Evening Star Newspaper, July 14, 1937, Page 19

Wash KING DRAFTS BILL O MAKEU.S. BEAR COST OF AIRPORT Peoposal Will Recommend Model Development at Camp Springs Site. COST IS ESTIMATED AT $3,286,250 TOTAL Court Bill Debate Makes Date of Introduction Uncertain, He Says. BACKGROUND— Construction of a governmental airport for the District of Collum- bia has been blocked for 11 years chiefly because of controversies as to the relative merits of Washing= ton Airport and Gravelly Point. Ap- pointed 14 months ago, the District Atrport Commission has cut the Gordian knot by recommending a ington News site at Camp Springs, Md. ‘The Federal Government would pay the entire cost of development of the proposed model airport at Camp Springs, Md., under the terms of a | bill now heing drafted by Senator King of Utah, chairman of the Dis- triet Airport Commission. The bill will carry out in its pro- visions the recommendations of the commission, calling for the develop- | ment of a 1,900-acre airport site at | Camp Springs, 10'; miles southeast | of the downtown Washingion business | section, at an estimated cost of $3.- 286.250. This would include con- | struction of an express highway con- | pecting the airport with the Ana-| eostia Bridge. | Senator King said late vesterday that he does not know when he will| be able to introduce the bill in the! Senate because of the restricitons | fmposed upon ordinary business of | the Senate by the Supreme Court fight. He ponted out that under pres- ent conditions it is necessary to ob- #aln unanimous consent of the Sen- ate for even 50 routine a matter as the introduction of a bill. A Bill Also to Go to House. King said that the measure would be whipped into shape as rapidly as! possible, however, so that considera- tion may be given it at the earliest possible moment. Since the bill will Assess the cost against the Federal Government, the measure probably will be referred to the Senate Com- | merce Committee rather than to the | District Committee. The chairman | «of the Commerce Committee is Sena- for Copeland of New York, a member of the Airport Commission. { An identical bill also is expected | to be introduced in the House at onoe. It probably will go to the House Interstate Commerce Committee. Decision to assess the entire cost against the Federal Government is expected to eliminate virtually all of | She hostility to the measure which | hed been brewing locally, except for some opposition on the ground that the site is too far out to be of value | W Washington as an air transport terminal. Since the King proposal would call for development of a Federal airport which would serve as a national model for air transport terminals, | however, it is not expected this op- | position will be serious enough toi bloek action on the bill, it was be- tieved. Opposes Making D. C. Pay. Serious opposition had developed %o any proposal to saddle even a part of the cost of development of the sirport upon the District in view of the fact that the site is nearlv 5 miles outside the District boundaries. It ia regarded as probable, however, that when the bill comes up for com- mittee consideration efforts will be made by members of Congress to as- sere At least a part of the costs against the District. In the meantime airline pilots who precipitated a crisis in the 11-year- old Jocal airport fight last week with their ultimatum that they will not continue to operate big, high-speed transport planes at Washington Air- port except under conditions which make the 4.200-foot main runway svailable for use. are negotiating for | emergency facilities pending comple- tion of a new airport or improve- ment of safety factors at the old. It is believed that they will be per- Mitted to use the new Bolling Field under & ‘“continuing emergency” status until the situation is worked out. The Army in the past has granted use of its new Army field for this purpose, especially during flood periods, when Washington Air- port, was under water. The new fleld probably will not be used by the Army for regular flying operations for at least another year because of the lack of hangers and other technical build- ings. David L. Behncke, president of the Mational Air Line Pilots’ Association, who delivered the pilots’ ultimatum, # %0 meet with Director of Air Com- merce Fred D. Fagg. jr.. at 4 p.m. to- @ay. They were expected to discuss provision of temporary facilities pend- tng eompletion of a permanent air- port for Washington. CHOSENBY