Evening Star Newspaper, July 5, 1936, Page 5

SPORTS ROGRAN ARKS EXERESES Wesley Heights, Spring Val- ley and Westerly Residents THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. | gg Race Marks Athletic Meet C, JULY DUTCH PHILOSOPHER WILL BE HONORED Plans Near Completion for Tribute to Desiderius Erasmus on Sunday. Plans are nearing completion for an international commemoration of the life and work of Desiderius Eras- 5, 1936—PART ONE. announced that program arrange- ments include: A radio broadcast be- | tween Washington and Rotterdam at | noon, a service at Washington Ca- | thedral at 4 o'clock and an exhibition of books and manuscripts at the Li- brary of Cungress to be opened to the public on Monday, July 13. Federal Communications Commis- sloner George Henry Payne, Johnkheer H. M. van Haersma de With, Minis- ter of The Netherlands, and Dr. Marc Peter, Minister of Switzerland, are ex- pected to participate in the broadcast Observe Fourth. 8mall girls toddled on plump legs in | & 40-yard dash, bigger ones giggled as| they raced trying to balance glass| darning eggs on spoons and boys from | 4 to 15 emulated college track stars| in a Fourth of July delebration held | yesterday at the American University | athletic field under auspices of the| ‘Wesley Heights Community Club. | Participants were residents of the | ‘Wesley Heights, Spring Valley and | ‘Westerly communities. While Charles | H. Ruth, club president, and Royal | R. Rommel, general chairman of the | program, shepherded youngsters to | the starting line of various events, fond parents watched from the shade of automobiles as their children com- peted on the grass “arena.” Events for “Grown-Ups.” ‘The “grown-ups” also had a part in the program, with golf iron pitching | and broad jump contests, 40-yard races and egg and hoop rolling races. The program began with a flag | raising ceremony at the community club house. Stanley Proffitt bugled the opening of the exercises. After the “track meet” there was a soft ball | Start of the girls’ egg-in-a-spoon race during the Wesley Heights athletic meet yesterday The event was won by Barbara Nesbit, 10. —Star Staff Photo. game between teams from Wesley | { | Ann Nichols: women, Miss Japan Mines More Silver. Silver mined in Japan this year is at American University. Heights south of Klingle street and | the residential neighborhoods north DRUNKEN DRIVING Valley and Westerly A children’s costume parade was staged on Forty-fifth street and night a fireworks display was pro- | vided at the intersection of Fordham road and Tilden street. | Capt. Ruth presented prizes to the following winners of the athletic | . events: ing Car of Parley Jones, Carol McKinney: girls 6 to 10. Nancy | Police Assert. Grant; girls 10 to 15, Patsy Chambliss boys 5 and under, Ned Johnson; boy: Parley Jones, 50, of the 1100 block to 15, Allen McPherson; women, Miss | 0n & charge of driving while drunk Barbara Whitney; men, Sandy Mc- | after police reported they identified Millan. him as the driver of a car which ®oys. Richard Knapp; Washington with a screaming woman Althine Crandon. in the rear seat. He was being heid Girls' egg and spoon races—10 and at the tenth precinct for $500 bond. Rollow; adults, Miss Crandon lice that a woman was being held Boys' wheelbarrow races—10 and Captive by two men in a car speeding under, Edward McMillan and Guy by Thirteenth and W streets. Later end Ccursen Conklin. from the car at Thirteenth and Girard Needle and thread race—Mrs. Ethel | streets. Rommel and Ernest Danley. When police arrived there, however, Golf pitching—Otto Wendt. | Police traced ownership of the car | to Jones. He was arrested at his home | by Officers W. H. Bell and M. S. Mc- Jones reportedly told police he was hearly 16 per cent above the corre- returning from an outing at North sponding period of 1935. | Beach and had given a ride to a man drinking. When they reached ihe District the woman began screaming and tried to jump from the moving District of Columbia—Local thun- 'ing to the police account, ordered the dershowers: tomorrow generally fair | couple out of the car. By a compro- and somewhat warmer, except local | mise with the husband, however, they gentle shifting winds. Girard streets and then went to their Maryland — Local thundershowers; | respective homes, it was said. Jones tomorrow generally fair and some- ' gave police the name of the couple. of Klingle street, including Spring Cathedral avenue at 4 pm. and at| Prizes Are Presented. | . 