Evening Star Newspaper, January 15, 1937, Page 25

Washington News FULL-DRESS THIEF SUSPECT IN' JAIL GEN STORE RAIDED New York Seizure May Help Clear Up Many Rob- beries Here. $50,000 IN LOOT LAID TO OPERATIONS IN D. C. Cuban Held by Local Police Wore Street Clothes When Taken at His Home. ‘With & man described as “a noto- |* rious full-dress burglar” in custody here, a Washington detective flew to New York, it was learned today, and led a jewelry store raid which may help clear up a series of robberies in which jewels and other valuables ‘worth more than $50,000 were obtained from Capital homes. The man under arrest here—George Garcia, 25, a Cuban—was taken into custody in the 1700 block of N street by Detective Sergts. Joseph W. Shimon and Harry Britton last Wednesday. At the time, he was wearing ordinary street clothes instead of the full dress or tuxedo which, according to the de- tectives, he customarily used for *business.” After questioning Garcia extensively, Shimon were to New York yesterday to lead the raid on the jewelry store, located in the Bronx. Shimon and the New York detectives working with him arrested. Antonio Vazquez, 36, proprietor of the store, and Elpidio Padron, 32, the Associated Press re- ported. The raid was made, the Associated Press quoted Shimon as saying, on information obtained from Garcia. Unset Gems Found. 1In the store the raiders found unset diamonds, stickpins, diamond _rings and other valuables said to be worth “over $10,000.” Among the articles was a gold mesh bag bearing the in- scription “J. W. 8. to J. H. 8., '36.” Vazquez was charged with criminal- 1y receiving stolen goods and Padron with carrying a dangerous weapon, & knife. Garcia was held today at the third precinct. No charges were lodged against him, but Pritton said he ad- mitted participation in at least 16 or 17 robberies, Britton said Garcia described him- self as a “master craftsman—probably one of the best thieves in the country.” Garcia had been the object of an intense search for two months. Among his victims police listed A. E. Giegengack, public printer. The prisoner, it was_claimed, ad- mitted robbing the homes of Mrs. Ellen Dodge, 2131 Florida avenue; Elva Houseman, 1716 H street; Rose King, 1808 Connecticut avenue; Miss Mauricea. Taxey, 1901 Sixteenth street; Prank Tobin, 1844 Belmont road; Alfred C. Lindstrom, 1809 Bel- mont road; Virginia McDonald, 1900 Belmont road; Margaret Clark, 1712 Sixteenth street, and Marion B. Meakins, 1215 Sixteenth street. Celluloid “Jimmies” Locks. Garcia gained entrance to the apartments or homes of his victims by “jimmying” the locks with flexible pieces of celluloid, it was said. Usually he operated between 4 and 8 pm., investigators said. Detectives Britton and Shimon said they found bits of celluloid in the lock of the Shoreham Hotel apartment of Mrs. Helen Goldnamer, from whom $3,500 in jewels and $500 in cash were stolen. Police who questioned him said Garcia told them he had contem- plated stealing the famous Hope diamond from Mrs. Evalyn Walsh McLean. During their search for Garcia, large details of policemen had been stationed in fashionable residential sections. Garcia is said to have taken airplane trips to New York after com- pleting a “big job” to dispose of his loot. JEWELER GIVES UP IN DIAMOND THEFT Bernard Livingston in New York to Answer Charge of Mike McTigue. Bernard Livingston, Washington Seweler, surrendered in New York to- day, police here were advised, on a charge of grand larceny in connection with the theft of a $3,000 diamond from Mike McTigue, former light- heavyweight champion. Livingston, in whose apartment a young girl shot herself to death during & dinner party about a year ago, de- feated McTigue’s efforts to have him extradited to New York at a hearing in District Court November 24. At that time Livingston introduced three witnesses who swore he was in Washington on April 22, 1935, the day McTigue charges the theft oc- curred in New York. McTigue testified at the hearing before Justice Alfred A. Wheat. The former prizefighter contends Yivingston posted an uncut diamond with him as security for a $3,000 loan, and later persuaded him to return the diamond without paying the loan. HEADS SOROPTIMISTS Miss Daisy Reed, newly-elected president of the Soroptimist Club, presided at this year's first luncheon meeting Wednesday at the Willard Hotel. The following committee chairmen for 1937 were announced: Miss Lily Mrs. !.’vl ‘Turner, fellowship; Helen Barnhart, membership and classification; Mrs. Claudia Brown, social; Miss Marjorie Webster, pro- gram; Miss Mary Bourke, program: Miss Emma A. Buechele, g Mrs. Nell Hysong, building; Frances