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TENTATVE RULES ON COMPENSATION DRAFTED BY BOARD Registration of Employers Must Be Accomplished by January 10. EMPLOYES MUST FILL OUT CENSUS CARDS First Formal Pay Roll Returns Must Be Filed Not Later Than February 15. BY DON S. WARREN. Registration of all private employ- ers of one or more persons in the District, not specifically exempted from the social security act, must be saccomplished by January 10, under a second section of tentative rules pub- lished today by the District Unem- ployment Compensation Board. At the same time the employers would be required to have all their employes fill out employe census cards which must be filed promptly with the board to establish a register of de- tailed information concerning all em- ployes who might later become eligible for unemployment compensation. Employers would be required to file their first formal pay roll returns with the board not later than February 15, covering employment experience dur- ing Januery and at the same time remit the first pay roll contributions. *These will amount to 1 per cent of each employer’s pay roll during the months of 1936. The levy on em- ployers will be 2 per cent in 1937 and 3 per cent in 1938. To Hold Public Hearing. The tentative rules, to be considered at s public hearing at the District Building November 4, also outline severe penalties which may be laid oon employers who fail to comply with the law or regulations. The rules were drafted for consideration by the board by Corporation Counsel E. Bar- yett Prettyman and Supt. of Insur- ance John A. Marshall, who has been named director of unemployment com- tion. Headquarters for the board will be established in the Estes Building, 470 Indiana avenue, some time after No- wvember 17. Marshall's present office 45 in the Ford Building, Pennsylvania avenue and John Marshall place. Under present plans, Director Mar- shall will register at his office all employers known to him to be liable for contributions and will notify em- oyers of their registretion. Any employer liable for payments who does not receive the notice before January 1 would be held responsible for appearing at the office for a reg- istration form, known as “employer census card.” Must Name Agents. Non-resident employers, whether or not having offices in the District, who desire to make returns without re- ferring them to their home offices for execution would be required to file with the director a copy of a suit- able “power of attorney” authorizing & resident agent to make the returns. Each registered employer will be furnished a placard, certifying regis- dration, and this must be posted prom- inently in the main office of the em- er. If any employer fails or re- Puses to pay his contributions or other- wise to comply with the act, the pla- eard is to be taken up by the board’s Mirector. Every employe in the District, as Jo whose wages any employer is lia- ble for contributions, must bé regis- tered. This will be on an “employe ' eensus card” to be furnished by the director, through the employer. This form is to contain information in- cluding the name, sex, color, date of birth and signature of the employe. Each employer shall cause each of his employes to fill out these cards. Numbers to Be Assigned. ‘When the employe census cards are geturned to the director he would as- sign to each employe a registration number, which thereafter would con- trol the accounts of the employe. Each registered employe would be sent an identification card bearing his name and number. Employes would be: charged a fee of $1 for replace- ment of lost registration cards. Any employe applying for benefit payments (which are to begin Janu- 2, 1938) and was found not to be registered, would carry the burden of proof as to every essential fact in establishing eligibility for compen- sation. For the month of January, 1936, re- turns required of employers would be prepared as follows: ‘The director would furnish. every employer with a supply of blank pay roll sheets. The employer would fill out this form listing the names, reg- istration numbers, hours of employ- ment and wages payable (with gra- tuities, i any, separately noted) for each employe These. forms would provide for regular employes and cas- usl and temporary employes. The smployer could enter the names of his employes on these forms in whatever order he chooses, alphabetically, or by departments, or by classifications, or any other method. Preparation of Pay Rolls. For the convenience of employers to each each employer a pay roll sheet pon which the director would enter ploye month’s return of that em- ployer. The arrangement of names of employes would be the same as that used by the employer on the January Blank pay roll sheets would ttachéd for the entry of data con- any new employes and for or temporary on the regular em| , on would enter hours ot i % return. it ¥ i 1 sapie Lt i -3 E + Eigzg & i l Crash Victim | {1 \\ CARL RAMSTAD. [2 MORE SUFFER PAINS OF INJURY IND. C. TRAFFIC Legs of Colored Man May Be Amputated to Save Life. Crushed