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Washi & MARYLAND GETS ZIONCHECK PLUS SANITY PROBLEM Representative Taken to Baltimore Sanitarium in Strait-Jacket. “KIDNAPED,” HE SAYS THREATENING SUIT Rule Ordering Appearance in Dis- trict Supreme Court Tomorrow Is Voided. The task of passing upon the san- ity of Representative Marion A. Zion- check rested with Maryland authori- ties today after Zioncheck's transfer vesterday afternoon from Gallinger Municipal Hospital to a semi-private sanitarium on the outskirts of Bal- timore. The change of jurisdiction was au- thorized by Justice Daniel W. O'Donghue upon request of Zion- check’s bride and her counsel, Max H. Ammerman, who agreed to have the Representative committed to Shep- pard and Enoch Pratt Hospital at Towson, Md. The transfer of Zioncheck across a State line voided a rule under which he was ordered to appear before a District Supreme Court jury tomor- row to show cause why he should not be declared insane and confined to an institution. The Washington State Representa- tive, who had been under mental ob- servation at Gallinger since June 11, was carried from the hospital in a straight-jacket, on a stretcher, placed in an ambulance and accompanied to Towson by a physician, a nurse and | three hospital attaches. Swift Ambulance Trip. Zioncheck, who has quite a reputa- tion for fast driving himself, was treated to a swift jaunt in a Board of Public Welfare ambulance, which left Gallinger at 4 p.m. covered almost 50 miles, and deposited him at the Maryland institution 1 hour and 35 minutes later, after threading Wash- ington and Baltimore traffic. Mean- while, Zioncheck protested he was being “kidnaped.” The Representative rode under blankets in a straight-jacket, stretched on & cot, while a nurse mopped his perspiring brow and handed him a cigarette from time to time. At Laurel substation of State police, where the ambulance was halted in s futile effort to obtain a police es- cort, Zioncheck kidded his attend- ants. He said to Clarence E. Geiger, a Board of Public Welfare transfer officer: “Say, don't you know youre en- dangering the lives of private citi- zens, going 60 or 70 miles an hour. ‘That’s what they put me up for. You better be careful, they might get you.” At the hospital Zioncheck de- manded to see the superintendent. An admitting physician said he was not the superintendent, but was in | charge there: 1 Threatens to Sue. “Well,” Zioncheck said, “I want to | put you on notice that I was kidnaped and brought here against my will. I'm going to sue this place and have 1t knocked down at a sheriff’s sale!” The Répresentative told reporters it took eight men to put him in the straight jacket. Maryland authorities said that patients once committed for mental observation in that State usually won their freedom by establishing their sanity before a jury. In a few cases, however, mental patients are dis- charged an recommendations of physicians who had them under ob- servation. Assistant Corporation Counsel T. Gillespie Dalsh, who signed the petition of the District Commissioner under which the lunacy hearing was set, said he did not know how long Zioncheck would remain at the Mary- land institution. It was indicated that District authorities would not seek to regain jurisdiction in the case. Zioncheck’s friends in Congress had advised him several weeks ago to enter the hospital at Towson. Re- cently, all arrangements were com- pleted to take the Representative there, but Zioncheck refused to go ‘voluntarily. Lunacy Hearing Set. Shortly afterward the District Com- missioners petitioned for a lunacy hearing and stated the belief that Zioncheck was an “insane” person with “homicidal” tendencies who was “dangerous” to be at large. A Dis- trict Supreme Court justice set the lunacy hearing date. The Government summoned 20 witnesses, including Zioncheck’s bride of two months. When served with the rule to show cause, Zioncheck said he would appear as his own counsel before the jury. Zioncheck's arrest and commitrent %o Gallinger ended a series of madcap sdventures climaxed June 1, when the Representative left beer bottles and moth balls at the White House as a “present” for President Roosevelt and drove his high-powered roadster down the sidewalk and through red lights. The firm of King & Brodie was - yetained by Mrs. Zioncheck to repre- sent her husband at the expeeted bearing. The defense attorneys were out of the city and could not be reached for a statement. COURT CITES CREWS MIAMI, Fla. June 24 (#).