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Society and General he Zoening Stap WASHINGTON, D. C, WEDNESDAY, MAY 19, 1937. | oxxx PAGE B—1 CHAIN STORE TAX REPORT IS ASKED OF D.C.OFFICIALS House Committee Acts After Sponsor Cites Court Decision. BILL PROVIDES $1,000 MAXIMUM PER UNIT Schulte Predicts Levies Would Add Considerably to $6,000,- 000 to Be Raised. MINIMUM WAGE RETROACTIVEPLEA HEARD BY COURT Half Employers of Women Would Be Made Bank- rupt, Is Claim. JUDGE RAEDY TAKES CASE IN ADVISEMENT ., - « Issue Is Presented in Appeals of Two Employes of Local Companies. BACKGROUND— Congress enacted minimum wage law for women and children of Dis- trict in 1918, creating Minimum Wage Board, which functioned un= til 1923, when Supreme Court, in Adkins vs. Children’s Hospital case, invalidated law. Board thereupon disbanded and minimum wage or= ders were no longer enforced. Sev- eral weeks ago Supreme Court, up= holding Washington State mini- mum wage law, also overruled its 1923 decision in Adkins case. At torney General Cummings and Cor= poration Counsel Seal have held old law is revived, but legal question of whether it is retroactive is unde=- cided., BY JAMES E. CHINN. The House District Committee tos day formally called on the Commise sioners for an early report on the | Schulte bill to license and tax chain stores. Action came a few hours after Repe resentative Schulte, Democrat, of Ine diana, sponsor of the measure, had appealed to the special Tax Subcomae mittee working on a new taxation pro= gram for the District to give it serious consideration in view of the Supreme Court decision upholding a chain store tax. $1,000 Maximum Provided. The bill was introduced March 11 and referred to the Tax Subcommite tee, but in view of the many other revenue-producing suggestions, it had “A Smile for Every Passenger” is the new motto of the Capital Tran- Ordered by Vice President Stephens to D No service is too small to perform in the cause of treat every passenger as he would like to be courtesy, Capital Transit train crews have been told. Mo- Like a true Chesterfieldian, Motorman Jones hastens to extend a helping hand to Marion and Half of the employers of women in the lower salary brackets would be sent into bankruptcy if the revived minimum wage law for the District were construed by the courts to be retroactive, it was declared in Mu- nicipal Court today when counsel for employers and employes went to battle over the law. Judge Ellen Raedy later took under advisement two vital test cases in- volving claims of additional back com- Wensation based on the contention the Bupreme Court’s recent reversal of the Adkins case reinstated the 1918 mini- mum wage act and made it retroactive. Counsel for the plaintiffs—one a ‘waitress and another a laundress— argued that the employers do not come into court “with clean hands” because their em- ployment con- tracts after in- validation of the law in 1923 were *“unconscionable” and in “defiance of legislative policy” as ex- pressed in pas- sage of the act. Only one of the plaintifis was in oourt as the at- torneys made vigorous oral ypleas to Judge Raedy. She was Mrs. Gertrude A. Perry, who was em- ployed as a laundress by the Fairfax Hotel, 2100 Massachusetts avenue, from February, 1936, to March, 1937. Bhe was represented by Attorneys Ir- win Bolotin and Samuel B. Brown. The other plaintiff, Miss Ruth Cor- nett, waitress, who is suing Dick’s Grill, was represented by Warren E. Miller and C. L. Dawson. Claims of Women. Mrs. Perry claims $373 and Miss Cornett $335 as additional amounts . gdue them under the $16.50 weekly minimum wage fixed by the old Mini- mum Wage Board in 1520. Their Iawyers argued that the old orders of the board have been in effect since disbanding of the board in 1923. Judge Raedy, in reserving decision, * msked counsel for both sides to submit written briefs covering their arguments and citing in detail legal cases men- tioned in the oral arguments. The small court room was crowded with spectators, many of whom were rep- resentatives of hotel, restaurant and laundry interests. Joseph C. McGarraghy, attorney for the Washington Hotel Men's Associa- tion, represented the Fairfax Hotel, and Samuel L. Boyd was attorney for Dick’s Grill. Opposing counsel agreed that the chief point at issue is whether the old minimum wage law has been con- tinuously in effect during the decade . wnd s half intervening between the Mrs. Gertrude Perry. Bupreme Court’s invalidation of the | act and its recent reversal of the 1923 | opinion, reviving the law. The pend- ing cases, it was pointed out, do not involve a question as to whether the old law is “prospective” or whether a new law must be passed. Fears “Economic Disaster.” Boyd declared ‘“economic disaster” ‘would threaten many businesses if the 3aw were ruled retroactive. It was he who made the assertion that half of these businesses would be forced into bankruptcy by such an