limbs and blood flowing from ugly gashes today was the “be- hind the scene” picture of week end traffic accidents in the District. With the exception of a colored man, how- ever, none was thought to be critically injured. The death late Saturday night of Carl Ramstad, 40, 948 New York ave- nue, taxicab driver, almost instantly killed in a three-car crash on the Arlington Memorial Bridge, raised the total number of traffic deaths in the District this year to 89. Ramstad was dead upon arrival at Georgetown Hospital. The number of deaths is 11 under the 100 total recorded on the corresponding date last year. In nearby Maryland and Virginia, a number were rushed to hospitals :n the past 24 hours with blgod gushing from wounds, while further away in Vir- ginia 10 persons were torn, crushed and battered into death in a series of accidents. Twisted limbs and still faces appeared waxy under the flash- lights of investigating State police. Bones Pierce Flesh. The seriously injured colored man, Benjamin Johnson, 36, of the 1400 block of New Jersey avenue was taken to Emergency Hospital yesterday with bones prdtruding from two mangled legs, received when he was struck on Pennsylvania avenue southeast at Tenth street by an automobile while he was standing near his parked car. Edwin P. Pitcher, 28, of 122 Fifth street northeast was driver of the car which struck him, police said. Catherine Pitcher, 23, who was riding in the machine which struck Johnson, was treated at Providence Hospital for a gash over her eye. Doctors today were undecided whether one of Johnson's legs will have to be amputated. Today Mrs. Beatrice Purcell, 22, of 2120 Thirteenth street southeast es- caped with a bloody scalp, cut when the automobile which she was driving overturned at Twelfth street and Pennsylvania avenue, when in col- lision with a taxicab. Her 2-year- old daughter, Verna, was uninjured, except for shock, police said. They were taken to Emergency Hospital. Edward I Taylor, 34, of 621 East Capitol street, was driver of the cab, it was said. Driver Hunted. Mildred Wade, 23, of 1300 Rhode Island avenue may have suffered rup- tured internal organs yesterday when the automobile in which she was riding was struck by another machine at Thirty-first street and Pennsyl- vania avenue southeast. She left Casualty Hokpital after being given first aid. Police today were seeking the driver of the other car, which was abandoned. John G. Osborne, 21, of the 100 block of T street northeast, suffered a cut leg when the automobile in which he was riding crashed into a tree on Riggs road northeast. He was taken to Casualty Hospital. George M. Osborne, 24, of the T street address, who police say was driving the car, was arrested and charged with «driv- ing while drunk. Two-year-old Jack Mills, 243 Sec- ond street northeast, was gashed about the lower lip and chin and his upper front teeth loosened when he was struck by an automobile at Second and C streets northeast. He was treated at Casualty Hospital. Twelve Hurt in District. In all 12 persons were injured in 24 accidents in the District in the 24-hour period ending at 8 a.m. today. Most of them escaped with minor cuts and bruises. Elmer Wilson, 28, of 825 Fifth street, arrived at Casualty Hospital with his face streaked with blood from flying glass when his automobile ran into a stanchion of the viaduct at Second and H streets northeast. Wilson told police he lost control of the machine when & tire blew out. With their faces streaming with d 58, he Foening Star WASHINGTON, D. C, MONDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1935. SCHOOL SLASHES SECRET PENDING BUDGET'S REPORT Educators Unaware of Items Hit by Reduction to $13,959,046. BUILDING PROGRAM BELIEVED AFFECTED Ballou’s Office Preparing Sched- ule of Structures and Land for Congress. District school aathorities will be uninformed of just what modification has been made in their schedule of appropriations until Congress is ready to hold hearings on the proposed 1937 budget. According to Maj. Daniel J. Donovan, District auditor, that budget has been reduced from $18,041,339 to $13,959,046. The larger figure included, in addi- tion to operations costs, funds for 28 new buildings and the purchase of 15 land sites for additional schools. In the current budget funds were allowed for only six new buildings and the purchase of one piece of land. Just how much of the increase re- mains and what the items are cannot be made pubflic under Treasury De- partment- rules until after the budget is sent from the Budget Bureau to Congress. - Maj. Donovan, bound by the restrictions, has declined to discuss any individual items in the new pro- posals. Notification Awaited. School authorities today declined to discuss the schedules sent to the Budget Bureau until they are formally notified of the modifications made in thefr original requests. They are ig- norant of what alterations have been made, but it is believed the slash of $4,082,293 made by District authorities and approved by the Commissioners was made chiefly in the contemplated building program, proposed land