Evening Star Newspaper, September 9, 1936, Page 3

HEPBRON TALKS T0 SOROPTIMISTS New Acting Director of Criminal Justice Group Speaks at Luncheon. James M. Hepbron of Baltimore, Whose appointment as acting director of the Washington Criminal Justice Association was announced last night by the Executive Committee, this aft- ernoon inaugurated a series of talks before local groups with an address to the Soroptimist Club of Washing- ton at the Willard Hotel. Hepbron, an authority on crime and erime prevention, is managing director of the Baltimore Criminal Justice Commission, and director of the Com- munity Fund of Baltimore. He has been engaged for some, time in the capacity of “consultant” to the new Washington Criminal Justice Commission, operating with a skeleton staff at temporary headquarters here. To Address City Club. Following his address before the Soroptimist Club, Hepbron plans to speak to the Women's City Club and has a series of engagements which * will take him before all the out- standing groups of Washington civic and club life within the next few weeks. Miss Ella C. Werner, presi- dent of Soroptimist, is vice president of the new association. The preliminary organization here already has been active under super- vision of Hepbron and his assistant, Wallace C. Reidt. Reports on the findings of the association, which are being obtained by the staff with the co-operation of the Police Depart- ment and the district attorney's of- fice, will be made public soon. Hepbron is to serve as acting di- Tector until a permanent personnel can be selected. He was a member of Organization Committee of the Attorney General's conference on crime in 1934 and has acted as spe- cial consultant to the Pennsylvania State Crime Commission and the Philadelphia Criminal Justice Com- mission. Asked to Aid New York. He also has been asked to assist as consultant to a group in New York City to form a criminal justice or- ganization there. Organization of the Washington Criminal Justice Association followed & dinner at the Mayflower Hotel last January. Articles of incorporation were filed in the District May 19. Officers of the association are: Pres- ident, Eugene Meyer, publisher of the ‘Washington Post; first vice president, John A. Remon, vice president of the Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Co.; second vice president, Ella C. ‘Werner, president of the Soroptimist Club of Washington; Joseph E. Rice, former president of the Optimist Club of Washington; treasurer, Edward C. Baltz, executive secretary of the Per- petual Building Association; chair- man of Finance Committee, Malcolm C. Gibbs, president of Peoples Drug Stores; chairman of Membership Committee, Vincent Saccardi, Wash- ington manager of the Metropolitan Life Insurance Co.; additional Execu- tive Committee members, Mrs. Harvey W. Wiley, past president of the Dis- trict of Columbia Federation of Wom- en’s Clubs; Newbold Noyes, associate editor of The Washington Evening Star; William Roy Vallance, Depart- ment of State. pE— CONTRACT MART NAMED Secretary Wallace yesterday desig- nated the New Orleans Cotton Ex- change as a contract market for cot- ton under the commodity exchange act. This was the first exchange recog- hized as a contract market since amendment of the grain futures act last June to expand its provisions to cotton, butter, eggs, Irish potatoes, Tice and mill feeds. The Commodity Exchange Adminis- tration said the New Orleans Ex- change had applied for designation. LOST. BOSTON BULL, sable, with front feet, breast “and half face 'white: screw tail: tag and name plate, engraved, “Porestall.” Notify Apt. 33, 1418 W st. nv Reward. ans ANVAS BAG. containing 3 bathing suits, mt‘ Jn taxi Sunday evening. Reward Call CHANGE PURsE, black, in Kann's Dept. 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Spain (Continued From First Page.) the rebels in the Alcazar were hud- dled mainly in the extensive subter- ranean passages of the historic castle, which dominates the Oity of Toledo. There have been reports that food and water within the building were scarce and that many of the rebel women and children were ill. Nevertheless, the insurgents have held out under the incessant shell- fire from distant field batteries in almost unbelievable fashion, and, until last night, staved off ground attack by accurate sniping from turrets and windows. The Alcazar, with its walls and towers now smashed by shells, is a former residence of both Moorish