Evening Star Newspaper, September 19, 1936, Page 16

Y SATURDAY, SEPTEM THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, R 19, 1936. G. A. R VANGUARD| NOTED “GON MAN PROGRESS NOTED BoyHourt, LittleSister W aits BEGING 10 ARRIVE FOR T0TH MEETING Comdr. Nelson Greeted at Station by Welcoming Committee. FIVE ALLIED GROUPS WILL JOIN VETERANS Memorial Services Are Planned Tomorrow—Grand Review to Be Held Wednesday. Declaring himself “spry and ready to go,” 93-year-old Oley Nelson of Slater, Iowa, commander in chief of the Grand Army of the Republic, arrived in Washington today leading here the vanguard of survivors of the Union armed host of 1861-65 to their seventieth national encampment. Comdr. Nelson and three members of his staff, all from Iowa, were wel- comed at Union Station by a Civic Committee headed by Commissioner Melvin C. Hazen and George W. Of- futt, chairman of the General Citi- zens' Committee in charge of arrange- ments for the encampment. Members of Nelson's party were James W. Willett, judge advocate and past commander in chief of the G. A. R, whose home is in Tama, Iowa; John P. Risley, adjutant general and commander of the Department of Iowa, from Des Moines; Mrs. Risley, & national aide of the Woman's Relief Corps, and J. C. Hanes, assistant ad- Jjutant general, Department of Iowa. Others in Welcoming Group. The group was escorted to G. A. R. headquarters, in the Mayflower Hotel, by the welcoming group, which, in addition to Hazen and Offutt, in- cluded Thomas E. Lodge, president of the Federation of Citizens’ Associa- tions; Joseph J. Malloy, immediate past commander of the District De- partment, American Legion; Robert J. Cottrell, secretary of the Washing- ton Board of Trade, and Isaac Gans, chairman of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board. ‘The only event formally scheauled for today was a meeting of the direc- tors of the Daughters of Union Veter- ans of the Civil War at 10:30 am. 1n the national headquarters, 1326 Eight- eenth street. Programs of all six of the simultaneous conventions will get un- der way tomorrow with business ses- sions beginning Monday. All six con- venti®is will continue through ‘Thursday. Tomorrow special services will be held at 11 a.m. in many of the city's churches in honor of the veterans and the members of the allied organiza- tions. Special patriotic services in honor of the G. A. R. will be held in Luther Place Mémorial Church, Foun- dry Methodist Church and Calvary Baptist Church. Various Groups to Meet. At 2:30 o'clock tomorrow afternoon there will be a meeting of Federated Patriotic Societies in the Chinese room of the Mayflower Hotel to be attended by members of the Woman’s Relief Corps, Ladies of the Grand Army of | the Republic, Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War and the Auxiliary to i the Sons of Union Veterans. This will be followed at 5:30 by a banquet in | the same place for members of these | four organizations. The chief afternoon event of tomor- | Tow for the G. A. R. veterans will be | & special outdoor service in the Na- | tional Cathedral Amphitheater, Mount | St. Alban, at 3:45 o'clock. The service | will be attended by members of the | Daughters of Union Veterans of the | Civil War. All six organizations will join to-‘» morrow night at 8 o'clock in annual | memorial services in the Government | Auditorium. Acting Secretary of War ‘Woodring will be the speaker. To Hold Open House. The Daughters of Union Veterans will hold open house from 10 am. to 10 p.m. tomorrow at national head- quarters on Eighteenth street. At 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon the | Daughters of Union Veterans will| dedicate a monument to the Grand | Army of the Republic at Fort Stevens, Thirteenth and Quackenbos streets, | site of the only Civil War battle in| the District of Columbia. The monu- ment will be presented to the Federal ‘Government and will be accepted by Arno B. Cammerer, director of the| National Parks Service. A musical | program will be provided by the 3rd| Cavalry Band from Fort Myer, Va. The monument Is a large bronze | tablet on a mosaic base. It shows the plan of Fort Stevens as it existed dur- | ing the war and is located on the spot | where President Lincoln stood under | enemy fire as the Confederate troops of Gen. Jubal Early were driven from in front of the fort by troops of the | Union 6th Corps, which arrived at| the critical moment from in front| of