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2 KILLED, 14 HURT BY AUTO GRASHES IN AND NEAR D. C. Washington Woman Victim of Third Fatality at York, Pa. MERRIFIELD MAN DIES IN COLLISION WITH BUS Davidsonville Accident Fatal to Capital Resident—Pair Hurt by Hit-Run Drivers. Two persons were killed and 14 fnjured in trafic accidents in and near Washington in the last 24 hours. Two of the injured were hit-run vi tims. A third fatality, Miss Ona Singles, 1632 Newton street, an employe of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., was killed when she fell from the open door of a car at York, Pa. Police there declared the death accidental and said o inquest would be held. Nicholas Natali, 35, 1356 . Florida avenue, was killed near Davidsonville, WASHINGTON, D. C MONDAY, MAY 31, 19317. | N ation’s Heroes Honored in Memorial Day Services Here PAGE B—1 FINE ARTS BODY WRITESATTACKING SLAUGHTER HOUSE Capital Has “Far to Go” to Get Attractive Entrances, Letter Says. COMMISSION VIEWS HOUSING PLAN THREAT Message Sent to Chairman King. Action Opposing Certain In- dustries Praised. Chairman King of the Senate D: Committee, who is sponso tion aimed at co industrial operat t ty, today made t from the Fine Arts Commission pro- testing against the proposal of Adolf Gobel, Inc., to build a la h 1 viaduct. n has “far to go” in get- ting attractive entrances from Mar land and Virginia, Chairman Charles nded in poin Moore re During annual Memorial day exercises yesterday in the Amphitheater in Senator Bennett C. Clark of Mis- Placing wreaths on the 2d Division Monument. Center, left to right: disadvantages of a slaug Md, when the car he was driving overturned. Magistrate Joseph O. Fowler, acting coroner, said the car darted up a bank and rolled over when a tire blew out. Mrs. Natali, who was with her husband, escaped injury. Another passenger, Mike Pin- til, received only minor injuries. Merrifield Man Killed. A Merrifield, Va., man, Carl Lesney, 85, died in Georgetown Hospital shortly after a head-on collision between his car and a bus on the Lee Highway pear Falls Church. The driver of the bus was uninjured. The hit-run victims were Stanley Deal, 39, Marlboro, Md., and Ludwig Schuler, 32, 1651 Fuller street. Deal was taken to Casua Hospital and treated for head injuries after being knocked down by a car near his home. Schuler also was treated at Casualty, where physicians reported he sustained a fractured pelvis and other injuries. Miss Dora Palmer, 18, 1124 Fourth rtreet southwest, was treated at Gal- linger Hospital for cuts about the head end face after the car in which she was riding was struck by another ma- chine at Pen lvania avenue and Eranch avenue southeast. Police said the driver of the other car was Jack- &on 5. Athey, 224 F street Miss Natalie S. Ostlund, 2002 P street, and Mrs. Dean Reppert, Oricksburg, Pa, were treated at Georgetown Hospital for injuries sbout the head after their automobile collided near Bethesda. Driver Is Charged. Miss Margaret Thompson, 18, Silver 8pring, Md., received a possible con- ! eussion of the brain and other injuries when thrown from the tandem seat | of a motor cycle as it collided with an automobile at Butternut street and Piney Branch road. She was treated at Walter Reed Hospital. Mrs. Mary E. Mawson, 46, 3805 M street, was treated at Casualty after the car in which she was riding with her son, William, 27, collided with another machine on Bladensburg road. Her son also received cuts. police charged H. A. Towers, 239 Tenth | street, who they said was the driver ™ of the other car, with reckless driving. ¥ ~ Ernest Stewart, 18, 501 B street north- east, suffered concussion of the brain when his automobile overturned on a curve near Forestville, Md. He also received a fractured wrist and cuts. He was taken to Casualty. Child, 4, Injured. Four-year-old Raymond Adams re- | geived multiple lacerations and suffered | from shock when he was struck by an | automobile as he ran into the street in front of his home in the 700 block of Sixth street northeast. He was | taken to Emergency. Samuel Ishkanian, 44, 730 Fifth street, was treated at Sibley Hospital for bruises and abrasions after being | struck by a car which police said was | driven by Tony Kline, 18, 204 Leland | street, Chevy Chase, Md. Bernard Davis, 18, of 1751 P street, | and William Bayne, 23, of 2015 Nine- teenth street, were slightly injured yesterday when their automobile ran off the road near Manassas, Va., and turned over in a ditch. They were treated at Emergency for cuts and bruises and returned to their homes. Leroy M. King, 9, colored, was treated at Freedman's