Evening Star Newspaper, September 13, 1937, Page 23

A F.G. E SESSION HEARS RAMSPECK ASSAIL ITKELLAR Georgian Renews Attack on Tennessean for Tying Up Postmaster Bill. ALSO FIRES BLAST AT TRIO IN HOUSE Fuller, Nichol and Faddis Round- 1y Criticized—Delegates Weigh Changes in Set-Up. BY J. A. FOX, Stafl Correspondent.of The Star. PHILADELPHIA, September 13.— Renewing his attack on Senator Mc- Kellar, Democrat, of Tennessee, for tying up the bill to put postmasters under civil service, Representative Ramspeck, Democrat, of Georgia, chairman of the House Civil Service Committee, today told the American Federation of Government Employes he regarded McKellar as “the greatest single menace to good government that exists in the country today.” Ramspeck, who spoke at the open- ing session of the federation’s annual convention in the Benjamin Franklin Hotel, linked with his castigation of the Tennessee Senator three members of the House—Fuller of Arkansas and Nichol of Oklahoma, Democrats, and Faddis of Pennsylvania, Republican, describing them as “the four horse- men leading the fight on civil service.” The Georgian digressed, however, to say that Nichol's opposition to civil service was outspoken. Ramspeck also paid his respects to President Roosevelt's Government reorganization program, particularly as it involves the replacement of the Civil Service Commission with a single-headed administration, em- phasizing that he could not “get pepped-up” over this feature. Commissioner McMillen Talks. Having been preceded on the speak- ers’ platform by Civi} Service Com- missioner Lucille Foster McMillen, Ramspeck praised her and the other commissioners and added, “if Con- gress will just give the Civil Service Commisison we've got some help we won't have any trouble with civil service.” In again turning his guns on Mc- Kellar, who heads the Senate sub- committee which is holding up the postmasters’ bill that has passed the House, Ramspeck repeated the asser- tion hé made last week before the Nationa} Federation of Federal Em- ployes—that he proposed to go into Tennessee shortly and acquaint Mc- Kellar's constituents with the situa- tion. “The President of the United States, in my presence, requested Senator McKellar to get this bill up in the Senate,” he said. Ramspeck charged also that Me- Kellar, in his capacity as chairman of the Post Office Committee and ranking member of the Civil Service and Appropriations Committees, “dic- tate to departments of the govern- ment in other ways which are not to the interests of the government.” Attitude on Reorganization. Ramspeck said he could not get “excited” over reorganization gener- ally, adding that efficient workers would make an efficient machine, and that correspondingly inefficient workers would produce poor results. Commissioner McMillen argued for extension of the merit system, declar- ing it provides administrative machin- ery that serves as a restriction on “political racketeers.” Pre-session skirmishes over internal affairs enlivened proceedings as the federation convention opened today. Issues at stake involved proposed | changes in the administrative set-up, though how far they would get was problematical. The political aspect of the conven- tion came into the open last night when New York delegates, arriving, announced intention to push for a change in the method of electing vice presidents, and sought to enlist sup- port from other field lodges. The administration, headed by President Charles 1. Stengle, opposes the change, and was backed at a night caucus of the District of Columbia delegation. Seek District Jurisdiction, The vice presidents now are chosen from civil service districts, but by the vote of the convention as a whole. Advocates of change want the elec- tion by the delegates from each dis- trict. There also is a difference of opinion over the administration plan to add a fourteenth vice president, the addi- tional officer to come from the fourth district, but from outside of the Dis- trict of Columbia, a part of the fourth which now has three representatives. The last convention voted to replace | one of the district men with a fleld Tepresentative. G. Carroll Dimond, Michael Bchaefer and Ira Y. Bain The District caucus lined up with the adminstration on this and also voted to oppose a move to consolidate the offices of secretary now held by Mrs. Bernice B. Heffner and Cecil E. Custer. The consolida- D. tion proposal reputedly originated in the District partment being aimed at the elimindtion of Custer. Despite the maneuvering, however, | leaders were predicting a harmonious | s> s unity | for the care of District buildings, the convention, and this need for The three there are treasurer, | to open a can like that. Ther too much