and Castillian monarchs. It was burned by the French in 1808 and in recent years has served as a military academy. Complete occupation of Huesca, Fascist-dominated provincial capital in the northeast, was reported by the war ministry today. Advancing columns of government militiamen marched into the city after vicious artillery and aerial bombard- ment, the ministry said. Rebel forces were driven back to positions of refuge in the artillery barracks, the official announcement declared. The government also laid claim to fresh ayiation victories in Cordoba Province during the bombing of a Fascist concentration camp near Cerro Murriano Mountain. Several government -planes sighted the camp, the report declared, dropped & series of bombs and destroyed auto- mobiles and trucks. ‘The ministry reported these de- velopments in the military campaign 8 | against the insurgents: Advance of government forces into the Santa Olalla sectos, about 22 miles from the provincial capital of ‘Toledo. Bombardment of the rebel strong- hold of Oviedo, in the northeast. ‘or} 1t 1) ies. TDopendanls Be N one Decatur 2 SNRAGI TUDOR, MOTOR 006483, will be lold nt Gus_Eichber t:. 23, for storas g and repairs. 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A major and two captains were killed at Barcelona. A column of 1,000 national republican guards, recruited from the old civil guard forces, left Barcelons for Toledo to join the government army south of the capital. MOVE TO SAVE CITY. from | Diplomats Plan New Move to End San Sebastian Destruction. (Copyright. 1936, by the Associated Press.) Upper: Lower: Other children who started school today going through THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. School Ludke again were barred from when they indicated they would Ludke and his children. Star Staff Photo. ited to Spain labored today to prevent destruction of the city of San Sebas- tian, site of many Summer embassies. From their temporary headquarters in France, the Ambassadors and Min- isters pondered sending a new appeal to both government and rebel forces to spare the resort city from devasta- tion and fire. Most recent reports to the diplomats asserted Renteria and Pasajes, govern- ment outposts, were still held by the Socialist defenders. San Sebastian was declared calm. Other claims from rebel sources, however, said Renteria and Pasajes had been captured by the insurgents in a four-column drive toward the Bay of Biscay city. (Rebel headquarters at Burgos as- serted the Fascist troops occupied Mount Jazuibel dominating Pasajes thus “opening the way to the capital of Guipuzcoa Province.”) Diplomatic efforts to save San Sebastian from the fate suffered by the coastal city of Irun, which was sagked and burned, were based largely on reports from consular officers still in the Basque resort. Gov. Ortega Acts. Gov. Antonio Ortegs, municipal official, was declared to have dis- patched hundreds of anarchists to the front line defenses to prevent them from carrying out their threats to burn the city to prevent its downfall to the Fascists. Leaders of the diplomatic movement, meanwhile, also were considering & request from Madrid that they return to their regular embassies in the cap- ital. Their decision, they said, uren/ed with their respective governmen “I am perfectly willing to return if the others do,” one declared. “You know we have heard there is nothing asylum is not abused. Alvarez del Vayo, new Spanish min- ister of state, was said to have assured FATHER BURKE GETS HIGH HONOR First in U. S. to Be Named Domestic Prelate by the Vatican. . Rev. John J. Burke, general secre- tary of the National Catholic Welfare Conference since 1919 is the first member of a religious community in the United States to be named a domestic prelate by the Vatican. This recogni- tion by Pope Pius XI, which carries with it elevation to the title of monsignor, Was announced by Archbishop Am- leto Giovanni Ci- cognani, apostolic delegate to the United States, on his return from Vatican City. Msgr. Burke, who is a member of the congregation of St. Paul the Apostle, has been actively engaged for years in seeking a peaceful solution of the Mexican government's contro- versy with the Catholic Church. It was reported he was largely instru- mental in arranging the settlement made with President Portes Gil in 1929, following the drastic regulations issued by the Calles government in 1926, which resulted in all the priests quitting their parishes. For 