Evening Star Newspaper, August 6, 1937, Page 17

Washington News ‘The Foen WASHINGTON, Roll Back the Rug and Try the “Collegiate Shag!” Here "Tis PRESIDENT MUM CONCERNING VIEW OF D.C. TAX BILL Probably Won't Dispose of It Before Leaving for Hyde Park Tonight. IS EXPECTED TO GET BELL’S REPORT FIRST “Price Maintenance” Clause Is| Frowned Upon by White House. BY J. RUSSELL YOUNG. President Roosevelt would throw no light today on his attitude toward the District tax bill When asked at his press conference if he would sign the measure, which is intended to raise about $9.000,000 additional taxes in the District and | which carries the Miller-Tydings rider dealing with “price maintenance” and | “fair trade practices,” the President merely said the bill had not yet Budget Director Daniel W. Bell prob- ably would first study the measure. There has been some doubt as to whether Mr. bill because of the nance” rider. “price mainte- measure before he leaves Washington | for erection of a $750,000 National | Cancer Institute, authorized in legis- | Roosevelt. | timates of appropriation needs for the reached him. He added that Acting | Roosevelt will sign the | At any rate it is not| likely the President will dispose of the | tonight to spend the week end at his Hyde Park home. will take the bill, together with others, to study at his Hyde Park home. Besides referring the district tax bill to the budget director for an opinion, it is thought likely the Presi- dent also will seek the views of the | District Commissioners. It is generally known the White| House is not in favor of the “price It is possible he | maintenance” provision, but associates of the President have been informed | the bill might be passed over his veto because of the strong sentiment | in Congress for the rider. | The President confirmed reports he | favors the movement to bring the | personnel of the Bituminous Coal | Commission under the civil service. | He said a plan toward this end was | being worked out. He added that no | legislation would be necessary to put | the commission employes under civil | service, FIVE EXAMS ANNOUNCED BY CIVIL SERVICE BOARD | Naval Architects and Dental Workers Sought—Aug. 30 and Sept. 2 Application Deadlines. Five examinations were announced | today by the Civil Service Commis- sion. They are Associate and sssistant naval archi- tect, at $3,200 and $2,600 annually. Dental laboratory mechanic, at $2,000; assistant, at $1,400, and dental hygienist, $1,620, Public Health Ser\‘-i ice and Vetera Administration. | Applications will be received until| August 30 for States east of Colorado and until September 2 for Colorado and westward. | Details are available at the com- mission, Seventh and F streets, CRIME INCREASING Btatistics From 67 Cities Received | by Federal Bureau. Crime is increasing in the country, { statistics of the Federal Bureau of In- vestigation indicate. Crime reports submitted by police in 67 cities of more than 100,000 popula- | tion each show murders and non-| negligent manslaughters increased | from 569 to 615 between January 1 and June 30. Other increases were: Robbery, 5,524 | to 6,388; assault, 4,866 to 4.916; burg- | lary, 28,971 to 32.108; larcenies, 72.244 to 84,201, and auto thefts, 22,370 to| 24,422, BAND CONCERT By the Army Band at the Capitol | &t 7:30 o'clock tonight. Capt. Thomas F. Darey, leader; Karl Hubner, as- sistant. Program. March, “Old Comrades” = Fantasia, “Hungarian Melodies,” ‘Tobani Fox trot, “Old Mother Hubbard,” Polla Dramatic Episode, “An Appeal to the Great Spirit”_ --Harnandez Teike Raymond and Clarence Hurrel, trombonists. March, “The Globe Trotter,” = Hernandez “Dance of the Hours,”. from “La Gioconda” Ponchielli | Mroceau, “Whispering Flowers,” Von Blon “Schwanda, the Bag- ‘Weinberger howing Off Before Com- -----Short ‘Four-Stick Joe,” Breuer Joseph L. Young, soloist. Belection, “The Hall of Fame,” . Safranek March, “Boys of the Old Brigade,” Chambers “The Star Spangled Banner.” Bald Eagle Moves Into Tower Home In Old Post Office Polka from piper” _ Variations, * pany” Xylophone solo, A bald eagle moved into the old Post. Office Department tower to- day. The bird spent the morning surveying the city from the sill of a window near the top of the spire, and