Evening Star Newspaper, January 23, 1937, Page 16

A—16 *x WIFE, 23, STANDS INSAFETY ZONE IS RUN DOWN BY CAR Youth, 16, Is Charged With Reckless Driving, Bad Brakes on Auto. ‘TURTLE-BACK’ BUTTONS MISSING FROM AREA Protectors Removed by Utilities Commission Order to Aid ‘Snow Removal.’ A 23-year-old wife was severely in- jured early today when struck by an automobile while standing in a Wis- consin avenue safety zone which was not protected by the usual “turtle- back” buttons, but merely marked ofl' by a painted line. Mrs, Isabelle Willard, 4343 Ellicott street, was struck by a car said to have been operated by David R. Wilson, 16, of 3213 Wisconsin avenue, who was charged with reckless driving and operating a car with defective hand- brakes. Police said Wilson drove his car through the safety zone because of poor visibility, due to fog. | The accident, which occurred in the | 4900 block of Wisconsin avenue, was similar to that last October in which Mrs. Lauretta E. Holsonbake, 3026 ‘Wisconsin avenue, was killed and her son, Donald, injured, while they were standing in a zone in the 3200 block of the same avenue. The zone in the | latter case also was unprotected by | buttons. | Snow Removal Facilitated, | An investigation revealed the| markers were removed during De- cember and the first part of this| month by order of the Public Utili- | ties Commission in order to facilitate snow removal. The order specified the | buttons were to remain off unti March, Willard’s husband had just driven her to the street car stop and was leaving when the accident oc-| curred. He took his wife to George- | town Hospital, where it was reported | she possibly suffered fracture of the ribs and shock. The accident hap- pened about daylight. Riley E. Elgen, chairman of the Public Utilities Commission, sald lhei order which resulted in the removal of the buttons was a temporary re- lease from the commission’s ruling pledges. Fleming said all would be| that the 'Wisconsin avenue safety rones be marked with paint and pro- tected at either end by buttons, de- | signed ‘o give a heavy jolt to any | automobile which might strike them. Snow Plows Damaged. He said that last Winter the mark- ers often damaged snow plows. As a | result, the Highway Department or- | dered the buttons removed, it was said. | The order, dated December 3, ap- | plied also to other streets throughout the city where the markers inter- | leS than the amounts estimated,” he | fered with the work of the snow plows. Meanwhile, death late yesterday of | William P. N, Pierce, 57, of Bloom- however, that regardless of how care- | With terms of six years, who would | ingdale, Ga, an inaugural visitor, | fully both the Pinance Committee and | constitute a corporation entitled “Po- | brought Washington's traffic fatality | the Budget and Auditing Committee tomac Valley Authority,” with pur- toll to nine so far this year. Pierce died at Garfleld Hospital, | based on past experiences, and despite | i Works in the watershed of the | where he was taken Thursday after the exercise of the same rigid controls | Fotomac River and its tributaries, being run down at Allison street and | over expenditures employed in the last | from $15,000 a year to $10,000. Georgia avenue. The driver of the | car, Sidney Gerstenfeld, 20, of Cap- |deficit because of the falling off in | minary report to Congress on plans itol Heights, Md., was held for an inquest, which probably will take place Monday. Alonzo E. Taylor, 27, colored, of | 1622 Fourth street, and Preston Free- | man, 28, colored, of 1016 Sumner road, | were injured this morning when their car skidded on the wet street at Howard road and Shannon place | southeast, hit a lamp-post and broke | a fire hydrant. Taylor may have a | fractured skull and Freemen was cut | about the fact and head. They were taken to Casualty Hospital. Charles Toms, 77, colored, of 1629 | Marjon street suffered a broken leg | and cuts about the head last night | when hit by an automobile at Thirt- | eenth and R streets. The car, police said, was operated | by William M. White, 38, of 528 Third street. Toms' condition apparently was not serious, doctors reported. OBEY ORGOTOJAIL, | MOTHER IS WARNED Woman Refuses to Return Chil-| dren Pending Action in Divorce Court. Justice F. Dickinson Letts of Dis- trict Court yesterday ordered Mrs. Matilda Murray to return her two children to this city within a week, in accordance with a prior order, say- ing he would commit her to jail un- less she did so. Mrs. Murray, who is being sued for limited divorce by Ray C. Murray, 1321 Kenyon street, was accused by her husband of having taken the children out of the city in violation of a court order requiring her to keep them within this jurisdiction. After Arthur C. Callahan, attor- mey for Mrs. Murray, had told the eourt his client would rather go to Jail than bring her children back here, Justice Letts said: “After she gets down there in jail she may change her mind.” ECONOMIST SAYS CHAOS THREAT FACES WORLD Nations Must Chart Peaceful Co- operation Paths, Says Noted Briton. BY the Associated Press. 