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Wash ROBERTS ASSERTS GAS MERGER BID $100,000700 HIGH ,People’s Counsel Opposes Offer for Purchase of Suburban Firms. PRICE $175,000 BELOW ASSETS, PETITION SAYS Utilities Commission Opens Hear- ings on Move for Con- solidation. The proposal by the Washington Gas Light Co. to pay $1,375,000 for acquisition of the Alexandria and Hyattsville gas companies was de- clared today by People's Counsel Wil- liam A. Roberts to be from $100,000 to $200,000 too high. His opposition te the offer was ex- pressed just before the Public Utilities Commission opened hearings on the move for consolidation of the three concerns, all of which now are under the control of the Washington & Buburban Companies, a Massachusetts common-law trust. Roberts, who underwent an opera- tion for appendicitis 11 days ago, halted his convalescent period to par- ticipate in the case and was at the conference table when testimony was started. Hold Price Below Assets. Officials of the Washington company, In their petition to the commission, insisted the proposed purchase price is about $175,000 less than the princi- pal assets of the two suburban com- panies, wholly apart from the value of their common stock. ‘The move to buy the two plants is & sequel to the plan of the ownership trust to sell all its holdings in the stock of the Washington company, a plan described as affording an oppor- tunity for ending “foreign” control of the Washington company. The trust | represents the Chase National Bank | and associated financial interests. ‘The commission will inquire care- ington News The Foening Star WASHINGTON, D. C, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1936. $HP Mexican Horse Sliow Invader Takes Hurdle at Fort Myer [ s » Capt. Armando Villarreal rides right into the camera as his Merican horse show team unlim- bers at Fort Myer in preparation for the Inter-American matches. The Merican horsemen arrived several days ago and began practicing today. The show, bringing to Washington the outstanding MAYFAIR BUILDING - SOUGHT FOR ARMY {Apartment Structure Use for Headquarters Com- pany Is Plan. The Government, it was learned to- day, is negotiating for use of the May- fair, an eight-story brick apartment building at 2115 C street, for accom- modation of the Army’s Headquarters | Company, now quartered in a tempo- rary building at Eighteenth street and Virginia avenue, south of the new In- terior Department Building. The ne- gotiations are expected to reach a INGUEST PLANNED *INTRAFFICDEATH Baltimorean Freed on $1,000 Bond After Express Clerk Is Killed. An inquest into the death of Charles E. Renneberger, 65, American Express Co. clerk, who was killed early yes- terday when struck by an automobile in Mount Rainier, Md., probably will be held Wednes- day, Eugene Plu- | mer, town police | chief, said today. horsemen of all countries in the Western Hemisphere, will be staged October 22-25 at the Meadow- —Star Staff Movie Photos by Elwood Baker. brook Riding and Hunt Club, SUTFLEDTOLET GIRLGOTOSCHOOL, INWOMAN S DEATH {Father, Living in Clarendon Three Men Still Held as| But Employed in D. C., Cites Statute. Charging that Dr. Frank W. Ballou, superintendent of schools, illegally re- fused to admit his daughter to the District public schools, John 8. Kemp, an assistant disbursing officer of the Works Progress Administration, who lives in Clarendon, Va., today peti- tioned the District Court to order her enrollment. To support the mandamus, he in- MURDER DOUBTED Probe Continues in Wat- kins Case. Responsibility for the death of Mrs. Sadie Watkins, 36, whose body was found in a D street rooming house Saturday, remained undetermined to- day as the coroner’s office and homi- cide squad detectives continued to | investigate the case. | Three men, one of them described | PAGE B—1 {U. 5. SAVES §35,000 YEARLY BY GASTAX EXEMPTION IND. C. Officials Find Capital’s Rev- enue Loss Is Only One of Many. {DATA TO BE PRESENTED TO EFFICIENCY ENGINEER Many Reports to Be Correlated for Study of Fiscal Relations Problem. The Federal Government has saved about $35,000 a year at the expense of the District since 1925 as a result of the law exempting it from payment of the tax on gasoline it purchases | here for use in official