Hospital for | minor injuries after being hit by a car in the 2200 block of Georgia ave- nue. Paul Anders, Rockville, was cut on the head and hands by flying class when his truck struck and killed a ‘horse on River road near the Con- gressional Country Club early this morning. His car was badly damaged, but his injuries were said to be not serious. CLASS TO GRADUATE AT BLISS SCHOOL Dr. G. B. Woods of A. U. to Be Speaker at Commencement Wednesday. Annual commencement, exercises for the graduating class of Bliss Electrical 8chool will be held at 8 p.m. Wednes- day at the school in Takoma Park, it was announced today. Dr. George B. Woods, dean of the College of Liberal Arts at American University, will deliver the commence- ment address. ‘The class banquet will be held at the Roosevelt Hotel tonight at 6:30 o’clock and ar electrical demonstration is scheduled for tomorrow at 10 a.m. in the lecture hall by F. P. Mueller of the faculty. At 2 p.m. athletic con- tests will be held on the campus and at 10 p.m. the final class dance of the year will be held. Prof. and Mrs. Bliss will receive the class of 1937 and their friends at their home, 209 Takoma avenue, for two hours before the dance. Seven Washingtonians attended the school this year. They are Frank E. Burke, Robert Q. Cohen, Lewis Gold, - Thomas M. Pullman, Domenic T. Scu- deri, Robert J. Smith- and Brother Albert Werdein, O. F. M. [d Maryland | took part. Arlington National Cemetery. More than 100 veteran and patriotic organizations souri, one of the founders of the American Legion, speaking at Ar- Brig. Gen. Hugh Mathews, William E. Spicer, Mrs. Horace B. Blake and J. lington. Kaufman. D.C. MANDROWNS - ATLEONARDIOWN |Claude N. Burch Loses Life After Diving From Yacht. | _Claude N. Burch, 30, of 1520 Good Hope road southeast was drowned yes- | terday while swimming with a group of friends in the Potomac River, near Leonardtown, Md. Burch apparently suffered an at- tack of cramps or acute indigestion after diving from a yacht to swim to a nearby rowboat. Others in the party recovered his body shortly after he sank under the water, but efforts | to revive him failed. A coroner's jury returned a ver- {dict of death by accidental drow: ing. Born in Anacostia on April 25, 1907, Burch was educated at St. Theresa's Parochial School. He was married when he was 21 years old, but had not been living with his wife for several years. He was employed by the Packard Washington Motor Car Co. Burch is survived by his father, Claude Burch, sr., a local florist; three brothers, Russell A, Louis E. and Richard L. Burch, and by a sister, Elsie. His mother died five years ago. His father said Burch left Wash- ington with & party of friends to spend the week end at Leonardtown. It was his first trip to the water this | year. | Burch’s body was brought to Mur- ray’s funeral home in Anacostia to await funeral arrangements. TWO DETECTIVES HIT BY COLORED REVELER A colored reveler armed with a beer bottle early yesterday split the lip of Detective Sergt. Clyde N. Strange and raised a lump on the head of Detective Sergt. James Tolson, the officers re- ported. The detectives answered a radio order to go to the 700 block of First street, where a fight was reported. On arriving at the scene, Strange said, he was questioning Wilbur Bailey, 32, 700 block of First street, when the latter hit him in the mouth with a beer bottle. Tolson went to the aid of Strange and received a blow on the head, it was said. At Casualty Hospital it required four stitches to close the wound in Strange’s lip. Tolson did not need hospital at- tention. Bailey was arrested and held for investigation. FNALD G TAKBLL ORAFY DEFERRE Special Committee Will Re- assemble Tomorrow for Further Consideration. Resting from a strenuous week of | tax revision, the Commissioners’ Spe- cial Committee of Revenue Advisors | declared a holiday today, planning | to reassemble tomorrow, rhaps, in | order to polish off at their leisure a | 10-point program for submission to | | the full House District Committee when it meets Thursday morning | A decision to leave to the last the final draft of a bill to license foreign or non-local corporations doing busi | ness in the District, enabled the worn- out members of the "committee to isra!!?r to nearby resorts and golf | links. There is ample time remaining | formally on the tax revenue program | before it is turned over to the House committee which has the final say on the controversial question of the pro- posed income tax for the District. May Await Last Minute. “We will probably not draft the for- eign corporation licensing feature,” Vernon