Richmond, Va. to reinforce home | defense organizations and armed con- valescents from the military hospitals. | Will Make Pilgrimage. Following the Fort Stevens cere- mony, the Daughters will make a pilgrimage at 3:30 p.m. to the Tomb of the Unknown Soldiers of the Civil War in Arlington National Cemetery. ‘This pilgrimage will mar the seventieth anniversary of dedication of the tomb. Mrs. Agnes U. Boyce of St. Paul, Minn,, national president of the daughters, will direct the pro- gram, assisted by E. Helen Temple, past president of Ellen Spencer Mussey Tent No. 1 of this city. The encampment will reach a climax ‘Wednesday morning, when the grand review of 1936 will be held on Pennsyl- vania avenue. This may be the last time the Grand Army of the Republic will pass in review as an organization on Pennsylvania avenue, where in May, 1865, 150,000 officers and men of the Army of the Potomac and of the combined Army of Tennessee and Georgia passed in review before Presi- dent Johnson in what is considered the greatest military pageant in American history. The District public schools will be closed that day. Programs of the Grand Army of the Republic and affiliated organizations for tomorrow follow: Grand Army of the Republic. 11 a.m.—Special Patriotic Services in Luther Place Memorial Church; Foundry Methodist Church; Calvary Baptist Church. 3:45 p.m.—Special outdoor service, | 11-Year-Old Girl in Tears When Brother Failed to Return, Is Consoled. Lester Kibler, 15, and his sister, Alverta, 11. €Cy’LL BE home for lunch” 15- year-old Lester Kibler, 828 l Eleventh street northeast, told his sister, Alverta, 11, yester- day morning. So Alverta returned to her play. Lester was going out on his bicycle to make collections on his newspaper route, and she’d see him again soon. But lunch time came, and no Les- ter. Alverta began to get worried. Her mother, Mrs. Rose A. Kibler, was away at work on her W. P. A, sewing job, so she had to worry alone. Supper time arrived and still Les- ter was absent. So Alverta began to cry. She was crying when her mother came home. Mrs. Kibler, frantic over her son’s absence, called police to report his disappearance. A few minutes later the police called back. Lester had been found in Casualty Hospital, the victim of a traffic accident. ‘The youth hadn't gone very far on his collections. He was struck at Fifth and M streets northeast by a truck operated by Lee Thomas, 52, colored, 1159 Oates street northeast. He suffered a broken rib and scalp wounds. GARNETT STUDIES BROWN REQUEST Assignment of Assistant to City in Death Cases Is Considered. United States Attorney Leslie C. Garnett today was pondering the sug- gestion of Maj. Ernest W. Brown, superintendent of police, that an as- sistant United States attorney be as- signed regularly to collaborate with the Detective Bureau in homicide in- | vestigations. It was indicated Garnett would ac- cede to the request for such aid in| specific cases, as they may arise, but it is understood he does not look with | favor on the year-round assignment | plan. Garnett, returning to the city after | a brief vacation, read Brown's letter matter for the first time yes- It is expected he will reply on the terday. shortly. ‘The viously phone of the wholehearted support of the prosecutor’s office in all cases pre- sented by police. The written request for assignment of a prosecutor to work with detec- tives in major criminal cases, s'uch as murders, followed a discussion of the plan between Maj. Brown and Commissioner Melvin C. Hazen. Hazen has given the proposal his full indorsement. He and Brown point out the plan is working with marked success in other cities. Garnett occasionally has designated assistants to work with police in spe- cial investigations, such as the cur- rent blackmail case involving an al- leged attempt to defraud an Alex- andria banker, but Brown would make the plan permanent. COL. BREWSTER DIES CHEYENNE, Wyo., September 19 (#)—Col. Alden F. Brewster, 59, com- manding officer of the 76th Field Artil- lery at Fort Francis E. Warren, died Thursday night following a prolonged illness. Death was attributed to a heart ailment. United States attorney pre- Col. Brewster, a native of Illinois, | was graduated from West Point in 1901. triotic Societies, Chinese room, May- flower Hotel. 5:30 p.m—Banquet of Federated Patriotic Societies, ballroom, May- flower Hotel. 8 p.m.—Annual Memorial Services, Government Auditorium. Ladies of the G. A. R. 11 a.m.