Evening Star Newspaper, June 30, 1936, Page 21

Washington News Public O <@ RETURNTOFORMER 5CENT FARE ALSD ASKED BY CLAYTON Clashes Over Plan to Raise | Rates Enliven Mass Meeting. “PACKING” OF SESSION CHARGED BY ROBERTS Citizens’ Association Official De- plores Acquisition of Local Lines by Outside Corporation. Public ownership of the street rail- way company as an ultimate means of adequate transportation of Govern- | ment workers was propcsed last night by William McE. Clayton, chairman ef | the Public Utilities Committee of the | Federation of Citizens' Associations, at | & mass meeting he!d at the District Building. His suggestion, along with another for a return to the old 5-cent cash fare, was a high point in a spirit=d meeting, at which officials and stock- holders of the company appeared and defended the Capital Transit Co.’s right to demand an increase in fares and the right to install one-man cars. Wwilliam A. Roberts, people’s coun- sel, who called the meeting, clashed with E, D. Merrill, vice president :nd general manager of the company, and later with Edwin Jones, trial counsel | for the company. Clayton, who acied as chairman, had frequently to de- mand order when friends and foes of | the utility company attempted to en- | gage in heated argument. Roberts wrote to Merrill today, ask- ing that he be allowed to attend a meeting of the transit company’s Board of Directors, pointing out that he, Merrill, “had had the opportuni- nity to be heard and to listen at a meeting called by me of my ‘Board of Directors.”” Charges Meeting “Packed.” After the meeting, which lasted for more than three and a quarter hours, Roberts charged that it had been “packed.” Merrill, meanwhile, had invited the 300 or more persons pres- ent to a free ride on one of the recon- he Foening Htar WASHINGTON, D. C, wnership of Street Railway Proposed as “Ultimate Solution” Given Playground Jobs Among the 151 persons appointed today to take charge of District playground activities during July and August were the young women pictured above. Left to right: Dahlia Lewis, director of Truesdall Playground; Dorothy French, assistant director, Raymond Playground, and Sally Glashoe, director, Weightman Playground. These young women, along with all the other successful candidates for playground posts, were chosen after special trainin by Richard Tennyson, assistant supervisor, and Miss Maude Parker, director of girls’ and women’s activities. —Star Staff Photo, Landon-Knox Campaign C lub Formed Here With Lesh Leader Will Seek to Corral Ab- sentee Vote for Repub- lican Ticket. BY J. A. O'LEARY. A Landon and Knox Campaign Club was organized here last night as the opening step in a drive to build | up support for the Republican ticket in the Nation's Capital. While District residents are not per- mitted to vote in the November pres- idential election, local party adherents always rally to the support of their ditioned one-man cars which he had’mpecnve candidates by helping to parked outside the Districi Building | for a trial ride to the Faurteenth and | ‘Water street loop, “to see what kind of cars they are.” Resolutions had been prepared csll- ing upon the Public Utilities Commis- sion “to assume greater activity in the prosecutions of public utilities and particularly the transit company for failure to give adequate service,” but because of the late hour at which it adjourned, they were not presented or acted upon. Clayton had been scheduled to broad- cast his remarks at the opening of the meeting, but he arrived late and only & part of his statement went on the air. He outlined the effect of the merger of the old Capital Traction Co. with the Washington Railway & Electric Co., and then protested the present control, through the Washington Rail- | way & Electric Co., of the North Amer- | ican Co. | “Foreign” Control Hit. | “We deplore the acquisition of our | railway system by a foreign corpora- | tion, but in opposing it at first we got | little support from the city and the | press, except from the Federation of Citizens’ Associations. “When we supported the merger we gave up a great deal by giving the new company an exclusive franchise for all time. In order to give the company any competition we will have to present a certificate of convenience which we can’t get. So we must take ‘what they give. 5 “The Government owes to it's work- ers that they have transportation that 1s good and adequate and in the proper style. If the company can't give it, let them say so; and let us ask Congress —if it can undertake housing and slum clearance—why not undertake the operation of our utilities, and give us the transpertaiton system we need and deserve?” Earlier, Clayton, in opposing the company’s application to increased fares by boosting the weekly pass to '$1.25 from $1; by selling three tokens for a quarter, instead of four for 30 cents, and by continuing the 10-cent cash fares on some bus lines, that the company return to a straight 5-cent cash fare. “If you are