A. F. G.E. UNIT George A. Warren was elected pres- ident of Interior Department Lodge, No. 35, American Federation of Gov- ernment Employes, at the annual elec- sion last night. Others chosen were Frederick A. Heffernan, first vice president; Irene ‘Wight, second vice president; Eugenia E. Miller, secretary-treasurer, and Nevin B. Johnson, sergeant af arms. Delegates to the District department are President Warren, Clinton A. Quencer and John F. Lundquist. BAND CONCERTS. By the Marine Band at the Capitol @t 7:30 o'clock tonight. Capt. Taylor Branson, leader; William F. Santel- mann, assistant. By the Navy Band in the bandstand | Grove, age 9 months. he p WASHINGTON, Tops Beauty Contestants Miss Ruth Brown, who yesterday was awarded first prize in the bathing beauty contest held of the Anacostia Inter-Community Festival. at the Anacostia Pool as a part Miss Brown. 15- year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Brown, 1526 Ridge place southeast, won over {2 other contestants. —Star Staff Photo. PARADECLIARES ANACOSTA FETE New Pool Dedication and Baby Show Among High Lights. In the rain, then in the sun, with lights and without, the second annual | Anacostia Inter-Community Festival | breezed through yesterday and last | night the way all good festivals should. | Beginning with a display of youth- | ful brawn and speed in the track and | fleld events run off under a blistering sun yesterday morning and ending | with a rain-sodden but energetic pa- rade—without benefit of lights—last | night, the program attracted an esti- mated 4.000 persons in Southeast Washington. The high spot of the afternoon, in- cluding even the dedication of the new Anacostia Park swimming pool, | with attendant bathing beauty rnn-‘! test, speeches and squatic perform- | ances, was the baby show. In a Colonial costume of sky blue with white pantalettes, a parasol and & saucy hat, 4-vear-old Ann Davis, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. 8. Davis, 3660 Camden street southeast, walked | off with first prize and the hearts of | the five judges—all newspaper re- | porters covering the story. Second place went to Irving Page. 3d., 8-month-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Irving M. Page, jr, 1645 V street southeast. Third place in the baby show went | to Miss Jinette Tizard. age 4! years, | daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George | Tizard, 1327 S street southeast. | Whether as a reward for histrionic | ability or as a balm for becoming | hopelessly lost right in the middle of the baby parade, the judges awarded honorable mention to Miss Jane Ann The new park* pool, opened to the public early in June, was officially ded- icated yesterday by Representative Jennings Randolph of West Virginia, Beauty Awards Made. The following awards were made in the bathing beauty contest, which followed the dedicatory exercises: First, Miss Ruth Brown, 15, of 1526 Ridge place southeast; second, Oritha Frost, 16, of 1318 Ridge place south- east, and third, Jeanette Lohoefer, 15, of 1904 Fourteenth street southeast. Peering through the rain from a reviewing stand darkened by an elec- trical failure, the judges presented the following results in the three-di- vision parade, which was held in the evening: First division—PFirst, F. M. Dent, decorated private car: second, E. J. Read, decorated private car. Second division—First, Kenna Main Post, American Legion, float; second, Hilicrest Citizens’ Association, float. Both were of the organizations spon- | tioner soring the festival. CURB IS FAVORED OND.C. ADOPTIONS House Committee Reports Measure to Eliminate Hasty Actions. A bill to regulate adoption proceed- ings was reported favorably today by the House District Committee after a 90-minute public hearing, which more than a half dozen repre- sentatives of welfare and social service organizations gave it their indorse- ment, The measure will go on the House calendar in time for consideration July 26, the next District day. Designed to eliminate present quick adoption procedures and to prevent adoptions without proper investiga- tion, the bill was introduced in April by Representative Norton, Democrat, of New Jersey, former chairman of the District Committee. Under the bill's provisions the child to be adopted would have to have lived in the home of his prospective parents for at least six months before peti- tion for adoption is filed with the court, The court would enter the final de- cree of adoption only