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‘COUNTERFEITBILL CLIQUE CHARGED IN INDICTMENTS HO’DonneII and Two Others| Named by Jury in To- day’s Returns. DUTCH IRWIN CHARGED * WITH GAMBLING DEALS Six More Are Held Also After Raid on Elaborate Quarters on Fourteenth. 4 Indictments against James S. O'Don- nell, former employe of O'Donnell's Sea Grill, 1207 E street, and Morris E. (Dutch) Irwin, described by police as a leading gambler here, were re- turned today by the District grand Jury. O'Donnell was charged with posses- sing and passing counterfeit $20 bills. ® Named with him in the indictment were his brother-in-law, Aubrey W. Jones, 29, of thee 1300 block of C street northeast, and Joseph Furr, 24, of the 1300 block of Sixth street south- west. Their arrest last month following {nvestigation by Secret Service opera- tives of numerous complaints from storekeepers concerning bogus notes on the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. Denial Held Disproved. $20 | Weds Secretly AUGHTER OF EX-REPRESENT-| ATIVE REVEALS MARRIAGE. MRS. MAX B. HARLIN, Formerly Nancy Helm Moore, 19- year-old daughter of ex-Represent- ative and Mrs. Moore of Kentucky, who kept her marriage in Ellicott City, Md., August 24, to Max B. Harlin, 20. secret until today. Harlin is the son of a Kentucky judge. The couple had intended keeping the wedding a secret until the youthful husband completed his law course at Western State Teachers’ College. Bowling Green, Ky. They will take up residence in Bowling Green after the Thanks- gi\'mg holidays. The bride’s father is now with the insurance audit section of the Federal Housing Ad- ministration. Mrs. Moore said she and her husband, in Congress from 1925 to 1932, had no objec< tions other than they thought the O'Donnell denied any connection with the scheme, but Jones and Furr | are said by police to have implicated | him as the man who furnished them | - with $1,000 worth of counterfeit bills, which they bought at the rate of 30 eents on the dollar. Jones is quoted as saying he obtained a loan on his fur- niture to purchase the first 20 of the bills. Jones and Furr are alleged to have passed a total of 4) $20 notes. About $200 of the fake money was believed still in circulation at the time of O'Donnell's arrest October 9. On arrignment before United States Commissioner Needham C. Turnage | last month both O’Donnell and Jones pleaded not guilty, but Furr entered e guilty plea. Irwin was under bond on a previous gambling indictment when he was arrested October 23 during a raid on the elaborate gambling establishment he allegedly conducted in the 1100 block of Fourteenth street. As a re- sult of that raid he and six other men were charged today by the grand jury with gaming and with conspiracy to violate the gaming laws. Others Are Named. Named with him were Edward J. Gibson, also included in the indict- ment of last February: Wilbur S. Carroll, Leonard F. Hill, Frank E. Crandall, Morris A. Mahone and James McIntyre. Members of the raiding squad said | they had to break through three | heavy doors to reach the elaborately | outfitted room on the fourth floor. It was at the same place that Irwin was | arrested in the previous raid. Nine other alleged gamblers, arrest- «. ed in four raids during the latter part of October, also were indicted on gam- | ing charges. They were William Poe Moses, William Arthur, Oliver P. Wil- kins, Bryan George, Vincent A. Ma- | rino, Charles H. Kesecker, Louis R. | Rupp, Walter Edward (Eddie) Tipton | and Harry Milloff. . James W Rand, alias Louis L. McNa- mara, who was arrested when he is | said to have held up the Greyhound v Bus Terminal at 1407 New York ave- | nue on Armistice day after robbing a | restaurant across the street the day | before, was indicted for robbery in both cases. | Another Counterfeiting Charge. 1 Another charge of passing counter- | feit money was lodged against George | Lebyak, arrested October 3 after al- | legedly passing two bogus 50-cent | pieces on street cars. Sixty-three indictments in all were reported and eight cases were ignored. Others indicted were: Robert T. Moore, Clinton L. Cole | man and Theodore R. Hawkins, house- | breaking; Theodore R. Hawkins, Rufus | Smart, Emmett Waller, James P.