—Services in all churches. 2:30 p.m.—Annual meeting of Fed- erated Patriotic Societies, Chinese room, Mayflower Hotel. 5:30 p.m.—Banquet of Federated Pa- triotic Societies, Chinese room, May- flower Hotel. 8 p.m.—Memorial Service, Gevern- ment Auditorium. Daughters of Union Veterans. 10 a.m.—Open House at National ‘Headquarters, 1326 Eighteenth street, to 10 pm. ' 11 am—Special services in all churches. 2 p.m.—Dedication of National Me- morial at Fort Stevens. 3:30 p.m.—Pilgrimage to the Tomb of the Unknown Soldiers of the Civil War, Arlington National Cemetery. 3:45 p.m.—Open air service, Episco- pal Cathedral amphitheater. 7 pm.~—Press Committee meeting, conference room, Hotel Washingts 8 p.m.—Memorial Service, Govern- ment Auditorium. Sons of Union Veterans. 11 a.m.—Special services in all Wi churches. 2:30 p.m.—Meeting of Federated Patriotic Societies, Mayflower Hotel. 5:30 p.m.—Dinner of Federated Pa- triotic Societies, Mayflower Hotel, 8 p.m.—Memorial Services, Govern- ment Auditorium. Auxiliary to Sons of Union Veterans. National Cathedral. 8 p.m.—Annual Memorial Services— Government Auditorium. ‘Woman’s Relief Corps. 11 a.m.—Special services in Wash- ington churches. 3:30 p.n.—Meetigg of Cederated Pa~ 11 am.—Special services in all churches. 2:30 p.m.—Meeting of Federated Patriotic Socleties, Mayflower Hotel. 5:30 p.m.—Banquet of Federated Patriotic Societies, Mayflower Hotel. 8 p.m.—Memorial Services, Govern- ment Auditorium.\ had assured Brown by tele- | Held by G-Men MORTON J. KRAMER POST AT CENTRAL 5 LEFT UNFILLED Being—Board Meets September 30. After two special meetings the Board of Education has still faied to reach a decision on the selectiou of a | new principal of Central High School, {one of the most coveted positions in | | the public school systcm. The board’s Personnel Committee met again yesterday afternoon to con- sider that and a number of other po- sitions. The board itself cid not meet, {and, under present plans, will not | convene again entil September 30. Meanwhile, the schools will open Monday, including Central. Lawrence G. Hoover, assistant principal, will | act as head of the school during the | usual opening period. There are several candidates for the post and the backing of each has proved too great for a selection prior to the opening of the school. ‘When the selection firsi became a question, with the promotion of Dr. Harvey A. Smith to the post of an | assistant superintendent, many em- ployes within the system became ap- | plicants. Hoover, af once, was regarded as & leading candidate. But so was Miss Jessie Coolidge, also an assistant! principal; as was Lynn Woodward, | principal of Gordon Junior High | School, and several other junior high | school principals. MRS. KRIEGER HELD FOR OBSERVATION Woman Charged With Conspiracy to Blackmail Alexandrian in Hospital. ‘Mrs. Mary Krieger, 35, former school teacher, who is charged with conspir- ing with a New York lawyer and con- gressional candidate to blackmail Carroll Pierce, Alexandria, Va., bank president, is being held for “mental observation” in Gallinger Hospital. Meanwhile, Assistant United States Mrs. Krieger, who lives at the Ken- nedy-Warren Apartments, was re- moved to the hospital from the Dis- trict Jail, where she had been held ce failing to raise the $5,000 set as bail. 18 understood the New York man she is_charged—Samuel ton Prooks, 52—has returned to =fE 5 § to have the case Hs 15 SEIZED HERE ON CALIFORNIA COUNT Arraigned Secretly Before Turnage on Fugitive Warrant. ACCUSED OF POSING AS OFFICER IN NAVY Mahy Aliases Said to Have Been Used to Defraud Women and Others. Morton Joseph Kramer, 31, ex- convict and “con” man with a long police record in various parts of the country, was in custody of the Fed- eral Bureau of Investigation here to- day following his arrest yesterday at & local hotel. Kramer was arraigned secretly last night before United States Commis- sioner Needham C. Turnage under a fugitive warrant issued in Los Angeles where, F. B. I officials said, he is wanted on a charge of impersonating a naval officer. He has a string of “aliases” under which he is alleged to have defrauded women and others of large sums. Records of the F. B. I. Fingerprint Division list Kramer as having a brother residing in this city, and a wife in New York City. He is alleged to have married and deserted several other women. Inquiry at the apart- ment listed as the home of