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Washington News PAINT CONTRACTS WILL BE INCLUDED IN'BUILDING JOBS Work Will Not Be Let Sepa- rately as in Past, U. S. Unit Decides. LABOR CONTROVERSIES, GREATER EXPENSE CITED to Present Charges Non- Holcombe Wednesday Against Union Contractors. Painting contracts for public build- ings, which long have been a source of controversy, will be included in general contracts for construction of these buildings, instead of being let separately, as in the past, by the Procurement Division of the Treasury Department, it was learned today. Painting of buildings long after they have been constructed has led to various Kinds of labor controversies, and often greater expense, through extra inspection, it was said Outstanding among the labor con- t¥oversies have been those involving the work done by non-union labor and non-union contractors on buildings which earlier had been built by union labor. Decision Is Hailed. Bryce P. HH‘(nmm‘ business agent Painters’ Union, who | on three buildings here v. hailed the decision of the Procurement Division to include paint- ing contracts in general contracts for 't benefit to Most of the big con- of the country go Hol- organized lat struction contracts to contractors using union labor, This now contractors emp! putting up a painting s union labor in will let their he past, Hol- t jobs long after | ne to non- union emy ve brought in men from outside the cities where the buildings have been located. paying the men less than the prevailing scale. Improved chemic cchnigue now per- is put on, aiting for it to dry, as in . he explained. To rm.-m Charges. Charges that non-union contractors have paid less than the prevailing union wage for painters in painting two Government buildings he: thus vio- lating the amended Davis-Bacon act, will be presented by Holcombe | Wednesday at a hearing at the Labor | Department, over which Carl Schedler of the department will preside. Offi- cial notice has heen published of the open hearing, at which both organized Jabor and employers have been asked to appear. The Government structures involved are the City Post Office and Internal Revenue Building additions. Painters are back at work on these | jobs, issues. Meanwhile, a separate strike of union painters continues at the Bu- reau of Internal Revenue, where Wi liam Wilson. a contractor, is employ ing non-union men. Two union painters were struck from the job when Holcombe pulled them off in protest against ‘‘discrimination™ fgainst employment of more union men by the contractor. Violation Alleged. ‘The union has filed charges with the National Labor Relations Board in Baltimore against Wilson for alleged | Violation of the Wagner labor relations | act. b One of the plasterers’ unions, headed v J. of its members on non-Government jobs here in a demand for higher wages. This union is known as Local No. 7 of the United Building Trades Federation, which has applied* for affiliation with the Committee for Industrial Organization. It is not effiliated with the Building Trades Council, the Central Labor Union here or the American Federation of Labor. RETURNS TO DESK Roosevelt Ends Week End Cruise With Gov. Murphy. By the Associated Press. President Roosevelt returned to his desk today from a week end cruise Gov. Murphy of Michigan, men- tioned in speculation as a possible appointee to the Supreme Court, was & guest on the cruise. Others aboard were Secretary and Mrs. Hull and Miss Josephine Roche, Assistant Sec- retary of the ’I‘reasury. 30 Marlm Caught In Single Day Sets Mark at Ocean City Boy 12, With Aid of Chum, 14, Lands 60- Pounder From Dory. By the Assoclated Press. OCEAN CITY, Md. August 2.— Marlin fishing reached its peak at this Atlantic Coast resort over the week, with 52 of the big fish being brought to gaff. Capt. Bill Hatch, noted along the coast as a fishing guide, said the 30 white marlin landed Saturday set a record for a day's catch from one port. J. Paul Blundon of Keyser, W. Va., caught the biggest marlin over the " week end, landing a 130-pounder. Billy Savage, 12-year-old son of Capt. Crawford Savage, proved he was equal to the sport by bringing a 60- pound mariin to gaff in a 16-foot dory with only a 14-year-old companion aboard. Bome 500 resort guests and natives gathered at the docks yesterday to watch the cruisers come into the inlet with white marlin flags flying. P that. these general | to an employer | pending determination of the | R. Crown, has called a strike | Firemen find plenty to do while