| Frazier, Percy Honesty, William Ed- | ward Hayes, Leo Fendall Queen, Leroy Norman, Bozelle L. Robinson, James °T. Murphy, Walter Brown, James R. Williams, William Johnson, James Beasley, George A. Thompson, Rich- ard B. Heck and Harry B. Eury, house- | breaking and larceny; John Oliver | Driver, John Johnson, William Claud | Bearss, Charles Brack, John Treze- | ‘vant, Robert W. Winkey, Howard Glenn | and Wilbur M. Parham, grand lar- ceny; Nicholas J. Forte, joy-riding and | grand larceny; David Page and James | ~ £, Beard, joyriding; Brunis Tilenda, | blackmail and robbery; Julius N. Mc- Lenden, Linwood R. Simpson and George H. Lamb, robbery; Marie Wil- liams, assault with intent to commit Tobbery; Odessa M. Madre, Bernard' Einbinder, Anthony H. Pierce, Charles C. Colley and Joseph N. Smith, re- ceiving stolen property: James Thomas, Edward Hazel, Othello P. Graves, | ™ Broadus Cureton, William Workman, Willard Greathouse, Moses N. Craig, Sarah Collins and Albert Marshall, assault with a dangerous weapon; James Dyer, Alex Kelley, William | couple “a little too young to get married.” —Star Staff Photo. CHECKS DISPLAYED AT PNEIL TRIAL {Prosecution Attempts to Show Realty Account Was Peculation Basis. | BACKGROUND— | Holding some $3,500,000 in de- posits of Government workers and small business enterprises, the Park Savings Bank closed its doors in March, 1933, for the emergency “bank holidey.” The day after it failed to reopenm a vice president committed suicide. A business man, depositor, was charged with complicity in joint action with his son, an assistant cashier. After pleading mot guilty the former died; trial of the latter was sched« uled for this week. Some 30 checks and balance sheets were introduced by the Government this morning in the trial of Benedict M. McNeil, former assistant cashier of the defunct Park Savings Bank, in an effort .o show an account main- tained in the name of his father’s real estate firm was the principal means through which his alleged peculations occurred. Assistant United States Attorney John J. Wilson presented for identi- fication to Miss Demarest Simpson, head bookkeeper of the bank, numer- ous checks which she said represented overdrafts on the account of A. M. McNeil Co., a firm headed by the de- fendant's deceased father, Alexander McNeil. The same witness late yesterday identified deposit slips allegedly made out by Robert S. Stunz, vice presi- dent of the bank, to cover the short- ages. Stunz committed suicide just before the bank closed March 3, 1933. Conspiracy Is Charged. Benedict McNeal, Alexander McNeil and Stunz were charged with con- spiracy to steal $50,000 of the bank | funds and with conspiring for Stunz to embezzle the same $50,000. Miss Simpson’s testimony and her cross-examination by Defense Attor- neys Robert E. Lynch and James F., Reilly consumed the entire morning. The trial is being conducted before Justice F. Dickinson Letts. Introduction of the huge mass of documentary evidence by which the Government expects to prove its case began yesterday afternoon. After James F. Hitselberger, head teller at the Park Savings, failed to identify several exhibits, he was excused by Wilson, and Miss Simpson was put on the stand. For an hour and a half be- fore adjournment she identified paper | after paper which the prosecutor of- fered in evidence. There was no indi- cation, however, of the significance of the various exhibits. Depositors’ Hopes Slump. While criminal charges against Mc- Neil were being pressed late yester- day hopes of depositors in the Park Savings of recovering from the bank directors for their losses were dimmed by a ruling by Chief Justice Alfred A. Wheat. He dismissed a suit brought to hold the directors liable individ- ually for the more than $4,000,000 of deposits in the bank when its Ala- bama charter expired August 30, 1929, Justice Wheat held that the de- positors, by continuing business rela- Calvert Drury, Julie McCord and |tions with the bank after expiration Walter A. Crawford, jr., forgery; Sam Foti, possession of an unlicensed still; Oscar W. Alexander and George W. Heacox, forgery and uttering; James A. McEaddy, violatlon of the liquor taxing act; Harry Henry Hester, viola- tion of the white slave traffic act, and | George Abert Jones, second degree murder, Charges ignored included: Paul H. Rosasco, joyriding and housebreaking and larceny; Roy S. Oden, grand larceny; Wendell Cencius, receiving stolen property; Andrew Green, George Toyer, Richard Haw- kins, Willie Bell and Melvin Diggs, violation of the liquor taxing act; James White, Ruth E. Jackson and Andrew Moore, assault with a dan- gerous weapon. e , 01d Scottish Peer Dies. TThe Earl of Morton, Scotland’s old. est peer, has died at his home, Con- n, Ardgour He was 90. The of its charter, were estopped from de- nying the bank’s legal entity. The contention had been advanced that the directors became liquidating trustees when the term of the charter ended and, as such, were responsible for all funds in their custody. Attorney Joseph T. Sherier repre- sented the directors. More than a year ago Justice Jesse C. Adkins ruled against an effort