Evening Star Newspaper, December 28, 1936, Page 19

INAUGURAL FETE GUARANTY FUND OF $100,000 SOUGHT » Budgeting Expenses Ex- pected to Permit Refunds in Full. QUICK CO-OPERATION OF CAPITAL IS ASKED Fleming Appoints Finance Aides to Assist Raising of Sum From Firms and Residents. Request for subscriptions to the $100,000 guarantee fund {or the Roosevelt inaugural ceremonies Jan- uary 20 was issued today by Robert V. Fleming, president of the Riggs National Bank, who is chairman of the Inaugural Finance Committee. Raising of the fund must be car- ried on intensively because of the ad- vanced date of the inauguration, he said, asking for the co-operation of Washington business men and other residents. He announced the selection of four vice chairmen of his committee to as- sist in collection of the fund, all of which will be returned to subscribers provided revenues from the ceremon- ies are sufficient to meet all bills. ‘The inaugural will bring together a greater number of Democratic party leaders than any other occasion since the national convention. ‘To the list of guests to be invited, the Democratic national committee- men and committeewomen, Demo= cratic State chairmen and vice chair- men were added today by Rear Ad- miral Cary T. Grayson, general chair- man. Special invitations will go forward this week to these party officials in the hope a majority will be able to attend. All the men and women who accept will be guests of Presiden™ Roosevelt in his reviewing stand and of the joint Congressional Committee in charge of the ceremonies at the Capitol. Chairman Grayson and Commis- sioner George E. Allen, who is head of the Reception Committee, antici- pate also that these State leaders will be extensively entertained by State societies and Young Democratic Clubs, which are planning the social features of the inaugural. The vice chairmen named by Flem- ing are Floyd B. Wilson, president of the Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Co., who served as chairman of the Finance Committee for the 1933 in- augural; D. J. Callahan, supreme treasurer of the Knights of Colum- bus and a member of the District Unemployment Compensaticn Board; Philip O. Coffin, who served the fin- ance group in 1933, and Mark Lans- burgh of Lansburgh & Bro., who was vice chairman of the finance group for the first Roosevelt inaugural. 100 Per Cent Refunds. “In former inaugurals, a substan- tial amount of the guarantee fund has been returned to subscribers,” Fleming said. “In the case of the last two inaugurals, the entire amount was refunded, and large sums, repre- senting revenues in excess of expendi~ tures, were devoted to charitable pur- ” Fleming said that while it was not possible to promise that subscriptions could be refunded in full, the same method of control of receipts and ex- penditures is being employed that was followed for the last two inaugurals. Expenses Budgeted. This involves the appointment of a Budget and Auditing Committee to | pass on all expenditure of funds and the sources of income as well. The committee is headed by James A. Councilor of the firm of Councilor & Buchanan, certified public account- ants. “Washington is fortunate in having the opportunity of participating in the arrangements for the inaugural cere- monies which, in addition to the im- portant business value to the com- munity, have always reflected great credit upon the city,” Fleming said. He asked that checks be sent to him at the Riggs National Bank, made payable to Corcoran Thom, treasurer of the Inaugural Committee. Floats to Be Urged. Meanwhile some of the Democrats of Prince Georges County, Md., are planning to register a protest with Chairman Cary T. Grayson of the Inaugural Committee against elimin- stion of floats from the inaugural parade. H. Winship. Wheatley, jr., of Hyattsville, president of the Young Men's Democratic Club of the county, said: “I intend to write the committee and ask its members to change their minds. We would like to enter three floats in the parade, one of which depict the Resettlement Ad- tration’s low-rent housing project at Greenbelt. The floats would be sponsored by the Democratic Clubs of the Prince Georges. We were pre- paring to construct the floats when we saw .in the newspapers that Ad- miral Grayson would allow only mili- tary units in the line of march. I intend to write the letter this week, and I will perhaps contact some of the committee members by telephone.” —_— 36-MAN CREW SAVED FROM STRANDED SHIP BY the Associated Press. NORFOLK, Va., December 28.