Evening Star Newspaper, March 29, 1940, Page 2

A—2 wxw G6.W.U. Trustees Deny Miss Gibbon's Claim {0f Unfair Treatment Comnmittee, After Inquiry, Holds Acceptance of Resignation ‘Proper’ An investigating committee of George Washington University's board of trustees today denied claims of “unfair treatment” by Miss Martha Gibbon, recently re- signed assistant professor of Eng- lish, had any basis, and concluded ;the board’s act in accepting her :resignation was ‘“proper.” . Miss Gibbon resigned early this month after differences with Uni- iversity President Cloyd Heck Mar- \vin over her future status. She 'placed her case before the American ‘Association of University Professors. 1 Robert V. Fleming, chairman of +the board of trustees, made the fol-] Jowing statement at conclusion of ;the inquiry today: . “At the regular meeting of the Board of Trustees held March 14, 1940, there was presented to the \board by the chairman a purported icopy of a letter addressed by Miss +Gibbon to the American Association ‘of University Professors together | with a petition which he had also re- ceived from a group of students of the university. The board was also advised that Miss Martha Gibbon .had tendered her resignation as as- :sistant professor of English under «the date of March 6, 1940. This res- \ignation was read to.the board by | ithe chairman of the committee on .education policy. The board received & report from this committee, and :after thorough discussion of the \matter unanimously confirmed ac- \Charles J. James, 83, )ceptance of Miss Gibbon's resigna- »tion. Committee Personnel. \’ ! “In view of certain statements | made by Miss Gibbon, the chairman asked the board for authority to ap- point a special committee to review all the facts surrounding these | statements. This authority was granted and pursuant thereto the following committee was named: Dr. Charles R. Mann, Mrs. Joshua Retired Probate Court Appraiser, Is Dead D. C. Resident 60 Years Was Well Known In Civic Affairs Evans, jr.; Capt. Chester Wells, Mr. Charles S. Baker and Mr. Robert V. | Fleming, chairman. “This committee has met and has | received and reviewed the official reports and statements from the appropriate deans and executive | officers and has. given thorough | consideration to all the statements | and facts surrounding this matter and is submitting the following re- | Street N.W. and was well known in | Charles J. James, 83, retired ap- praiser of the Probate Court here and a resident of the District for | more than 60 years, died last night at Emergency Hospital after an illness of several weeks. Mr. James lived at 815 Varnum port to the entire Board of Trus- | Washington through his activities in tees: her written resignation as assistant rofessor of English in the George | 12 5 e (and Mary Sumption James. ‘Washington University. the Petworth Citizens’ through his associations | “1. Under date of March 6, 1940, |And | ! | Miss Gibbon voluntarily submitted | court work and in private business. in Born on a farm in Cecil County, Md., he was the son of John James As a “2. If at any time prior to said |Young man he worked for several resignation Miss Gibbon felt that |Y€ars in an executive capacity with she had a grevience, she did not see | fit to avail herself of the right of | appeal as provided in the ordinances | and code governing the academic ! personnel adopted by the faculty and the Board of Trustees and pub- | lished under date of June 9, 1937; nor did she make any attempt to call the attention of Trustees to what she termed in her | 8ntique f | He was considered a cannoissetr 6f | * e R | daughter of Walter J. Brooks, upbraids the poisoner. Saks & Co. here, and later carried on a successful advertising publish- ing business in connection with large amusement enterprises. Named an official appraiser of the District Probate Court, he became well known in his profession, and for ‘18 \years -was senior:appraiser furniture, and period’ letter of March 19 ‘intelerable in-|Oriental rugs and hangings. rare Justice.” Was Secure Until 1944, “3. Under the faculty code Miss Gibbon was secure in her posltion‘ as assistant professor until 1944 at | least, and was advised of this fact by Executive Officer George W. Stone and Dean William C. John- | &tone. 4. The committee finds that Miss Gibbon was advised that she would be recommended for sabbatical leave | | paintings and, other art objects, Coih R | Appraised Prominent Estates. During his tenure of office Mr. James appraised the estates of many prominent persons, including those of Mrs. Virginia L. M. White, wife