Evening Star Newspaper, April 11, 1937, Page 24

B2 = RIVER AND HARBOR SESSION SLATED 19 Virginia Projects to Be Studied by National Con- gress April 23-24. B the Associated Press. Nineteen Virginia projects are list- ed for consideration and study by the Projects Committee of the National Rivers and Harbors Congress, meet- ing here April 23 and 24. The committee session, at which hearings will be held on hundreds of proposed projects and others in va- rious stages of development, will pre- cede the annual meeting of the con- gress, set for April 26 and 27. The projects have been filed with the committee by the State planning boards, various State agencies hav- ing jurisdiction over waterway and flood-control matters, cities, counties and local government units, chambers of commerce, waterway organizations and interested individuals. Propo- nents will supplement written briefs by oral presentation before the com- mittee. The committee is headed by Repre- sentative William J. Driver of Arkan- sas. Some of the projects were listed in | the recent report of the National Re- | sources Committee transmitted to | Congress by President Roosevelt. Oth- ers are included among projects pending before Congress. Virginia projects listed for consid- eration include: Norfolk Harbor development; Po- tomac River flood-control project; James River flood-control project at Lynchburg; Salters Creek, Newport News; Harbor of Refuge, Cape Charles; Hoskins Creek; inland wa- terway from Chesapeake Bay to Chincoteague Bay: Coan River; Oc- cupaja Creek; Chincoteague Bay; Dickersons Bay, Gloucester County; channel from Hog Island to Great Machipongo Inlet, Va.; Monroe Bay and Creek, Westmoreland County; Winter harbor, Mathews, Va., chan- nel project; Wallace Creek, Elizabeth City County; Deep Creek; Onancock River; waterway connecting Cherry- stone Channel with Cape Charles, and Pungoteague Creek. Butiget (Continued From Page B-1.) more costly Municipal Center Ad- ministration Building, for example, | than would be required here if it| wasn't for the fact that it is the seat | of the Federal Government.” School Program. THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, .D. C, APRIL 11, 1937—PART ON _— —— Y L WOMANISSOUGHT |¥ an Dyke of Movie Fame Ranks ]| } SA| ARIES TOP Find Drake’s Claim to California Erhausted after repairing a flat tire, Beryle Shinn, 26-year-old department store clerk, paused to rest on a small rock pile near San Francisco. Pinching himself on a metal plate im- bedded in one of the rocks, he pocketed the metal and found words etched on it. Ezhaustive research by Dr. Herbert E. Bolton of the University of California established it was the “plate of brasse,” long sought historical treasure, by which Sir Francis Drake claimed California for England, June 17, 1579. In the above photo, Shinn is showing Dr. Bolton where he found the plate. The inscription, presumably made by Drake, reads: “Bee it known unto all men by these presents Ivne 17 1579 by the Grace of God and in the name of Herr Maiesty Queen Elizabeth of England and her successors forever, I take possession of this kingdome whose king and people freely resigne their right and title in the whole land unto Herr Maiesties keeping now named by me and to bee knowne unto all men as Nova Albion. Francis Drake.” —Wide World Photo. Coast Guard Craft’s Mercy Dash Brings Il Woman to Hospital b7 the Associated Press. DULUTH, Minn, April 10.—The Coast Guard Cutter Crawford ended a 220-mile mercy dash today when it docked at Two Harbors with Mrs. Ed Kvalbick, 31, wife of an Isle Royale fisherman, who has been critically i1l for 23 days. The island is approximately 240 miles from here. Mrs. Kvalbick was carried over two miles of “mush” ice by members of the Crawford crew and then raced to Two Harbors. She had spent the last three Win- ters on Isle Royale with her husband, a 5l-year-old Norwegian flsherman. The only other occupants of the entire island, 44 miles long and iargest in the Great Lakes owned by the United States, are another fishing couple and some 100 C. C. C. youths and officers stationed at a forestry camp 6 miles away. The island is completely cut off for five months of the year by ice that extends far out into Lake Superior. Mrs. Kvalbick, pregnant, became se- riously i1l about three weeks ago. For 17 days she had nothing to eat, her husband said. Realizing her piight, he struggled 6 miles across thinning ice and slush from 3 to 14 inches deep, to summon Dr. Marshall Stewart, phy- sician at the forestry camp. Returning to the Kvalbick home on snowshoes, Dr. Stewart first treated the woman nearly 10 days ago. A few days later she suffered 2 severe relapse which nearly cost her life and led to the request for the cutter’s aid. trict has been able to finance through P. W. A are the sewage disposal plant and the new Tuberculosis Sana- torium. Under the enabling act the city also is authorized