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WASHINGTON, D. C, SUNDAY MR A DISHISSES 600 AND CUTS PAY IN HOUSECLEANIG Economy Move Affects Every Class of Worker for Agency. “WEEDING OUT” IS DUE TO END BY NOVEMBER 30 Budget Saving of 16 Perx Cent Seen Effected—Civil Service Expert on Job. Notices of dismissal were received yesterday by some 600 N. R. A.°em- ploves, while an unestimated number of others had their salaries slashed. Announcement of the economy move was made about two weeks ago by Administrator L. J. Martin, but it was not specified at the time which employes would be dismissed or suffer pay cuts. The action effects every class of N. R. A. employe, it was said. Of- ficials said the “housecleaning™” would be over by the end of November, the effective date of dismissals depending on the amount of annual leave each individual has accrued. Civil Service Expert on Job. A Civil Service Commission expert has been at work for some time re- classifying N. R. A. employes accord- ing to the commission specifications. Numerous smaller-salaried workers, in- | cluding guards, messengers. clerks and | stenographers, felt the ax yesterday. | In reviewing N. R. A. wages, it Was | discovered many salaries were too low. officials said. These will not be raised, however, in view of the general retrenchment Three considerations governed de- termination of whether an employe should be dismissed: The individual's qualifications for the job and the question of whether a certain posi- tion was justified at all; the financial status of workers—whether they had families and whether dismissal would actually cause serious suffering; and length of service. Saving of 16 Per Cent. Yesterday's action, officials said, will effect a budget saving of 16 per cent, of which 10 per cent will be accomplished by dismissals and the rest by reclassification downward. The move will reduce the total N. R. A. force here and in the field to about 2,300, leaving about 1.600 employed in ‘Washington. Simultaneously, with announcement of the retrenchment came renewal predictions Administrator Martin would resign soon. This could not be confirmed. There may be another slash Janu- ary 1 and a third February 1, officials indicated. Further reduction depends on congressional wishes as about half of the present force is writing a his- tory of code operations at the behest of Congress. GATHEDRAL SCHOOL OBSERVES BIRTHDAY Institution for Girls 35 Years 0ld—More Than 100 Alumnae Attend Celebration. With & house party over this week end for the alumnae as the first event in a commemoration program to be completed later this year, the National Cathedral School for Girls at Mount St. Alban is celebrating its thirty- fifth birthday anniversary. The school was founded in 1900 through the gift of Mrs. Phoebe Ap- person Hearst, and erection of the main building at Woodley road and ‘Wisconsin avenue antedates the lay- ing of the foundation stone for the National Cathedral by seven years. More than 100 graduates, represent- ing 20 States and the District and coming from 30 of the school's classes, are attending the celebration. A dinner for the alumnae and Ca- thedral trustees was held last night in the school dining hall. Among the guests present were Mrs. James E. Freeman, Very Rev. G. C. F. Braten- ahl, dean of the Cathedral, and Mrs. Bratenahl; Rev. William L. De Vries, canon precentor of the Cathedral; Right Rev. Philip M. Rhinelander, warden of the College of Preachers, and Mrs. Rhinelander; Canon Anson Phelps Stokes and Mrs. Stokes; Dr. Willlam C. Rives, Mr. and Mrs. Alan- son B. Houghton, Dr. and Mrs. Wil- | liam Holland Rhinelander and Mr. and Mrs. Corcoran Thom. Marjorie Stebbins Marshall is chair- man of the Reunion Committee, and the other members are Margaret Moorhouse Graham, Eva Robertson Hinton, Lucia B. Hollerith, Ruth Channon Nesbit, Elizabeth Holting and Adelaide O’Donnell Orme. ACCIDENTS IN HOME SUBJECT OF WARNING Red Cross Secretary Broadcasts Appeal to All to Use More Caution. Miss Mabel T. Boardman, secretary of the American Red Cross, broad- cast an appeal last night to all local chapters to fight accidents in the home. Last year, she said, such mis- haps took 34,500 lives in the Unitedl States. Miss Boardman spoke from WMAL under auspices of the Federal Hous- ing Administration, which is co-oper- ating with the Red Cross in its Na- tion-wide drive to reduce the num- ber of fatal accidents in homes and farms. She directed her remarks particu- Jarly to parents with small children, and .pointed out that accidents claim more lives between the ages of 3 and 18 than does disease. More than one- third of such accidents, she