Evening Star Newspaper, November 10, 1936, Page 21

- PRESDENTTON: FOR COUNTRY AT ARMISTIERITES Wreath to Be Placed on Tomb in Ceremony at Arlington. WOODRING AND COLMERY TO DELIVER ADDRESSES Millions in Nation to Stand at 11 0'Clock in Silent Tribute to War Dead. President Roosevelt will act for the American people tomorrow morning when he observes the eighteenth an- niversary of the Armistice by placing a wreath on the Tomb of the Un- known Soldier. ‘The ceremony will occur at 11 o'clock while millions throughout the country stind in silent tribute to the Nation's World War dead. It will be followed by the annual exercises in Arlington Amphitheater, Secretary of War Woodring will de- liver the principal address. He will be followed by Harry W. Colmery, national commander of the American Legion, which is in charge of the me- morial ceremonies. Another speaker will be Mrs. O. W. Hahn, national president of the Legion auxiliary. The President’s Armistice procla- mation will be read by Col. Rice W. Means, past department commander of the Legion in Washington, who, ‘while a member of Congress, intro- duced the bill creating Armistice day, Col. Means is in charge of the pro- gram, assisted by Maj. Willlam P. Kershner. Lineburg to Preside. ‘The invocation will be given by Rev. Park Huntington, past national chap- lain of the Legion, and the benedic- tion by Rev. Howard W. Snyder, the local departmental chaplain. The services will be presided over by De- partmental Commander Horace W. Lineburg. Music for the exercises will be fur- nished by the Army Band and the Fort Stevens Drum Corps of the Legion. The West Virginia Legion- ettes will sing “Let Us Have Peace,’ “There Is No Death” and “Taps.” The exercises before the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and in the Amphitheater will be broadcast throughout the country. Many cabinet members, diplomats, public officials and ranking Army and Navy officers have accepted invita- tions to the exercises. The invited guests will occupy seats on the ros- trum and in the boxes surrounding the Amphitheater, while the other seats will be available to the public. After the exercises in the Amphi- theater, Legionnaires from posts in 40 States will file past the Tomb to de- posit wreaths. Other Floral Tributes, Other floral tributes will be laid on the Tomb by representatives of the Military Order of the World War, the Disabled American Veterans, the Gold Star Mothers, the 40 and 8 veterans’ organization and other patriotic groups. Other Armistice day observances will be held throughout the city. ‘These will include the annual me- morial services in Washington Cathe- dral for Woodrow Wilson, wartime President, scheduled for 3:30 p.m. At 9 am. veterans of the 1st Divi- sion will assemble at the newly- completed monument to their dead, near Seventeenth street and New York avenue, for memorial exercises. One year of weekday noon prayers for world peace will be inaugurated at the Church of the Epiphany, 1317 G street, at noon tomorrow. As & part of the Armistice day program there will be a celebration of the holy communion at 11 a.m., with a special Litany for peace at 12:05 p.m. The daily peace service will be con- ducted under direction of the rector, Rev. Z. B. Phillips, who also is chap- lain of the Senate and a Navy Reserve chaplain, with the rank of lieutenant commander. “We hope,” Dr. Phillips said, “that many people in the downtown section of the city will join in this fellowship of prayer for peace. No matter how governments may plan for interna- tional accord, all plans will fail with- out an increasing pouring out of prayer from peoples of the world.” Broadcast Is Planned. An Armistice day special four-way short-wave broadcast between the United States and Europe will-take place tomorrow, with the American broadcasts being sent from two giant American Airlines flagships, both of which will iy over Washington during the broadcast. The program will be heard from 2:15 to 2:45 p.m. over the National Broadcasting Co. red net- work, flight over fiight from New York to Washing- sponsorship ington Post, No. 58, Jewish War Vet~ erans, A musical program will be rendered by the Navy Band. The invocation ‘will be pronounced by Rabbi Solomon H. Metz and the benediction by Rabbi Norman Garstenfeld. Walks Into Car CHILD NOT SERIOUSLY HURT, HOWEVER. ELLEN MOWRY, Two, whose face was cut yes- terday when she stepped from behind a parked car and walked into the side of a