—The 86-man crew of the Greek freighter Mount Dirfys, stranded on Frying Pan 8Shoal on the North Carolina coast, was taken off yesterday by the Coast Guard cutter Modoc. The cutter itself was almost pulled aground while trying to float the 3,217-ton, ore-laden steamer at high water, ‘The fate of the ship was undeceided last night, but some observers believed the owners might find it necessary to re- her, were said unofficially to have’ been withdrawn. Lloyd’s representatives probably will inspect the ship today Permission Granted Kia of Garfield to Visit White House BS the Associated Press. Harry A. Garfleld, 73, son of the late President James A. Gar- field, obtained permission today for one of his 12 granchildren to view the inside of the White House. Garfleld, president emeritus of Willisms College, Williamstown, Mass,, talked with a White House secretary. ., He was head of the Fuel Ad- ministration during the World War, 0. MANKILE INGRASHF LANE Student Pilot Injured Nose Dive at Alexandria Airport. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. ALEXANDRIA, Va., December 28.— A Washington man was fatally in- jured in the nose-dive ¢rash of a small moneplane at the edge of the Alexandria Aairport at Hybla Valley yesterday afternoon. The student pilot was injured. Omar Hickman, 45, of 2207 Shan- non place southeast, Washington, an employe of the Mayflower Hotel, died at the Alexandria Hospital two hours after beinz extricated from the wrecked ship. The hospital reported his death resulted from & crushed chest, in- ternal and head injuries. Hickman was & native of Crisfield, Md. Pilot in Hospital. ‘The pilot, George W. Stanford, 24, son of George H. Stanford, operator of a sea food cafe on Water street, Washington, is being treated at the hospital for a fractured right leg and scalp lacerations. His condition is not critical. Stanford holds a student pilot’s license. ‘Witnesses said the plane went into a nose dive when the pilot, attempt- ing to land, overshot the field and maneuvered to avoid hitting a line of trees. The plane dove from a height of less than 200 feet as Stanford first gunned the ship, and then attempted a sharp bank to the left when he saw he could not rise over the trees, they said. Officials at Beacon Field, where Stanford housed the plane, said the student pilot left there alone four hours before the crash. They did not learn where he landed to pick up Hickman, but believed he planned to land at the Hybla Valley Field to let his passenger out before returning to Beacon Field, a mile away. Survived by 3 Sisters. Hickman was employed as an oyster shucker at the Mayflower Hotel. He formerly held the same position at Stanford’s cafe. He is survived by three sisters. The body, removed to the Cunningham Funeral Home here, will be sent to Crisfleld late today for burial. The monoplane, which was buried nose-deep in mud, is owned jointly by Stanford and another Washington | man. Stanford lives at 1724 Thirtieth street southeast, Washington. STATE STARTS PROBE. in Aviation Director Investigates Fatal Hybla Valley Crash. By the Associated Press. RICHMOND, Va., December 28.— R. E. Steele, director of aviation for the State Corporation Commission, in- vestigated today the death of Omar Hickman of Crisfield, Md., in a crash at the Hybla Valley Airport, near Alexandria. Hickman, who was taking his first flight, was fatally injured yesterday when the engine of the airship piloted by George Stanford of Washington stalled at 200 feet. Hickman died later in an Alexandria hospital. —e . MRS. JOHN W. DAVISON OF ARLINGTON EXPIRES Was Active as Church Worker in County Many Years—First Head of Ladies’ Guild. ‘The recent death of Mrs. John W. Davison, 69, is grieved by her many friends in Arlington County, Va., where she was an active church worker for many years. Some 25 years ago Mrs. Davison, before her e Miss Marion Meade Fellows, identified herself with St. Goerge’s Episcopal Church in Clarendon, Va. Subsequently she was an active worker for the establishment of Grace Church in the county., She was the first president of the Ladies’ Guild of the latter church. For many months before her death she con- ducted the devotional services with