spectators lucky enough to have binoculars could see him parading back and forth at fre- quent intervals. Hawks and pigeons both—the usuel occupants of the tower— ‘were conspicuous by their absence. | ried on in Washington and in remedl CANGER INSTITUTE PLAN IS PRESSED; MEASURE SIGNED Building Designs to Be Ready as Soon as Money Is Available. HEALTH OFFICIALS ACT TO FORESTALL DELAY New Structure Is Expected to Be Located on Wilson Site Near Bethesda. Public Health Service authorities to- day pressed rapidly ahead with plans| lation signed yesterday by President The bill also authorized an annual appropriation of $700,000 for cancer research and radium purchases, but Congress has yet to supply the funds, Dr. L. R. Thompson, director of the National Institute’of Health, said es- balance of the year are being prepared and may be ready to submit to the Treasury today. Plans for the design of the building and the necessary equipment also will be prepared immediately, so work can be started at once should Congress make any part of the appropriation available at this session. Although a site for the institute has not been selected definitely, it is ex- | pected the building will be located on a 45-acre site near Bethesda, Md.,| which was left to the National Insti- | tute of Health by the late Luke Wil- | son. a trustee of Woodward & Lothrop, | who was himself #eancer victim, Research Primary Object. The primary object of the Cancer | Institute will be research in all phases | of cancer diagnosis, prevention and | treatment. In addition, grants-in-aid | may be made to workers in other laboratories. | Co-operation also will be extended | to other cancer research organizations, | radium purchased by the institute will be loaned to other institutions for re- search or treatment, and persons will be trained at the institute in technical | detalls of diagnosis and treatment. It has been estimated that if radium and other treatment facilities could be made available to localities where there is a scarcity, there would be an annual saving of some 25,000 lives. Claiming 140,000 lives last year, cancer now stands second only to heart disease in number of fatalities. In 1900 the dreaded scourge ranked last on the list of the 10 diseases with the highest death rates, indicating the ex- tent to which it has spread in this country. Sponsored by Senator Bone. The bill for establishment of the in- stitute was largely the work of Sena- tor Bone of W ngton. In his effort | | to obtain signatures to a petition for | the law he buttonholed his colleagues | at every opportunity. He “signed up"[ virtually every member of the Senate | Judiciary Committee while that group | was holding hearings on the Presi- | dent’s Supreme Court bill. The Public Health Service has been spending about $100,000 a year on| cancer research, the work being car- space at Harvard University. Dr. Carl Voeghtlin, who now heads | the public health cancer research | work, is expected to head the new in- | stitute. At present he is in Europe visiting leading cancer laboratories there. The bill authorizes appointment of a National Cancer Advisory Council of six members. Dr. Thomas Parran, surgeon general, will be ex-officic chairman, and Dr. Thompson is ex- pected to be another member. Others will be drawn from the medical pro- fession. COURT VACANCY BILL PROPOSED BY LOGAN| Measure Would Remove Doubt About Whether Seat TIs Occupied. By the Associatec Press. Senator Logan, Democrat, of Ken- tucky yesterday proposed legislation in- tended to remove any doubt about the existence ofa vacancy on the Supreme Court. The issue was raised earlier this week by Senator Borah, Republican, of Idaho, who said Justice Willis Van Devanter, who retired in June, is still a member of the court, and so there is no legal vacancy. Logan proposed that Congress clar- ify the judicial code by providing that the Supreme Court shall consist of a Chief Justice and eight associate jus- tices in addition to those who retire. Senators Hatch and Chavez, New Mexico Democrats, yesterday urged President Roosevelt to appoint former Senator Bratton of New Mexico, now a Federal circuit judge. $1,496,946 CONTRACTS LET FOR NAVY WORK Fleet Mooring and Harbor and Channel Improvement Are