8ir George Paish, noted British economist, warned last night that world chaos and the destruction of civilization might result unless na- tions charted courses of friendly, peaceful co-operation. “The world today is engaged in eco- nomic war,” he said in an address un- der auspices of the Carnegie Endow- ment for International Peace. “Eco- nomic war will lead to military and naval war—and they lead only to chaos. “Never before—not even during the ‘World War—was the world in so grave & condition, /The rearmament policies pursued by ‘mny nations, on top of the widespread economic distress, shows definitely that world is on the way to another war #nless its path 1s changed.” THE EVENING Boy Reporter Quizes Garner Eleven-year-old Paul Smith of Blair, Nebr., is shown as he interviewed Vice President Garner at a press conference ar=- ranged yesterday exclusively for the boy’s school paper. Left to right, standing, are tive McLaughlin of Nebraska. not shown in the picture, also was present during the interview. The Vice President and the boy reporter are seated.—A. P. Photo. Senator Burke and Representa- Gov. Roy Cochran of Nebraska, INAUGURAL DEFICIT MAY PASS §12.000 Figure Not Definite as Yet Pending Check on Ex- penditures. ‘The deficit to be met by guarantors 1| Who pledged payment of expenses of | | the inaugural ceremonies probably will | exceed the $15,000, unofficial estimates made Thursday, Robert V. Fleming, chairman of the Inaugursl Finance Committee, said last night. He said it still was too early to pre- dict definitely what would be the ulti- mate situation with respect to receipts and expenditures. There are 419 individuals, firms and | corporations who subscribed a total of $135,540 to the inaugural guarantee fund, it was found on a recasting of notified of the size of the deficit as soon as definite figures were available. Budget Expenses Observed. “I have been in conference with Budget and Auditing Committee, and I am satisfied that, so far as expenses are concerned, in most every instance the various budgets approved have been adhered to; in fact, in quite a number | of instances the expenditures will be | °VeF Great Falls. said. “It must be taken into consideration, had forecast receipts and expenditures two inaugurals, the results will show a receipts due to the unfortunate weather conditions prevailing on the day of the parade and for three or four days prior thereto. From present {indications, this deficit will exceed the amount in- dicated in recent newspaper stories.” Subscribers to the guarantee fund, in addition to those previously named, were announced as follows: American Oil Co., $300; Gilbert A. Bell, $25; Billihimer & Palmer Motor Co., $25; Capitol Park Hotel Corp., $100; Childs Co., $50; Wilson Comp- ton, $50; Continental Baking Co., Inc., | $500; John F. Crosby, $100; District Motor Co., $50; William H. Donovan, $50; The Fashion Shop, Inc., $50; Ford Motor Co., Alexandria, Va., $250. Graybar Electric Co., Inc., $100; Holmes & Son, Inc., $100; S. S. Kresge Co., $50; H. B. Leary, Jr. & Bros., $50; The Lee House, $500; Mrs. Henry Leonard, $100; Logan Motor Co., $25; Mrs. Marie D. Marye, $100; Merchants Transfer & Storage Co., $100; E. J. Murphy Co., Inc., $100; Dr. A. Harry Ostrow, $25; Mrs, Eleanor Patterson, $500; Rice's Bakery, $100; Charles A. Robinson, $100; Holly Stover, $100. WOMAN ASK.S JUDGMENT HUSBAND DESERTED HER Petition Expresses She May Not Be Able to Prove Act it He Sues Later. A judgment holding that her hus- band had deserted her was sought in District Court yesterday by Mrs. Martha Colbert Tyler, 19, wife of Lloyd S. Tyler, member of the Capitol Theater Orchestra. ‘Through Attorney Jean M. Board- man, Mrs. Tyler told the court she is afraid her husband will sue her for divorce at some later date when she may not be able to prove the true facts concerning their separation. She said she expects to prove at the trial that Tyler has said she de- serted him in his “time of need” and that he intends to divorce her. The wife'’s suit said Tyler deserted her last October 15 and she can prove it at this time, she says, but may not be able to do so later, LEGION URGES DRIVE AGAINST COMMUNISTS Resolution of Local Post Charges Reds Are in Employ of Gov- ernment. A resolution charging Communists are employed by the Federal