which the guild opened its meetings. Mrs. Davison was for many years a member of the Audubon Society and in the Spring each year took many trips into the country with the members. Mrs. Davison's husband, her only near survivor, has written articles for ‘The Star for many years. — TO WITHHOLD BILL FOR BIRTH CONTROL Representative Pierce Says Fight for Measure Apparently Doomed at Next Congress. BY the Associated Press. Anmt.hmo(hlfll:.emtxulbflkh make another fight for the measures.” He expressed confidence, however, that Congress eventually would act he Zpening Star WASHINGTON, D. MONDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1936. NORMAL WEATHER RETURN FORECAST {Cloudy and Mercury Slump Tonight Predicted—Rain Tomorrow. A return to normal temperatures within the next 24 hours was predicted by the Weather Bureau today. Although this afterncon probably will be mild, tonight will find the skies clouding up and the mercury drop- ping. An overnight low temperature of about 38 degrees is expected. Tomorrow, the forecaster said, is likely to be rainy in the afternoon or night, with moderate north and north- east winds. Temperature No Freak. While the temperatures for the last few days have been considerably above normal, they have been far short of any sort of freak records for this time of year. Yesterday's maximum—65 degrees at 3 pm.—was 9 degrees below the all-time “high” for December, the mark of 74 being set December 19, 1924. The fact the temperature has ex- ceeded 60 for two consecutive days 8150 is not so unusual, according to the Weather Bureau. After reaching a maximum of 59 on Christmas day the thermometer registered 61 on Saturday. Previous Highs Cited. ‘There have been several instances in recent years when Washington had as many as four days in & row of temperatures of 60 or higher. On wt 62 and on December 24, 1933, tus high mark was 69. The average mean temperature for this season, however, is about 34 de- grees, and for the last several days the average has been some 20 de- grees above that. Yesterday was a Summer day com- pared with December 27 last year, when 6 inches of snow fell and the temperature fell to 15 above zero. This morning's “low” was 56 at 6 am. The reading was the same three hours later. INQUESTS .TODAY IN TWO KILLINGS Colored Man Said to Have Ad- mitted Shooting in Ar- gument. BULLETIN. Mrs. PFrances Norene Kellison, 35, was held for grand jury action by a coroner’s jury this afternoon in connection with the shooting of her husband, John H. Kellison, during an argument in front of their home, 1311 Eleventh street, early Saturday. Louis Randolph Gray, 38, colored, who, according to police, has admitted he shot and killed John O’Donnell, 27, of 912 Twelfth street, during an ar- gument at Eleventh and M streets early yesterday, was to appear today at & coroner’s inquest into the shoot- O'Donnell was shot through the heart, and & companion—John Nolan, 25, of 311 C street southeast—was wounded in the arm during an argu- ment which, police were told, was started when Gray refused O'Donnell's request for a match, Kellison Death Inquiry. ‘The coroner’s jury also was to in- vestigate the fatal shooting of John H, Kellison, 25, of 1311 Eleventh street, early Saturday in front of his C., < L The warm spell which the Capital is enjoying this Yule season contrasted with the bleak weather of the same time last year. The snow pictures, taken December 28, 1935, show a street car tie-up on Fourteenth street south from F street and a group of youngsters who thought the weather ideal. Pictures at left and right, made today, show Miss Gussie Pirone cf 3321 Georgia avenue and W. B. Hopkins of the Champlain Apartments who found the walking too warm for topcoats. W.P.A. SUSPECTED OF PROPAGANDA Senator King Threatens to! Ask for Investigation by Congress. By the Assoclated Press. Voicing a suspicion that *“persons within the W. P. A. organization™ were inspiring letters to Senators urging additional work relief appro- priations, Senator King, Democrat, of Utah said today he would ask for an investigation if he found the prac- tice general. Favors Curtailed Fund, He already is seeking to curtail relief spending, declaring the work Christmas day, 1932, the maximum :Telief appropriation for the remainder of the fiscal year should be held be- tween $250,000,000 and $300,000,000. President Roosevelt