Evening Star Newspaper, December 7, 1935, Page 16

ALLEN RESCNDS % R CENT (U7 I JANUARYRELIEF Decides to Ask Congress for More Funds After Hearing Pleas. REQUEST FOR $600,000 UNTIL JULY 1 INDICATED $3,200,000 May Be Sought for ‘Fiscal Year—3,000 Being Put on W.P. A. Jobs in D. C. Planning an early appeal to Con= gress for increased District funds to meet the relief problem here, Com- missioner George E. Allen will re- scind the 25 per cent slash in relief payments for January. The slash in relief disbursements for December, however, must be con- tinued in foroe, the District relief ad- ministrator has decided. After a day of anxiety over the re- HNef situation, Allen last night ordered a reversal of the policy he had clung to in connection with the 25 per cent cut. Expecting thousands on the relief lists would suffer “slow starvation” if the cut were continued, he determined | to restore the average payment to re- lief families to $30 per month for January, but was not prepared to say that this would be continued indefi- nitely unless more District funds were made available. Heeds Plea of Groups. He was influenced greatly by dec- larations made to the Board of Com- missioners yesterday by 36 spokesmen for private welfare and civic groups, who pleaded for an order rescinding the 25 per cent cut, to spend remain- der of present District funds at a faster rate and to ask the President and Congress to provide a deficiency appropriation and to increase the re- lief budget for the next fiscal year. Allen indicated he may ask, at the opening of the new session of Con- gress, for a deficiency relief appropri- ation of as much as $600,000, to cover needs between January 1 and July 1. He indicated he also may ask for an appropriation of $3,200,000 for the next fiscal year, beginning July 1. The Commissioner said today, how- ever, neither of these figures has been finally determined and that their size would depend on developments in the next month. 3,000 Going to W. P. A. Three thousand of the 10,000 cases on District relief lists now are being transferred to steady jobs under the Works Progress Administration. W. P. A. payments will begin for this group December 18. Allen, therefore, found he could restore the average monthly payment for those remain- | ing dependent on the District for relief to $30 a month for January. In doing sc, he calcuiated he would have to draw on District funds for $50,000 to $60,000 in addition to the monthly apportionment of $166,666, the rate at which the District’s $2,- 000,000 relief appropriation for this year has been spent. Allen could not predict whether the restored relief payments could be continued after January be- cause he has no present information as to how much the Distriet relief list may be increased as new families ap- ply fo. relief who are not eligible for the W. P. A. program. Vesterday afternoon Allen had an- nounced a promise there would be no further cut beyond 25 per cent in re- lief payments in January. He coupled with that promise a declaration the 25 per cent cut must be continued. His view on this was changed after he had held a conference with Alice Hill, relief director, and other officials in charge of the relief program. STEWARDS OPPOSE CHURCH LOTTERIES Raising Money Through Sales or Parties Hit by United Council. Raising money by religious groups through “fairs, card parties, sales or lotteries of any kind” was denounced today by the United Stewardship Council, which claims representation of 20,000,000 churchgoers, in conven- tion at the Raleigh Hotel. o The group termed parish lotteries 'doubtful and even pagan substitutes for giving as worship.” The stewards are organized to care for the worldly possessions of the churches which they represent. They opened their two-day session yes- terday. Church contributions measuring re- turn of prosperous times were reported to the convention yesterday in figures from 18 denominations showing dona- tions of $218,635,648 in 1934 Jumped to $223,140,562 in 1935. Reports from the nine other de- nominations affiliated with the council were unavailable at this period of the year. Holding to its opposition to “giving something for nothing,” the council yesterday condemned Federal relief appropriations. New “Mum” Names Not to Pay Tribute To Citizen Leaders Poetic Urge to Be Given Full Sway, Says Plant Bureau. 