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MONTREAL BLAZE CLAIMS 4 LIVES Firemen Hurled Into Flam- ing Ruins of Store by Ter- rific Explosion. By the Assoctated Press. MONTREAL, August 18.—A terrific explosion which hurled firemen into the flaming ruins of a drygoods store brought death last night to four fire fighters. Three others received injuries which may prove fatal. Fifteen fire- men and spectators were taken to FOU , blue ubggdl;\e Single o:“;d“edh 34. make (Bone fount ;}llz:bedrd. 4 ndon, Sat! rdly m:m Owner call 3 ad, claim same. LOST. d one white and blue. Beverly Beach, % Mt ; £ 0-vear- ol% Doy but no t v one B consin 4314, or return to 117 Grafton st Chevy Chase. M BROWN MONGREL HOUND. white front Teet and chest; vicinity 16th and Crittenden ats. n.w.. answers name “Bucky. e Vard 'Georgla 6406, CAMEOG BREASTPIN—Gold mounted: T4th st. between Park rd .(;\uxo-lk st s in l'elhomsl list_Bldg.._] Maryland ave, ne. Friday evening e return to_o omce ildiny k and | un "_with white Markings. Rew.rd w Dowd. Wis- consin 4 r Hes - ale. _answers 10 Pme st Vicinity 14th and You. Re- rd. _ Call North 38 DOGS—Large brindle bull terrier, female: also tan police and collie: very scary and cross: please coax with food. vicinity of Bradley blvd. _Wis. 4924, _Reward. ENVELOPE, containing records and papers. Return. Reward. ApL. K n.w. EYEGLASSES. brown leather case. Hotel and 12th and You n.w. 71 N st. n.w. toriolse-shell frame. in between Maydower Reward. EYEGLASSES_ lady's, Sunday 11th and Monroe. 14th and Harva; . Reward. Call Adams 1063, EYmu\ssm Oxford stvle; vicinity 16 nd S sts. n.w. Return Somerset ApLs. 36th and § sts. n.w. Reward, North g ‘GLASSES. bevel-edzed, zm.m in biack leather case. Finder lease Te- 3 G st.n.w. Reward. __18° SH . female. name “Shir- ley.” 504" Jones Mill rd. North Chevy Chase. sir ing Liberal reward mack. 5620 Nevada ave. nw vicinity G st. to P Reward. Address Box PIN, white gold. sef with i diamonds Bat.. between Loft's. 11th and F sts. and 11th and_Penna. ave or Rosslyn car. Reward. Miss Smith. before : p.m tional (975, i SIGMA CHI | hi gmall chain Hotel or taxici Address Box At WALLET, black zipper: around ( School. containing large sum of money, driver's license. papers; belonss 1o working man._Liberal reward. _Walnut K761-W. SPECIAL NOTICES. TWILL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR DEBTS other than made by myself, WILLIAM EARL GOLDSMITH. 770 11th st. se. _* WE WILL SELL AT AUCTION WEDNES- day. Bept. 2. at 10 am., for repairs and | storage. a oupe.” motor _No. 41935 left wuh us s 1% Browning. SPECIAL RErUR -LOAD RATES ON FULL and part loads to all points within 1.000 : guaranteed service. Phone National 1460! ASSOC.. INC.. 1317 N. Y. ave. SOLD AT PUBLIC AUCTION 038, at 3 p.m. for storage claim. one 1926’ Chrysler coach. motor No G134002. serial No. 53951-4 unless called for by owner before Aug 1%. 1936 OIT" SERVICE STATION. 1448 U st n-,ng OLD DAGUERREOTYPES TINT' 0- RO Y heuzed “keepsike bio- " restored Improved, copled (iarge of by EDMONSTON STUD! EDMONSTON Sin Cosorine tor vears s CARPENTER. CABINETMAKE e AT experience. HARRIS. Decatur Y TRIPS, MOVING LOADS AND PART gfig‘ e trom. Bajto. Phila and New s FESendanle S '?ce"‘s'.’fi'u'ffi%'" t ‘Deendable Sery SHE DAVIDEON SFER & STORAGE CO__Phone uec-tur 500 TERMINAL VAN LINES OF TAMPA, Padded Vans —Ploneer Distance Movers Offices. 820 20th St. N-W. West 0919, DAMP CONDITIONS. Protect against dampness. mildew. yust. musty odors basements. elc Use Dry-Al Units. Non- L° non-eiectrioal, _ insxpensive. . Phone National 39 oducts, Bond Building. Room 52%. PEACHES! PEACHES! ROCKVILLE FRUIT FARM. P s now ripe. Georgia Belle and Einera Drive to Rm:kville Md.. then one mile out Potomac rd. PEACHES NOW RIPE. Quaint Acres Orchards. ‘Thousands o'fl‘b“"lnst ot zCHema m!l:: ot attractive R ENor the Bilver Spring-Colesville Pike, Route 29. only 5 miles north D. C. line. Open 7 am. to 9 D. REPRINTS & REPRODUCTIO! We can reproduce your copy by Plano- graph Process at less cost than any other method. Maps. boo'lg 1oreunml;r::;-]:: tatements all can By tis.Colors or biack and white. Ask for free umnlu and_estimates. Columbia Planograph Co. 50 L St. N.E. Metropolitan 4861. " MONEY TO LOAN. ~HOME OWNERS AND BUILDERS. We will purchase second-trust notes on nearby 'Md, ‘and_ Ve, mneqruex hort-time. collateral loans made e o VRN M ENT o, Southern Bldg. D\!