Evening Star Newspaper, June 6, 1937, Page 19

_ ceeninews | @he Sunflny Shae W. DOCTORS HOSPITAL STOCK ISSUE GETS 5. E. C. APPROVAL 4,000 Shares of Common, $100 Par Value, to Be 0f- fered to Specific Groups. $600,000 CONSTRUCTION LOAN TO BE FLOATED Legal Work Is Being Speeded to Secure Clear Title for $1,000,- | 000 Project. Plans for the $1,000.000 hospital to be erected on' I street between Eighteenth and Nineteenth streets took a substantial step forward ye: | terday, when the Securities and Ex- change Commission authorized Doc- tors' Hospital, Inc., to issue capital stock for sale to the medical, dental and allied professions, only Action came by the S. E. C. when it permitted the registration statement filed by Doctors' Hospital for sale of Its stock, to become effective as of May 30, The issue will consist of 4.000 shares of common stock, $100 par value, to be offered at par, to a specified group, the medical, dental and allied pro- fessions. No underwriter is named in the registration certificate, and it was learned that Doctors' Hospital, Inc., plans to sell its stock direct. Already, it is understood, many members of the medical and dental professions have indicated a desire to purchase the new stock, so that it probably will be quickly subscribed Plan to Raise $1,000,000. Sale of this common stock will re- sult in a fund of $400.000. In addi- tion to this it is proposed to float & construction Joan of about $600,000, raising the total revenue to $1.000.000. The construction loan cannot be Mmade, however, until title to the land is clear. Legal work now is being pushed forward by J. Austin Stone. attorney, representing the interests | selling the land. Stone said last night | he hoped the question of the title | could be cleared in a short time so that the transfer of property can be completed. As soon as the land belongs to the doctors’ corporation the construction loan can be floated, and the building erected. Just when this will be, could not be forecast accurately last night, but it was hoped that all stages of the program would be pushed for- ward in order to put the building under construction as soon as pos- &ible. The new Doctors' Hospital will rise on the land lying between two medi- cal buildings—Washington Medical Building at the corner of Eighteenth street, and the Columbia Medical Building at the corner of Eye street The land in three parcels is being purchased from three different own- ers: The Sidwell Friends’ Schoo! the heirs of the late Thomas Sidwell, and the Alexandria Monthly Meeting of Friends, better known as the “I! Btreet Meeting.” No decision has been made yet as to where the school and the Friends', meeting will move when they vacate the present property, where they have | been located for many years. The Priends’ School has a suburban school located at 3901 Wisconsin avenue, where commencement took place Fri- day night. | To Spend $600,000 on Building. | The doctors plan to pay the three owners of the land $201,805, accord- ing to the registration statement filed | with S. E. C. They propose to spend | $600,000 for the hospital building, in- | cluding architects’ fee; $194,000 for, furniture, fixtures and equipment, and | $4,195 for organization expenses. Much of the new issue of stock, it | 1s believed, will be sold to doctors and | dentists in the two adjacent medical buildings, who already own a large part of the stock of the medical | buildings. Plans for the new hospital are being | drawn by Francisco & Jacobus, archi- | tects, in consultation with officers of | the hospital corporation, headed by | Dr. Charles Stanley White, president. | Other officials of the corporation ari Dr. Edward L. Morrison, vice presi- | dent; Dr. Charles Wilbur Hyde, | treasurer, and Dr. Oscar B. Hunter, | secretary. There is one other member of the original board, Dr. Alan J. Chenery. Gardner Booth of Alexan- dria is counsel. The corporation has | selected as building contractor Lee | Paschall of Richmond, Va. CRUISE SCHEDULED FOR REGATTA FUND First “Country Fair” Fete to Be | Held June 22 Aboard S. S. Potomac. Plans have been perfected for the first annual Gold Cup “country fair” eruise to be staged by the President’s Cup Regatta Association for the ben- efit of the regatta fund. The cruise will be down the Potomac June 22 aboard the steamer Potomac. The dock at Seventh and Water streets southwest will be decorated with colored lanterns and the Metro- politan Police Boys’ Band will play until the boat departs at 8:30 p.m,, and then go along for further enter- tainment. The Speedway will be outlined with red flares as the steamer passes. Aboard there will be music and danc- ing. Other diversions will include candy wheels, hot dog stands and & variety of games and amusements. 