of the depositors to hold the directors liable for money deposited in the bank after the charter expired. His deci- sion was upheld by the Court of Ap- peals. . Another suit, brought by the re- ceiver, John F. Moran, against the directors, alleging negligence, still is pending. Oldest Registrar Quits. Sixty years as registrart of mar- riages for the Holywell district is the had been a representative peer for [$cotland, who has just retired in 91st year. The Foening Staf WASHINGTON, D. C., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1935. Car Foot Throtile Removal Is Urged More Safety EDUCATORS HEA WALLAGE ASSAIL SPECIAL PRIVILEGE Tells Land- Grant College Heads Nation Must Use Powers for All. ADMITS A. A. A. FAULTS, BUT CITES 1036 PLANS Quickly Qualifies Disparaging Re- mark About Economists When Audience Laughs. Government powers must be used for the welfare of all rather than for any special group, Secretary Wallace said today, adding that these powers have been used in the past to benefit such special groups as utilities and corporations. The Secretary told the forty-ninth annual convention of the Association of Land-Grant Colleges and Universi- ties at the Willard Hotel: States. The spirit and the heart of the Constitution is the declaration of intention to form the most perfect union.” He said the administration is trying to serve the general welfare and that “the individual specialists must co- operate in working on the problems facing the United States under present conditions.” Admits A. A. A. Faults, Secretary Wallace admitted that the approach to the Agricultural Adjust- ment Administration approach to the farm problem was “jerky,” but he pointed to the 1936 corn-hog contracts as an example of A. A. A. thinking and planning. He said the A. A. A. is aim- ing at greater local control and greater balance between production of corn and hogs and between producer and consumer. The Secretary launched a left hook at economists and then speedily pulled it back. “As a rule, you know,” he said in discussing the relationship between record of John Lloyd of Haulfryn, economics and science, “an economist just doesn't get inside of a technical problem.” A ripple of laughter ran over the hall. “I mean in the past, of course,” he added hastily. Dr. Pearson Praised. Dr. Raymond A. Pearson, ousted last July as president of the University of Maryland, today got a vote of confi- dence and praise from the Executive Committee of the association. The resolution was adopted unani- mously as Dr. Pearson retired from his 17-year chairmanship of the commit- tee. Pearson was asked by the school Board of Regents to resign the univer- sity presidency without a reason being assigned. In the association's resolution he was cited for his “wise and valuable” aid to the association and “to the cause of education.” Dr. J. C. Futrall Speaks. At a breakfast this morning in Dr. Pearson’s honor, addresses of praise were delivered by Dr. J. C. Futrall, president of the University of Arkansa: Dr. C. L. Lory, president of the Cali- fornia State College of Agriculture, and Chancellor Emeritus W. J. Herr of Oregon. Agriculture Department and State experiment station eccnomists recom- mended to the association a reduction of almost all crops to less than pre- depression levels. Result of a study of long time plan- ning, their report was presented by Oris V. Wells, acting chief of the A. A. A production planning section. Wells Outlines Program. ‘Wells, explaining the recommenda- tions were preliminary, outlined this program: 38,000,000 acres of cotton in 1936-1940, about 11 per cent under the 1929 acreage, but about 34 per | cent above 1935; 52,000,000 acres of wheat with an estimated production of 722,000,000 bushels in 1936-1940, and an estimated 788,000,000 in 1941- 1945; 86,000,000 acres of corn and a total production of 2,248,000,000 oushels to 1940, a reduction of 11,000,- 000 acres from the 1929 base and 7,000,000 acres from 1935. For the longer period, until 1945, Wells said it was believed the reduced acreage of corn, with other adjust- ments recommended, would increase corn yields by about 9 per cent. For tobacco, acreage and production for 1936-40 almost exactly equal to that in the 1919-1929 base period. Work of Colleges Lauded. The association, composed of presi- dents, deans and professors of land grant colleges and universities in every State, was credited yesterday with bringing about the greatest advance in agriculture in the history of man. Several speakers lauded the work done by the colleges and by the American Bureau of Farm Federa- tions. Chester C. Davis, administrator of the A. A. A, last night predicted a “grass revolution”—in the form of