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Wash ington News he Ep enin WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION o Star Society and General SNOW REMOVAL ORDER N DISTRICT 1S HELD ILLEGAL Regulation Concerning Night Parking Ban Invalidated in Police Court. OFFICIALS NOTE APPEAL AND CALL CONFERENCE Course to Be Followed by Police in Marking Cars in Doubt. Police Judge Edward M. Curran to- day ruled that the District snow re- moval regulation is illegal. The deci- sion was made in a case against At- torney T. Edward O'Connell, charg- ing him with parking between the hours of 2 and 8 am. on Sixteenth street. Informed of the decision, Corpora- tion Counsel Elwood Seal said he would confer immediately with Commissioner Hazen relative to a conference on the question of continuing enforcement, pending the outcome of an appeal which was noted by Assistant Corpora- tion Counsel Rice Hooe. Conference Proposed. Seal stated he would suggest to the Commissioner that Supt. of Police Ernest W. Brown and Traffic Director William H. Van Duzer be invited to participate in the conference. Under today's ruling cases brought against violators of the snow-removal regula- tion are illegal in so far as Police Court is concerned. Pending action by the appellate court, however, police might proceed with the ticketing of cars and the serving ‘of warrants on violators, the corporation counsel’s of- fice having the cases continued indef- initely. Should police continue with attempt at prosecution of alleged violators the Police Court dockets would soon be- come crowded with such cases. In rendering his decision, Judge Cur- ran held that the procedure adopted by O'Connell in his defense—a motion to quash—was regular. Yesterday the question was raised as to whether the case should have been fought in a de- murrer. It was to reach a definite decision on this point that Judge Cur- ran deferred judgment until today. Judge Curran reiterated his belief that the regulation is arbitrary, un- necessary and unreasonable. He also said the District Commissioners were without authority to issue a regulation designed for the removal of snow when there is no snow and no way of de- termining when there will be any. No Time Limit. He also said that the present regu- 1ation, which was amended this year after having been declared illegal as drawn last year, had no time limit. As drawn, Curran declared, the regu- lation could be in effect in the Sum- mer as well as in the Winter. Judge Curran said “if there was anything in the regulation that pro- hibited parking while snow was on the ground, or while it was snowing, the regulation would be reasonable.” In a similar case last year Attorney Charles Ford fought the regulation on the grounds that it declared an emergency existed, Former Police Judge Gus A. Schuldt ruled the regula- tion {llegal because of the emergency clause. That particular clause was eliminated in the newer regulation. D. C. CODE REVISION URGED BY GERTMAN Asks District Women’s Bar Asso- ciation to Support Bill Pro- viding for Study. Revision of many features of the District code to bring it up to date were urged last night by George C. Gertman, secretary of the District of Columbia Bar Association, in an ad- dress before approximately 80 mem- bers of the District Women's Bar As- soclation at & dinner at Wesley Hall. Stating that a bill already has been drafted providing for restatement and codification of District laws, Gertman urged support of the legislation. The bill would provide for creation of a commission of three members, ap- pointed by the President, to study the code and submit recommendations for changes to the judges of the United States District Court. ‘Theodore Cogswell, register of wills for the District, pointed out that pres- ent probate laws are obsolete in many respects and, in discussing proposed changes, declared revi would prove both time-saving and expensive in the administration of estates. “At present,” he said, “it takes from one to three years to settle an estate. ‘This period could be reduced to six months.” A panel discussion followed the two addresses. EDISON WILL PAY VISIT TO ANNAPOLIS THURSDAY Marine Guard and Naval Academy Band Will Stage Parade for Assistant Secretary. Assistant Secretary of the Navy Charles Edison will pay his first ofi- cial visit to the Naval Academy ‘Thursday. This was made known today by Navy Department authorities, who were informed that a Marine guard and the Naval Academy Band will stage & parade for the occasion, and the traditional salute of 17 guns will be fired upon his arrival. Rear Admiral David F. Sellers, su- perintendent of the academy, and Mrs. Sellers will entertain the new Assistant Secretary at luncheon. Edi- son will inspect the academy and Teturn to the National Capital in the late afternoon. _ Hospital Visit Prolonged. BLOOMINGTON, Il (#.