Evening Star Newspaper, December 4, 1936, Page 2

"TAD SIT-DOWN STRIKE 15 DECLARED OFF W, P. A. Workers March Out . of Building Singing the : Internationale. B5 the Associated Press. INEW YORK, December 4—A group of striking W. P. A. employes, their number reduced by 25 to 125, ended a ohe-day sit-down strike today and marched out of the office building where they had camped, singing the *“gnternationale.” =At the same time, Orrick Johns, di- victor of the local Federal Writers’ oject, resigned as a protest against e lay-off program which brought adout the strike. «The original striking group num- Bbred 150, but 25 left their posts dur- g the night. =The workers took possession of the dliarters yesterday after they heard re- ports of sharp reductions in W. P. A, employment rolls. ~An emergency squad of 40 policemen and 15 W. P. A. guards made ineffec- tual efforts to oust them. W. P. A. officials then announced they could ¥emain, but no food could be brought in and those who left the building ‘would not be allowed to return. ' Efforts Twice Foiled. ! Twice the police and guards foiled efforts to get food to the workers. The sandwich hoist, supplied with food given by picketing workers outside, also collapsed later when police cut the tope. Two hundred and nineteen persons, arrested in a riot at W. P. A. art proj- éct headquarters Tuesday night, were arraigned on disorderly conduct charges and the hearing was continued to to- day after a judge commented on the long beards worn by some of the de- fendants. The sit-down strike followed upon & conference between a delegation of 12 workers and a project official at which they complained about a sched- uled lay-off of 73 persons from the 528 on the writers’ project and were told local officials merely were carry- ing out orders from Washington. At a mass meeting the musicians adopted a resolution condemning W. P. A. officials for proposed staff cuts and voted to demonstrate today noon &t W. P. A. headquarters on West | Fifty-fourth street. Proceedings Transferred. ¢ Arraignment of those arrested at the riot was postponed because of the &mall size of the Yorkville court room here it was originally scheduled. Magistrute Henry Curran ordered the Proceedings transferred to the Wash- #ngton Heights Magistrates’ Court. < More than 500 persons crowded the fourt room and heard the superin- sntendent of the Art Project Office Building identify several of the de- fendants as rioters and a police officer estify similarly. i “Most of those who have been fdentified so far,” Curran commented, %have worn long beards. I hope that 'ween now and the time this case disposed of they will not shave off $heir beards.” i 88 WOMAN BESIEGERS. | PLEASANTVILLE, N. J., December & (A —Ciy Coupcll; members an- swered, “Let 'gm sit, let ‘em picket,” when informed last night that 88 be- fieging women would occupy the uncil chamber and picket “gam- ling” houses until their W. P. A: @ewing projects were resumed. Informed by Mrs. Anna McArdle, éne of the woman leaders, that they pad been advised to “stay put and make them carry you out,” Mayor Thomas (Doc) Crawford answered from behind his drug store counter: . “We are not going to bother them 8s long as they behave themselves, but they had. better not get my dander up!” ! The women, whose W. P. A. jobs were ended when the city announeed it could not pay its share of the project, strengthened picket lines be- fore what they termed “horse joints and card houses” throughout the city. ‘The Mayor and council members, all Republicans, and Mayor-elect Scott M. Long, a Democrat, scoffed at the Pickets. . “We don’t know of sny gambling houses,” they said. ' Mayor Crawford’s interview was ferminated by his employer, Mrs. An- nie Livingston, who said Crawford had Iallen behind in his prescription work because all the customers stopped to chat about the siege. H.0.L. C. FORECLOSURES IN OCTOBER DECLINE 6,256 Authorizations Represent Drop of 1,013 From September. Lowest Since May. B5 the Associated Press. For the second successive month the Home Owners’ Loan Corp. announced yesterday a sharp decline during Oc- fober in the number of foreclosures authorized by it. ! The corporation said October fore- elosure authorizations were 6,256, rep- Tesenting a decrease of 1,013 from September and the lowest since May. + Properties actually acquired up to November 1 represent 1.4 per cent of total Joans, officials said. 'C. 1. 