cars. According to the most reliable in- | formation collected by District officials | working on reports for J. L. Jacobs, Chicago efficiency engineer and tax | expert, official Federal cars in Wash- ington use an average of nearly 1,800,000 gallons of gasoline a year, on which the 2-cent tax is not paid. Jacobs is directing a comprehensive study of fiscal relations between the Pederal and District governments at the direction of President Roosevelt. The loss in the motor vehicle fuele tax revenue, however, constitutes only one of the many points to be raised by District officials to show Jacobs why the $5,000000 Federal contribu« tion to the city’s expenses is unfair and inequitable. ‘Tax Assessor Fred Allen already has disclosed that the Federal Governe ment's tax-exempt real estate holds ings in the District increased nearly | 62 per cent in the last six years in a | period the Government’s lump sum contribution dropped from $9,500,000 to $5,000,000. The electrical depart- ment will show it is required to install and maintain fire alarm boxes on Gov- ernment property which represents about 18 per cent of the total number of boxes in the District. Dr. Frank W. Ballou. superintendent by police as the common-law husband | " i S of schools, is now completing a report °fh.‘1h° ;"’;""j mexe émi b;";‘g held | 4oiigned to reveal the expenses to the While efforts were made to determine | pygpricy of equcating children of mem- whether the victim's ruptured heart . be: gress, Governmy Xecu= resulted from an attack or an acci- 1% of Congre R Cile definite point about October 1. | Maj. Philip S. Wood, commanding | the company, said he had received no | orders to move as yet, but had heard | | Ren neberger, ¥ who lived at 703 Sixth street, was struck while fully into the means which may be employed by the Washington company ,to finance the requested extension of its operations to the suburban areas., voked the District statute which pro- vides that “all pupils whose parents are employed officially or otherwise in the District of Columbia shall be ad- The company has said it proposes to obtain bank loans to cover the cost and later to repay the bank loans through issuance of additional securi- ties. The type of securities was not stated. Boothby Chief Witness. ‘The principal witness at the morn- ing session was E. J. Boothby, vice president and general manager of all three companies, Washington, Hyatts- ville and Alexandria. He said the production plant at Alexandria had & maximum capacity which would meet expected needs through 1939, | that half of the mains in the dis- tribution system were laid since 1930. Boothby said the plant at Hyatts- ville, which services 10 towns between the District line and Beltsville, Md., was substantially modern, due to re- ! modeling in 1929. Sixty-two per cent of the mains, he said, were laid since 1927, The Alexandria company, according to the petitioner, has not paid any dividends on its capital stock. The Hyattsville company paid a quarterly dividend of 50 cents per share in 1933. In 1936 this had dropped to 25 cents. LATIN AMERICAN TOPICS SUBJECT OF LECTURE Beries of Talks in Center of Inter- American Studies to Start Tonight. The first lecture of the year in George Washington University's Cen=~ ter of Inter-American Studies will be given tonight by George Howland Cox, director, who will discuss current Latin-American problems. ‘Weekly lectures will continue each Monday at 7:15 pm. by the director and visiting lecturers. Enrollment in the course will continue through October 6, open to regularly enrolled students and to persons who do not desire university credit, but are in- terested in inter-American affairs. The Center of Inter-American Studies was established five years ago to encourage study, research and acholarly publications in that field. A number of related courses are of- fered in various departments of the university. Bolling F éeld Bones Mark Indian Town, Is Expert Opinion Smithsonian Believes They May Be Those of People John Smith Saw. By the Associated Press. Human bones accidentally dug up by a steam shovel doing excavation work at Bolling Field may be those of aboriginal Indians famed for their skill in making face paint. After examining the remains, SBmithsonian Institution