if satisfied that the adoptee is “physically, mentally | and otherwise suitable for adoption by the petitioner”; that the peti- “is fit and able to give the adoptee a proper home and educa- tion. and that the change will be for the best interests of the adoptee.” Miss Mildred Terrett, director of the Juvenile Protective Association, |and Prof. H. G. Spaulding of the board of directors of the Juvenile Pro- tective Association, pointed out that the measure would set up proper safe- guards, not only for the child to be adopted, but to the persons who adopt it, as well as the child's natural parents. Others who indorsed the bill in- cluded Miss Mary R. Colby of the Children’s Bureau of the Department of Labor; Mrs. Ernest Gruening, chair- man of the Child Welfare Committee of the Council of Social Agencies, and Mrs. Louise Ottenberg of the League of Women Voters. B. W. Weaver, representing the Dis- trict Bar Association, said his organ- ization had approved the measure with certain amendments he explained to the committee. = S, Mission Worker's Kin Dies. LURAY, Va, July 14 (Special).— Miss Margaret Walton, 60, of High Point, N. C. sister of Miss Janet Walton, mission worker on Tanners Ridge at St. Luke's Episcopal Mission, died yesterday at the mission, where she had been visiting her sister. The body will be sent to High Point for services and interment. House Intellectuals N THE floor of the old House Office Building, cluttered up with discarded congressional desks, bookcases, dilapidated chairs and cast-off committee reports, some of the more ambitious members of the House of Representatives have staked out hideaways. Life on the fifth floor of the old House Office Building resembles some- what life as it is, or was, lived in the medieval monasteries — where the monks spent their time in silent med- &t the Navy Yard at 7:30 o'clock to- might. Lieut. Charles Benter, leader; Alexander Morris, assistant. itation, in study, and on monumental works—to be handed down to pos- terity. To get away from it all some of the more intellectual Representatives decided not long ago to set up their own study hall. As life on the floor of the House is too boisterous at all times, as there can be no rest or re- laxation in their offices proper, the younger element of the House thought of the old fifth floor. Its halls are dimly lighted. or was, the rendezvous of carpenters, bookbinders, painters and paperhang- ers. There these artisans' who worked around the old House Office Building stored their material—or did odd jobes. during | It is,§ That it—it was until the new order of the intellectuals was set uwp. ’ i ening Star WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION DC, IEY MTES FACEDELAY 0LD ONES KLLED Decision to Rescind Former Levels Occasions Wait. Hearings to Be Held. MERCANTILE INDUSTRY TO BE FIRST ON DOCKET Labor Bureau Survey Shows Many Businesses Pay Less Than 01d 1924 Scales. A decision of the District Minimum Wage Board rescinding all the old rates governing wages for women and children in various local industries, it was said today, means & compara- tively long delay before new rates can be established. Mrs. William Kittle, chairman, an- nounced yesterday that hearings will be held with respect to each industry affected and that it was decided that the first conference to be called would be one for the mercantile industry. This industry employs more women, perhaps, than any other in the city. While the old rates have been dis- carded, the board will use them as & guide, however, in determining the new rates for the estimated 25000 women and children coming within its regulation tablished prior to 1924, when a Su- preme Court decision declared the old Minimum Wage Board unconsti- tutional. A recent survey made by the Women's Bureau of the Labor De- partment, it was pointed out yester- day, shows there sre a number of | industries which are now paying sub- | stantially less than the former wage rates in existence 14 years ago. “Mediation” System, At its next meeting, the date of | which has not yet been set, the newly established Minimum Wage Board will set up the machinery for its first confereence on the mercantile indus- try. The wage to be fixed will be agreed upon by nine representatives, three each of the employers, the em- ployes and the public. In view of this procedure there was no way of estimating how long it will take to determine the new mini- mum scales. The old rates, by which the board will be guided in