to May 1— under which the pay was advanced to | $1.37%2 an hour. Consolidated stood on the lover wage | for the Library contract, and when the walkout resulted August 30, notified Lynn that the Government would be called on to absorb the higher cost if the strike prevailed. He, in turn, | asked McCarl what the status would be, and was notified by the controller general yesterday afternoon that Con- solidated had assumed wage risks for | the 12-month period dating from the award. The contract, therefore, could not be altered to the disadvantage of the | Government, the controller general | | | ETHIOPIAN MISSION WIVES REACH PORT | Six Children With Three Women | Escape—Men Remain in Interior. By the Associated Press. Seventh-day Adventist headquarters here has received a cable from Djibouti, French Somaliland, saying three wives of missionaries and six childrén had reached that port from the interior of war-torn Ethiopia. The cable, sent to M. E. Kern, sec- retary of the denomination, by Rev. E. D. Dick, secretary of the Northern European division and now at Djibouti, said “mothers and children leaving here today Egypt and homeland. Others choose to remain.” Mr. Kern said he interpreted this | to mean that the “others” were the ministers, doctors, nurses and wives other Ethiopian points. The United States consul at Addis Ababa, Cornelius Engert, recently ad- vised evacuation of women and chil- dren from the war-threatened areas. One Seventh-Day Adventist family with children is believed to remain in Ethiopia, Kern said. The family, from one of the Scandinavian churches, is understood to be in the western part of the country, near the Anglo- Egyptian Sudan border, several hun- dred miles from the front. Those who reached Djibouti were Mrs. G. C. Bergman of Los Angeles and her children, George, 10, and Phyllis, 5; Mrs. T. C. Nicola of Monte- bello, Calif., and Bruce, 9, and Darrell, 6; Mrs. M. J. Sorensen of Lincoln Nebr., and Margaret, 7, and Shirley, 5. Free Lance Writers to Meet. ‘The Society of Free Lance Writers will hold its first meeting of the sea- son Thursday at 8:15 pm. in the Shoreham Hotel. An election of offi- cers is to be held. Members and associate members are requested to ittend, while an invitation is | bridge struction work at the Library of Con- | where striking carpenters are | said today he is uncertain what the | without children at Addis Ababa or | bridge contractors. A veteran scissors grinder, Dominick Sampogna, 906 Quincy street, was the first pecestrian to cross the new Police let Dominick pass the barrier at 9 am., when he explained he was in a hurry to “get to work” on the other side. The first woman to cross the span Bridge and thereby opened to traffic » - was Lillian Shulman, 2713 Woodley place, who walked across from west to east. The first boy negotiating the crossing was Leslie “Sonny” Shade. 8, of 2659 Connecticut avenue. who was escorted by Miss Marjorie O'Neal of the same address and a dog, “Black | satan.” Dismantling to Start. The south drive of the bridge will | be opened by Thanksgiving day, Capt | Whitehurst said. For the presen that portion of the structure will be occupied by workmen engaged in dis mantling the old bridge. Two huge derricks mounted on rails will literally puill the rusty old bridge apart, The wrecking of the abandoned structure will be supervised by the same engineers and contractors who performed the extraordinary bridge« moving operation some months ago. . At that time the heavy iron mass was jacked up, put on “roller skates” and pulled by mule power to temporary new foundations south of the original | site, A small gathering of residents of the community was on hand to wite ness the very informal opening ceres mony. There was no ribbon cutting nor band playing nor speechmaking. Commissioner Hazen indicated there | might be a formal dedication some time later. 14 TAKEN IN RAID | ON GAMING PLACE . Three Charged With Setting Up Table Are Held in $2,000 Bond Each. | Washington's first handbook raid |In several weeks resulted in the ar- rest of 14 men yesterday in the 900 » block of Fourteenth street. Three were held on charges of setting up a gaming table and were arraigned in Police Court today. The cases were | continued to November 2 to allow time | for grand jury consideration. Those arrested were Percy Jones, 43, alias Joynes, 1400 block of I | street; Hiliary W. Smith, 36, 1500 |block of M street, and George R. Al]en, 36, 800 block of Thirteenth | street. They were released on bond of $2,000 each. Among other persons found in the place, booked for investigation and then released, was Leroy Dugan, featherweight boxer. According to Sergt. George C. Deyoe, who is in charge of the squad during the absence of Lieut. George M. Little, a tip was received yester- day morning that the place was being used as a gambling establishment. A plain clothes man made a play, he said, and the marked bill was found on one of the occupants. Police seized $39 in cash, a quan- tity of race tickets and several tele- phones. — Marriage Licenses. James 8. Torrante. 23, Lyon Park. 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