pur- chases and in a requested increase for the Community Center Department. Further slashes also are anticipated, or perhaps feared, when the Budget Bureau begins its check. Heretofore, cuts have been made both by the bureau and by the House or Senate subcommittees that considered the school budget. School administrators, however, are hopeful of keeping the in- crease over current appropriations so far allowed, totaling $2,506,996. The total school schedule of $13,- 959,046 over present funds includes $2,121,500 for new schools, a gain of $1,346,500, and $261,000 for land pur- chase, & gain of $206,000. This leaves an increase of $954,496 for all other purposes, including operations costs of the schools and of the Community Center Department. Silent on Schedules. Untll a breakdown of the figures, however, has been made available to the Board of Education and Dr. Frank W. Ballou, superintendent, authorities at the Franklin administrative build- ing are silent on the present sched- ules. Meanwhile Dr. Ballou’s office has begun work on a schedule of needed new buildings and land purchases that will be offered Congress, under the ‘board’s sponsorship, that will be com- parable to the five-year building pro- gram inaugurated about 10 years ago. At that time the building program was planned in advance and handled separately from the usual school budget. Mrs. Marion Wade Doyle, president of the board, proposed the new pro- gram several weeks ago, and Dr. Bal- lou and Jere J. Crane, first assistant superintendent in charge of business affairs, began compilation of the sys- tem’s needs. In view of the cuts made by the District Commissioners and Auditor Donovan, it is expected that any re- Jected items in the 1937 budget will be made a part of the new building program. . 175 Projects Authorized. Meanwhile, 175 improvement proj- ects in the existing school plant have been authorized by the Works Prog- ress Administration and the money for them was to be made available by the Treasury today. Commissioner Allen, local W. P. A. administrator, sald some time ago that actual work will begin on the program as soon as the money is ready. No estimate has been made of the total cost of the new 5-year or possible 10-year building program, nor will one be made until a complete statistical survey of the schools’ current and future needs has been completed. President Is Due To Give Address At Span Exercises ‘Definite Assurance’ Re- ceived by Chairman Sim- mons of Committee. By the Associated Press. CAMBRIDGE, Md, October 21.— Howard W. Simmons, chairman of ar- rangements, sald today he had “defl- nite assurance” that President Roose- velt would attend the Choptank Bridge celebration here Saturday. Simmons sald he wus informed the President would come here aboard the yacht Sequois for the exercises com- and | memorating completion of the mile- Maple View place nearby Virginia. Their inj were received when their autom and-a-half-long span, built as a Pub- lic Works Administration project at mons said. In the event he does not, arrangements will be made to amplify *|the words of an address he is ex- | Capital’s Newest Major Park Improved by C.C.C. Leaves float in the placid waters above the dam built by the C. C. C. in Fort Dupont Park, the latest addition to Washington's park system. Such a scene as this greeted members of the National Capital Park and Planning Commission last week on an inspection trip through the area. Just beyond the artificial lake is a bridge built by the Triple-C boys. PRESSNEW LEADS IN WILSON CASE Philadelphia Gangster Be- lieved to Have Given New Information. Police investigators assigned in the murder of Allen B. Wilson, newspaper -route agent, today were attempting to run down leads they are believed to have obtained by grilling William Cleary, Philadelphia gangster, under arrest in the case. Inspector Frank S. W. Burke, chief of detectives, would not confirm or deny reports Cleary had told investi- gators all he knows about the murder of Wilson, who was shot to death last October when mistaken for Edward “Mickey” McDonald, local gambler. Burke said he doesn’t know what the detectives assigned to the case are doing and hasn’t talked with them for four days. Cleary, suspected of being a key fgure in the crime, was arrested more than a week ago, and has been shifted from one precinct to another and held incommunicado. The investigating squad has grilled him on several occasions, but, it was sald, obtained their first information Saturday night. A statement was obtained several days ago from Dewey Jenkins, also under arrest, who is believed to have implicated Cleary. Police, however, have refused to divulge the nature of either statement. Several other men are under arrest, including Albert S. Sutton and Ernest W. Myers, who are held at the District Jail. John “Slim” Dunn, now serving a 15-year robbery sentence in Alca- traz, also has been mentioned in con- nection with the investigation. Wilson was killed early on the morning of October 23 while deliver- ing a newspaper in front of McDon- ald’s home in Takoma Park. McDon- ald