—Earl Ruhrup’s visit to & hospital here last- ed much longer than he expected. Ruhrup, an electrician, went there to install lights in the operating room. ‘While at the task he fell from s step- ladder and broke his arm. L] . - WASHINGTON, D. C, TUESDAY, JANUARY 26, 1937. Most Rev. Michael J. Curle; more, photographed last night a; ington Section of the League for Laymen’s Retreats. On the left is Rev. Robert S. Lloyd, director of Manresa-On-the-Severn, and in the center, Attorney General Herbert R. O’Conor o} Maryland. Archbishop Curley Honored Yy (right), Archbishop of Balti- t the dinner given by the Wash- —A. P. Photo. AGTON TELLS JURY HOW HE SHOT MAN Admits Killing Mursch Self-Defense and Frenzy of Fear. Sobbing, at at times apparently hys- terical, Frank H. Acton, who admitted he had spent 16 of his 35 years in prison, told a District Court murder Jjury today that he shot Donald E. Mursch October 4 in a frenzy of fear. ‘The case was expected to go to the Jjury some time this afternoon. Mursch threatened to kill him, Acton declared, because he refused to join in several hold-ups. Tells of Threat. “I ought to rub you out. You know too much and won't do anything,” the defendant quoted Mursch as saying the day before the fatal shooting, which occurred at Eleventh and F streets southwest. Acton said he told Mursch he had spent 16 years in prison for various offenses and that he didn't want to get in trouble again. He told the jury and Justice Oscar R. Luhring that Mursch, Jesse Jones, 18, and Bela Stramer, 23, found him on the night of October 4 in a South- west cafe. “They crowded me out into the street,” Acton related. “Mursch was behind me. He kept threatening me and I told him that if I was going to die he was going to die with me. I said, ‘As long as I got strength in my finger I'm going to protect myself.’ I had a gun in my pocket.” Forced Into Automobile. Acton said he was made to get into an automobile with the three and thought he was going to be “taken for a ride.” Later, when they stopped at Eleventh and ¥ streets southwest, Mursch shouted at him, “I'm going to kill you! If you've got a gun you better pull it | because I'm pulling mine,” Acton de- | clared. *I fired as quick as I could and Mursch whirled to the right and went for his gun,” the defendant continued, jumping from the stand and demon- in REVSED IVENLE COURTBLLREAOY Objections Believed Met in Norton Plan to Modern- ize Procedure. Revised to meet substantial objec- tions, the Norton bill designed to modernize and humanize Juvenile | Court procedure is to be reported to | the House District Committee tomor= | row by Representative Nichols, Demo- crat, of Oklahoma, who had charge of the measure in the last Congress. Specifically the chief purpose of the bill is to change Juvenile Court pro- cedure from the status of a criminal court to a chancery tribunal. Nichols declined to disclose the al- terations made in the original bill. He indicated, howevej, that the re- vised measure would require all com- plaints to be made under oath, pro- vide for jury trials upon demand and allow ample opportunities for appeals from rulings of the Juvenile Court. It also is expected to require that records of all court actions, as well as petitions and other legal docu- ments, be made available for exam- ination by the public. The bill is an outgrowth of years of study by social welfare workers and is modeled after laws in the more progressive States. Chairman Nor- ton of the District Committee ranks it #mong the most important meas- ures Congress will be called upon to enact for the District at the present session of Congress. Since extensive hearings were held on the bill at the last session of Con- gress, Nichols does not believe it will be necessary to hold further discus- sions. However, he does propose to explain the measure in detail at the committee meeting for the benefit of the new members. COSTUME JUDGES FOR BALL SELECTED strating how he said Mursch moved. “Because I thought he was going to pull his gun I shot twice more,” Acton asserted. HEART ATTACK FATAL TO MRS. ANNA HATOS ‘Woman Is Stricken While on Way Home From Physician’s Office. Strickep with & heart attack yes- terday while en route home from a physician’s office, Mrs. Anna Hatos, 50, of 1925 P street southeast, died shortly after reaching Casualty Hos- pital, where she was rushed by her son, Stephen L. Hatos, who was driv- ing an automobile in which she was riding. X Mrs. Hatos was the wife of Louis Hatos, employe of the Radio Research Corp,, and had been a Washington resident for the past 23 years. Besides her husband and son, she leaves an- other son, Alexander G. Hatos. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. tomorrow in Chambers’ southeast funeral home, 517 Eleventh street southeast. Burial will be in Cedar Hill Cemetery. Social Security Bill Received. RALEIGH, N. C,, January 26 (#).— The General Assembly in a brief ses- sion last night received an administra- tion-indorsed social security bill which would allow North Carolina to par- ticipate in Federal Government’s plan to aid needy aged persons and de- pendent children. Members of Floor Committee for Event at Mayflower Also Listed. Representative Bloom, Mrs. Eugene Meyer and Miss Alice Clapp have been named costume judges for the Bal Bo- heme, “Au Palais de Versailles,” to be held at the Mayflower Hotel next Monday, under sponsorship of the Arts Club of Washington. This year'’s Flood Committee in- cludes Norman T. Anderson, Dr. E. N. C. Barnes, Charles Bittinger, jr.; L. Heywood Browne, Washington I. Cleveland, Lawrence V. Coleman, Wil- liam M. Corse, Dr. DeWitt C. Crois- sant, Fred W. Dewart, Maj. E. Davi- son, Frank M. Elot, Edwin H. Etz, Col. Charles L. Ferris, Dr. George H. Girty, I. Willlam Hill, jr.; Maurice Jarvis, R. Porter Koehler, Maj. Rich- ard La Garde, Robert Le Fevre, Lynch Luquer, A. J. Ted Meurer, James Earle Miller, Dr. Robert Matley, Allan E. Pack, John L. Proctor, Lieut. Comdr. L. F. Safford, Eli Bamford Smith, Raymond C. Snow, Frank B. Steele, Frank Summy, Gustav Trois, Dore Walten, Thomas T. Waterman and Francis G. Wells. Tickets on sale this week at the Mayflower, Willard and Shoreham Hotels and at the Arts Club, 2017 Eye street. Mangled Body Identified. SPARTANBURG, 8. C., January 26 (#).~—Textile workers yesterday identi- fled a mangled body found beside Southern Railway tracks here as that of W. O. Beard ,employe of the Saxon Mill here, who came to Spartanburg last week from Atlants, Ga. Mrs. Roosevelt Amused by Plan To Curtail “Duty” Social Calls Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt, who, as wife of the Assistant Secretary of the Navy, once made the rounds of social| and calls required by wives of public offi- cials in Washington, today that the routine which Representative Fish is attempting to curtail by & congressional resolution provides social contacts beneficial to lonely new resi- ‘The President’s wife, at a press con- ference, pointed out with a smile that she isn't affected by the system in her present position, but recalled that dur- ing her earlier residence in Washing~ ton she made her calls “religiously,” if with a “terrible sense of duty.” + 7 COMMUNSH HT N TALKS BEFORE LAVHENSLEAGE Maryland Attorney General and Archbishop Curley Score “Godlessness.” LAUD RETREAT HOUSE AS FORCE FOR GOOD Declare Communism Is “Organized Attempt to Undermine Amierican Form of Government.” Attorney General Herbert R. O'Conor of Maryland joined Ilast night with Archbishop Michael J. Curley of Baltimore in a call for “strengthening of the spiritual life” to combat communism and move- ments they termed “subversive” and fostering a doctrine of “Godlessness.” Declaring a “fearful heresy” di- rected against all religion is spread- ing throughout the land, the arch- bishop told the Washington section of the League for Laymen’s Retreats that communism is “an organized attempt to undermine” the American form of government and “take God out of the hearts of the people.” ‘Will Speak at Rally. Archbishop Curley tonight will de- liver the keynote address when a “national crusade against commun- ism” is launched by the Convert League of the Catholic Daughters of America. The archbishop and a number of other prominent Catholic leaders will speak at a league rally at the Willard Hotel, beginning at 8:15 pm. In his talk last night, Attorney General O'Conor said that “a deep- rooted religious spirit” constituted the greatest bulwark of good govern- ment. He cited increasing crime, divorce and communism as some of the problems that “challenge the