Involved, Principally. The Navy Bureau of Yards and Docks has awarded contracts totaling $1,496,946 for construction work, chiefly involving fleet mooring and harbor and channel improvement at Pearl Harbor, Hawaili, it was an- nounced yesterday. Contracts totaling $1,000,000 go to the Hawaiian Dredging Co., Ltd., of Honolulu, and the Standard Dredg- ing Co. of New York for improvement of the harbor and channel. An ad- ditional contract of $277,150 goes to the Hawaiian Dredging Co. for con- struction of fleet moorings. Other contracts are for construc- tion of Helix House, a high-powered radio station at the Naval Academy; a rebuilding of settings of two boilers at the central power plant, Puget Sound Navy Yard, and an addition to the Mahan Library st the Navi War College, Newport, R. 1. * ® WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION D. C, FR Bernie Sager, New York shag expert, and Anna Mary Strick- land of Galveston, Tex., show a c of the shag ouple of “breaks” to the routine Sager says the dance is becoming increasingly pop- ular in New York among the youth and he definitely feels it is the coming dance to “swing music,” such as “Christophér Co- umbus” and the “Merry-Go-Rou und Goes Round.” Wife Stymied After 3,000-Mile y I Trip for Arrest of Husband - Mrs. Anderson Balked, Her Efiorts Regain Child. After traveling 3,000 miles in an effort to have her husband returned to California for allegedly abducting their year-old daughter, Mrs. Carmel Anderson today appeared to be at least temporarily stymied. \ Mrs. Anderson arrived this morning with two San Luis Obispo (Calif.) deputy sheriffs, one of whom carried a warrant for the removal of the hus- : in to | band. 2 | After a hurried conference with De- | tective Chief Bernard W. Thompson | at police headquarters, the three went | to District Court, where Anderson had | been reunited Wednesday with his | daughter, Doris, whom he had brought | here early in June despite the fact his | wife is said to have been awarded custody of the child. : | The case went to District Court when Anderson protested police had taken the child from his Takoma Park (Md.) home and placed her in the Receiving Home. Justice James M.| Proctor granted a petition for the! girl's release. Mrs. Anderson appealed to the United States attorney’s office to have her husband turned over to the offi- cers, but it was pointed out Anderson cannot be returned until he has a hearing August 31, He is free under $500 bond. Thwarted in District Court, Mrs. Anderson then went to Police Court, where she sought an immediate hear- | ing in the case before Judge John P. McMahon. There, too, she was in- structed she had arrived here too soon. Atfer leaving Police Court Mrs. An-| derson said she would see her hus- | band's attorney, Julian I. Richards, | and try to make arrangements for the | return of her daughter to her pending | the arraignment of her husband. RESCUED WOMAN REPORTED BETTER Man Who Saved Mrs. Brown in River Resumes Hunt for Job. ; The condition of Mrs. Caroline Brown, 36, of the 5000 block of Fifth street was reported “quite good” to- day at Gallinger Hospital, where she was taken yesterday after jumping into the Potomac River from Me- morial Bridge Causeway. Meanwhile her rescuer, James W. Cogswell, 41, of 217 F street, disabled World War veteran and unemployed painter, was looking for a job again, none the worse for his 50-foot leap into the water. Cogswell held Mrs. Brown above water until two men in & rowboat came to take them ashore. Mrs. Brown was taken first to Emergency Hos- pital and then transferred to Gal- linger. Mrs. Brown is not the first person the slender, wiry Cogswell has saved from drowning. He has two other rescues to his credit, members of his family said today, including the saving of his sister-in-law, Mrs. Thel- Jna Jones, in a Washington pool two years ago. Cogswell has been unemployed for several weeks. He has been doing odd jobs, with no regular source of em- ployment. With his wife and two sons, Raymond, 11, and Irvin, 14, he lives in a small apartment at the F street ad- dress. It was his sons who saw Mrs. Brown leap from the causeway yestegday as the Cogswells drove by in their auto- mobile. Cogswell stopped his car and dashed to the stone railing took off his shoes and jumped in after the e L MRS. CARMEL ANDERGSON. —Star Staff Photo. 