Govern- ment and pledging co-operation with the Justice Department to oust them if requisite legislation is passed, was unanimously approved last night by the Gen. Ulysses Grant McAlexander Post, No. 38, American Legion. The document proposed that Con- gress provide the Justice Department with funds for the collection of evi- dence against Reds and that Legion- naires should aid in uncovering com= munistic trends among Federal work- ers. Copies of the regolution are to be sent to all Washing! posts and na- tional headquarters for spproval. POTOMAG T V. A BLLINTRODUCED Rankin Plan Is Modified, but | Retains Water Power Feature. | Considerably slashed to meet some | of the objections made last year, Rep- resentative John E. Rankin, Demo- | crat, of Mississippi, power development advocate in the House, reintroduced | late yesterday his bill for the devel- | opment and improvement of navigae | | tion and of electric power on the Po- | | tomac River and its tributaries, which | | received no consideration last year by the House Rivers and Harbors Com- mittee. | Representative Rankin cut from the | | bill provisions affecting sanitation, | water supply, recreation and trans- | portation, but added control of floods and soil erosion. | ‘While the Rankin bill does not spe- | cifically mention Great Falls, the title | | covers “development of electric power | on the Potomac River” and does | | James A. Councilor, chairman of the | fePeatedly mention “water power” or | “power-producing facilities,” a “hydro- [elecmc plant” and to “approval of the | Federal Power Commission,” all of il'hich undoubtedly means an attempt to harness the waters now rushing Cuts Salaries. | | The revised bill reduces the salaries | of the three proposed “administrators,” | | pose to develop and administer pub- i The original bill required a pre- | for elimination of pollution from the | Potomac River and its tributaries for | the preservation of game and fish therein and for the development of an adequate and economical water supply for the District and other ad- jacent communities. This has all been cut from the present bill. The re- port would now cover “the location of | dams, power stations and appurtenant | structures, with plans for flood con- trol and soil erosion control—appurte- nant landings, construction of bridges and . through highways across the river.” Provides for Sale of Power. All references to water supply are deleted. The power proposed for the “authority” is to make contracts for sale or lease of any interest in lands owned or controlled by the authority, for sale of power or for construction or lease of power transmission lines. It is stated as the duty of the au- thority “to design, construct and ad- minister all navigation, power, soil erosion and flood control projects so as to conserve and stabilize the flow of the Potomac River and its tribu- laries and to prevent damage due to floods.” The bill introduced yesterday cuts the authorization for the proposed power development project from $10,« 000,000 to $5,000,000, to be used “for acquisition of lands and rights, the preparation of surveys and reports, the commencement of construction of essential facilities.” CHINESE SEIZED IN EXTORTION PLOT Dummy $5,000 Package Traps Threatener of John P. Ma- honey, South Bend. ‘With & 25-year-old Chinese in cus- tody at South Bend, Ind., the Federal Bureau of Investigation today dis- closed how a dummy-package trap yesterday frustrated a $5,000 extortion attempt on John P. Mahoney, vice president of the Bendix Products Corp.,, in South Bend. The Chinese, Chune Schied Lee, confessed to G-men that he was au- thor of two notes threatening death with a machine gun to Mahoney and signed “Cap. Blood,” with a drawing of a skull and crossbones, according to J. Edgar Hoover. Lee was captured by F. B. I. agents and Bendix plant officers when he picked up & bundle of dummy bills that Mahoney caused to be thrown from & car near his office Thursday night. The second letter had de- manded that Mahoney place the money in a paper sack and toss the money to the ground at & corner of the headquarters of the Bendix Corp. The first letter was received by Ma- honey Wednesday and the second Thursday. Lee was found to be a former em- STAR, | trained . men, WASHINGTON COL.COOPER SUED 10 GET §178,300 ON BANK ASSESSMENT Continental Trust Receiver Claims Transfer of 1,783 Shares of Stock. INVESTORS’ FIRM HELD AGENCY OF DEFENDANT Ex-President of Institution Knew of Insolvency in Disposing of Interest, Says Moran. Col. Wade H. Cooper, one-time president of three banks, whose affairs have been before the courts on numer- ous occasions in the last few years, was sued in District Court today