a permanent A. A. A. to promote an era of sound farming practices. e GONDOLA ON EXHIBIT “Metal Bubble” of Stratosphere Balloon to Be Shown a Week. The gondola of the stratosphere balloon Explorer II, which carried Capt. Albert W. Stevens and Capt. Orvil A. Anderson nearly 14 miles into the air on Armistice day, will be placed on exhibit in front of the Administration Building of the Na- tional Geographic Society on Six- teenth street near M street this after- noon. It will remain on show for more than a week, The metal bubble is nine feet in diameter Shown with it will be the air-conditioning equipment which made possible the ascent into the stratosphere after it was sealed air- tight above the 16,000-foot level. —_—— Centre Alumni to Meet. ‘The Centre College Alumni ciation will meet at 8:30 o'clo evening at 3842 “These 48 States are the United | For Real Estate Operator Also Proposes Driver “Brain Tests.” Belief the annual traffic death toll of the District could be cut in half by adoption of two new regulations was voiced today by Fulton R. Gordon, ‘Washington real estate operator, in a letter to the Commissioners. He proposed first that every motor- ist be required pass a “brain” test, similar to mental examinations given by the United States Army. Urges Foot Throttle Removal. He also urged removal of all foot throttles from motor-driven vehicles, substituting hand throttles, so that the driver could keep one foot on the clutch and the other on the brake. “To show my faith in these two regulations, if you do not think it ad- visable to force it on all motor drivers, call for 1,000 volunteers and submit them to the test of these two regula- tions and then compare their driving and accidents with those who have not had these regulations enforced upon them,” he said. Purpose of Plan Explained. Explaining the purpose of the plan | to substitute hand throttles for foot throttles, Mr. Gordon wrote: “That would enable the driver to keep one foot on the clutch and one on the brake and to use the hand throttle on the steering wheel. Then when the driver is confronted with a possible accident, he would naturally press down on the brake and the clutch with the feet. In fact, you do that automatically.” _— C. U, POST GIVEN MSGR. MCORMICK Professor of Education Is Appointed Acting Rector. Connecticut Native. Appointment of Rt. Rev. Msgr. | Patrick Joseph McCormick, professor | of education at Catholic University and one of the foremost Catholic edu- cators in the country, as acting rector of the university, was announced last night. He assumes the duties of Most Rev. James Hugh Ryan, now rector emeritus, who to- |day becomes Bishop of Omaha. Selection was made by Most | Rev. Michael J. |Curley, Arch: | bishop of Balti: more, chancello: | of the university - and Msgr. Mc- Cormick will hold the post until a rector is appoint- {ed by the Holy | Bee in Rome to succeed to Bishop Ryan. Msgr. McCormick has been associ- ated with the university in a profes- sorial capacity 25 years, and now heads the Department of Education. Born in Norwicn, Conn., December 10, 1880, he studied for the priesthood at Dunwoodie, N. Y, and was or-| | dained in 1904. For the next two years he studied at Catholic University | and then, after a four-year term as superintendent of diocesan schools at Hartford, Conn., returned here. In| 1918 he became professor of educa- tion and in 1921, when the Catholic Sisters College was established, was appointed to that faculty and made | dean. Msge. McCormick also has beenI editor of the Catholic Educational Re- view and is a contributor to many periodicals. Msgr. McCormick. — iy Purdue Grads to Hear Deans. ‘Washington alumni of Purdue Uni- versity will hold a special dinner meeting at the Hotel Harrington to- night at 6:30 o'clock for visiting faculty members and alumni. Guests will include Dean A. A. Potter of the School of Engineering and Dean Mary L. Matthews of the School of Home Economics. Both are in-Washington to attend the meeing of the Association of Land Grant Colleges and Universi- ties. —_— Blind Play Chess. Blind workers of Leningrad and Moscow, Russia, recently held a chess tournament, the winner being a Len- ingrad man. E —— Scotch Nudists. Scotland’s only organized nudist colony has been discovered in Ren- frewshire, and the members flee when ALLEN" ADVOGATES FLAT-RATE SYSTEM OF 0B INGURANCE Proposes Amendment to Act to Simplify Work of Collecting Data. ‘ COMPENSATION BOARD TO STUDY PLAN MONDAY Prettyman Asked to Develop Draft for Presentation to Congress in January. BACKGROUND— Advancing into mew legislative flelds, spansors of unemployment compensation law for the District of Columbia conceived complicated formula