21 OLD STREET CARS SOLD BY TRANSIT FIRM The Oapital Transit Co. today in- formed the Public Utilities Commis- sion it has sold 21 of its antiquated longitudinal seat street cars and is preparing a scrap 31 additional cars of the same type this Fall. P The transit company received only $3,300 for the 21 cars, which it pur- chased for $104,000 more than 20 years ago. The old cars will be re- placed with 45 one-man cars of the streamlined type. The antiquated cars are used almost entirely in rush- hour service, the company said. IDAY, AUGUST 6, 1 Put a swing record on the phonograph and, feet to- gether, get ready for the dance. Now step out about 8 inches with the left foot and give a short slide-hop on it, then take a 4-inch step with the right foot, transfer your weight to that foot and slide- hop. Then take a short step with the left, another with the right, another with the left, transferring the weight to that foot, and slide-hop. You have now done the sin- gle (step-hop-step-hop) and the triple (step-step-step- hop), the two fundamental steps of the shag. You can vary the routine by doing any number of singles and triples in any order you want. The above chart shows the man's part, the woman’s naturally being the opposite foot in each case. The chart on the left shows the man doing the same routine backward. Dot- ted lines around footprints indicate a hop-slide. To vary the routine, there are several “breaks.” These can be done in regular danc- ing position, in open walking position or with the girl held out to the right and facing backwards. One break. as shown in the photo at the right, is some- thing of a dip kick. Standing in the same spot, the man slides one foot out and then the other, each one for two beats. The girl can either do the opposite or the same kick, depending on whether she is held in the regular dancing position or out to the side. ROBBERIES IN DAY TOTAL OVER 3,000 Police Push Efforts to Curb Wave of Petty Crime Here. With robberies totaling $3,105 re- ported during the last 24 hours, police continued their efforts to halt the wave of petty crime which has swept ‘Washington during the last few weeks. The largest haul reported yesterday was at the Edna A. Wadick dress shop, 1613 Connecticut avenue, where $1,500 worth of women's wear was taken by thieves who gained entrance to the building by jimmying a rear window. Albert Dunlap, 1601 Argonne place, reported $800 in jewelry was stolen | from his apartment Harvey Strother, 2309 Ontario road, told police thieves entered his home some time yesterday and stole $203 | from a bureau drawer in an upstairs | room. He said there was no indica- tion of how the robbers gained en- trance. A short time later Sinicki Kondo, attached to the Japanese Embassy, re- ported the theft of a camera valued at $100 from his car, parked at Connecti- cut avenue and Tilden street. Police- man P, L. Norris of the eighth precinct arrested a man and recovered the property. The man was held on an open charge pending further investi- gation. Other thefts reported last night and this morning consisted principally of minor housebreakings and pocketbook snatchings. SIGNS BEE BILL President Roosevelt signed today a bill authorizing the Secretary of Ag- riculture to enter into marketing agreements with bee keepers. Congress earlier had renewed agri- cultural adjustment act marketing agreement provisions applicable to milk and other farm commodities, but honey was not included in the first authorization. Witness Charged With Larceny Against Complainant’s Wishes Leonardo Sanchez, butler at the Spanish Embassy learned to his amazement in Police Court yesterday that he was charging his friend, Al- bert R. Bstrada, 2300 block Seven- teenth street, with larceny after trust. When despite his protests that *“I don’t want my friend to go to jail he came here as witness for me, Judge John P. McMahon ordered Estrada held for the grand jury under $500 bond. Sanchez put up the col- laterial to secure his friend's liberty. Held for the grand jury as & co- defendant with Estrada, also under $500 bond was William.T. Hamilton, 1400 block of W street. Sanchez told the court