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Washington News MCARLISSILENT AS OFFICIALS AGT TOMEETDECISION Controller General Refuses to Comment on Anti- Communism Ruling. BOARD WILL STRUGGLE WITH ISSUE WEDNESDAY s Prettyman Reiterates Opinion That Decision Has Not Changed His Interpretation. Controller General McCarl today| continued to maintain a characteristic silence over his unexpected anti-| communism ruling as school officials| went forward with plans to have| teachers and all other school employes sign a statement the next pay day| that they have not taught or advocated communism. The corftroller general said he saw no reason for commenting “upon doing my duty.” Neither would he say any-| thing concerning Mrs. Franklin D.| Roosevelt's assertion that “someone in authority” define what his ruling| might entail. | Tersely McCarl dismissed the whole subject so far as comment was con-/ cerned by saying: “I have duties to perform. I per- form them, and I see no reason for| talking about it.” Board to Make Decision. ‘Without a clear interpretation from | A view of the crumpled car in The o WASHINGTON, D. C, Scene of Fatal Auto Crash and Girl Victim A view of the abrupt turn leading onto the bridge over Potomac Yards at Alexandria, where three cars plunged down an embankment within 24 hours, the last one killing Miss Viola Bakka of Washington. which Miss Bakka was riding. WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION MISS VIOLA BAKKA., McCarl, Dr. Frank W. Ballou. super- | intendent of schools, has taken the position that the ruling has not changed the present educational pro- gram in the schools with respect to' the teaching of the factual history of | communism. Since McCarl failed to, define the meaning of the word| “teach,” Dr. Ballou believes the | ruling of Corporation Counsel E. Bar- | Tett Prettyman should be followed. | The school procedure, however, will | not be definitely determined until ‘Wednesday when the Board of Educa- | tion will again struggle with the ques- | tion. At that time, Dr. Ballou wil formally submit his statement on the | dent Over Health. McCarl ruling to the board. H Mrs. Henry Grattan Doyle, preai-; John M. Riordon, 65, retired ex- dent of the board, said she could not | écutive vice president of the Bank predict the action that might be taken, ©0f Commerce and Savings, ended his but she felt certain there would be a life by inhaling gas last night at his discussion of the ruling on the basis home. 401 Sixth of Dr. Ballou's report. slreetise southenst . i |He had been Ruling Held Unchanged. | despondent Ve Corporation Counsel Prettyman re-| his health, which Iterated his opinion that the McCarl| had forced him to decision did not change his ruling abandon active with respect to the word “teach.” He participation in the admitted, however, the McCarl ruling bank's affairs near- has exceeded his in scope by mak- ly a year ago. ing the anti-communism rider in the;, A daughter, 1936 appropriation act applicable to| Miss Helen Rior- all school employes in the class rooms ' don, a public or “elsewhere.” school teacher, Prettyman held that the mere in-| found the body in forming of pupils concerning the his- a tightly closed, tory, existence or theories of the com- second-floor room munistic governments or parties is not after she investi- prohibited by the rider. The mere gated the source of leaking gas. The recitation or study of factual data, he ' keyhole in the door had been plugged said, is not the teaching prohibited | with paper. Two wall jets were open. in the rider. He pointed out the word | Rescue Efforts Futile. “advocate” means to plead for or urge the adoption of which, and is 50 Hospital physician worked for an hour easily understood that no interpre-!in a futile attempt to revive the tation is necessary. | banker. Coroner A. Magruder Mac- RETIRED BANKER COMMITS SUIGIDE John M. Riordon, 65, Dies of Gas—Believed Despon- J. M. Riordon, District officials are confident that| Donald issued a certificate of suicide. | unless McCarl gives the School Buard‘ & clear interpretation of his ruling a ' dent of the Eastern Building & Loan test case ultimately will be taken to' Association. was born here in August, the courts. 