able now to buy a $1 pass your fare costs 3 cents,” he said. “If you buy tokens you pay 7!; cents, or if you pay cash, your fare is 10 cents. Such disporportion in fares is abso- lutely unforgivable. Favors Old 5-Cent Fare. “Why not try out the old 5-cent fare? The company operated for 30 years under that rate and made more money than they are making now. Let them try it for six months, do away with the pass, and if it works, they will thank us for suggesting it.” The first clash came when Arthur Bristol, who described himself as spokesman for the 1,500 to 1,800 “Dis- trict stockholders not represented here” as favoring the proposed in- creased fares. His argument was that “the com- pany is carrying too many passengers at a loss” and is entitled to a higher revenue. Roberts attempted to stop him, say- ing the meeting had been called for expressions from the public which would guide him as people’s counsel in representing them before the Public Utilities Commission. “Then you are against the stock- holders?” Bristol asked. “I'm pro-public,” Roberts answered, “and this is a one-sided meeting de- signed for the public.” Shortly afterward, Merrill was brought into the argument. He ex- plained that the company now faces & deficit which has already reached $10,000 within four months. The proposed new fare, he said, will average 7.1 cents per passenger, whereas in last May the average was 5.1 cents. Roberts interposed that the average cost of operation per sent and sent his regrets. get out the absentee votes of State | citizens who are drawn to Washing- ton because it is the seat of govern- ment. The club was formed under auspices | of the local Republican State Com- mittee, which represented the suc- cessful Colladay delegation in the | contest at the Cleveland convention early this month. Lesh Named President. Paul E. Lesh, attorney who has long been active in local political and civic affairs, was chosen president of the club, with the following other of- ficers: Vice president, Clyde D. Garrett; secretary, Miss Mildred Reeves; treas- urer, Ord Preston, and chairman of the Membership Committee, Fred A. Smith. Personnel of an Executive Committee will be announced later. The organization meeting was called following receipt of a letter from John D M. Hamilton, chairman of the Re- | publican National Committee. It was addressed to James C. Wilkes as chair- man of the State committee whose delegates were seated at Cleveland, and read, in part, as follows: “Pending the action of the Execu- tive Committee on the resolution sub- mitted by Mr. E. F. Colladay, I am looking to you, as State chairman for the District of Columbia, to take up and carry on the usual campaign work conducted by the recognized organization in the District of Colum- bia.” Colladay Resolution. The resolution mentioned had ref- erence to one Colladay presented to the national committee at' the close of the recent convention, proposing formal recognition by national head- quarters of the State committee passenger is only 3.51 cents, excluding bond interest and depreciation. Several persons attempted to ques- tion Merrill on different phases of the transit company's service and operation. “Do you consider the company now is giving the public adequate and proper service?” Roberts asked. “Not at all,” he answered, “but we have begun several projects which we hope will result in improved service.” Merrill, under questioning, con- tended the one-man car in the main is safer than the two-man car. This was disputed by several persons present. William W. Keeler, speaking for the Central Labor Union, de- nounced the proposed extension of the one-man car as an adoption of the “stretch-out system” under which “one man is forced to do the work of two.” The Central Union, he said, is strongly against it. Jones, trial counsel for the company, described the financial plight of the company but was interrupted by Rob- erts before he concluded his statement. “This is not a Public Utilities Com- mission hearing,” Roberts insisted, “but a meeting called for my infor- Oppose One-Man Cars. Representatives of more than a score of citizen associations were heard, with the preponderance of opinion opposing one-man cars, the purchase of used cars from Providence, R. I, and an increase in fares. The first half hour of the meeting was broadcast, addresses being made by Roberts, Harry S. Wender, spokes- man for the Southwest Citizens’ Asso- ciation, and Harry L. Bushong, who was introduced as “a citizen.” A part of Clayton’s address also was broad- cast. Because of Clayton’s delay in arriv- ing, George A. Warren, chairman of the Legislative Committee of the American Federation of Citizens’ As- sociations, presided for a short time. Thomas E. Lodge, president of the Federation of Citizens’ Associations, also scheduled for an address, was ab- PAUL LESH. headed by Wilkes. The resolution was referred at that time to the Execu- tive Committee of the national organ- 1zation. Colladay, who was re-elected