for $178,300 by John F. Moran, receiver of the closed Continental Trust Co., which Cooper once headed. Moran charged that Cooper, when it became apparent that the Conti- nental was in serious financial straits and was likely to be declared in- solvent by the controller of the cur- rency, transferred all but 10 shares of his 1,793 shares of Continental stock to & Delaware corporation which he headed and controlled. Assessment Payment Asked. ‘The receiver asked that Cooper be declared the beneficial owner of stock, standing in the name of the Dela- ware corporation, the Hanover In- vestors, Inc., and be required to pay the 100 per cent indemnity assessment thereon which was ordered by the controller of the currency. ‘Through Attorneys Brice Clagett and Charles E. Wainwright, Moran claimed Cooper had caused Hanover Investors to be incorporated on October 15, 1932, | and that he became its president and | the owner of all its stock except quali- | fying shares. On the same date, Moran alleges, Cooper transferred 1,783 shares of Continental Trust Co. stock to Hanover Investors without consideration. Exercised Voting Control. Thereafter he continued to xercise voting control over the stock and the corporation was nothing but his “in- strument or agency,” the suit charged. At the time of the transfer, the court was told, Cooper knew the capi- tal stock of the Continental Trust | Co. was “seriously impaired, if not entirely wiped out.” He also kncw at | that time the assets were worth great- ly less than the book value and that the trust company was likely to be declared insolvent, it was asserted. The court was asked for a judg- ment of $178,000, covering a 100 per cent assessment on the stock, plus 6 per cent interest since July, 1935. | INING | GOODWILL TRA SCHOOL PROPOSED Planned Institution for Workers Approved at Meeting of Local Unit. A proposed training school here for Goodwill workers was approved last night at a meeting of the local coun- cil of the National Association of Goodwill Industries at 1218 New Hampshire avenue. The suggestion was introduced in| a report made by Col. A. R. Brindley, & trustee of the association and mem- ber of the Committee on Training, which pointed out the need for particularly in the Southern cities where Goodwill In- dustries have yet to be established. The plan advocated the need not only for trained executives, but also trained subordinates. The selected site for the training school is next to the Goodwill plant t the New Hampshire avenue address, according to Dr. Edgar J. Helms, ex- ecutive secretary of the association, who indicated the establishment had been made possible through an an- onymous gift. Rev. Dr. John 8. German of Balti- more spoke on the promotion of Goodwill work. President William O. Tufts presided. BROWN, MOVIE STAR, WILL ATTEND BALL Jean Harlow, Robert Taylor, Mitzi Greene, Jeanette McDonald Also to Be Present. Joe E. Brown, movie comedian, will be included in the film delegation present at the President's birthday ball next Saturday night, it was an- nounced today. Other movie stars expected to at- tend are Jean Harlow, Robert Taylor, Jeanette McDonald and Mitzi Greene, and plans are under way to get them all together in a city-wide broadcast on the night of the ball, with all local stations carrying the program. Commissioner George E. Allen, gen- eral chairman of the ball, is appealing to the public now from the screen of every downtowmtheater to “dance that children may walk.” The special film, contributed by Fox Movietone, includes scenes from Children's Hospital. It will also be shown in the neighborhood theaters. COLLEGE NURSING SCHOOL SESSIONS END Dr. Zook, Dr. Deferrari and Miss Goedrich Address Dinner Gathering Here. The fourth annual meeting of the Association of Cqllegiate Schoois of Nursing ended its two-day session at Catholic University yesterday with a business meeting and tea. Delegates from 21 colleges and uni- versities attended sessions presided over by Miss Isabel M. Stewart, pro- fessor of nursing at Teachers’ College, Columbia University. Speakers at a dinner Thursday night included Dr. George K. Zook, president of the American Council of Education; Dr. Roy J. Deferrari, dean of Catholic University’s Graduate School, and Miss Annie Goodrich, dean emeritus of the Yale University School of Nursing. Kicks Black Cat, Dies. of vio- statute. CHERAW, §. C. UP.—A Negro, in altercatiop with e, :‘:lfl out to kick s black cat that erossed his path; dropped desd. D. C., SATURDAY, JANUARY 23, 1937. Star Guest at Movie Preview Dinner Gladys Swarthout, star of her host and hostess and other guests at honor of Adolph Zukor, motion picture producer. Left to right: Mrs. George E. Allen, hostess; Mr. Zukor and Commissioner Allen, host. the screen, radio and opera, shown last night as she chatted with a gay dinner party at the Carlton Hotel, given in Ambassador Saito of Japan, Miss Swarthout, —A. P. Photo. 