0. CLAIMS VICTORY ‘ettl.ment of Celanese Corpora- ! tion Strike Hailed by Gorman. i Settlement of a 20-day strike at the Celanese Corp. plant in Cumberland, Md., was hailed last night by Prancis J. Gorman, vice president of the United Textile Workers of America, as “another major victory for the Committee for Industrial Organiza- tion.” . Gorman said in s statement Cum- berland was the “key to the Southern rayon industry, and approximately 86 per cent of the installed capacity of the industry is in the South.” f Night Final Delivered by Carri Washington Wayside Tales Random Observations of Interesting Events and Things. SHOCKS. NE of those cold nights re- cently a gentleman slithered across the well-carpeted lobby of one of the town's uptown hotels, picked up a chocolate bar from the cigar counter and handed the blond attendant s dime, The lady drew back and asked the purchaser politeley if he would mind laying the coin on the glass top of the counter. The man, a little perplexed, looked at her and wondered. ‘Then, coyly, she explained: “I get a shock every time I take money.” The candy lover just didn't get the drift at all and was now obviously floored. . He drew back, wondering whether he really wanted the choco- late bar or not and timidly began to tuck it back in the rack, when the girl, finally waking up to his predica- ment, exclaimed, “I've gotten so many electrical shocks today taking coins out of people’s hands that my nerves Just won’t stand it any longer.” * X ko SAY-YES. You’ve got something if you pro- mounce correctly the name of a young man mow singing in one of the town’s night spots after hav- ing labored as a counterman. His name is Don Selles, and it is pronounced “say-yes.” * x % 8 MATCH THIS. LL those odd people who sit in restaurants and test their powers of balance by stacking sugar bowls on top of salt shakers have now become the life of the party. All on account of there is a new game which has come along to surpass handies and knock-knocks, which had advanced to a stage where they called for a slight show of mentality, and this new indoor sport calls for only patience, to step forth and challenge one an- other for the Washington champion- ship. The lads who can only bat 75 or 100 are still amateurs. The figures, of course, refer to this business of piling matches on top of a bottle, pyramiding them upward and outward |them long enough and skillfully | enough and hold your breath long | enough you some day may equal tne record of the Cleveland doctor, who stacked 3,585 matches on top of a bottle in an inverted pyramid that was 10 inches wide at the top when he fin- ished. If you get disgusted and give up you can always use the matches in the kitchen and get a nickel back for the bottle. % xR BOMBARDMENT. YOU have read of smoke screens laid down by automobiles, and you may even have seen them, but we'll bet you never saw a six-wheel truck bomparding an overtaking police car with large hunks of Maryland clay. And right on Wisconsin avenue, too, where there is no Maryland clay. ‘The truck, fresh in from the coun- try, was a six-wheeler, with the cracks béetween the wheels chock full of clay. Not a bit of it becamre detached until the police car pulled up behind. Then, as if fired by a machine gun, it started spattering from both sides of the truck. The police did not know what to make of it for a minute, but finally decided that it was something out of which to make an issue. They did. * x ox % PIGEONS. JN/AN JENSEN not only writes but draws us a story about two pigeons which you simply must believe whether you want to or not. The pigeons, flying tandem, smacked right into the glass of the window beside Miss Jensen's desk yesterday. Other pigeons have done that to other windows, of course, but these birds were so full of dust that their out- lines were left, perfectly formed, on the glass. From wing tip to wing tip one image measures 21 inches, the other 18. The birds were unhurt, stayed around only long enough to gather their wits or whatever pigeons use for wits, then flew back in the direction from which they came. * x % a VITAMINS. The mistress of one of the nicer homes on Twenty-fourth street got a double shock from her cook the other day. The first came when the cook, and a good one she is, failed to re- port for duty; the second when she explained : “I had an accident. I am sorry not to report for duty ‘cause the doctor told me that I had done something to my vitamins.” Pain of Branding Ended. In place of the cruel branding iron formerly used on cattle s chemical compound is now employed. The fluid, which resembies creosote in odor, makes & permanent brand by causing the hair to drop out and the outer skin to turn