interpretation. He said hotels, restaurants and simi- lar employers of women in the lower wage classes entered into contracts on ~the basis of the 1923 invalidation of the act and that these contracts, “made in good faith,” would be im- paired if the law were made retro- active. The wages paid employes, he gaid, were fixed in accordance with &harges made customers. McGarraghy stressed that thousands ol other employers in Washington will be affected by the outcome of the pending cases. Regardless of whether the act is restored by the recent Su- preme Court ruling, he stated, the bona flide contracts entered into under the previous ruling must be protected. He cited several court decisions in support of his argument. Insist Law Was in Effect. Attorneys for the two women cited bther cases in support of their con- tention that the court's reversal of its « original ruling reinstated the original Jaw as of the date of the first ruling. They insisted the act and all orders promulgated under it by the defunct ‘Minimum Wage Board remained in force during the long period of in- activity resulting from the original decision. One of the orders of the board which thus has a retroactive effect, they as- serted, was the one fixing the mini- mum weekly wages for women in ho- tels and laundries at $16.50. Attorneys for both sides indicated the test cases are headed for higher courts, regardless of the ruling to be #made by Judge Raedy. The .issues involved are “too far reaching” not to be passed on by high tribunals, they Dointed out, Y sit Co. Motorman Walter Jones is pictured carrying out edict of Vice President J. H. Stephens as he treated if he were a stranger in a strange city, Motorman Jones takes time out to offer friendly sightseeing directions to Miss Rita Dorr. Every conductor and motorman has torman Jones hastens to aid Miss Dorr after her purse spills while she searched for a token. Vice President sin avenue. STRAHL INDICTED INSTOCKLARGENY Salesman Charged in Losses of $12,179 by Mrs. J. G. Reilly of D. C. Max Strahl, 34-year-old New York stock salesman, was indicted today on a charge of larceny of stocks valued at $12,179.50 from Mrs. Helen J. G. Reilly, 1747 Q street, widow of the late Gen. James Reilly. He was arrested in her home April 13, while he allegedly was attempting to persuade her to accept a $10,000 check in settlement of her claim. Police said he had been arrested a number of times in cases involving | fraudulent stock schemes, and at one time was indicted in New York after a police investigation instigated by Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt. He al- legedly had swindled a friend of Mrs. Roosevelt. The indictment charges the larceny from Mrs. Reilly took place last No- vember 13, when Strahl is accused of persuading her to turn over to him the stocks to cover an investment he had made for her, which involved Okla- homa oil wells. Rogoff Also Named. Arrainged in Police Court April 14, he pleaded not guilty and his bail was set at $20,000. Preliminary hearing was continued. Also named in the indictment was Harry Rogoff of New York, allegedly an associate of Strahl, who has not been arrested. Police say Rogoff was present during a conversation Strahl had with Mrs. Reilly, posing as a wealthy oil man. Five aliases for Strahl were given in the indictment. Rogoff was indicted under one alias. Said by police to have pawned 14 typewriters belonging to the Wood- stock Typewriter Co., Lois Geddes, 37, was charged with embezzlement and larceny after trust. The ma- chines were valued at $20 each. Offi- cials of the company said the woman told them she wanted a number of machines for typing work during the presidential campaign. Accordingly, they rented her more than 20 type- writers and lent her six others. The offense is said to have occurred last June. Postal Clerk Indicted. Alvin O'Nevin, 57-year-old postal clerk, was indicted on a charge of interfering with the mails. Postal authorities stated he admitted tak- ing some $250 from letters during the last 16 months. Otis Moneyhan, 21, and Douglas O. Phillips, 22, were charged by the brings his car to stop before group of waiting passengers on Wiscon- grand jury with housebreaking and larceny” in connection with theft of $376 worth of rings and watches from the Castleberg Jewelry Co., 1004 F street. They are alleged to have smashed the show window and scooped up the jewelry on May 2. A total of 42 indictments were re- turned. Others Are Charged. Others indicted were: Alfred Walker, William Brown, Rus- sell Beale, Harry Gross, William P. Cullen, Julius Aikens, William John- son, Edward Dewey and Fred P. Hockett, housebreaking and larceny; John J. Simpson and Con- stantine Janes, receiving stolen prop- erty; Henry J. McCrea, John C. White, Willam F. Vincent and Ernest C. Harris, joyriding; James F. O'Dea, Carroll V, Henkell, Earl W. Férguson, Franklin T. Mills, Julius Alkens, Ozie J. Linder, Willlam H. Roles, Walter