Dis- trict national committeeman at the convention, attended the meeting last night and indorsed formation of the campaign club, urging members to proceed with the work vigorously, and expressing beclief that because of | aroused sentiment for the Republican ticket, the club will be mmore success- ful than any previous campaign or- ganization. He said Mrs. Virginia White Speel, national committee- woman, who is out of the city, author- ized him to express her approval. Upon his selection as club president, Lesh said the club will carry on a militant campaign until November. He was a Landon supporter early in the pre-convention period. Lesh also has been an active advocate of na- tional representation for residents of the District in his civic work, Plan Member Drive. ‘The first objective of the club will be to build up its membership. In addition to getting out the absentee vote, the club also expects to form a speakers’ bureau, and to assist in rais- ing funds for the national campaign. Mr. Garrett, vice president of the club, also is secretary of the State Committee. Miss Reeves was a dele- gate at Cleveland and had the honor of being the first woman delegate to serve on the Platform Committee. Mr. Preston is active in banking and civic circles, and served as treasurer of the Hoover-Curtis Campaign Club four years ago. Meanwhile, former District Attor- ney Leo A. Rover, the leader of the other local delegation which went to the convention, said today his com- mittee was awaiting the action of the executive group of the Republican Na- tional Committee on the question of recognition before planning campaign activities. FOURTH CELEBRATION TICKETS AVAILABLE Rehearsal Called for Tomorrow for Exercises on Monument Grounds. Plans for ceremonies at the Wash- ington Monument Saturday night were to be completed in a meeting of the Fourth of July Committee at 12:30 p.m. today at the Harrington Hotel Other arrangements for the city-wide celebration of Independence day are also under consideration. A rehearsal of all military, patriotic and veterans’ organizations has been ordered for 7 p.m. tomorrow in the roadway north of the Monument. PFinal instructions for the Saturday night program are to be given at this time. The Monument Grounds are being prepared by the Office of the National Capital Parks. Space has been al- lotted for the placing of the brilliant display of fireworks to climax the pro- gram. Announcement was made today that tickets for chairs at the Monument are now available at downtown ticket agencies, newspaper offices, depart- ment stores, the American Automobile Association and the Willard and ‘Washington Hotels. The price is 25 cents eachy REROUTING PLANS FOR STREET CARS GIVEN APPROVAL Temporary-Changes on Six Lines Go Into Effect July 11, G STREET “DEAD END” TO BE ELIMINATED Mt. Pleasant Cars to Go Down G Street Instead of F—Columbia Line Lengthened. Temporary rerouting of six street car lines, effective from July 11 until a permanent system of rerouting can be worked out, was approved late yesterday by the Public Utilities Com- mission. The changes are the result of the new trackage and connections being made now on Fourteenth street be- tween New York avenue and H street, at Fifteenth street and New York avenue and elimination of the “dead end” at Fifteenth and G streets. Richmond B. Keech, acting chair- man of the commission, said permis- sion would be given the Capital Tran- sit Co. to make the changes so long as probable permanent changes are followed as closely as possible. The lines affected are the Four- teenth street, Mount Pleasant, North Capitol and Brookland, Friendship | Heights, Columbia (Fifteenth and H | streets northeast) and the Rosslyn line. | The only change on the Mount | Pleasant line will affect the east | tound cars that run to Thirteenth and D streets northeast. At present these cars turn from Seventeenth into H street, down Fourteenth to F and east on F. The new route will take them directly down Seventeenth street to Pennsylvania avenue, east to Fifteenth street, where there will be a jog into G street, and they will proceed east on G street instead of F as at present. The Fourteenth street line that now | goes to Potomac Park, making the loop there, will be rerouted directly down | Fourteenth street to Water street, | which will be the terminal. | The Brookland line which now runs to the Fourteenth and Water streets terminal instead will proceed from New York avenue into Pennsylvania | avenue to the Potomac Park 10op. | The Columbia line, which heretofore has ended its run at Fifteenth and G streets, will be divided into two sec- tions at that point, about half the cars continuing west on Pennsylvania avenue, G street, Wiscohsin avenue and on to Cabin John. The other half will go west to Washington Circle and turn back on the new loop there. The Friendship Heights line, which ends its downtown run at Sixth and C streets, will continue to Seventeenth street and Pennsylvania avenue south- east. The