1870, the son of John B. and Sarah Cannon Declines Statement. Riordcn. He attended pubhc schwls Representative Cannon, Democrat, and later the Spencerian Business ot MBsnri] ‘ChanTianor. the o] SEH%0L At 16, he became a runner for the Subcommittee on Appropriations, 1 Capi ‘i s which handles the District National Capital Savings Banks, where SUPPIY | e worked his way up to cashier. In bill and _a_uthor of the anti-com- 1900 he met and married Rose Meade, ‘T‘umsm m:er. dcc}imcd again today | gayonter of Haybackus Meade, iron comment on the McCarl ruling. . i i He said his position had been thor- {-oe:rrl‘gr:g;“ner» e e oughly stated and he saw no reason , for further statement. In 1907, Mr. Riordon became cashier Soon after the communism contro- Versy started, Cannon said the rider was not intended to prevent the teach- ing of the facts of communism and pointed out that a child’s educa- tion would not be complete without | that information. About a year ago Mr. Riordon was Cannon also declined to comment | taken ill with diabetes. He retired on reports that efforts might be made | from active connection with the bank, at the coming session of Congress but made occasional visits to the in- to eliminate the rider. | stitution to keep in touch with affairs. Mr. Riordon was a member of the District of Columbia Bankers' Asso- | & Savings. He was made executive | vice president of the organization | seven years ago. Taken Il Year Ago. The fire rescue squad and a Casualty | Mr. Riordon, who also was presi- | | of the Dime Savings Bank. which later | was renamed the Bank of Commerce SENATOR WAGNER'S AIDE DENIES WEDDING RUMOR | Picture of New Yorker and Jour- | nalist's Widow Said to Have Possibly Inspired Report. | By the Associated Press. | The office of Senator Wagner, | Democrat of New York, today denied a New York columnist’s report that | he soo. would marry Mrs. John N.| | Tennant. widow of the former man- agirg editor of the New York Evening | | World. Wagner's office said the Senator and | Mrs, Tennant were photographed ! | together in a party at the Army-| Notr» Dame foot ball game Saturday | and the erroneous report might have | arisen from that source. | Senator Wagner is a widower. Tennant died two years ago at 64. TEACHERS' EXAM DATES ANNOUNCED | Two Groups Will Be Held | December 17 and 18, Test Board States. Schedules of two groups of teachers’ examinations, one for special subjects | | in the white junior high schools and | another for colored elementary, voca- tional and junior high schools, were announced today by the Board of Ex- aminers of the District public schools. | Examinations will be given Decem-; ber 17 and 18 for white teachers of special subjects in three salary groups, including art work, home economics, | music and physical education. Writ- | ten examination will be held at the Franklin Administration Building at | 8:45 am. on December 17. Oral ex- | | aminations will be held for out-of- | town candidates on both December 17 | nd 18 in room 305, Franklin Build- | ng. Practical and physical examina- | tions will be held December 18 at a time and place to be announced dur- ing the written test. The colored examinations will em- brace licenses to teach music, atypical classes and speech correction in the | elementary shools; applied electricity, automobile mechanics, house and au- tomobile painting in the vocational schools, and art work, metal crafts and printing in the junior high DR AA STOCDALE QTS PASTORATE Will Leave First Congrega- | tional Church After Nearly MAKES CRITICISM BEFORE | the P. W. A. administrator, as “help- ening Star MONDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1935. LA CUARDIA HTS P WA “REDTAPE" CONNENDS EKES Declares Work-Relief Pro- gram Has Been Retarded Four or Five Months. CONFERENCE OF MAYORS Asserts Idea Relief Can Be Stopped on July 1 Is Unthink- able and Impossible. Mayor Fiorello La Guardia of New York criticized the Public Works Ad- ministration today for “red tape” which, he said, set the work-relief program back’ four or five months. At the same time he asserted that | “any idea the Federal relief can stop abruptly on July 1 or any other im- mediate date is unthinkavle and im- possible.” Commends Ickes. Addressing the United States Con- ference of Mayors at the Mayflower Hotel he commended Secretary Ickes, ful and co-ooperative.” But “no one man can do it alone,” he added. | “If they would only stop the type- | writers, we could get the steam shovels | working,” La Guardia contended. | Assistant Secretary of Ag- FH¥ Mayor La Guardia of New York, States Mayors here today, criticized work-relief program. At La Guardia Orleans. Criticizes “Red Tape” speaking at the conference of United the P. W. A. for “red tape” in its 's right is Mayor Walmsley of New —Star Staff Photo. PERMANENT FARM COUNCIL IS URGED riculture Advocates Plan Before College Heads. Out of the New Deal, he said, “has come a species that we might call the ‘semi-colon boys.' " “They are simply a boil on the neck of this administration,” he added “I think it is senseless to take the plans and specifications of experi- enced city engineers and submit them to younger. inexperienced men holding office jobs down here in ‘Washington.” He defended delays incident to be- ginning works progress projects, con- tending that in this case the Govern- ment was providing 100 per cent grants wnd was justified in full ex- amination of the projects. Faced by New Conditions. Five Years. ‘ After nearly five years as minister of | Allen A Stock- | dale resigned yes- | terday at the| morning _service, | to take effect the | end of this year. | In his resigna- | Concerning the discontinuance of relief. he added: “Granted that there is an improve- | | the First Congregational Church, Dr.