white, Anywhere in the City Full Sports Race Results, Complete Market News of the Day, Latest News Flashes from Around the World. Whatever it is, you'll ind 1t in The Night Final Sports Edition, ‘THE NIGHT FINAL SPORTS and SUNDAY STAR—dell carrier—70c & month. Call National 5000 and by will vered service THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON. D. C, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1936. PRESSURE" NOTED AS RAYBURN GAINS Pernsylvania House Mem- bers Pledge 26 of 27 Votes to Texan. BY WILL P. KENNEDY, Pressure being brought to bear on House members is so great that it may result in the election of Repre- sentative Rayburn of Texas, chaire man of the Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee, to the majority leadership. This was shown at the first State caucus yesterday, following & lunch- eon given by Senator Guffey for the Pennsylvania House delegation. That State’s delegation, the second largest in the House, declared, 26 to 1, for Rayburn. This gave the Texan, a veteran of 24 years' service, his first big break in the North, and it was re- called that two years ago Pennsyl- vania caucused early and led the stampede for'the late Representative Byrns of Tennessee for Speaker. Also Rayburn today received tele- grams assuring him of support of four out of the five Democratic mem- bers from Iowa. The question that probably will decide the issue is whether enough members will resent outside interfer- ence in the organization of the House. To date it has been shown that Vice President Garner, Sénator Guffey, Govs. Richard W. Leche of Louisia: and George T, Earle of Pennsylvania, Mike McCloskey, political boss of Phil- adelphia, and Jesse H. Jones, chair- man of the Reconstruction Finance Corp., all have been exerting their in- fluence on the coming House election. Developments yesterday gave Rep- resentative Rayburn all but 1 of 27 votes in the Pennsylvania delegation and the solid Louisiana delegation of eight votes, which had been expected to go to Representative O'Connor of New York, chairman of the Rules Committee and acting leader in the Seventy-fourth Congress. Within the next week or 10 days a half dozen ‘The boys who are getting in the! 1,000 class are expected any day now | and holding your breath. If you pile i other delegations are planning to caucus. Representative Rayburn said today: “I believe everything is in good shape, and I can reasonably expect more than enough votes to win.” Several days ago he figured that he might receive a total of 181 votes, or 13 more than enough to win. “That was before we were given the Pennsylvania and Louisiana votes,” he added. Gov. Leche wired Rayburn yester- day that the Louisiana delegation in caucus had pledged solidly to support him. Rayburn supporters previously had been warned that the Louisiana votes might go to O'Connor. After the Guffey luncheon at the Mayflower, the Pennsylvania delega- tion adopted a unit rule, with Repre- sentative Faddis refusing to be bound. Representative Haines, chairman of the caucus, announced that a vote on ‘prererence favored Rayburn, 18 to 6, |and on a vote to make it unanimous the result was 26 ta 1. Three absent Representatives were counted for Ray- burn, When informed of this action, O’Connor, who previously had been as- sured that he would have a majority of the Pennsylvania delegation and | who already has pledges from 26 of the 29 Democrats in the New York delega- tion, issued this statement: “Confident that there is still inde- pendence in the House of Representa- tives, and confident that a number of other State delegations will not be dic- tated to by political bosses, and confi- | dent that gentlemen's written pledges | are still good, I shall be the next ma- Jority leader of the House of Repre- | sentatives.” FUNERAL TOMORROW FOR MRS. M. B. REITZ Paul's—Burial to Be in Rock Creek Cemetery. Funeral services for Mrs. M. Brooks | Reitz, former owner of a women's spe- cialty store at 1109 G street, who died | Wednesday in New York, will be held here at 10 am. tomorrow in St. Paul's Catholic Church. Burial will be in Rock Creek Cemetery. ‘The body was taken last night to her late resi- dence, in the Broadmoor s Apartments, 3601 Connecticut ave- nue. Mrs. Reitz re- tired from busi- ness about 10 years ago. She began her career as a saleswoman for Lansburgh & Bro., but retired when she was married to James F. Brooks. After his death she again became a buyer of women's clothing. Twenty-five years ago she opened her first store on G street, later erect- ing her own building at 1109 G street. A number of years after the death of her first husband she was married to the late Lewis M. Reitz of Baltimore, Surviving Mrs. Reitz are her moth- er, Mrs. Bernard J. McMsahon; a daughter, Mrs. James G. Rowe of Montclair, N. J,, widow of James G. Rowe, II, famous race horse trainer; four - sisters, Mrs. Harry H. Bixler, Mrs. Frank M. Wall and Mrs. Roy M. Perry of this city and Mrs. John F. Bowden of Staten Island, N. Y., and five grandchildren. e Mrs. Reits. THE SIXTH ANNUAL STAR-WARNER BROS.