18 years, until 1922, Msgr. Burke edited the Catholic World, and for his work as a member of an advisory committee to the Secretary of War during the World War he was dec- orated with the Distinguished Service Medal. He was born in New York City in 1875 and educated at St. Francis Xavier's College, New York, and Cath- olic University. He received a degree of Litt. D from Fordham University in 1915, He was ordained in 1899. Msgr. Burke is the author of “Life and Literature” He edited “St. Theresa, an Autobiography,” and translated from the French of Duper- ray's “Christ in the Christian Life According to St. Paul,” Angers’ “The Doctrine of the Mystical Body of Christ” and Claudel’s “Stations of the Cross.” Msgr. Burke, Power (Continued From First Page) utilities was held in the Goverament auditorium with C. J. Goodnough of the Pennsylvania Public Service Com- mission presiding. Numerous papers tracing the back- ground of public and private utility development in many nations were used as the basis of yesterday's debate, but the speakers of the afternoon directed their remarks most pointedly at the holding company pnnclple em- ployed so extensively here. Financial Practices Criticized. As a springboard for discussing this issue, the conference had before it papers of contrasting content from Judge Robert F. Healy, counsel for the Securities and Exchange Com- mission, and J. F. Fogarty, president of the North American Co. Criticizing the holding companies for their financial practices, Judge Healy sounded the warning that they should devote themselves more to the production and sale of gas and elec- tricity and less to the sale of securities. The financial and corporate structure of some of the companies stands in striking contrast, he said, to the engineering achievement of the sys- tems. Permanent success of the pri- vate industry, he concluded, depends much upon its freeing itself from financial manipulators. Pioneering Efforts Lauded. Fogarty paid tribute to the holding companies for their influence in de- veloping utilities in earlier days when capital was timid and difficult to at- tract. There is little possibility, he said, that the entire industry will fall into the hands of a single group. During verbal discussion of the issue, most vigorous defense of the holding companies came from Max Frederick Horn, Government com- missioner for Belgium and a director in standing of Sofina, one of Europe's largest holding companies. Horn de- clared that abuses which have de- veloped do not justify condemnation of the holding company principle and expressed regret at the implied con- demnation found in the holding com- pany act of 1935. He expressed confi- dence, however, that in its administra- tion the act will protect well-organized and well-managed public utilities. J. G. Holzclaw, vice president of the Edison Electric Institute and president of the Virginia Electric & Power Co., presided at one of the meetings yes- terday afternoon while Walter C. Beckford, vice president and general manager of the Columbia Gas & Electric Corp., was conducting a ses- sion considering problems peculiar to the gas industry. Mrs. Hoover to Speak. CINCINNATI, September 9 (P).— Mrs. Herbert Hoover, wife of the former President, will speak before the National Girls’ Scouts convention here October 14. Mrs. Jerome V. Sturm, deputy commissioner for the local council, said today Mrs. Hoover’s topic would be “always there are frontiers.” Mrs. Hoover is national Girls’ 8cout president. Upholstering Work ||a|¢y’s 2020 M ST. N.W. Let Haley's Do It Right! PERFECTION In_Painting Service For 20 Yeors!! Bttt m' on o -t{-'-'m- 3 v Fouriob mar 3 FERGUSON 3831 Ga. Ave. COL 0567 SKIN SUFFERERS \> ATTENTION € Oin WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 103, 7 Limited Dividend Projects Provide Housing for 11,000 $10,000,000 Put in Building to Provide Low-Cost Quarters—Program Begun in December, 1932. The Federal Housing program’s progress and its social significance are discussed in a -series of 10 articles, of which this is the ninth, by a veteran mewspaper man who traveled several thousand miles to inspect the housing projects in many parts of the United States. BY WILLIAM C. McCLOY. A “limited dividend company” is & company that limits its dividends, legally or voluntarily, in order to re- duce costs and pass the advantage on to the consumer—or, in the case of housing companies, the tenant. ‘Though they offer a low rate of