to borrow for for school gardens. “The House com- mittee threw the entire estimate out on the basis of three items—a_putt. putt boat that can be bought for 10 cents, a chemical flask and one other,” He said the pending five-year public school program, which the Commis- | sioners have not approved or sent up: yet, was to be embodied in the $75,- | 000,000 program. It represents about | $33,000,000. | The long-range program originally compiled by local officials in January also included development of the| Municipal Center, court building | facilities, sewers, playgrounds, library facilities and an outline of highway {mprovements. During the House hearings in Feb- ruary on the pending District appro- priation bills for the next fiscal year, an outline also was given of the ma- Jor items of capital outlay the District probably will have to provide for dur- ing the next decade. It also was brought out in the House hearings that for the 18-year period since 1920, local appropriations for capital pur- poses have amounted to a total of $147,305,782, equal to an average an- nual capital expenditure of $8,183,656. In addition to the items of new construction mentioned above as hav- ing been included in the January tab- ulation, it was predicted during the House hearings that the District's future building requirements would call for one or two new fire houses, a new jail, enlargement of Gallinger Hospital and more dormitories at the work house. P. W. A. Loan Law. In this connecticn, it was pointed out yesterday that under the District P. W. A. loan law of 1934 the Com- missioners have authority to apply to the Public Works Administration for loans for some of the projects just mentioned, and that of the $10,- 750,000 total loan authorization in that law, only $5600,000 has been ad- vanced, leaving a balance of $5,150,000. Senator King said he would have no objection to the District borrow- ing for some additional P. W. A. projects if the Federal agency had funds available. The two major projects the Dis- | Reds’ Influence In Judiciary Room Charged Communists Also Are in State Department, Rev. Harvey Says. BY the Assoclated Press. OKLAHOMA CITY, April 10.—Rev. W. D. Harvey, who testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee - on President Roosevelt’s Supreme Court proposal, charged in an interview to- day that “communism exists openly in the committee’s inquiry room and in the State Department.” Harvey, whose criticisms of the proposal in sermons at Trinity Bap- tist Church here precipitated the in- vitation to Washington, said “a bit- ter fight will be necessary to save the Constitution.” “I have a manuscript as thick as a telephone directory,” he said, “that shows communism definitely exists in the inquiry roqn, and learned from conversation with State Department employes that open and avowed Com- munists are working side by side in the department. “The proposal to pack the Supreme Court has already resulted in a trend toward lawlessness, which has mani- fested itself in sit-down strikes and other disorders. “If the proposal is enacted that trend toward lawlessness and con- tempt for the courts will spread and we will have riots, bloodshed and enarchy. “In the face of such a condition, Congress may pass & law in 1940 based on the emergency which will post- pone the presidential election and hold President Roosevelt in office. “The Supreme Court, which would then consist of men ready to do the bidding of the President, would up- hold the law as constitutional.” ) A enlarging Gallinger Hospital, the Lor- ton Reformatory, buildings for the small courts, and for the recorder of deeds. Proposed amendments to the Col- lins bill for purchase of site and construction of a new main building for the Free Public Library System would place this project in the list of improvements for which the Dis- trict would be authorized to borrow | from P. W. A. The amendments were recommended to Chairman Norton of the House District Committee by the Ballou charged. Gratz E. Dunkun was present at his first meeting since being made a board member three days ago. He sat silent throughout the session. NS Grain Sprouting Continues. The old-fashioned grain sprouters to produce fresh green feed for poul- try and other live stock during the Winter still are being used extensively in the United States. Tragedy of Neglect Of Tuberculosis Shown by Poster Window Display Tells Story Revealed by X-Ray. The tragedy of neglect of and fail- ure to diagnose early cases of tuber- culosis is strikingly illustrated by the District Tuberculosis Association in a window display at 1413 H street. Attracting the eyes of passers-by are two electrically illuminated X-ray Pphotographs of the chests of two small children. Large placards tell the story revealed by the X-ray. One picture shows the lungs of a normal, healthy child, while the sec- ond reveals the ravages of tubercu- losis 8o clearly