archeologists reached the tentative conclusion to- day that the Indians inhabited the large town of Nacotchtank, described by Capt. John Smith in an account of a voyage up the Potomac in 1609. It covered several hundred acres near the confluence of the Potomac and Anacostia Rivers. “Smith found the Nacotchtank peo- ple engaged in an active, if some- what irregular, trade not only in Indian artifacts (objects made by Indian skill), but in articles of Euro- pean manufacture, which had been filtering through the town for sev- eral years,” the Smithsonian said. “The chief ‘exports’ of Nacotch- tank at that time were powdered graphite and ocher, which were used by the Maryland and Virginia Indians as face and body paints. The pow- dered graphite, it is recorded, was put up by the Indians in small skin bags. Thus the place might be con- sidered as an aboriginal ‘fashion cen- ‘rumor” about taking over the May- fair. Tenants in the apartment house | have not vacated. | Alternate Plans Offered. | The Division of Government Space | Control is making several alternate suggestions for housing the outfit of | some 200 men. The Army Finance | School occupies part of the structure | at Eighteenth street and Virginia ave- | nue, so this organization, which oper- ates about six months of the year, also | would have to be moved into new | | quarters. | Secretary Ickes is anxious to have | the temporary structure torn down as early as possible in view of the rapidly | approaching completion of his new | building. The site will be turned into | park land. Immediately to the east of the May- | fair is the Potomac Park Apartment Building, recently purchased by the | Government and now occupied by the | Housing Division of the Public Works | Administration. Indications are that | some shift may be made if the ne- | gotiations are successful and part of the P. W. A. outfit moved into the | allowing the Army organi- | zation to use more space in the old | Potomac Park Building. Building Funds Sought. The War Department has been at- tempting to obtain funds for a new building for the Headquarters Com- pany, often referred to as “The Presi- dent’s Own,” but Congress has made no appropriation. The new Interior Department is scheduled to be completed around mid-December and the present oc- cupants of the Mayfair would get a 30-day notice to quit, in all likeli- hood, so that the change could take place around November 1. DR. WEAVER URGES BAPTIST UNITY Northern and Southern Groups Should Have Exchange of Ideas, He Says. Denominational unity of Northern and Southern Baptists was urged yes- terday by Dr. Rufus W. Weaver, sec- retary of the Columbian Association of Baptist Churches, at services mark- ing the 100th anniversary of the death of Luther Rice, organizer of the Bap- tists as a denomination. The Northern and Southern Bap- tists have operated as two divisions for more than 50 years. Dr. Weaver would have them function as at pres- ent, but come together as a federated body for dissemination of ideas. Dr. Weaver eulogized Rice, who was founder of Columbian College, now George Washington University, as “a pioneer in Baptist missionary and edu- cational work.” Only recently have the two church divisions come together on occasions of conferences and services. Rice, who was born in Massachusetts, spent many years in the South. MRS. MAUDE HOFFHINES FUNERAL TOMORROW Long Illness Proves Fatal to ‘Wife of Capital Building Contractor. Mrs. Maude Roberts Hoffhines, 63, | wife of Roy Hoffhines, building con- tractor, died yesterday after a long iliness at her home, 3019 Dent place. Besides her husband, Mrs. Hoffhines leaves a son, A. R: Hoffhines of Nor- folk, Va.; two daughters, Mrs. David H. Mensh, Los Angeles, and Mrs. 8. J. ‘Waddell, this city; two sisters, Mrs. C. Y. Johnson, Garnett, Kans., and Mrs. A. H. L'Herisson, Memphis, Tenn., and two grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. tomorrow at V. L. Speare Co., undertakers, 1009 H street. Burial be in Cedar Hill Cemetery. = standing in a | -~ safety zone at ! b Thirty - fourth { street and Rhode ! P Island avenue, € R Bammgherger l POLCC mALL dead on arrival at Casualty Hospital Clarence B. Vadala, 20, Baltimore, said by police to be the driver of the car, was charged with manslaughter