danger of slashi cials for safety on a picnic. Don’t ever use a butcher knife your hand as well as the can. That is one of many “don’ts” advised by Health Department and National Park Service offi- he Fp WASHINGTON, D. C., MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1937. Still Planning on That Picnic? e’s ng up until October. ening - Star WITH SUNDAY MORWING EDITION Another is—don’t let the children play with the camp fire. In fact, don’t build a fire at all until you are sure there is no danger of it spreading out of control. fireplace, don’t start a blaze in the open unless you first scrape away all the dead wood, dry leaves, etc., down to the bare earth. Smother the fire with water or dirt to be sure it is out before you leave. Despite cool weather, picnic per- mits are being issued by the National Capital Parks office If there is no MATTERN IN CITY TELLS OF SEARCH Calls at Soviet Embassy to Describe Hunt for Polar Flyers. Jimmy Mattern, who arrived at Washington Airport yesterday after a record flight of 21> hours from Alaska by way of Los Angeles, called at the Soviet Embassy this morning and expressed his regret that his search for the six lost Russian fiyers | had been futile. | The noted pilot described his peril- | ous trip over the mountains and ice to Constantine A. Oumansky, coun- selor of the embassy and charge d'affaires in the absence of Ambas- sador Troyanovsky. Mattern returned from his weeks of searching convinced that Pilot | Levaneffsky and his five companions perished in the Polar wastes. They vanished on August 13 during the third successive flight of Soviet flyers from Moscow to America across the | North Pole., The first two hops were suécessful, It was Levaneflsky who rescued |Mattern when the American fiyer |crashed in Siberia on a round-the- world flight in 1933. Mattern volun- teered to join in the extensive air search as soon as he learned that Levaneffsky’s plane was missing. Mattern described his search as much more harzardous than a trans-Polar flight to Moscow would have been. On | a long flight, he pointed out, the pilot can set his course and fly at a safe altitude, but on a search he must stay close to the ground, circling constantly and returning at intervals to whatever temporary landing field he has chosen. In Alaska, Mattern had to land fre- quently in soft mud, the sort of terrain that claimed the lives of Will Rogers and Wiley Post after a faulty take-off. Mattern plang to use his $100,000 Lockheed speed plane—in which he hopes to break all around-the-world records—for continuous flight, refuel- ing from the Ford plane in which sup- plies were flown from Los Angeles, | failed when the PFord crashed near | Fairbanks. - This ill luck handicapped him seriously in his search for Leva- neflsky. He was accompanied to | Alaska by his navigator, H. S. (Hank) | Jones. 'BUDGET SLASHING | MEANS ARE STUDIED Commissioners Start Series of Conferences With Depart- ment Heads. Determined to inflict heavy slashes | to the $65,000,000 budget for the 1939 fiscal year, the Commissioners today started a series of executive confer- ences with departmental heads. The Commissioners had previously | agreed to reduce the budget by at least | $15,000,000. This was necessary, it | was pointed out at the budget hear- | ings last week, to avoid a large bond issue or new taxes for the coming year. Since the new tax program al- dy imposes $9,000,000 on local tax- yers, the Commissioners decided during the process of budget pruning to apply the ax heavily to those de- partments were it can be done most effectively Auditor Daniel J. Donovan said the | meetings with departmental heads would follow the order in the District appropriation bill. Under this pro- cedure the budget for the executive | office would be given first considera- | tion Next in order would come the budget 2150 was emphasized in President | 855€SS0r’s office, collector’s office, audi- Stengle's report, distributed to delegates last night. Reviews “Liberal” Dissent. Stengle went at length into the row | which stirred in the federation, an American Federation of Labor affiliate, this past Sumer, when several “lib- eral” lodges broke off and formed the nucleus of the United Federal Workers ©of America under the aegis of the uCommstue for Industrial Organiga- on, Explaining that the trouble origi- nated in the refusal of the national officers to sponsor s militant drive Against prospective Government econ- omy legislation, Stengle told the dele- gates that their organization “must work co-operatively and tactfully, witn zeal but without violence, with enter- prise and courage but without reck- lessness.” vhe tor’s office, corporation counsel, A. B. C. Board, and so on through the list. It was expected