- N. B. C. TOY MATINEES and THE SIXTEENTH ANNUAL METROPOLITAN POLICE PARTY in co-operation with THE PARENT-TEACHER ASSOCIATION have joined forces to provide food, new toys and new clothing for needy children and poor families this Christmas. New toys and new clothing will be received at all Warner Bros.”’ theaters and will be taken as the price of admission at 11 theaters om Saturday morning, December 19. Non-perishable food or any other gifts will be received atany police precinct in Washington. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PHONE NATIONAL 5000 Branches 260, 293 end 418 |Services Will Be Held at St.| PATHETIC LETTERS BEG YULE CHEER Modest Wishes of Poor People Sent to Police, Who Try to Help. This Christmas story needs the genius of & Charles Dickens. It is & story that would melt the heart of & thousand unreformed Scrooges, & story of the modest wishes of poor people for & crumb of happiness dur- ing a season of universal rejoicing. The authors are the mothers and children of Washington who must re- celve alms at Christmas time if their faith in human kindness is tc persist. Your response to their appeals will strain none of mercy’s qualities. The story is contained in letters to Capt. Joseph C. Morgan, chairman of the Metropolitan Police Christmas party, which seeks annually to aid the city’s neediest families at the time when charity is most poignant. Here are some samples of the cap- tain’s daily mail, an ever-growing collection of anxious petitions: An M street mother of five boys and five girls, ranging in age from 4 to 15, writes that her husband is jobless and “can’t find anything to do.” Can the police pleate give them & basket of food for Christmas? Otherwise— Toys for Grandchildren. “I am a widow, 72 years old, and my sole support is my daughter, also a widow and the mother of a boy, 9, and a girl, 7. My daughter makes $36 a month. All the help I get is the little my daughter makes.” The writer hopes there will be food for Christ- mas dinner and a few toys for her grandchildren. “We would appreciate very much some clothing and a little food for Christmas,” writes a mother of seven, aged 6 months to 12 years. “We are In very bad circumstances.” From a sick and jobless woman on Twelfth street comes an appeal for & basket of food. ‘There are scores, hundreds of others. A letter comes from a paralyzed woman who must care for six children. She has no money for house rent; none for food. This case was an emergency. A policeman was sent to investigate. He found conditions even worse than described. Food. coal, shoes for the children were supplied immediately, and other gifts will be brought on Christmas. Police’s Annual Party. If these families, large and small, old couples, young children are to when it is more blessed to give than to receive, families more fortunate must give generously of food or clothing or toys or cash to the annual Christmas charity conducted by the police this year in co-operation with The Star-Warner Bros.-N. B. Christmas toy campaign. A call to Metropolitan 1100, to the nearest police station or to Capt. Morgan at the fifth precinct will bring a policeman to collect your gift. Headquarters for gift collection for the police party have been gstablished in the old National Hotel. Three Lenox School girls are working with Mrs. Ada M. Minnix, in charge of this center. They have volunteered their services and are typing letters to be sent to former and prospective contributors. These girls are Marion Mortimer, Doris Hudson and Anna Logue. \BOETTIGERS TACKLE SEATTLE PROBLEMS President’s Daughter to Work as “Partner” With Husband on Hearst Newspaper. BY the Assoclated Press. SEATTLE, December 4.