13 COSTLY IN COURT Man Fined $2 on Each of 12 Parking Charges. Thirteen proved an unlucky number for Alfred Schwartz, 204 Cromwell ter- race northeast, when he was brought into Traffic Court yesterday. Judge Edward M. Curran fined Schwartz $2 on each of 12 parking violations. He will face the thirteenth parking charge tomorrow, it being set aside because the arresting officer was out of town. | A | | Park pool. An effective way of keeping cool, when | the mercury climbs to 86, as it did yesterday. Patricia Huntt snapped at the East Potomac Truck Victim MISSVIRGINIA DALE MILLER. D.C.HEADS TO STUDY WAGE BOARD PLAN Group of Three Non-Salaried Men Would Administer Mini- mum Pay Act. Appointment of a non-salaried board of three, to administer the Dis- trict’s mmimum Wwage law, which was revived by a recent ruling by the United States Suprer®: Court, will be considered by the Commissioners Tuesday. | Commissioner Melvin C. Hazen said | yesterday the discussion would be general, that the city heads as yet had no candidates lined up. It is the plan of the Commissioners to name 2 board in time to begin renewed enforce- ment of the old law on July 1. Appropriation of $14.300 for ad- ministrative expenses of the board has been requested by the Commissioners } Twelfth street, said by police to be the during their appearance before the Senate District Subcommittee on Ap- propriations, handling the 1938 Dis- | trict budget. The item is expected to be allowed. The Commissioners have approved a | recommendation from a special com- mittee of District officials that the | board be placed on a non-salary basis. | This committee included Judge Fay | Bentley of Juvenile Court, Health Of- ficer George O. Ruhland and Welfare Director Elwood Street. BANK DIRECTOR NAMED ROCKVILLE, Md., June 5 (Spe- | cial) —Directors of the Farmers' | Barking & Trust Co. have elected Henry F. Gibbs a member of the board to succeed George F. Pollock, resigned. A native of Washington, he is a son of M. J. Gibbs, originator of the ASHINGTON, D. C,. SUNDAY 8 HURT N TRAFFL IND. C. TERRITORY College Girl Struck by Laun- dry Truck Near Street Car Platform. Eight persons, including an 18- vear-old college girl, were injured in traffic accidents in Washington and nearby Maryland yesterday and last night. Miss Virginia Dale Miller, William and Mary College student, was injured early last night when struck by a laundry truck as she stepped from a street car loading platform at Eight- eenth street and Pennsylvania avenue She was treated at Emergency Hos- pital for bruises and cuts on her back, legs and face. Later. she was taken to her home at 4534 Burlington place. | Lawrence K. Pettit of Alexandria, the truck driver, was held by third | precinct police until Miss Miller's | condition was determined. A witness | said Pettit's truck dragged the girl | 10 feet. | Miss Miller, daughter of Mr. and | | Mrs. Kenneth'A. Miller, is a graduate | of Woodrow Wilson High School and | had just returned home after her| freshman year in college. ‘i | Prince Frederick Crash. Three persons were injured, none critically, in an automobile collision | near Prince Frederick, Md. Dr. Ever- ard Briscoe of Prince Frederick, driver | of one car, suffered bruises about the head. Glacy Cox. Upper Marlboro, and James Dow. Gambrills, occupants of the other car, received lacerations and bruises. The three were treated at Prince Frederick Hospital. Mrs. Dorothy L. Talkes, 58, and her | son, Walter N., both of 1342 Ingraham | | street, received minor injuries when | | their car was struck by a laundry truck at Fifth and P streets. They | were treated at Sibley Hospital. The truck also struck and knocked down a fire alarm box on the corner. Otis W. Stubbs, 28, colored, 1735 | | driver of the truck, was charged with | reckless driving and driving with bad brakes at No. 2 precinct. Car Turns Over Twice. | Mrs. Katherine Mitchell, 35, of | 3068 Vista street northeast, escaped with slight bruises when her car turned over twice following collision with a truck at Twenty-fourth and Franklin streets northeast yesterday afternoon. William Chester Campbell, colored, (See TRAFFIC, Page B-2.) —_— “-— G.-Man Slaying Suspect Moved. ALBUQUERQUE, N. Mex., June 5 (#).