the budget sessions would continue for several weeks. JOHN C. D REWERY DIES North Carolina Young Democratic Leader Stricken on Beach. BEAUFORT, N. C., September 13 (#). —John C. Drewery, 36, Raleigh insur- ance man and prominent figure in the State’s young Democratic organiza- tion, died yesterday from an attack of angina pectoris. Drewery was stricken on the beach. Examining physicians said there was no water in his lungs. He had gone to the beach from his Summer home '.at Morehead City. RO CREEK SPAN 5 FAGHG DELAY |Funds Insufficient to Push Jobs Through—February Earliest for Start. Although the Federal Government on August 3, 1936, made an allocation for construction of a new bridge across Rock Creek, south of the Shoreham | Hotel, in the Rock Creek and Potomac !parkwny, the project is still stalled | for lack of sufficient funds, it was learned today, and the structure may not be started until next February, | even if the money is forthcoming. At present there is $74.250 available for the job, but engineers of the Bu- reau of Public Roads said $110,000 is required for the entire cost, based on latest estimates. Allocations of funds for the roads and trails work out of the current fiscal year's ap- propriation have not yet been made. It is feared that a slash in these will have to be made, in accordance with President. Roosevelt’s economy pro- gram, to cut 10“per cent from appro- priations. Must Curtail Allocations. Just when the new allocations of roads and trails money—with $36,000 additional required for the new bridge across Rock Creek—will be made is now problematical. Officials of the National Park Service will have to pare down the allocations in keeping with the reduced figures. National Capital Parks officials have long considered the two-way steei bridge across Rock Creek. with its ob- structing beams in the center, a traf- fic hazard, and so advised the Na- tional Park Service. On August 3, last year, an alloca- tion of $74,250 was made by Secre- tary Ickes out of roads and trails funds of the National Park Service for the bridge. The program was actually approved by the Secretary on June 20, 1936, officials said. The Bureau of Public Roads super- vises road and bridge building con- tractors for the National Park Serv- ice, which has no such force of its own. Under the old office of public buildings and public parks an inde- pendent agency in charge of the local parks system, road and bridge build- ing was done by that group under The old parks office built the bridge across Rock Creek at L street. Do Not Wish to Close Drive. Government officials advance sev- eral reasons why the new bridge, south of the Shoreham Hotel, has been delayed. For one thing, officials of the Bureau of Public Roads point out, the park highway upstream of the Q street bridge was raised and the landslide that occurred at that point was rectified, necessitating the closing of the valley drive. The of- ficials did not want to close the drive at the new bridge site, so as to keep traffic moving out to Massachusetts avenue, they said. Work at the Bureau of Public Roads got so heavy that officials did not feel like taking on additional tem- porary help to put on the bridge job, after the slide rectification was fin- ished, officials explained. Now, with Winter coming on, of- ficials said that it might be advisable to defer starting work on the new bridge, if the additional money be- comes available, until February. BAND CONCERT By the Marine Band in the bar- racks at 8 o'clock tonight. Capt. Taylor Branson, leader; William F. Program. Santelmann, assistant. March, “General Holcomb™.. Balfoort Overture, “William Tell” Rossini Trumpet Solo, “Trumpeter on Guard” John P. White. Grand scenes from “Lohengrin,” Wagner “Rhumba,” “Second Sym- phony” i McDonald Band arrangement by Musician Albert Bennert, | SBaxophone solo, “Cynthia” Marine Band. Kenneth Douse. Excerpts from “The Runaway Girl” ’ -------Monckton Tone poem, “Romeo and Jullet,” Tschailkowsky Band arrangement by Frank Scalzetti. Percussion. duet, “The Clever Drum- mers"” e - Schreiner Charles Owen and Oliver Zinsmeister. Grand march, “Festival” ... Herbert “The Marines’ Hymn.” “The Star Spangled Banner. from ---Douse the supervision of Army Engineers. | O Hkkokk The refuse left after your picnic should be either buried or burned if there is no other way to dispose of it, but don’t start burning it in the open like this without taking all the precautions for fire safety. On the health side, pick a sani- tany spot for your picnic; don’t let flies get on the food; don’t drink untested water and don’t in good physical condition. Shortest Air Transport Line May Result From Port Tangle Pilot Bill Payne Gets Authorization for Shuttle Service Between Fields