1“Orphans’; F ound in Baltimore As Parents Seek Them Here Runaway Boys Eager to Press On to Chicago, Despite Hunger and Lack of Thomas and Donald Phelps are not “orphans, all alone in the world,” as the young runaways would have Balti- more police believe. | The brothers have a father and step-mother, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas | Phelps, Government employes here, who have been looking everywhere | for them since they disappeared yes- | terday afternoon. | Funds. Thev said if they could reach a | grandmother in South Chicago, all | would be well. The term “they said” | is not strictly correct, as Thomas did all the talking, and young Donald, his big brother's “yes man.” corrob- orated his statements, one by one. Give Previous Address. ‘The boys said they lived at 6300 Thomas, 13, and Donald, 8, showed | Thirty-third street, an address from | press on to Chicago, they said. |STATES T0 SPEED up at a Baltimore bus terminal last | midnight, foot-sore, weary, hungry and penniless, but still determined to | The two had hitch-hiked from | their home on Jackson street, River- | dale, Md., and & motorist took them to | the bus terminal. When questioned | by Miss Katherine Nagel of the Trav- | elers’ Aid Society, the runaways in- sisted they were “in the money” and | | shortly would depart by bus as paid | passengers for Chicago. Admit They Are Hungry. | Questioned further, they admitted they were “broke” and very hungry.] Miss Nagel turned them over to po- lice, who fed the youngsters and put | them to bed. This morning at the Central Polike | Bureau the boys insisted they were | “orphans” in custody of a “guardian” | whom they declined to name. which the Phelps family moved sev- eral weeks ago. Police at Hyattsville | said they had been informed the boys | had been located in Baltimore, but did not know if the parents knew of this. Neither Mr. nor Mrs. Phelps was | at work today and could not be reached by telephone in Riverdale. | ‘They presumably were still searching | for the runaways, unaware they had | been found in Baltimore. ‘The boys said they turned eastward | Mrs. Mayetta W. Carter, resides here. | when Chicago was their destination | because in that direction seemed to lie a better opportunity for hitch- | mother and son told the court they | hikers. They asked police not to com- | municate with authorities here, but | to make arrangements to send them i sisted of stocks and bonds. These | on to Chicago. | The two said they “played hookey” | of Jand in Wythe County, Va., which | proved, said at the dinner. GEORGE L. CARTER FSTATE §169100 Widow and Son of Coal Man Ask Letters of Admin- istration. George L. Carter, who extracted a one of the Nation's leading inde- pendent operators, left an estate val- | ued at $1,897,347, it was disclosed in | District Court today when his widow | and son filed a petition for letters of | administration. There was no will. Justice Daniel W. O'Denoghue granted their request. The James Walter Carter, Stevenson, Md,, is head of the Carter Coal Co., which his father founded. It was a suit by the younger Carter which led to the Supreme Court decision holding the Guffey coal act unconstitutional. The father had retired from active control of his extensive interests some time before his death. His widow, Through Attorneys Richard H. Wil- mer and Douglas L. Hatch, the are the only heirs. Most of Mr. Carter's estate con- were valued at $1.800,000. A tract Z0BILLION DOLLAR HOUSING SUBSIDY 1S URGED BY EDITOR That Sum Needed, He Says, to Aid All Mentioned by President. WIPE OUT SPECULATIVE REALTY MEN, IS PLEA Chicagoan Says No Family Should Pay More Than Quarter of Income for Shelter. A $20,000,000,000 subsidy would be needed to rehouse all the American families estimated by President Roose- velt to be now living in subnormal dwellings, Irving Brant, editor of the St. Louis Star-Times, told the Na- tional Housing Conference today. Such rehousing, however, is a duty of the Government, Brant said at a meeting in the Willard Hotel. After & reminder that the President’s esti- mate in his inaugural address com- prehended one-third of America’s families, Brant said: “The old view that housing is a purely private undertaking not only delays action, but resists action.” Rental subsidies to bring the cost of leased dwellings within the range of low-income groups, as well as con- struction subsidies, were urged by Brant, who declared the fight for low= cost housing should