its forthcoming studies, affected selected groups as follows: For women in ghe printing and publishing industry, $15.50 per week; mercantile establishments, ho- tels and restaurants, $16.50, and laundries and_dry-cleaning establish- ments, $15. ‘When Oongress restored the Mini- mum Wage Board last March, after | the Supreme Court had reversed its former ruling, it was decided to give | the board jurisdiction over all classes of women except professional groups and these in domestic service. For this reason the task cut out for the board in its future conferences is a large one. Each Indusiry Given 60 Days. Each industry, it was said, will be allowed 60 days in which to agree on & minimum wage. has accepted the wage it is to be advertised and made effective at the end of another 60 days. Under maxi- mum procedure it would take four months before the rate would go into effect, but the board was said to be of the opinion that it will require considerably less than 60 days to ar- rive at & basis of agreement. ‘The new rates will go into effect on & progressive scale, it was pointed out, meaning that the industries will be taken up one by one. Under this procedure those ndustres employng the largest number of women and children will be considered first. The studies necessarilyv must be based on actual living costs, and one of the problems arising is to deter- mine the individual weekly budget necessary for women n each class| of industry. The general living cost figures compiled by the Labor De- partment, therefore. will not be of much benefit in the study, as they are all inclusive. An early trial of the right to re- cover pay retroactively under the minimum wage law will be held in Municipal Court in the near future as the result of a ruling by Judge Ellen Raedy yesterday. Judge Raedy held that an afidavit of defense submitted by the Fairfax Hotel in & suit for $335 in wages under the revived pay law by Mrs. Gertrude Perry, a laundress, was" ade- quate.” This means that the case will now be set for trial and that the woman will not be able to re- cover if the hotel can prove the al- legations in the aMdavit of defense. e L NUMISMATIST TO TALK Philatelic Society Will Hear Dr. Belote Tonight. Dr. Theodore T, Belote. numismatist of the Smithsonian Institution, will be the guest of honor and principal speaker at a meeting of the Washing- ton Philatelic Soctety at the Cariton Hotel this evening. An exhibition of the ecurious me- diums of exchange has been arranged by Harry A. Fox of the Tressury De- partment. ~.gn ‘The public is invited, These rates were "&¢> After the board | WEDNESDAY, JU southwest, shown other amusements has mothers. About 80 underprivileged mothers and children left Washington by bus yesterday for the Salvation Army’'s Camp Happyland, near Paturent. Md. Among the 60 children in the party was David Fry, 9. of 471 N street above holding his month-old brother Johnny, who doesn't seem to quite know what it is all about gram of athletics, games, story telling and been arranged build up the children and aflord rest for the 11- A pro- to WARRANT FIXED * INK.0.L.C.CASE Error Corrected in Charges Sought by D. C. Man to Test Unit’s Validity. A warrant was prepared and ready for service today charging Edmund D. Fletcher, former aids to Attorneys Gen- eral under the Harding and Coolidge administrations, with illegally enter- ing a house at 4132 Military road the day before foreclosure proceedings by the Home Owners’ Loan Corp. Because of a clerical error in the office of the district attorney at Police Court, Judge Walter J. Casey yester- day directed & not guilty verdict | against Fletcher. The warrant charged | him with entering premises at 3142 | Military road. While the courts fre- | quently permit prosecutors to correct informations, it was decided in this case that the matter had been im- | properly presented to the jury before | the error was pointed out by Defense | Oounsel James J. O'Leary, who had brought witnesses to prove the incor- rect address. The case is a test brought at the insistence of the defendant to deter- mine the validity of the set-up of the Home Owners’ Loan Corporation Counsel for Fletcher contends that the | H. O. L. C. is not incorporated under the laws of either the District of Co- lumbia or any one of the States. He holds that Congress merely authorized & board to set up the corporation. In an effort to attack the validity of the Government body, it is elaimed, | Fletcher secured a quit