'The poetic urge in chrysanthemum- namers is going to be given full sway In the future. No more will the choice varieties developed by the Department of Agriculture be named affer dis- tinguished persons. Prederick D. Richey, chief of the Bureau of Plant Industry, who here- tofore has been the department’s offi- cial chrysanthemum christener, has announced this, He said Benjamin Y. Morrison, in charge of the Division of Plant Exploration and Introduction, and J. Wise Byrnes, superintendent of the greenhouses, labeled the 13 most today | Archbishop Is Glad New Deal Testing RITAIN, according to Most Rev. William Temple, Arch- bishop of York and Primate of England, who arrived here yesterday, is “very glad” the New Deal’s experiments in control of pro- duction and prices are being tried here instead of in the British Empire. The English prelate made the state- ment yesterday in an interview given soon after his arrival at the home of Right Rev. James E. Freeman, Bishop of Washington. His first direct mes- sage to the American people, however, will be delivered at 10 a.m. tomorrow in a broadcast over Radio Station WJSV. He will speak from Bethle- hem Chapel, in Washington Cathe- dral, but the public will not, be ad- mitted. Meanwhile, the Archbishop planned to call at the British Embassy today to pay respects to the British Am- bassador, Sir Ronald Lindsay. The distinguished churchman, noted for his pronounced views on questions of war, peace and public policy, as well as religion, expressed cussing a wide range of subjects. Following his radio address tomor- row, he will preach at the celebra- tion of the holy communion in the Great Choir of the Cathedral. Bishop Freeman and Right Rev. James De ‘Wolf Perry, presiding bishop of the | Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States, will take part in the service. Bishop Freeman will deliver the ser- mon at the people’s evensong service in the Great Choir tomorrow at 4 o’'clock. This portion of the Cathedral fabric is being reopened for only one Sunday in honor of the distinguished again on Monday until further notice. Worshipers arriving for the 11 am. service, at which Archbishop Temple is to preach, are requested to enter by the south transept entrance above the Pilgrim steps. DIPLOMATS HURT Attaches of Japanese Em- bassy Among Seven In- jured in Crashes. Seven persons, including two at- police sergeant, were injured in auto- mobile accidents in the District dur- ing the last 24 hours. One attache, Jiro Takese, 28, of 3315 ‘when his car collided in the 2800 block of Conecticut avenue with one driven by Russell J. Whitemire of Alexandria, Va. Tadatisa Matsudaria, 29, of 2415 Morrison street, the other attache, a passenger in Takese’s machine, was cut over the eye, and Whitemire suf- fered a sprained hand. All three were treated at Emergency Hospital. No charges were placed against either driver by police, but it was said at the eighth precinct station that a report that Takese was on the wrong side of the street was being investi- gated. Police Sergeant Hurt. Sergt. Paul J. Tanner, 40, of 720 Ingraham street, attached to No. 3 precinct, received a broken arm and shoulder and concussion of the brain when his machine and a Capital Tran- sit Co. bus ran together at Thirteenth and U streets. Tanner was taken to Emergency. The bus, police said, was driven by Raymond T. Cole, jr., 23, of 1964 Calvert street. ‘Two Inquests Today. Inquests were being held today in the deaths of Mrs. Emily Treadwell, 83, of 101 Second street northeast, who died Thursday from injuries re- ceived in a hit-and-run accident, and Mrs. Elizabeth G. Swartz, 46, of Laurel, Md., who was killed Wednes- day night in a crash at Eighteenth and Hamlin streets northeast. RAIN IS FORECAST HERE TONIGHT AND TOMORROW Rising Temperature Is Seen, With Mercury Not Going Below 42 Degrees. The Weather Bureau expects occa- himself frankly in the interview, dis- | visitor from England, but will be closed | INAUTO ACCIDENT taches at the Japanese Embassy and a | Morrison street, was cut about the| mouth and had several teeth broken | Is Spared England