interest, such companies are able to attract investors because their con- servative financial policy makes them remarkably safe investments. They also attract philanthropic investors who are willing to accept a compara- tively low return on investment when they know their money is being used to do away with slums and provide low rent housing for the low-income groups. For years there have been private housing companies with limited divi- dends, both here and abroad. The most famous in this country were those organized by Gen. George Stern- berg in Washington, D. C., as long ago as 1872 and which are still flour- ishing in 1936. Lower Rentals Wanted. The first schemes in the Govern- ment’s present housing program were seven projects bullt on the limited- dividend principle with P. W. A. loans. But it was found impossible to keep rentals as low as the Gov- ernment wished and pay even a lim- ited dividend. Most of the limited dividend companies, private or sub- sidized. have rentals that range from $9 to $10 per room per month. The Government wanted to reach & lower income group, with rentals ranging from $5 to $6 or $8 per room per month. So it abandoned the limited dividend principle and began letting contracts directly to private con- tractors in the 50 P. W. A. projects already described. Meanwhile, of the seven limited dividend projects started in Decem- ber, 1932, the first was finished and opened September 15, 1934. All are now completed. Eleven thousand per- sons are living in the seven projects. Their cost was about $10,000,000. The seven projects include: Alta- vista, Lynchburg, Va.; Hillside Homes, Bronx, New York City; Euclid Hous- ing Corp, Cleveland; Carl Mackley Houses, Philadelphia; Boylan Houses, Raleigh, N. C.; Neighborhood Gar- dens, St. Louis; Boulevard Gardens, Queens, N. Y. The Virginia homes are small, single-family frame houses, compris- ing 50 living units. They cost $84,000. In Cleveland both individual and double houses were built—56 in all, and costing altogether $500,000. The sum of $198,000 went into Raleigh's three-story apartments, with their 54 living units. They rent at $11 per room per month. The three-story apartments in St. Louis, costing $640,- 000, have 252 living units and the Tent per room per month is $9.48. Hillside homes, costing $5,060,000, represent the most money in any of the limited dividend projects. It con- sists of a number of apartment houses, the highest being six stories, and it has altogether 1,416 living units. Many exceptional features characterize Hill- side homes. The more than 17 acres the project occupies slope gently down- hill. This makes possible a large num- ber of basement apartments six inches above the garden courts. Private ter- races added to these make them the most desirable apartments in the de- velopment. Nothing is wasted in use- less ornament or embellishment. The object of Hillside homes is to provide comfortable living quarters for | those unable to pay more than $11 per room per month, and, as far as possible, with no additional costs for the use of community facilities. Both Hillside homes and Boulevard Gardens have push-button elevators. Boulevard Gardens, for the second of the national housing division's limited dividend projects in New York, is another important undertaking that has more than justified itself. Its record is 100 per cent occupancy, with 100 per cent paid up tenants and & waiting list of 5,000 families for “any vacancy that may occur.” Its cost was $3,450,000 and the buildings, 10 in number, are all six stories high. There are 975 living units. Rentals average $11 per room per month. Like Hillside, Boulevard Gardens has had an immediate effect on all surrounding property by raising its value. Philadelphia Project Working. In Philadelphia a fine limited- dividend project, launched early in 1935, is now in practical working order. It differs a little from these other projects, as its tenants are re- stricted to hosiery workers. The of- ficers of the corporation in charge of Carl Mackley Houses, as it is called, are all officers of the Amer- ican Federation of Hosiery Makers. A P. W. A loan of $1,039,000 gave the enterprise its start, the final cost of the whole being $1,153,697. The largest part of the equity was ad- vanced by the Federation of Hoslery Makers, the rest by individuals. Buildings and grounds cover an en- tire Philadelphia block—480 by 490 feet. Again the buildings are strik- ingly beautiful, though nothing