|ment in business, even with complete recovery we wil be confronted with a ne¥ rncrmal of conditions. With tecanical displacement and the use of labor-saving devices both in agri- ! culture and in industry we must be prepared to meet this new normal. We will still have several million em- | Establishment of a permanent Na- tional Research Planning Council to co-ordinate all research of State and Federal agricultural experiment sta- tions was urged here today by Assist- ant Secretary of Agriculture M. IL. Wilson. Wilson was one of the first speakers at the opening of the 49th annual convention of the Association of Land Grant Colleges and Universities at the Willard Hotel. The convention will continue through Wednesday, and is being attended by college and uni- versity heads from all 48 States. Wallace to Be Speaker. Regional research development, re- gional solutions for farm problems will form the basis for most gen- eral discussions, with Secretary of Agriculture Wallace and Chester C. Davis, administrator of the Agricul- tral Adjustment Administration, mak- ing two addresses each during the three-day period. Others scheduled to talk include William I. Myers, governor of the Farm Credit Administration; Commis- | sioner of Education John W. Stude- tion, read by Fred | Ployable men and women unaWle to | baker and President Edward A. O'Neal Woodis, chairman | of the Board of | Trustees, Dr .| Stockda'e gave as his reason the fact that the church had been considering a sal- ary cut for the minister. on ac- count of the financial situation. “It resides in the minds of some,” he said in his letter of resignation, “that it would help to ease the finan- cial burden of the church if the| allotment for salaries were less, and chiefly that of the minister. To make this possible for 1936, I hereby cheer- fully resign as minister of the First Congregational Church, to take effect December 31. 1935.” Dr. Stockdale said todey he has “nu- merous plans for future work—but none is vet complete enough to state publicly.” Came Here From Chicago. Dr. Stockdale came here from Rogers Park Congregational Church in Chicago. He had previously been | minister of the First Congregational Church of Toledo, one of the largest | Congregational churches in Ohio. In his resignation, Dr. Stockdale said his five-year stay here had been *de- pression years, and they have been hard years.” “A downtown church,” he added, “is a challenging task in prosperity and a staggering one in depression. The loyal and courageous officers and members are to be praised highly for the way they have raised overhead expenses and repair funds for the main building, the auditorium and Grant place Sunday school rooms. During the five years, 182 new mem- bers of the various classes have been received into the churcn.” Dr. Stockdale SEWAGE PLANT SUIT INJUNCTION DENIED Effort to Tie Up Work Because of Specifications Fails. The efforts of W. Gwynn Gardiner, Washington attorney, and Filtration Engineers, Inc., of New Jersey, to halt | construction of the District’s new 84,000,000 sewage disposal plant at Blue Plains failed in District Supreme Court today when Chief Justice Alfred A. Wheat dismissed the injunction suit they had brought against the Commissioners. Contending specifications for vacuum filter unit had been drawn so as to exclude competitive bidding, Gardiner had asked the court to en- Join awarding of bids on the P. W. A. project. In answer the Commissioners con- tended the specifications called for the type of filter which competent engi- neers considered best suited for the District plant. “I am unable to see any merit in this bill,” Justice Wheat stated. He grant- ed a motion to dismiss the suit. DRUNK DRIVER JAILED Bamuel McKeever Is Sentenced to 45 Dnyl_ Samuel McKeever, alias Mclver, 2000 block Bowen street southeast, was sentenced to serve 45 days in Jail by Judge John P. McMahon in Traffic Court today on a charge of driving while intoxicated. Four other persons arrested on like charges demanded jury trials. Y ciation. Besides his daughter, he is survived by three brothers, J. Allen Riordon, general manager of the Norfolk-Wash- ington Steamboat Co.; Charles E. Riordon, patent attorney, and Ray- mond Riordon, founder and principal i of the Riordon School for Boys at Highland, N. Y., and two sisters, Mrs. | both of Washington. Brief funeral services will be held | William Lee’s Sons Co. funeral home | and will be followed by church services at St. Peter’s Catholic Church, Second | and C streets southeast. Burial will be in Congressional Cemetery. 