The Most Rev. and Right Honorable William Temple, Archbishop of York and Primate of England (left), as he was greeted yesterday by Right Rev. James E, Freeman, Bishop of Washington. ~—Star Stafl Photo. The archbishop arrived in New York yesterday morning and was escorted to the Capital by Chaplain George B. Kinkead of the College of Preachers, where next week the Primate of England will deliver a series of lec- tures. The archbishop, his wife and Chaplain Kinkead were met at Union Station by Bishop Freeman, going direct to Mount St. Alban. s The archbishop received the press in friendly fashion. He was dressed in the so-called “small clothes” of a bishop of England—black long coat, breeches, apron and gaiters, and wore on his chest the large golden pectral cross of his order. Asked if England was showing much interest in the American Govern- ment's attempts at controlled produc- tion of commodities in an effort to boost prices, the archbishop replied | affirmatively. “But,” he added with a chuckle, “we are very glad the experiment is being tried somewhere else. We are very’ much interested in this, but somewhat skeptical of the result. It ought to be tried out somewhere—but we are glad it isn't in our country.” The present Italian-Ethiopian situa- | tion was characterized by the arch- bishop as the greatest test yet faced by the League of Nations. “The Italian situation, so far,” he said, “has strengthened the League, but it all depends now on w it comes out. I am in favor of 'sanc- tions, both economic and military. 1f the League is willing to go on, I be- lieve England will stay with it. Mus- solini is not popular in England, oe- cause the English people do not favor dictators.” The archbishop and Mrs. Temple will leave Washington immediately after tae 11-o'clock service for Mar- tinsville, Va., where they will visit members of her family. He will re- turr. to the Capital Monday for the series of lectures at the Cathedral Library under auspices of the College of Preachers. SALHON SHPHENT FOR STREANS DU Efforts to Stock Maryland Waters Will Be Demon- strated Here. Efforts to stock Maryland streams with the big Chinook salmon of the ‘West Coast will be demonstrated here soon with the arrival at the Com- merce Department aquarium of a shipment of fingerlings from Western hatcheries. At least 3,000 of the young salmon will be liberated this Spring in the headwaters of forest-protected Mary- land rivers. The experiment is being conducted by the Government and the Maryland Conservation Commission. Fred Orsinger, director of the local aquarium, said at least part of the shipment of young salmon would be exhibited here before the fish are transported to various Maryland rivers. Hardy Game Fish. ‘The big Chinook, or king salmon, abounds in the Columbia and other rivers of the Northwest. It is a vigorous game fish which surmounts almost impossible barriers in the an- nual run for the. spawning grounds up river. Maryland officials hope the Chinook salmon may overcome such obstacles as river pollution in the East and eventuslly thrive here. The first shipment of young salmon was liber- ated in Maryland last Spring. The experiment will be continued for four successive Springs, and then a check will be made to detérmine if the effort is worth continuing. ‘Whereabouts Mystery. MACHINIST RETIRE Navy Yard Worker Given Purse by Fellow Employes. Edward M. O'Neal, 60, Hyattsville, , expert machinist at the Washing- ton Navy Yard for 34 years, was pre- E TR i 4 i z E i H DRY FORCES GIRD $75,000 Fire Destroys St.one‘ Company Plant FOR FINAL DRIVE ON LOCAL LIQUOR Meetings Scheduled for To- morrow Will Mark End of Campaign. DEALERS ARE ATTACKED AS UNFIT FOR LICENSES Dr. E. M. Ellison Cheered When He Hits Record of Late Edward V. Killeen. ‘The campaign of the United Dry Forces of the District of Columbia to drive liquor from Washington will reach its climax at 3 p.m. tomorrow with a mass meeting at National City Christian Church. A meeting at 7 p.m. tomorrow in the Fifteenth Street Presbyterian Church will mark the official conclusion of the campaign. Dr. E. M. Ellison, president of the dry forces, will preside at the tfi; noon meeting. Speakers include Mrs. D. Leigh Colvin of New York City, vice