—John D. Crews, hubsand of Maureen Orcutt Crews, the golfer, was ordered yester- day to show cause why he should not be held in contempt of court. A citation issued by Circuit Judge W. W. Tremmell, returnable this aft- ernoon, charged he told Mrs. John B. Wofford he could get the judge to change his decision in a cas involving the Wofford Hotel for $2,400. ‘Mrs. Wofford, the contempt order set forth, gave Crews a $1,000 check and then stopped payment. Mrs. Madigan Back in D. C.' T ngton News he WASHINGTON, D. C, Young Wanderers Return Boy Soldiers of Fortune Find Recrea- tional Area Curtailed Today. Billy Nevitt, 9, and his bréthers, Donald, 3, and Bernard, 6, who had a “grand time” at Glen Echo yesterday while police hunted them. INE-YEAR-OLD BILLY NEVITT | and his two brothers, Bernard, | 6, and Donald, 3, who were| eating popcorn, sliding down “wiggly-waggly” sliding boards and riding street cars and motor boats yes- terday while police searched the city for them, awoke today and found their recreational area more limited. By order of their mother, Mrs. Lydia Nevitt, the brothers’ playground frontiers were the front and rear doors of their home, at 321 New Jersey ave- nue southeast. E Billy, being the oldest, naturally was in command of the traveling trio, and when he decided yesterday afternoon to journey to Glen Echo, Bernard and | Donald concurred. They had no money, | but Commander Billy soon fixed that. | “A lady gave me & whole lot of money,” he said. He didn’t remem- ber how much the “whole lot” was, but, anyway, it was enough for street ~—Star Staff Photo. car fare, rides on the motor boats, “the funny mirrors and wiggly-waggly slid- ing boards in the midway,” and popcorn. Mrs. Nevitt didn't become alarmed until it began to get dark. She said they had disappeared two other times during the last 10 days and had re- turned safe and sound—that is, ex- cept for the time they, somehow or other, forgot Second Mate Donald was with them and left him standing at Union Station. After all the fun at the amusement, park, Commander Billy found him- self short of car fare, but a policeman soon fixed that up, and the three | tired adventurers got back home about 9:30. Little Donald still was tired this morning when photographers and re- | porters called. He answered all queries with “uh-huh and huh-uh” but was quite sure he had had a “gran’ time.” MOTHER WINS GIRL AFTERLONG FIGHT With Daughter, 8, Taken From Father. After a four-year battle for posses- | sion of her daughter, now 8, during | which she recently was arrested in| New York on a kidnaping charge, Mrs. Nettie Madigan, 3614 Connecticut ave- nue, was back at home today with the little girl safe in her custody. Five days ago Justice Joseph W. Cox of District Supreme Court, who in 1932 gave the child, Betty Lyvia Lugaresi, to her father, Terzo Lugaresi, retired member of the Marine Band, ordered the child transferred to her mother’s custody. He authorized Mrs. Madigan, remarried since her divorce from Luga- resi, to take the child forthwith, wher- ever she could be found. Lugaresi did not appear at the hearing. Mrs. Madigan immediately left for New York and located the little girl in the Bronx. The child was sick and Mrs. Madigan forcibly took her from Lugaresi and started for Washington. ‘Under Arrest for While. The father, however, notified police, who blocked all outlets from the city. Mrs. Madigan was arrested and charged with kidnaping, but finally effected her release after she had dis- played the decree of the Washington court, Lugaresi was awarded a divorce November 10, 1932, after a bitterly contested trial here and was given custody of the ehild. Two efforts by the mother in District Supreme Court to regain the little girl and one hearing before Juvenile Court Judge Fay Bent- ley ended unsuccessfully for her. On December 24 last the mother filed another petition in District Su- preme Court, through Attorney Jean M. Boardman, stating she had mar- ried Joseph Madigan and had a suit- able home for Betty. She said further that Lugaresi was neglecting the chila. Lugaresi Gets Order. ‘While this petition was still pending Lugaresi obtained an order from the court permitting him to remove his daughter from the District for three ‘weeks to visit his sister in Boston. At the recent hearing Mrs. Madigan told the court he had failed to return, although the three weeks’ period had expired. — o $700 PIN (3 STOLEN Mrs. Charles Abel of Chevy Chase Reports Loss to Police. 5y a Staff Correspondent ot The Star. CHEVY CHASE, Md, June 24— Police were searching today for a $700 diamond pin stolen from & dresser in the home of Mrs. Charles Abel at 29 Quincy street. Mrs. Abel told Montgomery County officers yesterday the covered as she was packing tory to leaving on a #ip o Hon GEN. GRANT NAMED WAR COLLEGE HEAD Appointment Announced by | Gen. Craig in Talk to Graduates. Brig. Gen. Walter S. Grant. veteran Cavalry officer, with active service in China, Philippines and France, today was appointed commandant of the Army War College. This announcement was made by Gen. Malin Craig, chief of staff of the United States Army, as he de- livered the grad- uation address this morning to the largest grad- f: uating class ever to attend the War College. Gen. Grant has been acting com- mandant there since Gen. Craig was made chief of staff in Oc- tober. The new com- mandant is a na- tive of Ithaca, N. Y., and a graduate of the United States Military Acad- emy of the class of 1900. Practically all his service has been as a Cavalry officer. Soon after he was commis- sioned he saw active fleld service with the China Relief Expedition and in the Philippines. During the World War Gen. Grant was with the 1st Division at Cantigny, with the 2d Division at Chateau Thierry and with the 1st Corps in the advance to the Vesle. He then went with the general staff of the 1st Army, serving with the Operations Division during the St. Mihiel offensive and as deputy chief of staff during the Meuse- Gen. Grant. | ‘WITH SUNDAY .