waiting for the clang- ing of the fire bell. They fix their own meals, for one thing, just as Pvt. J. W. Bunch is doing in the kitchen of No. 16 Engine Co. @h WASHINGTON, Pitch and pinochle, chess and ANAVY HOSPITAL - JITESCONSIDERED Senator Walsh Discusses Plan With President—Fa- vors Fort Davis. | Four sites for the mew Naval Hospi- | tal are under consideration, according to Senator Walsh of Massachusetts, | chairman of the Senate Naval Com- | mittee, who discussed the subject with President Roosevelt at the White | House today. The sites, | Wals according to Senator | | The tract known as Fort | Davis, near the end of Pennsylvania avenue southeast; a tract on Foxhall the McLean estate, Friendship, on Wis- | consin avenue, and a tract near Walter | Reed Hospital Senator Walsh said no decision has been reached. but | appear , BTe: | road, overlooking the Potomac; the first two sites | to be more generally pre- | He said he preferred the Fort | lnwrvwed in Project. According 1o the Massachusetts Senator the President is deeply in- | terested in the project and indicated at today's conference that he would | like to see the matter seftled as soon | as possible. He suggested Senator Walsh and Representative Vinson of | Georgia, chairman of the House Naval | Affairs Committee, visit the sites im- mediately. | Senator Walsh said there already | is legislation authorizing a new Naval | Hospital at a cost of $4,800.000 on its | | present site, but this must be amended | | to provide for construction of a new | hospital for the same amount on a new site. On Top of Hill. The Fort Davis site which appeals so strongly to Senator Walsh is located { close by Fort Dupont and is on top of a hill which offers an excellent view over the top of the city and into the | Virginia hills beyond. He added the Park and Planning Commission is pro- | viding for a 300-acre park in that | | immediate section which either would | include the Fort Davis site or else would be immediately adjacent to it, all of which, according to the Senator, would add to the attractiveness of the | hespital grounds. The Foxhall road site, according to Senator Walsh, has some attractive | features, but the McLean estate site he considered too expensive for this | purpose. He said he had not visited the proposed site near the Walter Reed Hospital and therefore could not express any opinion. Senator Walsh left the White House saying he hoped to be able to report to the President in a few days that an agreement had been reached. Translators Picnic. The Society of Federal Translators held a box-lunch picnic at Rock Creek Park yesterday. Several Gov- ernment departments were repre- sented and a number of papers were read. Recreation included hand ball and other games. By the 121st Engineers at Bunker Hill Park, Brookland, D. C., at 7 o'clock tonight. Meyer Goldman, leader, Program. March, “Chicago Tribune.” Overture, “Golden Sceptre.” Waltz, “Old Timers.” Selection, “Over There.” , “Glow Worm.” Medley, “Sunny South. Overture, “King Rose.” March, “121st Engineers’ Regimental March.” “The Star Spangled Banner.” By the Navy Band at the Capitol at 7:30 o'clock tonight. Lieut. Charles Benter, leader; Alexander Morris, as- sistant. Program. Overture, “Die Meistersinger”-Wagner Three dances (a) “Russian Sailors’ Dance” (b) “With Pleasure" (c) “Hungarian Dance No. 5,” Brahms Solo for cornet, “Rock of Ages Oscar Short, Fantasia, “Dixie” . “Sextette From Lucia”. Suite, “Caucasian Sketches,” Ippolitov-Ivanov (a) “In the Gorge.” (b) “In the Village Street.” | the controversial | which closed more than a year ago. | far has not agreed to do th: ‘ BAND CONCERTS ’ TREASURY WEIGHS FIDELITY PROBLEN ‘High Offlmals Consider What Is to Be Done With | Funds. ‘ Officials of ‘1 ment today the Treasury Depart- resumed consideration of case of the closed | Fidelity Building & Loan Association | with a view to deciding what shall | be done with the funds of more than | 16.000 shareholders The Fidelity was the subject of a conference of high officials of the office of the controller of the cur- | rency, in charge of the institution, Mrs. Bullis Active, Mrs. Mark C. Bullis said she intended to continue her | activity as chairman of a special committee, working on the problem She predicted some results might be forthcoming and was hopeful of get- ting some of these results through | the Federal Home Loan Bank Board There were indications also that local building and loan leaders might discuss the problem some time this week. Nothing definite was forecast from