—Guy G. Osborne, charged with slaying T. E. Rowe, Department of | Justice investigator, was transferred today to the State Penitentiary at Santa Fe to await action of & Federal grand jury. Funeral services for Rowe were held ! Peoples Drug Stores. ‘Summer Sleeping Hints—Preview On blankets, newspapers, benches and other makeshift beds in the open, outdoor-minded Washington takes to the parks as a steadily rising temperature makes sleeping inside too much Above are shown four young people who chose the grass of East Potomac Park of a chore. last night. A in Oklahoma City today. A = | Benning Power Plant Another group at McKinley rays of the sun. They are. lef Muller, Lavina Stockslager and MORNING, High who sought the beneficial t to right: Vivian Hunt, June Gertrude Foley. —Star Staff Photos | HEAT T0 REMAIN DESPITE SHOWERS GROTTOS DEFEAT SHRNE AT FETE Out at the Takoma Park pool yesterday. official opening day for all pools, the younger generation went en masse, seeking relief and a Summer tan, but no doubt ended up last night using all available unguents at home, Two Colored Boys Drowned. 'Ball Game and Drills Draw | Pair Overcome as Mer- cury Hits 90. There is a possibility of scattered | local thundershowers this afternoon in | Washington, according to the Weather Bureau, but no accompanying drop in temperature was in sight last night | The temperature this afternoon is ex- pected to hover around 99 | With yesterday's temperature reach- ing a high of 90 at 4 p.m., two colored youths were drowned while seeking | relief from heat and two persons were overcome by heat. One of the drowning victims was | Granville Craighead, 14, colored, of the 6200 block of Clay street northeast, who became exhausted and sank while | attempting to swim across the Eastern | Branch a short distance above the His body was recovered late yesterday by the Harbor Police and taken to the morgue The other youth was believed to be | Shepherd Turner, 14. of 803 Second | street southeast. He disappeared after | diving into the Potomac at the foot | of Half street southwest, and at a late hour last night his body had not been recovered. One of the persons overcome by the | heat was Edward Stevens, 21, of Bal- | timore. He was prostrated while in- stalling insulation between the roof and ceiling of an apartment at 1433 | Columbia road. He was treated by a private physician. Edward Nichols, 16, of 1532 D street southeast, was overcome at Bladens- burg road and New York avenue southeast. He was taken to Casualty Hospital and treated for “heat cramps,” and later returned home. | tired, Crowd of 5,000 to Grif- fith Stadium. A colorful Masonic fleld day pro- gram, featuring a Shrine-Grotto bace ball game and exhibitions by four crack drill teams in brilliant uniforms, drew a crowd estimated at more than 5.000 to Grifith Stadium yesterday after- noon. The base ball team representing Kallipolis Grotto, M. O. V. P. E. R, scored an 8-to-6 victory over the Almas Temple of the Shrine nine to win a silver loving cup presented by Clark Griffith,"owner of the Washing- ton base ball club. All Masonic bodies of the District co-operated in the field day program, the twenty-third annual event spon- sored by the Association of Worshipful Masters and the Matrons’ and Patrons’ Association of the Order of Eastern Star for the benefit of the Masonic and Eastern Star Home. Parade Opens Program. The program began with a parade | of representative groups marching to stirring martial music of massed bands of the Shrine, Grotto and Tall Cedars of Lebanon. Leading the parade were Maj. Gen. Amos A. Fries, U. 8. A, re- as grand marshal; Paul B Cromelin, grand master of Masons of the District: Mrs. Elizabeth W. Rhine, grand matron, and Victor B. French, grand patron of the Order of Eastern Star. After the parade the crowd was treated to & series of 9-minute ex- hibitions by the crack drill teams of the Shrine, Grotto, Tall Cedars and Job's Daughters. Cromelin, French and Mrs. Rhine spoke briefly over the loud-speaker system, thanking those who helped to make the program a success. Clark Griffith presented the cup to Cromelin for award to the winning base ball team. Victors Take Early Lead. ‘The Grotto nine got off to an early lead in the base ball game and was never headed. The Shriners were blanked until the sixth inning, get- ting only two hits off Grotto Pitcher Walter James. B. Love relieved James at the start of the sixth and the Shriners greeted him with a 5-hit barrage that netted 5 runs. They added another in the ninth. The Grottos collected their runs off R Lyons, who was relieved by Chewning in the Shrine pitching box in the fifth, after giving up 9 hits. Half a dozen Shrine errors contributed to the Grotto scoring. The line-ups were: Grottos—N. Shelton, 