for computing benefits. Roughly, beneficiaries were to re- ceive 40 per cent of weekly earn= ings averaged over two years or $15, whichever is found to be lower. District officials charged with ad- ministering program envisioned a ‘ponderous system of records, exten= sive investigation, checking of re- ports; debated means of simplify= ing system, Prompt amendment of the District unemployment compensation act, to place benefit payments to the jobless on a flat-rate system, was proposed today by Commissioner George E. Allen as a means of avoiding development and maintenance of a huge card index system of data on the wages, class of employment and other conditions of Washington workers. Allen requested Corporation Counsel Prettyman to begin at once study of an amendment of the law which would achieve this result, with a view to ask- ing the Compensation Board to urge Congress to approve it promptly when it convenes January 3. The subject will come up for con- sideration Monday afternoon at & meeting of the board. Members of the board in addition to Commissioner Allen are Commissioners Melvin C. Hazen and Dan I. Sultan, and Daniel J. Callahan, representative of em- ployers, and John Locher, representa- tive of employes. “Detail” Work Astounds Allen. Allen was “staggered” yesterday when he learned that the present pro- visions of the act apparently mean the District must maintain an enormous card index of all of the persons now employed in the District, so that the file will contain necessary data for the computation of benefits which may be due those workers if they become un- employed after January 2, 1938, when jobless insurance payments are to commence. Haste is needed in the matter, Com- missioner Allen emphasized, because employers must begin in January to file monthly statements as to their pay rolls. It is estimated there are some 60,000 employers in Washington subject to the act. Since benefit pay- ments to the unemployed workers start in two years it was estimated 24 card index reports would be required on each employer’s pay roll return, mak- ing a total of 1.440,000 index cards. Officials interpret the act to mean the average weekly wage of each em- ploye must be computed over the two- year period and that the benefits due workers who become unemployed would be figured at 40 per cent of their average weekly wage or a maximum of $15 a week, whichever figured out to be the lesser. Would Simplify System. Allen declares that since the maxi- mum which may be paid weekly is only $15, it would be infinitely simpler to avoid the complex card index com- putations and the resulting mathe- matical calculations and to set up a flat sum to be paid to the unemployed. Consulting with Corporation Coun- sel Prettyman, he learned of plans to install an automatic punch card ma- chine which would be capable of sort- ing out cards to identify those in cer- tain work classifications, the number of weeks worked and other data. Prettyman agreed with Allen as to his objections, but sald the law apparently required maintenance of such a sys- tem. Allen countered with the pro- posal that employers merely be re- quired to file their monthly pay rolls, together with the employers’ contribu- tions. One objection Allen has to the pres- ent contemplated program is that the Government would have on file index cards revealing the name, address, wages and other information regard- ing all workers here. The law does not forbid publication of these facts, although it forbids public use of the employers’ pay roll, Allen said. Many New Companies. Registration of new companies in an outsider approaches. Huey Long Stat With Famous A statue of Huey P. Long, late Sen- ator from Louisiana, may be destined to stand in Statuary Hall at the Cap- itol, along with the illustrious dead of the Nation. Inquiries have been made at the office of the architect of the Capitol through the office of Senator Overton of Louisiana regarding the procedure by which a State may place a representative in Statuary Hall. These inquiries have been directed from Louisiana, and although the name of the late Senator was not used in connection with the request for in- formation, it is believed that the pro- posal is advanced by friends of the man who dominated the government of the State until his assassination last Summer. Louisiana has no representative in Statuary Hall. It is the sole Southern State which has so far failed to send & bronze or marble statue of a cel- ebrated citizen. The fact that in- quiries are now being made as to what must be done by Louisiana to obtain such representation leads immediately to the surmise that Long is to be the first citizen of Louisiana be so honored. South