this quarter Generally, it was believed the Fidelity faces one of two separate courses: Reorganization into the First Federal Savings & Loan Association or liquidation. Federal Is Withdrawn. The First Federal officially has with- drawn from the picture. some leaders having declared privately that as far as they are concerned the possibility of reopening the Fidelity as the First | Federal is “all washed up” unless the | Treasury Department would come out | with a flat approval of their proposal. | These leaders claim the Treasury so | is, and probably will not change its attitude. | Fidelity has now on hand about | $1,500.000 in cash, which could be | used to pay a dividend of about 30 | per cent. If a large block of its prime assefs could be sold outright to some interests, converting them into cash, it is believed a much more substantial dividend could be paid to shareholders. This would leave the slower assets in the hands of the receiver for liqui- dation over a period of years, Whatever happens, it appeared to- | day, shareholders will have to wait a | considerable time longer before any funds are available. FURM ADVISORY BODY Air Commerce Bureau Moves to a shareholder, | Further Safe Operation. The Air Commerce Bureau is form- ing a new air operations advisory committee to further safe aircraft ‘operation. Officials said Richard Aldworth, superintendent of the Newark Airport, has been asked to head the group. Authorities said the membership probably will include David Behncke, president of the Airline Pilots’ Associ- ation. (c) “In the Mosque.” (d) “Procession of the Sirdar.” Valse, “Venue on Earth” Lincke (a) “Reverie” _ (b) “Floretta” George Drumm, guest conductor. “First Rumanian Rhapsody”._, Enesco “The Star Spangled Banner.” By the Marine Band at the barracks at 8 o'clock tonight. Capt. Taylor Branson, leader; William F. Santel- mann, assistant. Program. March, “Sons of the Brave”. Bidgood Overture, “Triumphal”.___Rubinstein Intermezzo from the ballet “Naila,” Delibes “Thought of Gold,” De Luca John Burroughs. “Andante and Rondo Capriccioso,” Mendelssohn Excerpts from “Sweethearts”_ Herbert Characteristic, “Song of the Bayou,” Bloom Cornet solo, “King Carneval”___Kryl Robert De Hart. Grand scenes from ‘Pagliacci,” Leoncavallo Waltz, “Voices of Spring”____Strauss “Bachanale” from “Samson and - -Saint-Saens “The Marines' Hymn." “The Star Spangled Banner.” Baritone solo, ¢ Foeni | the big dormitory. \Vlfll SUNDAY MORNING EDITION checkers are in order after the dishes are cleared away—but quite frequently the games are inter- rupted by the ominous gong at the sergeant a “be alert” desk, signaling first warning and following up with the strokes that count off code numbers of fire alarm boxes all over the city. When a signifi- cant number sounds the men drop their cards, ready for action on the flrcfiqhtmv front. L MONDAY, AUGUST 2, Here is the sergeant’s desk at No. 16 station, where Sergt. C. E. McFarland is demonstrating how he pulls a switch to his right to arouse the company upon receipt of a “local” alarm by tele- however, phone. Most alarms, ing Stap 1937. L L Life Is Anything but Dull for the Men Who Guard Your Homes From Fire And this is J. W. Branden Firemen must come from corner. botev by the pulling of a lever. ong Hours Awaiting Alarms Mukes Life of Firemen Hard Complete Rnlflxatmn Is Impossible, as Even Sleep Is Broken by Frequent Sounding All is quiet in engine house No. 186, up on Thirteenth street, rorth of K Some of the boys are in the back | room, behind the huge red-and-nickel fire apparatus—listlessly indulging in just one more round of pinochle be- ore turning in for the night. A couple of them are scanning the sport pages and debating Washing- | ton's chances of breakidg into the| first division, L Others are settling down to a night | of rest in their neat cotg upstairs in | for & is after 8| o'clock, the hour at whica firemen on the “trick” may gd to bed The night is warm, butfthe snoozing | firefighters have removesi only their trousers and ilations, you know. No a sleeping | fireman may sudden duty. Down at Eighth an( hand reaches toward a above by a glowing re| lever moves. Click Up Call § A single warning be! 16 engine house and tions. The “click up." A signal to be on th alarm is about to co One or two of t snap out of & doze heads from the pillow continue their snorin; The gong sounds a pause. More stroke: that pause, the firem| do not w There)| digit numbers beg figure 2 assigned to their territory. Sev are outside their even a few secondy exact location of t, mean life or death ij At the second s the sleep of every tory is shattered. have not awaken) and, believe it or globe. The unded. langs in No sta- | emen call it. lert—that an en upstairs cock their ten. Others One, two. & come after | w. but they | any three- | with the boxes within ch numbers it to wait | ietermine the | 11 box might | emergencies of the gong, | in the dormi- heavy sleepet by m.