'DR. YATES IS SPEAKER AT BAPTIST CONVENTION Louisville Pastor Addresses Dele- gates of District-Maryland Student Union. Delegates here for the annual con- | vention of the District-Maryland Bap- | tist Student Union were addressed yesterday by Dr. Kyle Yates of Louis- ville, who spoke at National Memorial Church. Mrs. George A. Ross, president of the Women’s Missionary Union of Washington, presided Saturday night at a banquet at Calvary Baptist Church which marked the official opening of the convention. A short business meeting will be held tonight, followed by a forum on organization problems at Waddell Hall, 715 Eighth street, at 8 o'clock. Tomorrow night the B. S. U. will hold a joint meeting with the Colum- bia Association of Baptist Churches and the Columbia Federation of B. Y. P. U. Charles A. Wells will speak at the gathering to be held at Calvary Baptist Church at 8 o'clock. schools. Special Meeting Necessary. R. B. Hunter and Mrs. S. F. Speiser, | |at 9:30 am. Wednesday at the J.| The written examinations will be held at the Franklin Building begin- ning at 9 a.m. on December 17 at the Franklin Building. The practical ex- amination and physical examination will be held the next day and the time and place of the oral examination will | be announced during the written test. | The announcements were made by | Mrs. Mildred H. Gropp, chief exam- | iner for the white schools, and Dr. Howard H. Long, chief examiner for the colored divisions. e 'MRS. ELLEN BAYNE WILL IS SUSTAINED | Bequest of $160,000 Estate to Niece Upheld by Jury, Repulsing Attacks. A District Supreme Court jury to- day sustained the will of Mrs. Ellen M. Bayne, widow of Cl(‘b: ':lhsm : Bayne, bequeathing her A A tate to her niece, Mrs. Katherine Johnson, wife of O. H. P. Johnson, vice president of the National Metro- politan Bank. The will had been at- tacked by caveats filed by Christian D. Hemmicle of New York and four other nephews, who received nothing. Mrs. Bayne left her entire estate to Mrs. Johnson, with an income for Dr. Stockdale explained a special meeting of the church will be called, as soon as convenient, when accept- ance of the resignation can be made the action of the church and the Con- gregational Society. “I suggest action of acceptance with no effort to change or modify my decision,” said Dr. Stockdale. “Since I was installed by council it will be necessary, after the action on the part of the church and society. to call a small Congregational Touncil, that the pastorate may be dissolved in due form, with proper records and according to accepted Congregational usage. Praises Congregation. “May I thank all who have stood by me so nobly and actively during the last five hard years and also ex- press appreciation for that wider rec- ognition and favor which has been given to me in all the broad programs of worthy activities in the Nation's Capital. “The membership of First Congre- gational Church represents a District and vicinity-wide parish, with a very large number of aged, infirm, sick and shut-in, who need continual attention. No one man can properly prepare to fill the pulpit and also master the pastoral work without a full-time, efficient and sympathetic assistant. How this can be done by paying a smaller salary to the ministry is a problem I would not care to attempt to solve. “I hope nothing but good will come to the church in its attempt.” life from one-half of it to a nephew, Rev. Willlam A. Hemmick. The will ae was defended by Attorney Frank F. Petition for Churches. Nesbit, representing Mr. Johnson, the | MEXICO CITY, November 18 (#).— executor. Catholic residents of Vera Cruz Col. Bayne was a member of Con- | petitioned President Lazaro Cardenas gress from Pittsburgh for many years. | today to revoke decrees issued in 1932 He and his wife built the house at | closing the only two churches in that 1629 Massachusetts avenue, where she | city in which religious services were had lived since the middle 90's. Ppermitted. 