| N ning Stap WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24, 1936. Police Court Structure First on $7,000,000 D. C. Buildin DEFENGE AT END, VAN ZANDT SAYS JURY SOONTOGET MNAMARA CASE Character Witnesses Called in Murder Trial of Virginian. n YOUTH LAYS KILLING TO SUICIDE MISFIRE Counsel Expected to Ask Instruc- tions for Verdict of Man- . slaughter. The defense rested today in the first-degree murder trial of William Martin McNamara, 21, of Petersburg, Va, and the case neared the jury, which has heard the youth relate a story of unrequited love in his efforts | to escape the electric chair. He is charged with murdering John Mikedis, chef at the Liberty Cafe, 804 | K street, March 14. The cook was struck by a stray bullet as the youth opened fire, and the Government con- tends McNamara intended to kill his estranged wife, Ruth, and Samuel J. Ally, cafe proprietor, of whom he was jealous. McNamara has mflintainad\ he drew his revolver to commit suicide. Eleven character witnesses from Petersburg took the stand this morn- ing in District Supreme Court and | painted for Justice Daniel W. O'Don- oghoe and the jury & picture of a nervous, high-strung youth, deeply in love with his wife, who grieved be- cause of his separation from her. | Those who testified for McNamara | included a lawyer, a priest, a school teacher and several physicians and business men of the Virginia town, They all said his reputation was un- blemished. Prosecutor’s Plan. Assistant United States Attorney Samuel Beach said he did not intend to put on any rebuttal testimony. Defense Attorneys Frank J. Kelley and E. Russell Kelley were expected to ask Justice O'Donoghue to include instructions for second-degree and manslaughter verdicts in his charge to the jury. the point of tears, McNamara told the Jjury yesterday of his love for his wife, which caused him to hitch-hike from Petersburg to Washington in search of her. “I never had any intention to| kill her,” he declared. “That never entered my head, because I love her. But when I finally got it firmly in my mind that I was going to kill myself—commit suicide—I wanted to do it in front of her. I wanted her to see it.” ‘The shooting occurred in the kitchen of the cafe, where Mrs. McNamara worked as a waitress. Married when he was 17 years old, McNamara and his wife separated a ' year later and she came to Washirg- ton. He did not see her again until shortly before the tragedy, when she visited him in Petersburg to arrange for a divorce. He refused, but called her by telephone a few days later and | told her that if she would return, he would arrange for the decree. He admitted from the stand that this promise was untrue and was made 80 he could see her again. Testifying against her husband, Mrs. McNamara previously had told of the divorce promise. Gun of Friend. Desperate at his failure to get his wife back to him, McNamara left Petersburg for Washington with only 15 cents in his pocket. He said he had borrowed the gun from a friend because he had been considering sui- cide for months. Walking and riding, he arrived here about 2 pm. The slaying occurred that evening. Unable to secure the home address of his wife from her employer, he tramped the streets until 5:30 o'clock searching for her, he de- clared. Questions by his attorney elicited the information he had not eaten since 7 a.m. that day. TOLERANGE HELPS U. 5. COMMUNISM. Misguided Members of | Churches and Other Units Assailed. COMMANDER OF V. F. W. ENCAMPMENT SPEAKER Issue In America Is Freedom or Coercion, He Says, Defending Constitution. Lashing out at “red” influences in | this country, James E. Van Zandt, commander in chief of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, told members of the organization last night that “com- munism’s greatest ally today is America’s too tolerant attitude.” Comdr. Van Zandt spoke in the auditorium of Thomson School, where the District veterans are convening for their annual three-day encamp- ment. “Under the false banners of the ‘brotherhood of man’ and ‘interna- tionalism,’” he said, “well-meaning but misled church members and or- ganizations are lending their support | to forces definitely opposed to all es- | tablished principles of Christianity and the church. Bombardment of Theories. “Our labor groups are being bom- barded with theories