Northcross, luncheon; Mrs. - Agnes Newman, parliamentarian; Mrs. Betsy Fisher, planist; Miss Grace Goodpasture, song leader, and Mrs. Florence Mears, th\ln Club, ¢ he Foening Star WASHINGTON, D. C. Poisoned Dog to Live Eight-year-old John T. Moss, jr., shown in the inset, was gladdened today by assurance that his dog Nellie, who was poisoned, will live. Mrs. J. P. Folen, assistant to Dr. E. E. Rue- bush, is shown giving Nellie an antidote for the poison. There had been several dogs in the neighborhood killed by poison in recent months. John lives at 1300 Jonquil street. —Star Staff Photos. Held in Thefts GEORGE GARCIA. D. C. TRAFFIC TOLL INT337 RISES T0 6 Edward chk 82, Dies in Hospital of Injuries When Hit by Car. ‘Washington's traffic toll for 1937 had risen to six today following the death in Georgetown Hospital late yesterday of Edward Dick, 82, who was struck by an automobile last November 22. Meantime, a 12-year- old boy and a woman remained in critical conditions from mishaps | yesterday. ‘The injured boy was O'Neal McGinn, 418 Sec- ond street. The woman, Miss Gladys Redman, 36, is of 4529 New Hampshire avenue. Both were believed to have fractured skulls, Dick, who lived at 1501 Massa- chusetts avenue, and ran a hotel agency in the 800 block of Fourteenth street, - died of a frac. ONesl McGinn tured skull an autopsy showed. At the time of the accident he was treated at Emergency Hospital for brain concussion and cuts and dis- charged. He was admitted to George- town on December 14, police reports showed. Fred East, 51, of 1205 Fif- teenth street was said to have been the driver of the car which struck Dick. Young McGinn was injured at Third street and Constitution avenue when he skated out from the curb, police said, into the rear of a taxi operated by Thomas H. Malone, 22, of 1314 Connecticut avenue. At Emergency it was said he had not re- gained consciousness this morning. The boy is the son of Frank McGinn, a carpenter He is a sixth grade student at the Pope School. Six years ago the McGinns lost & asoncin & trafic mishap at Conway, Miss Redman was a passenger in & car operated by Edward L. Bennett, 39, of 322 Tenth street. Bennett lost control of his machine, police said, while on Florida avenue north- east, between Sixth and Seventh streets, crashing into a tree. He re- ceived a fractured ankle. Both he and Miss Redman were admitted at Casualty Hospital. Improvement in the condition of Andrew Caperones, 19, of 312 Third street, who was struck yesterday by a hit-and-run driver in the 400 block of New York avenue, was re- ported at Casualty today. Police, who are said to know the license numbers of the driver, are searching for a Washington man. Several minor mishaps were re- ported here and in nearby Virginia, Iron Ore Find Rich. Japanese interests are developing in British Malaya a new area rich in iron ore. ’ RACE BILL OFFERED 10 RAISE REVENUE Senator Reynolds Cites Op- portunity to Aid District Taxpayers. ‘The opportunity to raise additional revenue for the District government was given today by Senator Reynolds, Democrat, of North Carolina, as his primary reason for introducing in the Senate yesterday afternoon the bill to legalize horse racing here. A similar bill was offered in the House by Repre- sentative Norton of New Jersey. Calling attention to the recent dis- cussion of the possibility of new taxes being imposed on the District, Senator Reynolds said yesterday owners feel they are already bearing all the tax- ation that should be imposed on real estate. The racing bill, he contended, would give the city three new sources of rev- enue, as follows: A license fee of $6,000 a day for each day of a racing meet; a tax of 1 per cent of the amount bet | .. on the races, and 15 per cent of a meet. ‘The bill is likely to encounter oppo- sition in the Senate, however, a similar measure having been blocked several years ago. The new bill was referred to the District Committee for study. Senator Capper of Kansas, ranking Republican on the committee, an- nounced today he is still agaip » the bill. He opposed a similar measure several years ago. NURSERY SCHOOLS GET NEW DIRECTOR Miss Dorothea Stevens Named to! Succeed Mrs. Lucille F. Ezekiel, Who Resigned. Appointment of Miss Dorothea Ste- vens as director of nursery achools, divisions 1 to 9, to replace Mrs. Lucille P. Ezekiel, who resigned, was an- nounced today. Miss Stevens, a graduate of George Washington University and Boston Teachers College, was head teacher of the 8. J. Bowen and Peabody Nursery Schools, coming from the latter institution to assume her new position. Miss Anne Spector, a graduate of the Cleveland School