5 Screaming Woman in Speed- 40-yard dash—Girls, 5 and under, 6 to 10; Edward McMillan; boys 10 of Ninth street was arrested last night Hoop rolling—Girls, earlier raced through Northwest under, Barbara Nesbit; 10 to 15, Mary | The arrest followed reports to po- Leadbetier; 10 to 15, James Littlehale | calls sald the woman had been thrown Broad jump—D. Rollow, jr. | the woman had left in a taxicab. | Carthy of the traffic cruiser. and his wife, who both had been THE WEATHER vehicle. Jones at this point, accord- thundershowers in the afternoon; ' dropped the woman at Thirteenth and what warmer, except scattered after- hoon thundershowers. | | in south | | Virginia—Generally fair and local thundershowers portion today; tomorrow fair and slightly warmer, except scat- tered afternoon thundershowers in —— north pomox:» day by the United States Steel Corp. West Virginia — Local thunder- and the Republic Steel Co., in which showers and slightly warmer toda entire resources of the concerns were tomorrow generally fair and contin- pledged to resist the attempt of “out- ued warm, except scattered afternoon siders” to “intimidate and coerce” em- thundershowers. ployes of the industry into approving Report Until 10 P.) the labor organization program. Sfniene Hits “Professional” Leaders. Expressing the opinion that “profes- sional labor leaders” could not deal ! with the problems of the steel work- ers “as effectively and intelligently as ;can the employes themselves,” Grace | continued: { ! “I do not have any thought that | you desire any change in our present relationships or that you will be mis- led by any appeal that may be made | to you in the announced campaign. My purpose rather is to assure you | that we will assist you in every way to continue the present proven method | of dealing with our mutual problems.” | Major interest today is focused on the Homestead meeting, this Pennsyl- vania community being the home of the: Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corp. and scene of the bloody labor war of 1892. | Lieut. Gov. Thomas Kennedy of Penn- | sylvania, secretary-treasurer of the | | United Mine Workers, will be principal | speaker at this rally. Following these two local meetings | | will be a radio address tomorrow night | by John L. Lewis, president of the' U. M. W. and chairman of the C. I. O. ) | As commanding general of the labor campaign, Lewis will have the close attention of both sides in his radio | interpretation of “Industrial Dcmoc-i 'racy in Steel.” Labor Crisis Impends, And while the next 24 hours promi imrportant developments in this <k down fight between labor and the most powerful basic indu: of. ¥ | an almost equally Impor s will be approachinz wichin th> con- faes of the labor movement. ; Tuesday the Exscu American Federation of | its consideration of the alleged s gressions of the 12 member unions of | the C. 1. O. Charged with promoting “dual un- jonism™ their formations of the| C. I. O. and the subsequent drive ‘oi organize the steel industry, the com- | mittee members were ordered to send | | representatives to explain their actions | {to the A. F. of L. Council.” Lewis, as | head of the U. M. W., has announced | that he is plecning to ignore the; order with his allies expected to follow a similar cousse. Beyond the immediate issue of the in north | (Coytjnuo}i From First Page.) Saturday. X 30 8310 Record Until 10 P. Highest. 90.2. = 820, Ki. Lowest. Year ago. 54 Record Temperatures This Lear. Highest. 6. on June 3. Lowest. zero. en January 23 Tide Tables. (FPurnished by United States Coast and Geodetic Survey.) D. 69.6. 6 a.m. yesterday. ». pm < $i23pm. 4:03pm. The Sun and Moon. Scts. 17 pm. 530am be’ turned on ©ne-half hour aiter sunset. . Precipitation. Monthly precipitation in inches in the Canital (current month to date): Record. 