ma- chine driven by Feliz Brooks, 34, of 310 Raleigh street southeast. The child, who lives at 300 Raleigh street, was treated at St. Elizabeth’s Hospital. —Star Staff Photo. BABCOCK IS FINED. S50 CARCRAH Former Head of A. F. G. E. Has “No Recollection” of Alexandria Accident. E. Claude Babcock, former presl- dent of the American Federation of Government Employes, was fined $100 for driving while drunk and $50 for colliding at a hearing in Alexandria, Va.,. today before United States Com~ missioner John Barton Phillips. Babcock was arrested near New Alexandria on the night of October 31 by park police after his car had been in collision with one driven by Donald R. Jack of Alexandria. Commissioner Phillips quashed & third count of leaving after colliding. The charges had been preferred by Park Policemen J. E. Shawhan and E. B. Cullember, who were the witnesses against Babcock today. Shawhan said he and Cullember were first attracted by the speed which Babcock’s car was making and that they followed him for ¢ miles at & rate between 78 and 85 miles an hour. The crash took place during -this pur- suit. :imm in response-to s question, said: “I would say he was under the in- fluence of liquor. In fact, I took & bottle of whisky out of his right hip pocket.” ‘The boitle was introduced in evi- dence. Cullember corroborated Shawhan's testimony, Babcock, pleading not guilty, told the commissioner he had no recollec- tion of what had happened. ‘He said he had never seen the bottle before. Under questioning by. his attorney, Raymond Gittleman, Babcock ex- plained that he was in ill health as the result of war injuries and other complications, and that he had “pe- riods of this type before,” refer- ring obviously to occasions when his illness caused lapse of memory. Babcock said, however, that he had never had an§ traffic difficulties be- fore during such spells. At the conclusion of his testimany Babcock attempted to introduce as & character witness his pastor, Rev. Simpson B. Daugherty, but Com- missioner Phillips declined to allow this. The commissioner then said he would fix the fine for driving while intoxicated and for colliding, but that he was dropping the count on leaving the scene as Babcock’s condition probably was responsible for that. ‘The fine was paid. EDUCATION WEEK WILL BE OBSERVED Various school activities, including On-Friday night -the new John P. Bundy School, on -O street ‘between Fourth and Fifth, will be dedicated. Mrs.- Bundy, whose husband -served on the Board -of - Education from 1902 @he Foening Stap WASHINGTON, D. C, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1936. SECURITY BOARD BUILDING STUDIES IN FIRST STAGES New Structure, Predicted Before Election, Is Needed More Every Day. SITE SOUGHT TO EASE CITY’S HOUSING JAM High Rents in Northwest Throw Favor to Other Sections to . Aid Employes. | ULTANTO STRESS to place some of its work in Balti- more. Recently announcemeént was made that the board will take on sev- eral hundred additional employes. Several Sites Considered. Concerning the probable site for the new building, nothing definite has been developed, but it is known, how- ever, that the Park and Planning Commission has made several recom- mendations to the Procurement Di- vision. Observers have expected that substantial growth of the Government probably would extend into either the northwest area between Seventeenth street, Constitution avenue, Pennsyl- vania avenue and the Potomac River; the southwest triangle south of the Mall, or the area south of the Capitol. Federal authorities studying the problem favor a building south of the Mall. They argue that, generally, there is no room in the northwest sec- tion for “$1,600-a-year Government clerks,” that will form the bulk of the new personnel. Consequently, those having the plans in band are looking . to development of the south- edst and southwest sections for resi- dential purposes for those with lesser incomes. Locating' the new structure south of the Mall would enable the areas east of the Anacostia River to be built up and ‘would ease the trafic problem incident to crowding the Fed- eral building downtown, officials said. Construction of a new bridge across the Anacostia River, at South Capitol street, would facilitate movement to the Anacostia ares, officials pointed out. This bridge has long been under discussion by the Park and Planning Commission and the Fine Arts Com- mission, Rectangle Also Stugdied. ‘The Planning