which, hiding behind alleged principles of justice property, disloyalty, conspiracy, class hatred and greed,” he said. He added that “the real issue be- tween communism and Americanism | is the issue between freedom and co- ercion. Today's militant Communist wants not only to practice communism but wants to force communism on peo- ple who do not want it. The only kind of communism to which dny lib- eral mind objects is coercive com- munism.” Comdr. Van Zandt held up the Con- stitution of the United States as an instrument “providing a flexible code | of human relationships, and forceful Wringing his hands and almost on | OBy as the wishes of a majority of | the people are forceful.” “In America,” he said, “the indi- vidual possesses certain civil rights. In America, the people, collectivel are supreme. In communism, all individual rights are destroyed. Com- munism advocates the overthrow of our present form of government, not by reason or by the voluntary wish of the people—as provided in our Constitution—but by force and vio- lence. Russian Regimentation, “The 2,000,000 confessed Com- | munists in the United States today,” he added, “are more than twice the number there are in Soviet Russia, where approximately 168,000,000 Rus- sians are being subjected to a regi- mentation of working, living, speak- ing and thinking that amounts to vir- tual enslavement.” The program following Comdr. Van Zandt's talk consisted of reports of officers and committees, announce- ments, and the reading of minutes and other communications. The three- day meeting will end tonight with the election and installation of officers, —— MRS. VANTINE DIES Funeral Services to Be Tomorrow at Methodist Home. Mrs. Elizabeth Ann Vantine, 86, died yesterday after a short illness at the Methodist Home, 4901 Connecticut avenue. Mrs. Vantine had been a resident of this city about 30 years, coming here from Chazy, N. Y. She is survived by a son, Charles E. Vantine, Woodside, Md., an employe of the Navy Yard, and two grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. tomorrow, at the Methodist Home. Burial will be in Glenwood Cemetery. Young Washington | Hospital today. and equality, preach confiscation of | CONSERVATION AID *¥ Society and General Tree Player Injured Boy, 8, Fractures Skull in Fall to Sidewalk. James Lawson, riding pony, and his brother Billy. IS skull fractured when he top- pled 20 feet out of & tree to a concrete sidewalk, James Law- son, 8, of 4016 Kansas avenue | was in a serious condition in Garfield | Although he was said to have passed a “fairly good” night, | his injuries were still regarded as crit- ical. James and his brother Billy, 10, had éiven nails for steps up a stately willow in front of their home and had built a platform in a level fork directly over the sidewalk so they might survey persons passing below and occasionally startle them with jungle cries adapted from thrillers at the neighborhood movie. The boys were not on the platform when the accident happened, however. According to frightened Billy, who saw his brother flop over backward and hit the pavement, James was sitting on a big limb, cushioning his back against a smaller one, scarcely much thicker than his finger. Billy, firmly saddied in a tree crotch a few feet away, heard the small limb snap and over went James, too surprised to cry out. A passerby summoned Policeman P. H. Sams, tenth precinct, from his home across the street at 4019 Kansas avenue. Sams notified his precinct station and a patrol wagon came and took James {o Garfield Hospital, ac- companied by his mother. The father, Leonard Lawson, & linotype operator on a Washington newspaper, followed later, but not before vowing to destroy the tree platform. OF &4 15 ASKED Delegates, Who Will Dis- band Tonight, Hear Ad- dress by Elliott. A plea for co-operation of young farm men and women in conservation of the Nation's natural resources was made today at the concluding assem- ! bly session of the annual 4-H Club | convention by Charles W. Elliot, 2d, of the Natura! Resources Committee. The 160 boys and girls from farm homes of 40 States will disband to- | night at their camp in Potomac Park | near the Tidal Basin after the cus- | tomary candle-lighting ceremony at’ 8 | pm. which marks the ciose of the convention each year. “The natural resources of our coun- try are inexhaustible if we treat them right, but they are easily exhaustible if we continue to let them go wrong— to blow or to be washed away,” said Elliot. He discussed the work of the Nat- ural Resources Committee and its re- port on soil conservation and erosion, water problems, minerals, reforesta- tion, navigation and stream pollution and pointed out to the delegates the inter-relation of these problems. Two 4-H Club members and three of their leaders were to go on the air today from 1 to 1:20 p.m. over Station WMAL, presenting an inter- view on the subject, “Young Rural America Faces the Future.” The mem- bers