the brother disclosed that he has moved to another city. G-men had been looking for Kramer in scattered sections of the country. Trailed yesterday to a hotel here, he was arrested quietly and taken before the commissioner without publicity. He pleaded not guilty and was held for removal to the Pacific Coast. ‘The Los Angeles charge, filed August 5 last, charged Kramer with obtaining $50 at Long Beach, Calif,, while rep- resenting himself to be a naval officer. He is alleged to have used the name, “Lieut. Comdr. Sydney Storch.” It was announced the F. B. I is investigating Kramer’s activities with women to see if he has violated the Mann white slave act. An earlier complaint against Kramer, filed in July, was by a young girl who alleged she met him as “Storch” in Fort Worth, Tex.,, married him four days later and was deserted not long thereafter in Long Beach. He obtained a total of $300 from her relatives be- fore disappearing, she said. Other “Marriages.” Investigation disclosed, F. B. I. of- ficials said, that Kramer married a girl in Brooksville, Fla,, in 1931, and was divorced by his wife when she ously. In December, 1935, he mar- ried a girl at Woodstock, Ill, and deserted her after cashing numerous worthless checks, it was alleged. In April of this year he married, it is asserted, a girl in Alexandria, La., deserting her in St. Louis. In June of this year he attempted to marry another girl in Galveston, Tex., but was not successful, the F. B. I | stated. Last May, it was said, he | represented himself to be a news- | | paperman in Appalachicola, Fla., and | absconded, after leaving a trail of | worthless checks and embezzling an automobile. A month ago, officials declared, he flew from Albuquerque, N. Mex., to! New York City, and abandoned an- | other of his wives—identity not known | —in New Mexico. He is alleged to have given the airline a worthless check. Kramer pleaded guilty to imperso- | nation charges in New Orleans in 1932 | and served seven months in jail. Later he pleaded guilty to an impersonation charge in Jackson, Miss., and was | placed on probation for five years.| 1 his probation at the time of his arrest here. RECEPTION TO BE HELD FOR ACADEMY LEADERS Stage Training School Opens Sea- son Under Mr. McKee and Miss Hibbard. Steve Cochran, president of The National Academy of Stage Train- | ing, has issued invitations to a re- ception in honor of John McKee and Adelaide Hibbard, new faculty heads, at the Academy tonight from 7 to 12, Guests will include members of the press, former students of the Academy, and students who have enrolled for the fall term, as will as prominent persons who are devotees of the spoken drama and its develop- ment in Washington. G. A. R. Commander Arrives Oley Nelson, 93-year-old commander in chief of the GUrand Army of the Republic, is shown on his arrival at Union Station today from his home, in Slater, Iowa, for the seventieth National Encampment of the G. A. R. learned he had been married prevx-’ Fe'de;'al Workers Aid Destitute Faniily In front of the old Post Office Building on Pennsylvania avenue the destitute family of a Cali- fornia miner found relief yesterday. Federal workers in the building discovered Edward Carpenter, 38, of Saugus, Calif.; his Cherokee Indian wife, Mary, their five children and pet dog sitting on the curbstone. En route from Saugus to New Amsterdam, N. Y., their automobile broke down Tuesday in Uniontown, Pa. They walked and hitch-hiked here, Federal employes collected several dollars to help the family to New Amsterdam, where Carpenter has been promised work. In the group, left to right, are Carpenter, Edward, 4; Jesse, 6; Helen, 9; Rosie, 12, and Infant Dolores, 7 months. Inset, Mrs. Carpenter. ONE DEAD, 3 HURT INTRAFFIC CRASH Accident Occurs Last Night on Defense Highway Near Bladensburg. William Davidson, 18, son of James Davidson, one of the managers of the Belair Stud, near Bowie, Md., and Oscar Butler, 28, an employe of the ! farm, were reported in serious condi- tion in Casualty Hospital today, suf- fering from injuries received last | night in an automobile crash on the Defense Highway near Bladensburg. A colored woman, Blanche Payne, | 23, of the 3900 block of Connecticut avenue was injured fatally in the ac- cident. Lambert F. Payne, 21, also colored, same address, suffered serious | head and internal injuries. He was | driving one of the cars. Davidson and Butler also suffered head injuries. The victims