and released under $1,000 bond, pend- ing the inquest. Victim Leaves Brother. Renneberger, who had been with survived by a brother, Raymond Ren- neberger, 800 Whittier place. Sixteen other persons were injured, one seriously, in automobile accidents in the District and Maryland over the week end. Most seriously injured was Grier Diffenback, 30, Harrisburg, Pa., who is in Emergency Hospital with a frac- tured skull received in an accident at Point Lookout, Md. Mary Slear, 30, also of Harrisburg, suffered a frac- same mishap. Harry S. Beall, member of the fac- ulty of Sherwood High School, Sandy Spring, Md., was knocked down by an automobile near the Sandy Spring Court House but was not seriously hurt. He was taken to his home in Rockville after treatment by a pri- vate physician. Other Injured Persons. Other victims and their injuries: Dennis Dixon, 1118 G street south- east, cuts, bruises; Connie J. Wilkins, 8, colored, 59 H street, face cuts; place, and Archie Rose, 19, of 1867 Mintwood place, face and hand cuts; James Harley, 21, colored, 924 Twenty- fourth street, ear and chin injuries; Bryan Claggett, 21, Accokeek, Md., cut hand; Leroy C. Owens, 53, of 5519 Illinois avenue, fractured right arm, head cuts; George E. Gude, 55, Silver Spring, Md., face cuts; Harriett Dief- fenbach, 35, of 5615 Nebraska avenue, internal injuries, shock; Irene Proctor, 38, colored, and Walter Queen, 49, also colored, both of 2620% Wade road southeast, arm and leg injuries; Wil- liam E. Bell, 4, colored, 55 Hanover street, cuts on ankle, and Rosetta Evans, 12, of 1338 Fourth street, leg and arm cuts. —————e FAIRFIELD IN COMMAND OF EUROPEAN SQUADRON Admiral Arrives at Gibraltar Aboard Raleigh to Head Temporary Unit. Rear Admiral Arthur P. Fairfield arrived at Gibraltar yesterday aboard the cruiser Raleigh and took over com- mand of this country’s temporary Eu- ropean squadron. At the Navy Department today it was said the Raleigh relieved the heavy cruiser Quincy, which sailed from Gibraltar yesterday and is due to reach Boston next Monday. The admiral's new squadron is comprised of the Raleigh, the de- stroyers Kane and Hatfleld and the Coast Guard cutter Cayuga. Capt. William F. Amsden commands the Quincy, which was on her shake- down cruise when she was diverted on July 22 for duty in Spanish waters to aid refugees in the civil war in Spain. CIVITAN C_Ll.lB MEETING District Republican Chairman to Make Speech. James C. Wilkes, chairman of the Republican State Central Committee for the District, will discuss “The Republican Party and the Coming Election” before the Civitan Club at 12:30 p.m. tomorrow at the Mayflower Hotel. A Democrat will address the, group at its Juncheon next week. He | was pronounced | the American Express Co. 45 years, is | tured left leg and scalp cuts in the | | American Red Cross roll call. Preston Hite, 18, of 1865 Mintwood ; Mrs. Cordell Hull, wife of the Secretary of State, pins a Red Cross badge on Admiral Cary T. Grayson, national director of the organization, as the twentieth annual roll call got under way yesterday. —Underwood & Underwood. 65,000 in Capital Are Asked To Meet Red Cross Roll Call 20th Annual Appeal Begins on Foot, by Mail and Over Radio—7,000 Canvassers Busy. Sixty-five thousand Washington'mns} today were asked to answer the On foot, over tne air and through the mails, volunteers were striving to make the twentieth annual cam- paign of the organization its greatest peace-time membership drive. Banners flew from Government and other public buildings, and from stores | and business establishments to re- mind the public that now is the time | to support America’s foremost mercy- dispensing group. Scheduled to achieve their objective by midnight October 16, 7,000 solici- tors started a systematic canvassing operation that will take in Federal departments, banks, stores, apartment houses, professional offices and other places of business and residence. A few hours after the drive got under way, campaign headquarters reported the enrollment was going along at a “good rate,” with more than 1,000 already signed up. Membership Fee, $1. ‘Membership for a year in the Dis- trict Chapter of the Red Cross costs $1. That is all that will be asked of each prospective contributor, although there are