in Case of Emergencies. No. 3 of a Serie.. BY JOSEPH S. EDGERTON. ‘The world's shortest air transport line, between Washington Airport ane Bolling Field, a distance of less than 3 miles, may be one of the absurdities resulting from the present airport situation. Pilot Bill Payne, who operates sight-seeing and charter airplane service at Washington Alrport, has obtained authorization from the Army Air Corps to operate a shuttle service, in case of emergency, between the two fields, separated by the Potomac River. - 1t is proposed to operate the “Payne | Shuttle” only in case of emergencies arising from the need for a connect- ing link between coastal airlines and the westbound service out of Wash- ington. Such emergencies may come without warning, however, necessitat- ing a means for speedy handling of passengers and airmail between con- necting transports. Pennsylvania-Central Airlines oper- ates twin-engined Boeing transports between Washington and Milwaukee, by way of Cleveland and Detroit. These transports weigh less than 15,000 pounds gross and are exempt from the Commerce Department regulation re- stricting the use of Washington Air- port by large transport planes. Must Transfer Operations. Eastern Airlines and American Air- lines operate transports weighing more than 15,000 pounds. In case of cross winds at Washington Airport they must transfer the operation of these big airliners to Bolling Field. Some of Eastern’s big ships make connections at Washington Airport with P.-C. A's westbound ships, and the other way around. That is Where the Payne Shuttle comes in. In case of cross wind, Eastern may have to unload passengers and mail at Bolling Field for transfer to a westbound plane going out of Washington Airport with- in a few minutes. Under present conditions, it is a 45-minute taxicab trip between Boll- ing Feld and Washington Airport under normal conditions. During rush hours test trips have required an hour or more, Pennsylvania-Central cannot delay its take-off awaiting the transfer of passengers by. taxicab and mail by truck. Its duty to passengers and the Post Office Department require maintenance of its schedules, It also has close connections to make with transcontinental airlines at Pitts- burgh, Cleveland and Milwaukee. Payne, with his small single~ engined cabin planes, can bridge the gap between the two airports in less than five minutes; the actual flying time from take-off to landing is less than two minutes. No Funds for Expense. The proposed Payne shuttle line, however, is causing-some worry to the airlines and the Post Office Depart- ment. Who is to pay for this extra service? The Post Office Department has no authority to pay for an addi- tional shuttle service between the two airports, which would entail a separate airmail contract, it was pointed out. Postal officials say they do not be- lieve there is any legal objection to the shuttle service, provided it is operaed at no expense to the Govern- ment. A legal study is being made, however, to determine whether there is Federal sanction for such a service. That leaves the question whether one or both of the airlines concerned are to pay for the service, and if one, which one? Shuttle airline services have been tried out before, but have generally proved unsatisfactory and too costly. That operation of such a shuttle is even being considered for Waghington, air transport officials point out, is an example of the absurdity of the local airport situation. THREE ADMIT THEFTS AND GET JAIL TERMS Youths Receive Total Sentence of 1,080 Days After Admitting / Larcenies. Three youths, arrested by tenth precinct police in connection with a series of larcenies, pleaded guilty in Police Court today and were given a total of 1,080 days in jail by Judge Robert E. Mattingly. Those arraigned were John Garner, 19, of the 1200 block of Fairmont street, who was given 180 days on each of two larceny charges and, held under $2,000 bond for the grand jury on a housebreaking charge; Lawrence Brooks, 21, of the 1500 block of U street, 180 days on each of two lar- ceny charges and one charge of car- rying a deadly weapon, and Joseph Allen, address not given, one larceny charge, 180 days. The youths were arrested by Police- man C. E. Cannon, who told the court they had been working together. Washington's Own "Book of Hours" 10 o'clock a.m. NE of day's drab hours is be- tween 10 and 11 a.m. - Most activities are well underway. The first traces of weariness, which henceforth will mount in & steadily ascending line, are felt in the offices. Gentlemen steal out for a coffee or a beer. The clock watchers take their first furtive glances at the office clocks. Street cars and buses roar by with hardly & passenger where scores were elbow-jabbing