&lmrl"——-" it is said a good | is signal in the the desk man | to it that every | soundest downstairs has s man in the housdls up and rarin’ to | go—by throwingt a switch which | sounds a big bell in the dormitory and other parts of the station house. Noise Fills Station. The number of the call box at Eighth and Q streets is 2-8-6. As the gong at the sergeant’s desk continues to ring out that number, the nocturnal peace of the fire station is drowned by the clanging of the bells, the shouts of men jumping into trousers and boots, the clatter of trap doors being jerked open to give access to the sliding poles, the roar of powerful engines getting into motion and the weird wail of a siren warning traffic outside to keep clear. Thrilling? Yes, to any good fireman who has “smoke in his -blood.” But hard on a person who has “nerves” or dyspepsia or insomnia. That’s why every fireman must pass a rigid physical examination before he can qualify for appointment. He must have a lot of other attributes, too. He must expect long hours away from home and family. Every other week he must go on the “night side”—re- porting for duty at 6 p.m. and remain- ing in the station house until the day shift comes on the next morning at 8 o'clock. That means he is on duty 14 hours a day on the night shift, and 10 hours on the day shift. While on duty he must eat and sleep right at the station. His home may be just around the corner, so close he can smell the luscious aroma of a broiled steak in his kitchen, but he must stay with his comrades, ready on an instant's notice to swing into action when the proper signal rings out. Hard for Fireman’s Family. A fireman’s life is hard on his family, it is apparent. But firemen’s wives and children seem to have “smoke in their blood,” too. They can take it, and do. They are ardent supporters of the proposal to give firemen a 5-day, 60- hour week. A bill providing for such hours was introduced, but lack of additional funds needed to finance the plan has proved a serious obstacle. As things are now a fireman works six days a week, alternating every week on the 10 and 14 hour days. Once every week, on the last day of his shift, he begins duty at 8 am. and works right on through until 8 a.m. the next day, due to the overlapping of his day and night “tricks.” Several cities have what is known as the three-platoon system, which provides for three shifts of eight hours each. New York City is instituting this aystem. of Gongs. Firemen's hours in Washington have improved from the old days, when a 24-hour daily trick was the rule. Battalion Chief Ed O'Connor, at No. 16 engine house the round-the-clock shift in his early days. The present two-shift system | recalls he worked | {00k 3 lives and | what happens when the big gong sounds a fire company's number at night. Pvt. jumps outof bed and into trousers and boots. sleeping and must sleep with “one ear open.” burg of No. 16 shows how he wear their outer shirts while —Star Staff Photos. WEEK END TRAFFIC KILLS4, INJURES 18 Fog Blinds Drivers and Woman Loses Life in Crash on Lee Highway. Automobile accidents in near Virginia yesterday and early today sent 14 persons to hospitals, while mishaps in subur- is more humane and conducive to|Pan Maryland and Washington re- greater efficiency in every respect, he said yesterday in an interview. No Complete Relaxation. Pas those back-room card and checker games in fire houses and are inclined to conclude that the life of a fireman, for the most part, is a sinecure They forget that this bit of relaxa- tion is subject at any time to rude interruption by that gong out front, | that her can be no complete relaxation | for any fireman while on duty—even, | as heretofore described, while asleep. Some days there may not be a sin- gle call from within a fireman's ter- ritory—although such occasions are rare—but that gong clangs away, just the same. with its “elick up” of warning that some- body’s signal is about to be sounded. Stations in outlying sections ordi- narily get fewer call: than those in the congested area downtown, although there are the brush fire seasons, the