Africa is breaking all records. ue May Stand in Capitol Hall in this hall of fame, the State Legis- lature must pass an enabling act, ap- point a commission and provide for the fashioning of the statue. The Louisiana Legislature probably will not meet again until after the primary elections are held in January. If the Long forces remain in control it is believed that the movement to place a statue of the dead Senator in the Capitol will be launched immediately. In all, about a dozen States have so far not sought to send statues to the Capitol. Under the law each State is permitted to send two such statues, either bronze or marble. Congress has nothing to do with accepting or re- jecting a statue so presented. Once the State, through its own, Legislature, has acted, the statue becomes entitled to a place in statuary hall, and when it has been completed and shipped to ‘Washington it becomes the duty of the architect of the Capitol to see that 1t is properly placed. Because of the great weight of these statues, and of their crowding together as they have increased in number, a new plan has been devised. Each State retains one statue in the hall itself, ang the other statue sent by that State ¥ placed in FEF Jane Marsh, dressed in the costume of the Christmas seal design, shown today at the White House as sh his Christmas seals. They are sold by the National Tuberculosis Association. ASSOCIATION HIT BY JORN IHLDER {Executive Officer of A. D. A. Sees Conflicting Views on What It Wants. John Thlder, executive officer of the Alley Dwelling Authority, today took issue with the West End Citizens’ Association for its alleged lack of agreement on what it wants, as report- ed in the press. Ihlder said the association seemed | quite confused as to its opinion of the | | work of the Alley Dwelling Authority, | | and added: “A month ago the associa- | tion was of the opinion that the work | of the Alley Dwelling Authority in- | tereferes with private enterprise. Now | it says that transfer of property for | private development is neither busi- | nesslike nor practical. What does it | want? “Its dpokesmen last Monday then said, on what basis is not stated, that private enterprise had thus far | been unable to get a price estimate from the Alley Dwelling Authority on | any of the property. Questions Attempt. “I would like to know when private enterprise made any attempt. Cer- tainly no representatives of the West End Citizens’ Association have either called on or written to the Alley Dwelling Authority since their October meeting and no private firm or indi- vidual has made any offer or sug- gestion of an offer for the redevelop- ment of property acquired by the | A.D. A “I assume,” Ihlder continued, “that | the purpose of the West End Citizens’ Association is to help improve condi- tions in the West End. On that basis | the A. D. A. welcomes conferences with | their representatives. On July 12 it | wrote to the president and secretary inviting them to a conference. No re-| | ply was received. An attempt to reach | | them by telephone failed because | neither is listed. Or September 11 the president wrote for a statement on the work of the A. D. A. In response the executive officer attended the associa- tion's meeting on September 16, told | of the plans of the authority and an- | swered questions. Committee Visited A. D. A. “On September 30, 1935, a commit- tee, led by Charles L. Norris, a real estate agent, visited the A. D. A. Mr. Norris knew something of its work because he had offered it properties which, however, it was unable to ac- cept. This committee prepared the report submitted at the October meet- ing. He has now been appointed by the president of the association to confer with a lawyer who is said to have represented property owners -in a recent A. D. A. case in court. The A D. A never has had a case in| court. But this is only on a par with the other misconceptions. “Following publication of extracts from the September committee report | 1n the newspapers the executive officer wrote for a copy. Secretary A. C. Barber in his response said that ‘a committee may be appointed to call at your office in the near future.’ The excutive officer at once wrote baqk that he would be glad to receive the com- mittee. But it has never called.” BIDS TO BE ASKED ON SCHOOL PLANS Rockville and Damascus Units First in New Montgomery Program. Special Zispatch to The Star. ROCKVILLE, Md., November 20.