twice has men- tioned the sum of $500,000,000 for the remainder of the year. Harry I. Hopkins, reliet administrator, favors $750.000,000. With the debate over the size of the relief program growing warmer, King said “a cloud of letters is com- ing to Senators urging them to vote for additional W. P. A. appropria- tions.” Believed Form Letters. “I have no direct evidence,” he added, “but I suspect they are in- spired by persons with the W. P. A, organization. They appear to be form letters.” He displayed half a dozen letters, which he said came from W. P. A. workers. “If I find that there is a concerted effort to propagandize Congress,” King said, “I shall not hesitate to call it to the attention of the Senate and introduce a resolution asking an in- vestigation.” PRESIDENT TURNS TO BUSY ROUTINE Attendance at Church Services Mark Close of Holiday Respite. Presiden Roosevelt turned his at- tention today to a busy week of preparation for a new Congress after & week end of holiday relaxation with members of his family. Yesterday Mr. Roosevelt and mem- bers of the family attended services at St. Thomas Episcopal Church, during which Rev. Howard 8. Wil- kinson, formerly canon at & Garden City, Long Island, church, was installed as rector. Right Rev. James E. Free- man, Episcopal Bishop of Washington, preached the sermon. < In the presidential party were James home. The victim's wife, Mrs. Frances | pay) Norene Kellison, 35, has been held at the Woman's Bureau. Police said she admitted shooting her husband. Detectives investigating the O'Don- nell death said the victim, accome behind & tree. He was uninjured. O'Donnell died & few minutes after being taken to Emergency of New York, sister-in-law of the President. Mrs. F. D. Roosevelt spent the week loway, colored oysterman of Glouces- ter, who fell overboard from his boat Saturday afterncon and was Hospital. to determine whether it is feasible to | favorably on proposals to allow physie | Nolan, who was treated at George |drowned. The accident occurred at take off part of the iron ore cargo |cians to disseminate birth control in- | Washington by lighters. A ~ _ Hospital, was not seri- A ously hurt. the entrance of the small bost harbor here, Holiday Ruined WRIST WATCH, GIFT FROM FATHER, STOLEN. GEORGE SHIFLET, Who received a wrist waich Jrom his father as a Christmas gift, was robbed of his most prized present and about 15 cents in cash when attacked by a colored youth yesterday. George, who is 10 and lives at 600 Independence avenue southwest, was on his way to a friend’s house to display his watch. Fourth precinct police hope to recover it for him. —Star Staff Photo. DETROIT TACKLES TRAFFIC PROBLEM Scientific Handling of Situation Declared Worst in U. 8. Is Proposed. By the Associated Press. DETROIT, December 28.—Detroit plans to go after its traffic problem scientifically. Declaring the problem in Detroit is the worst of any city in the United States, Police Supt. Fred W. Frahm sald yesterday it was “to much to expect that a problem of such pro- portions and requiring such a fund of experience and technical knowledge could be solved by law enforcement agencies.” ‘The plan is to be studied this week by a committee of 10 citizens, with a view of presenting it to Mayor Frank Couzens for his signature. The action follows four days of traffic carnage, termed by the Police Accident Bureau as the “worst four days in the history of the bureau,” during which at least 23 persons were killed. 1f the plan is approved and adopted, 1,296 EXTORTION CASES J. Edgar Hoover, director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, said todsy that Federa! agents had in- —Star Staff Photos. THIEVES RANSACK GIEGENGACK HOME Public Printer’s Apartment Visited During Christmas Holidays Absence. Keeping cool with the aid of electric fans, thieves ransacked the apartment of Public Printed A. E. Giegengack in the Wardman Park Hotel, during his absence over the Christmas holidays, police reported today. When Giegengack returned home last night, he told police, the lights had been turned out, but the fans were still running. All the clothing had been taken from bureaus and closets and piled in the middle of the bed room floor, and several handbags belonging to Mrs. Giegengack had been turned inside out. Apparently, the thieves were seeking only jewelry or cash, because a quan- tity of