of the late Chief Justice of the United States, Edward Douglas White; Thomas Nelson Page, author and former Ambassador to Italy; Mrs. Mary Custis Lee, widow of Gen Robert E. Lee; Levi P. Morton, vice Association | THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., FRIDAY, MARCH 29, 1940. DOG POISONINGS AROUSE GARRETT PARK—Garrett Park (Md. children, are stirred by a wave of dog poisonings in which five pets have been poisoned, three fatally. A group of youngsters is shown reading a sign castigating the poisoner which has been posted at the community post office.” They are Billy Penn, son of the postmistress and whose own dog died. holding Birdie, the pet of a chum; Mary Clyde Anderson, 4; Sallie Ann Ward, 8, and Dorothy Lee Anderson, 9, who is holding another neighborhood pet, Spot. % Yorsl dog, bie back. droken our hearte, twice the pain we suffer, House Boosts Funds Bill $55,000,000 Above Budget Figure N.L.R.B,, Woge-Ho‘uv Are Dealt Blow; C.C.C., N.Y.A. Favored By the Associated Press. Despite cuts for two labor agen- cies, the congressional spending wave gained force today from House pass- ) residents, particularly the < A WOTR 70 THR NURDERIR WHO LIVES IN GARREP? PARK *Thou shalt not kill® You have broken cur hearts by killing our faftnful, This statement prodably means less than nathing te a3, becmuss you have ne heart. “2uld not have killed sur dog by poisoning him, If you had & heart you It pur dog was doing somdthing to you or something you 418 mot like, you should have told us and we would have geen iz it thal he staysd away from you. rircixntances 4id you have any right to poison hiam, Under mo Our dog is dead now. however, and we cannot bring ¥e want you to realise though, that you have Befors you do such an unhuman trick agein, report the doz to its owner and think twice. Our only consolation is that we realise that some day you will e paid back in a way that will csuse you When you were plaaning to poison our dog, did you &top %o think of the pain he would have o go through Yefors e died? Before you plan to poison someons else’s dog. we hopeyou will have read this amote. hy Louise Brooks, 19, Miss Brooks' dog was one of the three that have died. —Star Staff Photos. 400 at Sfmposium ‘Hear Holding Firm Drive of S.E.C. Arqued for the academic year 1940-41. Un- | President of the United States under | der the rulings of the university, it is expected that sabbatical leave will be used for professional ad- vancement. The ordinances and code governing the academic personnel | states that ‘the salary paid for the period of the furlough be under- &tood to be a contemporaneous com- | pensation for service rendered to the | university in acquiring efficiency for | subsequent service to be rendered to | Association and also served as a| President Harrison; Oliver Wendell Holmes, late associate justice of the Supreme Court, and many others. Mr. James retired from his posi- tion onl, after extensions granted by the President at the unanimous request of the justices of the Supreme Court of the District. Umpiring of Federal | System to Be Dealt | With Tonight ! A Government attorney and a university law professor last night Turks and Allies Reach Agreement On War Plans All Phases of Military Co-operation Provided For by Officers | By the Associated Press. ANKARA, March 29.—Turkish He served for three years as discussed the authority of the Se-| military quarters today declared president of the to compel integration of holding Petworth Citizens’ | Curities and Exchange Commission | that full agreement has been reached | with French and British army, navy the university’ At the request of |delegate to the Federation of Citi- |COMPpanies as a three-day symposium | and air force chiefs on plans for Prof. Stone, the president and the deans agreed that if at the end of | this furlough Miss Martha Gibbon | desired to accept an appointment elsewhere, a recommendation would be made to the board that the re- | quirement of subsequent service be | waived in her case. The committee is advised that Miss Gibbon declined | to consider either suggestion. | Not Recommended for Promotion. 