had returned home earlier than usual and thus escaped the bullets in- tended for him., MILK PRODUCERS LOSE TAX FIGHT Maryland - Virginia Federation Suit to Prevent D. C. Collec- tion Dismissed. A suit by the Maryland-Virginia Milk Producers’ Association to pre- vent collection by the District of a tax on its $400,000 so-called revolving fund was dismissed by Justice Jesse C. Adkins of District Supreme Court today. The tax amounted to $1,385, or five tenths of 1 per cent, and was levied on advice of Corporation Counsel E. Barrett Prettyman, who argued the fund consisted of corporate moneys, subject to taxation. The association contended the fund was destined for eventual distribution among its mem- bers, from whom it had been collected through a 1-cent-per-gallon assess- ment on all milk sold. SLUGGING WATCHMAN COSTS YOUTH YEAR By & Staff Correspondent of The Star. ALEXANDRIA, Va., October 21.— the face in an attempted robbery at Janney Brothers ware- Saturday night, James Wells, 18, the 100 block Hume avenue, By next Summer Washingtonians will have access to the 400 acres of the park, next to Rock Creek Park 1 authorized its land purchasing agent, n size. The commission yesterday Norman C. Brown, to proceed with further land acquisitions to complete the project. Survey Shows Radical Topics Just Touched George ]. Jones Declares® They Are *“Micro- scopic” in Extent. Teaching About Com- munism and Socialism Is Held Elementary. Completing a revised outline of 21 courses on history, geography and so- cial studies for the public schools of the District of Columbia, George J. Jones, head of that division of the local school department, explained today that teachings touching upon communism or socialism are “micro- scopic” in their extent. Pointing out first that neither of these theories of government ever have been taught, but rather that they are being “taught about,” Mr. Jones identified each of seven courses and the points in the courses where such subjects are involved. In each case, the space allotted to them is very brief, with the class time avail- able being about one full period per semester as an average. “I am confident,” Mr. Jones said| today, “that not one teacher in the department has ever advdcated or in any way supported these radical doc- trines in class room teaching. “Teaching about communism and socialism, however, is something en- tirely different. The courses in civics, economics, modern history, American history and national and world prob- lems do include a study about com- munism and socialism. Studied in Elementary Way. “Socialism is studied in a very ele- mentary way in the junior high schools. Communism is not men- tioned in the course of study for ju- nior high schools, but is mentioned for the tenth-year course in modern history in the senior high schools. “The government of Russia is not mentioned for study prior to the twelfth grade course in national and world problems. “It is better for high school boys and girls to learn the meaning of so- cialism and communism in the class rooms than from the radical orators on the street corners. “If pupils are told that communism and socialism cannot be discussed they will wonder why not. If they are merely told that there are grave dan- gers in communism and socialism they will wonder what these dangers are. “Our policy has been to regard junior and senior high school boys and girls as thinking, reasoning hu- man beings and we have endeavored in some of our courses to give them some understanding of the meanings and outcomes of communism and socialism. Shaped by Teachers. With regard to the outline of the 21 courses, Mr. Jones said that they are shaped by the contributions of many teachers and that fully 150 in- structors have advanced some thought to them. ‘The courses where socialism or communism enter in some small de- gree follow: Seventh grade history of the mod- ern world as a background for Amer- ican history. This course studies his- tory largely through a study of biog- raphies, and Karl Marx is one of the many individuals listed for considera- tion. Eighth-grade history of the United the United States form of government as contrasted to European forms, thus making some information necessary on European forms. Tenth-year modern history. One of the lessons of this course deals with probkems growing out of the World ‘War, both economic and political. In in Schools Here GEORGE J. JONES. chosen subject. Among the suggested 16 subjects are: History and tenets of socialism, the Russian government and comparison of United States and foreign governments. Among them, also, are the District government, the Constitution, and others. Economics in the twelth year. This contains a section dealing with “re- form theories,” among them being communism and socialism. This is | the only instance where the radical | subject might involve more than one class period for the course. National and world problems in the twelfth year. This course suggests a comparison of United States and foreign social problems. One of its objectives, as stated, is to foster a “genuine