president of the national W. C. T Dr. Harry E. Woolever, editor of the National Methodist Press, and Police Inspector L. I. H. Edwards. There will be a special program of music. Dealers Attacked. Dr. Ellison told a meeting of dry forces in Foundry Methodist Episcopal Church last night that many liquor dealers here have no right to licenses because of their records. The audience cheered as Dr. Eli- son attacked particularly the issuance of a license to Edward V. Killeen, ‘Washington gambling leader, who was killed recently by a woman. “I am sure Washington had & shock,” Ellison said, “when it came to light that Uncle Sam was in part- nership with Eddie Killeen. I am sure there are many other people in the liquor business who have no more right in it than he had.” Statement Declared Faise. Dr. Ellison declared he was “shocked” when he read that a member of the District Alcohol Beverage Control Board, whom he did not name, had said liquor conditions here have im- proved 100 per cent since repeal. “That is an unspeakable falsehood,” he asserted. Dr. Ellison then read a newspaper article quoting Representative Dirk- sen, Republican, of Illinois as an- nouncing he would oppose efforts to make Washington dry. “I must say I admire Dirksen for his frankness,” Dr. Ellison said. “He doesn't hesitate to say he doesn’t want us to interfere with the pernicious activities of the five distilleries in his district and take away his job.” - Declaring the liquor situation here already is “worse than at any time during our history,” Dr. Ellison told his listeners in detail of the harmful effects of alcohol. Repeal Declared Doomed. “Repeal is doomed,” he concluded. “The people who have turned hell loose under the Stars and Stripes are due for a rude awakening.” The speaker was introduced by the Rev. Edward Ford, assistant pastor of the church, who said it would be “a splendid thing if we could dry up Washington and set an outstanding example for the rest of the country.” Both Dr. Ellison and J. Raymond Schmidt, who addressed another dry rally in West Washington Baptist Church, urged passage of the Guyer bill to restore prohibition in the Dis- trict. Address Criticized. Schmidt criticized an address Thurs- day night by George W. Offutt, chair- man of the A. B. C. Board, who toid District bartenders the liquor business has taken 2,000 unemployed persons off the streets and is putting $2,000,- 000 annually in the District treasury. “Somebody must spend less for the necessities of life in order that 2.000 men may work in the liquor business,” Schmidt said. “As the intake of the drink traffic increases, legitimate lines like groceries, soft drinks and milk products must suffer. It is easily pos- sible that for every person employed by the liquor trafic two will be laid off in the legitimate lines.” He also attacked a statement to the bartenders by Dr. James M. Doran that liquor had very little to do with the increase in automobile accidents, which Doran attributed to “idiots and morons who drive cars.” Schmidt said he “would like to ask Dr. Doran what could be worse as a traffic menace than idiots and morons who drive cars after they have been Schedule of Meeting. Following is the schedules of other meetings for tomorrow, some of which will be devoted entirely to the cam- paign: 11 am—Takoma Park Christian Church, chairman, Rev. W. H. Pink- 11 a.m.— Park Chureh, chairman, Rev. W. F. Smith; speaker, T. B. Davis. 11 am.—Bethany Baptist Church, charman and speaker, Rev. M. P. German. 11 am—Cavalry Baptist Church, chairman and speaker, Rev. W. 8. Abernethy. 11 a.m.—Metropolitan Baptist Church, chairman and speaker, Rev. John C. 11 am—~New York Avenue Presby~< am—Waugh M. E. Church, chairman and speaker, Rev. A. F. Poore. 