attention of thoughtful men.” “It is impossible,” O'Conor said, “to legislate morality into people. There must be a willingness ¢ the part of the people to obey the law, and a deep- seated and deep-rooted religious spirit.” Laud Retreat House. Both speakers lauded Manresa-on- the-Severn, retreat house for laymen of the archdiocese of Baltimore di- rected by Rev. Robert S. Lloyd, as “one of the greatest forces for spiritual good.” ©O’Conor said men such as those as- sociated in the Manresa Retreat - ment could do much to uphold Ameri- can principles, traditions and beliefs. Archbishop Curley referred to what he termed “communistic activities” in ‘Washington and read a notice of a meeting called to honor the Russian leader, Lenin. (The meeting, held Sunday by the Communist party of Washington, was described as a Lenin memorial meet- ing. A resolution was adopted de- manding that this country “lift its embargo against the friendly Popular Front government of Spain * * * and, further, that the United States de- clare the governments of Germaty, Italy and Portugal to be violators of the Kellogg peace pact and immediate- ly forbid all shipments of war mate- rlals, or loans for such materials, or credits of any description, to these three governments.”) Mentioning the move made in Con- gress to repeal the so-called “red rider” requiring school employes to make oath they have not taught or advo- cated communism before receiving their pay, the archbishop assailed what he termed “propaganda” for re- peal, asserting “90 per cent of it is absolutely false and absolutely de- oceptive.” As an example of what he con- sidered “propaganda,” the archbishop read from a handbill which stated: “What does this ‘Red Rider,’ this conspiracy of silence, mean? How can a bill forbidding teachers to mention a political philosophy and a form of government pass through our Con- gress? Who backed this bill and why? Who are these gentlemen who are afraid to let school children know the truth?” The archbishop said that neither mention nor discussion of Russia or communism is prohibited under the bill, but that depicting communism with favor or support was prohibited and should be prohibited. — A. C. CLARK RE-ELECTED BY HISTORICAL SOCIETY Other Officers Also Named at An- nual Meeting of Columbia Group. ‘The annual meeting of the Colum- bia Historical Society last night at the Mayflower Hotel saw Allen C. Clark, president since 1916, re-elected. Other officers elected are: Maj. Gist Blair and Fred A. Emery, vice presidents; Victor B. Deyber, treas- urer; Miss Maud Burr Morris, record- ing secretary; John Claggett Proctor, chronicler, and James F. Duhamel, Charles C. Glover, jr.; Mrs. James Dudley Morgan, F. Regis Noel, Wilhel- A paper by President Clark on Daniel Carroll of Duddington Manor, one of the first citizens of Washington, who was first president of the City Council, organized the first bank in Washing- ton and owned 1,774 acres of land from Anacostis westward, including Capitol Hill, was read in his absence by Vice President Emery. —_— MARYLAND SENDS AID |55 the Two Ambulances and 7 Patrolmen Ordered to Louisville. By the Associated Press. BALTIMORE, January 26—~Maj. Enoch B. Garey, acting on orders of Gov, Harry W. Nice, sent two State LA L The Cruise of the Bouncing Betsy Fears of Traffic Problems Prove Unfounded as Trailer The second article on “The Cruise of the Bouncing Betsy,” taken from the log of a trailer trip Jfrom Des Moines, Iowa, to Florida, in the middle of the Winter of 1936-7. BY JAY N. DARLING. (The First Day.) 9:35 am—Last plece of luggage | aboard the tax dodger's domicile. | (We had hoped to get an early| start—around 7:30 or 8 o'clock.) In spite of the fact that in our all- | purpose trailer there were storage facilities sufficient to pack supplies and equipment for a trip to Little America and return, we had several suit cases and hat boxes containing the overflow of our duffle. We were haunted by a vague fear that we had forgotten something—a fear which tould be easily and completely contradicted by a glance at the in- terior of the trailer. Solicitous neighbors, relatives and friends gathered in clumps along the curb and peered from windows of adjacent houses to watch the take- off .4 . Secretly conscious of a wish that we could think of some- thing else to de before starting the engine . . . If I could only slip and break a leg or something . . . Contemplating that strange and clumsy-looking contraption hitched to our