said, occur in the home. Miss Boardman particularly warned against haste in view of the fact that Americans are a hurried people who do not stop to count the cost of their hru. \Boy of 2 Stumbles Into Oxon Run and |Is Found Drowned Boy Toddles Away From Home, Dies in Few Inches of Water. Shallow Oxon Run took the life of 2-year-old John Davidson, jr., yester- day when he wandered from his home in Cedar Hill Cemetery. John, son of a tree surgeon, was found face down in a few inches of water about 15 minutes after his mother missed him and asked em- ployes of the cemetery to aid her in a search. The boy apparently had slid under a wire fence separating the cemetery grounds from the creek and tumbled into the water. He was taken to Casualty Hospital in the hope that he might be revived, but resuscitation efforts were futile. TOLL IN- TRAFFIC {Victim Injured October 21. Sailor Killed in Head- on Crash. Washington's ninety-second traffic death of the year was recorded shortly after last midnight when Gilbert At- water, colored, 40, of the 600 block | of Maryland avenue southwest, died | in Gallinger Hospital. He was in- | jured October 21 at the intersection of Maryland avenue and Fourth street southwest when he ran into the side of a car operated by Frank Litzen- burg, 36, of 511 C street northeast. | Atwater suffered a fractured skull.| | He was taken first to Emergency Hos- pital and later transferred to Gal- linger. A seaman attached to the Navy Yard was Kkilled and 15 persons were injured, two of them seriously, in automobile accidents in and near the District last night. Wwilliam D. Montero, 32, the dead man, was riding in a car that crashed head-on with another machine on the bridge spanning Occoquan Creek at Woodbridge, Va. Three other service men stationed at the Anacostia Naval Air Station were hurt in the same accident. They are W. E. Gerneake, possible skuil fracture; Henry M. Owens, broken nose and cuts to the face, and T. I. Jones, lacerations about the head and face. They were brought to Georgetown Hospital. Max E. Smith, 33, of 5537 Illinois avenue was taken to Emergency Hos- pital after his car was said to have been wrecked in the Woodbridge crash. | He was cut about the face and body. The other major accident involved a car containing four colored persons which struck a Virginia bus on the Highway Bridge and skidded 150 feet into the side of the span. % Roy Alfred, 20, colored, Arlington, Va., riding in the rumble seat of the private machine, received a fracture of the skull, collar bone and hip. He and his wife, Dorothy, 20, who was cut, were taken to Emergency. The driver of the car and another | passenger fied after the crash, police | said. The Alfred woman told police the car in which she was riding was | going 50 miles an hour when it struck the bus. Nobody on the bus was hurt. ‘ Four Are Injured. Mrs. Helen Sylvester, two of her | children, Louise, 13, and Betty, 4, and | her mother, Mrs. Anna Rupp, all of | Bradbury Heights, Md., received minor injuries when their car overturned on the Alexandria pike near Fairfax, | Va., after colliding with another ma- | chine driven by Rev. Ryland T. Dodge, | pastor of Temple Baptist Church, | Alexandria. | Edwin F. Sylvester, father of the | children, and two other daughters. | Caroline, 15, and Joan, 2, escaped | injury. Rev. Dodge alsc was unhurt. | Estelle Kitchen, 7, colored, first | block of Myrtle street northeast, was slightly hurt when struck by an auto- mobile near the H street viaduct. Po- | lice are looking for the driyer of the | car. The girl Was taken to Casualty. 1‘ Leg Broken by Auto. | John McCarley, 37, of 1209 F street | northeast, suffered a broken leg when | hit in the 1200 block of Maryland | avenue northeast by an automobile said to have been operated by Her- bert Bonviri, 20, Brentwood, Md. He | was treated at Casualty. | Anna Reynolds, 17, of 3727 Canal | road, and Elnora Smallwood, 18, of | 4035 Galt street northeast, were cut about the body in an accident at Conduit road and Weaver terrace. They were removed to Georgetown | Hospital. | Lewis F. Rollins, Vienna, Va., re- | ceived cuts to his face in a collision { in the 4500 block of Canal road. He also was taken to Georgetown. {AUDIT OF D. C. POLICE Will Property and Money 6n Com- Accountants missioners’ Order. | An audit of accounts of the Metro- politan Police Department for prop- erty and monies coming into its custody has been started at the direc- tion of the Commissioners, it was announced yesterday. The work is being performed by accountants under assignment by | Maj. Daniel J. Donovan, District | auditor. Commiissioner Melvin C. Hazen, who supervises the Police Department, said the audit was a routine matter and | had no special significance. —_ WILL SERVE LUNCHES First of Five Cent Meals to Be Served at Cherrydale. Special Dispatch to The Star. CHERRYDALE, Va. October 26.