were J. T. McDaniel, Texas, and Miss Daisy Saler, Washington State; the leaders, T. T. Martin, Missouri; B. W. Marston, Wyoming, and Marian E. Forbes, Massachusetts. The last educational tour of the con- vention was to begin at 1:45 pm, & steamer trip to Mount Vernon. Tents at Potomac Park will not be taken down until tomorrow to afford delegates who do not plan to leave the city tonight a place to stay. OFFICIALS MAPPING RELIEF STAFF CUT Dismissal Orders for 125 of As- Argonne offensive. After the armistice he became chief of staff of the Ist Corps. For his World War service Gen. Grant re- ceived the Distinguished Service Medal from the United States, the Legion of Honor from France and the Order of Leopold from Belgiufj. GREECE OFFERS CROSS To Present Award to U. 8. Un- known Soldier. esenting—“The Man on the Flying Trapeze,” as painted by lfircl fi’ifma, 6, daughter of Mr, and Mrs. Leon Kurland. Evelyn is shown hard at work at her easel in the Petworth School. A mere slip of the brush might cause untold suffering to the per- formers. Tomorrow: Mildred Hagan, daughter of Mr. and Mrs, {{. W. Hagan, and Raymond Stanion, son of Mr. and Mrs. Sam- uel H, Stanton, of the Webb Sghool. . —Star Staff Photo, chief of staff. in the trophy sistance Unit Are Pre- pared. The Commissioners today prepared orders for the dismissal July 1 of 125 of the 285 members of the staff of the Public Assistance Division, made nec- essary by Congress limiting adminis- trative expenses for relief by the Dis- trict to $200,000. Schedules for the reorganization of the division, prepared by Welfare Di- rector Elwood Street and Relief Direc- tor Alice Hill were slated for adoption at a special meeting of the Commis- sioners this afternoon. Recommendations for the slash were submitted to the Commissioners by Street, but action was deferred until an outline of the situation could be laid . befere Commissioner Allen, who is attending the Democratic Na- tional Convention in Philadelphia. A message received from him today ask- ed the other Commissioners to act. The annual administrative cost, calculated on latest reports, amounts to $411,100. The maximum allowed for the mew fiscal year beginning July 1, will be $230,200, including the $200,000 fixed for District revenues, plus about $30,000 in grants to the District under the Federal social ae- , curity program. A WASTE 10 COST VETERANS RELIEF |Welfare Board Adopts Policy of Closing List to Extravagant. Two hundred war veterans on the District relief list were told today they must spend their bonus funds | for their own support unless they | gain approval of use of the money for just debts, household improvements | and similar purposes while continuing on the rolls. A policy to this effect was adopted by the Board of Public Welfare late yesterday on recommendation by Its Public Assistance Committee, which directs municipal relief operations. Possible Reinstatement. Veterans who are dropped from | the relief rolls may apply for rein- statement when their funds are gone. Case workers are instructed to con- sult with each veteran to aid him to prepare a “legitimate” plan for use of the money, it was announced for the board by Elwood Street, wel- fare director. “The question of how the cash may be used, in relation to relief, which might or might not be con- tinued, is to be handled as a case work problem,” he said. “The case of each one will be considered separately on its own merits.” Officers Re-elected. The board re-elected its officers for a new term. Frederick W. McReynolds was re-elected chairman, Judge M. M. Doyle, vice chairman, and Mrs. Charles Goldsimth, secretary. W. W. Spaid, recently reappointed to a six- year term by the Commissioners, was sworn into office. Two other members recently reappointed were Mrs. Spencer Gordon and Dr. Frederick W. Perkins. — NEW SHELL PLANNED FOR CONCERT SERIES Sketch and Estimates of Cost Pre- pared by Branch of Park Service. A sketch of a projected super- structure shell, to be placed on a barge, is being made by the Branch of Plans and Design of the National Park Service, Interior Department, as well as estimates of its cost, for use in the Summer symphony concerts at the Water Gate near the Lincoln Memorial. This was revealed today by C. Mar- shall Pinnan, superintendent of the National Capital Parks, who is ar- ranging for a conference later in the day with Thomas J. Mullikin, chair- man of the Washington Summer Concerts Association, which is spon- soring the programs. FPinnan made it clear his office has nothing to do with the procuring of the barge nor with the construction of the super- structure. Malcolm Kirkpatrick, landscape architect of the Branch of Plans and Design, assigned to the National Cap- ital Parks, is supervising the przpara- tion of the estimates and sketch for a shell smaller than that used last year. , Details of how the financing of the barge this year is to be accomplished by Millikin and his associates, who