—President Roosevelt’s son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. John Boettiger, tackled the problems today of running the Hearst daily, Post-Intelligencer, re- opened recently after being closed by a strike over the dismissal of two staff members. Mrs. Boettiger, the former Anna Eleanor Roosevelt, who will write for the newspaper, “is my partner in every sense of the word,” Boettiger told more than 250 Western Washington leaders at a welcoming dinner given by Mayor John F. Dore of Seattle last night. The new publisher said he had been given a free hand by William Ran- dolph Hearst, who critcized the Presi- dent’s policies in the recent election campaign. Boettiger referred briefly to the strike, called by the American News- paper Guild and settled by a read- justment of wages and working con- ditions. Seeing in his position a real oppor- there was a greater difficulty there than just that of the newspaper men who had walked out.” CHILDREN QUESTIONED 8ix colored boys and a colored girl were arrested by fifth precinct police yesterday for questioning in connec- tion with a series of housebreakings during the last six or eight months. They were released later in the cus- tody of their parents pending Juvenile Court action. The children, whose ages range be- tween 9 and 15 years, were said to have participated in 16 housebreak- ings. Police would not make an esti- mate of the amount of property stolen, but’it was understood to be small. Stars Sing lise Marvenga (left) and Robert Shafer, who ing roles in ;g:fl,hty Marietta” at the Nafiou?l; AR i, 5.5 know some joy on that day of all days | c.| tunity, he added, “I assumed that | Music Masters for Toy Drive Parties GOES 10 JRORS Auto Dealer, Charged With Bribing Witnesses, Soon to Know Fate. Charges that William J. Nolan, Jocal automobile dealer, bribed two wit- nesses in his wite's divorce case were submitted to & jury in District Court today. ‘Trial Justice James M. Proctor gave the case to the jurors after instruct- ing them not to draw any unfavor- able inferences from the fact that Nolan did not take the witness stand in his own defense. As a matter of law, Judge Proctor sald, a defend. ant in a criminal case need not tes- tify since the Government must prove its charges beyond a reasonable doubt. In his closing argument for the Government, Assistant United States Attorney John W. Fihelly asked the jurors to convict Nolan, contending that he was the only one who could have benefited by the alleged bribery of the witnesses. It was testified in the case that the witnesses, Charles and Mattie Young, colored, who were supposed to testify for Mrs. Alice M. Nolan in her divorce suit, were given $50 and two automobile tires by Francis M. Kearney to leave the case was scheduled for trial. Kearney, formerly one of Nolan's business associates, testifed that No- lan gave him the $50 to turn over to ‘Young and authorized him to let the colored man have the automobile tires. On this statement of facts, Fihelly argued, the jury reasonably could draw draw the conclusion that Nolan, and | not Kearney, was the instigator of the alleged bribery. In conclusion, Fihelly said: “They have admitted a bribe was given. By whom? It was not Kear- ney’s divorce case, and the only per- son interested in the outcome was Nolan.” Kearney, at the opening of the trial, entered a plea of nolo contendere which, in effect, is a plea of guilty. He had been indicted with Nolan. Defense Attorney Rudolph Yeatman | sald in his closing argument that no | evidence had been introduced tending to show that Nolan participated in or knew of the alleged bribery of the Youngs. “If you members of the jury review the evidence impartially,” he said, “you must reach the conclusion that there is nothing in the case to justify you in returning a verdict against this defendant.” TRAFFIC TOLL AT 83 AS MAN IS CRUSHED Victim Dies in Hospital Two Hours After Being Struck by Street Car. Washington's traffic death toll for 1936 stood at 83 today, following the death of a colored man last night. ‘The victim, James Jones, 60, of 122 D street, was crushed by a street car as he started across First street at Maryland avenue southwest about 6:30 p.m. He died two hours later in Cas- ualty Hospital. Police said the car was operated by Robert F. Trammel, 40, of 4308 Elli- cott street. : The traffic toll on this date last year was 106. Only a few other mishaps were re- ported to police yesterday and last night. for Needy the lead- ter this Mischa Markoff, Russian Club Troika. W, NOLAN CASE | District two days before the divorce | Toys (Continued From First Page.) will sing one of his own compositions, “Black Forest Waltz.” l Stars Well Known, About Miss Marvenga, & German artist who has been living in the United States since 1922, it has been said that she has “a voice not too far this side of that of an angel.” | Shater has been in motion pictures |and is well known by American