claim from a woman whose home was to be fore- elosed the next day by the H. O. L. C. The Government contends that the house was its property and Fletcher mnlawfully entered it. He was when the ouster proceedings were put into effect. The only change in the new warrant will be a change in the address of the house. NAVY WILL BUILD ™ 16-INCH GUNS HERE Work on Armament for Two New Battleships Will Be Begun Shortly. The 16-inch guns for the Navy's two new battleships, North Caro- lina and Washington, will be con- structed at the Naval Gun Factory in the Washington Navy Yard, it was announced today by the Navy Depart- ment, Work on supplying nine 16- inch guns for each of the two new warships will be atarted shortly. Rear Admiral Harold R. Stark, chief of the Bureau of Ordnance, said no increase is anticipated in the number of employes at the yard. The 16-inch gun work, however, will save the jobs of many who would otherwise have to be let out because of the lessening of the work load. Set Up Mental Monastery Led by Maury Maverick, one of the wide-open thinkers of the New Deal, certain Representatives who thought they saw a future in socialized poli- tics found a place to do their home work. That was on the fifth fioor of the old House Office Building. Now the fifth floor, take it from any angle, is far from a thing of beauty—but it is becoming rapidly a Joy forever. With good common sense the studious Representatives have cleared certain sections, thrown out the debris and converted this spot into & veritable sanctuary—where they can 80 and not be disturbed by every Tom, Diek and Henry. K There, on the fifth floor, & man can get down to bed rock—and to his shirt sleeves. He can take off his shoes, his shirt, his socks and his shorts, if necessary—and go to work on a speech or a debate or & July Fourth oration. No telephones will disturb him, for the telephones do not ring on the fifth floor except in the shops of the head carpenter and the house painter. Small, untidy offices, minus the jangle of telephones and the silken presence of lady stenographers, the newly found work shops of the newly elected Representatives smack of cloister—and when & man goes there P Mildred, 3-year-old daughter of Mrs. Evelyn Reymolds, 404 Second street, fell asleep on her mother’s shoulder while waiting for the bus group which left yesterday under the direction of Maj. Gilbert Decker of the Salvation Armu will spend a 10-day vacation at the camp. Money to run Camp Happuyland is supplied by the Com- munity Chest, and plans are being made to give a vacation to about 300 mothers and children who have been selected by the Salvation Army's social workers from families under their care. The —Star Staff Photos. Two Sisters Here Inherit $4,000,600 | By New York Will| To Receive Residue of Estate After Several Specific Bequests. Misses Florence P. and Elizabeth Browning. elderly sisters living at the Mayflower Hotel, will receive ap- proximately $4.000,000 under the will of their deceased sister, Mrs. Cora Cogswell of New York, it was learned today. Hotel attaches said very little was known about the two sisters, who came to Washington from New York last August, and have been living at the Mayflower since that time Mrs. Cogswell's estate was appraised | net at $4,266.548 for State transfer tax | purpases in New York todayv. She died March 15, 1936. The two Washington | sisters will receive the residue after | provisions has been made for spfl‘iflc; bequests, including three annuities amounting to $960 and $45000 in cash. TAX RETURNS LIST 5 33000 SHORT Only 15 Days Left for Llist- ing ofPersonal Property, Allen Warns. Tax Assessor F. D. Allen snnownced today that approximately 33.000 per- sons have failed so far to flle thair personal tax returns for the new fiscal year which began on July 1. There are only 15 days left for the filing of personal returns, he warned. and those falling to make returns by July 31 will be subject to the 20 per cent penalty, which is sdded to their tax bill. Only 12,000 personal tax returns have been received to date. Allen said the personal tax office will be open %o receive returns be- ginning tomorrow from 8:30 a.m. until PROTEST STRIKE OF TAXIS ENDED Brotherhood Aide Promises Stronger Front on Liability Bill. Twenty-two hours after it was called, the taxicab strike here was abandoned this morning at the sug- gestion of leaders, who felt it was re- ceiving too little support. No more than 450 of Washington's 4.000 cabs | were