3b; V. Guazza, If; J. Stevens, cf; J. Freschi, 1b; R. Stevens, s5; F. , 2b: Miller, rf; H. Gichner, c, and W. James, p; substitutes, J. Jew- ett, If; P. Folliard, 1b; E. Cinotti, 2b; T. Nolan, rf, and B. Love, p. Shrine — B. Schneider, cf; B. Wheeler, 3b; G. Mosedale, If; W. Wheeler, ss; Nick Altrock, 1b; L. Nor- ton, 2b; K. Sole, rf; A. Schneider, c: R. Lyons, p; substitutes, M. Harding, 1b: W. Shomo, rf; Johnson, c; Chewning, p. Two injuries marred the game, Freachi -being carried off the field with a bruised leg in the sixth inning atfer a close play at first base, and A. Schneider going out of the game with & bruised finger in l’\e eighth. | organ recital was a feature of the | | made of the JUNE 6, 1937. * Mercury Climbs, Pools Open, and the Younger Generation Has a Field Day All that mission. “I there, too.” Sports—Pages 6 to 11 PAGE B—1 \ | L4 | ¢ 4 y, [y stood between these youngsters and the Benneker pool was the price of ad- f we had the money we'd be in they told the photographer. Banqueté Mark W.C and a Rece ption .T.U. Program 2,700 Delegates, Visitors Discuss Uni-| versal Peace, Gambling; Foreign Guests Receive Pres Concluding a day of addresses and discussions of the gambling problem, universal peace and the condition of natives 2.700 visitors and delegates to the Six- teenth Triennial Convention of the World's Women's Christian Temper- ance Union held banquets at three of Washington's large hotels last night and later attended a reception at Con- stitution Hall, convention headquarters. At the banquets, women of the United States were hosts to the visitors from other countries. Each of the 46 States represented gave a present, sym- bolic of their section. to the delegations from the 36 foreign countries repre- sented To Norway, North Dakota gave a blue earthen bowl, made of the State’s own clay, and decorated with wheat: South Dakota presented to Bulgaria a brooch made of gold from the Dakota hills; to the Fiji Islands went a rug wool from Wyoming's theep. and from Ohio to Australia went a service plate bearing the in- signia of the first State to have a W. C. T. U. crusade After the banquets, held at the Wil- lard, Washington and Raleigh Hotels, the women assembled at Constitution Hall for a reception by the National W.G. T. U. in honor of the world or- ganization and all visiting delegates and representatives. Many of those present from other lands were clad in their colorful native costumes. An program. Peace Meeting Today. The 2,700 women—700 more than were registered on the second day of the convention Friday—were to at- tend a brief service at the hall this morning at 9:30 o'clock. The program was to include addresses by Miss Ethel Y. Sing of China, Mrs. H. L. New- combe of Canada, Mrs. Tejera of Cuba and Mrs. Nelle G. Burger of the United States. A peace meeting, including ad- dresses by several prominent speakers, will be held at the Sylvan Theater at 4:30 p.m. today, with the evening pro- gram scheduled to begin at 8 o'clock at the hall. Maj. Thomas Macleod of England will speak on “Alcohol and Aviation” tonight. Lady Aurea Howard Macleod also will talk. An address yesterday, written by Ada Bromham of Australia and read by Mrs. Maskew Miller of South Africa, superintendent of the organization's department of protection of native races, revealed oppression and ex- ploitation parallel to the worst con- ditions under which colored slaves were brought to our own country from Africa more than a century and a half ago. Women Are Sold! “There are more than 70,000 full- blooded and half-caste natives in Queensland, Western Australia and the Northern Federal Territory,” Mrs, Bromham wrote. “Under the present | system which dispossessed the natives from their land, and the laws which prohibit them from hunting over large | areas which have been handed over to pastoralists, the men are often forced to sell the only property they possess—the women—in order to ob- tain food. This action is sanctioned by tribal law, which places the native women in the property status. Thus the traffic in women is carried on with the knowledge of authorities. “It is a State and Federal offense for an aboriginal or half-caste to be found drinking intoxicating liquor, and it also is a punishable offense for any person to give or sell intoxicating liquor to the natives. However, but few white men are brought to book for this offense, although it is well known that liquor is deliberately given the natives by whites for the purpose of taking away their women.” Mrs. Bromham wrote that the W. C. T. U. has helped “‘more or less” in co-operation with established missions, but that since the missions deal with only about 6,000 of the natives, “the greater part of the 70,000 population is untouched.” Armed Force for Peace. Collective armed force, if necessary, “to maintain world law” was recom- mended in & radio address by Lady Aurea Macleod, who shared a pro- gram with Mrs. O. Tsune Gauntlett, vice president of the Japanese W. C. T. U. » in semi-civilized countries, | ents at Fetes. 