E. West, assistant corporation counsel, explained today. “There is no controversy or question of policy in- volved in it and we can take it up Just as well before the District Cor mittee of the House next Thursda | The licensing feature is not designed | the amount of the fee, probably $25, like some other rates included in the determination of the House Commit- tee West said there has been no discus- sion of the revised tax program since | it was virtually completed late Sat- | urday and the “status quo” remains the same. Between now and Thurs- | day it will be necessary only for the lawyer members of the Commissioners’ Committee to iron out the remaining | legal kinks in the program. Ample Revenue Seen. As prepared, the 10 measures are fully capable of producing sufficient or more revenue than is actually nec- essary to meet the deficit in the next fiscal year on which a minimum esti- mate of $6,000,000 is placed. Actually, there are only nine tax | bills in the program, since the final | measure will be a request by the Com- missioners for authority to obtain advances from the Treasury to meet current bills next fiscal year. is mecessary because collections from the old and new taxes will not be forthcoming immediately. Boy Scout Jamboree Insured Against Almost Every Hazard The forthcoming Boy Scout jam- boree has been insured against almost every conceivable hazard—from pesti- lence to hurricanes. ‘With an outlay of nearly $1,000,000 involved in the gigantic enterprise, the Boy Scouts of America has taken out insurance policies covering pos- sible emergencies of every variety that might interfere with success of the project. Similar policies taken out in 1935 saved the organization from a loss of approximately $300,000 caused by calling off of the jamboree that year, due to the widespread epidemic of in- fantile paralysis. If all the tents in the “city of canvas” now taking shape on Co- Bridge, should be blown into the Po- tomac River; if fire should level the encampment, or if a plague should descend on the 25,000 to 30,000 boys assembled here June 30 to July 9, the insurance companies would have to foot ihe bill. Huge Spread of Canvas. The large tents which have been raised across the bridge are but a small portion of the huge spread of canvas soon to cover the park areas on the opposite shore of the river and in the area near the Monument on this side of the Potomac. Jamboree officials explain that an early start is necessary in order to lay the groundwork for the tented city. The tents, incidentally, are owned by the Government. lumbia island, across the Memorial | Everything From Pestilence to Hurri- cane Covered in Policies Designed to Protect Heavy Outlay. Pipes are being laid to supply city water to the encampment and to dis- pose of waste. The sanitation con- tracts alone are sald to run into three figures. Large ice boxes are being installed in the big kitchen and mess tents. More than 200 tons of food per day will be consumed by the hungry Scouts during the convention. Orders are being placed for delivery of 30,000 quarts of milk per day. Elaborate Telephone System. Anelaborate telephone system will be set up, with the “nerve center” in 8 large communications tent. Officials will be able to get into immediate touch with every section of the camp by telephone. An improvised stadium, with seats for 12,000 persons, will be arranged on the Monument Grounds, where colorful regional pegeants will be held during the jamboree. There will be a great mass demon- stration and “show of strength” of the Scouts along Constitution avenue from the Capitol to the Ellipse on July 1. President Roosevelt will review this procession. An almost continuous round of sight- seeing excursions has been planned— the places of interest to be visited in- cluding the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and Mount Vernon. This will be the first jamboree of Scouts ever held in the United States. Boys from several foreign natighs will participate. 8imilar demonsjfations have been held abroad in receyli years, | particularly as a revenue measure and | whole program, will be left for the | This | Arlington Man Receives Degree Via Telephone From Oklahoma/ SHOWFEW PROFITS | to allow the Commissioners to pass | While friends look on, | degree by telephone. i Gregory and Paul Meldrum. | and Mechanical College a month ago to take a Gov- ernment job here, and who completed his course by correspondence, today received the first degree the college | ever conferred by telephone. In a message from Dr. Henry G. Bennett, president of the college, sent direct from the platform at Stillwater, | where Sweezy's classmates were being handed their diplomas, Sweezy ceived the bachelor of science degree for which he had been working for | the last four years. | The message was put through from Dr. Bennett to Sweezy at his home, 2121 Military road, Arlington, Va. At the Oklahoma Agricultural LDON SWEEZEY, 19, who left ! re- | Eldon Sweezy. 