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Washington News he Fnening Sfar WASHINGTON, D. C, THURSDAY, JUNE 25, 1936. LL 2 Society and General PAGE B—1 Haycock Appointed to Kramer’s Post by Education Board —— JURY GETS CASE OF MRS, CONNELLY IN MURDER TRIAL Court’s Instructions Direct | Acquittal or Second-De- gree Verdict of Guilt. PROSECUTOR WARNS AGAINST SYMPATHY Woman Shot Husband in Self- Defense, Is Contention of Counsel. BULLETIN. Mrs. Alice J. Connelly, 38, was acquitted of a second-degree mur- der charge in District Supreme Court today. A District Supreme Court jury of 11 men and one woman began its delib- erations this afternoon in the second- degree murder trial of Mrs. Alice J. Connelly, 38, who shot her husband, Park Policeman John F. Connelly, 41, in their home at 2220 Eighteenth street, March 18. Justice Peyton Gordon instructed the jurors they might return verdicts of not guilty or guilty of second-degree murder or manslaughter. Mrs. Connelly’s attorney’s have at- tempted to prove she was in fear of her husband and acted in self defense. The shooting occurred about 1 am. following a St. Patrick’s day party. Assistant United States Attorney Henry A. Schweinhaut pleaded with the jury this morning not to be swayed | by sympathy. Cites Course of Bullet. The prosecutor laid unusual stress on evidence that the bullet which killed Connelly passed through his | body and into a couch, indicating, he said, that the policeman was lying down and not rushing toward his wife, @s the defense maintains. Attorneys James A. O'Shea and Alfred Goldstein have attempted to prove Mrs. Connelly shot her husband in self-defense. O'Shea, in his address to the jury, emphasized that the Government must prove the defendant guilty without a reasonable doubt, adding the prosecu- tion has fallen far short of performing this task. The defense rested about 11 am. at the conclusion of cross-examination of Mrs. Connelly by Schweinhaut and Howard Boyd, who is associated with him in the prosecution. Mrs. Connelly fainted on the wit- ness stand yesterday. “I didn’t mean to do it—I loved him,” she said just before she col- lapsed. She buried her face in her hand, sobbed and then toppled from her chair. Assistant Clerk J. Wesley Gardner caught her, and with the assistance of several of the jurors placed her on the counsel table. She was revived by Dr. John E. Lynn| of St. Elizabeth’s Hospital, who was in the courthouse on another matter. Adjournment Ordered. Justice Gordon then ordered the court adjourned until this morning. ‘When Mrs. Connelly took the stand, she began, under promptings by Chief Defense Counsel O'Shea, to relate the happenings of St. Patrick’s day, which preceded the tragedy. She said her husband began drink- ing early in the day and seemed almost overcome with melancholia. She played Irish songs on records to cheer him and then they went to a res- taurant where the drinking continued. Interrupting the continuity of her story, she told of a threat he made & few days before to shoot her, fright- ening her so that she hid under a bed. Because of that occurrence, she hid the gun in a drawer, she said. Returning home St. Patrick’s Day night, Connelly lay down. She said he had “a wild look in his eye,” and in a little while arose, put his fingers about her throat and threatened to kill her. It was then that she took the revolver from its hiding place, she told the jury. He jumped up again, she said, add- ing, “I pulled the trigger,.but I didn’t want to do it—I loved him and didn't mean to harm him.” The defendant testified that she then turned the gun on herself but it missed fire. — 500 SOJOURNERS OPEN CONVENTION Executive Committee Meeting and Motor Trips Feature Program. The sixteenth annual convention of the National Sojourners opened this morning at the Mayflower Hotel with more than 500 delegates regis- tering from all parts of the United States and several foreign countries. Today's program included a meet- ing of the Executive Committee under chairmanship of Dr. Bolivar J. Lloyd, & motor sight-seeing trip to Mt. Ver- non in the afternoon, to place a wreath on the tomb of George Wash- ington, and a visit to the Marine base at Quantico, Va. The visitors will be guests of Maj. Gen. Charles H. Lyman, commandant at Quantico. The committee arranging the con- wvention consists of Maj. Edwin S. “Bettleheim, jr, chairman; Rear Ad- miral Harry G. Hamlet, Lieut. Col. ‘Thomas W. Monroe, Lieut. Col. Arthur :J. Perry, Dr. William H. Sebrell, Lieut. James Otis Porter and Capt. Louis F. Nickel. The convention will tontinue through Saturday. Membership of the National Sojourners is made up of service officers who are Master Masons. The mainssession of the convention ially ‘mornjng by Maj. Bettleheim and Col. Alva"J. Brasted, chief