each other an hour before. * k¥ % Down at the District Jail the execu- tions are held at 10. A fellow can get a good night's sleep and a good breakfast if he be so inclined. There is none of this romantic “hanging at sunrise” stuff. A few years ago a condemned man was talking through the bars of the death cell with a group of reporters the forenoon of the day before he was scheduled to go. He was talking quietly, even joking a little. “What time is it” he asked casu- ally. “Two minutes past 10," answered & reporter just as casually, glancing at his watch. The murderer’s face blanched. “Two minutes,” he whispered. Time's relentless wheel had carried lt:;m over the rim of his last day of e. Long festoons of sunlight flutter through the bars of the high windows and fall on the floor of the hall through which the condemned is led on his way to the chair. He steps over them and does not see them. A hanging against the background of a stormy sunrise would be more picturesque. The machine age has taken the romance out of so many things. But it's a long journey for a man to start with an empty stomach. * % ok X Telephone service is heaviest be- tween 9 am. and noon. It rises to a peak at 11:30. This, the Chesa- peake & Potomac Telephone Co. ex- plains, is due to the larger amount of business transacted in the morning than in the afternoon. ‘The gossip peak is not reached until early evening. It doesn’t compare with the business peak. More tourists go on sight-seeing trips now than at any other hour. Everybody is at work that is going to work. Taxicabs cruise lazily with- out much expectation of fares. Lines form before dryntown movies, wait- ing for the opemings. By this time housewives have fin- ished the breakfast dishes and many of them have come downtown to shop. In the restaurants waitresses get a breathing spell in which to eat their own breakfasts, powder their noses and get ready for the noon rush. 4 go swimming unless you are JUSTICE REFUSES PICKETING ACTION Preliminary Injunction to Restrain Shoe Workers Is Denied. Jusi.ce Jennings Bailey of District Court today refused to grant a pre- liminary injunction restraining picket- ing of four Washington shoe repair shops by members of the United Shoe Workers of America, a C. I. O. union. At the same time, he discharged a temporary restraining order against picketing signed 10 days ago without a hearing. Holding there was no evidence of violence committed by the picketers, Justice Bailey said evidence would have to be taken in a hearing on the ques- tion of whether a final" injunction should be isued. The injunction suit was flled two weeks ago by the Washington Shoe Workers’ Union, described by its at- torneys as a company union, and David and Hyman Zoslow, proprietors of the four shops involved. The Washington Shoe Workers' Union contended the picketing union had no members in the shops and that there was no labor dispute. Justice Bailey did not decide the case on this point, however. The Washington Shoe Workers were represented by Attorneys Joseph Tur- cow and Nathan Lubsr, and the C. I. O. group by the law firm of Levine & Schlesinger. JEWISH WOMEN HEAR LAURA G. RAPAPORT Mrs. Shapiro Names Council for Coming Year in Meeting at Community Center. Miss Laura G. Rapaport of New York, secretary of Program Research for the National Council of Jewish Women, addressed the Touncil of Jewish Juniors of Washingcon yester- day afternoon at the Jewish Com- munity Center. Mrs. Betty K. Shapiro, president, presided, and others participating in the program included Mrs. Mark Lansburgh, president of the National Council of Jewish Women of Wash- ington; Bess Kramer, Miriam Hirsch, Paula Starr, Adrienne Mayer, Sarah rossman, Rita Hearn, Irene Hirsch, Miss Sue Taranto. Mrs. Shapiro announced the council for the coming year has been named to include the following: First vice president, Goldie Bach- man; second vice president, Sarah Gilden; recording secretary, Bella Schwartz; corresponding secretary, Rose Zuckerman; treasurer, Gertrude Yaffe; chaplain, Irene Mirsch; auditor, Jeanette Rod; directors, Blanche Alloy, Hattie Flax and Paula Starr. The committees appointed are: Cul- tural and Educational Committee, Goldie Bachman, general chairman; dramatics, Hannah Stoler; fireside, Goldie Bachman; legislation, Nettie Brooks and Ann Kipnis; music Charlotte Schwartz; peace, Adele Ritzenberg and Edith Tepper; re- ligion, Irene Hirsch; Social Service Committee, Sarah Gilden, general chairman; hospital visiting, Jenice Jaffe; social service, Jeanette Naiman and Irene Saloman; Braille, Hattie Flax; Fund-Raising Committee, Ger- trude Yaffe, general chairman; Doro- thy Goldsmith Fund, Jeanette Rosen- berg and Ann Bachman; dande, Bobbye Kurtz and Miriam