19, is awarded B. S. His friends are (left to right) Constance, —Star Staff Photo. the same time, Sweezy's father, A. G. Sweezy, 51, a school teacher, was re- ceiving his master's degree at the col- lege commencement exercises. Sweezy worked his way through col- lege as a library assistant, stenogra- | pher and statistician. Commencement was approaching when he received an appointment last April as a $1.440-a- vear clerk-typist in the Employes' Compensation Commission. Sweezy decided not to pass up the opportunity. He arranged with his instructors to continue his studies by ' mail and the college, in recognition of his work, extended him the courtesy of the unique graduation by telephone. | Sweezy’s family lives at Inola, Okla. POPE PIUS PRAISED INRADIO ADDRESS Archbishop Cicognani Re- ‘views Achievements in Birthday Eulogy. The achievements of Pope Pius XI were praised in glowing terms yester- day by Most Rev. Almeto Giovanni Cicognani, apostolic delegate to the United States, in a radio address de- livered in connection with a Nation- wide ceremony celebrating the pon- tiff's 80th birthday anniversary. his pontificate would “stand compari- pontiffs” in the Catholic Church's 20 centuries of history. “The work of Pius XI, far from be- ing exhausted in the performance of his exalted ministry, has been exerted in such a variety of new projects and undertakings as to compel general ad- miration and gratitude,” he said. As- serting “the great battle in which the world is engaged today” is between atheistic communism and spiritual and moral values, the archbishop re- called that as soon as the Pope re- covered from his recent illness he ap- pealed “against the enemy.” Solemn pontifical mass was cele- brated by Most Rev. John M. Mc- Namara, Auxiliary Bishop of Balti- more, yesterday morning in the crypt of the National Shrine of the Immac- ulate Conception. The entire facul- ty and student body of Catholic Uni- versity, together with members of the diplomatic corps and ,high Govern- ment officials, attended. Right Rev. Joseph M. Corrigan, rector of the university, delivered the sermon, calling on all Catholics to give their ‘“individual and collective response to our holy father's call to action in carrying Christ to our fel- low citizens.” The mass was followed by a lunch- eon on the university campus, which was attended by many of the church dignitaries, . Taxi Drivers to Meet. The Industrial Brotherhood of Taxi Drivers will meet at 808 I street at 8:30 tonight. Plans for strengthening the organization will be discussed. The archbishop said the years of | son with those of the most illustrious | TRERSONSPERSH INSONERSET iR ' Second Blaze Near Crisfield Brings Toll for Week to Eleven. By the Associated Press. CRISFIELD, Md.,, May 31.—Somer- | set County's death toll of colored strawberry pickers trapped in blazing shanties stood at 11 today. Twice during the past four days flames leveled a shanty in which Vir- ginia colored people, brought here to work during the berry season, were housed. Seven of them were burned to death late Saturday night or early Sunday morning in a fire believed to have started from a cigarette butt or a coal oil stove. Last week four were killed in a fire which officers believe was of in- cendiary origin. That investigation still is going on. Six or seven families usually are housed in the shanties, structures of flimsy construction, which burn rap- idly. All of the seven latest victims were related—a father, his four children, his brother-in-law and his sister-in- law. Delia Custis, wife of James Custis who died, escaped only by Jjumping from a second-floor window. She held her 3-month-old baby in her arms for the leap, and both es- caped injury. ‘Four of her children, ranging in age from 8 to 11, were Kkilled. Stanley Custis, another of her chil- dren, also jumped from the second story. The 14-year-old boy was so critically- hurt he is not expected to live. Officers said they believed the first fire was set following an argument nver a woman. . Route Body Head to Quil. LURAY, Va., May 31 (Special).