E. Leake and Norman Hansford, robbery; Albert Johnson, Frankln Clark, India Lunsford, Charles F. Dalzell, Joseph W, Hill, Jack R. Bailey and Herman Cannon, grand larceny; Maggle Malvin, Arthur Malvin and Henry B. Scott, assault with a dangerous weapon; Ancel Louise Doye, Thomas Alfred Brewer, Jr, and Mary F. Sawyer, forgery and uttering; Marion J. Smith, forgery; Edward Rowse, false pretenses, and William H. H. Brooks, forging a postal savings certificate. —— Chemist Will Speak. George W. Morey, physical chemist with the Geophysical Laboratory here, will be principal speaker at a meeting of the University of Virginia Chapter of Alpha Chi Sigms in the university chemical building tonight, of discourtesy. Lunch Box Found Provided With Teeth As Well as Food Sergt. V. O. Deus of the Capitol police force, has found a lot of strange things in his daily tour about the Capitol grounds, but today he picked up what he de- scribed as the “prize.” It was a lunch box. Inside was & sandwich, a slice of cake, a gum drop, and a pair of false teeth. SEVERAL FEDERAL AGENGIES T0 SHIFT Social Security Board Now Taking Over Potomac Park Apartments. The Social Security Board is taking over the Potomac Park Apartments, Twenty-first and C streets, which is being vacated by the Housing Division of the Public Works Administration, it was announced today by Clay J. Guth- ridge, chief of the Division of Gov- ernment Space Control of the Na- tional Park Service. The Bureau of Federal Old-Age Benefits is moving into the erstwhile apartment house from 1724 F street. The Bureau of Business Management of the Social Security Board is shift- ing from 1712 G street to 1724 F street. Officials said other units are remaining as they are. The board will continue to occupy quarters in the National Theater Building and in the old Southern Railway Building at 1300 E street, it was said. Power Commission to Move. In the next few days, Guthridge said, the Federal Power Commission will begin moving into the Hurley- Wright Building, Eighteenth street and Pennsylvania avenue. That build- ing has now been vacated by the In- dian Office and the Office of Education of the Interior Department, which moved into the new building. The Power Commission will move from the Printcraft Building, 930 H street; from the Carpenters’ Building, Tenth and K streets, and from the Machinists’ Building, Ninth street and Mount Vernon place. Tentatively, the Machinists’ and Carpenters’ Build- ings are being given up, although offi- cials made it clear that other agencies may occupy the vacated space. Alcohol Administration to Shift. The space in the Washington Loan & Trust Co. Building, given up by the Bureau of Mines, will be occupied by the Federal Alcohol Administration, which goes out of the Justice Depart- ment Building, which is expanding activities there. The Division of Accounts and De- posits, Treasury Department, will oc- cupy the vacated space in the Print- craft Building. The old Interior Department Build- ing, Eighteenth and F streets, is now being occupied by the Geological Sur- vey, the entire Public Works Admin- istration organization, the National Resources Committee and the Puerto Rican Reconstruction Administration. While there are incidental shifts to these major moves in the rearrange- ment of the Government offices in Washington, no new shifts of magni- tude are in prospect, officials said. The Government is not giving up any material space, they asid, as & num- ber of agencies are interested in se- curing additional areas, if they can be obtained here. —_——— CONTEST CONTINUED Ten Days More for “Lincoln at Prayer” Poetry Entries. Continuation until May 28 of the “Lincoln at Prayer” poetry contest has been announced by Miss Anita Brown, founder of poetry week, who offered & prize for the best verse in- spired by the statue in the Washing- ton Cathedral. The contest was to have closed yesterday. The name of the prize winner will be broadcast at a date to be an- nounced later. Contributions are to be turned in to the Lincoln Prise Con- | test Editor, National Poetry Oenter, Rockville been instructed to radiate pleasing personality in Stephens’ new campaign to end complaints HOLZWORTH QUIZ CONTINUES TODAY Palmisano Subcommittee to Resume Consideration of Investigation. The Palmisano Subcommittee of the House District Committee will resume its examination of Attorney John M Holzworth this afternoon in an effort to determine whether law enforce- ment conditions in Washington war- rant a thorough congressional investi- gation. The subcommittee is expected to make its recommendations to the whole committee late today or to- morrow. Testimony Half Completed. Holzworth, who formerly represent- ed Thomas Jordon, convicted slayer of Mrs. Lizzie S. Jaynes in the Garden T Shoppe hold-up, had about half completed his testimony when the subcommittee adjourned yesterday Appearing voluntarily before the House District Committee last week, Holzworth