Rosslyn line, which in the past | has gone to Seventeenth and Pennsyl- | vania avenue southeast, will turn back at Sixth and C streets. In explanation of this change, Com- missioner Keech declared that the | company’s 16 new cars, which it is | proposed to use as one-man vehicles, will be tried out on the Friendship Heights line, since under the new temporary routing the cars will have excellent running opportunities on both outlying portions of the line. Just how long the new routing will be in effect was not determined by the Public Utilities Commission and probably will be permitted to continue until all of the new track construc- tion can be completed and the perma- nent system of routing can be worked out and approved. BY FRANCES LIDE. | Kuyle, S. Dak. shrouded in a tuxedo, Chief | Flies Above, who died Friday in Gallinger Hospital, yester- day was sped on his way to the Kyle Reservation in South Dakota and, | eventually, the “happy hunting ground,” by a dozen members of his tribe in full dress Indian costume. In a primitive ceremony contrasting strangely with the modern surround- ings in the V. L. Speare funeral home, the one-time warrior was guarded carefully as his mortal remains were takén from Washington on the long trek homeward. Chief Flies Above was to have accompanied the Indians who partiei- | stration at the Democratic convention |last week. Illness prevented his at- | tendance, however, and his followers, who returned Thursday from the lively | political gathering, turned solemnly |to the obligation of mourning his passing. Tribal Custom Followed. Their final duty to the dead was paid yesterday as they held a brief ceremony in the mortuary’s chapel and then accompanied the body to Union Station, cautious to the last to see that tribal customs were ob- served in every detail. Chief Flies Above was not without TUESDAY, JUNE 30, 1936. pated in the District tea party demon- | *¥% Rites in Local Chapel. Indians Mourn Chief in Native Ceremony Body of Leader Is Returned to South Dakota After Funeral Chief David Horned Horse, with fellow tribesmen of the Siouz Indian encampment near Washington, shown carrying casket of his uncle, Chief Flies Above, to train for shipment to —Underwood & Underwood Photo. |blood kin in this hour. A nephew, 1S 85-year-old body temporarily | David Horned Horse, and David’s wife, Josephine, hovered over the casket while their niece, Carey Kills Warrior Means, 12, stood silently in the small group. His friend of a half century, 76-year-old High Star, hugged a striped blanket about his shouders as he watohed the casket with brooding eyes. All were brilliantly garbed, the men | ated breeches, and the women in loose corduroy gowns with breast plates of bones and beads. Each Lays Rose on Casket. | Their beaded moccasins made no | sound as they filed up to the open | casket in the thapel, each to lay | a single rose with his name attached across his chest. When the Dakota know by this sign that Chiet Flies | received into the tribe, and from Commissioner George E. Allen, were‘ also placed in the casket. The flowers were in shade of red and yellow, matching the chief’s offi- cial robe in which his body will be placed for the funeral feast at Kyle. As the ceremony began, David Horned Horse knelt at the head of the casket muttering a prayer, and b side. when each rose was in place he stood over the body, touching it with Indian signs. Moving aside, he wept into his handkerchief and Josephine wailed loudly, while High Star groaned with grief. None spoke, the features of the others remaining immobile throughout the service. Six Act as Pallbearers. Bix members of the party acted as pallbearers, lfting the casket into in mournful procession. Each morning since his death the chief’s friends have wailed for him at the Indian stomping ground near River Bend where a small group of the Sioux pass the Winters. . Once an ardent hater of the pale face, Chief Flies Above engaged in guerilla warfare against the United! Indians receive the body they will| States for two years after the sur-| render of the Sioux in 1876 following Above was cared for well. Roses from | the battle in which Gen. Custer’s Senator Reynolds, who recently w;s’(urces were wiped out. After subju-| Society and General " PAGE B—1 20,000 WILL HEAR ROOSEVELT SPEECH DEDICATING PARK |Shenandoah Officials Make Plans to Handle Traffic Problems. HIGHWAY WILL BE ONE-WAY ALLDAY Appeal to Mo orists to Start Drive to Meadows Early Friday Morning. Approximately 50,600 persons, mak- ing a traffic column which will tak between five and six hours to pass a given point, are expected to attend tb dedication of the Shenandoah Na al Park next Friday, at which Pr dent Roosevelt will be the princp ! speaker, it was announced today by the National Patk Service. Although the ceremony is not ex- pected to begin until 2:30 p.m. Fiiday the Park Service said it will be neces- sary for trajffic to begin flowing into the Big Meadows area, where the ex- ercises are to be