of the Army shaplains, F] 'y Former Representative of South Carolina W eds D. C. Teacher. William F. Stevenson, member of the Federal Home Loan Bank Board and former Representative from South Carolina, was married yesterday afternoon to Miss Frances R. Culbert- son, s teacher in the Eastern High School. | The ceremony was performed by | Rev. Paul Sperry, pastor of the Church of the Holy City, in the apart- ment of the bride in the Argonne apartments. On the marriage license Stevenson’s age was given as 70, and that of the bride as 35. The couple left immediately after the ceremony for a wedding trip to an unannounced destination. At the apartment in the Broadmoor apartments, where Stevenson resided, the answer to questions about the wedding was: “This is the wrong place to come for information.” Stevenson served several terms in Congress and was the first New Deal chairman of the Federal Home Loan Bank Board and the Home Owners Loan Corporation. He was succeeded Stevenson, Member of Board Of Home Loan Bank, Married W. F. STEVENSON. by John H. Fahey, present head. For years, Stevenson has been one of the most colorful figures in South Carolina politics and was widely known as “Seaboard Bill” from his long associa- tion with the Seaboard Air Line Rail- road, which he represented as counsel. He served several terms in the House, $150,000 Suit Filed By Former Aide Against Robertson A. J. Jacobi Charges Ex- Patent Chief Interfered With Affairs. Former Commissioner of Patents Thomas E. Robertson was sued for $150,000 in District Supreme Court to- | day by Alfred J. Jacobi, 1201 M street, | who charged unwarranted interference in his financial affairs while the com- plainant was employed as a patent ex- aminer under Robertson. The suit set forth that Robertson called Jacobi into his office to answer & complaint of non-support brought by the latter’s wife. Jacobi was employed in the Patent Office from 1925 to 1930. He charged that after he left the Patent Office Robertson refused to register him as & patent attorney be- cause there was a judgment outstand- ing against him. The complainant alleged that he and his wife became estranged after Robertson “unwarrantedly interfered™ in his “domestic life and financial af- fairs.” Jacobi acted as his own at- torney in filing suit. YOUTH NOVENENT T0 BE DESCRBED Aubrey Williams, Director, Will Address Institute Delegates Tonight. The function of the National Youth Administration in aiding young people to solve problems arising out of the depression will be described tonight by Aubrey Williams, director, before dele- gates to the Youth Institute, meeting in the National Catholic School for Social Service. The institute, which has brought about 60 representatives of groups in the Atlantic and Midwestern States, and is sponsored by the National Council of Catholic Women, will close tomorrow. ‘The schedule today included talks on the rural program for youth by Miss Gertrude Warren of the 4-H Club Division of the Department of Agriculture; on the Catholic revival by Dr. Paul Ketrick of Catholic Uni= versity, and books for youth by Mrs. Philip Hurnung of the Trinity College alumnae. ‘This afternoon’s program is devoted to vocational study discussion led by Miss Beatrice McConnell, director of the Industrial Division, Children’s Bureau of the Department of Labor; Miss Sara Laughlin of Philadelphia, parish school councilor, and Miss Mary I. Eberhart of the Harrisburg Diocesan Council of Catholic Women. Delegates last night heard Miss Bess Goodykontz, assistant commis- sioner of the United States Office of Education, outline the youth programs being carried on by the office in the C. C. C. camps and among the un- employed, and describe the youth survey made by the office in 31 rep- resentative communities. Dr. George Johnson, secretary of the American Council on Education, explained the ‘| organization and aims of the Ameri- can Youth Council, a fact-finding group which has started a survey of youth problems in education. A plan for extending youth pro- grams through every diocese in the Nation was outlined yesterday by Miss Tess M. Gorka, Fort Wayne, Ind.; Miss Mary Finnan, Scranton, Pa., and Miss Frances Engel, Buffalo, N. Y. A talk by Mrs. Maurice Rosen- berg of the National Board of the National Amateur Athletic Federation, stressed the value of mass athletics | Most. Rev. Bernard J. Sheil, D. D, Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago, assist- ant Episcopal chairman, N. C. W. C. department of lay organizations, will address the institute at 2 pm. to- morrow, telling of the work of ‘the Catholic Youth organization he founded in Chicago. Poor Farm Is Robbed. ‘TUSCOLA, Ill. (#)—Stealing 120 chickens from a farm would be con- sidered pretty mean at best, but it was