Commission has been studying the Northwest Rectangle, bounded by Constitution avenue, Sev- enteenth street, E street and the Potomac River, for future Govern- Navy Departments will be built there, A new Naval Hospital is scheduled, too, but that will be built on the site of the existing structure. Clay J. Guthridge, head of the Di- vision of Government Space Control DISTRICT'S NEEDS Budget Bureau Session Con- tinues — Hazen and De- partment Heads Heard. Spokesmen for the Engineering De- partment of the District Government were to appear before the Budget Bu- reau today, the second of the annual sessions on the 1938 District budget. Col. Dan I. Sultan, Engineer Com- missioner, and his subordinates were to present their arguments for approx- imately $43,000,000 asked in the Dis- trict’s basic budget requests and $5,- 000,000 more asked in a supplemental recommendation. The first day's hearing, the usual executive session, was devoted to state- ments from Commissioner Melvin C. Hazen, Col. Sultan and nine other Dis- trict executives. Donovan Among Those Heard. Maj. Daniel J. Donovan, auditor and budget officer, testified. Others to be heard were George M. Roberts, super- intendent of weights and measures; Capt. Hugh P. Oram, secretary of the Zoning Commission; Fred D. Allen, tax assessor; C. M. Towers, tax ~ol- lector; Dr. A. Magruder MacDonald, coroner; Capt. John B. Gordon, super- intendent of the Sanitary Department; Elwood H. Seal, corporation counsel, and Frank B. Marks, pound master. Although no announcement Wwas made, because of the Treasury’s strict rules of secrecy, it was indicated that the hearings are being conducted on both the basic and supplemental budgets and that both are being con- sidered concurrently in spite of the uncertainty of the Federal contribu- tion to be expected. One Allows Expansions. The basic recommendation covers only essential operating costs of the District Government, without conzid- ering expansion or capital improve- ments. The supplemental budget al- lows for improvements or expansions regarded as necessary by the Commis- sioners. It is not expected that the bureau’s recommendation will be submitted to Congress until after the present study of fiscal relations is completed by the President’s special committee, set up by the last Congress. The commit- tee’s findings probably will guide the size of the total appropriation, it is believed at the District Building, and the Budget Bureau probably will base its approval on the combined revenue from local and national sources. ‘The hearings probably will continue for two or three more days, it was in- dicated. POET LAUREATE TO BE INSTALLED League Will Stand by Choice of Mrs. Mabel Posegate De- spite Protests. The Poet Laureate League -of Washington plans to install its own choice as “poet laureate of the State stall Mrs. Mabel Posegate of Cincin- nati as poet .laureate of Ohio.”* The installation will'take place in Cin- cinnati, Cuevas said. ‘When _the appointment was an- "M'pm'ut doesn’t mean & thing,” Cuevas said. < Mrs. Scala Tells of Being Left At Station in Maintenance Plea : from & Buropean trip with bride Dr. N¢ Ly ' ] status she calied attention to frequent trips to Europe which he made before marriage. i ! ! Hiy B3] 2 | ¥ E | ! ';E 5 § FE AL ik ] geiEnE Sk "a,gfifig g Bigy ~ 4] [ i i Members of that group dubbed the Early Birds’ Breakfast Club, who force themselves to eat at 8 a.m. once a week, were rggerly humbled today when 10 genuine early risers were in- T uced. No. 1—Policeman Charles C. Johnson swaps alarm clock stories with Elmer Reuling, Towson, Md., farmer. : No. 2—Waiter Frank Sita serves -J. P. Muth, news vendor, who has been getting up before daybreak for 40 years. No. 3—Frank Romer, member of the club, wakes uj members by thuflriny a frying pan. the —Star Staff Photos. Genuine Early Birds Show Up 60 in Club EN of Washington's real “early birds” and some 60 who admit- ted they were fakers got to- gether at the Willard Hotel for breakfast today—the genuine dawn- breakers as guests at the regular Tues- day morning meeting of the Early Birds’ Breakfast Club. No one was late for the early morn- ing repast. 