were taken to the hospital by the Bladensburg | rescue squad. Three other persons were injured, none seriously, in accidents in the | District last night. The victims and their hurts were Elizabeth Schang, 35, | of 3501 Newark street, nose injury; | Nina Grove, 20, of 520 Rhode Island | | avenue northeast, compound fracture | | of the left leg, shock, and Milton | Chapman, 9, colored, 404 M street | northeast, bruises, cheek bone injury. | Earl Johnson, 12, colored, 1225-A | Carrollburg street southwest, suffered | a fractured right wrist when he fell while roller-skating on South Capitol | street. GIRL AND TWO BOYS ! ARE SOUGHT BY POLICE; Virginia Wright, 16, Disappeared | Yesterday Morning, Mother Reports. A 16-year-old girl and two 12-year- L. G. Hoover to Act for Time | Biaced o probation for five vests. | 14 hoys were sought by police today after their parents had reported them missing. ! Virginia Wright was said by her mother, Mrs. Hattie Green, to hlVE: disappeared from their home at 638 | Seventh street northeast, yesterday | morning. She was described as hav- | ing black hair, blue eyes and wearing a checkered coat and bluish-greea | dress. Kenneth: Hinkle and Billy Sheers, | who live at 2622 and 2620 Thirteenth | street, respectively, left home yester- day. Kenneth left a note saying he‘ was “going on a short trip.” It was; thought his chum was with him. The boys were reported missing by their parents, Paul Hinkle and Mrs. Rulon Sheers., e Air Offices Built. Construction has begun at the Len- ingrad, Russia, Airport of a $500,000 building for ticket and administrative offices that will include a restaurant, a hotel for passengers and another for pilots. With him is Joseph J. Malloy, immediate past commander of the District Department, American Legion, one of the wel- cmlnt group. b * L Si Photo. Facts Imposing and Trivial InW. P. A.’s New Guide Book Curious Odds and Ends in Volume Soon to Be Released—Result of Work of 6,000 Employes. By the Assoclated Press. The Government today gave the public a peep at its American Guide— a reference on everything from why Lincoln grew a beard to the best road to “Hell-Fer-Certain Creek,” Ky. Six thousand Works Progress Admin- istration employes spent eight months gathering material for the gigantic work, which will be published in six volumes, each dealing with a different section of the country. Besides a wealth of more serious information, it contains many odds and ends. Clemens’ Letter-opening. Opening the guide at Missouri the reader finds photostatic evidence that Mark Twain opened his wife's mtail. The picture shows a ripped envelope | | addressed to Mrs. Clemens with this note scrawled across it: “Opened by mistake to see what was inside. s.L.C” The guide explains that Samuel L. Clemens was Twain's real name. ‘Thumbing over to Virginia one dis- covers a reproduction of a dispatch Martha Washington sent to an, Alex- andria, Va., druggist in 1802: “Mrs. Washington desires Mr. Stabler to send by the bearer a quart bottle of his best castor oil and a bill for it.” In the Michigan section, the guide | outlines what a visitor might en- | counter when he crosses the border: | “Many a traveler’s first impres- | sion of the State is the sight of a| | Ford roadster scurrying along the | highway with bathing suits fluttering | from the rear door handles.” FOR YARDSTICK OF INDUSTRIAL GIFTS Human Needs Delegates to Intensify Efforts for Formula. CONFERENCE PLANNED BY UTILITIES LEADERS Movement Receives Impetus From Presentation of General Motors Method. BY JOHN C. HENRY. Satisfied that progress nas beene made toward standardization .of core poration contributions to comrunity chests and other private charities, delegates to the 1936 Mobilization for Human Needs left Washington today with the intention of intensifying ef- forts to devise formulas for different industrial classifications. In the utilities group a conference on the issue already is scheduled in ‘White Sulphur Springs in October with three leaders of that industry assigned to the task of presenting the framework for such a “yardstick.” Harvey C. Couch, president of Arkane sas Power & Light, was named to head the special commjttee. Impetus to the movement for a definite formula for corporation cone" tributions was given at the conference yesterday with presentation of a plan now being initiated by General Motors Corp. In brief, their suggestion is that industrial contributions should