silverware was untouched and no clothing was missing. Giegengack ‘was not able to determine immediately the extent of his loss. Boy Interrupts Burglary. A burglar, who entered the home of Richard G. Wootton, 1726 Upshur street, while the family was out for an auto ride yesterday, waz less success- ful because of an unexpected interrup- tion by 11-year-old Francis Johnson, 1744 Taylor street, a friend of Woot- ton’s son, Dickey. Francis had seen the Wootten fam- ily leave the house, and when he passed a few minutes later and saw the door ajar, he went up on the TWO SHIPS DAMAGED IN CHESAPEAKE CRASH None Hurt as Steamer and Bay Boat Collide Outside Balti- UNIVERSITIES LOSE FIGHT FOR BEQUEST |Portion of Worth Estate to Be Paid to Next of Kin, Court Rules. A legal fight by George Washington and American Universities for a $25,- 000 share of the estate of the late Wilmer Worth failed today in the United States Court of Appeals, which held that the portion should be paid to the next of kin of the testator. Mr. Worth died here November 13, 1933, leaving a considerable estate and a will which had been executed 10 days earlier. After certain specific bequests, he left the residue of his property to New York Avenue Presbyterian Church, George Wash~ Garfield Hospital. Gift to Church Invalid, All parties concerned admitted the Lfln to the church was invalid under | & provision of the District code that all bequests to religious institutions must be made at least a month before death. Therefore, the question arose whether the share which would have gone to the church should be divided among the two universities and the hospital, or be declared intestate prop- erty and divided among the next of kin. The probate court instructed the executor, the Riggs National Bank, to pay the church’s share to the next of kin, and the two universities appealed that ruling, which was affirmed today by the appellate court. Van Orsdel Gives Ruling. Speaking for the court, Associate Justice Josiah A. Van Orsdel said the tribunal could not take upon itself the task of deciding what the testator would wish done with that portion of his estate covered by the invalid be- quest. The next of kin who will profit by the decision all live elsewhere. They are a brother, Prancis Worth, and the following nieces and nephews: Mrs. Florence Kneeland, Mrs. May E. Mathias, Ernest W. Worth, Mrs. Ola W. Cann and Mrs. Eloise Worth Mallner. The bank was represented by At- torney Arthur J. Phelan and the next of kin by Attorneys Austin Canfield and William T. Hannan. HIT-RUN DRIVER SOUGHT Search for an automobile bearing District license plates which is alleged to have killed a 15-year-old boy at Sydney, N. Y., in a hit-and-run acci- dent yesterday was asked of police to- day. The request yas made by Mary- land authorities, who said they had been notified of the case by New York police. ‘The car was said by New York police to have been listed to a Washington woman. It was said here, however, that the woman has not lived in the District for some time. There was no information available regarding the identity of the driver or whether the car had been stolen. BAND CONCERT. By the Marine Band in the audi- torilum at 3 p.m. tomorrow. Capt. Taylor Branson, leader; William F. Santelmann, second leader. ‘The Marines’ H; , ‘Trombone quartet, “Little Town of Bethlehem” Harold Bayes, D. S. Harpham, Dale Harpham and Albert Bennert. Arrangement by Albert Bennert. “Children’s March” “Hallelujah Chorus” from Messiah” Robert DeHart. Chorals from “Christmas Oratorio,” Trio for vibraphone, harp and celeste, “Silent Night.” Charles Owen, Joshua Tyler and Luis Guzman. “Parade of the Wooden !olflesl." Cornet solo, “Cantique de Noel”_Adam ‘Winfred ington and American Universities and | Society and General SOCIAL DISEASE DRIVE LAUNCHED BY 300 DOGTORS President Extends Good Wishes to Health Serv- ice Gathering. INCREASED PUBLIC INTEREST GRATIFYING Surgeon General Parran Tells Gathering of Co-ordinated Control in U. S. The country’s first co-ordinated Nation-wide drive against venereal disease, which, according to one re= port, afflicts 18,000,000 persons in America, or 14 per cent of the popu- lation, was launched today by the United States Public Health Service with the good wishes of President Roosevelt. “You have my best wishes for suce cess,” thé President wrote Surgeon General Thomas