other memoerships rang- ing from $5 to $25. . Radio talks will be made during the campaign by volunteer speakers and others aiding the drive will dis- tribute letters inclosing enrollment blanks. Memberships may be taken at cam- paign headquarters, 1416 H street and at special booths in various downtown locations. headquarters announced that many roll call flags still are avail- able for use by the public. The ban- ners may be borrowed for the duratiof of ‘the drive by persons who call Na- tional 3605. While today was actually the first day of the drive, the campaign was Jaunched verbally Saturday by spokes- men for the Red Cross and religious leaders. They urged support on the ground that there is “no worthier en- terprise in the United States than the | American Red Cross.” Three Talk on Radio. In radio talks yesterday, Admiral Cary T. Grayson, national Red Cross chairman; Brig. Gen. F. R. Keefer, ohairman of the District Chapter, and Lloyd B. Wilson, president of the Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Co., who is roll call chairman, ex- pressed confidence that the drive would be successful. “Many cities the size of Washing- ton have a larger membership than we have,” Admiral Grayson said. “Our Washington chapter is excel- lent and most active, but we want to make it a model chapter. To do this we must make it larger, and since we are so fortunate in having our roll call headéd by Mr. Wilson, I feel sure we are to succeed.” Mrs, Cordell Hull, wife of the Sec- retary of State, enrolled the speakers as the first members to sign for the drive. Red Cross Sunday was observed at services and at vespers and eveni) services in churches throughout the city, many clergymen making the Red Cross the topic of sermons or mes- sages to their congregations. Committee chairmen for the cam- paign are: Gen. Keefer, Government enterprise; Robert V. Fleming, finan- cial; David A. Skinner, utilities; Dr. A. C. Christie, professional; John Saul, general business; Mrs, Grayson, house-to-house; ~ Miss Mabel T. Boardman, booths and special gifts, and Laurence Rubel, publicity. “Wise as an Owl” Pretty Dumb, Says Legend-Shattering Expert BY the Associated Press. The Biological Survey gives the lie to the ancient assertion that the owl is wise. “The owl,” said Col. H. P. Sheldon, “is & fool and you can quote me as saying s0.” The Greeks—it was pointed out— started the story about the owl's brains when they assigned the horned owl of Southern Europe to Pallas Athena as an emblem of her celestial wisdom. Once launched, the fable continued through the ages, the bird becoming the centerpiece of scores of coats of arms, the breastpiece of kings and the emblem of numerous fraternal plained the colonel. “The owl is simply like a lot of people—he doesn’t say. much because he doesn't know anything to say.” He added that another factor in the owl's favor is the fact that he does not get around in the daylight and, therefore, the world doesn’t see him in the bright revealing rays of the sun. “Many people,” he continued, “give the owl undue credit for being able to see at night when the rest of us are using electric lights and lanterns. That’s nothing for the owl to brag about. It's his natural equipment.” Col. Sheldon said if any one wants to reason along those lines, the logi- cal point to make is that the owl is too dumb to see in W daylight. mitted and taught free of charge in the schools of said District.” ‘Through Attorney Robert E. Lynch, | Mr. Kemp told the court that he has been employed in the Digtrict since 1900 and that there is no legal rea- son why his daughter Lois should be denied admittance. He said she attended the Washing- ton public schools from January to June of this yesr, but when she ap- plied at Gordon Junior High School September 21, she was refused admis- sion by Principal Frank A. Woodward. Kemp also alleged that Dr. Ballou refused to allow her to enter any other | school here. Chief Justice Alfred A. Wheat set hearing of the mandamus petition for October 1, directing Dr. Ballou to show cause at that time why the re- quested order should not be issued. DR. WALSH HAILS - MONETARY ACTION Swift U. S. Move to Block Sov- iet Raid on Pound Is Praised. The Roosevelt administration's swift move to frustrate Soviet Russia's