concentrate on | eliminating the speculative real estate operators. son, | Program Officially Indorsed. Already President Roosevelt, Mrs. | Roosevelt and Senator Wagner, Demo= | crat, of New York, have indorsed the program of the conference—that the | Pederal Government subsidize local | governmental rehousing programs. | A first-hand view of how Washing- ton has attacked the problem of below | standard dwellings was to be afforded | the delegates this afternoon during & Izour of the Capital’s slum-eradication | projects. The inspection trip was ar= ranged by Mrs. Florence B. Stewart, secretary of the Washington Confer | fortune from Southern coal fields as | ence on Housing. “We have come to realize that & nation cannot function as a healthy | democracy with part of its citizens live ing under good conditions and part forced to live under circumstances inimical to the geneal welfare,” Presi- dent Roosevelt wrote in a message to the conference read at a dinner in the | Willard last night Supported by Mrs. Roosevelt. | Mrs. Roosevelt earlier appeared be- | fore the group to announce her full sympathy with the purpose of the | conference. “Next week I plan to introduce |into the Senate a low-rent public housing bill embodying the principles for which we have fought together | during the past two years,” Senator Wagner wrote Mrs. Mary K. Simkhoe vich, president of the conference. “Housing for persons of low income is clearly a function of Government,” Langdon Post, chairman of the New York City Housing Authority, who forecast “housing riots” if the living | quarters of slum dwellers are not im- He was from school yesterday to plan the | he owned, was assessed at $94,347, | echoed by Dr. Verne A. Zimmer, Labor Journey. FLOOD CURB PLAN Ohio Valley Group at Parley Here Back Co-operation With Federal Program. Representatives of Ohio Valley States attending the Council of State Governments in session here were em- barked today on a program of imme- diate action to inaugurate a compre- hensive Federal program of flood pre- vention. Action along this line was taken at a meeting last night at the May- flower Hotel of the Ohio River Basm Regional Committee under chairman- ship of Ohio State Senator Emerson Campbell. Recommendations adopted by the committee are designed to speed co- operation between the Siates and the Federal Government so that measures against Ohio River flood destruction, now the worst in the history, will be in progress before another year. The plan calls for the introduction of legislation at once in the Legisla- tures of the six States affected—Ohio, West Virginia, Indiana, Pennsylvania, Ilinois and Kentucky. Legislators present gave assurance that bills would be introduced in the respective Legis- latures early next week. The problem of flood control came before yesterday afternoon's session of the council. STORMS OFF NORWAY IMPERIL THREE SHIPS Radio Calls for Help Tell of Sev- eral Injured When One Ves- sel Is Battered. BY the Associated Press. OSLO, Norway, January 23.—Three ships were in grave peril in the North Sea off Norway last night as Wintry gales continued to whip across the Scandinavian Peninsula. ‘The Norwegian steamer Karmt, the Swedish freighter Lillien Walch and a third vessel not yet identified were in distress and calling for help. S O 8 signals from the unidentified ship, picked up by the Fiekkerkoe Wireless Station, gave her position as 59.95 degrees north and 1.50 east, off the southwestern coast of Norway. The Karmt earlier today radioed an appeal for help, saying she was sink- ing off the Norwegian coast. She re- ported her master suffered a broken leg and several of the crew of 20 had been injured in & storm which bat- tered in her hatches. ‘Two steamers were on their way to help the 1610-ton Karmt, whose master sald she was drifting and could remain afioat only,a few hours., ‘The Lillien Walch called for help from & position about 45 miles off the Norweglan coast. Virginia Lawmaker Ill Representative Robertson of Vir- ginia, who is ill of influenza, was re- moved to Mount Alto Hospital yes- terdsy. sicians said his condition Wwaa Dot eerious, Relief Aides Save Maryland Family | Living in Shack| Had Moved to Point of Rocks, Where Father Expected Job on Span. Br the Assoclated Press. POINT OF ROCKS, Md, January 23—After living in a shack while | waiting for & job on the bridge build- | ing here, Harry Davis with his wife | and three small children returned to | Cumberland yesterday where work was | provided for him. Davis and his family left their Cumberland home when his Works Progress Administration sewer job | ended there. He had heard that a| Cumberland contractor was going to build the Point of Rocks bridge