1 find work. “And I tell you. gentlemen. that you can't feed people on statistics or ticker tape.” Cummings Is Speaker. Declaring Nation-wide co-operation against crime is one of the most im- portant duties facing such a group, Attorney General Cummings addressed a luncheon meeting of the mayors. “Crime has ceased to be a local problem,” the Attorney General said, “but has spilled completely over State lines to become a national emergency of the first consequence. The man- ner in which the criminal world has taken advantag of ienadequate law and law enforcement soon produced a problem as well as a national dis- grace. “We haven’t finished with the crim- inal problem, but we are going to, and 1t will be done by application of brains, science and co-operation.” Three speakers on public safety ad- dressed the afternoon session of the confernc, these being Lieut. Frank M. Kreml of Purdue University, Henry H. Curran of New York City and P. J. Steinkellner, fire chief of Milwaukee. Mayor Hoan Optimistic. Mayor La Guardia was preceded this morning by Mayor Daniel W. Hoan of Milwaukee, president of the confer- ence. After reviewing the attitude of the conference in favor of public works programs, Mayor Hoan voiced the op- timistic belief that’ cities eventually will he able to care for their unemploy- able relief needs if the Federal Govern- ment will provide work for those able to do it. must be given the municipalities to re- vise their financial plans, he said. The conference delegates were wel- comed to Washington by Commis- sioner Melvin C. Hazen in a brief ad- | dress 1n which he made no mention of District reliet problems. Mayor T. Semmes Walmsley of New Orleans presided over the session. MRS. BLAKE DIES; WIDOW OF RECTOR | Had Been Resident of D. C. Since| 1903—1I11 Short Time—Was 89 Years 0ld. Mrs. Mary Giddings Blake, 89, widow of Rev. James H. W. Blake, rector of Christ Episcopal Church, Georgetown, for many years, died last night at her home in the Wyoming Apartments after a short illness. Funeral services will be held tomor- row at 2:30 pm. in Christ Church. Rev. J. G. Armstrong, rector, and Rev. Richard W. Trapnell of New York City will officiate. Interment will be in Oak Hill Cemetery. A native of Maryland, Mrs. Blake was born February 18, 1846, at Mary- land Tract, Frederick County. She had been a resident of this city since 1903, when Dr. Blake became rector of Christ Church. He died in 1928. Mrs. Blake is survived by a daugh- ter, Miss Frances Blake of the Wyo- ming Apartments, and a son, James V. Blake of Akron, Ohio. KEENAN GETS OFFER Joseph B. Keenan, Assistan! Attor- ney General in charge of the Federal crime war, has taken under advise- ment an offer from Mayor Burton of Cleveland to be director of public safety in the Ohio city. Keenan discussed the offer with President Roosevelt today and left with the understanding he will re- main with the Justice Department until he had given the offer greater consideration. A reasonable time, however, | | of the American Farm Bureau Fed- eration. More than twoscore college presidents, deans and other Govern- ment officials are included on the program. Permanent A. A, A. Is Theme. Discussion of various phases of the policies announced by President Roosevelt in October, which include development of a long-time program for agriculture and & permanent A. A. A, is to be the major theme of speakers on the program. Secretary Wallace's first address this afternoon | was to be on the subject of “The States, the Regions and the Nation.” He will follow this Wednesday morn- | ing as the first speaker in a sym-| posium on regional adjustment in agriculture. | By regional adjustment. ngrlcullurall planners were explained to mean the disregard of strict State lines and the development of programs designed to fit climatic and soil conditions in va- rious areas. The land grant colleges and uni- | versities were described as the people’s means of finding their way by Presi- dent Frank L. McVey, president of | the University of Kentucky and presi- dent of the association, in making his | opening talk. He said the land grant |to open at 10 a.m. today. college had reached the status of a distinct arm of the State. resettlement division of the Resettle- ment Administration, told the dele- | gates that in order to conserve nat- | ural and human resources 450,000 | farms, aggregating 75,000,000 acres, | must be withdrawn from arable farm- ing. He also advocated the offering of inducements to young people to go to the farms. 