H. Parran in a letter expressing disappointment at being unable to attend the three-day con- ference on veneral disease control work, opened this morning in the Commerce Department Auditorium. “There has been a gratifying ine crease of public interest in the probe- lem now before you,” continued the letter, which was read to the 300 doctors, educators and laymen on hand for the occasion by Miss Jose= phine Roche, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, whose duties include supervision of the Public Health Serve ice. “My understanding is that out of your deliberations will come a statee ment of principles and methods. The Federal Government is deeply intere ested in conserving the resources of the country, and your work will do much to conserve the human ree sources.” Dangers Given Publicity. Dr. Parran’s chief reason for call- ing the conference was to publicize the dangers of syphillis and gonore rhea, he told the throng of experts, but he added that a rising public in- terest nevertheless is outdistancing the facilities for controlling the plagues. “The idea apparently is catching on,” he said, “among American peo= ple that syphilis is a disease- which can be controlled. “But many physicians are not pre- pared to give adequate treatment. The laboratory facilities of the country need to be considered and improvee ments made. We need more assiste ance from public health departments, “We want this to be a working rather than a talking conference, There is a vast difference in the needs of the 48 States, and there is a differe ence even within the States, but we want to adopt a set of general, undere lying principles.” ‘The duty of the city health departe ment in this fight is to educate the public, find infectious cases and treat patients, Dr. Walter Clarke, director of the Bureau of Social Hygiene of the New York City Department of Health, said. |, The chief problem facing the med- ical practitioner in gonorrhea, the gathering was told by Dr. P. S. Pelouze, associate in urology and assistant genito-urinary surgeon at the Univere sity of Pennsylvania School of Med= icine, is to enlighten the patient of his need for treatment. Three Definite Groups. “The physician has to deal with the pleasure-loving American youth, which rather sharply divides Iitself into three groups: “Those conscientious individuals who deplore their plight and carry out every medical instruction; thoss who by nature are so shiftless that they do as they please, and the large est group composed of those who can be encouraged to follow the Ught if some one takes the pains to show it to them. “The second group are active dis- ease spreaders and should be denied human contacts until they are cured; the third group is the real came paign challenge.” Dr..R. A. Vonderlehr, assistant surgeon general, this morning gave an eight-point program for attacking syphilis. His plan includes: Full-time venereal disease control officers in every State; free distribu~ tion by States of anti-syphilitic drugs; more general use of the dark-fleld test to detect early phases of syphilis; more widespread use of epidemiologic investigations to determine the source of infection; more reliable disease and death reports; development of more clinics and other facilities for treate ment; higher standards for State rece ognition of venereal disease clinics, and more liberal allotments of public money for control projects. It was William F. Snow, general directer of the American Social Hy- giene Association, who estimated that 6,000,000 men, women and children in this country are affiicted with syphilis and about twice that number suffer from gonorrhea. Most of the diseased are between 16 and 30 years of age, he said. . “Aside from the naturally appeal- ing reasons for stamping out syphilis, such as the physical handicaps and suffering, the emotional distress, eco- nomic burdens and the broken homes to which it is related, there is also a staggering tax load which can be traced to the disease,” Dr. Snow said. “Thousands of its sufferers, their personal funds exhausted and treate ments delayed until their hearts or other organs are damaged, are in free hospital wards or being cared for by visiting nurses’ societies.” Paul de Kruif, Ph. D., of Holland, Mich., author of a number of best- selling books on medicine and disease, is to speak this afternoon on “Public