of Education and ‘Teachers College, Columbia University, has been appointed to replace Miss Stevens at the Peabody School. Miss Stevens studied courses in kin- dergarten, primary education and nursery school work at both G. W. U. and Boston Teachers College and had additional training here in the Na- tional Child Research Center. Mrs. Ezekiel, wife of Mordecai Ezekiel, economic adviser to Secre- tary Wallace, blamed failure of W. P. A supervisors to co-operate in the nursery school project as the rea- son for quitting her position last month. She said her work had been handicapped by the requirement that all administrative work be approved “by a long series of supervisors.” Mrs. Ezekiel served in the position until near the end of last month. Her successor was recommended by District public school officials, it was said at W. P. A. headquarters today. QUARTERS ARE PLANNED FOR INAUGURAL TROOPS President Signs Joint Resolution Providing for Use of Public Buildings. President Roosevelt today signed the joint resolution providing for the quartering of troops in certain public buildings during the inaugural cere- monies. This is a routine act to enable Army, Navy and Marine Corps de- tachments to occupy various stations on public reservations on January 20. At his press conference the Presi- dent commented that Federal em- ployes in the District of Columbia will be given a holiday on inauguration day under authority of an act of Con- gress. - WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION IN FISCAL REPORT SEEN BY DIRKSEN Difficulties in Putting 3-Point Formula Into Practice Cited. POINTS TO PROBLEMS IN COST ESTIMATE Ridicules Committee Comparison of Situation With Other Capitals. BY JAMES E. CHINN. Representative Everett M. Dirksen, Republican, of Illinois, who plans to take a prominent part in the House District Committee’s exhaustive study of the Jacobs fiscal relations report, today began to pick so-called ‘“de= fects” in the proposed plan for estab- lishing a new basis of fiscal relation- ship between the Federal and District ‘Governments. First Dirksen foresees potential dif- ficulties in putting into practice one of the features of the three-point formula under which the United States and the District would reim- burse one another for contractual serv- ices. “It will be exceedingly hard to evalu- ate these contractual services,” he said. “Personally, I think it will be impossible to work out an equitable | basis for determining how much the Federal Government should pay the District for certain services or vice versa. How can any one, for in- stance, calculate how much the Dis- trict should pay the United States for services it provides the residents here when not all of the residents receive equal benefits?” Calls Attention to Table. Dirksen called particular attention to one of the statistical tables in the report for which definite estimates of cost were not made, but for which, the Fiscal Relations Committee said, lower and upper limits of estimated cost or value can be determined. One of the services listed is the usage of museum facilities by Dis- trict residents. The lower limit of value a year was estimated at $20,000 and the upper $100,000. Maintenance of an arboretum and a botanic garden also were listed as services to the District by the Federal Government. The service by the District govern- ment, in the same table, include hos- pitalization of non-residents and zo- ological exhibitions for visitors. Each item had a wide variance from the lower and upper limit of value. ‘The report explained that as the limits of value of these particular | services come reasonably near to bal- ancing each other—the services of one government against the other—these services could be “disregarded for all practical purposes.” Says Difficulty Admitted. “That's another illustration of what I have in mind,” said Dirksen. 'he committee sets up definite esti- ’ : | mates of the division of cost in many | track's net revenue during a racing cases, but in this case it admits it is difficult to determine a fair and equitable basis by setting up both a low and high estimate.” Dirksen also ridiculed an argument set forth in the committee report which in effect said that since no government recognizes a legal re- sponsibility for the development and maintenance of its capital unless it owns all the land and controls all business activities, as in Canberra or Moscow, there is no precedenf for an uncompensated gratuity from the Federal Government to the District. “To me that argument is ridicu- lous,” he declared. “You cannot use the treatment of other governments to their capitals as a basis for