— The first of a series of 5-cent lunches will be served at the Cherrydale School under the auspices of the Parent«Teacher Association on Thurs- day at noon. The menu will include soup, sandwiches, milk and ice cream. M Charles A. Meyers will have { l(hmauununummh. 5 RASED 10 %2 | CUSTODY FUND ORDERED | Check Over| WAR THRILLS SET FOR LARGE NAVY DAY ATTENDANCE [President Cites Needs of| Defense in Letter to Swanson. 1,000 MEN TO MARCH IN ANNUAL PARADE New Destroyer Dale Among Three Warships Here—Sham Battle a Feature. This year's observance of Navy day, which will reach its high point to- morrow when thousands of Washing- tonians attend the panoply of war to | be exhibited at the navy yard, was | launchec last night with the asser- | tion by President Roosevelt that, in the light of troubled world conditions, | “it is imperative that we should heed the needs of national defense.” Mr. Roosevelt’s statement was con- tained in a letter to Secretary Swan- son indorsing the commemoration which will begin today and reach a climax at the navy yard with a sham battle just before dusk tomorrow. The President added: “By the passage of the Vinson- Trammell bill, which authorizes the upbuilding of our Navy to the limits of existing treaties, our national legisla- tion gave very definite expression of its purpose to increase the strength of the American Navy to a degree com- mensurate with America’s needs, in- terests and responsibilities.” Program Day Late, Navy day is celebrated each year on October 27, birthday of Theodore Roosevelt, but because the date falls on Sunday this year most of the cele- brations and maneuvers have been arranged for tomorrow. It will be a big day here as well as at navy yards throughout the country. The Washington public will be offered three aerial demonstrations, deep diving, operations in the great Navy gun factory, a machine gun drill and—for the first time here—a special display of wax figures, illus- trating Navy uniforms from 1776 down through the years. Rear Admiral Joseph R. Defrees, commandant of the Washington Navy Yard, expects to play host to a record- breaking number of visitors. Officials believe the 1933 peak of 147,000 will be topped tomorrow. The attendance last year was cut down to 106,384 when rain began to fall in midafter- noon. Celebrations in other sections of the country will reach a climax at the Philadelphia Navy Yard tomor: | row, where two destroyers, the Shaw | and Cassin, will be launched and the | keel of the cruiser Wichita laid. The | activities will be broadcast at 2 p.m. Citizens to Be Invited. Assistant Secretary Henry L. Roose- velt will invite all American citizens to join in the observance in a radio | address today at 2:30 pm. On the| same program Rear Admiral Joseph P. Taussig, assistant chief of naval operations here, will receive radio, tel- ephone and code reports of comman- | dants of naval districts and stations scattered over the world in their prep- | arations for Navy day. ‘ | Rear Admiral Defrees and his staff | | here provided a wide variety of en- | tertainment for the Washington pub- lic tomorrow. There will be a parade in which 1,000 men will march and three bands—the Navy, Marine and Marine Drum Corps—will render a | variety of tunes. There will be three ships at the yard, the new 1,500-ton | destroyer Dale, and two Coast Guard | cutters, Apache and Sebago, all open [to the public. The Marine Corps | fiyers from Quantico, members of the Fleet Marine Force, will give a series of spectacular aerial stunts, diving, twisting, looping and simulating a | bombing attack on a hostile shore. There will be “something doing every | minute” from 8 a.m. until the sound- |ing of colors at 5:13 rings down the ;curtaln on the performances. | Sham Battle High Light. | | The sham battle at 4:30 pm. will | be one of the day’s high lights. Par- ticipating in this will be some 200 Marines from the Fleet Marine Force at Quantico, and the 100 “insurrectos” | will be represented by bluejackets from the Receiving Station at the yard. The big Marine Corps air show will | take place at 3 pm. | For many weeks now a special com- | mittee headed by Capt. Stephen C. Rowan, U. 8. N., captain of the yard, has been at work mapping out details of the program to be presented tomor- row. | Another feature of the day's cele- bration will be held at the John Paul Jones Monument at 12:15 p.m. under joint auspices of the District