5. A careful review of the annual | reports and statements submitted definitely establishes the fact that Miss Gibbon has never been recom- mended for promotion to associate | professorship by the deans of her college. | “6. The committee finds that con- | trary to statements made by Miss | Gibbon, the procedure with respect to faculty personnel gives due re- gard to the recommendations of the executive officers and deans con- cerned. Formal recommendations for promotion are made to the Board of Trusiees upon the unani- mous agreement of the appropriate executive officer, the deans con- cerned and the president. No devia- tion from the normal procedure has occurred with respect to Miss Gibbon during her term of service to the | university. | “In view of these facts the com- | Iittee finds that there is no basis or foundation for the statements made by Miss Giobon as to untair treat- ment, and in view of all these cir- cumstances and Miss Gibbon's vol- untary resignation the action taken by the Board of Trustees in confirm- ing the acceptance of her resigna- tion was proper.” Alumni. Seek Probe. | A group of alumni championing Miss Gibbon wrote President Mar- vin a second letter yesterday urg- ing “a fair investigation of your ad- ministration.” An earlier letter to Dr. Marvin was unanswered, accord- ing to Charles Coltman, chairman | of the group. The second letter to the president’ said: “If you are convinced of the righteousness of your cause and the essential soindness of your admin- istration, you will not merely give us an explanation of why Miss Gib- Bon was forced out, but you will in- vite an open, fair investigation of Rour regime as president.” ¢ Mr. Coltman said the letter also gharged that in the faculty code ddopted by the university in 1937 “superior teaching” was among qual- cations for promotion along with § doctor of philosophy degree and ocertain research credits. Mr, Coltman said he also expected zel lishing during his presidency the Petworth Citizen, forerunner of the present civic publications. Mr. James was a member of the joint citizens’ committee which waged a successful campaign against the location of Gallinger Municipal Hospital at Fourteenth and Upshur streets N\W. The fight made avail- able the site now occupied by thé Roosevelt and Macfarland High Schools and the Petworth Branch of the Public Library. Fished in Canada. Mr. James was fond of music and singing and for years was a membe: of the old Choral Society, serving on the Board of Directors for 15 years. He made a number of trips with fishing parties to Canada and wrote several short stories about the camping trips. Well known in fraternal circles, he was a past master of Anacostia Lodge, No. 21, of the Masons, a past high priest of Washington Chapter, No. 2, Royal Arch Masons, past patron of Electa Chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star, chairman of the Committee on By-laws of the Masonic Grand Lodge of the Dis- trict and a past regent of the Oriental Council in the order of Royal Arcanum. ‘Mr. James’ second wife, Mrs. Rose Byers James, died in 1929, and he is survived by a step-daughter, Mrs. Ruby Byers Clare, of Newtonville, Mass. Funeral services will be conducted by the Rev. Charles W. Wood at the Rock Creek Chapel tomorrow at 2 p.m. Masonic rites will be observed. Burial will be in Rock Creek Ceme- tery. Congress in Brief TODAY. Senate: Votes at 4 pm. on proposal for Senate ratification of trade agree- ments. House: Debates District of Columbia ap- propriation bill. Labor Committee continues dis- cussion of Wagner Act amendments. Foreign Affairs Committes consid- ers $15,000,000 fund for Poligh relief. TOMORROW. Senate: Not scheduled to meet. House: ” Not in session. the Phi Beta Kappa chapter of the university to discuss the matter at & meeting tonight. b United States Chamber of Com- | merce under the auspices of the | George Washington University Law School and the Federal Bar Asso- ciation. | Some 400 persons were on hand to | hear Lawrence Stanley Lesser, super- vising attorney of the S. E. C., de- fend the regulatory provision as constitutional and necessary, while Prof. James Forrester Davison of the university law school attacked it as unwise and unnecessary. Presi- dent Cloyd Heck Marvin presided. 8 o'clock tonight with addresses by former Assistant Attorney General John Dickinson on the functions of Congress and courts in umpiring the | Federal system and Prof. Charles S. | Collier of the university law school | on whether the courts or State Leg- islatures should umpire tax juris- diction disputes. Final sessions will be held at 2:30 and 8 p.m. Saturday. Act Defended as Valid. ‘The disputed section of the act giving the S. E. C. its authority is constitutional under the commerce and postal powers held by Congress, Mr. Lesser argued. “The conclusion is inevitable,” he said, “that Congress may prescribe the conditions under which cor- porate business may be transacted in interstate commerce. That is all that Congress has done in the Hold- ing Company