double mean in this case—it was the Douglas County poor farm. The fowls were raised to feed the penniless Tesidents. » VERDT ACEPTED BY NFNAMARA Slayer of Cook Decides Not to Petition for New Trial. Martin McNamara, 21, convicted slayer of John Mikedis, chef in a K street cafe, announced through his attorneys today that he would accept his manslaughter sentence without petitioning for a new trial. The pale Petersburg (Va.) youth, whose demeanor and testimony aroused the sympathy even of prose- cuting officials, faces a maximum prison term of from 3 to 15 years. He | probably will be sentenced a week from tomorrow. After deliberating for an hour and 20 minutes late yesterday, a District Supreme Court jury convicted the youth. Mikedis, cook at the Liberty Cafe, 804 K street, where the de- fendant’s estranged wife, Ruth, also | worked, was shot last March 14. Although the indictment on which he was tried charged first-degree murder, the instructions with which Justice Daniel W. O'Donoghue gave the case to the jury permitted ver- dicts of not guilty or guilty of first or second degree murder or manslaughter. ‘When the jury announced its ver- dict, the defendant swayed and a look of relief crossed his gaunt and therefore expressionless face. He shook hands with his attorneys, Frank J. and E. Russell Kelly, who had saved him from the electric chair. The Government contended Mikedis was struck by a stray bullet as the defendant sought to kill Mrs. Mec- | Namara and Samuel J. Ally, cafe proprietor, of whom he was jealous. McNamara steadfastly maintained | that his revolver was accident- ally discharged after he drew it | to commit suicide in front of his wife who had refused to return to | HEALTH SERVE GVEN 136300 FOR ABORATOR Work on Bethesda Project Will Start Soon, Treas- ury Announces. FUNDS ARE ALLOTTED BY DEFICIENCY BILL Proposal, at Inception, Brought Bitter Protest From Nearby Estate Onwers. BY JACK ALLEN, Staff Correspondent of The Star. BETHESDA, Md, June 25—Con- struction of the experimental labora- tory to be erected near here by the United States Public Health Service will begin shortly following the ap- proval of a $1,363,000 allocation for the work late yesterday by Secretary of the Treasury Henry Morgenthau, jr. Plans for the project call for build- ing the laboratory and four smaller structures at the outset, with addi- tlonal units to be added from time to time so that the center will eventually be converted into one of the most com- plete experimental health stations in existence. The development will be located on & 45-acre tract upon the estate of Luke I. Wilson fronting the Rockville pike near here. Wilson, & retired Il- linois business man, donated the land to the Federal Government last Au- gust to provide health officials with a place to carry on serum experiments with small animals. Additional $100,000 Available. The $1,363,000 appropriation ap- proved by Secretary Morgenthau is | derived from the $60,000,000 emer- gency construction fund carried in the first deficiency act of June 22. An | additional $100,000 is allo available from other sources, it is said. In addition to the laboratory itself, a cne-story office building, a small power house to provide necessary ical officers will be erected. One of the residences will accommodate two senior officers, while the other will house six junior officers. The labo- ratory will be three stories in height and is to have a basement. ‘The allocation likewise will pro- vide sufficient funds to improve road- ways, walks and the grounds around the structures. Storm of Protest. A storm of protest was heard against the laboratory proposal when ‘Wilson’s gift of the land was an- nounced last year, but both the Board of Montgomery County Commission- ers and the Maryland-National Cap- ital Park and Plaaning Commission were powerless to act because the and was not subject to zoning restric- tions. Many owners of beautiful estates along the pike, the Bethesda Chamber of Commerce and the county commis- | sioners were among those who raised objections to locating the laboratory on the Wilson tract. It was claimed by opponents of the project that establishment of the lab- oratory would smash real estate val- ues along the pike, where many of him. McNamara was the pricipal witness in his own behalf, his counsel staking their case on the sympathy they felt his story would arouse in the jurors. He told of marrying Mrs. McNa- mara, who was a year older than him- self, when he was 16. A year later she left him to come to Washington. Then she asked him for a divorce, and desperate in his desire to persuade her to come back to him he hitch- hiked from Petersburg to Washington to see her. & Friends and neighbors from Peters- burg, brought here as character wit- nesses, said the