— Bids for the first two units under Montgomery County’s new $794,000 school construction program will be sought by the Board of Education within the next few days. Plans and specifications are ready for additional class rooms at Rockville and Damascus Elementary Schools and Superintendent of Schools Edwin W. Broome said the advertisement for bids will be published shortly. Six new rooms will be included in the unit at Rockville, while three are to be added to the Damascus school. Plans and specifications may be ob- tained from Maj. Howard W. Cutler, public school architect, at 1108 Six- teenth street. Bids on the two projects are to be opened in the board's office here De- cember 6 at 3 pm. Dr. Broome said the Rockville unit is expected to cost approximately $45,000 and Damascus about $35,000, The P. W. A. allocation has not been made availal yet, but school officials said no will be ex- | liquor. | started through the light, e presented President Roosevelt with —A. P. Photo. CHASES ENLIVEN OFFICER'S NGHT Fourth Precinct Policeman Gets Bruised Face in Fight, Too. A policeman’s lot may not be happy, ! but it was an exciting one in the early morning hours today for Pvt. Spotts- wood F. Gravely of the fourth precinct. | Gravely partici- | pated in two hair- | raising chases PAGE B—1 INCREASED TAXES FORD. C. WEIGHED IN BUDGET PLANS Next Year’s Estimates to Be Laid Before Bureau Tomorrow. $8,317,500 LUMP SUM TO BE ASKED BY HAZEN Capital Finds Diminishing U. §. Help Increasing Difficulty of Making Ends Meet. BACKGROUND— Facing problems of increased ex- penditures for various parts of so- cial security program, District of Columbia officials raised issue in closing days of last session of Con- gress of tazx reforms here. Senators McCarran of Nevada and Capper of Kansas were mamed to review situation; action held in abeyance when District contribution require- ments were reduced. Committee headed by Corpora- tion Counsel Prettyman subsequent ly designated to study District finances during congressional re- cess; preliminary work done, group prepares to press studies to cone clusion during coming weeks. . The Commissioners’ Special Com= mitee on taxation today resumed study of a wide variety of proposals for re< vision and extension of the District tax system, designed in part to achieve a better balance between operation expenses and outlays for needed capie tal improvements. At the same time Commissioner Hazen prepared strong arguments for many important items in the proposed 1937 budget to be laid tomorrow before the Budget Bureau in conclusion of hearings there on the next year's estimates. f one involving a . %8 liquor-laden car and the other an allegedly drunken taxi driver, who left in his wake | two overturned | automobiles and | two bruised faces, | one Gravely's. After a 70-mile- an-hour chase through South Washington Gravely and fellow officer, Pvt. W. H. Cox, arrested a colored man and woman and seized 192 two-quart jars of corn whisky. James E. Smallwood, 24, colored, of 2137 Fifth street, alleged driver of the pursued car, was held on charges of reckless driving and possession of un- taxed liquor. Alice Patterson, 21, col- 8. F. Gravely. ored, of 122 Bates street, who police | said was Smallwood’s companion, was charged with possession of untaxed A third occupant of the car, an unidentified colored man, escaped. Car Runs Up Embankment. Gravely and Cox were on duty near | the north end of Highway Bridge when the car appeared on its way | from Virginia. The driver stepped on the gas, crossed the bridge, .nade | several turns as far north as Inde- | pendence avenue and headed back over the bridge. Failing to make a turn near the Virginia end., the car went up an embankment, coasted back and teetered crazily. The occupants ran. Police found Smallwood hiding in a pool of muddy water. He denied he was the driver, declaring he and the Patterson woman had been given a 1lift from Fredericksburg. Claiming he was the innocent vic- tim of a bootlegger's wiles, Smallwood was sentenced by Judge John P. Mc- Mahon in Traffic Court today to pay fines of $115 or serve an equal number on the untaxed liquor charge. A con- until December 3. Returning home from this experi- ence, Gravely, driving his own car, stopped for a red light at Fourteenth and Water streets southwest. A cab driven by James C. Harris, 23, of 305 C street, pulled alongside him. Harris Gravely said, but was blocked by a truck. Gravely ordered him to pull to the curb. Harris cursed him and darted off, he said. Pursued at High Speed. The policeman pursued the taxi driver at high speed, he said. At a Fourteenth street intersection a cab driven by Henry B. Tolson, 27, of 1236 E street southeast and an automobile driven by Irving O. Rosen of Brook- Iyn, N. Y., were waiting for a “go” signal. Harris tried to pass them, it was said, hit Tolson's cab, overturning it, bounced off Rosen’s car and then himself overturned. Harris, it is charged, crawled