'TRANSIENTS BEING | made public. After the answers of the two officials | David Aitcheson, 24-year-old new are received, Allen said that if any of | Paper advertising solicitor these additional complaints appear to be serious, a further public hearing would be held. Otherwise, the Com- missioner indicated he would make recommendations to .. HEADS ACCEPT OEHMANN VERDIGT Exoneration on 9 Charges Approved—15 Complaints Remaining. The Commissioners formally ap- proved today the findings of a special trial board which several weeks ago exonerated Col. John W. Oehmann, District building inspector. of the nine charges on which he was tried. At the same time Commissioner George E. Allen annonuced that, as to the remaining 15 complaints relating to the inspection office and not cov- ered at the recent trial, Col. Oehmann and Capt. Hugh P. Oram, director of inspection, will be asked to submit written reports to Allen. The nature of these 15 complaints has not been Society and General PAGE B—1 THRE FRON D, LD I FREAK TRAFFICACCDENT Woman Among Victims in Maryland and Virginia. Toll Reaches 96. MAN IN PARKED CAR IS BURNED TO DEATH Young Woman Pinned Face Down in Puddle and Drowned Near Alexandria, Va. ‘Three young Washingtonians, one & woman, were killed early today when automobiles in which they were pas- sengers figured in freak accidents in nearby Maryland and Virginia. Nearly a score of others were in- jured, most of them slightly, in crashes over the week end in the Capital. Meanwhile, the District’s traffic toll reached 96 when an autopsy revealed that the death in Casualty Hospital last night of William A. Brooks, 68, National Training School baker, was due to injuries received Saturday in an accident. William C. E. Harne. 53, of 1116 Orren street northeast, whose car col- lided with thg machine of Brooks at Thirteenth street and Pennsylvania avenue southeast, will be called at an inquest Wednesday. In one of the fatal accidents, Rich- ard L. Farley. 23. of 26 T street. w burned to death when a p: which he was seated burst into flan when struck near Rockville by an machine. Solicitor Also Killed. The same wreck also took the life o K Richard Farley, . who lived at 3806 Albemarle street. He was rid- ing in the moving automobile. The third victim was Miss Vioia Bakka, 22, of 1325 Thirteenth street, the Board of ' Who drowned in a puddle of water Commissioners, based on the replies after a car in which she rode rolled he receives. The testimony on the nine charges that went to trial was heard by Com- missioner Allen, assisted by Attorney ! H. Winship Wheatley, president of the District Bar Association. Following hearings lasting a week, board exonerated Col all counts. In summing up the con- clusions at that time Wheatley stated that no culpability had been estab- lished as to eight of the complaints and that the other one was a subject suggested for corrective, rather than disciplinary action. PARK SAVINGS TRIAL DELAYED ONE DAY Leahy Withdraws From Defense of Benedict M. McNeil in Conspiracy Case. Because of the withdrawal of Wil- liam E. Leahy. well-known criminal lawyer, the trial of Benedict M. Mc- Neil, assistant cashier of the defunct Park Savings Bank, was postponed until tomorrow morning. United States Attorney Leslie C Garnett appeared before Justice F. Dickinson Letts in District Supreme Court and recommended the continu- ance. The trial had been scheduled Garnett |informed Justice Letts Leahy had | withdrawn and that McNeil will be | Reilly and Robert E. Lynch. McNeil i1s charged with with his father, the late Alexander McNeil, real estate man, and Robert S. Stuntz, vice president of the bank, to embezzle $50,000. Another count in the indictment charges the three with conspiring to commit larceny of lapse. | | | Carl C. Taylor, director of the rural | TéPresented by Attorneys James F.! conspiring | the same $50,000. Stuntz committed | | suicide at the time of the bank col- | '$500 BILL STOLEN | down a 35-foot embankment near Potomac Yard Bridge, Alexandria. She was pinned face down by the over- turned machine which was the third to plunge down the bank in 24 hours. According to Montgomery County the trial | Police, Farley was seated in the parked Oehmann on €ar on Gaithersburg road with three identified as J. Ray Woolard, 4313 Third street: Louise Berg, 5134 Eightk street. and Bernicz Dively, 5524 Eighth street. other persons Succumbs in Hospital. Aitcheson. polict said, was in the other machine, which was being driven by Enos ‘W. Harnden, 1014 Urell place norths east. He died several hours later in the Sandy Spring Hospital from a skull fracture and internal injuries. The car, which had been parked by Woolard, caught fire when the gas tank was smashed. After the Rock- ville Fire Department extingui the flames, Farley's charred body was found in the back seat Both Harnden and Woolard were charged with driving or attempting to operate while drunk. Each was released on $1,000 bond. Dana C. Rogers, 20, New York City, driver of the car in which Miss Bakka was riding, was charged with recke less driving pending an investigation, Police said he ran through a rope and four red lanterns placed at