held, as early es 7 a. nd to continue without inter- ruption until the program begins. The President and his party are to arrive at Big Meadows, astride the crest of the Blue Ridge in the hearl of the new park, at 2:25 p.m. and the meeting will be called to ord'r b | Wilbur C. Hall, chai th | virginia State Commiss: vation and Development, who will p. - Mrs. Roosevelt in Party. Mrs. Roosevelt and possibly Sec taries Ickes and Morgenthau : Postmaster General Farley will ac- company the President | Mr. Roosevelt will leave the White | House Friday at 10 a.m. under escort of eight Virginia troopers. The party | will go to Cherrvdale and then over the Lee Highway through Warrenton, | Little Washington, Sperryville and wearing immense feather headdress,|the hearse and then out again at| Panorama, arrivin i g at picnic grounds in colorful shirts and highly decor-| the station, while the others followed | near Panorama at 11:45 a.m., where lunch will be served in picnic style. He is to reach Big Meadosa at 2:25 pm. The President’s departure from the park is set for 3:30 p.m. by Swift Run Gap for Charlottesvilie, where he and his party will be guests at the Farm- ington Country Club for the night. At 9 am. Saturday he will tour the University of Virginia grounds and Charlottesville streets en route to Monticello. He will leave at 11 am. after his address there under auspices of the Jefferson Foundation and travel to Richmond by way of Louisa, being received at the Virginia capital gation of the tribe, he was made | captain in a government reservation. | His colorful career included also a| period in which he accompanied Buffalo Bill on a European tour. His position as leader of the small band here—and the title chief—was the result of an election and probably will be passed on to High Star, it was said. This June has set a record for divorces, with the ratio about 5 to 1 in favor of Dan Cupid. Mrs. Maude Rynex, marriage license clerk at the District Court House, estimated this morning that she will have issued approximately 950 certifi- cates to prospective brides and bride- grooms at the close of business today. This is 178 more than were igsued during June last year, 186 more than in 1934 and 325 in excess of 1933, Young Washington Richard Melick, 8, a member of the 3-B grade of the Cooke School, applies the finishing touches to a Mezican hat he made in class. Richard is the son of 1710 Hobart sireet. Tomorrow: Mr. and Mrs. S. Joseph. Melick, Rosemarie Vajda, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Julia Vajda, and Billy Deck, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Deck of the Blow School. g —5tar Staff Photo, June Sets Marriage Record Here, But Divorces Also Gain Washington in both marriages and | June, 1936 (approximate: Here is the marriage record: | - June, 1935 - L June, 1934 . June, 1933 . The traditional month of marriages also brought a considerable increase in divorces. Justices of the District Court signed 196 decrees dissolving marital ties dur- ing the 30 days. Most of the cases were uncontested and involved desertions and separa- tions, made grounds by the new Dis- trict marital relations law, which went into effect last August 8. Not all the 196 decrees were divorces, however. The total included annul- ments as well. Ever since the new divorce law was put in operation here there has been a great increase in the number of marital relations cases before the courts, but the number during the month just ending is thought to set a record. e GUESTS TO INSPECT ACACIA BUILDING Official Housewarming Planned. Dedication to Be Held in August. An official housewarming for the new home office building of the Acacia Mutual Life Insurance Co. on Loui- siana avenue near the Capitol, will be held tomorrow, it has been announced by William Montgomery, president. Forty guides will be available to take groups of visitors through the new structure, Montgomery said. An or- chestra will supply music throughout the afternoon and evening. The new building is the first unit of a construction project which ulti- mately will fill the entire square block. Additional units are to be built as the needs increase. Plans are now being made for for~ mal dedication of the office in August. WATER RENTAL RATE CONTINUED BY BOARD The District Commissioners today approved the continuance of the pres- ent water rental rate of $6.75 por 10,- 000 cubic feet of water per year. The rate is & 25 per cent reduc- tion below that allowed, but has been in effect for the past year. Decision to continue it was reached, Col. Dan I. Sultan, Engineer Com- missioner, said, because the Water Department has a surplus between $400,000 and $500,000 available for maintenance and expansion. Final figures for the year, however, have not been tabulsted. ‘DEATH OF GIRL, 6, HELD ACCIDENTAL Two Playmates Testify at Coroner’s Inquest for Car Victim. At a coroner’s inquest, marked by the testimony of two children, a jury held as accidental the death yesterday of 6-year-old