Act of 1935.” While admitting that from a view- pownt of “sheer efficiency and econ- omy” a good case can be made for “such a centralized form of govern- ment,” Prof. Davison pointed out that efficlency is not always the sole test under the Constitution. Unneeded Power Seen. What useful purpose, he asked, can be added by the “death- seutence” clauses other than a direct Government control of all aspects of general management and policy on the theory of social and economic betterment? He cited other regula- tions which can be imposed by the 8. E. C. giving it control of directors, accounts and information of utilities, indicating thus that the disputed clause confers an unneeded power. He predicted that “once more we shall probably have the spectacle of regulation destroying both itself and many of its charges.” Injuries to pedestrians last year in the District from March, when pedestrian control regulations were placed into effect, to December, showed a decrease n::r:e‘: dlrommthc total pedestrian i [} similar period in 1938, v The symposium is to continue at | > Associations, editing and pub- | On constitutional law opened at the | tripower co-operation in case war | comes to the Balkans or Near East. Officers of the three countries were said to have drafted minute plans for all phases of military ac- tivity at their recent meeting in Aleppo and to have agreed to fur- ther strengthening of the British- French armies in the Near East. At the same time, all French and British envoys to the Balkans and Hungary prepared to return to their capitals for conferences on the sit- uation in Southeastern Europe and the Near East. It was reported that in case of war with Germany and Soviet Rus- sia in the Southeast, the Turkish- British-French forces would strike immediately at Russian oil fields. Refik Saydam, Turkish Premuer, was in Istanbul en route to inspect Turkish fortifications on the Bul- garian frontier. \ |Scouts to Celebrate Boy Scout Troop No. 5 will cele- brate its 10th anniversary tonight with a special program and cere- mony at St. Alban’s Parish Hall, beginning at 7:30 o’clock. age of 4 Labor Department-Social Security bill $55,651,058 above the President’s budget. In an apparent rebuke of its polj- cies, a $337,000 slash was dealt the National Labor Relations Board after Representative Cox, Democrat, of Georgia, said its officlals reminded him of “agents of Moscow.” The ‘Wage-Hour Division, another target of House criticism, was whittled down $1,080,000. Billion-Dollar Bill Passed. In general, however, the House was not in an economy mood when it passed the $1021,639,700 appro- priation bill late yesterday. Its total exceeded White House recommenda- tions because increases were voted for the Civilian Conservation Corps and the National Youth Administra- tion. These election-year victories for the two semi-relief agencies imme- diately raised hopes of farm and city members that fat boosts would be gained for farm benefits and W. P. A. Economy advocates were not sure that these hopes would go un- fulfilled. Senator Pepper, Democrat, of Florida, was first among his col- leagues to speak out against the Labor Board-Wage-Hour reductions and for the increases for C. C. C. and N. Y. A. He said he had a local interest in C. C. C. funds because Florida would lose six camps with- out the extra money. The House allowed a $50,000,000 increase for the C. C. C. to boost its total to $280,000,000, and N. Y. A. was increased $17450,000 to $102,- 450,000. Among the other items ap- proved was $421,000,000 for the So- cial Security program. On the other side of the ledger, the Labor Board was voted only $2,- 843,000 and the Wage-Hour Division $6.406,400. Administration forces contended that the reduction was designed to “scuttle” the Labor Board by abol- ishing the economic research divi- sion, which Representative Murdock, Democrat, of Utah called the “right arm” of the agency. Representative Wood, Democrat, of Missouri assert- | {ed that the cuts would “hamstring"” | | administration of the Wagner Act. “Frankenstein Monster” Seen. Mr. Cox, on the other hand, com- | pared the board to a “Frankenstein | monster” which he said had turned | on the Congress that created it. | “It has substituted its judgment | {for the judgment of Congress.” he said. Chairman Madden of the Labor Board told reporters that if the Senate agreed to the House slashes, the board’s work would be “seri-| ously impeded.” Besides the C. C. C. and N. Y. A. | increases, another bulge in budget | estimates was threatened in the | Senate subcommittee considering the | | supply