made serious charges against the United States attorney's office and the Police Department. After listening to his statements, Chairman Norton appointed the Palmisano Subcommittee to study the facts and ascertain whether the whole committee should order an investi- gation. The committee session yesterday was closed, but Holzworth said he repeated the charges he had made previously. Jury Member Other Witness. Israel F. Good, a member of the Jury that convicted Jordon was the only other witness yesterday. He re- fused to divulge the nature of his testimony, but it was known he be- lieves Jordon should have been con- victed of second instead of first degree murder. Good told reporters other members of the jury believed the verdict had to be first degree murder or not guilty, apparently misunderstanding the charge of the trial judge that sec- ond degree murder was & possible verdict. He also said an obsolete District code was brought into the jury room to bolster the contention that as a matter of law a second degree verdict could not be returned. JAMES J. REIDY, 67, DIES AT HOME HERE Official of Realty Firm Was With Moses & Sons Many Years. James J. Reidy, 67, head of the home sales department of the firm of John F. Donohoe & Sons, realtors, died yes- terday after a long illness at his home, « 170 North Caro- lina avenue south- east. A native of County Kerry, Ireland, Mr. Reidy came to this country about 45 years ago. For many years he ‘was employed by W. B. Moses & Sons, serving as head of the pack- ing and shipping dew?mmy ent. Mr, Reidy was a mem- 3. 3. Reldy, ber .of the Holy Name BSociety of 8t. Peter's Catholic Church. Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Han- nah A. Reidy; three sisters, Mrs. T. 8. Garges and Mrs. J. F. Aukard, both of this city, and another sister living in Ireland, and three brothers, also of Ireland. Funeral services will be held at 9 8.m. tomorrow, in St. Peter’s, following brief services at the residence. Burial will be in Mount Olivet Cemetery. Heads Princeton Theater. Richard A. Baer of Washington has been elected president of the Princeton University Theater Intime for 1937-38, today, Beer i s, by train crews. e is one of Stephens’ edicts. Stephens has laid down 10 rules of politeness to be followed “Take a real interest in every passenger” —Star Staff Photos. Joyce MacGregor, twin 2-year-old daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Harold MacGregor, 5205 Wisconsin avenue, as they board his car with Miss Dorr. politeness on every passenger every day,” Vice Presi- dent Stephens has directed. “Practice “Try to be just a little different with each passenger, for no two people are alike,” the transit official advised street car crews. While thousands cheered the won- ders of the scheduled performances beneath the main tent of the Ringling Bros. show yesterday afternoon, Lee Big Elk, Oklahoma Choctaw, gave an unexpected exhibition of daring in the lot behind the tent to a small group of circus artists and roustabouts. For two hours the Indian Wwrestled with 50 rattle snakes fresh from Brownsville, Tex., removing their fangs to render their bite harmless. He is one of the 12 redskins who, dressed in skins, smeared With aboriginal paint and holding the snakes, twice daily do a rain dance similar to a ceremontial practiced for countless generations by the Indians of the Southwest. Lee Big Elk was bitten six times by poisoned fangs before his afternoon’s work was over. But he appeared in the dance last night and will be a part of it this afternoon and tonight— the last 1937 performances at the lot at Florida avenue and Fifth street northeast. “I feel sicker than I have for a long time,” he said when the 50 fangless reptiles had been closed up in a large box where their rattlers kept up an incessant whirr. He swabs his wounds with peroxide and smears them with a black salve of his own making to save himself from being more than merely ill, The snakes are shipped in wooden boxes with screened tops. Lee Big Elk, known as Roebuck to his colleagues, rips open an end of the screening. He seizes near the tail the snake due for his surgery and strokes it gently on the stomach while it darts its head. When the snake stiffens under the soothing caress the Indian grasps it behind the head, forcing open: its mouth. A helper holds the writhing mid- portion of the 8-pound reptile. Big Elk hooks out the fangs with a cotton | tory. swab and pincers, cleans the wound with a handful of raw cotton and tosses the snake into the box with its fellows. The 12 Indians last night used the new snakes in their dance, holding them stiffiy in various poses to make the magic that will bring rain. It was showering briskly even before the dance began. Iron Eyes, a Cherokee, in charge of the Indians, said the dance brought eight days of rain last Summer in Hollywood, to the astonish- ment of the local populace, which hadn't seen even a drizzle in several