Eva Mae Combs, who was killed instantly when struck by an automobile near her home, at 425 Sec- ond street. The verdict exonerated Jones Abney, 48, colored W. P. A. worker, the driver. Clearly and quietly, Josephine Gil- | lespie, 12-yesr-old chum of the dead girl, told of seeing her playmate struck as she darted from the side of another playmate into the street. Testimeny Corroborated. ‘The little Glllespie girl's testimony was corroborated in every detail by little Georgia Spiridopoulos. Testimony indicated Abney's car was moving at a low rate of speed. Abney told the jury he did not see the child until after he felt his car “go over something.” Miss Ellen Key Ramsdell, 15, daugh- ter of the executive vice president of the Montgomery County National Bank, received a broken arm when the automobile in which she was rid- ing skidded on a soft “shoulder” and struck a tree off Kensington road near ‘Wheaton, Md., yesterday. Two Others Injured. Almus R. Speare, 18, son of a local funeral director, and John Ochsen- reiter, Rockville, were injured in the same mishap, but two other occupants | of the car—Miss Ruth Ramsdell, | daughter of Hobart H. Ramsdell of the United States Chamber of Commerce, and John Bowman, also of Rockville— escaped injury. ‘The Ramsdell girls are granddaugh- ters of the late Rev. Dr. Charles Ben- jamin Ramsdell, for 35 years pastor of Northminster Presbyterian Church of Washington. Their grandmother, Mrs. May Brooks Ramsdell, who lives here, was music editor of The Star for 15 years. The Rose girl was reported to have run into the side of an automobile operated by Rudolph Wingfield, 34, colored, 903 R street, near her home. The other children were Melvin Guss, 3, colored, 2109 Twelfth street, who suffered bruises and shock, and Lillian Davis, 5, also colored, 1301 Linden court northeast, abrasions. Neither was seriously hurt. 1,785,000 Get Raises. Nearly 1,785,000 workers in Britain have received wage raises, totaling nearly $1,250,000, this year, and ::nlbnogo others enjoyed pay increases by the city officials at 12:45 pm. At Richmond Mr. Roosevelt will board the yacht Potomac and dock at Jamestown Sunday morning to at- tend services at the historic Bruton | Parish Church, Williamsburg. He will then motor to Yorktown, where he will board the yacht for the return trip to Washington. Ickes and Peery to Speak. Spcakers at the Shenandozh o bration, in addition to the dent, will be Secrei:ry of the Intc: Ickes and Gov. Peery of V.rginia, wi will introduce the Preziden he in- vocation will b2 delivered by Right Rev. H. St. George Tucker, Bishop of Virginia, and the benediction by Right | Rev. Peter L. Ireton, Bishop of Rich- mond. There will be music by the United States Marine Band, the Har- risonburg Boys' Band of Harrisonburg, Va., and the Shenandoah Municipal Band, Shenandoah, Va. An appeal has been broadcast to motorists driving to Big Meadows to start early Friday. Skyline Drive will be a one-way road to Big Meadows from the north and the south en- trances to the park from early Friday morning to the time of the exercises. After the exercises the drive will be a one-way rogd away from Big Mead- ows in both directions. “Under the plan of routing traffic one way into the park before the dedi- cation and one wey out after the celebration, it will be possible to han- dle the visitors without difficulty. pro- vided those attending start arriving about 7 o'clock in the morning, and the traffic continues in an uninter- rupted stream up to the time of the dedication,” it was explained by park officials. “It is estimated that nearly 10,000 people can pass over the en- trance roads each hour so that to handle a crowd of 50,000 people will require between five and six hours of constantly moving traffic.” Road to Be Improved. ‘The north portion of Skyline Drive, between Front Royal and Panorama, for which surfacing contracts soon are to be awarded, will be treated with dust-laying material for the occasion, as possibly will be the road from Crig= iersville to Rapidan, it was announced. Virginia State police will handle | traffic, assisted by the National Park Service and enrollees from Civilian Conservation Corps camps in the park area. Arrangements have been made for the sale of light lunches and soft drinks from eight temporary booths at Big Meadows. Gasoline and oil will be sold there from tank wagons. The 3d APmy Corps is furnishing hospital tents, tarpaulins and othet equipment and is detailing one company of in- fantry to assist in the erection and care of the first-aid stations. POLICE DRAG RIVER Body Drowned Student. Police today resumed dragging the Potomac River, near Chain Bridge, for the body of Jack Hayes Ridle= baugh, 21, George Washington Uni- versity student, who drowned Sunday when a canoe overturned. Ridlebaugh, who lived at 812 Som~ erset place, was thrown into the rapids about half a mile above the bridge. A companion, Stuart Wright, 24, of 1202 Delafield place, swam to safety. Resume Search for of A