attempt to drive down the pound sterling was commended by Dr. Edmund A. Walsh, 8. J., vice presi- dent of Georgetown University, in & statement last night praising the “sound statesmanskip” of American efforts to stabilize international ex- change. “It is a matter of congratulation that the administration has seen through the Russian veil and reads the Soviet mind more clearly in September, 1936, than it did on No- vember 16, 1933, the date of our recognition of the Soviet Union,” Dr. Walsh declared. “The Georgetown educator, who is regent of the School of Foreign Serv- ice and an authority on Soviet rela- tions, declared Russia’s raid on the English pound was in keeping with its past policy of trying to avert the direction of normal economic .ecla- tions. The “bold” move to bring about world stabilization of currency, he said, was recognized by the Soviet government as a “menace to her pe- culiar program of stabilization which means stabilizing the world under a communist distatorship and through revolution by violence.” In pursu- ance of this policy, he contended, Russia recently arranged the transfer of 35,000,000 francs to aid the Span- ish Leftists, for which Premier Jose Giral had publicly thanked a repre- sentative arriving from Moscow last month. Father Walsh recalled attempts of Soviet Russia at “dumping” to mud- dle the waters of international peace. He said: “Moscow dumped 7,650,000 bushels of wheat on the Chicago market in 1930—sold short at a moment of eco- nomic crisis in the United States and actually succeeded in depressing the price of wheat to be paid to the American farmer, who might thus, she hoped, be helped along the path of revolutionary resentment. Inci- dentally, she picked up from $750,000 to $1,000,000 profit on that occasion out of American pockets. - “Consequently, when Moscow real- ized that three great powers had en- tered into a gentlemen's agreement to take a most important step toward world peace, she instinctively de- tected a real obstacle to her revolu- tionary economics and acted accord- ingly.” “Licensed at Fairfax. 'PAIRFAX, Va., September 28 (Spe- licenses have been Circuit Court to the following: Vivian Bird, 29, Vienna, Va, and Rosella Rollison, 21, Herndon, Va.; William Parness Gelberg, 32, and Eva Ches- kis, 31, both of Philadeiphia, Pa, dent. A police theory of foul play was shaken when Coroner A. Magruder MacDonald announced Mrs. Watkins’ heart could have been ruptured by a fall or excessive drinking. Facial injuries, including a broken nose, also could have been caused accidentally, the coroner pointed out. Tipped Off by Informer. The murder theory was advanced after the body was found on a blood- spattered bed at 303 D street and a battered coffee pot and a knife, show- ing evidence of blood stains, were dis- covered nearby. Tipped off by an informer who overheard two men in a restaurant talking about a “cold and discolored” body, detectives took the pair into custody before the body was found. A third man was arrested after he was said to have been at a party at | the D street house. Those held were Robert Taylor Wood, 35, of Richmond, Va. police said, had been living with Mrs. Watkins; John McGarrgle, 33 of 212 Indiana avenue, and Edward Thomas Sellers, 32, of no fixed address. Drinking Party Reported. Questioned extensively the prisoners were quoted by police as saying Mrs. Watkins’ room had been the scene of a protracted drink- ing party. According to the prisoners, Mrs. Watkins had been drinking heavily and fell to the floor of her room Fri- day afternoon, fracturing her nose. This was verified by police after they located a doctor who had treated the woman's injury. Detectives said the three men told them they left the house after the mishap, but that during the night Wood requested McGarrgle to return and see how Mrs. Watkins was feel- It was when McGarrgle reported his findings to Wood in a Ninth street restaurant that the conversation about the body was overheard. As far as could be learned from police, there were no bloodstains on the dented coffee pot, and it was pointed out that the stains on the knife could have been caused by the nose injury. ‘There were no stab wounds or slashes on the bodr, although it was said Mrs. Watkins suffered several minor