furnace-starting and chimney-afire seasons and other periods when out- lying stations have little time to rest It's busy season all the year round in the congested sections, however. Each company is called out on an average of two times a day. including false alarms and “locals.”” The latter are calls made direct to the station | house by phone or in person. Subject to 247 Boxes. Engine Company No. 16. for example, subject to calls from 247 boxes, scat- tered over a wide area in the down- town district and extending as far north as U street and west to Dupont Circle. The day-shift fireman eats breakfast before reporting at 8 am. He can either bring his lunch, send out for | it or cook it in the kitchen provided in each of the houses. Some of the companies boast of the cooking prowess of certain of their members. These | fireman-chefs are popular heroes, and | their services are much in demand at meal time. Most of them take pride in satisfying their comrades’ appetites with tasty steaks, chops, rarebits and other dishes—all paid for by the fire- men themselves, of course. Lunch is eaten on tables in the recreation room, and when the dishes are cleared away and washed the cards and checkers and chessmen are brought out again. The night force usually prepares a “snack,” too, before retiring. There is no restriction on hours of retiring, except that no bed may be occupied prior to 8 p.m. Those who 80 to bed late, however, must make no noise to disturb others in the dormi- tory. Firemen are light sleepers—and woe befall the man who stumbles over his neighbor’s boots or bed. The punishment meted out is a dark secret, but the error seldom is repeated. “The dormitory is a sacred pre- cinct,” Chief O'Connor explained. “Trying to sleep and at the same time listen for the bells of your own dis- trict 1s bad enough, without some one carelessly waking you up between times.” So firemen have nothing to worry about when they turn in at night— except bells, bells and more bells, CAPITAL WOMAN DROWNS AT RESORT Mrs. Marie Davis Falls From Boat While Reaching for String of Fish. By the Associated Press. ATLANTIC CITY, N. J, August 2.— Mrs. Marie Davis, 35, of 1317 Otis place, Washington, drowned last night when she fell from a rowboat in Bar- negat Bay. The victim's husband, Frank, who accompanied her, said she toppled out of the boat while reaching for a string of fish they had hung over the side. Unable to swim, he had difficulty in recovering her body. He pulled her aboard and rowed a quarter-mile to a public dock, where Atlantic City Hospital internes at- tempted resuscitation. At the Otis place address, a lodg- ing house, it was said that the Davis couple had not been there for two months. His work was said to involve traveling m ». of the time. / nerve-stiffening | | Dangers, sby often catch a glimpse of | nounced dead at Georgetown Hospi- 1life of Mrs. Dangers. sulted in injuries to 4 others. Those killed were Mrs. Martha P 34, of Philadelphia, pro- tal where she was brought early to- day after a head-on collision on the Lee Highway near Centerville, and Miss Hazel Sheppard, 17, of Green boro, N. C., fatally hurt in a smas up on Route No. 1 at the railroad | underpass near Pohick veslerday Another was killed in an earlier week-end accident near Fredericks- burg, where Mary Brenner, 3. of Alexandria, Va., mother of Alexan- dria Policeman Robert Brenner, was | fatally injured in a crash late Sat- urday. Five persons were hurt. one criti- cally, in the collision which took the They include | the dead woman's Dangers, 34, admitted to Georgetown Hospital with extensive lacerations; Mrs. Bessie Schmehl, also of Phila- delphia, who was riding with the Dan- gers, treated for head cuts; Steve Bollo, 31, of Toms Creek, Va. released from Georgetown | Hospital after treatment for possible internal injuries; Miss Tillie Bartha, 22, Toms Creek, suffering a possible fracture, and Julius Bollo. 