4o be prompt was no prob- lem for the guests—news vendor, milk- man, farmer, railroad engineer and others who daily greet the dawn—and the club members, accustomed after four years to having their “fun, food and foolishness” at 8 a.m. once each week, presented their program with zest and appreciation. Led by President Leo C. May, who— the club’s insignia, & short bib—introduced the guests, the Early Birds were, unanimous in disparaging their own early rising in competition with J. P. Muth, for instance, who's AID 15 SOUGHT IN SOLVING CRINE Police Invite Robber Victims to View Line-up Tomor- row Night. Determined to put down petty for ‘the -thieves who made off early | as Sleepyheads been getting up before 6 am. for 40 years to begin selling newspapers. Charles E. Riley, Harpers Ferry, W. Va., an engineer on the B. & O. Rail- road for 37 years, and overalled, straw-hatted Elmer E. Reuling of Towson, Md., a farmer all his life, also made the club members feel a little foolish. Other guests, selected for the length of service in their present occupa- tions, were C. J. Lomax, street car conductor for 27 years; Charles C. Johnson, 12 years on the District po- lice force; Earl Shenk, Oak Crest, Va., 11 years a bus driver; Ralph E. Aiken, 15 years a mailman; Gearge C. Bowie, fireman, 10 years with Engine House No. 20; William B. Upright, 7 years s milkman, and James Hildebrand, 6 years a telegraph messenger boy. Kenneth H. Sheelor, secretary of the International Brotherhood of Ma- gicians, concluded the program with » flourish of magic stunts. of a filling station at Thirteenth and L streets about 4:30 am. today. Albert Barclay, 208 C stregt, night manager of the station, told police a shabbily-dressed white man, who wore a black mask and kept his hands in his pockets as though hold- ing & gun, robbed him of between $25 and $40 and escaped on foot. Malinda Cannon, 35, colored, 5045 A street southeast, reported she was robbed of $13 yesterday afternoon by two colored men who accosted her while she was standing on a strect car loading platform at Seventh and HENRY CLAY HALL FUNERAL IS TODAY Former Chairman of I. C. C. Will * *Be Buried at Colorado Colo. lived at 2338 Q street law offices" at 716 OFFICIALS PRESS ABATTOIR FIGHT Granting Permit Would Be “Backward Step,” Caem- merer Says. From two public sources today came severe indictments of the proposal of Adolf Gobel, Inc., to erect a major- sized slaughter house, with both plant and stock yards adjacent to the Ben- ! ning road viaduct without regard to Federal plans for the proper develop- ment of East Washington. H. P. Caemmerer executive secre- tary of the Fine Arts Commission, characterized the proposed operations as “a backward step in city planning.” He recalled that several years ago, when a similar plan was advanced to establish an abattoir near Arlington National Cemetery, the. Fine Arts Commission helped to squelch it. Equally emphatic in its denuncia- tion of the Gobel plans as a “public nuisance” was & statement issued on behalf of the Committee of One Hun- dred on the Federal City of the American Planning and Civic Asso- ciation. In this group are a number of officials who have rendered valu- able aid in the creation of Washing- ton’s parks. - They condemned it as “a threat to the Federal City plan through the creation of smoke, fumes, noise, odors and dust, all detrimental | to the health, safety and general wel- fare of the community.” Cite Money Expended. Both groups directed attention to the disastrous effects such operations would have in an area in which the Federal Government has expended large sums to develop parks for the enjoyment of the public. Speaking for the Fine Arts Com- mission, Mr. Caemmerer reiterated the opposition of the commission to such a program as proposed by the Gobel firm and recalled that at its recent meeting it passed a special res- olution condemning abattoirs in this locality as an interference with plans for the beautification of the National Capital. Prederic A. Delano, who is chairman of the National Capital Park and Planning Commission, is chairman also of the Committee of One Hundred on the Federal City. Through its Executive Committee a careful study has been made of the effects that slaughter house operations and ac- companying odors would have on an area of Washington, which is now undergoing extensive civic improve- ments. Following & meeting the committee Society and General PAGE B—1 TOWN'S REQUEST FOR POLICE PROBE DENIED BY BOARD Prince Georges Commission- ers Reject Hyattsville’s Plea by 3-1 Vote. ALSO REFUSE TO ACT ON DRIVER'S CHARGE Another Motorist’s Trial Con- tinued Despite Protest of Defense Attorneys. By a Staff Correspondent ot The Star. UPPER MARLBORO, Md., Novem= ber 10.