Pincus; membership, Paula Starr and Adrienne Mayer; Televents, Silvia Schwartz, ed- itor, and Rose Zuckerman, associate editor; hospitality, Bess Kramer and Miriam Hirsch; refreshments, Sarah Grossman and Rita Hearn; telephone, Kitty Greenberg; publicity, Edith Feld; cheeh, Blanche Alloy; entertainment, Mae Ponorow; co-ordinators, Blanche Alloy, Hattie Flax and Bella Schwartz. OPENING SET TOMORROW BY PAROCHIAL SCHOOLS 6,000 Pupils in District Maryland Will Return to Classes. and The school bell will ring tomorrow for the 6,000 children enrolled in pa- rochial schools in Washington and Maryland under the direction of the Archdiocese of Baltimore of the Catho- lic Church. Public schools will not open until next Monday. There are 24 parochial schools in the District. Catholic children reg- istered in church schools in nearby Virginia returned to clases today. { Here Are Some Things to Remember Look where you are going and don’t get’into poison ivy. If you should blunder into it, as this girl has in stooping to tie her shoe, a quick rub with alcohol will help prevent infection. —Star Staff Photos. NURSING SCHOOL GRADUATES CLASS |Dr. George Tyron Harding Speaks at Washington Sanitarium Exercises. ‘The Washington Sanitarium School of Nursing commencement program was held last night in Columbia Hall of Washington Missionary College. The address was given by Dr. George Tryon Harding, 3d, nephew of Presi- dent Harding. Diplomas were presented by Rev. W. E. Nelson, president of the Board of Directors. Mrs. Edythe T. James, di- rector of the school, presented each member of the class with a school pin, and Miss Metta Hudson, superintend- ent of nurses; presented the Insignia of Denominational Achievement, a pin which all nurses in the chain of denominational sanitariums receive upon graduation, = A consecration service was held Fri- day night, the address being given by Chaplain Warren E. Barr. Others who took part were Dr. R. N. Calvert, Dr. T. K. Flaiz™iss Mary Lou Offley and Miss Eleanor Kennedy. / Rev. James E. Shultz, editor of the Watchman Magazine, gave the bac- calaureate sermon at the service held Saturday morning. Others taking part were Rev. F. M. Wilcox and J. H. Nice, Those receiving diplomas were Doro- thy May S8ampson, president; Gustave E. Ziemer, vice president; Dorothy Eunice Briggs, secretary; Anna Kath- ryn Schroeder, treasurer; Gerald Em- erson Shultz, class pastor. Virginia May Astwood, Wilhelmine A Becker, Marjorie Ethel Brooks, Edith Mary Edwards, Ethel Fox Fahr- ner, Florence Donachy Foster, Ruth Edith Gaug, Jessie Ruth Hartup, Eleanor Frances Kennedy; Magdalena Knierim, Virginia Marie Lower, Ethel Janice Ober, Mary Louise Offley, Ger- trude Frazier Shultz, Beulah Mae Swartz, Eula Haylock Whidden, JUDGE UPHOLDS RESULT OF RACE FOR DELEGATE Herring Loses Contest of Election in Prince William and Stafford on Basis of Ruling. By the Associated Press. FREDERICKSBURG, Va., Septem- ber 13.—Judge Frederick W. Cole- man’s opinion this morning allows results of a Democratic primary’s delegate race to stand. The election contest was brought by George W. Herring against the nomination to the House of Delegates of Frank P. Moncure from Stafford and Prince William Counties. Mon- cure won the Democratic nomination over Herring by a majority of 23 votes. Ruling on the demurrer filed by Moncure in answer to the petition of Herring to invalidate the election, Judge Coleman sustained the demur- rer on five counts and dismissed the petition in these particulars. The demurrer was overruled in eight spec- ifications and these portions of the contest petition are subject to trial on evidence. The eight sections of the petition which Judge Colemen ruled could be brought to trial involved 18 contest- ed votes, not sufficient to change the result of the election if all were stricken from the count. No appeal can be taken from the decision of Judge Coleman. “SWEET TOOTH” COSTS THIEF*SIX MONTHS Colored Man Pleads Guilty to Tak- ing 5-Gallon Can of Ice Cream From Plant. A “sweet tooth” cost Delmo Reid, | colored, of 33 N street southeast, six months in jail when he appeared be- fore Police Court Judge Robert E. Mattingly today on a charge of steal- ing a 5-gallon can of ice cream. Testimony was to the effect Reid stole the ice cream from a plant in the 1300 block of H - street southeast, where he formerly was employed. Reid pleaded guilty, but said he did not intend to steal the iee cream; he only wanted to eat some. Judge Mattingly said his appetite was en- tirely too large. o Maybe They Don’t Care. CHICAGO, September 13 (#).