11 am~—Epworth M. E. Church South, chairman and speaker, Rev. Canter. Smoke is shown billowing from the Phelps 'Stone Co., Ninth and Douglas streets noftheast, as firemen last | night fought to extinguish the three-alarm blaze. Damage was estimated at $75,000, < PLANT DESTROYED BY §7a000 FIRE Three-Alarm Blaze Sweeps | R. B. Phelps Stone Co., in Northeast. Well under way when discovered, & roaring fire last night destroyed the plant of the R. B. Phelps Stone Co. at Ninth and Douglas streets north- east, causing damage estimated by firm officials at $75,000. Three alarms were turned in as firemen fought to keep the flames from spreading to nearby buildings occupied by a chemical company and a building supply firm. Close to the Metropolitan Branch of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, the fire at one time endangered a row of box cars. ‘When the first alarm was sounded, flames were shooting from the large frame structure housing the stone company. The building contained valuable electric stone-cutting equip- | ment and four or five trucks. It was partially covered by insurance. Thousands of Spectators. ‘Thousands of spectators surrounded the burning building and climbed atop freight cars to watch firemen ex- tinguish the flames and pour water on adfacent structures to keep them from catching fire. One of the adjoining buildings, oc- cupied by the Du-Rite Chemical Co., contained explosive chemicals, police said, An oil company, a chain gro- cery warehouse and a lumber com- pany were close enough to be men- The cause of the fire had not been determined today. Police believe an overheated stove was to blame. Fire- men are still investigating the source, and officials of the stone compeany said 1. was posstble a spark from a passing locomotive started the blaze. Watchman Questioned. A colored watchman, Claude Brown, 45, who lived in a shack on the prop- erty, was taken to the twelfth pre- cinet for questioning after police said he was found wandering around the lot. The Phelps Stone Co., which has been operated by R. B. Phelps, 2203 Evarts street northeast, for more than 25 years, has done much of the stone work on Government buildings here. HARD COAL MINERS TO ASK WAGE BOOST Six-Hour Day and 30-Hour Week Also to Be Demanded, Con- vention Decides. Union hard coal miners have voted to go into the forthcoming wage conference with demands for a six- hour day, 30-hour week gnd a sub- stantial increase in wages. The voting of the resolution was the final action before the adjourn- ment - yesterday of the Tri-District Convention of the United Mine Work- ers of America meeting at the Wil- lard Hotel since Wednesday. ‘While delegates were deciding to demand increased wages, it was un- derstood that mine operators will enter the wage conference with de- mands for sharp reductions. § It was charged during the conven- tion that operators had recently been selling their coal at the mines at a price below production cost in an effort to show a loss when the con- ference is held. The miners base their demsands for more wages on the in- creased cost of living. Efforts to put the convention on record as favoring a general strike were fought down by John L. Lewis, president, as being “unthinkable” at this time. He said such action now would prejudice the public against the miners. X-RAY TUBERCULOSIS TESTS ARE CONTINUED Colored Registrants to Receive Examinations Monday in —=Star Staff Photo. 'Mrs. John G. Pollard at Alma Mater of Hus- band and Son. With Four Virginia Executives. Mrs. John Garland Pollard, wife of | the former Governor of Virginia, is a first-year law student in the day | classes at George Washington Univer- | | sity. | She is studying contracts, personal | fproperty and torts at the alma mater | | of her husband, who is now chairman |of the Board of Veterans' Appeals, his son and his father. The Canadian girl, who acted u: executive secretary for four Gover- nors of Virginia and married the last | one, probably has seen more Virginia | statutes become law than any woman | | who ever lived in the Old Dominion | s & result of her work in the Rich- mond State House. “I first began thinking of studying | ney in Canada,” she said today. “My | time was so filled with duties in the Governor’s office there was no chance for academic study, but I seized my Former Governor’s Wife Takes First Law Course at G. W. U. @ Had Secretarial Training | law when I was working for an attor- | MRS. JOHN G. POLLARD. first oppostunity and enrolled in Sep- tember.” She is not taking the full freshman schedule. | She and the former Governor live at 1026 Sixteenth street. They were married July 31, 1933, in Winnipeg | at the close of Mr. Pollard’s seeond term in the gubernatorial