defendant was of ex- cellant character although extremely nervous and high strung. Young W Makin, '}?"k 20620 Fourt agan, een 12, son of Mj east. Mt at the ter of Mr. and Mrs. M. C. daug er of Mr. and Mrs. Robert High Schook Pl h street Montgomery’s richest estates are located. REPORT IN DROWNING A certificate of accidental drown- ing was issued today by Coroner A. Magruder MacDonald in the death of Ralph Qlassman, 25, of 1719 Q street, whose body was recovered yesterday from the Potomac River, near the Colonial Canoe Club. Glassman was drowned Sunday when he dove from a boat while sail- ing with a party of friends above the Three Sisters Islands. He was a clerk in the Veterans’ Administra- tion. ashington ink prints to illustrate stories is very interesting ildred Hag:m, 11, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. ‘heast, and Raymond Stanton, ifi’ ‘g’;:: ‘SaAmucl H. i&a;aton, 1401 G street north- in -4 grade a: ymond Webb School. Tomorrow: Margaret Goldsworthy, daugh- Go!d-morlh%, a Buc in the 6-B grade Louise fim.'lmer- , of the Paul Junior —star Stag Photo. ‘ . w. heating and two residences for med- | land had become Federal property | 9 Inadequate Approp_riation Imperils Clfildren grounds is graphically shown above. the lack »o! appropriations. | | the street. ORCHESTRA ASKS $10000FOR BARGE Funds Needed to Continue Series of “Sunset Symphonies.” The newly-formed Washington Summer Concerts Association, Inc., today issued an appeal for funds to construct a barge, such as was used by the National Symphony Orchestra | last year, on which it is planned to | present a series of “sunset symphonies” | | at the water gate of the Arlington | | Memorial Bridge, beginning next | month. | In a statement, the association, | | which was formed by members of tke | | National Symphony Orchestra of the 1935-36 season following the orches- | | tra association’s abandonment of plans for Summer concerts, asked immediate co-operation in a drive for approxi- mately $10,000, the estimated cost of building a shell and platform. The association pointed out that once this shell is constructed, such an appeal will not be necessary in future years because it will be built in such a way that it can be dis- mantled in sections and stored from year to year. “The great success of last Summer’s concerts, which placed the City of ‘Washington in the center of the mu- sical world, demands that we con- tinue,” the statement said. It is planned to give the concerts on a basis identical with that in use by the members of the Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra, who control and manage their own concerts each Summer in Robin Hood Dell. At the same time, the association announced the following conductors have consented to direct concerts in this series: Antonia Brico, Alfred ‘Wallenstein, Willem van Hoogstraten, Sylvan Levin, Fabien Sevitsky, Henry Hadley, Nicolai Sokoloff and Rudolph Ringwall. The association also is negotiating with Rose Bampton, Helen Jepson, Paul Whiteman, Jacques Gordon, the Winslow Dancers, George Gershwin and John Powell to appear as soloists. The association, headed by Thomas J. Mullikin, maintains offices in the District National Bank Building, 1406 G street. Sisters, 72 and 65, in School. CHICAGO (#)—Mrs. Mary Quick Burnet, 72, of Indianapolis, enrolled for an art course at the University of Chicago Summer School. As a fellow student she brought along her sister, Mrs. Mary A, M. Quick, 65. Promoted ROBERT L. HAYCOCK, Who has been chosen as first assistant superintendent of schools, succeeding the late Dr, Stephen E. Kramer. —Harris-Ewing Photo. 4,200 U. S. WORKERS MAY BE PAID TODAY Red Tape Being Unwound as Park Service Employes Await Back Wages. Four thousand two hundred em- ployes of the building branch of the National Parks Service of the Interior Department today were patiently awaiting their pay checks, represent- ing back salary from June 1 to 15, while reams of red tape were being unwound. £ The warrants from the Treasury De- partment, authorizing expenditure of the funds, remained to be obtained, as did the setting up of the money to the account of the disbursing officer, a General Accounting Office procedure. Officials were hopeful, however, this would be accomplished and chech!' be available late today. Hillory A, Tolson, assistant direc- tor of the National Parks Service, and Charles A. Rgters, jr, the latter the assistant director in charge of buildings, were giving the matter their personal attention. Officials in the General Accounting Office and Treas- ury Department promise full co-opera- tion. Woman, 77, Dies at Wedding Of Daughter in Chevy Chase Apparently revived after being stricken with a heart attack during the opening strains of her daughter’s wedding march late