5 82 N{ | Precipl- ~Temperature— tation Max. Min. Spm Sat- Pri. Sat to i urday.night.8pJun Sp.m. | & 64 n 010 | | 0.08 0.04 0,01 8an Diego. Calif. 8an Francisco. ta Fe. N. Relined Plymouth Cystitis been relieved by nzutrllllln‘ the ’ have trouble-causing acids with Mountain Valley Mineral Water. direct from fi Hot BRAKE SERVICE 03 N St MW, DE 5483 generally [ C.T. 0. and its activities, of course, is | gasoline tax fund, thus reducing the the long-standing difference over in- |total budget of $43523,910 to $39,~ dustrial and craft unionism with | 500.060. Lewis and his group favoring the! To this he added $156,550 for former and Willlam Grecn and the ‘ Freedmen's Hospital; $350,000 for sup- | A. F. of L. committed to the latter. | plemental and deficiency items and An attempt to organize the steel | $1,800 for an additional appropriation industry was ordered by the A. F. of to the Engineer Commissioner’s office, L. convention in San Francisco m‘mnkinx a total of $40,008410 actual 1934, but the factional differences|and estimated charges against the { withia the federation delayed a be- general fund | ginning of the task. Then when the| To meet this Maj. Donovan listed | Amalgamated _Association of Iron, | the following items: | Steel and Tin Workers elected to join | Revenue surplus {rom 1936, $2 | the C. I. O. on its formation last Fall, | 758.044.60; tax on real estate, $18 | the federation plens for a steel drive | 100.000; tax on tangible person: were completely blocked since the Property, $1,050.000: tax on intan- amalgamated was the nucleus of its Eible personal property, $2,500,00 campaign. |tax on public utilitdes, banks. build- Whether all these accumulated dif- | ing associations, etc., $2,100,000: per- ferences will be climaxed this week in | sonal tax on motor vehicles, §715,000: 'a decision by the federation council | Penalties and interest on taxes and to suspend the C. I. O. unicns is a | ssessments, $575.000; alcohol bev- matter of guess work now. One sur- | eTage tax and licenses, $1.900,000; | vey of 15'um.mbe,§ of the council | Miscellaneous items, $3,900,000; re- | reported & 9-to-6 division in favor lease of revenue from lapsed bal- of punitive action but friends of the | @nces of appropriations, $500,000, labor movement were hopeful that |and the Federal payment, $4,950.000. temporary reconciliation will be ef-| This makes a total revenue avail- he common cause of a major | gbility for general fund purposes of 156;2;;9‘“: R sty 1OT | $39,048,044 60, a difference of $360.- The 12 C. 1. O. unions claim total 365 in actual revenue from the gen- membership of more than 1000,000, €ral fund levies. or about one-third of the A. F. of L. | - —— = Base Ball | (Continued Prom First Page.) strength. The C. I. O. unions and | their reported membership follow: | United Mine Workers, 500,000; Amal- | gamated Clothing Workers, 150,000; — | International Ladies’ Garment Work- ing the damage done to white suits er: 25,000; United Textile Workers, and dresses, squatted along the left- 80,000; Oil Field, Gas Well and Re- field line and grudgingly permitted finery Workers, 45,000; Federation of the foul-line stripe to show during Flat Glass Workars, 15,000; Interna- the first game. When play began, tional Typographical Union, 30000: : they stood up, forcing the box-seat International Union of Mine, Mill and | holders all along the left-field line to Smelter Workers, 15.000: Cap and stand also. To give these patrons a Millinery Workers, 22,000; United 'rest in the second game, the man- | Automobile Workers, 60.000; United agement attempted to shift the on- Rubber Workers, 28,000: Amalga- ! field contingent to right field during mated Iron, Steel and Tin Workers, | the second game, but only about 50 | 12.000. per cent co-operated. The stake which the Roosevelt Ad- Many were armed with firecrackers, ministration has in the labor cause ranging from “ladyfingers” to 3 and brings political complications very | even 6 inch salutes. These they de- definitely into this whole picture. lighted in tossing at Yankee out- Lewis is openly committed to the fielders in the first game. One of the Roosevelt candidacy and Green, al- bigger firecrackers exploded almost though officially non-partisan, is between the legs of Center