weeks. ‘The redskins are part of the Wild Circus Indian, Bitten Defanging Rattlers, CarriesOn| 6 Times Behind the scenes of the circus, Lee Big Elk inakes harmless pets of poisonous snakes from the Southwest desert. —Star Staff Photo. atmosphere of Madison Square Gar- den, in New York City, where they played a month, proved fatal for many of the reptiles. ‘The surgery practiced by Lee Big Elk yesterday will need repeating with- in 90 days. Daily, however, he must examine the snakes’ mouths, for if they develop sores the bite is as dangerous as if the fangs were still there. Four of the 50 reptiles received yesterday had bad mouths, the Indian said, and probably will be sent back to Brownsville. The snakes average 6 feet in length. They cost $150 for two dozen. The Southwest rain dancers are a new attraction in Tim McCoy's show. They expect an injunction to be issued against them in Philadelphia by a man who claims he has all rights to exhibit the rain dance. Iron Eyes doesn’t think the Philadelphian has much of a case, SULTAN APPROVES PLANS FOR HARBOR Sketches of Three Developments Given Tentative 0. K.—Go to War Department. Engineer Commissioner Dan I. Sul- tan has given tentative approval to preliminary sketches of three new mu- nicipal developments along the District water front, as contemplated by Fed eral plans for the area, it was an- nounced today. They deal with the proposed new harbor police station, & new water- front fire station and a new pier and warehouse building as & distributing point for produce sent to and from the District work house and reforma- ‘The plans carry out the Commis- sioners’ intention to find a new loca- tion, in future years, for the District Morgue. The tentative sketches will be sent to the district engineer of the War Department. The authority for planning improvements along Water street was given by Congress some years ago, and provision was made last year for the drafting of plans. The work will be performed as a part of & 10-year program. et December 20 Pay Bill Passed. A bill authorizing payment of the December selaries of congressional employes ocn December 20 hereafter— five days before Christmas—has been sent to the White House for signature. N POLICE WORK HERE ONKEENEMYSTERY ' Maryland Detectives in City to Talk to Family, Con- fer With Hoover. Declaring “we are in this case to stay,” Detective Sergts. Marlin Bru- baker and J. J. Cassidy of the Mary- land State police arrived in Wash- ington today to investigate the mys- terious disappearance of Charles F. Keene, 63, of 2100 Massachusetts ave- nue, from a blood-stained cabin lumbia last Friday. “We are proceeding on the theory that we have jurisdiction in this case |and we will proceed on that theory until the case is solved,” said Sergt. Brubaker. The detectives came to Washington on the District of Columbia after a day spent in Norfolk, where police are convinced Keene was murdered and thrown overboard while the vessel was near the mouth of the Potomac River. Brubaker and Cassidy said they are working “with open minds” and as yet have not adopted either a murder or a suicide theory. Today they planned to question members of the Keene family, police and the miss- }mgd man’s business associates, they | said. May Talk to Hoover. question of our jurisdiction,” Bru- baker said. As the Maryland detectives worked to gather tangled clues in the strange case, the Bureau of Marine Inspec- tion and Navigation of the Depart- ment of Commerce arranged for & board of inquiry to sit in Baltimore Friday. Meanwhile a Coest Guard patrol boat cruised the lower Potomac, searching for Keene's body, and the Bureau of Aeronautics asked airplane pilots to fly low over the vicinity and keep a sharp lookout for the body. Brubaker said futile efforts were made in Norfolk to locate the mysteri- ous “Mrs. R. L. Loper,” who occupied the cabin adjoining Keene's on the night he vanished. After the boat docked in Norfolk, a “Mrs. Loper” called offices of the Norfolk & Wash- ington Steamboat Co., asking to speak to the general manager. He was not in, and she hung up, declaring she would talk to no one else, but prom- ising to call back later. Unable to Locate Woman. The detectives said they were un- able to find any steamship company employe who remembered having re- ceived the call from Mrs. Loper. A Ppassenger by that name was registered as occupying the cabin adjoining Keene's on the night he disappeared, and it is important that she be located, the detectives said. Outstanding clue in the case is a bloody handprint found on the window sill of Keene'’s cabin. There were blood stains on the bed, which had not been slept in; in the wash basin, and on the railing of the aft deck, | 10 feet back from Keene's cabin window. The missing man's suitcase was open and his clothing scattered about the room. His broken eyeglasses and wrist-watch were found on the floor. His wallet, containing about $40, was A blanket was thrown