are musicians in the National Sym- phony Orchestra, has not been re- vealed. . PAGE B—1 g Schedule ;mmfifimm ASSURES PROCRAN OF IMPROVEMENTS 11937 Appropriation Measure Approved by President Clears Path. BIDS WILL BE SOUGHT WITHIN THREE WEEKS Plans for Branch Library and School Projects Also to Be Pushed. Plans for an early start on a muni- cipal improvement program costing nearly $7,000,000, as provided in the 1937 District apprepriation bill, signed yesterday by President Roosee velt, were begun today by engincers and architects under the direction of Engineer Commissicner Dan 1. Sultan., Starting of construction of che uew Police Court building in Judiciary Square will be the first major step in the program, since plans for this structure now are ready. Signing of the bill climaxes years of campaigning to demonstrate the need for a modern, sanitary and effle clently planned home for the lowar court. Deplorable conditions in the present structure were graphically outlined about 10 years ago by a member of The Star staff, who got himself arrested and haled into court so he could get firsi-hand knowl- edge of the crowded, insanitary, ine: adequate facilities there. For this purpose he took the pen name of “Pete Martin.” His stories started a vigorous- campaign for the improve ment. Municipal Architect Nathan C, Wyeth started drafting plans for the building months ago, anticipat.ng provision of funds in the 1937 bill. This forethought makes an early start on construction possible. Bids to Be Asked Soon. | Advertisement for bids are to be published by the Commissioners with- in two or three weeks. Contractors will be allowed 30 days to send in their offers. The Commissioners hope to be ready to award contracts by late August. The limit of cost has been placed at $1,500,000, of which $1,000,000 is | immediately available. The building is one of thrce new minor courts buildings to be erected in the square to the north of District Supreme | Court. Plans for the Police Court building already have the approval of the Fine Arts Commission, with the | exception o one small change. The Commissioners have asked the Labor Department for a predetermina- tion of wages which must be paid under the Bacon-Davis prevailing wage law. An answer is expected soon. | Additional architects, possibly as | many as 10. are soon to be employed “by the District for the drafting of | plans for the new Petworth Branch | Library and for nine school building projects also provided in the supply act. Plans Must Be Approved. Plans for these n st be drawn and approved before construction is ! planned. Congress appropriated $75.000 for | starting of construction of the Pet- worth library, the total cost of which is to be $150,000. The school building program | amounts to $1,402,500, the largest item of which is for an addition to Eastern High School, to relieve congestion there. The school has had to be oper- ated on the platoon system. The ade dition is to cost $353,000. Eastern’s enrollment during the year was close to 3,000 and its capacity was for only 2,100. This forced school au- thorities to divide the student body intg two groups, half attending classes in the forenoon and half in the after~ noon. The other school-construction items are: Addition to Lafayette School, includ= ing an assembly hall-gymnasium, | $165,000. Completion of the second floor at the Hardy §chool, $30,000. Addition to Truesdell Addition to Truesdell School, includ- ing an assembly-gymnasium, $148,500. __Addition to Grimke School, includ- ing assembly-gymnasium, $175,000. Addition to Young School, including gymnasium, $140,000. Addition to Paul Junior High School, including gymnasium, $165,000. Completion of Anacostia Juniore Senior High School, $100,000. District bridge engineers today started studies for replacement of the old Chain Bridge and for drafting of plans for a proposed new Pennsylvania Avenue Bridge. The new Chain Bridge is to cost $350,000, of which $250,000 is available for plans and starting construction. The level of the bridge on the Virginia side is to be raised about 8 feet and on the Dis« trict side about 5 feet. The District approach also is to be improved by giving it a wider turn in the road. Congress has provided $25,000 for drafting of plans for the proposed new Pennsylvania avenue span. —_— TRAFFIC REPORT DUE Officials Who Went to Milwaukes and Pittsburgh to Meet. District officials who surveyed traf- fic control methods in Milwaukee and Pittsburgh were to meet this afternoon to draft a factual report and recoms mendations for new methods of cone trol here, to be submitted to the Dis~ trict Commissioners and the Public Utilities Commission. Those who made the trip were Traffic Director William A. Van Du- zer, Director of Highways H. C. White- hurst, Police Supt. Ernest W. Brown, Richmond B. Keech, vice chairman of the utilities commission, and John Nolen, city planner of the National ::mu Park and Planning Commis- A