17, Toms Creek, in a critical condition with a husband, Fred | t Alexandria Hospital | FATAL AR CRASH PROBED BY ARMY Son Sees Maj. Guy H. Moates Burn to Death in Plane Wreckage. An Army board of inquiry today opened investigation of a plane crash near Fort Hoyvle, Md., yesterday that | Langley Field, (Va.) flight surgeon, and resulted in injury to the pilo Lieut. William R. Enyart, 3124 Thirty eighth street northwes | the National Aeronautical tion. Maj. Moates was burned to death within sight of his son, whem he had | been visit a citizens’ military traming hil | who either jumped or was t clear of the wreckage, received broken jaw, body burns and a chest injury. Associa- cost the life of Maj. Guy Hart Moates, | secretary of | Enyart, | wn | a| Society and General PAGE B—1 MACOMB STREET RESIDENTS FIGHT CHANGEIN ZONING Commission Is Urged to Hold to Ban on Apartment House in Area, PETITIONER ARGUES CHANGED CONDITIONS But Inhabitant Says That Every- thing Is the Same, Includ- ing Her Hat. Residents of 2700 block of Macomb street turned out in force tos day to urge the Zoning Commission to the stand firm in its refusal construction a apartment building in their neighborhood. ®n three previous occasions the commise sion has the petiti Robert Garrity to rezone from “A" restricted to resident 50 he could construct an apa house on an undeveloped tract Last October the United States Court of Ap*)nam upheld the commission in to allow tha of large rejected that condie changed \ce befora 935 His denied tions in the neighbor greatly since his 1 the commissi contention was dra Mrs. W. W. Coblent ! street. “Nothing Has Changed.” “Nothing has changed in the neig borhood,” she told the cor “As a matter of fact, I'm stil the same hat I wore at the last hea ing before Robpert protestants residential prope if Garrity was allowed to bui apartment facing on Rock Creek P you." Lynct sa | cause of 1 The com several tra Forty-F Western av Other R“QHP\“ Change fro 40-foot “B" ted area to Enrolled for a two weeks’ perind at Langlev Field, officers had flown to Fort Hoyle earlier | training | i | skull fracture, both treated at Alex- | | andria Hospital Drivers Blinded by Fog. According to Fairfax County police, | the drivers of the two machines, Dan- gers and Joseph Bollo, 19, were blinded by a heavy, early-morning fog. Miss Sheppard was killed when the car in which she was riding careened into an abutment of the Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac Railroad underpass. Critically injured in the crash was Miss Pauline Painter, 21, also of Greensboro, treated at Alexan- dria Hospital for a fractured skull. Mrs. L. H. Sheppard, 31, Greensboro, sister-in-law of the dead girl and named by police as the driver, suf- fered head and leg lacerations, while Mrs. Sheppard’s 31-year-old husband received a fractured right knee. Miss Bernice Bunting, 17, also of Greens- boro, suffered bruised ribs and shock All were admitted to the hospital in Alexandria. Five Seriously Injured. Police said that Mrs. Sheppard ap- parently lost control of the car as it approached the underpass. Her hus- band grabbed for the wheel, State Officer H. L. Robertson declared, but was unable to keep the automobile on the road as it crashed into the concrete abutment. Five young men were seriously in- jured early yesterday when two cars collided on the Washington-Richmond Highway 4 miles south of Alexandria. William Elroy, 19, and Jack Night- ingale, 18, both of Alexandria, received fractured skills and were treated at Alexandria Hospital. Alfred Simmons, 18, also of Alexandria and named by police as one of the drivers, suffered a fractured jaw, broken knee and fractured elbow. Riding in the other machine were George Carpenter, 24, of 1022 Eighth street, who received a broken leg and shock. Police said he was operating the vehicle. His companion, George Kearns, 24, of 1002 Eighth street, also suffered a broken leg and shock. Hit-and-Run Accident. Isadore Zevin, 33, of Chicago, who has been staying at the Hotel Hamil- ton, Fourteenth and K streets, was admitted to Casualty Hospial with a fractured arm last night after a hit- run accident on Tulip Hill road, near Upper Marlboro, Md. The Marlboro Rescue Squad took him to the hospital. Still unidentified at Casualty Hos- pital today was a 50-year-old colored man who was killed when struck by a car on the Washington-Baltimore Boulevard Saturday night. He was pronounced dead on arrival at the hospital. Two men were injured in a collo- sion at Saratoga street and Phila- delphia avenue, Takoma Park, Md, last night. John A. Perry, 707 Twenty- second street, and Ray Heiner, 32, of 148 Grant avenue, Takoma Park, suf- fered cuts on the "head and were treated in Washington Sanitarium. Their car struck the rear of a car owned by Donald D. Wallace, 28, of 107 Baltimore street, Takoma Park, when he stopped for & traffic signal. Wallace was not injured. LIEUT. WILLIAM R. ENYART. in the day so Maj. Moates could see his 19-vear-old son, Guy, jr. The major spoke to his son and waved farewell to him jist as the plane took off for the return flight to Langley Field. Left Wing Hits Tree. Lieut, Enyart taxied