rear, whose disposition and habits were entirely unknown to us, it was somewhat disquieting to think that just one block away we would | Queen Mary, Journey Gets Under Way. “We became the object of polite curiosity” @ ence in driving with a trailer from ordinary touring except about 15 per cent increase in gas consumption. Be- ing by this time tompletely reassured, | we were traveling two in the trailer and one at the wheel of the car. Be- coming slightly exuberant over the smoothness and comfort of trailer riding, the much-traveled lady of the house (recently returned from Eng- lard) remarked that it was much smoother riding than aboard the and I compared the Bcuncing Betsy favorably with many & trip on the Rock Island. Missouri Line Crossed. 12 m—Crossed Iowa line into Mis- souri. Increased snow and heavy hoar {rost transforming landscape as seen from our windows into a succession of Christmas card pictures; pavement clear of ice and snow; good going. Cold outside but little charcoal burner in trailer dispensed comfort more equitably than was frequently the case with home office heating plant. 1:15 p.m.—Pattonsburg, Mo. Stopped for gas and first trailer lunch; coffee, scrambled eggs, sandwiches, fruit cake, Christmas cookies and candy from going-away gifts, which made interior | of our careening caravan look like the night before Christmas. Alas, lunch had to be eaten while parked at gas station, there being no place we could turn off the highway for picturesque surroundings, as fondly planned. 2:10 p.m.—Left highway No. 69 and cut over to No. 65 for direct route “We were haunted by a fear we had forgotten something.” turn s right-angle corner into rush- ing traffic, honking horns and irri- table motorists impatient with any-|aged by thing that interrupts their speed. If only the first mile of driving the darn thing were not through the middle of town and heavy trafic. Why, oh why, hadn’t we thought to take s practice spin with it before spring- ing, full armed like Minerva, upon the unsuspecting world. Shivering friends gathered to see us off were shifting from one foot to the other in the cold and quite evidently grow- ing restive over our purposeless de- 1ay—no possible excuse for procrasti- nation. o 9:40 a.m.—Very, very gingerly loos- ened the emergency brakes and let in the clutch—that thing behind us looked as though it might have no- tions of its own as to where and how it might choose to travel. Columbus on his maiden voyage could have oon- ceived no more direful forebodings than did we—business of holding our breath as the clutch took hold and the monster (it looked no less) hitched to our car meekly gathered speed and trotted along behind without the slightest evidence of & will of its own. First Bugaboo Obliterated. 9:50 a.m.—First great bugaboo had been completely ONIWIM ?'d. ‘We had successfully roun 0~ corners without being arrested fc. obstructing traffic or carrying away any lamp posts, street signs or traffic lights. We had driven half & mile through congested traffic and reached the open road into the country. (Business of deflating and adjusting our breathing oper- tions to normal respirations.) 10:15 a.m—Indianola—18 miles ~=Darling. south through Central Missouri, Ar- kansas and into Louisiana. Encour- progress, hoped to make Springfield by night. 3:30 p.m.—Sudden tossing and ca- reening—maps, cameras, books, Christ- mas packages and teakettle, which up to now had remained quiet and well behaved, all started at once for the middle of the floor; carelessly latched cupboard doors sprang open and shot their contents into the midst of the confusion; stove lid and fruit cake (which had previously observed punctiliously the wide gap of social distinction existing between them) suddenly hurled themselves into a ribald embrace and played tag with the dancing legs of the two handsome wicker chairs, now oblivious to all sense of decorum. ‘We had run off the Federal concrete highway and were badly careening over a stretch of “black-top” State road, smooth of surface but wavy— hardly noticeable in a car, but magni- fled into roller-coaster proportions in the trailer. Hasty stampede through the flying litter to the telephone which connects the passengers in the trailer with the driver of the car, who, we could see from our windows, was en- tirely unconscious of the chaos which reigned in the bucking caboose: “Hold ‘er, sheriff. She's a-rearin’!” Slowing down the speed to 25 miles an hour brought the desired result, but when traveling on anything but smooth con- crete paving the trailer rider will get plenty of exercise picking things upé. —Darling. off the floor and putting them back where they belong. 