yesterday, Mrs. Ella Hillyard, 1116 Euclid street, died in her pew at the Chevy Chase Bap- tist Church, as the closing prayer of the ceremony was being said by the Rev. E. O. Clark. Mrs. Hillyard, 77 years old, slumped in her seat as the wedding march was beginning. Ushers brought smelling salts and after a short delay the cere- mony was continued. the service, in which the daughter, Miss Ruth Hillyard was married to'Erskine H. Rupp, Mrs. Hill- yord aat erect iy her seat, in the reay 2 of the church though attended by ush- ers. She slumped as the final prayer was being said, and was pronounced dead on the arrival of a physician who had been previously summoned. Mrs. Hillyard’s husband, Van Buren Hillyard, retired patent attorney is in Garfield Hospital, where he was taken Priday. The bride has taught for several years in the Sunday school at the church and has been living with her brother-in-law, George B. Fraser, of 3831 McKinley street. Mr. Rupp, who 1s in the insurance business here, lives st 2515 Thirteenth street. Mrs. had been suffering from heart trouble for several years. A i HONOR IS RESULT OF 41 YEARS IN SCHOOL SERVICE The result of the failure of Congress to provide adequate funds for the maintenance of play- The playground at New York avenue and First street shows no sign of life. It is one of many recreation centers which cannot open until July 1 because of A typical scene at Third and M streets northeast, with boys playing in the sireet. boys (left to right) John Torrice, 10, of 1158 Abbey place northeast;, Charles Riley, 10, of 1142 Abbey place northeast, and Andrew Thompson, 1158 Fourth street northeast, play ball in the street, risking injury and posgible death, Three children were killed recently while at play in Three —Star Staff Photos. “NO HOME WORK™ TEST TAKES YEAR Anacostia High Head Gives Report to Board of Education. A full year’s class room work is necessary to determine whether pub- lic school pupils should or should not do home work. That is the gist of the report of Chester W. Holmes, superintendent of Anacostia Junior-Senior High School, who inaugurated the “no home work” experiment six weeks ago. It was sub- mitted to the Board of Education yes- terday. A furore was raised by a small group of parents because the hour of open- ing school was moved up from 9 am. to 8:30 am. The Board of Educa- tion was asked what authority it had to permit a school principal to make such a change. The board held that inasmuch as the “no home work” plan was an ex- periment and affected only one school, rather than the entire system, the pro- cedure was regular. Continuance Sought. Holmes, who declined to comment on the resdlts until he could inform Dr. Frank W. Ballou, superintendent, officially, decided that the six-week test was not concjusive and asked per- mission to continue it for a whole year. The board yesterday decided to wait until its meeting tomorrow before making a decision. Holmes showed that 13 of the 20 teachers at Anacostia believed “a real gain in ground covered” had been made. Two believed that “there had been a loss.” Four thought there had been no change, and the last one said a gain had been made with one group and a loss resulted with another. Parents, however, approved the re- sults. A total of 426 parents approved the plan and only 22 opposed it. Pupils at the same time voted 479 to 46 in favor of it. Willing to Participate. “All teachers have expressed a will- ingness,” Holmes stated, “to partici- pate in the experiment for a full year, during 1936-1927, and because of this expressed willingness on their part and the pupils’ part, because of the avowed keen interest of the parents, and be- cause of my own belief that with a longer period we can really doa worth- while piece of constructive educational work, I recommend that official per- mission be granted this school to undertake for the 1936-1937 school year a ‘no home work’ program, with a school day operating from 8:30 a.m. to 3 pm., utilizing the experience gained recently as a basis for carrying on the work.” The experiment was conducted by adding 30 minutes to the day’s sched- ule and dividing the longer periods be- tween recitation and supervised study. SUES D. C. FOR $50,000 ‘Woman Asks Damages for Injury in Fall at School January 19. ‘The District government was sued in District Supreme Court today for $50,000 by Alice J. Pumphrey, 833 Fourth street northeast, who said she fell’ and was injured while entering the Kenilworth School January 19. Attorneys Mark P. Fried- lander, Robert 1. Silverman and Louis Horowits she maintained that District suthorities failed to illuminate prop- erly an abhrupt change of level in the ground floor m\cnm to the school, t First Assistant Superinten- dent’s Selection Is Sur- prise Move. MAGAZINE