bill for the War Department's civil functions. Senator Thomas, | Democrat, of Oklahoma, its chair- | man, sald funds for flood comtrol | might be increased $25000,000 or 1$30,000,000. The budget carried $70,- 000.000 for this purpose. | Supporters of farm parity pay- ments, meanwhile, were confident of House approval of $212.000,000 voted for that purpose by the Senate. Representative Cannon, Democrat, of Missouri, House manager of the farm measure and an advocate of | parity payments, expressed the be- | lief that city members would support the extra-budget item, because its bed-fellow is an $85,000.000 surplus | crop removal fund. The latter in- | cludes money for the “food stam program” to aid urban relief clients. | A drive to increase the $1,000, | 000,000 proposed by the President for W. P. A. will be launched next | week at secret hearings of a @ouse | Appropriations Subcommittee. | _ Several House members, ificluding | Representative Cochran, Democrat, | of Missouri. are urging big increases |on the ground that unemployment Jjustifies running over the budget estimate. Legion Dinner Tonight The Cooley McCullough Post, American Legion, and its Auxiliary will give a dinner entertainment at 7:45 ’clock tonight at Walter Reed Hospital for disabled war veterans | and C. C. C. boys who are patients of the hospital, it was announced oy Charles Kohen, commander of the post. Amateur and professional en- tertainers will perform, Mrs E. Warren Quin is president of the Auxiliary. Woman Dies After Fall Mrs. Bertha Chalk, 45, of 1428 Ames place NE. died at Casualty Hospital last night of pneumonia which developed after she fractured her hip two weeks ago in a fall at her home. Mrs. Chalk was said to have slipped on a rug. Would Change Placement of traffic signal lights in the center of intersections in- stead of on the corners was advo- cated yesterday by Police Court Judge Hobart Newman, who said he believed many drivers actually can- not see the signals at some corners until their cars have entered the intersection. Judge Newman lately has soft-ped- aled fines against motorists charged with passing red lights—and he’s the first to admit it. He said that in the last few months he has cut in half the usual $10 fine for that offense and believes that in many cases a $5 fine—or any fine—may be unjust. Trucks Often Obscure View. “I've done this,” he said, “because I believe many drivers experience difficulty in seeing signal lights until their cars have entered intersections, especially if their machines are in a line of heavy traffic or following a high-bed truck. “Many traffic signals can’t be seen any distance because the 'signal boxes are clamped too low on their standards, thereby making it impos- sible for a driver in heavy trafic to observe them until he is almost on top of the devices.” Judge Who Goes Easy on Fines Traffic Signals The magistrate said he has had personal experience with this motor- ing difficulty in driving to the court each day. He suggested many of the signal boxes could be raised “at least three feet,” which would make them visible a greater distance. Clamps Permit Raising. “Many traffic signals are fastened to poles by means of iron clamps which permit their raising or lower- ing as much as three to four feet,” he said. “It seems only reasonable that all such signal devices should be at the maximum height the pole will permit, yet at numerous inter- sections such is not the case.” ‘The best guarantee of traffic signal observance, Judge Newman declared, would be to have the lights in the center of the intersection, either on a special stand constructed for the purpose or suspéended high enough to be seen a Block Away. “This might offend older residents of the District who take pride in the city’s beautiftl stieets,” Judge New- man said, “but it also would cut signal violations to a minimum and be a worthy tion to public safety.” . R Belgian Batferies Fire on Several Foreign Planes Damage in Air Attack On British North Sea Convoy Disputed By the Associated Press. Aerial activity was continued last night and today by Europe's bel- ligerents with Belgian anti-aircraft guns firing at several unidentified foreign planes which flew over Bel- gian soll south of Brussels at a great height. The flight over Belgium today fol- lowed bombing of a British North Sea convoy last night by German aircraft. The amount of damage was disputed. The German high command communique today said one patrol boat was sunk and hits were scored on six large merchant ships. The British denied any damage was caused. The Germans said all