of Co- lumbia Chapter, Military Order of the World War, and the Advisory Board of Masonic Clubs of the Dis- trict. Wreathes to Be Placed. At the conclusion of the program, the following organizations will place | wreaths at the monument: Navy| League of the United States, Maj. Howe; Military Order of the World War, Gen. Perry L. Miles, commander; | Advisory Board of Masonic Clubs of | District of Columbia, Lieut. Russell | | H. Thompson, president National So- | | ciety, American War Mothers, Mrs. | Janet Boone, national president; Na- | tional Sojourners, Dr. William H. | Sebrell, president; Heroes of '76, Lieut. |Col. A. H. Dondero, commander; American War Mothers, Mrs. Mary T. Shanahan, department president; National Society, Daughters American Revolution, Miss Helen Harmon, vice president general, representing Mrs. William A. Becker; Daughters of | American Revolution, Mrs. George Madden Grimes, State regent; Vet- erans of Foreign Wars, Lieut. Edward K. Inman, department president; Auxiliary, United Spanish War Vet- erans, Mrs, Mary Lipscomb, depart- ment president; Sons of American | Revolution, Mr. Frani®B. Steel, secre- tary general, and Maj. C. C. Griges, District of Columbia president; Amer- ican Gold Star Mothers, Mrs. Alida T. Bruce, president; National Pa- triotic Council, Mrs. N. N. Potts, presi- dent; Military Order of Foreign Wars, Lieut. Col. Robert P. Parrott, vice commander; Daughters of America, (Ses NAVY DAY, Fage 3 TRIAL OF COOPER 10 BE RESUMED Frederick W. Pimper Will Continue Testimony To- morrow Morning. The trial of Wade H. Cooper. former president of three local banks, will be resumed tomorrow at 10 am. be- fore a jury in District Supreme Court. Cooper is charged with misapplication of funds of the defunct Commercial National Bank, | Frederick W. Pimper, one-time head note teller of the Commercial Bank, will continue testimony begun Friday, when the trial was adjcurned by Jus- tice Daniel W. O'Donoghue because of conflicting court business Pimper has identified numerous ledgers, account slips and other papers in connection with loans made by the Commercial Bank to the old Contin- ental Trust Co. in order to permit the latter to meet dividend payments. The Government claims these divi- dends were illegal because the Con- tinental was without unpledged assets. The Continental had turned over its deposit liabilities of more than $2,- 800,000 to Commercial in an affilia- tion deal under which Col. Cooper, then president of the Continental, jean jumpers that it scarcely seemed | became head of the joint institution. Receivers for the Commercial and Continental banks are among wit- | nesses waiting to be called by Irving Goldstein, assistant United States at- torney in charge of the prosecution. The Government may complete its case before the middle of the week and the case may go' to the jury to- | ward the end of the week. ‘The defense is being led by William E. Leahy. 18T INFANT.RY TO DINE Members of the Ist District of Columbia Volunteer Infantry will hold their annual dinner November 20 at the Lafayette Hotel to mark the | thirty-seventh annilversary of the mus- | tering out of the regiment after the Spanish-American War. John Lewis Smith, 729 Fifteenth street, and Jere Costello, Spanish War Veterans offices, Southern Building, are making seating arrangements. MORNING, OUTOBER Vis iting 27, 1935. Chileans Defeat U. S. Olympic Riders in Inter-American Show Horse Team Defeats Army’s Best, 24 to 62, Faults—Lieut. Curtis Goes BY ROBERT B. PHILLIPS, JR. The Chilean Army team, perform- ing in impeccable style, hung a Brady on the American Olympic Army riders yesterday afternoon, as the Inter- American Horse Show held its bril- | | lan opening session in Rock Creek | Park. No matter where you turned in the |stiff juming contests, the Chileans | were on top. They beat the best the Army had to offer, 24 to 62'2, a mar- gin so wide that even if a technical | fluke had not figured in the final | scoring they were the inevitable win- | ners. Meeting premier civilian riders and |the top Army performers, Capt. | Eduardo Yanez won the blue in the }upenlng jumping sweepstakes with | Xysme. His teammates took all but | one of the remaining six ribbons in | this hotly contested class. | Americans Outclassed. When the time came for the Prix des Nationes military competition, the | Chileans so far outclassed the Amer- | a contest. | One of the four eligible American horses took the wrong course, but had | the performance of that horse been absolutely perfect, the United States still could not have come within strik- | ing distance of victory. According to the rules of interna- tional