radio listeners, particularly on the West !Co-st. News that a large number of local | debutantes are planning to bring guests to the toy party of the new | Pall Mall Room of the Raleigh Hotel, { when it celebrates next Wednesday | night, so that there will be no forgot- ‘ten child in Washington this Christ- | mas, came from Irene Juno of the Raleigh staff today. Commissioner |Melvin C. Hazen will be guest of | honor that night. Five orchestra leaders in town are | going on the air and making Christ- | mas tree celebrations of night club nights within the next two weeks, | their batons and fiddles dedicated to the Santa Claus spirit. Bring a new toy or new clothing to our parties is | their theme song today. As a grand | finale to the night club programs | Barnee of the Shoreham will intro- duce blue rhythm to Santa himself, who will be deposited at that hotel's {toy ball December 18 with Maj. ‘Ernen W. Brown's swiftest fleet of motor cycle officers. Cover charges | will be stuffed animals, rolle skates, | sweaters, socks, overcoats—whatever | pleases your fancy. ‘Tapers burning in multiple candel- | abras, as if for Christmas celebrations | in old Russia, will decorate the Club Troika Monday night, December 17, when Russian choral music is intro- duced as a part of their floor show | on their toy campaign evening. Some- | where in the club the symbolic fire | of Russian feast days will probably be | burning. All night club Santa Claus festivi- ties at dancing spots will be broadcast Iby the National Broadcasting Co. }Next Wednesday the hour between 110:30 o'clock and 11:30 o'clock will be | devoted to The Star-Warner Bros.- N. B. C. campaign, a half hour com- ing from the Pall Mall party. Talent from next week's Earle Theater vaudeville program will be featured. Johnny Pulio and Leo Diamond, comedians with Borra Minnevitch's noted harmonica band, said to be the finest in the world, will be present at the Raleigh party and on the air from both the Pall Mall Room and |N. B. C. studios, it was announced today. Earle Theater headliners will also i’sin( to soften sorrow at the broad- | cast over WMAL Monday night at 10:30 pm., and at the Shoreham Christmas toy ball, it was announced today by John J. Payette, general zone manager of Warner Bros. All night club holiday evenings are sponsored by The Star-Warner Bros.-N. B. C. toy campaign, which will culminate ['mn 11 matinees Saturday morning, December 19, where a new toy or new article of clothing will be the only price of admission, and where every one in Washington is urged either to | bring or send a contribution, to be| distributed December 22 and 23 under the jurisdiction of the Parent-Teacher | Association. The toy matinees will be held at the following theaters: Earle—Jane Withers in the Twen- tieth Century-Fox production, “Paddy O'Day.” Metropolitan—Joe E. Brown in Warner Bros’ “Earthworm Tractors.” Tivoli—Freddie Bartholomew in United Artists’ “Little Lord Fauntle- roy.” Ambassador—Harold Lloyd in the Paramount picture, “The Milky Way.” Uptown—Laurel and Hardy in M-G-M’s “Bonnie Scotland.” Penn—Laurel and Hardy in M-G- M's “Bohemian Girl.” Apollo—Eleanor Whitney in the Paramount picture, “Timothy’s Quest.” Home—Joe E. Brown in Warner Bros.’ “Sons o' Guns.” York—Buster Crabbe in the Para- mount production, “Desert Gold.” Colony—Jane Withers in the Twen- tieth Century-Fox picture, “Little Miss Nobody.” Savoy—Richard Dix in R-K-O's “Yellow Dust.” W. P. A. LODGE URGES - PROTECTION OF JOBS Creation of special projects to care for any of the staff of the Works Progress Administration losing jobs here in the weeding-out process that has been under way for some time was called for last night by W. P. A. Lodge of the American Federation of Gov- emnment Employes, meeting at the Hamilton Hotel. The lodge also asked civil service status for the entire force so addi- tional openings might be available 1n Federal service, These are the men who will lead the musical merriment at five night clubs holding special shows and broadcasts to benefit The Star-Warner Bros.