planes returned safely. Attack on Destroyer. An announcement by DNB (Ger- man official news agency) earher today said the German fiyers also attacked a French destroyer in the English' Channel, as well as the convoy, German planes yesterday car- ried qut “extensive reconnaissance flights” over the North Sea, Great Britain and France, ranging as far as the Orkneys and the Shetland Islands, DNB said. The German news agency also sald that British pursuit planes shot down a German reconnaissance plane off Scotland’s north coast, yes- terday, while another failed to re- turn from a flight over France. Reuters (British news agency) re- ported from Oslo that owners of the 3.200-ton Norwegian steamer Burgos had been informed that the vessel was sunk yesterday off the English east coast. It said the crew of 32 was saved. The Aberdeen trawler Inverneill reported today that she had fought off a German plane which dropped | several bombs and en aerial torpedo near her last night without scoring a direct hit. Her first mate was wounded. Artillery Fire Heavy. German artillery fire on the west- ern front was particularly heavy yesterday between the Saar River and the Vosges Mountains in an ap- | parent attempt to destroy certain key French posts, the French com- mand reported in Paris. French batteries replied vigorous- ly, the French said. A snowfall hampered aviation ac-‘ tivity. the high ecommand stated, but | the Germans sent three reconnais- sance flights over France, Dornier plane crashing and kil its crew in an accident of undef mined cause. A division of Scottish Highlanders was disclosed in military dispatches to Paris to have taken over another sector of the western front, relieving French soldiers. Correspondents | with the British Expeditionary Porce in France reported ‘Tuesday that British troop then took over a new sector from the French. | Air Chief Marshal Sir Edgar R.| Ludlow-Hewitt, who organized the | spectacular British air raid on the German island of Sylt last week, | was promoted to inspector general of the Royal Air Force. British Subs Credited. Official credit for the sinking ot the Nazi freighter Heddernheim March 22 was given today to the British submarine Ursula. The Heddernheim, first German merchantman torpedoed by a Brit- ish submarine since the start of the war, went down off the coast of Denmark The sinking of the Edmund Hugo Stinnes, Sunday off the west coast ling ter- | eding night, was credited to the submarine Truant. It also was announced that the British submarine Unity rescued eight survivors of the Netherlands trawler Protinus which was bombed and sunk by a German plane. Wrecked Power Boat Crew Is Landed By the Associated Press. GWYNNS ISLAND, Va., March 29—Nine crewmen of the power boat Lexington, which sank after colliding with the wreckage of the old battleship Texas, were landed here yesterday. A lifeboat from the power boat C. E. Wright picked up the crewmen who had spent a night on the lee- ward side of the Texas, which went down in 1907. Music Program Slated At McKinley School Students and teachers in the white senior high schools will present a musical program at 8 p.m. on April 12 at McKinley High School to illus- trate to parents and friends what is being done in music, instrumentally and vocally, in the schools. Asst. Supt. Chester W. Holmes, in charge of senior high schools, said tickets would be issued two to a per- son as long as they last. Tickets are free, he said, but admission will be by ticket only. More than 400 persons are ex- pected to participate in the program. D. C. Couple To Honeymoon On Island Miss Jean McKinnon and Edward McMurray, both 24, who are em- ployed at the Securities and Ex- change Commission, will spend their honeymoon trip on a Gulf of Mexico island as the guests of & New York businessman. The two, who will be married April 6 in New York City, are among 10 couples selected by Clinton M. Washburn to spend a two-week honeymoon at the island, about 4 miles from Tampa, Fla, as his guests. About 50 other couples have already spent their first two weeks there, 4 Miss McKinnon, who lives: in w PRELUDE—Costanza Rinaldi, radio star, will sing before each showing of “Cloistered,” a motion picture taken within the gates of a convent with permission of church authori- ties, which will be presented at 2:30 pm. Sunday and at 7:30 p.m. Monday at the Holy Rosary auditorium, Third and F streets N.W. Officials Indorse Bill On Credit Unions at Senate Hearing Capper Measure Would Transfer Jurisdiction | Grand Jury Declines To Take Criminal Action Against Mayne Virginian Was Accused