competition, the three best | scores in the four-horse teams were counted in the final reckoning. Lieut. | R. W. Curtis ran off the course while riding Don and was eliminated. While the 5,000 spectators gathered on the sunlit course in Rock Creek Park scarcely expected a well-schooled Army lieutenant to make a mistake of this nature, the fault could not be laid entirely to his door. More to blame was the Grounds Committee, which failed to have the flags down at the fifth jump, one that was sup- posed to be taken only on the second round. Lieut. Curtis, therefore, was entirely within his rights in riding between Brown Revives Military Drill To Revive Efficiency of Force Military drills are to be revived in the Metropolitan Police Department as another fove in Maj, Ernest W. Brown'’s program to improve the effi- ciency as well as the physical condi- tion of the entire force. Maj. Brown announced last night that just as soon as he works out a plan for the proposed target practice course, which every officer will be re- quired to take, he will turn his atten- ugxx:hm a drill curriculum. e drill program will be patterned after that which existed in the depart- ment some years ago, but abandoned because of the increased activities of the force. It will consist chiefly of various military maneuvers in which the personnel of an entire precinct canl take part, such as various march- ing formations in squad and ‘mmy unita, 3 It is Maj. Brown's idea to have a company in each precinct and bat- talions in each inspection district. Competitive drills between the various units will be held periodically to stim- ulate interest. | The police superintendent believes the drills will not only serve to im- | prove the physical condition of the officers, but will develop at the same time a more military appearing force. Maj. Brown is rushing plans to start the target practice course before cold weather because it will be neces- sary for officers to use the outdoor range at Camp Simms in Congress Heights until the department’s own indoor range is reconditioned. He be- lieves arrangements can be completed to start the first group of officers on [the range the first week i November. i Off Course. | the flags, but his elimination cut away | the last chance of the United States Army for triumph. Although the 1nternational ciass was only a small part of the brilliant pageant arranged in connection with the inaugural of the inter-American meeting, excitement ran high as the four Chileans and their North Amer- ican competitors came into the ring. ‘The Chileans, handicapped by the necessity of acclimating their horses after a 3,000-mile trip, nevertheless were in perfect form. They rode cour- ageously and showed such skill the | crowd applauded them generously even though they were defeating the popular favorites. Two days remain in which the Americans may redeem themselv but the visitors from South Ameri undoubtedly will be the favorites to which presage their appearance in the National Horse Show at Madison Square Garden next month, the To- ronto Winter, Fair and eventually the Olympic games in Berlin. All eyes were trained on the in- credibly difficult jumping classes ves- terday, but the auxiliarv program carried its own high lights. There were hunter classes, almost clean by the stables of Mrs. pressive ceremonies at both the open- ing and closing of the day, an exhibi- tion of hounds, two brief appearances | of the American Olympic pentathlon squad, and other features which un- questionably made the day one of t™e three most memorable in the eques- trian history of Washington. endar. This afternoon at 1 o'clock the second program will begin. Should the Americans return to their antici- pated form, they might tie the com- petition, leaving the Monday afterncon session to settle the honors in the first outdoor Olympic competition ever | held in the Capital. Civilian Rivalries Remain. Meanwhile, there are numerous civilian, rivalries to be settled. Mrs. Whitney won first, second and third places in the hunter competitions yes- terday, earned the blue with her pow- erful aggregation of grays in the hunt teams class and bowed to the less numerously represented local owners in the civilian jumping class. A hand-picked group of Virginia, Maryland and District hunters was on hand to contest the divisions for that type, and will appear again to make the running hot for the Llangollen Stables. Three exhibitions were included in the inaugural card. One was an amaz- ing demonstration of dressage move- ments by Maj. Hiram E. Tuftle on his " (See HORSE SHOW, Page 4) ‘Will Hold Halloween Party. LEEWAY, Va, October 26 (Spe- cial) —A