bear the same ratio to community charity budgets as industrial taxes bear to total community taxes. Then, among the individual con- cerns the industrial total would be di~ vided roughly on the ratio of employes. As an additional modification local plant managers would be allowed a margin of discretion to meet peculiar local conditions. . Split Into Four Groups. Receiving this proposal in a general session, delegates to the conference - then split into four industrial groups. Wendell Willkie, president of Com= monwealth & Southern Corp., reported the decision of the utilities group as noted above. Why Lincoln Grew Beard. Giving 11-year-old Grace Bedell of | | Westfield, N. Y., credit for inducing| Abraham Lincoln to grow a beard, | the guide includes a copy of her let- ter to the liberator. | “I have got four brothers,” she be- | |gan, “and part of them will vote | for you anyway and if you will let your whiskers grow I will try to get | the rest of them to vote for you.” | | “All the ladies like whiskers,” she | | added, “and they would tease their | husbands to vote for you and then | you would be President.” Among thousands of bits of infor- | mation, the guide includes: | | That there is more to New Orleans | than gin fizes. | That Albany, the capital of New York, lies in latitude 42 degrees, 39 | minutes, 50 seconds North and longi- | tude 73 degrees, 44 minutes and 50 | seconds West of Greenwich. | WP.A. LODGE HEAD DENIES AF G.E.RIFT Sees No Possibility of His | Group Joining Newly Formed Association. Declaring there are too many parent groups of Federal employes already, Arthur Stein, president of the W. P. A. lodge of the American Federation of Government Employes, today denied any possibility of his | group going over to the newly formed | National Association of Federal Em- ployes. “If there were any employes of the W. P. A. present at the organi- | zation meeting of the National As- sociation the other night, they were not authorized to speak for the W. P. A. lodge,” he said. “They probably ‘were not even members.” The W. P. A. lodge is one of a so- called liberal group of lodges which had been reported interested in the new assoclation. It was reported also that officials of the five lodges ousted from the A. F. G. E. are awaiting a review of the disruption by a representative of the American Federation of Labor be- fore taking any definite action toward Joining any new organization. ‘The suspended lodges are those of the Social Security Administration, Rallroad Retirement, Securities and Exchange, Farm Credit and the Pub- lic Assistance Division of the Dis- trict Public Welfare Department. et e D. C. PROBATE LAW REVISION IS URGED Cogswell Drafting Proposed Amendments to Modernize Regulations. Revision of the District’s probate laws to bring them in line with mod- ern needs is suggested by Theodore Cogswell, register of wills, in an arti- cle published in the cursent Journal of the District Bar Association. During the 135 years since creation of the District laws regarding estates have undergone but one extensive study and amendment, Cogswell stated, adding that they now “some- what resemble a patchwork quilt, con- tradictory in some respects, scmewhat out of line with present-day ideas in others, and somewhat unjust in some instances, particularly in so far as surviving spouses are concerned.” The official said he is engaged in collecting data and is drafting pro- posed amendments. He suggested that the Bar Association, if it decides changes are necessary, request the court to appoint a revision commit- tee with a view to recommending legislation. Cogswell particularly condemned the survival of dower and curtesy—the rights of wife and husband to inherit the spouses’ real estate—in the Dis- trict’s laws and urged that a uniform order of succession for both real and W:flmhm Chief Pow Wow Of Feather Fame | Gets Away Again | Police to Be on Hand at G. A. R. Grand Review, Just in Case. Woody Hockaday, who attracted attention to his “fight” for world peace by littering Assistant Secretary | of War Woodring's office with feath- | | ers, was the object of search by | Rockville, Md., police today after his | escape from Chestnut Lodge Sani- tarium. The Feather Man, also kmown as | Chief Pow Wow, recently escaped from | St. Elizabeth’s Hospital and then | appeared unexpectedly with his | feather act at a Maryland American Legion banquet in Baltimore. He was carried out after being