—A strong appeal from the Mayor and Council of Hyattsville ask- ing the Prince Georges County Board of Commissioners thoroughly to ine vestigate charges of police graft was refused by the board here today. The commissioners also refused to suspend a policeman, despite argu- ments by Commissioner Vinton D, Cockey, when a Washington motorist complained of false arrest and bru~ tality by a constable. Cockey’s resolution, seeking to in- stitute a separate inquiry by the board, was voted down after H. Winship Wheatley, jr., counsel for the Hyatts- ville body, presented the letter. Text of Letter. Drawn at last night's meeting of the Mayor and Council, the letter read: “We are appealing to you as our representatives to give this matter your careful and prayerful' attention and to make every effort in your offi- cial capacity to correct this deplorable condition. “Many of our best citizens bow their heads in shame, standing helplessly by as the figure of scorn is pointed at Hyattsville as the seat of one of the most dastardly rackets that was ever perpetrated in the United States.” After reading the correspondence Wheatley pointed out the commission- ers’ duty to supervise the police, and emphasized that charges should be in- vestigated “by your board.” Although the commissioners voted to take the matter under consideration, Cockey’s resolution for an independent investi- gation was overridden, 3 to 1. Chaire man Perry Boswell was not present. Immediate Trial Refused. Although the District autoist, Ed- ward K. Bolton, 21, of 1860 Mintwood place, appeared before the board he ‘was not asked to testify. The charge® of false arrest and brutality were givey to the board in an afidavit recent! taken by the Keystone Autom Club. ’ As the investigation of alleged police irreguiarities in Prince Georges County, Md., developed yesterday, a Washington motorist’s plea for im- mediate trial, after his summons to Hyattsville Police Court was denied by the judge, who continued the cage over protests of two defense attor- neys until tomorrow. Frequently slamming his gavel to the bench, Judge George B. Merrick, in a heated session, refused to hear the defendant because the case records were “in Upper Marlboro.” Crawford De Wees, Navy Yard em= ploye, of 18 R street northeast, ap~ peared to answer reckless driving charges placed against him four and one-half months ago after an accie dent on the Defense Highway. Tells of Arrest. Attorneys Nicholas A. Colasanto of Alexandria, Va., and Louis Lebowitz of Mount Rainier were emphatically informed of the continuance immedi- ately after the case was called. When they sought identity of the warrant swearer, Merrick declared he was “running this court.” No explana- tion for presence of the papers in Upper Marlboro was given, nor did any complaining witness appear, De Wees told reporters he was forcibly taken to the Hyattsville jail Sunday morning by & Maryland bondsman and three other men who pulled him into an automobile from the street a block from his home. He previously had been released on $1,000 bond, he said, following the accident. called upon all civic groups to protest to the District Commissioners against the Gobel plans. The statement issued by the com- mittee follows in part: “The committee was of the unani- mous opinion that the re-establish- ment and expansion of packing house operations on the scale proposed would constitute & nuisance to the city of ‘Washington, a blight on property, and & threat to the Federal City plan through the creation of smoke, fumes, ‘Through passage already existing. effluvia it would further pollute The special police guard detailed to the German Embassy, 1439 Massa- chusetts avenue, to prevent any dem- prompted He left the Hyattsville lock-up after payment of $100 collateral Sunday night. Station attaches, he said, told him to appear in court yesterday. In an afidavit given to the Key- stone Automobile Club, De Wees averred that no charges were placed against him when a justice of the peace demanded the $1,000 bond after the accident. A $50 bonding fee was paid to the Maryland bondsman, he said, and when he went to Hyattse ville two weeks later his case had been because of the fllness of Evan A. Sholl, restaurant proprietor, who was to dis- cuss qualifications needed by those desiring to enter the restaurant busi- Mr. Sholl will speak tomor- night. e e T BAND CONCERT. Soldiers’ Cesar de Bazan”, Habanera, “Chinchilita”.. -Harts Valse intermezzo, “Ball Room Chat Oki-Alb{