— D. F. Aleshire of Luray, president of the Skyline Shenandoah Scenic Route Association, announced that he ex- pects to resign his office effective im- mediately. Aleshire was elected at the annual meeting in Luray several months ago. —Star Staff and A. P. Photos. D. C. BUSINESSES Only 918 of 2,598 Corpora- tions Had Net Incomes in 1934, Returns Reveal. Less than half the corporations in | this city reported a net income in 1934, while more than half reported a deficit, according to corporation re- | ports from the Bureau of Internal Revenue. Out of 2,598 returns filed, only 918 showed & net income: 1428 reported a deficit, while 252 were listed as “in- active.” The 918 corporations with net in- come reported a gross income of $305,- | 696 000, with deductions of $282.825.- 000. and a net income of $22.871,000, and excess profits tax of $49,000. | 100 Billion Gross Income. The corporations operating at a re- ported loss showed $221222,000 gross income, deductions of $243.421,000 for & total deficit of $22,199,000, and no | tax. For the country as a whole 528.898 filed returns, including 145101, with net income, 324,702 with no net in-| come and 59,094 “inactive" corpora-; tions. | The total net income amounted to $4.275,197,000, and the deficit of cor- porations with no net income amount- ed to $4,181,027.000. The aggregate gross income report- ied by all corporations amounted to $100.831,253,000. | Net Income Totals $94,000,000. ‘The net income of corporations with net income exceeded the deficit of cor- porations with no net income by | $94,1,000. The total income and excess profits tax liability amounted | | to $596,048.,000. | The nearby State of Maryland re- | ported 6,740 corporations, of which 2,187 reported a gross income of | |$697.119,000, and net income of $55,948,000, and income tax of $7,581,- 000. Maryland showed 3,735 returns with no net income, but a deficit of | $70,417.000, and there were 818 in- | active corporations. Virginia reported 6.893 corporations, of which 2,542 reported gross income |of $641,816.000, net income of $54,- | 682,000, and income tax of $7.519.000. Virginia had 3,794 “no net income™ corporations, and 557 inactive, Strangers, Bill Disappear. SCOTTSBLUFF, Nebr. — Walter Weddle, special police officer, dis- played a $100 bill to a group of his friends in a liquor store. Two strangers entered the store as the bill was being passed from hand to hand. The strangers disappeared. So did the $100 bill. plan and its sponso paying an income tax of $3,145000, blunt | growing out of his ref | before a House investigating commit- | throughout the coun TOWNSEND IS HIT BY OWN ATTACK Blast at Court Bill Brings Threat of Loss of Sup- porters. Dr. Francis E. Townsend, clinging to his vision of still ld-aze pen- | being erected on a greatly used highe way leading to the Anacostia region. “It is a great satisfaction to note ou have vigorously opposed con= oir near the Ben- one of the chief costia,” Moore wrote, Land Purchases Cited. ning road, adjoin entrances to An 1 Capi tal ington, are sure to make | it one of the most attractive residence sections of sions of $200 per month, was being | threatened today with the complete loss of his waning congressional in- fluence, it Was learne Outspoken on m; tration, the Calf the blow-off by a through the Townsend Weekly on the court reform plan editorial denu ion of the closed with the warning that any member of Congress “found so lax in his duty to his constituency as to vote aw their prerogatives granted under the Constitution will find his term of office ended at the next election.” With many of the supporters of the present Townsend bill, H. R. 4199, also being in favor of the proposed judiciary changes, the Steering Com- mittee handling the pension legisla- tion met last week and served notice on the doctor's representative here that their support of him would be | withdrawn unless he appeared to make satisfactory explanation of his actions. Sche speak in Cl pension advocate ington later in the it was said at offices of the organization here. A few days ago it was announced that the third an- nual convention of the Townsend | party would be held here late in June Found guilty February in District Court in on charges of contempt 1 to remain tee last May, the doctor has been at | liberty pending disposition of an ap- | peal in his behalf. Despite a marked falling off of strength of the Townsend movement ous fights h his associates, the | pension plan advocate had a bill in- troduced in the present Congress with a small House bloc committed to | work for its passage. D. C. BOY WINS TRIP Philemon D. Margold, 15, of 3901 Connecticut avenue was announced yesterday one of 13 high school stu- dents of 8 States and the District who will be given sea trips this Sum- mer by the Propellor Club of the United