(fltl 6150. EXCHANGE. B-R,_ AND B. BUNGALOW. AMI pletely furn.. 3 acres: close l chicken hotse, orchard: $7, cle; geents. attention. Apply 817 o .5 Room 3 I.EGAL NOTICES BAILEY, M_F. B, mumeu for Plaintiffs. VENIA BAILEY. ET AL PLAINTIFFS, V. Will.am Marcus Bail 1 i Bty No, 80504, & Skipi $UBLICATION. —Te William Marcus Bailey nd to all others whom it may concern: Apri 'vide Tor the Conservation and Settle- ment of Estates of Absentees and Abscond $ in the District WS, Solum and other purposes” (Public No. re means of a Bill Equity Number led in the Supreme Court of the strict of Columbia in order to find ecord he dete of disappearsnce of wnu-m i who in ot abou month absented mmsell !rom his home a d fami'y and has not been seen ince that time nor has been heard from y any memher ol sald hmll! or any others of whom re aware since in or about April. 1»10 “and turther to appoint a receiver to take possession of and to sell upon order of the Gourt the following.de- ribed which said Wil at the time of his (u llmgl! AL f wlumbh an the deed as jumber ten llOi in block number tourleen ’14' in the E&Il‘v‘l‘llon of lh!.Nlllunl; Safe De?‘(l:lu o rveyor's office of & .ln' further iden- Colcmbin. n tax. bl Saare 8515 vmbin. l’n’fl et neroRar 1'5'3 byk'.ht Sourt. having o o and "yor the. Dist nrvwrtv [ »l opy of said warrant mkd on the zed nd Lhc 'lrull_lé ||lo % the Reco! i !he Illd ll'.rlct On moflon of it 1s this 2?}&« Bailey an: ll o hen 7 who spurned her. ents, Sergt, and Mrs. M. K. Mor Mrs. Arlah Amacher, 33, of Sacramento, Calif., is shown at the habeas corpus custody. hearing in San Francisco ye: sterday wtth her The children arrivel rill. two daughters, Lila Jane Whitaker, 13, and Georgiana, 11, d on an Army transport from Manila with their foster par- —Copyright, A. P. Wirephoto. Schools (Continued Prom First Page.) near Massachusetts avenue and Ma- comb street. School authorities proposed the ap- " | pointment of 233 additional teachers and librarians, at a cost of $400,800, deemed necessary to reduce the size of classes in the schools and said 73 additional employes, cost of $79.320, would be needed to give the Federal standard of hours of work to custodial workers in the schools system. School Estimates First Released. to be released by the Commissioners. Those for other departments will be made public from day to day. Be- fore the Commissioners formulate their proposed estimates for 1938 pub- lic hearings will be called, to give or- ganized groups an opportunity to present their views before the esti- mates of the city heads are nled with the Budget Bureau. Prospects are that sioners will find it necessary to slice the estimates of all departments be- fore they are forwarded to the Budget Bureau. Last year the department heads’ estimates totaled $54.971,000 and they were cut to $47,482.000 be- fore being placed in the hands of the | Federal bureau. There they were re- duced to about $43,100,000 before being sent to Congress. Outlining the problem of needed school expansion, Dr. Ballou stated: “In periods of forced economies, it 1s almost inevitable that the pro- | gram of land purchase for schools is substantially curtailed or almost en- tirely abandoned. For example, in the estimates of the Board of Education for the school year ending June 30, 1937, the board submitted estimates for the purchase of land amounting to $1,704,000. The final appropria- tion act carries only one item of $26,- 000 for the purchase of one small | piece of additional land for an addi- tion to a single school. As a result of this. many urgent needs for school buildings cannot be met in the budget for 1938. but must be delayed until land can be purchased from appro- priations carried in the 1938 budget. Appropriations Lag. “Likewise in the matter of school house construction the appropriations for new buildings and additions to buildings have neither kept pace with the growth of school population nor taken care of accumulated shortages and the probable needs of school house accommodations for the next five-year period are greater than they have been at any time during the past quarter of a century. “Under these irresistible circum- stances, the superintendent and his associates have felt compeled to to prepare a school budget which per- haps cannot be met out of the present income of the District under the ex- isting system of taxation and with the existing tax rate. “During this period of financial de- pression the city has found it neces- sary to use large sums of money for relief. No reasonable person could complain of such