5 p.m.—Marshall, Mo. Almost dark, but a clear, red sunset, comforting in the face of weather forecast for “snow with probable rains in the southern portion.” Black-top asphalt paving, not in the best of repair, had so cut down our speed of travel that it was clear we could not make Springfield that night. Well, come to think of it, why should we care whether we made Springfield for the night or not? Obviously, trying to make Springfield was an atavistic throwback to the mental habits of a pretrailer civiliza- tion. We could travel as far as we cared to go, comfortably by daylight, pick out a sightly place by the side of the road—preferably with a creek singing past our migratory doorstep, and big trees to give us a sense of sheltered comfort. That was what trailers were for: To avoid the neces- | sity of getting anywhere at any partic- ular time. Try to do it yourself some soft wintry afternoon with 6 inches of partly melted snow on the | ground and the probability of a few inches of slippery mud underneath! Remember that “soft shoulders” are frequent on State highways and that | “borrow pits” are almost the universal companions along the side of all well- designed modern highways. Barbed wire fences inclose most of the desirable flatland, and the own- ers of the land have been taught by sad experience to look upon campers and picnickers with about the same steely glint of welcome in their eye with which they would watch the ap- proach of a swarm of locusts. We had watched the roadside for a suit- able parking place as long as it was light enough to see, and finally pulled into Sedalia, Mo, without having found a harbor for the night. Sedalia is & progressive little town, but like most of the cities in the United States it has not caught up with the trailer civilization (judging from the atti- tude of restrained welcome ‘which greeted us as we circled the city streets in search of parking space. Sedalia never intends to). The town did not recognize us as advance agents of a new and better civiliza- tion, and we finally yielded to habii of a decadant race and headed into a garage. Upon the advice of a garage attendant we'went to what he said was the “best hotel” and found it to be one of the 10,000 reasons why people insist on traveling by trailer. PAGE B—1 FISCAL PLAN STUD BY SUBCOMMITTEE STARTS THURSDAY Jacobs’ Three-Point Formula to Be Taken Up by House Group. CONSIDERATION DELAYED ON STATUTORY CHANGES Nichols Does Not Believe Basis for U. S. Share as Urged in Report Is Proper. BY JAMES E. CHINN. Actual study of the Jacobs three- point plan for solving the fiscal rela- tions controversy between the Federal and District governments will be start- ed Thursday by one of the two special subcommittees of the House District Committee selected for that purpose. Representative Kennedy, Democrat, of Maryland, chairman of the sub- committee that will consider proposals in the Jacobs report for raising addi- tional revenue to offset part of an anticipated $10,000,000 deficit in the coming fiscal year if the plan is ap- proved by Congress, has called a meet- ing of his group Thursday to map out a program of procedure for its part of the study. Nichols’ Plans Uncertain. No definite plans have been made by the other subcommittee, headed by Representative Nichols, Democrat, of Oklahoma. His group will handle the 19 proposed statutory changes in the Jacobs report. Nichols, however, in advance of the study, indicated he does not believe the complicated three-point formula proposed by Jacobs is the proper basis for attempting to solve the fiscal rela- tions problem. He thinks the simplest method would be to tax the United States as an ordinary taxpayer for the assessed value of the property it owns in thg District, which has been with= drawn from the tax rolls. “I have not studied the report,” said Nichols. “It's a thick, bulky docu- ment. But from what I have read in the newspapers and from the dis- cussions I have heard, I am confident there is a simpler method of solving this fiscal relations controversy, that will be fair and equitable both to the District and the United States. It seems to me that method would be to tax the United States on the prop- erty it has withdrawn from the tax rolls, and not have it pay anything else toward the support and