CLEARED OF RADICAL “TAINT” Change in Entire Set-up of School’ System Now Expected by Members of Board. Robert L. Haycock, an assistant superintendent of schools since 1923 and a member of the school system 41 years, yesterday was made first assistant superintendent of schools, succeeding the late Dr. Stepben E. Kramer. Action on the appointment by the Board of Education came as a surprise, since it was expected that nothing would be done until the last meeting of the school year on July 1. Several other persons had been mentioned for the post. Concurrently it was made known at the meeting that “Scholastic,” a magazine for pupils that has been under fire for more than a year, and which was largely responsible for the “communism” furore in the schools, has been found by a special come mittee of senior high school teachers and officers to be free from red taint. Dr. Frank W. Ballou, superintene dent, made the Haycock recommenda« tion to the board’s Personnel Come mittee of which Dr. Robert A. Maurer, former associate of Mr. Haycock as & teacher, is chairman. Maurer pre- sented the unanimous report of the Personnel Committee for the promoe tion. Set-up To Be Changed. The new appointment, it was pointed out by other members of the board, means a change in the entire set-up of the school system. During his long service, Haycock has been connected with the elementary schools. Dr. Kramer had been a high +school man and at the time of his death was supervisor of the White Junior and Senior High Schools. Mr. Haycock will continue as direct- ing head of the elementary schools in addition to assuming some admin- istrative duties as chief aid of Dr. Ballou. The appointment left unanswered the fate of Miss Bertie Backus, who for the last two years has headed the character education experiment as an assistant superintendent of schools. Dr. Ballou announced that in view of the elimination of character edu- cation experiment funds in the Dis~ trict appropriation bill, 17 persons will have to be dismissed and 16 others transferred to their former jobs in the school system. The appropriations bill also author« ized the appointment of a new assiste ant superintendent of schools. The new office means that hereafter an assistant superintendent will super- vise the teachers’ colleges and the senior high schools and another will | supervise the junior high and voca- | tional schools. Those dismissed because of the character education experiment’s dis- continuance include H. S. Carlson and L. L. Jarvie, counselors in the white schools, and H. E. Moses, Miss E. Ro« salia Clark and Miss M. A. Morton, counselors in the colored schools. The others are clerks. Dr. Ballou also presented to the board the report of Holmes on the six weeks’ experiment in “no home work.* Holmes reported that 13 teachers be« lieved there had been “a real gain in the ground covered;” two believed there had been a loss, four could see no change, and one said there had been an advance in one class and'a loss in another. Teacher Responsibility. Teachers were warned they will be held responsible for any magazine or newspaper article used in connection with their class work that is not ine cluded among the publications offici= ally approved by the board. At the insistence of Henry Gilligan the agreement was reached that the misuse of any article in an approved publication also would be condemned by the board Out of 61,214 parents polled, 29,109 favored changing the opening hour of school from 9 a.m. to 8:30 a.m,, Dr, Ballou reported. Other votes showed 13,224 favored opening at 9:30 am. and 18,881 ap- proved retention of present hours. The board declined to take any ace tion, however, until the Traffic Bureau and the District Commissioners can be consulted. Dr. J. C. Wright, assistant United States commissioner of education, in- formed the board that under the new national vocational act, the District will be entitled to a total of $45,448.24 annually for teaching agriculture, trade and industrial instruction, home economics, distributive occupations, and preparation of teachers, supere visors and directors. ROE FULKERSON WINS RUN-OFF IN FLORIDA Will Represent Broward Lconnty in State Legislature—Noti- fled in Washington. Roe Fulberson, erstwhile Washing« ton optician and editorial writer for the Kiwanis magazine, is about to begin his first venture in politics. For a number of years he has been spending part of his time in Washe ington, and yesterday he received a telegram here telling him he was the successful candidate in the run-off primary for the Democratic nomina« tion for State Representative in Flor- ida where he has a residence at Hollywood. He will represent Browe ard County in the State Legislature. Democratic nomination is equivalent to election in Forida. t