-N. B. C. Christmas toy campaign. the group appraising the campaign poster, are, left to right: E man, Barnee of the Shoreham, and Eddie Elkins, Pall Mall Room, Raleigh Hotel. Right, inset, Left, inset, Pete Macias, Heigh-Ho Club. RETURN OF FORM In Matt Windsor, Club Volga Boat- ON PENSIONS LAGS Less -Than 50 Per Cent of Expected 3,500,000 | Blanks Received. ‘The Government today was insti- | tuting a check of employers who have | failed to file old-age benefit applica- | tions under the social security act. { hand, out of an estimated total of | 3.500,000 due, the Social Security Board | late yesterday called on postal of- ficials over the country for a list of the laggards. | The board gave no inkling of what | | action would be taken against recalci- |trants. Both employers and em- | ployes who fail to fle the necessary | | infermation on which benefit pay- ments eventually will be based, are subject to a $10,000 fine and a year's | | imprisonment. Internal Revenue of- | ficials, who are charged with collec- | | tion of the tax, presumably would be | responsible for starting prosecutions, | but apparently no course has yet been mapped. Earlier it was said at the | Internal Revenue Bureau that specific | instances of failure to comply with the law would be awaited before a de- | cision is reached as to action. | The forms from the employers are those which describe their businesses and give information as to the number of employes for whom to make pro- vision for registration. The slack seems to be in the smaller communities, for in metropolitan | areas the return from employers has been estimated at more than 90 per cent, while the average for the country as a whole is under 50. In Washington this 90 per cent figure holds, and there have been no cases reported where employers have | flatly refused to comply. The forms from employers were due | continuing to trickle in, but from all | appearances, the bulk movement is over. In Brooklyn, N. Y., it was said at the Social Security Board, there were 26,000 delinquencies reported right at the outset, but an implied threat of Ppunitive action stirred up the laggards. Meanwhile, returns from employes tomorrow marks the deadline for these. | The Social Security Board yesterday | called on its regional and field offices 1o help counteract the impression that large numbers of workers are to be hired. The board is being swamped with applications for employment, and members of Congress are having the same experience. The board repeated that, with a few exceptions in specialized classes, all employes are coming from civil service registers. Bridg (Continued Prom First Page) _ escaped unhurt were George Decatur, 469 I street, and Wallace Kirtley, 523 Eleventh street. They caught hold of a cable as the heavy crossbeam started to fall, jerking with it three con- necting beams, each weighing about 500 pounds. “I was right in the middle of the beam,” said Kirtley. “It started fall- ing so fast we hardly had time to do anything. But we leaped and caught hold of cable attached to the crane, and swung ourselves out of the way of the falling beam.” There was some evidence that the crossbeams had come loose at the point where brackets from the main beam were attached to it, because the brackets were still attached to the main beam after the crossbeam fell. John H. Claggett, who operates the | crane, said ke believed the bolts on | the south end (beam runs north and | south) were sheared off somehow or other, and that end swung down first. The job of Hanley, on the ground with McDonald, was to attach the crane cable to the beams. One beam had just been put up and the crane was idle at the time. The girders be- ing put up were the last ones in that particular section of the viaduct. Freight Traffic Held Up. ‘The viaduct is situated next to the Pennsylvania freight station at Ben- ning and the crash held up freight trafic for some time. The falling beams pulled down overhead trolley wires. Street car service to Kenil- worth and the District line also was interrupted. McDonald was a native of Canada, but had lived in Washington more than 30 years, having come here from Boston. For many years he was su- perintendent for the George A. Fuller Co. construction firm and had charge of erection of the Munsey Building, | Raleigh Hotel and many other large The W. P. A. staff now is down to about 2,000 persons, and further cuts are in . __The projects. (he lodge wants set up ‘are research studies of various kind. Jobs. Later he started in business under With but approximately 1,500,000 in ' i back on November 24, and some are | also were coming in slowly, although | DOLL HOUSE OPENS HERE TOMORROW Parade to Feature Event. Gifts Will Bring Free Ride. Shirley Temples by the dozen and quintuplets by the five are expected at the dedication of Gordon Hittene mark’s Doll House at 9 o'clock tomore row morning at the corner of Foure teenth and F streets. A taxicab parade and music by the Metropolitan Police Boys' Club Har= monica Band will be features, all broadcast over Station WRC in con= nection with The Star-Warner Bros.