— Police are willing to wager that the burglars who took Alderman Joseph Kacena's 16 shirts would have passed them up if they had examined them first. The shirts have size 18% necks. v Society and General PAGE B—1 RUHLAND FINISHES DEDICATION PLANS FOR GLENN DALE Ceremonies at Tuberculosis Sanatorium Are to Be Held Wednesday. MOVING OF 221 PATIENTS THERE ARRANGED FOR Surgeon General Parran to Make Principal Address—Navy Band Will Play. Health Officer George C. Ruhland concluded arrangements today for transfer of 221 patients from the Tuberculosis Hospital, at Thirteenth and Upshur streets, to the District's new tuberculosis sanatorium at Glenn Dale, Md., which will be dedicated Wednesday with an impressive cere- mony. Sixty-one bedridden patients will be transported to their new quarters Thursday and Friday, Dr. Ruhland said by four ambulances donated by the Army Medical Corps, Each of the ambulances can convey four pa- tients. The remaining 160 patients will be transferred by buses. Parran to Talk. Surg. Gen. Thomas Parran, jr, who is president of the American Public Health Association, will make the principal addrgss at the dedication exercises, which will start at 3 p.m Other details of the program were announced by Dr. Ruhland, who will Ppreside. Visitors will be received at the new $2,000,000 sanatorium from 10 a.m. to 4 pm. on the day of dedication. There will be music by the Navy Band. An address will be delivered by Commissioner Hazen on behalf of the District government. The invocation will be delivered by the Rev. Dr. Howard P. Wilkinson, and the bene- diction by the Right Rev. John M. McNamara, auxiliary bishop of the Baltimore archdiocese, New Policy Adopted. With the opening of the new adult building, Dr. Ruhland said, the sana- torium will be operated hereafter under a new policy. It will be run as a single unit instead of continuing one unit for children and a separate one for adults. Beds will be made available, Dr. Ruhland said, to meet demands. He believes the new policy of consolidating the sanatorium would serve not only to promote efficiency, but to reduce cost of operation. The Commissioners will decide soon what use will be made of the old Tuberculosis Hospital, on Upshur street, whith to not to be abandoned. Both the Board of Education and the Playground Department have been bartering for the site. It was under- stood the School Board desires it for the new Wilson Teachers’ College. TR 1) CHINA MISSIONARIES GRANTED FURLOUGHS Southern Presbyterians . Give Leave to All Scheduled for It Before Dec. 31, 1938, By the Associated Press. NASHVILLE, Tenn., September 13.— Dr. C. Darby Fulton, executive secre- tary of foreign missions of the South- ern Presbyterian Church, announced today immediate furloughs have been granted all Presbyterian missionaries in China normally due to receive fur- loughs between now and Deecmber 31, 1938. The Immediate furloughs were granted, Dr. Fulton said, in view of two conditions which “‘seem to become increasingly clear as the situation de- velops in China.” These he stated as: The probabil- ity that the conflict will be prolonged; that under present conditions many of our regular mission stations art in the zones of danger and many of our missionaries who have found tem. porary refuge in such places as Kulin and Mokanshan will probably have t remain there indefinitely until th fighting subsides or be evacuated in the meantime.” Among the missionaries directly af- fected by the order will be: The Rev. and Mrs. B. C. Patterson of Staunton, Va.; Dr. and Mrs. John H. Reid of Richmond, Va.; the Rev. and Mrs, Edgar A. Woods of Charlottesville, Va.; the Rev. and Mrs. J. Russell Woods of Charlottesville, Va., and the Rev. anc Mrs. George R. Womeldorf of Lexing- ton, Va., Double Tax Paid U. S. for Decade, Widow Asserts For 10 years Mrs, Mary A. McCon- ville, a widow, living at the Wardman Park Hotel, has been paying the Gov- ernment double taxes on $75,000, the District Court was told today in a suit by Mrs. McConville for reimbursement. She said she discovered the error only March 1. She immediately ap~ plied to the District Commissioners for a refund, but was told the appro- priation act permits refunds only for taxes paid within the past three years. The trouble had its inception Sep- tember 2, 1926, when Mrs. McConville turned over $75,000 to the American Security & Trust Co. to manage for her. Although she authorized them to pay taxes on the sum, she mistakenly also filed a tax return. She explained she had almost no knowledge of busi- ness affairs. For 10 years, she said, the District tax office billed her and the American Security & Trust as her agent for the same fund. During that time each paid a total of $3,750 in taxes, she asserted, asking the court for a mandatory injunction against the District Commissioners requiring them to reimburse her for the extra $3,750. She was represented by At- torney Cornelius H. Doherty. .