States for outstanding essays written on the importance of a strong American Merchant Marine. Unshaken in his determination to become a transport pilot—an ambition | he has cherished for the past 13| years—James Moran, 20-year-old de- partment store stock clerk, today im- patiently awaited healing of injuries received yesterday in a narrow escape from death so he can return to the air again. Hundreds of horrified spectators watched Moran plunge toward what they thought would be certain death at Queens Chapel Airport after the wings of his plane clipped the top from a tall tree near the edge of the landing fleld. The plane’s motor was driven back into the front cockpit when it struck the ground,. but Moran clambered from the rear cockpit with only minor injuries. He was thrown against the instrument penel when the plane crashed. .The stem of a clock was driven into his chin and his face was badly cut. “I was 50 dazed I couldn't remem- | ber what happened,” Moran related from his bed at Sibley Hospital to- day. “I remember flying around the fleld waiting for a clear runway and then I knew I was crashing. As I went down I remembered you were supposed to cut the switch to keep from burning to death, so I did that and then we hit.” When he was 7 years old, Moran said, he decided to become an airplane pilot. Through his school days his hobby was building model planes. All of his savings were dedicated to learn= ing to fly his own plane. He grad- uated from a flying school last year and in February “chipped in” with D. C. Youth, 20, In Crash, Is Impatient to Fly Misses Death JAMES MORAN, Shown in bed in Sibley Hos- pital today. —Star Staff Photo. Ivan Bowman, 22, of 1823 Riggs street northwest to purchase a $300 second- hand plane. “Just as soon as I get out of here,” Moran said, “I'm going up again. I guess I'll have to start saving to buy another plane, too.” Moran, son of Park Policeman James A. Moran, lives at 627 Florence street northeast. He has 26 hours of solo flying credited on his student’s license. and privileges | and numer- | ment awaits on | the park lands al | opening of streets an know that almost in the country is affected w districts along one or more of | its approaches. Washington has still | far to go in getting attractive en- | trances from Maryland and Virginia. | To permit the proposed abattoir ex- | tension would be a long, long step backward. “It is most encouraging that you have earnestly taken up this very | vital matte | Meanwhile the National Insured Homes Corp. of New York, which purchased a large tract of land this month in the vicinity of the Gobel site off the Ben: endeav- zoned as rom Myron Dav ge . vice pres. al manager of the on, who said its e land was to w-priced qui ¥ houses.” Proposed Housing Development. This proposed housing development i ¢ in line made before tr committee that ity of the Gol e area in the vicin | site is capable of desirable development for residentia purposes in the event the ughter house operations are forbi About a quarter of a mile from the Gobel site the Public Works Ad- | ministration also owns a large tract of land which it has been holding for future housing developments. Slaughter house operations nearby, with stockyards filled with animals, housing offictals have repeatedly pro- tested, would make it undesirable to go ahead with any future plans for a low-cost housing project. {THREE MEN ROBBED IN TWO HOLD-UPS Auto, Wrist Watch and $20 Taken by Pair of Colored Armed Bandits. A pair of colored bandits armed with revolvers robbed three men in two hold-ups early yesterday, taking an automobile, a wrist watch and some $20 in cash. Joseph Graves. 19, 300 block of Tenth street northeast. and James Godfrey, 20, 1324 G street northeast, reported they were held up at pistol point as they sat in an automobile parked in the first block of M strect, Graves handed over $8.50 and his companion $12 and a wrist watch. ‘Two men answering the description of the robbers a short time later Jumped on the running board of an automobile operated by Bernard C. Swiss, 31, of 1312 Sixteenth street, at Fourteenth street and Rhode Island avenue, The bandits entered the car and forced Swiss to drive to Ninth and © streets. There they ordered him from the machine and drove away. BAND CONCERT. By the Army Band in the audito- rium at 5 o'clock today. Capt Thomas F. Darcy, leader; Karl Hub- ner, assistant. PROGRAM. Excerpt, “Largo,” from the “New ‘World Symphony” .. Sketch, “Lily of the Valley Characteristic, “Violets”_ Cornet solo, Heart” Albin ohnson, =oloist. Concert piece, “Recuerdo’ March, “American Medle: “The Star Spangled Banner.”