chair. Mrs. Pollard was Miss Violet Elizabeth Mc- | Is Forerunner of Regular Air Service. Mexico, D. F., to New York last Spring was but a forerunner of regular air | Barhart. described some of the thrills | and adventures of her trip before the | National Geographic Society in Con- stitution Hail last night. Using the same plane whichispanned the Atlantic three years ago, and the Pacific between Hawali and California, Miss Earhart did the 2,125 miles in 14 hours and 20 minutes, or, as she de- to a late dinner hour. During the historic flight, Miss Ear- hart made & 700-mile short cut across the Gulf of Mexico. At times the water, and a part of her land course, ‘was blanketed by fog. Landed in River Bed. Taking off at night from the Los Angeles airport, her motor became that she would have to take to her parachute. The overheating was due to an incorrect setting of the blades of the propeller, but as it was of the variable-pitch type, which can be ad- justed by the pilot in flight, this diff- culty was quickly overcome. Earhart said she had no radio beam to guide her on this flight, and she saw only one light during the night. AMELIA EARHART | TRUCK UNLOADING TRLSOFLONEHOP ROPDSAL ASKE | Declares Flight to Mexico|Offutt Seeks Views in Con- Declaring her non-stop flight from | service in much less time, Miss Amelia | scribed it, from early breakfast time overheated and for a time she feared | Dougall. | | sidering Protests Against Van Duzer Plan. CHARGE DISMISSED AGAINST RUBIN IN SMALL LOAN CASE Contention Defendant Was Acting Only as Broker Is Upheld. JUDGE SEES NEED FOR STRONGER LAW District Loses First Action in Ree cent Years—Details of Trans- action Told. The District today lost the first case brought in recent years under the “small loan” act of 1913, when Police Judge Gus A. Schuldt dismissed charges against Jacob Rubin, trading as the United Finance Co. He was charged with lending money* at a greater rate of interest than 6 per cent without having obtained license. In rendering the decision, Judg | Schuldt upheld the contention of Je& Lichtenberg and Philip Goldstein, de | fense attorneys, that Rubin was op< erating as a broker, purchasing and selling notes. He did not lend his own money, it was contended. Sees Need for New Law. While he felt that Rubin had not violated the law now on the statute books, Judge Schuldt stated that ir, his opinion “this case demonstrates the necessity for having a new law | enacted wherein and whereby the small loan business (whether or not money is loaned or procured to be loaned) could be better regulated and wherein some standard could be fixed as to charges.” Reference was made to two wit- nesses, Harry Rubin, an optometrist and not a relative of the defendant, and Elias Weinstein, an official of Peoples Drug Stores, who said they had purchased the notes on which the charges were based from Jacob Rubin at a discount. Testimony was to the effect Raye mond A. Wise secured $150 in Jacob Rubin’s office, signing a note for $216, | and Gladys A. Pantaze signed a note for $102.03 in order to secure $75. Judge’s View on Case. The sole question in the case, Judge Schuldt said, was whetner the de- fendant was engaged in the business of lending money. This was the first case brought after an announcement by Corporation Counsel E. Barrett Prettyman that there are 75 persons or firms engaged in the small loans business in Wash« ington who have not procured licenses under the old act. Prettyman enlisted the aid of polica in making definite cases against such persons or firms and assigned Assiste ant Corporation Counsel Edward M. Curran to the prosecution. Another arrest was made during the curreng week and is now awaiting trial NAVY DATA TERMED FACING FIRE PERIL Lack of Protective Vaults Cited by Hydrographer, Capt. L. R. Leahy, to Admiral Andrews. Lack of fireproof vaults is endanger« ing the safety of valuable files, films and publications, as well as survey data, the Navy hydrographer, Capt. L. Met by a flood of protests to Traffic Director William A. Van Duzer’s pro- | posal that loading and unloading of trucks be prohibited in some sections during rush hours, George W. Offutt, chairman of the Traffic Advisory Council, today awaited suggestions