procedure. Some of the money which heretofore has gone to public education has had to be diverted to the relief of the un- employed. This is clearly seen in the proportion of the total District budget which has gone to education during these years. According to the Bureau of the Census, the public schools of the District in 1926 received 30.7 per cent of the total District budget. In 1933, the schools received 28 per cent Entire Store formerly at an annual| The school estimates were the first | the Commis- | 185 WOOL SUITS, crashes and tropicals—special ______ Ttem. Personnel, officers. . Services, clerks, etc. Services, attendance department.. Teachers and librarians To extend vocational education with Federal aid - Services, vacation schools. Retirement annuities_ Night school White deaf children Colored deaf children.. Blind children costs. . Americanization work Children of soldiers, etc. | Community Center.__ Care of buildings, grounds To give standard hours janitors, ete. | Tubercular and cripple Transportation of handicapped. | Manual training equipment. Fuel, light, power____ Contingent expenses.__ Wilson High equipment. Equipment, general __ | Cardozo High equipmen Shaw Junior remodeling Text books, supplies____ Kxndergmen maintenance.. Kl.Ahornmry supplies - | Bchool gardens_ School repairs _ School yard maintenance. School building projects. Additional grounds .. 400,000 98,180 34500 11,500 75,000 937,730 22,000 64,000 325,000 124,500 150,000 20,000 185,000 15,000 442975 1,541,500 26,000 Increase of $5,030,659 Is Asked In 1938 School Estimates School estimates for 1938, compared with 1937 appropriations: 1937 Budget. $687,395 175,940 42,100 7,010,840 Change. $44.247 47,160 | 2,200 527,080 1938 Requests. $731,642 223.100 44.300 7,537,920 > 20,448 0 40,940 400,000 114,767 34.500 6,000 11,500 13463 3,000 150.000 965,568 5,000 + o+ 4+t ottt 9.400 3,000 79.320 8,330 25,000 77,445 359,476 156,891 15,000 i i 198,366 8.000 18,000 196,350 5,600 16.400 6,000 600.293 7,000 4,024,000 1,468,000 11+ ++++++ ++ 5.600 2,400 7.000 + 1,442,000 Grand total $12,494,960 $17,525,619 -+ $5,030,659 and in 1934 the schools received only 24.1 per cent.” Henry Gilligan, vice president of the Board of Education, in a letter sent with the estimates said, in part: “I desire to express the earnest hope that the Commissioners will find ways and means of allowing the school tal District budget, which will more adequately meet the needs of the school system than have school budgets in recent years.” Other Items in Program, In addition to the junior and senior high school program listed above, other items in the expansion program follow: Shepherd School, completion of the second floor, $35,000; Bancroft School, assembly hall-gymnasium, $60,000; ‘Whittier School, assembly hall-gym- nasium, $40,000; Noyes School, second- story addition, $60,000; elementary school to replace Bunker Hill School, four rooms to be finished, $115,000; elementary school on Bladensburg road northeast, four rooms to be fin- ished, $115,000; Kingsman School, eight-room addition and assembly- gymnasium, $190,000; Ketcham School, eight-room addition and as- sembly-gymnasium, $155,000; eight- room elementary scheol and assembly- gymnasium on site of Dennison School, $172,000; Monroe School, assembly-gymnasium, $67,000; Bundy School, an eight-room addition and assembly-gymnasium, $125,000; Cleve- land School, an eight-room addition, $115,000; Smothers School, an eight- room addition and assembly-gymna- sium, $172,000; Giddings School, assembly-gymnasium, $40,000; Syphax School, eight-room addition and as- sembly-gymnasium, $200,000. Vocational school for girls to replace Dennison School, completing con- struction, with a total authorization of $375,000, the sum of $100,000; the Margaret Murray Washington Voca- tional School, an addition of nine rooms, $115,000. Shaw Junior High School, improve- AIR COOLED Theotmg Nems Yogp 131921 ¥ Street CLEARANCE 178 WHITE WASH SUITS N.W. 12.50 and 13.50 White and tan gabardine, white beach cloth, white cords— single and double breasted. Broken sizes. system a larger proportion of the to- | | School, Armstrong High, $45,000; and plans | ment of stage and corridors, $10,000; construction of two gymnasiums, $120.000: construction of lavatories, $20,000; Terrell Junior High, construe- tion of lavatories, $20,000. Building a stadium for Woodrow | Wilson High School, $83,000. For completing the senior wing of the Anacostia $70,000; improvements