Of Selling Spurious Letters in Pelley Case The District Grand Jury teday declined to take criminal action in the case of David D. Mayne of Springfield, Va., who has been ac- cused as the seller of spurious letters designed to show a link between William Dudley Pelley, leader of the Silver Shirts, and Chairman Dies of the House Committee on Un- American Activities. Gardner Jackson, No. 6 West Kirke street, Chevy Chase, Md., legislative counsel of Labor’s Non-. Partisan League, and Harold Weis- berg, associated with him as a writer and private investigator, had asked United States Attorney David A. Pine to have Mayne held on charges of perjury, forgery, obtaining money under false pretenses and conspirg acy to commit an offense against the United States. Paid $105 for Letters. The District attorney was in- formed that Mr. Weisberg, on behalf of Mr. Jackson, had paid Mayne some 8105 for four letters. Mr. Pine, Assistant United States Attorney John J. Wilson and Assistant United States Attorney Evan T. Davis laid the entire case before the grand jury, which considered the matter for about a week Today the grand jury officially ended its three-month term and re- ported a lengthy list of indictments to Justice Jesse C. Adkins in Crimi- nal Court No. 2 of District Court. Officials explained that the grand jury in the Mayne case did not re- To Commissioners Officials of the District and Na- tional Credit Union Leagues testi- fled before a Senate subcommittee today in favor of the Capper bill to transfer jurisdiction over logal credit unions from the Controller Commissioners. Senator Overton, Democrat, Louisiana, who conducted the hear- ot | ings, probably will call a meeting Mr. | of the subcommittee next week to forth numerous charges against the reach a decision. At present the Commissioners pass on the charters, but the Treasury supervises the assets. A. W. Thomas spoke for the Dis- trict Credit Union League and D. R. Potter filed the indorsement of the Credit Union National Association. Mr. Thomas said there are 25 unions local statute and 83 under the Fed- eral credit union law. Matt Mahorner, assistant corpo- raiioa counsel, referring to the unions between the District Build- ing and the Treasury, said the Com- | missioners think there should be centralized control. He mentioned a separate bill pending in the House that would put them all under the Farm Credit Administration, which ncw supervises the Federal unions. Mr. Thomas said the Senate bill would not interfere with F. C. A. control over the Federal unions, but that his league believes the 25 local unions should be under the Com- missioners, with the District insur- ance office exercising the super- | vision. | Mrs. Lillian S. Kaufmann ' Dies Suddenly at Home Mrs. Lillian Swope Kaufmann, wife of Edmund I. Kaufmann, for- {mer president of Kay Associated Stores, jewelers, died suddenly to- day at her home, 4845 Colorado ave- nue NW. The cause of death was | not immediately known. Her husband retired recently from | of Denmark after an attack the pre- active participation in the manage- ment of the jewelry firm, a system empracing 65 outlets in the Nation. | He and Mrs. Kaufmann were well | known for their charitable work. News of her death was received at the firm’s headquarters here as a shock. The Kaufmanns had made their home here for a number of years. Mrs. Kaufmann was a native of St. Louis. Besides her husband, she leaves three sons, Joel, Robert and Aron. turn a formal ‘“ignored” finding. | This, they said, is done only in cases where a person has been ar- rested in original cases coming di- | rectly before the grand jury and an ignoramus is necessary in order to ~ | clear the case on the books of the | district attorney's office. Warrant Never Issued. Through Attorney William A. | of the Currency to the District Roberts, the district attorney had been asked to issue a forgery war- rant for Mayne, at the instance of ~ Mr. Jackson, who also filed with Pine a written compaint setting alleged seller of the spurious Pelley letters. Such a warrant was never issued, however, as the case was presented to the grand jury after an official transcript of the record of the Dies Committee, pertaining to Mr. Mayne, had been transmitted to Mr. Pine. Included in the list of witnesses i in Washington formed under the . that appeared before the grand jury | was Mr. Mayne himself. who was observed shortly after he entered the room to depart, giving rise to the belief that he had declined to one | existing dual supervision over local | testify, standing on his Constitu- | tional