off the streets during the strike, which was peacefully conducted. Beventy-five striking drivers who gathered in the Typographical Tem- ple. 425 G street, shortly after mid- night, received calmly the news that their protest at the refusal of the House to limit the number of cabs was a dud. They drove their cabs from G street parking spaces and ‘went in search of fares. Indignation of a group of drivers at passage by the House of a compulsory taxicab liability insurance bill, which | would increase hack operating costs by almost $1 a day. without fixing a max- imum number of hacks, led to the or- genization of the strike at 3 a.m. yes- terday, under the guidance of the Industrial Brotherhood of Taxi Drivers. “We shall move forward between now and when the Senate is to deal with the bilL” Morris Hoddad, secre- tary of the brotherhood, said at this morning’s meeting. He reminded the drivers present that the brotherhood objected to & spontaneous strike for which there was no preparation and went along only when 450 night- time drivers demanded the action. “We are going to take steps at once,” Hoddad said. “to consolidate our forces, strengthen our organization and be prepared to meet whatever situation might arise after the Senate acts on the liability bill.” COLUMBIA HEIGHTS UNIT PLANS OUTING AUGUST 11 445 pm. for the convenience of the public. The howrs will be shortened on Saturdays from 8:30 a.m. to 12:45 .m. The total personal #ex levied for the fiscal year that ended June 30 was $5.822,433.72. The office has access to papers filed with the Internal Revenue Bureau and work has already been started on the income tax returns filled for last year to bring into the personal tax office records for the present fiscal year the names of persons who filed income tax returns but who have filed no personal tax returns, Church Picnic Set, POHICK, Va.. July 14 (Special).— The annual Pohick Church School picnic will be held at Davis Beach, below Lorton, on Saturday afternoon and evening. The motor caravan will leave the parish hall at $ p.m. for Deep Thi to study he is not to be disturbed. He ‘will not be disturbed; for no one, out- side of himself, knows where the Rep- resentative might be hiding. Thus, if & roving reporter with a nose for news should inadvertently tick his proboscus inside a door that leads into a converted paint shop and see a man sitting behind a pile of empty paint cans, the reporter and his nose for news will, in all probabil- ity, think he merely stumbled on the studio of the housé painter. Or, should the entry be made into a reom that looks like & carpentry shop, the reporter will forthwith withdraw, be- ~ Business Men's Association Will Travel to Marshall Hall, Meeting Decides. Plans for an outing August 11 at Marshall Hall were announced last night at the monthly meeting of the Columbia Heights Business Men's As- sociation at the Arcade Building, Fourteenth street and Park road. The group also decided to amend the by-laws to raise the annual dues from $6 to $8 and to press for removal of the parking ban on Fourleenth street during the rush hour. Guests of the association were offi- cers of Lincoln Post, No. 17. American Legion, including H. A. Emery. post commander, and Willlam N. Morrell, past commander, who gave the prin- cipal speech. The reguiar weekly luncheon was held earlier in the day at Sholl's Bal- eony, 3207 Fourteenth street. nking lieving he is in the right office build- ing but the wrong den. ‘What looks like & house painter is liable to be a leader of the left wing. ‘What looks like a common, ordinary carpenter is liable to be a future President of the United States. As Representative Maverick ex- plains it all, “We use these offices to get off alone, now and then, for se- rious study and heavy thinking—also to get away from job hunters.” With the secret out, of course, this is liable to be the passing of the fifth floor, back and front, of the old House Office Building. A Society and General PAGE B—1 BONDING RACKET All Aboard for Camp Happyland RECORDS OFFERED ASTRIAL EVIDENCE Prosecution Introduces Re- port of Auditor on Fines Assessed D. C. Autoists. SEEKS PROOF CHARGES WEREN'T ON BLOTTER Two Motorists Tell of $2.100 Bonds Levied for Counts of Speeding. By a 51aff Corraspondent of The Star. UPPER MARLBORO, Md,, July 14. —An auditor's report on the records of fines assessed against traffic vios lators in Prince Georges County was offered by the prosecution today at trial of a former