cuts when she fell. Mrs. Florence Millett, landlady at the rooming house, told detectives she heard a disturbance and a thumping noise several times Priday night, CADETS TO TAKE EXAMINATION TODAY | Boys Eligible for Promotion Given Tests—Commander to Be Chosen. Reorganization of the Washington High School Cadet Corps for the new year got under way this afternoon, when boys eligible for promotion from last year's corps took the required written ex mination at the six high schools represented in the military organization. Tomorrow another examination will be held for the six outstanding boys nominated by their principals for the post of brigade commander, the high- est rank in the cadet corps. The win- ner will succeed Col. Edwin A. Halsey, jr., of Central High School, who was the commander last year. Lieut. Col. Wallace M. Craigie, U. 8. A, retired, professor of military science and tactics, said the results of the tests probably will not be made known until late this week or early next week. ‘The tests today were given at Cen- tral, Eastern, Western, McKinley Tech, Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson. The single test tomorrow probably will be given at the Franklin Administra- tion Building, although the site had not been selected today. who, | vesterday, | i tives and the diplomatic corps. | This report also will show the num- ber of non-resident children of Gove ernment employes attending District schools without the payment of tuition, Every department head of the Dis | trict government whose department {in some way provides service for the Federal Government will submit re- |ports to Jacobs citing the cost of | these activities. Jacobs requested this | information at a conference several | weeks ago with various District dee | partment heads. Since that time, Jacobs has collected | data from a number of Federal de- }pan.mems, which he plans to use in | his fiscal relations study. When all this preliminary information is as | sembled, Jacobs will invite representa= | tives of civic organizations to sub- | mit any data in their possession which | will aid him and his advisory commit- tee to determine what should constitute a fair share of the Federal Govern- ment’s expense toward the operation and maintenance of the District. Jacobs’ recommendation will be sub- mitted to Congress soon after it con- venes in January and considered by the House Appropriations Committee when it writes the 1938 District sup- ply bill. HOWARD U. T0 OPEN SESSION TOMORROW | Howard University will formally | open its sixty-ninth year of instruc- | tion tomorrow morning, with cere- ’monies in Andrew Rankin Meinorial Chapel Dr. Mordecai W. Johnson, president, will lead an academic procession, which will start from the Carnegie Library Building at 10:45 am. He will then deliver an address of wel- come to the student body. Classes in the nine schools and colleges of the university will open immediately after the convocation. New students were registered dur- ing the last three days of last week. Entrance examiuations for freshmen were held last Wednesday. Examina- tion of seniors in the School of Law, Colleges of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmacy, and the School of Religion also were held last week. BAND CONCERT. By the Army Band in the auditorium at 6 pm. today, Capt. Thomas F. Darcy conducting. Program. March, “The Spotlight”......_Klohr Suite, “Capriccio Espagnole,” Rimsky-Korsakow Cornet solo, “Willow Echoes”._Simon Ralph Ostrom, soloist. Waltz, “You're Still Mine in My Dreams”.. . ---Burke Caprice, “Moraim: Espinosa “Morning Prayer,’ , No. 1, Tschaikowsky March, “King of the Air” “The Star Spangled Banner.” CITY NEWS IN BRIEF. ‘TODAY. Meeting, Board of Directors, Opti- mists Club, Mayflower Hotel, 8 p.m. Card party, St. James' Catholic Church, Thirty-seventh street and Rhode Island avenue northeast, 8:30 | pm. . Op. TOMORROW. Luncheon, Women's National Press Club, Willard Hotel, 1 p.m. Luncheon, Optimists Club, Maye flower Hotel, 12:30 p.m. Luncheon, Civitan Club, Mayflower Hotel, 12:30 pm. Meeting, Private Duty Section, Graduate Nurses’ Association, Red Cross Building, Seventeenth and E streets, 8 p.m. Meeting, Georgia Avenue Business Men's Association, City Bank branch, 3608 Georgia ayenue, 8 p.m.