1 “How ean we deal with a nation which breaks world law by aggressive war?” the Englishwoman asked. “The other nations can best prevent crime by refusing to co-operate with the aggressor nation while it is defying world law by cutting off financial | commercial and personal intercourse with the aggressor nation.” Mrs. Gauntlett recommended “a breakdown of fear. hatred and sus- picion between nations by a thorough- going program of education” as a | means of realizing “the interdepend- ence which exists between countries of the present age.” Earlier in the day Mrs. Emily Moffat Clow of Ireland, superintendent of the department of anti-gambling, de- plored the extent of gambling :n 22 | of the 24 countries covered in a re- oent survey. In Central Europe. she said, “the moet alarming condition exists in the case of children who | find sanction from their parents in | saving their pennies for investment in | state or organization Ilotteries. The two countries who reported a “favor- able” condition on the gambling sit- uation, she said, were Finland and Germany. | Bucking Wine Traffic. Mile. Idelette Perrelet of Paris re- ported that, in the face of the “dis- couragingly dominant influence of the leaders of the wine traffic” in France. “the most encouraging fact in recent years” was that the sale of fruit and non-alcholic fruit juices had be- come & commercially profitable in- dustry, due to increasing use of these beverages in place of wine. Anti- alcoholic teaching in government schools is compulsory, she said, but so ‘far is restricted to information re- | garding distilled beverages | Miss Maude Astwood of Bermuda | said that despite difficulties in pro- moting temperance sentiment and | education in a country so famous in the tourist world, the Bermuda W. C T. U. had for many years carried or “a quiet, but effective presentation of the truth about beverage alcohol.” Approximately 500 adults and chil- dren will hold their dress rehearsal tomorrow night for the pageant, “Souls Courageous,” to be given at the hall Tuesday evening, closing night of the | six-day convention. The pageant is under direction of Mrs. Marie Moore Forrest of Washington. HEARING LISTED ON TAXICAB BILL | Measure to Limit Vehicles Will Have First Congressional Con- sideration Tuesday. First congressional consideration will be given a proposed bill of the Commissioners to limit the number of taxicabs in Washington at a pub- lic hearing before a special subcom- | mittee of the House District Commit- | tee Tuesday at 10:30 am | The hearing was called yesterday | by Representative Randolph, Demo- crat, of West Virginia, chairman of the subcommittee. Other members are Representatives Quinn, Democrat, | of Pennsylvania, and Brewster, Re- | publican, of Maine. Randolph also is chairman of an- other special subcommittee which will initiate an investigation of the Capital Transit Co. Friday at 10:30 am. This subcommittee will deter- mine whether any economies can be effected to reduce rates of fare on both bus and rail lines. It also will consider a bill sponsored by Repre- sentative Dirksen, Republican, of Illi- | nois to abolish one-man car opera- tions. HOOE FIGHTS RESiGNINGf Assistant Corporation Counsel to Appear Before D. C. Heads. Rice Hooe, assistant corporation counsel in charge of the legal staff of | the District at Police Court, will ap- pear before the Board of Commission- ers Tuesday to fight against his “resig- nation’ from office, which has been re. quested by Oorporation Counsel El- wood H. Sesl. Capital Transit | Walker was ordered FEDERATION ASKS FIVECENT FARES, CUT IN MILK PRICE Citizens Seek Six-Month Ex- perimental Reduction for Busess and Trolleys. RETURN OF $1 PASS ALSO RECOMMENDED !One Cent Lower Milk Cost Urged After Probe of Price Conditions. Adoption of a five-cent street car and bus fare for an experimental pere and a reduction nf in the retail price of milk fod of six months one cent were urged by the Pederation of Citje zens’ Assocstion last night in its closing meeting of the season Lowering of the transit fares was proposed following the request of the Co. for an increaze in the