Halloween party will be given by the members of the Parent-Teach- er Association of Robert E. Lee School at the school Friday evening. There will be games, stunts and display of fancy costumes. & capture the top honors in the classes | swept | John Hay Whitney of Upperville; im- | The other two are still on the cal- | 7 - Intrepid cavalrymen from the Republic of Chile scored easy victories in both the interna- tional military match and open jumping sweepstake class at the Inter-American Horse Show yes- terday. No. 1—Lieut. Humberto Vilches riding Lauturo over a haz- ardous triple-bar jump in the in- ternational event. No. 2—Capt. Franco Yanez, another Chilean, negotiating a jump in the inter- national event on Chilena. Capt Yanez won the open jumping sweepstakes with Xysme. No. 3— Col. Kenyon Joyce of Fort Myer and Don Manuel Trucco, the Chil- ean Ambassador, presenting rib- bons to the victorious Chilean team. The winners are, left to right: Capt. Enrique Franco, Capt. Edu- ardo Yanez. Capt. Augusto Silva and Lieut. Humberto Vilches —Star Staff Photos. COURT RIFT LAD T0 CASE CONTROL Judge Bentley Charges Fric- tion Brought Shift of Miss Helm. The question of whether the judge at Juvenile Court should have control over the presentation of cases brought before that court for decision ap- peared last night to be involved in the dispute between Judge Fay Bentley of Juvenile Court and Miss Mae Helm, assistant corporation counsel, assigned to handle prosecu- tions brought before the court. Dissension between the judge and the prosecution official resulted in a transfer of Miss Helm to work in the main offices of the corporation counsel and the assignment of Ed- ward Welliver, another assistant cor- poration, counsel, to replace her at | Juvenile Court. The change ¢is ef- fective tomorrow. | Judge Asked Transfer. | Judge Bentley revealed yesterday |she had requested the transfer of Miss Helm because she said the latter “could not get along with other at- | taches™ at the court. * The judge insisted there was | “nothing personal” involved in the request for the transfer. She added she believed the administrative effi- ciency of the court staff would be increased by the change. Miss Helm only said she knew of no trouble between herself and other employes of the court, and that Judge | Bentley had never complained to her about that difficulty. Corporation Counsel E. Barrett | Prettyman limited his comment to & | statement he had work for Miss Helm |to do in the main offices of the | corporation. counsel. During recent months reports have been current of “clashes o: opinion” between Judge Bentley and Miss Helm regarding the general question of who should decide about preparation of cases to go before the court for de- cision. Revamped Policies. Judge Bentley has been widely recognized as a forceful personality with ideas distinctly her own es to how the Juvenile Court should be run, the story goes. She initiated numerous sweeping changes in policies and ad- ministration when she took office last year. Meanwhile, it was recalled Welliver had some difficulties of like character when he was previously essigned at Juvenile Court under the administra- tion of a former Juvenile Court judge. Welliver in recent times has been assigned to cases at Police Court. Dis- trict officials tomorrow are expected to plan a further rearrangement of the staff of assistant corporation counsels to fill his place at Police Court. e WILL BOOST NAVY DAY Reserve Officers’ Association to Participate Tomorrow. Declaring the Reserve Officers’ Association “believes in adequate na- tional defense,” Maj. John Caswell, jr., president of the organization's local department last night announced the department will participate offi- cially in Navy day exercises at 12:30 Jones Monument. Many members of the military order of the World War, under whose auspices the exercises are being held, are also still active in the Reserve Corps of the Arm} Maj. Caswell ex- plained. E 2 pm. tomorrow at the John Paul| PAGE B—1 CHEVY CHASE BLS REROUTING PLANS BEING CONSIDERED iChanges Along Connecticut Avenue Pondered—Tag Parley Tomorrow. SERVICE IMPRCVEMENT BEYOND CIRCLE SEEN | Congestion at “Lay-Over” Is De- clared Caused by Improper Scheduling. Possibilities of rerouting Connecti- cut avenue busses to give better service . | to areas on each side of the avenue while avoiding congestion at Chevy Chase Circle were advanced yesters day as officials of the Capital Transit Co. pondered threats of legal actiofi for failure to purchase Maryland li- cense tags for District busses to per= mit them to turn around at the circle, At the same time, Miss Beatrice