from his overturned cab and hit Tolson in the mouth. By that time Officer Gravely had arrived and sought to arrest Harris. The belligerent cab driver then hit the policeman in the face, the latter said. The overturned cabs were lying across both sets of street car tracks and tangled traffic for more than an hour. — WATCH HUNT FOR BODY Crowd Sees River Dragged. .Benny Henderson Missing. ‘The gruesome business of dragging the Potomac River for a body at- tracted such a curious throng at Key Bridge today that police reserves were summoned to handle the crowd. The bridge was jammed with mo- torists and pedestrians watching har- bor police in their search for the body of a man believed to be Benny Henderson, Congressional Country Club employe of 411 G street. Hen- derson did not return home after leaving the club Monday night. 52 Soee et i Shakespeare Thesaurus. a | He will plead especially for ape proval of a Federal payment of $8,e 317,500, a lump sum granted by the Senate last session but slashed to $5,700,000, by the House. Operation Costs Mount. The steadily diminishing percentage of the costs of the National Capital borne by the Federal Government, | District officials have stated, has ace centuated the difficulties of the Dis- trict to keep pace with mounting ope | eration expenses and capital needs | that have been piling up. Commissioners Allen and Sultan are | expected to join Commissicner Hazen in the special concluding presentation. | Hazen will also have in hand specially |needed items for the departments under his direction. The Tax Committee, headed by | Corporation Counsel E. Barrett Prettye | man, has before it data on the main= tenance and operating expenses during the past 15 years, similar data on dwindling pertions of the budget availe able for capital improvements, such as schools and libraries. Permanent Needs Forecast. A new element also is to be int:oe duced in the study. Officials are fore= casting sums which will be needed during the next 5, 10 or 15 years for permanent improvements. For instance, the expected growth of population for such periods will be calculated and from that figure estimates will ba drawn for additional school buildings and other improvements that will be The committee also is to chart the ‘increasing amount of land that has | been taken out of taxation by pure | chases by the Federal and District | Governments. | Against all this information the | committee will consider the present | known tax revenue availability, ine cluding the past records of the Fed- eral payments toward local expenses. Tax Increases Considered, | | The committee has awaiting study | of days in jail and was held in Police Many proposals for revision of the | Court for action of the grand jury |tax system Among them are in- creased taxes for utilities, revision of | cealed weapon charge was continued bank taxes, imposition of an in- creased gasoline tax, adoption of an | inheritance or estates tax, possible | additional sales taxes, a tax on movies | and theaters, an income tax and adoption of a weight tax for automo- biles. Chairman prettyman said today his | group as yet had not taken up study | of tax measures. It is his plan to sug- gest to the Commissioners how much | revenues might be raised by this or that new or revised tax to meet what they may determine to be necessary increased revenues. It is his plan to leave to the Commissioners what changes in the tax system should be proposed. In addition to Prettyman, members of the committee are Maj. Daniel J. Donovan, auditor and budget officer; Tax Assessor William P. Richards, | People’s Counsel William A. Roberts, Richmond B. Keech, vice chairman of the Utilities Commission, and Capt. H. C. Whitehurst, director of highways _— PEERY CONSIDERS PARKWAY PLANS | Studies Proposal of State Funds to Extend Mount Vernon Memorial to Falls. By the Associated Press. RICHMOND, November 20.—Gov. Peery today had under consideration a proposal that the State appropriate *$100,000 to purchase rights of way necessary to extend the Mount Vernon Memorial Parkway to Great Falls, Va. A. B. Cammerer, director of the Na- tional Park Service, told a conference of staff and Arlington County officials with the Governor here that an ex- tension of the Alexandria-Washington Parkway northward along the Potomac River would only be possible if the State or county provided the right of way. The Arlington delegation included William D. Medley of the House of - Delegates, Christopher B. Garnett, member of county board, and Roy S. Braden, county manager. They urged the State co-operate in the extension Shakespeare’s tic thesaurus is ..Lone of 15,000 words. _ of the parkwsf® in order to relieve