token fare from four for 30 cents to four for 35 cents. The fed- eration also asked that the Publie Utilities Commission take steps restore the use of the weekly $1 street car pass, which was abandoned Jan- uary 1 The actior on the transit fares was taken on recommendation of Will: McK. Clavton, chairman of t lie Utilities Committee, and w substantial majority However, eral delegates declared i to the company, in the rising costs, and small sev- was unfair face of {ts profit, to in- sist on lowering the fare During debate on point ton insisted the action wot hostile to the company and believed the company wou by a lower fare, which wowld its patronage, and enue Clar- not. be hat he benefit increase therefore, its reve Substitute Beaten. “A five-cent fare will not seem so strange if you remember that during the use of the $1 street car pass, the company itself said users of the pass were riding at the rate of between three and one-half and four cents ride,” Clayton said John F. Hillyard, Michigan Park delegate, proposed substitute that the federation i the existing token rates, arguing that pany to reduce fare: greatly increased the cost of buving would not be fair, a he face of its labor costs, and new equipmeht His motion was er of Park View, answered ¢ argument about the 3-cen 00l children recalling had not been adopted volun- . but had been ordered by Con- ss. He argued for the 5-cent ex- perimental fare, declaring that the railroads had been ordered to reduce their fares, and as a result, had car ried more passengers and made more money. a compar fare for that Milk Probe Reported The 5-cent fare resolution would not apply to express bus lines Inve: ation of the price of m A special committee headed b: several mont ago by the federation. Walker said his group found the producers were paid 30 cents a gallon as the “basic" price for milk which was used in re- tail distribution. To this, he said, the distributors added a total of 26 cents a gallon, and the resulting price to consumers was 14 cents a quart. A partial breakdown of the added 26 cents which the committee was able to obtain, he said, indicated‘ 16 cents of the total was charged to distribution, 4 cents for proce including pasteurization and 4. cents for administration, and that it wes claimed only one-fourth of a cent went to profit Take Rap at D. C. Heads. ‘Walker said the committee was un- able to gather information which would reveal the details of the com- plexities of the financial set-up of the milk industry, and that it should nou be expected to do so since a com- mittee of Congress had spent six months on such an investigation, and had failed Mrs. Harvey W who operates a minority report k by ‘Wiley of Kalorama, farm, submitted a asking that the com- | mittee favor retention of the present price of milk until August or Sepfem- ber, when the farmers would know what their crops would mean to milg production. Indirectly the federation took a rap at the Commissioners for their recent action in striking from the liquor reg- ulations all of section 3, which had prohibited the granting of certain types of licenses to places located within 400 feét of public and private schools and colleges. and chruches. On motion by Charles L. Norris, chairman of the committee on laws and legislation, it asked the Commis- sioners hereafter to give publi¢ notice and a public hearing prior to any action by the Commissioners on any amendment to the liquor regulations. The vote Was unanimous. Defender Bill Debated Extended debate was heid on the bill proposing appointment of a pub- lic defender for indigent persons on trial in the District courts. A report by Norris disapproved the bill and suggested as an alternative study of a system of having the Government pay fees to lawyers appointed to de- fend indigent persons facing criminal charges. John M. Holzworth, New York at- torney, who once was attorney for Thomas Jordon, who is scheduled to be exscuted this month for murder= ing Mrs. Lizzie Jaynes, attempted to take the floor to make a speech about crime and enforcement conditions in the District, but President Thomas E. Lodge ruled he must wait for pos= sible permission. This &vas never granted, because the federation ore dered the public defender resolution recommitted On motion by John M. Schaffer, vice chairman of the Public Welfare Committee, the federation adopted resolutions urging enactment of the bills raising the age of consent for marriage, to improve working condie tions at the District Jail, and to pro= vide one day of rest in seven for work- ers in the Distriet. ~