more than simplicity and strength has been aimed at. Each of the four Carl Mackley structures, running in & mnortherly and southerly direction, is 30 feet wide, 480 feet long and three stories high. There are, in all, 254 apart- ments, comprising & total of 1,085 rooms. The price of a five-room apartment is $5252 per month. Smaller apartments rent in propor- tion, the two-room suites costing $27 to $30 per month. Knickerbocker Village, on New York's lower East Side, is not strictly to be classed with the seven lmited- dividend projects described above, for it is not a P. W. A. project. But it operates in the same way as they do and its object is the same—to provide comfortable, sanitary living quarters at a relatively low rental. Knickerbocker Village, the last unit of which was completed in 1934, is under the supervision of the New York State Housing Board and is financed by the Reconstruction Finance Corp., making Uncle Sam in this case a part-time landlord. ‘The average rent per room per month is $12.50. The structure con- sists of a skeleton steel frame with brick walls. All floors are of con- crete, with hardwood covering. In addition to generous space provided for children's playgrounds, the prop- erty has 350 by 100 feet of garden space, running through from street to street. Of these three New York City proj- ects, Knickerbocker Village has the highest proportion of tenants in the professional and semi - professional group, comprising 31 per cent of the total, as compared with 18.1 per cent in Boulevard Gardens and 16.6 per cent in Hillside. Boulevard Gardens leads with tenants in clerical occupa- tions, comprising 27 per cent of the total, as compared with 21.6 per cent | in Knickerbocker Village and 14.8 per cent in Hillside. Hillside has the largest proportion of business men— salesmen, managers and minor ex- ecutives. It also has the largest pro- portion of workers in manufacturing and mechanical industries—that is, W. G. BETTS DIES; FUNERAL FRIDAY Retired Master Mechanic at Navy Yard Once Was Big League Umpire. William G. Betts, 71, former major league umpire and later master me- chanic of the Washington Navy Yard, where he had charge of the large gun shop, died suddenly early today at his home, 2320 North Capitol street. Before the turn of the century Mr. Betts umpired for one season in the National League. Since, he had of- ficiated at many important sandlot base ball games here, being particular- ly active around 1905-1910. Until a year ago, he had umpired the an- nual games between the District Fire- men’s and Policemen’s teams. Keeping up his interest in base ball to the last, Mr. Betts since retiring from the Navy Yard had spent much time at Griffith Stadium. He served there as an information man at the door of the park office and was widely known. He was retired from the Navy Yard four years ago, after more than 50 years’ service. He was away from the Navy Yard only during the season he served in the National League. Mr. Betts was & member of Lebanon Lodge of Masons and was a member and past grand patron of the Order of the Eastern Star. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Katherine Betts; a son, Alfred Betts, and four grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at 2:30 pm. Friday at Hysong's funeral parlors, 1300 N street. Burial will be in Congressional Cemetery, with Ma- sonic rites at the grave, Textile Workers Strike. UNION, 8. C., September 9 (#).— Unionized workers in the Monarch Mills Co. textile plant at Monarch, employing 800, walked out today, caus- ing & shut-down. J. R. Kendrick, president of the United Textile Workers’ local, said the strike was called “after 30 days’ &rievances,” but declined to give de- tails. supply of 811 E St. N.W. 18.7 per cent, as compared with 14.6 per cent at Boulevard Gardens and 6.8 per cent in Knickerbocker Village. (Copyright. 1936, by the Norch American Newspaper Alliance, Inc.) Whether your child stands well in school, just gets through, or fails entirely frequently depends upon the con- dition of his eyes. Be sure that Your child is not working under an unnecessary strain, ETZ Optometrists 608 13th N.W. (Bet, ¥ and G N.W.) 16O T0 MOVIES THE YEAR ROUND WITH THE MONEY | SAVE BY SMOKING THAT SMOOTH AND ’3 SMART CIGARETTE ST N g‘rl' €S COLONIAL FUEL OIL, INC. 1709 De Sales St. N.W. MEtro. 1814 FWMM*W“'MIMMMPMM Cash Is List at once! NOW 1 EAT Cncnmbers Stomach Goes |. 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