immunity. Proceedings before the grand jury are secret. Repre- | sentative Frank E. Hook, Democrat, of Michigan, who quoted the alleged spurious leiters in the Congressiona! Record,and Representative J. Parnell | Thomas, Republican, of New Jersey |a member of the Dies Committee, also appeared before the grand jury. St. Peter's Parishioners {To Hear Mass in School Hall ‘ Parishioners of historic St. Pe- i ter’s Catholic Church, wrecked }Wednesday in a $50,000 general- )alarm fire, will attend mass Sun- y and until further notice in ‘(he St. Peter's School hall, Third |and E streets SE., the Very Rev. Msgr. E. J. Connelly, pastor, an- nounced yesterday. Services will be held at the usual hours each Sunday until the church, at Second and C streets SE, is repaired. Msgr. Connelly has expressed a | hope that the building, a historic landmark in Southeast Washington, will be reconstructed in time for the parish’'s golden jubilee in No- | vember. | Meanwhile. 2mong numerous gifts and messages of sympathy still be- ing received at the church today | was a check from Dr. Frederick Brown Harris, pastor of the Foundry fMethodist Church, representing a | collection taken at the church’s mid- | week service last night as “a ges- ‘ ture of sympathy and an expression of Christian oneness.” Weather Repo rising temperature; T gentle to moderate east winds tonig e disturbance over Western Kansas Theday OTAIMG. is advancing Bortheast: ward over the upper Mississippi Valley. Minneapolis Minn.. 989.5 millibars ( inches). Pressure is low -on the North cific Coast. over the Middle Rio Gran Valley and a weak disturbance is noted short distance off the South Carolina coast. Tatoosh Island _Wash.. 10014 millibars (2057 inches): Del Rio. Tex . 1007.R milli hars (20.76 inches)._and = shin off the Carolina coast. 10173 millibars (30 04 inches). Pressure fx high over the New Eneland States and for some distance east- ward over the Aflantic Portland. Me. 10°R 4 milthare (3037 inches). _while preseure continuss hich over the South. wectarn States Toe Anceles Callf. 10101 milihors (3010 inchex). and a wask hich- nresenra area fe advancine epctward aver tha Rantharn Plaine States Wart Smith Ark 10142 millihars (20 05 inches). Pre- Sinieatinn has nbenrred ques Narthern Colic fornfa and tha Pasifie’ Nerthwart 1 heeghasn widnenrasd aver tha Mise Mizsnirl and Ohin Vellavs and from Eoc arn Texse eastward ta the Middla Atlantic Const. Much warmer weather hse over- 4 tha Opin Vatine, tun T.ake ragion ond the “inferiar of Naw' Wark. whils conler weather has snread santhward ayer the States. Revort for Last 24 Hours. ‘Temnarature, Baromeater. Yesterday— Derraes. 4 pm. R pm. T Midnight 4 am R am. Noon = Record for Last (Prom noon vesterday to mnoon today.) Highest. 63. 4 pm. yesterday. Year g0 B1. Lowest. 40. 6 a.m. today. Year sgo0. 35. Recerd Temperatures This Year. lchest. 69, or, March 27. Lowest, 7 on January 29 Humidity for Last 24 Hours. (Prom noon yesterday to noon today.) Highest. 87 per cent. at noon today. Lowest. 37 per cent. at 2 p.m. yesterday. Tide Tables (Furnished by United States Coast and Geodetic Survey) 24 Hours. Alexandria, Va., and Mr. McMugray | L° of 1758 N street N.W.,.sent in their application about & month ago after reading of Mr. Washburn’s offer in & news story. They have been acquainted three years. 2 erl Be! 2 ; 9 8:30 Moon. ¥ 1387 om. 109 pm. Automobi ust be turned on T B ¢ ts 29 Maryland and Virginia—Occasional 0 slowly rising temperature tonight and in east portion tomorrow. J West Virginia—Showers, slightly colder in northwest portion tonight; tomorrow cloudy and colder, with showers in extreme south portion. Micsanr] Valley and the Seuthern Plaine | B rt (Furnished by the United States Weather Bureau.) District of Columbia—Showers minimum temperature tonight about 44 degrees; tonight and tomorrow; slightly ht, shifting to fresh south tomorrow. rain tonight and tomorrow; Precipitation Monthly precipitation in_inches tn the Capital (current month to date): September October November December River Report. Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers clear at Harpers Ferry; Potomac muddy at Great Falls to Charleston Chicago Cincinnati Cleveland Columbia Davenport _ Denver Des Moines Detroit El Paso Galveston Helena Huron ° o9n | 29 | o 2 =2 Louisville fl“‘ml!l P. pls. 8t. N.Orleans New York Norfolk Okla. City maha Ehila'iphia Phoenix Pittsburgh B AATDBE A S2azoaransessonay Cloudy FOREIGN STATIONS. (Noon. Greenwich time. today.) Horta (Fayal) Asores 61 Current _observations.) 8an Juan, Puerts Rico. 7 Havana, Cuba Colon, Canal Zons_. A