to and specifications for a teachers’ coi- lege to take the place of Wilson ‘Teacher College, $50,000. Other Ground Items. School ground items proposed by the bosrd included: Site for an elementary school at Third street and Concord avenue, $52,000; additional land for Peabody School additions, $35,000; site for an elementary school at Eleventh and G streets southeast, $103,000: site for physically handicapped children, in vicinity of Children’s Hospital, $105,000; site for elementary school in vicinity of Douglass-Simmons School, $155,000; land adjoining Doug- lass-Simmons School, for physical education purposes, $2,500; additional land for Dennison School, $92,000; ad- ditional land at Syphax School, $20,000; additional land at Banneker School, $100,000. Site for school for physically handi- capped children in vicinity of Freed- men’'s Hospital, $100,000; additional ALEXANORIA 20,448 | D. C., TUESDAY, land for physical education in connec- tion with erection of vocational school to replace Lenox Vocational School at Potomac avenus between Thirteenth and Fourteenth streets southeast, $50,000; additional land for Margaret Murray Washington Vocational School, $35,000; for completion of purchase of the site of the Jefferson Junior High School, in southwest Washington, $165,000; site for new Miner Teachers’ College, $33,500. ‘To justify starting the new senior high at Fifth and Sheridan streets, the board said: “This high school will be located in a portion of the city in which the secondary school popula- tion is very much congested at the present time. In addition to that there are an unusually large number of building operations in the imme- diate vicinity oi the proposed new building, which will serve to increase the number of high school pupils which must be accommodated. At the present time this section is being served by the Roosevelt and the Cen- tral High Schools, both of which had an excess enrollment as of November 1, 1935 Explaining why a new senior high school would be needed on Rhode Is- land avenue northeast, school officials said: “This is for the purpose of bringing relief to Eastern High School. It is imperative that no time be lost 1n the purchase of land and construc- tion of the building. A saving of approximately one year can be made |if the plans and specifications for this building are developed before a request is made for an appropriation to begin construction.” Reasons for an early ctart on a new senior high for colored children on District-owned property ct Iwen- ty-fourth street and Benning road northeast were found in the facts that the colored popuiation cf t.e rerth- east section is rapidly increasing; tlat Dunbar High, buili to accommedate 1,200, had an enroliment of 1618 last November and expects an en- rollment of 1,700 next month, and that both the Armstrong and Cardozo High Schools also are overcrowded. ‘The estimates also propose that au- thority be given for transfer of the Wilson Teachers’ College to colored | elementary school purposes, and that | & new home for the white normal school be erected on the grounds oc- cupied by the old Tuberculosis Hos- | pital, Fourteenth and Upshur streets, Iafler that institution is vacated next | January 1, with the opening of the new Tuberculosis Hospital at Glenn Dale, Md. As an alternative site the board suggests the site now used Ly the Industrial Home School for Chil- dren, at Wisconsin and Massachu- | setts avenue, although the board | doubted whether that site would prove | adequate. + 2,482,500 | Junior-Senior High | Would Vacate Ingustrial School. The Industrial Home School would | be vacated if the Commissioners gain | approval of a plan for the District to | take over jurisdiction of the National | Training School for Boys, on Blad- | ensburg road northeast, as proposed at the past session of Congress. | The School Board suggests that pos- sibly some other site might be de- termined for the new Wilson Teachers’ College. The board also is proposing transfer o[ the Miner Teachers' Coliege to ‘ colored elementary school purposes, |at & later date, and the construction | of a new building, also later, at Twen- ty-fourth street and Benning -oad, where a large colored school center is being developed. In support of the request for 233 additional teachers for the system as a whole, the board produced s:atistics to show that approximately 40 per cent of all the classes in the white high schools last November had riore than 35 pupils, *hat 771 cf them had be- tween 35 and 44 pupils. Only 228 of the total had less than 20 pupils. Additional teachers also are needed for the colored high schools and for the elementary schools, to reduce con- gestion in classes, the board said. Employment of 42 additional teach- ers and 10 custcdians to vermit the opening of new night schools at West- ern High and Randall Junior High Schools, and better operation of other night schools was asked. The board showed that while the total enroil- ment in night schools had increased from 12,639 in 1931 to 16,318 in 1934, the number of teachers had been re- duced from 247 to 228. 