as to be evident to even s layman. A placard says: “The life of child No. 2 could have been saved by early discovery and proper treatment.” The window display is a feature of the early diagnosis campaign which the association is conducting during April and May. The association is anxious to emphasize that tubercu- losis can be arrested and cured when treatment is begun during the early stages of the disease. Outstanding early signs of tuberculous infection, the assoclation declared, are weari- ness, loss of weight, lack of appetite, indigestion and a cough that hangs on. Board of Library Trustees, after ap-||E proval by Representative Collins of INTRAFFIC DEATH Ordered Held for Grand Jury. Fails to Appear at Inquest. A woman who gave her name as Mrs. Betty Peal, 27, of Oxford, Pa., ‘was ordered held for the grand jury n s manslaughter charge yesterday, after she had failed to appear at an inquest. She was being sought by ‘Washington police last night in con- nection with the automobile accident which resulted in the death of Wil- liam K. Price, 35, of Lincoln Univer- sity, Chester County, Pa. Price died here Thursday of in. Juries received last Sundsy in a collision between an automobile and & street car at Bixteenth street and Rhode Island avenue northeast, Seve eral witnesses at the inquest yester- day testified that Mrs. Peal was driving the car in which Price was & passenger, Coroner A. Magruder MacDonald stated, however, that Mrs. Peal, who was arrested following the accident, had denied she was operating the ma- chine. A man who, she said, was her husband also had told Assistant Cor- poration Counsel Rice M. Hooe that “it is impossible for her to drive,” Dr. MacDonald said. After the accident the woman was taken into custody by twelfth precinct police and later was sent to the Wom- an’s Bureau. She remained there until the following day when police, who had charged her with reckless driving, went to Police Court, in search of information so she might be placed on bond. It was at that time, Coroner MacDonald said, that Hooe talked with her and the man who said he was her husband. She was released shortly sfterward and said she was going to visit with her husband at Orange, Va., and would return for the . Until the case has been acted on by the grand jury police can arrest her only if she enters the jurisdiction. Sheiks and Fellahs Of Egypt Demanding American Bath Tubs Egyptian fellahs and desert sheiks, who shake SBahara sands and powdered Nile silt out of their burnooses after each blow, now are carrying the cleansing process a step farther by bath- ing in American bathtubs. There is an expanding mar- ket for bathtubs and other bath- room equipment exported from the United States into Egypt, according to Assistant Trade Commissioner F. A. M. Alfsen at Cairo, the Commerce Depart- ment says. The most important item in American exports to Egypt to- day are bathtubs, Alfsen in- formed the department. But since the general purchasing power in Egypt is rather low, cheap tubs or ‘“seconds” are most in demand. Capital Among & Gets Early Morning Vi- tality by Arising Daily at 4 AM. A top-ranking moticn picture di- | rector, who looks and telks more like & construction foreman than a Holly- wood notable, breakfasted on an | amazing amount of scrambled eggs | and coffee yesterday in his suite at | the Mayflower Hotel before eight | friends who marveled silently at his early morning vitality—the secret of which is that he gets up at 4 am. every day. ‘The husky, sunburned director was ‘W. 8. Van Dyke of the Metro-Goldwn- Mayer studios, whose hand shaped “San Francisco,” “Trader Horn,” ‘Eskimo,” “After the Thin Man” and “Love on the Run,” among other well- remembered films. He's afraid of get- ting the assignment on a sequel to “After the Thin Man,” because se- quels are difficult to keep to the standard set by their predecessors. That's why he calls the proposed third installment “Way After the Thin Man.” Van Dyke rather surprised his eight early-rising friends by his willingness to talk shop. He related the story of the Indian in “Eskimo” who told such tall tales of his experiences in the Arctic, where the picture was | made, that he developed into a major | studio problem back in Hollywood. The Indian, it seems, was given to | relating with a solemn mien how the Eskimos played foot ball in the shadow of the North Pole, using Nome and Juneau, Alaska, as goals. According to the last version of the tale, Van Dyke sald, each team was composed of 11 Eskimos with dog sleds. “The teams had fine plays,” the Indian would rhapsodize, “and beau- tiful forward passes. They do things big up there.” ‘The chief objections to the Indian's fine tales, it seems, came from press agents of rival studios who thought, perhaps, the Indian was stealing their stuff. In discussing his travels in Alaska | and elsewhere, Van Dyke took occa- | Favorite Cities - INDUSTRIAL ROLLS |Early 