Fielder knewn to lean in the same direction. Jake Powell of New York. An cpen break batween them might In the second game the crowd, dis- result to the disadvantage of the gusted at the opening defeat and at Democratic campaign. strategisis fear, the lead piled up by the Yanks in the with the possibility that administra- nightcap, turned on the home side tion influence thus might be orought and Washington outfielders were as to bear on bchalf of a reconciliation. busy as the New York gardeners in S e Y AP jumping from firecrackers | Children were lost by the dozen and | Tax Rate reclaimed in the ball park office, which resembled a nursery before the P opening game was half-way finished. A 1 The ball-park announcer, because of {Gontinued From First Page)l Fihie, Birdly! tound) time \to) cal the g | customary quota of doctors who were wanted at their offices during ball | mes. ‘ Toward the end the crowd surged on the diamond and several times under existing provisions of law an the amount of the present Federal payment.” the auditor continued, “if reasonably adequate provision is to be S A T e eintata® | forced the umplires to call time. The “Until a final decision is reached A Gouble-header, incidentally, probably as to how additional money is to be | produced fewer foul-line drives than | raised, no change should be made in | 20V €Ver played here which was the tax rate on real estate. It is ucky for many a spectator who drop- | hoped that by the time the District | Ped his guard or who ventured as far | budget for 1938 is before Congress 25 the foul lines. for consideraion a fair and equitable | =~ T e Federal contribution will have been 300 0000000000000000000¢ recommeneded, in accordance with the = #004666668600644. %4 rovisions of th stri - | i i i that the Commissioners will by that | o, time have decided what additional | ® P erfect taxes to be raised by the District will :g D'AMONDS bs recommended by them to Con- | gress.” i tr Donovan asserted that the special| 9 ani sl amoren nof Sandard study by District officials will get | :: Shop at the mml’; -I-;‘p— under way at once, as ordered last youre always sreeted with o e lcioner *Melein C. | $& smile—xith nc obligation to buy Hazen, so that possible new revenue may be considered in the prepara- | tion of the 1938 budget. [ In tabulating figures for his report. | Maj. Donovan excluded estimated Charge Accounts Invited ‘M. Wurtzburger Co. 901 G St. NW. B2 3 .0 i; | @ revenue of $1.675,970 from the Water | 265.9004060090000000%0060%¢ Department and $2,347,880 from the | %000066600000600000656663 Install Now! No Money Down! 3 Years to Pay! Lowest Prices! AMERICAN RADIATOR CO. HOT-WATER HEAT We are chariered agents for Ameriean Ra- diator Co. heating plants Spencer Magazine Feed Buckwheat Boilers manship. Let our grad- from the American side of the Atlan- tic. { In the Cathedral observance Rev. mus, famous Dutch philosopher, next Sunday, the 400th anniversary of his death. Dr, Lester K. Born, president, Wash- Dr. Anson Phelps Stokes, former sec- | ington Erasmus Committee, yesterday | retary of Yale University and author of a treatise on Erasmus' education, will speak. The Library exhibit is in charge of Martin A. Roberts, superintendent of the reading room. MOOSE CHOOSE HOOSIER AS NEW HEAD OF LODGE Indianapolis Man Elected Su- preme Dictator at 48th An- nuél Convention. Br the Associated Press. place in CHICAGO, July 4—William A. An- | derson of Indianapclis was elected su- preme dictator of the Loyal Order of A—bd : e = | Moose today at the closing business session of the Forty-eighth Annu:l | International Convention of the lodge, | Cleveland was chosen as the site | for the 1937 convention | Other officers elected were: Wil liam J. Egan, Newark. N. J., supreme | vice dictator: Judge Roy H. Williams, Sandusky, Ohio. supreme prelate, and ‘Jo'\:eph Lilly, Des Moines, Iowa, ase sociate justice of the supreme forum, Eva Starkey, Lynn, Mass., was elect- ed grand regent of the Women of the Moose. May Break Boycott. The government of South Africa will try to break the local organized boy- cott of German goods. UNUSUALLY LARGE ASSORTMENTS! 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