along a road leading from Fort Hoyle to Edgewood for the take-off. The left wing clipped a tree as the plane rose and branches caught in the tail piece The ship cleared another tree, rose over a woods, banked sharply and crashed. C. M. T. C. and C. C. C. enrollees. including Maj. Moates’ son, rushed to the scene, but the gasoline-fed flames kept them back. Three fire engines and several ambulances were dis- patched from Edgewood, but to no avail. The plane was completely destroyed. Given first aid on the scene, Lieut. Enyart was brought to Walter Reed Hospital in an ambulance. Physicians said they thought he would recover. Motor Trouble Hinted. Witnesses, according to an Asso- ciated Press dispatch, said the plane's motor sputtered as Lieut. Enyvart warmed it up preparatory to taking off. Maj. Moates was from Tarentum, Pa Lieut. Enyart is an authority on in- ternational aviation. On his return from a trip abroad last March he re- vealed that European powers would have 45.000 planes by the end of the year if they continued their armament race. The lieutenant's wife, Mrs. Kitty Enyart, has been vacationing in Kitty Hawk, N. C. EARLY ACTION IS URGED ON ‘GOLD STAR’ PENSIONS By the Associated Press. The Rules Committee recommended House consideration this week of leg- islation to place dependent “Gold Star” parents and widows of World War soldiers on a pension basis. The pension would supplant war risk insurance payments, which ex- pire during the next three years. Chairman Rankin of the World War Veterans’ Committee said the leg- islation would cost approximately $8.000,000 annually. Payments to a dependent father or mother of a soldier who lost his life in the war would be increased from $15 to $25 each. Widows' payments would he in- creased from a minimum of $30 to $35 a month to a maximum or $40 to $45. Rankin estimated approximately 45.- 000 parents and widows would be affected. the reserve |’ 40-foot; cted areas a. prop- between streets: and 40-foot “A™ 40-font, 40-foot “B” fourth street Harrison {to residenti erty on Forty Jenifer and change from residenti | restricted area to residential “A" semi-restricted area, property on Harrison street near Forty-fourth street: and change from residential | 40-foot “B” restricted arca to resi- ‘dcn-ml 40-foo0 | area, property on F'vn fo | between Jenifer and Harriso d change from residenti " restricted area to residential | foot “A” restricted area. prop | abutting Western avenue betweer fer and Forty-fift from residential 40-foot * 40-foot. * | west side of Ferty-f | Harrison a COURT HEARING SET ON “STOLEN” CHILD Disposition of Girl, 2, to Be De- cided as Her Father Awaits Action on the “Theft.” A hearing to determine the dispasi- tion of 2!,-year-old Doris Elizabeth Anderson, whose father is cha with “stealing” her from her mother home in San Luis Obispo, Calif.. wiil be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday in J: nile Court. Capt. Rhoda Milliken af the Wom- en's Bureau took a destitute warrant for the child to Juvenile Court todav. Judge Fay Bentley will determine whether the child will be committed to a local institution while her father's extradition case is pending The father, Leroy Anderson, 31, Berkeley, Calif,, electrical enzineer, was brought into Police Court Sature day on a fugitive warrant and his casa was continued until September 31. He refused to waive extradition and was released on $500 bond Meanwhile, Doris Elizabeth is held at the Receiving Home, where she was taken last week after her fathe: ar- rest on a downtown street by Traffic Officer A. A. Schmidt Father and daughter had been 1 ing in & Takoma Park, Md. bo: house while Anderson worked as linoleum layer for a downtown firm. “Hil;‘ll:l‘like” Tap Is Demonstrated To Dance Masters reet Western avenus. a New York Expert Won't Guarantee All Auto- ists Will Stop. Many of the 600 Dancing Masters of America attending the fifty-fourth annual convention at the Mayflower were shown a “swell” way to save fare for their return home yesterday. Jack Manning. New York dance ex- pert, opened the convention yester day morning with a seductive “hitch- hike” tap routine, calculated to win a ride from the wariest autoist. The consensus of many who saw the exhibition was that no top-grade hitch-hiker of the future would be without it. Manning, who left for New York almost immediately after the opening three-hour program, did not give an iron-clad guarantee that all motorists would stop, however “Thumb do and thumb don't,” hs said, giving the name of his new routine,