1936 Filings Record ; Kay Francis at $227,500, ‘With Firestone $85,000. By the Associatea Press. Movie salaries took a substantial |lead over industrial pay checks yes- terday in early filings of 1936 cor~ poration reports at the Securities 4 Commission. The $227,500 pay that Kay Francis, i | tall brunette leading lady of V W. S. VAN DYKE. | Bros,, received compared wit $85,000 top business salary r to date for Harvey S. i Y chairman of the tire and rubber c: pany he founded. Warner Bros, however, reported a $100,000 retainer for their attorney, James A. Reed Cavernous-mouthed Joe E. Brown was listed at $201,562 and Leslie How- ard at $185,000 by the same studio, | while Universal Pictures reported paying Irene Dunn $102,777 and Di- | rector James Whale $105,000. Other studios have not reported for their last fiscal year yet Theé early reports show | sion to list his four favorite cities, and ‘Washington was named, along with San Francisco, London and Cairo. He added that he believed Washington | was the most beautiful of &ll, and that “I can't stand New York.” The director said he had no idea who would get the Scarlett O'Hara) role in “Gone With the Wind,” but insisted it would be unnecessary to use an established star. “The picture can stand on the pub- licity given the book,” he said. “Not a single star is needed. It's a great spot, though, to make stars out of unknowns by giving them principal roles in this picture.” The gathering broke up as Van Dyke received a telephone call from a very old friend, Commissioner George E. Allen, and accepted an invitation to go to the races. Auto Bill (Continued Prom Page B-1.) the way” for enactment of a compul- sory inspection law. Van Duser Enthusiastic. Traffic Director William A. Van Duzer received news of the Budget | Bureau’s reversal of its stand enthusi- | astically. “Enactment of the safety inspection law,” he said, “will go far toward checking automobile accidents here.” The traffic director pointed out the | majority of cars involved in accidents | are only two or three years old. Own- | ers of such cars, he said, are lulled into false security and believe their safety devices are as adequate as when the car is new. Compulsory inspec- tions, he said, will quickly reveal de- fects in safety equipment. | supporting through collection of fees for inspections. He said he believed that in the second year of operation of the proposed law, costs of inspection | could be cut in half. Forty-five men | will be needed to man the safety centers, he sald. Under the proposed law motorists | | who failed to secure a safety inspec- tion certificate at least twice a year would face suspension of their right to drive. Van Duzer pointed out that once | established, the safety centers would | be available to motorists between the semi-annual inspections for tests | without charge. | Hold-Up Gets Cash for Surgery. CHICAGO (#).—Evelyn Warren, a hotel deck clerk, stared into the muz- | zle of a gun held by a middle-aged | man. “Give me your money,” he whis- other person who earned m | the fixed $75,000 pay of the Pr | of the United States. E. A. Cu | jr., president of the Cudahy Pa Co. of Chicago, drew $75,020 Here are a few other industrial pay figures: | E P. cave, Elv Goods Co., $63,500; Clark Controller Co.,, $56,197: B. C. | Heacock, Caterpillar Tractor Co, $50,000; E. H. McCarthy, Nash-Kel- vinator Co., $44,441; Fred L. Riggin, | Mueller Brass Co., $37,660; H. G. | Tallerday, Western Pipe & Steel Co. | of California, $36,125; B. F. Geyer, | Wayne Pump Co., $34751; W. H | Coverdale, Gulf States Steel Co., $2 | 310; Henry A. Rosenberg, Crown Pe- | troleum Corp., $22,640; Charles De: | Wiman, Deere & Co., $24,166; Geo; E. Keiser, Cuban-American S Co., $24,000. GLEE CLUB TO SING Co-eds of Wheaton College t Appear Here Thursday. Thirty-two girl singers, from among 600 co-e & Walker Dr H. J. Fisher, select , will be b | in a recital by the Wom of Wheaton (Ill.) Co! lace Memorial Un: Church, New Hampshire Randolph street, at 8 pm. T Soloists of the club are Miss ) Habeggar of Berne, Ind., a Blanche Anderson of Austi Miss Bee Van Duyn of Stutt is the club's concert violinist. glee club trio is comprised of B! Boyer of Washington, Pa.; 1 Stephens of Wheaton, Ill, and Miss Anderson. e Mill Founder Dies. BALTIC, Conn.. April 10 (&) Michael H. Donahoe. founder and treasurer of the Shetucket Worsted An appropriation of approximately | pered, pointing to his eye, which ap- | Mills, Inc., here died in his home $85,000 will be needed to establish | peared to have a cataract, “I need to day after a short illness three municipal safety inspection cen- | ters, Van Duzer pointed out. The | centers, he said, will be largely selt- | get my eye fixed.” | Miss Warren gave him $150, and he | walked out. | He was 79 years old. A native of Ireland, he came to this country during his boy- hood [T T T T 1i E Mississippi, author of the library