the situation here in Washington. The United States owns more than $600,- 000,000 worth of property here in ‘Washington, which is tax exempt. I don't believe that is true in any other capital in the world. The situ- ation here is extraordinary, and some consideration should be given that factor in any effort to work out a fair basis of fiscal relations.” Has Analyzed Report. Dirksen was one of the first mem- bers of the House District Committee to receive a copy of the Jacobs’ report and has devoted considerable time to analyzing the various proposals it contains for upsetting the existing basis of fiscal relations. Mrs. Norton has planned to appoint ¥ him to one of the two special sub- committees she will create to study the report. It is likely he will be assigned to the subcommittee that will | N e consider the five proposed plans for raising additional revenue to offset part of the $10,000,000 deficit the District will face in the coming fiscal year if the three-point formula 5| approved by Congress. The other subcommittee wil give its attention to the 19 statutory | Lo: changes recommended in the report. Chariman Norton of the House Dis- trict Committee has planned to ap- point Representative Ambrose J. Ken= nedy, Democrat, of Maryland chair- man of the special Tax Subcommittee. Representative Jack Nichols, Demo- crat, of Oklahoma is to be placed in charge of the special Legislative Sub- committee which will consider the proposed statutory changes. ‘With the personnel of the new Dis- trict Committee completed with the appointment by the House of two new Republican members, Mrs. Norton plans to call a special meeting either Monday or Tuesday to perfect its or- ganization. At the same time the two special & fommmee- will be named. % New lemlhllun Members, The new Republican members are Representatives Bates of Michigan and Shafer of Michigan. Bates fills a vacancy caused by the defeat in the November election of former Rep- resentative Fenerty of Pennsylvania. Shafer replaces Representative Reed of Ilinois, who was assigned to a more important committee. Republicans reappointed to the Dis- trict Committee are Representatives Dirksen, Short of Missouri, Brewster of Maine and Cole of New York. appointment of four new members— Representatives Bigelow of Ohid, Are nold of Illinois, Allen of Delaware and Sacks of Pennsylvanis. OF ARMY T0 MAKE DEBUT IN PARADE Four to Accompany Presi- dent From White House to Capitol and Back. AUTOS TO INCLUDE CHIEF JUSTICE HUGHES’ Broadcast System to Carry Cere- monies at Capitol to Crowds in Downtown Section. The public will have its first glimpse of the Army’s new scout cars on In- auguration day, when four of the vehicles—described by the Inaugural Committee as “an entirely new weapon”—will accompany President Roosevelt from the White House to the Capitol and back again, according to an announcement today by the group in charge of arrangements. Occupied by buglers, who will “blow appropriate flourishes for the presiden- tial party,” the Army automobiles will augment Mr. Roosevelt's escort of motor cycle policemen, Secret Service agents and reporters. Official Machines. ‘The official machines in the drive to the Capitol will be occupied by Presi- dent Roosevelt and Vice President Garner, their wives, members of the Joint Committee of the House and Senate, officials of the Inaugural Com~ mittee, military and naval aides to the Chief Executive and the White House secretariat. On the return trip, the way in which the cars are occupied will be altered, the announcement said, and the auto of Chief Justice Hughes will be added. Rain or shine, spectators in the covered stands along the route of the procession will witness “a 4!2-hour spectacle, including what is, in effect, three separate parades,” the an- announcement pointed out, continu- ing: “Beginning at 11:30 o'clock, when President Roosevelt, Vice President Garner and the other inaugural dig- nitaries leave the White House for the Capitol ,there will be something doing every minute. Broadcast to Reach AlL “The public address system which has been placed in all of the stands will carry the broadcast of the arrival of the presidential party at the Capi- tol, the swearing in of both Vice President Garner and President Roosevelt, and the President’s inaugu- ral address, so that those who are downtown need miss none of the ex- ercises on the Hill. ‘The running account of what takes place while the presidential party is on its way back to the White House will be brought to the ticketholders, and, of course, when the parade starts, they will have the seats of greatest vantage. The two trips made by the presidential party