over the upper bunk in the cabin and the pillow was indented as though someone had lain on it. When Keene left Washington he was in good spirits and said he had every expectation of completing a profitable business deal in Norfolk. As yet police have been unable to learn whom he intended to meet in Norfolk, however. BAND CONCERT. By the Navy Band in the band stand at the Navy Yard at 7:30 o'clock tonight. Lieut. Charles Benter, leader; Alexander Morris, assistant. Because of other official duties, a concert scheduled by the Marine Band Symphony Orchestra for tonight will be played at 8 p.m. tomorrow in the auditorium of the Marine Barracks. LY aboard the steamer District of Co- | “We may drop by the F. B. I. to| talk to J. Edgar Hoover about the | been forgotten by Chairman Kennedy. Every store in the District would be taxed under Schulte’s measure, but chain operations would bear the heaviest burden. For instance, the license fee for one store woul® be $10 a year. But in other cases the annual license fee would be equivalent to the number of stores multiplied by $10. A chain of 10 stores would be required to pay $300 for each store, and a chain of 100 stores would be required to pay $1,000 for each store, But in no instance would the license fee for any one store exceed $1,000, Exact Revenue Undetermined. Schulte has no estimate to show how much the chain store tax would yield. He predicted. however, it would add a “considerable sum™ toward the $6,000,000 the subcomae mittee is endeavoring to raise to keep the District out of the red in the new fiscal year beginning July 1. Kennedy promised to include Schulte’s bill in a general taxation | program he has been authorized to draw up for consideration of the sube committee at its next meeting Tuesday. From this program a selection will ba made of the new forms of taxation it will recommend for adoption. In addition to the chain store tax, the program will include a weight tax on motor vehicles, an increase in the gasoline tax, a general sales tax, a gross receipts tax, a corporation tax, an in- come tax, an inheritance and estates tax and increased taxes on insurance premiums and public utility corpora- tions. Some Tentatively Approved, The subcommittee already has ten- tatively approved an increase in the insurance premiums tax, an inheri- tance and estate tax, and a weight tax on motor vehicles. These taxes, how- ever, are estimated to produce only $2.500,000 toward the present $6,000,- 000 goal. It is Kennedy's aim to have the sub- committee complete its tax program by the middle of next week so it can be rushed through the House before June 1. He pointed out it is vitally necessary that the program be enacted into law by July 1, the beginning of the new fiscal year. Kennedy said he did not anticipate any serious delay of the program the Senate because Chairman King (* the Senate District Committee ha promised to “go along” with the ta: increase proposals of the House. NEW BUS SERVICE STARTS TOMORROV:! East Washington Section to Have Line—Transfer at Barney Circle. Beginning tomorrow, the Capital Transit Co. will operate a new bus line serving sections in East Wash- ington, which will require transfers at Barney Circle for all passengers making through trips, the company announced today. The change in service, the concern said, was due to the fact the company is not permitted any longer to operate larger types of busses over Pennsyle vania Avenue Bridge. The company has placed in use for the in-town side of the service busses of larger size than are employed on the East Washington lines. Effective tomorrow, the busses of the East Washington suburban and the South Washington lines will be turned around at Barney Circle, Seve enteenth street and Pennsylvania ave- nue southeast. At the same time the company will institute the new service, to be known as the Pennsylvania Ave- nue Bridge Bus Line, which will oper- ate between Barney Circle and Ben- ning, Ely street, Hillcrest, Randle Highlands and Anacostia. Busses of the new line, as well as of the East Washington and South Washington lines, will leave their ter- minals when en route to Barney Circle two minutes earlier than at present, in order to allow time for necessary transfers there. Busses will leave Bar- ney Circle at the same time as now scheduled, STORES WILL CURTAIL HOURS THIS SUMMER ‘The Department Stores Division of the Merchants and Manufacturers® Ase sociation has decided to curtail worke ing hours during the Summer, Ed- ward D. Shaw, secretary of the assoe ciation, announced today. Beginning June 1, the stores wiil close at 5:30 pm. During July and August, the stores will be closed all day Saturday, with the exception of the first Saturday in July, which ime mediately precedes Independence day. Instead, the stores will close the fole lowing Monday, July 5. ‘The association is polling its meme bership to ascertain which stores will follow the new schedule, Shaw said.