and thought he could get a job at once. The family stayed in the river shack for a week, sleeping on piles of leaves, while waiting for the building opera- tions to start. Welfare officials suc- ceeded in getting food to the family. Relief officials in Cumberland found work there for Davis. With the aid of the Salvation Army, the family started back home. Some people gave them coins to buy milk for the baby. The other two children are 3 and 4 years old. and land in Pike County, Ky, at $3.000. Mr. Carter died here December 30. WOOLLEY QUITS POST AT ST. ELIZABETH’S Assistant Superintendent to Head Pennhurst State Training School. Dr. Herbert C. Woolley bas re- signed as assistant superintendent at St. Elizabeth's Hospital to become superintendert of Pennhurst State School at Spring City, Pa., a train- ing school for mental defectives. Dr. Woolley's resignation is effec- | tive February 1 and no successor has yet been named. Dr. Woolley, who had held his post at the local hospital for the last eight years, is a colonel in the Army Medical Reserves and a veteran of the World War. He is commodore of the Washing- ton Yacht Club and a member of the Army and Navy Club and vari- ous social and scientific organiza- tions. . Workman Is Injured. Struck on the head by a falling sash weight, Charles Baity, 35, of 35 L street northeast, was in .. serious condition today in Emergency Hospi- tal. Physicians said his skull may have been fractured. The accident occurred while Baity was working at 502 Ninth street. Open War on Nation’s Slums Mrs, Franklin D. Roosevelt, left, discussing plans of the National Public Housing Conference with its president, Mrs. Marz Kingsbury Simkhovich, during of the a special business meeting organization at the Dupont Circle home of Mrs. Eleanor Patterson. e Its e is to enlis lings of the poor, el mnference o?ened yestenday and will close tomorrow, ernment aid in improving the dwel- e Underwood & B'nderwm Photo. ‘Depnrlmenn expert, who declared: | “It is utterly hopeless under existing | conditions to supply a great mass of | our wage earners with decent living { quarters without resort to subsidies.” | 44 Per Cent Paid for Shelter. Dr. Zimmer cited statistics on house ing gathered among 30,000 families | in Chicago, which he accepted as & | sample for the country, showing that | one-quarter of these families nave in- comes of less than $1,000 a year and pay out 44 per cent for shelter. “No family should spend more than a quarter or a fifth of its income on housing,” he said. He added a Bu- | reau of Labor Statistics study illuse | trated that “rent is the most signifi« | cant family expenditure item in de= | termining the general pattern of live ing in a community.” Through national governmental subsidy, Great Britain during the past 14 years has been able to erect 1,000~ 000 dwelling units for families of low income and to inspire private entere | prise to erect another 400,000, Capt. Richard Reiss told the dinner guests. | Reiss, a member of the vondon | County Council Housing Commitzee of London emphasized that only subsidy could accomplish the improvemenr.. The problem in England is attacked from the standpoint of health, he | said, with the whole governmental housing program under the direction of the Ministry of Health. —i 'TOMB OF ZAHAROFF ENTERED BY GHOULS, Looters Believed Seeking Tewels' Reported Buried November 28 With Mystery Man. BY the Assoclated Press. PONTOISE, France, January 23.— An attempt to violate the tomb of Sir Basil Zaharoff, so-called “sleeping, partner of war,” was disclosed last: night by police. Ghouls broke into the tomb of the mysterious munitions merchant, but fled after a futile attempt to pierce* the leaden sheath of Zaharoff’s coffin, = police authorities said. Sir Basil, around whom many legends clung during his career a3 armament salesman, was buried in the tomb beside his wife last November 28. To reach the tomb, the ghouls had to climb a high wall and cross an expanse of the park which still is guarded night and day on the grounds of the Chateau Balincourt. The casket of his wife, resting beside Sir Basil's, was not touched, it was understood. Apparently the looters sought the Zaharoff jewels rumored to have been buried with Sir Basil after his death in Monte Carlo. BAND CONCERT. By the Soldiers’ Home Band in Stanley Hall at 5:30 p.m. today. John 8. M. Zimmermann, bandmaster; Anton Pointner, assistant. Program. March, “Our Flirtation". Overture, “Masaniello’ A Southern rhapsodie, “Virginia,” Scenes from the opera *“Doris’ Entr'acte, “Patrol Comique”.. “Piccolo Ple”._ Waltz suite, las Solas).-.. »-..‘:fl.)--.....lel (Requested. le, “The Darkias Patrol”.Lansifgh “The Star Spangled Banner.”