A. Clephane, chairman of the Citizens" Committee of Section 2, Chevy Chase, Md., announced transit officials had promised improved service in Mary< land north of Chevy Chase Circle. Another development was a Dis= trict official's charge that much of the congestion of busses using Chety Chase Circle as a “layover” point was due to improper scheduling and fail- ure of company officials to force bus drivers to adhere to schedules. Fraternizing Charged. This official declared some drivers | running ahead of schedule halt at the circle to “take a smoke"” before start- | ing the return trip to town. | “If the busses were kept on sched. | uled time,” he declared, “there would *|be no more busses or congestion at | Chevy Chase Circle than was the case | when service was provided by street | cars.” At present as many as seven i busses are sometimes parked at the | circle. Members of the Public Utilities | Commission yesterday declined com- ment on the situation, saying: “The ipl’nblem as yet is not on our door- |step. We are watching the matter | closely and await the decision at the | conference of the Capital Transit Co. | with the Maryland Public Service | Commission tomorrow." The District Commission promised to act promptly when the question officially came to their attention Members declined to comment at the time on suggestions for running the regular Connecticut avenue busses to Chevy Chase Lake and making a terminal there of the old street car barns. Likewise they withheld com- | ment on company hopes for creation of some sort of a bus terminal on the District side of Chevy Chase Circle or on some nearby rict highway. Joining of Lines Urged. Suggestions will be submitted soon others said, for joining the Chevy Chase loop line with the regular Con- necticut avenue busses. Such a move it was said. would take many of the busses off Chevy Chase Circle in stop- overs and at the same time'improve service to areas near the District line on both sides of Connec‘icut avenue The Chevy Chase loop line now rur both ways along Nebraska avenue, Mil- itary road, Thirtieth place. Utah ave- nue, Tennyson street, Western avenue, Broad Branch road. McKinley street and Forty-first street. For rides un this line the fare is 5 cents, withovt transfers. With payment of the reg- ular street car fare of one token (seil- ing at four for 30 cents) free transfers are given to the local Chevy Chase busses. With payment of 10 cents cash, transfers are gives to the Chevy Chase express busses. The suggestion is that some Con- necticut avenue busses be routed over this loop, the route of which might te changed somewhat Miss Clephane reported after con- ference with company officials yester- day that they had promised to add two busses per hour to the service north nf the circle. This would mean a 10- minute service instead of the pres- ent 15. Hanna said the company was pre- paring to go before the District Public Utilities Commission with a new sched- ule designed to eliminate some of the lay-overs at the circle. TW0-JOB.PROPOSAL OF MARSHALL HI7 Compensation Board Director Held Enough Responsibility for One Official. Commissioners Hazen and Allen ves- terday dashed cold water on the sug- gestion of John A. Marshall that he be continued as superintendent of in- surance after he officially takes office as director of the District Unemploy- ment Compensation Board The suggestion was made unofficial- ly to the Commissioners some time ago, and even then was regarded as not possible of adoption. Hazen de- clared today flatly the proposition was “impossible” Allen said he thought one job enough responsibility for one man, particularly one so important as that of director of administration of insurance benefits to the unemployed. Marshall is to take office as com- pensation director about January 1, as soon as the board officially starts func- tioning. His salary in the new job is to be $7,000. He now receives $5,800 as superintendent of insurance. The suggestion was that Marshall hold both positions and receive $7,000. The first stumbling block was that the pay of the insurance superin- tendent comes out of District reve enues, whereas the cost of adminis- tration of compensation insurance will be met out of Federal allotments. Fraternity One Year 0ld. Kappa Nu Lambda Fraternity will celebrate its first anniversary on the night of November 16 at the home of | Alvin L. Fuller, secretary-treasurer, at 920 South Carolina avenue south- | east, it was announced yesterday. | Gordon Martin is chairman of the Committee on Arrangements, assisted by Oarl Piacquaglo and John Altman.

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