and the military parade will provide the three spectacles going up and down Pennsylvania avenue.” Guard of Honor Named. Forty-eight men, all holders of honors from the Government for their work in the war, have been designated by Admiral Cary T. Gray- son, general chairman, to serve as members of the guard of honor for President Roosevelt. Eight of them, holders of the Con- gressional Medal of Honor or the Dis- tinguished Service Cross, are to com- pose the legion of valor and occupy honored places in the court of honor in front of the White House. ‘These men are Capt. Robert C. Dunge, D. 8. C, Cincinnati; Rev. Wil- liam E. Patrick, D. S. C., Bakersfield, Calif.; Lieut. Ben C. Prager, D. 8. C,, Pittsburgh; Capt. Fred Kochli, D. C., Washington; Lieut. George Brad- ley. C. M. H, Newport, R. L; Capt. Ralph W. Robart, D. 8. C., Boston; Capt. Herman Steinkraus, D. S. C, Bridgeport, Conn., and Sergt. George H. Wanton, C. M. H.,, Washington. Other members of the guard of honor and the organizations they rep- resent are as follows: DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS OF THE_WORLD Vivian D. Corbly. Cincinnatl. Ohlo; Prank Kline, commander. East Hampton, Conn:; Milton Cohn, Buffdlo. N. ¥.: James Foley. Newark, is_ Tannenbaum, hold. N. Pitts- SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR VETERANS. Leavitt, l(on!ln- Alfred J. Ken- New York: Thomas W, Payne, : Clarence A. Long, Colorado; Devitt, Wisconsin: P. J. Callan, Wuhlnnon Tioyd Thurston, iowas and George A. Eberly, Nebraska. Ill.fl' Y Dl.l)ll 0!‘ THE woun WAI. 'ln [ m"!m!mbn"' Amos Clephane. Ci "' U N Got.. J‘o’iznh N Heller GO, Letgh €. Fair- bank and Maj. Virgil O. Barnard. VETERANS OF_ FOREIGN WARS. rd | W Ke Gloversyllle. "Wynne, Akron, Ohw John N._ J.; Frank W. Cfllloy Daniel Daly. 0 Dite . senatiner: fxron. Ohio, ahd Willlam Keller, Cleve- THE AMERICAN LEGION., Guy Nadeau, John J. McGinniss, Thomu J. Murra! TR gy rosel aolibere, S1i of Weshe Saunders, Sam ington, and. Raphael L. Zwinglas, Brad- bury Park, Md. Traffic Arrest, First in 45 Years, Costs Driver $20 R. J. Randolph Obtained License for Electric Vehiclein 1891. His first arrest in the 45 years he has had an operator’s permit resulted in the sentencing in Traffic Court FRIDAY, JANUARY 15, 1937. Society and General James Roosevelt, the President’s eldest son, will have some anti-New Deal neighbors when residence he has leased for three years. he moves into this Georgetown He and his family will move soon from the White House. Jouett Shouse, president of the Liberty League, lives across the street, and a block away lives Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, jr., Republican, of Massachusetts. —A. P. Photo. Threée Slain Boarmans Buried In Single Grave With Father Daughter Recovering From Wounds in Hospital Ignorant of Tragic Fate of Rest o The bodies of four members of the Boarman family, victims of maniacal | fury that gripped the father Tuesday | night, were buried in a single grave | in Mount Olivet Cemetery today. Twenty-five-year-old Mary Boar- man, a daughter, lay in Sibley Hospital recovering from wounds inflicted by | her father, not knowing that all the other members of the family were dead. Those buried were: Corbin E. Boar- man, 65, slayer of his wife, son and daughter, who took his own life by Jjumping in front of a freight train. Mrs. Frances Boarman, 60, the wife, who was slashed with a knife and beaten to death with a hammer. William Francis Boarman, 21, the son, a University of Maryland student, found in the kitchen of the Boarman | home with two bullet wounds in his head and a crushed skull. Margaret Boarman, 26, another daughter, found in the cellar, shot through the head and cut with a knife. Services Held at Home. Preliminary funeral services were held in the residence where the bodies were found, just across the District line on Queens Chapel road, at 9:30 am. Only the bodies of the wife, son and daughter were taken into the house for these services, the casket contain- ing Boarman’s mangled body being left outside in the hearse. All four caskets, however, were car- ried into St. Anthony's Church, Twelfth and Monroe streets northeast, for the services conducted there by Father Thomas A. Sweeney. ‘The church was filled and hundreds of other relatives, family friends and curious onlookers waited in the rain at the cemetery for the arrival of the funeral procession. Members of Alpha Gamma Rho Praternity, to which the son belonged at the university, served as pallbearers. f Family. | Among those attending the services was William F. Ryan, jr., 25, credited with saving the daughter Mary from the same fate as the others. He was still wearing a bandage on his right | ear, which was grazed by a bullet fired | through Mary's arm by the crazed | father. | Describing his rescue of Mary, Ryan, | a slender, 135-pound youth, said: every day at the end of the bus line s0 I could drive her home. Both our familles more or less knew we would get married, though no date had- been set, and everything was cordial. “You'd never have suspected Tues- day of being any different from any other day. It was just getting dark as we drove up to the front of the | house. Mr. Boarman walked up to | my car, coming from either the porch |or side vard. I said, ‘Good evening.’ | but he didn't reply. Instead, he went around to the other side of the car ilnd said to Mary: ‘There’s nobody home. You're to take me to the doc- tor's right away.” Jerked Pistol From Hand. “We told him we'd take him to the hospital and he said, ‘Yes, you can both go with me.” Then he raised the pistol and Mary screamed. She threw up her arm and the bullet went through it and grazed my ear. I jumped out of the car and ran around to grab him. He was dragging Mary out and I jerked the pistol away and threw it into the yard. “Then he hit her on the head with | the hammer, but I dragged him off | and she got up and ran. After she was free I ran down the road for help, and when I got back Boarman was gone.” Boarman, 200-pound retired tele- phone lineman, had been acting strangely recently, friends said. Police believe the father, a man of excellent | character and habits, became suddenly insane and determined to kill his en- tire family and himself. 22210 NEW SENATORS O FISCAL BODY Named to Sub-Group of Senate Appropriations Committee. Five new members have been placed on the District Subcommittee of the Senate Appropriations Committee, which handles the annual local supply bill involving the important issue of fiscal relations between the Federal Government and its Capital City. ‘They are Senators Edward R. Burke of Nebraska, F. Ryan Duffy of Wisconsin, Herbert Hitchock of South Dakota and Theodore F. Green of Rhode Island, all Democrats, and H. Styles Bridges of New Hampshire, Re- publican. Present members who will continue to serve are Chairman Elmer Thomas of Oklashoma, who has had charge of the District bill for several years, and Senators Glass of Virginia, Copeland of New York, Overton of Louisiana and Nye of North Dakota. Senators King of Utah, Tydings of Maryland and Capper of Kansas will continue to serve as ex-officio mem- bers, assigned from the District Leg- islative Committee to assist in con- sidering the appropriation bill. This feature of Senate procedure which cently to membership on the District Legislative Committee. Duffy has been in the Senate four years and Burke two years. The new appoint- ments were announced yesterday by Chairman Glass of the Appropria: tions Committee. < MRS. ROOSEVELT INSPECTS CLINIC Children’s Hospltal Officials Congratulated on Ortho- pedic Section. Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt today visited the new orthopedic clinic which has been installed at Children’s Hos= pital with funds from the President’s birthday balls and warmly congratu= lated hospital officials on the com- Ppleteness of the equipment. Mrs. Roosevelt was told that the new clinic was installed in the area which formerly housed the hospital's condemned boilers. Funds from the birthday celebrations, however, en- abled the hospital to dispose of the old boilers and set up & new heating plant in a detached building. The clinic includes two swimming tanks, a whirl pool bath for hydro- therapy, a walker, and games for oc- cupational therapy. “I wouldn't have thought it possible to have made such an adequate and cheery clinic out of & condemned boiler ;ocm‘.;" Mrs. Roosevelt exclaimed. “I love it!” Guided through the building by Mrs. | Frederick H. Brooke, president of the Ladies’ Board of Visitors of the hos- pital, and Miss Mattie M. Gibson, su- perintendent, she stopped to chat with the patients, demonstrating the use of the new equipment. More than 90 children, many them suffering from the effects of ln- fantile paralysis, are under treatment at the clinic, with the daily attendance averaging between 30 and 40 patients. ‘The Children’s Hospital is the only local institution providing treatment for infantile paralysis victims and re- ceives aid annually from the proceeds of the President’s birthday balls. DENAND $630.000 FOR LOCAL NEEDS Commissioners Challenged to Raise Sum to Finish Year of Relief. “CONDITIONS WORSE INSTEAD OF BETTER” Rev. Russell J. Clinchy, Canon Stokes and Joseph P. Tumulty Among Spokesmen. The District Commissioners today were