he was accusing only Hamil- ton. But his statement to the United States attorney’s office caused Estrada to be named co-defendant. ‘The charges grew out of Sanchez's allegation that he had given Hamilton $180 last March to repair an auto- mobile for him, but the car never had been fixed nor his money returned. Hamfiton and Estrade wers in part- nership in an automobile repair shop st the time. The partnership has since been dissolved. Sanchez said he first gave Hamilton $80, and then Hamilton and Estrada later came to him and said $100 more would be necessary. He gave Hamil- ton the additional $100, he said. Later, 1e continued, Estrada told him the partnership was broken up and he would have to look for Hamilton for his money or repaired car. As Sanchez protested volubly in broken English that "he didn't want to prefer charges against Estrada, Judge McMahon pounded on the bench and warned him “I want you to under- stand that this is a court of law and when I tell you to keep quiet, you keep quiet.” “But if I have to tell my story, I have to tell all of it—I can't just stop when the lawyers tell me to,” pro- tested Sanchez. And there was no way the judge could stop him—diplomatic immunity protected him from sny possible con- ny Stap g2 937. £ 1) Sager and his partner go into another break, this time the feet back for two beats. Sager erplained that this dance de- veloped among the youth who danced the “dip dancing” type which was fine to slow music of the Guy Lombardo type. but not very feasible for Benny Goodma n and company. “They all love this routine, so far as I can make out,” he said. Sager cautioned against kicking the feet around widely and hopping in the same spot instead of slide-hopping. The former, he said, was called “flea hopping” and is not as attractive a dance. —Star Staff Photos. POLICE ACCUSED " OF INEFFICIENCY Representative Bates' Makes Charge Before House Body. Representative Bates, Republican, of Massachusetts, charged the Met- | ropolitan Police Department with in- efficiency today as a subcommittee of the House District Committee re- sumed its hearing on bills for the re- instatement of four dismissed police | officers While cross-examining Police spector L. I. H. Edwards. Bat: ferring to the Jordon murder said “In reviewing the evidence of the Jordon case. I am amazed at tie | inefficiency of your department. That case involved a major crime in whic your department failed to interview the major witnesses over a periol of years, although your men knew these witnesses were available. If ever there | was cause for removal of men for neglect of duty, that was it.” W. Gwynn Gardiner, counsel for D. R. Thompson and Ralph S. Warner, dismissed police officers, also accused the Police Trial Board of unfairness and said it is destroying the morale of the men on the force. This was denied by Inspector Edward J. Kelly, who was testifying at the time. The other policemen whose rein- statement is sought are Amos B. Cole | and James P. Day. After Kelly com- | pleted his testimony the subcommit- tee adjourned until 10 a.m. Monday. ¢ FOUR GAMING SUS;ECTS HELD FOR GRAND JURY Fifth Colored Person Arrested in Raid Here Is Set Free. Four colored persons, arrested yes- terday in a gambling raid in the 1400 block of Tenth street, were held for the grand jury under $1,500 bond each today when arraigned before United States Commissioner Needham C. Tur- nage on charges of operating a lottery and conspiracy to violate the lottery laws. Those held were Velois T. Waldrun, 22, of the 600 block of L street; Reu- ben Harrison, 22, of the 1600 block of Eighth street;: George Davis, 30, of the 2500 block of Georgia avenue, and Florenge A. Pulley, 33, of the 1400 block of Tenth street. Similar charges against Mabel Mc- Knight, 33, also colored, 1400 block of Tenth street, who was arrested in the In- es case, | committees. | shareholders’ committee, however, was same raid, were dismissed. LIABILITY INSURANCE PLAN HIT BY TAXI MEN Resolution to Be Presented to Senate Subcommittee by Brotherhood. A protest resolution against the pending bill requiring compulsory ‘liability insurance for taxicabs was drafted last night by 154 members of the Industrial Brotherhood of Taxi Drivers at a meeting at 423 G street. “A