mainte- nance of the District.” U. S. Property Value $648,791,000. The aggregate valuation of Federal owned property, as reported by Tax Assessor Fred Allen in 1936, was $648,« 791,000, comprising $342,161,000 for land and $306,630,000 for improve ments. On the basis of Nichols’ pro= posal the Federal Government would have been required to pay the District in taxes in 1936, under the prevailing $1.50 tax rate, a total of more than $9,000,000. The attention of Nichols was called to a statement in the Jacobs report pointing out that under Supreme Court decisions of long standing, “in= strumentalities of the Federal Gov= ernment may not be taxed by any State or other political subdivision without express consent by Congress. Such consent has been given in the case of real estate owned by various Federal credit agencies.” “That's all right,” declared Nichols. “There isn’t anything to prevent Con- gress from authorizing the District to tax Federal-owned property.” Kennedy said he plans to start pub- lic hearings next week, and Nichols It was dirty beyond description, and as to food, we could have fared far better in our own “Liitle America on wheels” at one-tenth the cost if we could have found a place to park it. Fortunately for Sedalia, our hotel was not its best. Strolling about town later in the evening we saw an excel- lent hotel. We have found to our sor- row that garage men and service sta- tion attendants are either not good judges of hotels or they are in cahoots with the wrong beaneries. (The third article in series will be printed tomorrow.) REQUIEM WILL BE SUNG FOR GEORGE V THURSDAY Washington Choral Society to Offer Brahms’ Work in Great Choir of Cathedral. The Great Choir of the Washing- ton Cathedral will present for the first time in its history a chorus of more than 100 mixed voices at 8:30 pm. Thursday, when the Washington Choral Society will be heard in the German requiem of Brahms, to be sung on the occasion of the first an- indicated his subcommittee probably would be prepared to proceed about the same time. Jacobs First Witness, J. L. Jacobs, Chicago efficiency en- gineer and tax expert who directed the fiscal relations study, is expected to be the first witness called before Kennedy's subcommittee. Kennedy also plans to summon members of Jacobs’ Advisory Committee as well as certain members of his research stafl. The Advisory Committee was com- posed of George McAneny, chairman, who is president of the Title Guaranty & Trust Co. of New York City; Clar- ence A. Dykstra, city manager of Cincinnati, and- James W. Martin, chairman of the Kentucky State Tax Commission. Members of Jacobs’ re- search staff included George C. Chesney, Edward P. Cole, Paul A. Gil- crest, Millard Klein, I. M. Labovitz, Stephen M. Loebel, Herman C. Loef- fler, Chester B. Pond, Rollin B. Posey, John S. Rae, Cuthbert E. Reeves, Her- bert D. Simpson, H. O. Walter and John F. Wilmott. IMPROVEMENTS URGED FOR DEANWOOD SECTION Patrick Tolliver Is Elected Presi- niversary of the death of King George V of England. Louis A. Potter will conduct the group, which will be accompanied by 30 members of the National Sym- phony Orchestra. Robert Barrow will play the Cathedral organ, and vocal solos will be sung by Mrs. Ruby Pot- ter, soprano, and Edwin Steffe, bari- tone. Bishop Freeman will precede the vocal program with an address on “Christian Ideals for International Peace.” \ A sudden lurch and all was mmm.‘ —Darling. dent of Citizens’ Asso- ciation. Improvement of living conditions, streets, sidewalks and the lighting system in the Deanwood section was urged last night by Patrick Tolliver, president of the Deanwood Citizens’ Association, at a meeting of the group in the Deanwood School. Tolliver was re-elected president of the association. F. H. Grillo was elected vice president; Mrs. Harriet E. Slaughter, secretary; Charles E. Har- rod, assistant secretary; Frank L. Shears, treasurer, and Rev. Clarence Turner, chaplain. The Women'’s Club of Deanwood, of which Mrs. Maria Yancey is presi- dent, served refreshments after the meeting. Mrs. Sadie B. Marze of the Dean- wood Parent-Teacher Association, Mrs, Maxwell Smart and B. A. Brown ad= dressed the meeting. BAND CONCERTS. By the Soldiers’ Home Band in Stanley Hall at 5:30 p.m. today. John 8. M. Zimmermann, bandmaster; An- ton Pointner, assistant. By the Navy Band Symphony Or- chestra in the Sail Loft at the Navy Yard at 8 pm. today. Lieut. Charles Benter, leader; Alexander Morris, as- sistant. .