from truckers and merchants. Offutt’s request for proposals was made at a meeting in the District | Building last night, after representa- tives of truckers’ and merchants’ or- ganizations had objected vigorously to Van Duzer’s plan. The traffic di- rector’s proposal was to forbid load- ing and unloading on about 35 miles of city streets between 8 and 9:30 am. and 4 and 6 pm. Groups Entering Protests. The protests® were lodged by Ed- ward S. Brashears, counsel for the District Trucking Association; Wil- liam E. Humphreys, president of the organization; Ringgold Hart, counsel for the Merchants and Manufacturers’ Association, and James G. Yaden, president of the District department of the American Federation of Gov- ernment Employes. Van Duzer had proposed that the stopping of trucks on thoroughfares on which parking of other vehicles is restricted during rush hours should be prohibited in an effort to eliminate congestion. Downtown streets, he said, would be exempted only to the extent » | that trucks would be permitted to stop long enough actually to load and un- | load in areas already designated for that purpose. Seen Blow to Service. The plan, Brashears declared, would make truck service impossible, and would cause such congestion during the rest of the day that the situation would be made worse. Humphreys demanded that no more restrictions be placed upon trucks. “Rather,” he said, “let the police en- force the ones already in effect so we can get our trucks to the curb at des- ignated loading zones.” Of 71 local firms operating 1,499 trucks, Hart said, 66 stated they are “required” to make deliveries during rush hours. Hart said 14 firms esti- mated it would cost them $119,930 an- nually in new trucks and extra help to Abide by such a regulation. MATCH THIEF BLAMED FOR APARTMENT FIRE Burglar Believed to Have Started Blaze While Rifling Bureau Drawers. R. Leahy, yesterday informed Rear Admiral Adolphus Andrews, chief of the Bureau of Navigation, in sube mitting his annual report. | He advocated that fireproof storage | be provided for photographic film which form a part of the permanent survey records of the office by con« struction of a building between wings of the Navy Department. Through a recent rearrangement of space in the Navy Building, the Hy. drographic Office has been allotted ay increase of 11,000 square feet, per | mitting expansions in all divisions | Leahy said, but fire hazards and spact | limitations still exist. “Lack of proper space for files, charf | archives, chart paper, photographic | films, books and publications, and | survey data is becoming a serious mate ter,” Capt. Leahy wrote. “Unless this valuable material is safeguarded, there is a’ serious menace of irreplaceable loss. Repeated requests for additional space and proper fireproof vaults have been unavailing.” ADDITIONAL OFFICERS TO GO ON TRAFFIC DUTY, Move to Relieve Downtown Con- gestion in Pre-Holiday Period. In a move to relieve traffic conges= tion in the downtown area, additional officers have been assigned to duty at intersections along: Seventh, F and G streets, Capt. Milton D. Smith, Traf fic Bureau, announced today. Eight men have been designated to aid in handling downtown traffic this week, and next week about 40 members of the Police School will be assigned to the job. It is expected the increased force will aid materiaily in reducing accie dents and alleviating the holiday traf- fic jams. M’NEIL DENIED RETRIAL Letts Fixes Next Friday as Date for Banker’s Sentencing. ‘The request for a new trial of Bene~ dict M. McNeil, assistant cashier of the closed Park Savings Bank who was convicted last week of conspiring to steal $50,000, was refused by Jus- tice F. Dickinson Letts of District Su= preme Court late yesterday. In denying the motion, Justice Létts set next Friday as the day when Me- Neil will be sentenced. The conspiracy nalty is from four months to ' imprisonment, and, or, $10, fine. Since the former bank officer was convicted on two counts, he may receive double that sentence. | Agriculture Dance Tonight. The Athletic and Recreational As= sociation of the Department of Agris culture will hold a dance and card party at the Washington Hotel at § o'clock tonight. A. C. Edwards