magistrate, & man and seven former county cemen on charges of conspiracy obstruct justice with an alleged bonding racket The State previousl eight records of traff Hyattsville Police Court J. Moffat, former Hyatisville magise trate and one of the defendanta. Other records identified were Polica Court, dockets and the arrest blotter kept at the Hyattsvilie station of county police, had identifled cases sent to by Herbers The prosecution is seeking to prove that Washington motorists were made to put up money for high bonds on serious traffic charges which never appeared on Police Court records or were disposed of as lesser offenses. Two Motorists Testify. Those on trial are Moffat, who is charged with malfeasance in office as well as conspiracy; Elmer Pumphrey, professional bondsman, of Suitland, | Md . and former Prince Georges Coun= ty Policemen Albert Anderson. Howe ard Slater, Arthur Brown, Maurice Hampton, Warren Peake, Claude A. Reese and Frank Bell, former desk clerk at the Hyattsville station, The alleged irregularities occurred between January 1 and September of 1936. The nine men were indicted last December following an investig: tion by attorneys of the Keystons Automobile Chib working in €o0-op- | eration with Stete's Attorney Alan Bowie, Two of 12 Washington motorists whom the prosecition expects 10 pro= duce told the jury vesterday that they | were required to post $2.100 in bonds assested against them on speadinz charges following their arrest om the morning of June 15, 1936, while vid- ing through Hyaftsville in the same automobile. Tells of $1.100 Bond. One of the motorists, Lansing Osul, colored. an elevator operator at the | La Salle Apartments, said he was held under $1,100 bond for driving | more than 60 miles an hour. and the other, Charles A Frost, colored, owner of the ecar, told the jury he | was charged with allowinzg Caul w0 speed at more than 60 miles an hour. The two said they were taken he- | fore Moffat, who assessed the bonds, |and then to the Hyattsville police }sm':nn and jail. They said they had | been arrested by Officer Reese. James Cowl, a brother of Lansing Cowl, testified that his brother tele- | phoned him from the jail, and he | went to Hyattsville, where he paid | Pumphrey $55 for putting up & $1,100 | bond. Frost told the jury a girl friend of his put up $27 on a $50 bond fee, and | that he was released on condition he | would return with the balance. Prost said he later returned with $23. which he gave to an officer at Hyattaville, “Will Take $100.* Frost and Cowl, thev testified, shen were sdvised to see Pumphrev about their trial in Police Court. The twn said they drove 1o Pumphrey's home at Suttland. Cowl said Pumphrev said it womid “take about $100 to clear you both." The witness said he returned o Washington, obtained 365 and gave it to Pumphrey. He said the larter was in Police Court when he and Frost went there to stand trial and that their case never was called. The bonding racket trial opened Monday morning with Lansdale G. Sasscer, president of the Maryland State Senate, leading the defense. Bowie it being assisted in the prose- oution by Attorney Ogle Marbury, who made the opening statement to the jury. Marbury outlined the system used in the alleged conspiracy and told she jwry the State was prepsred to show how at least a dozen motorista | were victimized in the first six months | of last year. | | 'D. C. OLD-AGE AID AMONG SMALLEST Percentage of Persons on Lists Here Exceeded in All But Two Instances. The percentage of persons receiv- ing old-age assistance in the District of Columbia is lower than in all ex- | cept two of the 42 States and Terri- | tories participating in the soeial se- curity program, it was announced today. Only 59 out of every 1,000 persons receive old age assistance here, as compared with 542 per 1,000 in Okla- | homa, which leads the list, the Social Security Board revealed. Hawaii with 57 cases per 1,000 of population and Maine with only 45 are lower than the District. A total of 2.340 persons received old-age assistance here in May, the board reported. The average payment was $24.79. In addition aid was ex- tended to 3,513 dependent Districé children. The average payment per family was $44.67. Aid te the needy blind was extended in 140 local eases, The average payment totaled $24.91 General relief in addition to the social security aids was given to 4.004 persons at & cost of $90.425 during | May. Relief oases increased 0.3 evey the preceding month.