the barrier guarding the approach to the railroad bridge. Two Others Hurt. Rogers and Miss Patricia P. Calmes, 20, of the Thirteenth street address, at whose apartment the trio had earlier attended a birthday party, also | were hurt. At Alexandria Hospital | Rogers was said to have several frace tured ribs and a shoulder injury, while the girl was reported to have David Aitcheson. SENT TO FORT EUSTIS Another Detachment of Physical- ly Handicapped Men Due to Leave Tomorrow. | Another detachment of physically- handicapped transients is expected to leave the District tomorrow for Fort Eustis, Va., where relief officials hope to assign them light work under the P. W. A. program. The first group of approximately 70 left yesterday for Fort Eustis. Work for a large number of able-bodied transients is being provided on a Fed- eral housing project near Berwyn, Md. With the approach of Winter, John S. Bennett of the Central Union Mis- sion called attention today to the problem of providing food and shelter | for men in need. He said about 300 | men had applied for free shelter at | the mission up to 5. p.m. yesterday |and that the mission annex was opened last night to accomodate late arrivals. Telephone calls were sent out for extra clothing for the men. DR. WHITE TO SPEAK Tuberculosis Group Head to Talk to Patent Office Workers. Dr. William Charles White, presi- dent of the Tuberculosis Association, | Wedding. Ring for Bride-to-Be Also Among Thefts Reported to Police. Losses totaling nearly $1,000 in cash, | jewelry and personal belongings were | reported to police !ast night and to- | day by hold-up and theft victims. Joseph Rabin of New York told po- lice a $500 bill was stolen from under his pillow at the Annapolis Hotel. A suspect was arrested. An engagement and wedding ring he was to have given his bride-to-be, Miss K. Elizabeth Maghee, were taken from the parked car of William G. Richards, Gordonsville, Va. Richards and Miss Maghee are to be married in Richmond on Wednesday. Graydog M. Griffin, 27, of 1539 Eighteenth street, told polce he was | assaulted and robbed of more than $40 by a taxi driver yesterday after they had decided to drive to a police station and settle an argument over the taxi bill. . RECEPTION IS PLANNED American Lithuanian Society to Fete New Minister. Plans for an informal reception for Povilas Zadeikas, newly appointed | FROM UNDER PILLOW will address employes of the Patent|Lithuanian Minister, were completed | Office at 4 p.m. tomorrow in the first | yesterday at a meeting of the Wash- of a series of meetings in several di-|ington Chapter of the American Lith- visions of the Commerce Department. | uanian Society. | ‘The meetings are intended to present The group, meeting at Sholl's Cafe, | the objectives of the tuberculosis case- | elected Rev. J. F. Gedra as chairman finding project now being prepared by | of arrangements. Roger Esunas, presi- the Health Department with the help | dent, also appointed a committee to of the medical societies and the Tuber- | draw up a formal constitution for the culosis Association. society. 2 suffered cuts about the head and face. An examination revealed Miss Bak- ka was not seriously injured in the crash, but died as the result of her face being held under water by the | car. Rogers' machine was the third au- | tomobile to go through the embank= | ment guard rail within 24 hours. | Early yesterday the wood backstop and | signal lights were knocked down by | a machine driven by Miss Marian | Baker, 19, of Port Huron, Mich., and | last night a car operated by Pete Lucas, 31, colored, Rocky Mount, N. C., went through the damaged section. Neither driver was injured. Mark Eck, 40, of 247 Fourteenth street southeast, is in Casualty Hos= pital with a possible skull fractura received when struck at Eleventh and D streets southeast by a taxicab, Police said the driver was B. Earl Bentow, 27, of 1345 L street Norman P. DeAtley, 43, of 609 C streel southwest, was cut over thq eye when knocked down at Fourth and G streets by the machine of Theodore K Miles, 29, colored. 9 E street southwest. Miles’ brakes were defective police said. Hit-and-Run Cars. Tom Hassler, 21, of 642'; Morton place northeast, and Ernest Sheppard, 39, of 1532 D street southeast, wers injured by cars which they said failed to stop. Hassler received head injurieg when struck at Fifteenth street and North Carolina avenue northeast, while Sheppard’s face was cut when ne was brushed by a car as he alizhted from a bus at Fourteenth strect and New York avenue. William S. Pace, 39, of 629 Morton street northeast, also was reported to be the victim of & hit-and-rn driver, He was cut on the arm when struck at Seventh and H streets.