challenged by spokesmen for 30 charitable organizations, members of the Council of Social Agencies, to find ways and means to raise $830,000 to meet the cost of relief until the end of the fiscal year. ‘The Commisisoners agreed to con- sult further with a committee of five members to be designated by the welfare organization. Rev. Russell J. Clinchy, president of the Council of Social Agencies; Can- non Anson Phelps Stokes, represent~ ing the Family Service Association; Joseph P. Tumulty, speaking for the Catholic charities; Walter Ufford of the Monday Evening Club, and Mrs. David Cushman Coyle of the Voteless League of Women Voters, acted as chief spokesmen for the group. Four Considerations. Rev. Mr. Clinchy pointed out four considerations that had been made by the organizations in asking for a sup- plemental appropriation. He said, “We understand the problem of taxa- tion and recognize the factors that may mean larger payments for citi zens of the District of Columb second, we are aware of the Presi- dent’s need to reduce the budget as better times come; third, we want you to understand that we are not asking a Federal appropriation but a municipal appropriation; fourth, the Council of Social Agencies is as much interested as others in get- ting people off the relief rolls.” Statistics were cited by the speak- ers to show that demands for relief are increasing rather than decreasing. “I would be much more willing,” said Canon Stokes, “to have my taxes increased now rather than to face the ultimate cost of neglecting or ig=- noring the present demands for ree lief.” Lack of District Funds. The group was informed by Maj. Daniel J. Donovan, auditor and bud- “Mary and I had a habit of meeting | get officer, that the District does not have any money available at present, and that until next July there will be no means of raising additional funds unless some extraordinary action is taken by Congress. “We are at present facing a deficit of $1,500,000, and under the proposed new budget for 1938 an additional deficit of $10,000,000 has been placed on us.” Commissioner Hazen asked that the committee of five be named and pledged himself to do everything pos- sible to meet the needs for relief. STENGLE CRITICIZES CIVIL SERVICE SHIFT A. F. G. E. Head Says Single Ad- ministrator Plan Tends to Political Control. The plan to supplant the bi-partisan Civil Service Commission with & sin- gle administrator would tend to po- litical control of Federal personnel, Charles 1. Stengle, president of the American Federation of Government Employes, last night told War De- partment Lodge of the federation. Stengle based his argument on the likelihood of a change m adminis« tration bringing about a shift in ap- pointees. The federation head also took issue with the other proposal of the Presi- dent's committee for appointmaat of a non-paid board of seven members to serve as a checking-up group in civil service. He said it would em- phasize the trend toward making col- lege education a pre-requisite for Fed= eral appointment, and that while this was desirable in some cases, in others practical experience was best. Stengle repeated his suppo:-t of the plan for extending civil service. —_— PATRICK F. GRIFFIN, 72, DIES AT HIS HOME HERE Patrick F. Griffin, a retired guard at the Bureau of Engraving and Print- ing, died yesterday at his home, 2029 H street. Mr. Griffin moved to Washington from Indianapolis 19 years ago. He was employed first as a guard at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing and later at Treasury Department. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Almira Griffin; two children, Martin Griffin, Arlington, Va., and Mrs. John Parrish, Washington; two sisters, Mrs, Ella Oliver, Indianapolis, and Mrs. Mary Wrenn of Lafayette, Ind., and a brother, Timothy Griffin, also of Indianapolis. Funeral services will be held at 11:30 a.m. tomorrow at the home. Burial will be in National Memorial Park Cemetery, on the Lee Highway in Virginia. —_— GILMORE G. JUNGKURTH, ENGINEERING AIDE, DIES Gilmore G. Jungkurth, 46, an assist~ ant engineering aide of the Potomas Electric Power Co., died Wednesday night in his apartment, at 2701 Four= teenth street, where he was found by the manager of the building. Mr. Jungkurth, who had been with the company since 1910, had super- vised the construction of overhead power lines. He was a member of St. John’s Lodge of Masons, the Scottish Rite and Almas Temple of the Shrine. He is survived by a sister, Mrs. Blanche Snedden of Pottsville, Pa Funeral services will he held at 7 p.m. tomorrow at Hines' funeral home, 2901 Fourteenth street. Burial will be at Pottsville,