spirit of broad-mindedness, tolerance and fair play.” Explanation Issued. As a background for the policy of the history and social study depart- ment of the local schools, Mr. Jones upon several occasions during the past years has issued an explanation of how the department should function. Part of this follows: “The solution of many questions call for untiring efforts on the part of our ablest economists and states- men and at times seem even beyond their understanding. These problems, therefore, may well be discussed, but certainly not solved and settled in class room teaching. Students should be permitted to reach their own con- clusions after fair discussion. “Students in junior and senior high schools, however, should acquire both an understanding of and a faith in our republican institutions. The great men who established our form of government had faith in its suc- cess. How.much greater our faith should be in the Government we have today, after nearly 150 years of suc- cessful operation. “Our republican institutions came to us and have been secured for us at a great cost. We accept our liberties very much as a matter of course in the same unthinking and unquestion- ing spirit in which we enjoy the sunshine and the air. The rights other men struggled to obtain and paid for in sacrifice are now our heritage. There is always the danger that we may not fully appreciate our liberties. ‘This Government we have is ours to keep and to improve under orderly processes under the Constitution. It is the special duty of social science teachers to inspire pupils with faith in this Government under the Con- stitution, and also to inculcate in their minds a clear understanding that participation in Government is a duty as well as a right; that a republican form of Government succeeds only through an active and intelligent electorate.” ————ere LORD SYSONBY DIES LONDON, October 21 (#).—Lord Sysonby, former keeper of the King's privy purse and for many years prom- inent in -the royal household, died yesterday at the age of 67. Until his recent elevation to the peerage he was Sir Frederick Pon- sonby, Av WL URGED T0 KEEP FATH Dr. Abernethy Predicts Re- turn of Prohibition at District Session. Delegates to the sixty-first annual | convention of the District of Colum- | bia division, Woman's Christian Tem- perance Union, were urged by Dr. W. S. Abernethy to keep their faith in the fight for liquor prohibition as their two-day convention opened to- day at the Calvary Baptist Church. Dr. Abernethy is pastor of the church. The speaker predicted that in 10 years the country would again return to prohibition “with this lesson be- | Hind them.” This cannot be accom- plished in 10 minutes, he declared, | but will come about eventually. Business Acted On. Today's opening session, called to order by Mrs. Jennie Bailey Wad- leigh, president, was devoted to busi- ness matters. Reports of various ‘committees were made by officers. Miss Laura Lindley was to speak on “Present Situation of the Dry | Cause.” Following noon-tide devo- tions by Mrs. A. S. M. Hopkins, the | delegates were to be entertained at | luncheon. The afternoon session also | was to be devoted to business topics. Prominent Women Present. Participating in the morning ex- | ercises were Mrs. W. S. Abernethy, | wife of Dr. Abernethy, who offered | a devotional service, and Mrs. Bellee Cutler Parker, Mrs. Charles Williams, | Mrs. Gertrude F. Hoage, Mrs. Darrell | C. Crain, Mrs. A. B. McManus, Mrs. | H. Edson Rogers, Mrs. Manuel Kline, Mrs. Marie N. Brinley, Mrs. B. Shanks Chaney and Dr. Lauretta Kress. Mrs. Rovilla Fry Atkinson led congregational singing. A contralto solo was sung by Mrs, Jessie Werner. Election of new officers will feature tomorrow’s elosing day session. Mrs. Brinley will speak on “Alcohol—a Demonstration.” STABILIZED POTATO PRICES DEFENDED A. A A Seeks to Show Con- sumer Would Pay Less in Long Run. By the Assoclated Press. Gingerly preparing for its efforts to increase the price the farmer gets for potatoes, the A. A. A. sought to show today that the consumer would be better off if prices were “stabilized.” It issued a statement saying studies indicated “the consumer would pay lower prices for potatoes then he has averaged over a period of years in the past if prices were stabilized at a fair return to the grower.” “The surveys” it sald, “included years of high, low and average produc- tion since 1920 and the comparisons showed that the cost to the purchaser of potatoes was less in the normal years than the average of the high and low seasons. “The years of medium production included in one survey were 1923 and 1927. The smallest potato crop in the period from 1923 to 1928 was in 1925. ‘The largest crop was in 1928. “The analysis by A. A. A. economists showed that the cost to the consumer during the average of the small-crop year of 1925 and the large-crop year of 1928 was $2.11 a bushel. The cost during the two years of medium pro- duction averaged $1.91 a bushel. “Thus the consumers paid during this period 20 cents more per bushel in the years of extremely high and low production than in the years of mod- erate production.” CHURCH 100 YEARS OLD Special Dispatch to The Star. REMINGTON, Va, October 21.