delegation of upward of 100 members will present this resolution to the Senate District Subcommittee at its hearings Monday morning,” an- nounced E. Erwin Dollar, president of the brotherhood. Dollar held that such insurance would carry rates ruinous to drivers unless the number of cabs on Wash- ington streets is limited by legislation controlling the issue of drivers’ iden- tification cards. “Rates would run about $1 per day for each driver,” he estimated. “That's the cost in Baltimore, and the lowest quotation I have been abls to get in Washington ia 92 cents.” CONFERENCE HELD ON FIDELITY PLAN Hope Apparently Revived for Reorganization of Loan Association. Negotiations looking toward another effort to reorganize the closed Fidelity | Building & Loan Association were re- sumed today at a conference in the | Treasury Department All parties to the conference agreed to disclose nothing of its details, but | the general impression afterward was that some hope was revived toward reorganization instead of liquidation. Among those attending the confer- ence were representatives of the office of the controller of the currency the Federal Home Loan Bank Board. the First Federal Savings and Loan Asso- ciation and one of the shareholders’ One other important not represented. The conference, held in the office of Deputy Controller of the Currency Gibbs Lyons, lasted for about an hour, The controller was represented by Lyons, G. P. Barse, L. A. Kelly, coun- sel; James H. Nolan, receiver of Fi- delity, and John, C. Mackall, his attor- ney; the Federal Home Loan Bank Board was represented by Horace Rus- sell, general counsel, and Arthur J. ‘Younger, chief of the savings and loan | division; the First Federal was repre- sented by its president, Harry P. Som- erville, manager of the Willard Hotel, and Walter M. Bastian, counsel. The depositors were represented by Mrs Bullis, chairman of her committee, and Desire A. Irr. The Shareholders’ Committee, head- ed by George A. Sullivan, contractor, was the one not represented. Sullivan, whose group of five was appointed at a meeting of shareholders last Monday night, has been active in attempts to reorganize the Fidelity and prevent its liquidation. He and his committee have held lengthy conferences both with officials of the Treasury Depart- ment And the Federal Home Loan Bank Board. PLEAD NOT GUILTY ON STILL CHARGE Three Are Held in Bond of $1,500 and Fourth in in $1,000. Four men accused of -operating an illieit still in a Bethesda, Md., house pleaded not guilty today on arraign- ment befors United States Commis- sjoner F. B. Mudd in La Plata, Md. A hearing was set for 10 a.m. Mon- day. Three of the men, who ad- mitted previous arrests on liquor charges, were held in bond of $1,500 each, and the fourth in bond of $1,000. The men were taken to the Prince Georges County jail in Upper Marl- boro, Md., pending the hearing or post- ing of bond. The four were arrested yesterday by Federal agents, who said they were operating a 775-gallon still on the second floor of the dwelling at 4927 Battery lane, Bethesda. Those arrest- ed are: . Nick A. Magoulas, 43; Lacey Brack- nell, 19; Joseph Hopkins, 29, and Jos- eph N. Hodgens, 28. Each gave Wash- ington as his address. Bracknell's bond was set at $1,000, the others at $1,500. ‘The formal charges made to Com- missioner Mudd by Agents H. L. Doyle and F. J. Sweeney alleged that the four were guilty of operating a dis- tillery without bond, posseesing mash fit for distillation and possessing al- cohol on which no tax had been paid. “They were running one of the big- gest operations seen around Washing- ton since prohibition,” Agent Sweeney told Mudd. 4 Society and General PAGE B— ARRESTS NOT AIM- OF SAFETY DRIVE, - POLICE HEAD SAYS |Campaign Designed to Edu- | cate, Not Terrorize, Auto- | ists, Edwards Points Out. ' {NO LENIENCY SHOWN | TO CHRONIC OFFENDERS | Mishaps Few Yesterday—Meet- ing Planned to Map Further Details. The underlying purpos against reckless driving is to ed |and not terrorize motorists, Inspector L. I H. Edwards, acting sup tendent of police. made clear today, in emphasizing officers should not be o alous in making arrests same time, the inspec pointed out those drivers who continue | to violate the