bill The fact that Representative Col- lins and Senator Thomas, who handle District appropriations in the House and Senate, were made members of the President's committee to study future Government building needs has given rise to the inference that that committee would have in mind the building requirements of the munici- pal government as well as the Federal establishment when it prepares its report. It is not known when the report will be submitted. Schools (Continued From Page B-1.) Thomas Jefferson Memorial Junior High School and library fund. The sum of $400,000 was appropriated for both projects, with the stipulation that the library should be under con- trol of the trustees of the District Public Library. There was some ques- tion as to the desirability of having both under the same roof. “Oh, I don't think that is so vital,” Ballou told the board, “as long as they are separate units. At any rate the board still has the power to pass on the plans when they are completed.” The board finally voted to ask the Senate District Committee to add $100,000 to the appropriation for the Public Library which could be given by that unit as its share in the combined school-library construction. If this were done, it was pointed out, an identical sum could be transferred from the Jefferson allotment and ap- plied to the Banneker School con- struction without changing the Jef- ferson total of $400,000. Deny Effort on Transfer. Reaching the item of the transfer of certain playgrounds from the Municipal Playground Department to the schools, the members made official denial that they had made any effort to have this transfer effected, “Many people in the city are under the impression that we went out and stole money and jurisdiction from another governmental department,” asserted Mrs. Henry Grattan Doyle, president of the board. “I want to make it clear that the board never asked for the transfer. The board subscribed to the co-ordination proj- ect between it, the District Play- ground Department and the National Capital Park and Planning Com- mission. We were, and still are, satis- fled with it.” Henry I. Quinn, who was called before the Appropriation Subcom- mittee, to answer questions con- cerning the work of the Boys’ Clubs, explained that any remarks he made were entirely his own personal opinion and that he was not repre- senting the board. Testimony from the hearings shows that Lewis R. Barrett, District co- ordinator of recreation, made the sug- gestion himself, despite the co-ordinat- ing agreement which had been entered into by the board and the other two units, Quinn asserted. The members declared, however, that if the transfer were made they would make every effort to adminis- trate the playgrounds well. The play- grounds concerned, it was pointed out, are either adjacent to schools cr near them. Among the items whose restoration in the bill will be asked of the Senate District Committee is that of $6,000 A | nion Trust Company of the District of Columbia It is with much satisfaction that this Company presents a Condensed Comparative Statement of Condition as of March 4, 1936 with March 31, 1937. We thank our patrons for making possible the increased business shown. March 4, 1936 ASSETS Loans and Discounts_ - _ ________________ Interest Earned But Not e Banking House, Furniture and Fixtures, and Other Real Estate_ __ ______ _o___.___.__ Other Assets... ==+ T oo o - oo o LIABILITIES Reserves for Expense, Interest, Taxes, etc._ __ _ Capital Stock_-___________$2,000,000.00 Surplius s e Undivided Profits _ _ _ __ . ____- Reserve for Contingencies_ . - - Total Capital Funds__ - - _______.__ Cash on Hand and Due from Federal Reserve Bank and other Banks _ U. S. Government Obligations, Direct or Fully Guaranteed __ State and Municipal Bonds_ Other Marketable Securities_ - - 1,180,565.74 $3,882,611.49 1,251,675.00 - $490,276.69 1,670,842.43 2,901,979.16 58,022.74 3,095,763.14 162,700.20 $13,023,594.16 T R S $10,109,358.79 44,539.07 500,000.00 350,719.35 18,976.95 2,869,696.30 $13,023,594.16 March 31, 1937 ASSETS Cash on Hand and Due from Federal Reserve Bank and Other Banks U. S. Government Obligations, Direct or Fully Guaranteed State and Municipal Bonds__._ $678,217.87 Other Marketable Securities__ _1,161,295.35 Loans and Discounts_ _ _ _ Interest Earned But Not Due Banking House, Furniture and Fixtures, and Other Real Estate___________ OtherfAsselss 2t o Deposits __- LIABILITIES Reserves for Expense, Interest, Taxes, etc. - _ . Capital Stock____.___ Surplus _ Undivided Profits_ __ _ Reserve for Contingencies_ _ _ ------$2,000,000.00 500,000.00 487,289.09 47,084.36 Total Capital Funds_ - _______ _____.____ Member Federal Reserve System Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation $3,600,912.29 3,548,280.80 1,839,513.22 2,651,251.66 64,682.67 2,966,568.01 229,437.21 $14,900,645.86 $11,829,954.54 36,317.87 3,034,373.45 $14,900,645.86 —_———