— ‘The Mount Holly Baptist Church yes- terday celebrated its 100th anniversary with & special sermon by the pastor, Rev. C, W. Brooks, and an all-day dinner. Many visitors, including a number from Washington, took part Society and General PAGE B—1 FARLEY INCICATES NEW POSTMASTER WILL BE D. C. MAN Frown -Greets Tender of Ohio Man’s Name for $9,000 Plum. PLACE IS HELD ABOVE POLITICAL DEBT STATUS Mooney'’s Successor Probably Will Come From Post Office De- partment Ranks. Indication was given today that when a successor to Postmaster Wil- liam M. Mooney is named he will be 8 bona-fide resident of Washington, probably from the ranks of the Post Office Department. Postmaster General Farley, it was made known, is not willing that the local postmastership go to pay off any political debt, but wants it to be & promotion. Mooney, whose term ends Februe ary 5, came up through the depart- ment and is to be tendered another post there. ‘The Post Office portfolio here stirred local Democrats over the week end because of the announcement that Allen Rowe, Ohio insurance man, was being boomed for the post by Repre= sentative Lamneck of Ohio, whose campaign he managed in 1934. Fare ley said that Rowe's name was the only one that had been mentioned to him. Residence Clause Bars Rowe, Rowe presumably would be barred from the appointment because of the one-year residential requirement, set by executive order, but the attitude of the Postmaster General would not be favorable to any candidacy of that nature, granting that no other barrier existed. Farley emphasized today that polie tics should not be the dominating fac~ tor in filling an office as important as that in Washinglon, which he | looks upon as second only to New York City. Therefore, he is of the conviction that the Washington office should aways be in charge of a man of tried experience in the service. He has no one personally in mind at this time, but has reason to know that there are a number who have spent years in the service who are qualified. Farley said that he has not taken the matter up with the President and that he will be in ro hurry to do so because Mooney's term does not exe pire for some time. It is felt the President would oppese an appointe ment such as contemplated. Principle Followed 25 Years. The postmastersnip here, which pays $9,000, has been considered s | berth which a local nerson should fill, | just as it is in other cities. After & lapse, this principle of selection has been followed unwaveringly by both parties for more than a quarter of a century. Mooney, an appointee of President Harding, cucceeded another | veteran postal employe, Merritt O. Chance, whose name has figured in speculation of potential candidates. 'WHEATLEY TO HEAR INSPECTION CHARGES Accepts Allen's Invitation to Sit With Him at Hearings on Al- leged Misfeasance. H. Winship Wheatley, president of | the District Bar Association, has ac- | cepted the invitation of Commissioner | George E. Allen to sit with the latter | in hearings scheduled October 30 on charges of misfeasance in- the Dis- trict building inspector’s office. Allen asked for Wheatley, to serve with him because he is “neutral” so far as a conflict between District offi cials is concerned. “I am a District official,” Allen said, “and so is the building inspector. The public may suspect me of being ‘pro= District’ in a matter of this kind. Mr. Wheatley certainly will not be partial to one side or the other, and for that reason I asked him to serve, and he has accepted the invitation.” Alen was selected for the job of conducting the hearing because he is the only Commissioner who has no direct connection with the inspector’s department. Col. John W. Oehmann, building in- spector, faces nine specific charges of misfeasance, prepared by Elwood H. isznl and Chester H. Gray, assistant | corporation counsels, at the request | of the Commissioners. The two attore neys will act as prosecutors before Allen and Wheatley. Col. Oehmann will be represented by W. Gwynn Gardiner, attorney, and former Dise trict Commissioner. ARMY CADET FLYER KILLED IN CRASH Air Corps Observer Seriously Hurt ‘When Training Plane Falls in Virginia. By the Associated Press. NORFOLK, Va., October 21.—An Army cadet pilot was fatally injured and his observer, an Air Corps pri- vate, seriously hurt when their traine ing plane crashed in a field near Smithfield yesterday. Cadet Frank Willlam Brendle, 22, son of Mrs. Gladys Brendle, Dallas, Tex., died in an ambulance en route to Fort Monrce Hospital. A graduate of Randolph Field, Tex., he had been attached to the 20th Bombardment Squadron at Langley Fleld since June. Before entering the Army he had graduated from Texas Agricultural and Mechanical College. His ‘observer, Pvt. Paul Hamerla, 20th Bombardment Squadron, of R. F. D. 5, Titusville, Pa., was suffering from serious but probably not fatal injuries. ‘Their plane, engaged in a naviga- tion problem, fell when its motor failed.