regulations responsibla for most of the casualties here—turn= ‘mz from the wrong lane, failing to signal for change of position and parke ing too near intersections—wlll be shown no leniency | Edwards’ clarification of orders | issued vesterday for police to be mors |alert in enforcement of traffic laws | was made after it had been unofficially reported the number of arrests during | the past 24 hours had shown a marked | increase. | While an official report on ths number of arrests yesterday and last night had not been compiled up to noon, a check with the first, second, third and_seventh precincts, covering the areas carrying the heaviest traffic load, failed to show anything unusual. Few Mishaps Yesterday. Still undecided as to what to take in the newest camp: safety, the Commissioners planned another meeting of traffic officials soon, at which time Police Court Judges and members of the district | attorney’s and corporation cou ‘s IO.‘fiCe will be invited to offer suggese tor course for tions. Mishaps were comparatively few yesterday after precinct captains started the day by giving brief lectures 0 members of their command, ine structing them to pay particular ate tention to violators of the regulations responsible for most accidents Three persons were injured, none apparently seriously, during the day. One of the victims was 3-yvear-old Ruth Temple, 1513 D street southeast, who received a lacerated forehead when struck by an automobile w crossing the street near her ho | She was treated at Gallinger Hospit Suffers Sprained Back. Struck by an automobile that swerved to avoid a turning street car, William | H. Kenfricks, 60, of 1359 B street | southeast, escaped with a sprained back Kenfricks was repairing a damaged | sidewalk at Eleventh and G streets when the accident occurred. A cne- |man car, operated by James Kendall, |a left turn into Eleventh street. Dr, a left turn into Eeventh street. Dr. Richard K. Thompson, 45, of 4843 | Woodley lane, turned his automobils to avoid striking the car, police said, and hit Kenfricks. The latter was treated by'a private physician. ‘William Hoover, 54, of 228 Quackena bos street, was treated at Walter Reed Hospital for cuts on the hand after his machine was in collision with an« other at Eighth and Gallatin streets, MEETING CALLED ON DISTRICT BILLS Senate Unit to Consider Legisla- tion Having Chance for Passage. Chairman King of the Senate Di trict Committee has called a mee: for 2:30 p.m. Tuesday to consider ad- ditional local legislation that may have a chance for passage before the | present session ends. Since the last | meeting on Saturday, several bills have | been referred to subcommittees, which | may be ready to report back on Tues= day. One subcommittee held hearings Wednesday on the House bill to regi- late and license real estate brokers and salesmen. Another subcommit= tee plans to hold hearings Monday morning on taxicab legislation to limit the number of vehicles to be licensed and also to require liability insurance. Meanwhile, King has just int duced two more bills. One provi for a general revision of the incorpo- ration laws of the District and was reintroduced from the last Congress. The other seeks to modify existing law to place restrictions on commissions and fees charged in connection with small loans. s $10,000 FEE ALLOWED IN ANNULMENT ACTION Justice Luhring Praises Attorneys ‘Who Represented Mrs. 8aul in Case. Justicp Oscar R. Luhring of Dis~ trict Court today allowed Attorneys Alvin L. Newmyer and David G. Bress a $10,000 fee for representing Mrs. Mary Harding Saul, wife of Bernard F. Saul, jr, in an annulment suit brought by the husband. Last Winter Justice Luhring decided the case in favor of Mrs. Saul, award- ing her $275 monthly maintenance and custody of their 6-year-old adopt- ed son. Saul is the son of the founder of the well-known real estate and mortgage firm here which bears his name, ‘The fee, which must be paid by the husband, is thought to be one of the largest ever awarded here in a domes= tic relations case. “I have never presided at the hear- ing of an equity matter where “mors industry and learning were displayed by counsei than in this case,” Jystice Luhring declared. The case required approximately two years. »