= N. B. C. Christmas toy campaign. The Doll House is the collection center for dolls to be delivered the day before Christmas to the Metropoli= tan Police so that they may distribute them at their sixteenth annual Christ« mas party. Doll donors will be ad- mitted to membership in the Good Fellows’ Club, an organization formed for the campaign, when they make their presentations. ‘Tomorrow morning is only the be- ginning—the Doll House will be open from 6:30 a.m. until 6 pmn. daily, with Gordon Hittenmark, “Your Time- keeper” of WRC, on the air from that spot from 6:30 untfl 9 o'clock each morning. The key to the Doll House will be turned by Maj. Ernest W. Brown, su- perintendent of police, who will open this temple of joy officially. ‘The taxicab parade is something any one may enter. If you want a free ride to the dedication call Metro- politan 0400 today, giving your name |and address. A Union Taxicab Asso- ciation car will pick you up at your | home around 8:30 a.m. Saturday, if {you have a doll with you or a cash | donation of not less than $1 for the | poor. Your. driver will take you to the north side of Florida avenue, west of Sixteenth street, where the parade | will proceed downtown, dolls pro- Jjecting from every window, under po- lice escort. Those who wish to drive their own cars in the procession are invited to join the procession at the starting place—with a doll along. of course, Every one is urged to leave names and addresses as they file by the Doll House at 9:30 o'clock. They will then receive a surprise in the mail from the Union Taxicab folk, | according to Glenn Elliott of thas company. Finishing touches are being put on | the Doll House structure itself today. | It was donated by Louis Brueninger |and is being decorated by George Ford, president of the Capitol Heights Business Men's Association. Members of the Alpha Beta Zeta Sorority, di- rected by Elsie Ramby, will be on duty et the Doll House daily. The convenient location of the structure this year is made possible by Harry Summerville, manager of the Willard Hotel. Department of Justice Building, the new House Office Building, the Ar- chives Building. additicns to the Sen- ate Office Building and the H. O. L. C, and Union Trust Co. Buildings and many others. Last March he organized the Fed- eral Steel Erecting Co. and was | president. John T. Talman is vice president, but not active in the man- | agement, and Charles A. Downs is treasurer. The office is at 356 L street southwest. | _Besides his widow, Mrs. Mary Mc- | Donald, he is survived by several sis< !ters, none living in Washington. A | brother, Joseph, died several years | ago. Was Well Known in Field. McDonald was widely known here in the construction field and a member of several associations of contractors. He was also a member of the Elks. Employes at his office today said he had always been actively in charge of Jobs on which he had the contracts and usually spent most of his time su- pervising the work. The job on which he was killed was about three-fourths finished. Hanley, who apparently saw the beam falling and attempted to jump out of the way, was struck only a glancing blow on the back. A native of Washington, he has been a steel worker for many years., He started on his present job about three weeks ago, refusing one which would have taken him out of the city and away from his family. He is married and has a daughter, Kath- erine, 14. His wife, ill for several days, was not advised immediately of the serie ousness of her husband’s injuries. A few days ago, she told members of the family, she had a dream in which her husband suffered an injury. Neigh- bors related that when a friend came to the house this morning to tell of the accident she was in the hall outside her room asking what happened to her husband almost as soon as the door bell rang. Hanley Worked in France. Hanley had been employed as a steel worker on several large Federal buildings here and worked on con- struction jobs for the Government in France during the World War. Roberts, who has lived in Washington for five years or more, was unmarried. Police were attempting to notify a brother, who is also a steel worker, believed to be in Detroit. Roberts lived at the home of the foreman of the job, J. T. Mooney, at the K street address. Coroner MacDonald, after a pre- liminary investigation, said he had no opinion on the cause of the accident, but added he understood the bolts usually are not tightened when the beam is first put into place on such Jobs. . SHOPPING DAYS LEFY m.mmdw.