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The granting of the license lays at rest for the present at least rumors that Miss Earhart is planning a flight across the Pacific or around the world. The restricted license for which she has applied permits flights only within the United States. She will have to obtain another type of license if she intends to fly elsewhere. It also was reported here that, al- through the new airplane originally was equipped with large special fuel tanks, these have been removed and its present fuel capacity now is 394 gallons, sufficient only for moderate flight range. Under the sponsorship of Purdue University, Lafayette, Ind., where she is consultant in aeronautics, Miss Ear- hart is expected to conduct a re- search program in altitude operations for transport planes and a study of the effects upon different individuals of speed, altitude, fatigue, pressure and other flight factors, Her new airplane, built at a re- ported cost of $70,000, is a twin- engined, low-wing Lockheed Electra. It is the first multi-engined airplane she has operated regularly in eight years of flying and is the fastest of the airplanes she has flown regularly. STRIKE CONTINUES AT BAKERY PLANT Union Business Agent Rejects Offer by Dutch Baker Boy President. ‘The strike against the Dutch Baker Boy plant by union bakers and bakery sales drivers was still on today, as picketing of the plant and the cor- poration’s trucks continued. Charles B. McClosky, business agent of the Bakers Union, Local 118, de- clared he had not accepted an offer made last week by Willlam M. Ed- wards, president of the company, to take over production at the plant with a view to reducing labor costs and making possible payment of union wages to both bakers and salesmen. McClosky sald he had sent a union baker to look over the plant to see | what improvements were needed, but he could not take charge of the estab- lishment. Robert C. Lester, agent for the barkery drivers’ union, said his men had “let up” in their picketing until Edwards decided what he would do toward bringing about an agreement. When no offer of a union contract was made, however, the men resumed active picketing, he said. Lester added that 22 of the con- cern’s drivers, all union men, had gone on strike and were still out. o Sheean, 111, in Geneva. GENEVA, August 18 (2 .—Vincent Sheean, American author, reached here today in an ambulance plane and | was taken to a nursing home, ill of a | nervous breakdown. Dr. Robert Collas, who, with a nurse, accom- panied Sheean from Dublin, said his patient was exhausted from the effects of overwork and needed a complete three-month rest. Admiral Hurt REAR ADMIRAL W. R. SHOEMAKER. (Story on First Page.) MENTAL TEST ORDERED A mental examination was ordered by Judge John P. McMahon in Police Court today for Harry A. Kite, 26, son of the late president of the Harry A. Kite company, when he was ar- raigned on five charges of passing worthless checks. Young Kite last week was held un- RAIN HELPS CHECK FIRES IN FORESTS 15,000 Men Fighting Minnesota Blazes to Get First Respite. By the Assoclated Press. ST. PAUL, August 18.—The first good rain since mid-June fell early today in Northern Minnesota, greatly aiding 15,000 men fighting fires which had destroyed thousands of acres of timber and brush. Duluth reported a steady downpour, accompanied by lightning. If the rain continued, forestry men said, the fire fighters would earn their first real respite in 10 days. The rain followed reports that the fires, which had burned over thou- sands of acres of timber and brush lands, were being held in check yes- terday after light rains. Although A. B. Oppel, deputy State forester, yesterday termed the north woods situation “still very dangerous,” he said all of the blazes were under control. 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