knocked un- conscious by a “disturbed” legion- naire. Hockaday, whose motto is “Feathers Instead of Bullets,” predicted last night’s escape while being detained at police headquarters here last month. Washington police say there will be plenty of officers on duty at the grand review of the G. A. R. here Wednesday, if the Wichita, Kans., business man turned Indian chief, still is at large. | | | GREEK UNIT FORMED American-Hellenic Group to Aid Roosevelt. In a bid for the naturalized Greek vote Arthur Clarendon Smith, presi- dent of the Democratic League of the District, today announced organiza- tion of the American-Hellenic chap- ter of the league to aid the Roosevelt re-election campaign. Plans are un- der way to form American-Hellenic chapters in 10 other cities, Smith said. The officers of the new organiza- tion include George L. Dennis, presi- dent; William A. Revis, first vice president; Peter Creticson, second vice president; Emanuel Kilis, record- ing secretary; P. Uynius, correspond- ing secretary; George Pistolas, treas- urer. Directors are John Cozanas, A. Sioris, George D. Lampros, James Protos, Nicholas Kendors and John Speliotes. BAND CONCERT. By the Soldiers’ Home Band in the bandstand at 6:30 pm. today. John 8. M. Zimmermann, bandmaster; An- ton Pointner, assistant bandmaster. Pr ogram. March, “Lincoln Centennial,” Lee Sanford Overture, “Orpheus in the Hades,” Offenbach Serenade original, “The Nightin- gale Serenade”.......Zimmermann Excerpts from musical comedy, Waltz suite, “Tout Parls,” Paris) -Waldteufel ---Farrar é “The Star Spangled Banner.” ,8 From the chain store group came a report by Albert H. Morrill of the Kroger Co. of Cincinnati that that” group had decided “an established formula for giving to charitable ore ganizations in the case of the chain store industry is inadvisable.” In explanation he declared that a formula would remove the social ase pects and benefits of voluntary cone tributions, that the ratio of employes to sales is greater in chain stores than in most industries, that stability of employment is greater and that the social security act has imposed a greater proportionate burden on that industry. 3 Welcome Some Standard. Recommending more discretionary powers for local managers and more intensive educational efforts by chest officials, he concluded: “Chains as a whole will welcome some standard | practical and applicable to their func- tions.” From R. V. Fletcher of the Associa- tion of American Railroads came the admission that railroads never haves adopted “anything like a uniform pole icy on this question of the support of charitable enterprises in particue lar communities,” coupled with the promise to bring the matter before the October meeting of the executive board of the association. Gerard Swope, president of the General Electric Co., speaking for the manufacturing group, promised that efforts will be pressed to stimulate individual conceras to think over the proposal and to watch closely the ape plication of definite policies by such” companies as his own and General Motors. The conference re-elected Stillman F. Westbrook of Hartford as president of Community Chests and Councils, Inc. C. Phelps Dodge, president of the Washington Chest, was re-elected a member of the national board of di= | rectors which this year is to consist | of 20 lay members and 10 professional members. Previously the board of 30 has been equally divided between lay members and social workers, HOTEL REMODELING WILL COST $200,000 Work of Modernizing Raleigh Is Due to Be Completed by January 1. C. C. Schiffeler, general manager of the Raleigh Hotel, announced today that approximately $200,000 is be- ing spent to modernize the hotel. ‘Work now under way is expecied to be completed by January 1. The main lobby and dining roort will be refure nished complete« ly, with wood veneer panels from floor to ceiling in the lobby, indirect lighting, and tra nsformation of the dining room into “Thé& Pall Mall Reom.” A dance floor ¥ with a canppied orchestra stand at one end will run the entire length of the dining room, surrounded by a tefrace, with tables and chairs of soft rose and chromium design. A cafe lounge also will be installed for refreshments and light lunches C. C. Schiffeler, normal function of the hotel. painted walls will replace the;wall paper now in use, and new lighting manager and promotional head hotel. He is a Washingtonia has worked in Cleveland for few years,