Evening Star Newspaper, May 9, 1940, Page 23

Washington News Six D. C. Bills Voted by Senate Committee One Measure 0. K."d Asks Recodification Of All Local Laws ‘The Senate District Committee to- day voted favorable reports on six bills, including a proposed recodifi- cation of all local laws, but post- poned until next week the Capper bill to regulate primaries for the selection of District delegates to the national political convention. Proposed revision of the District code was approved after Senator Bilbo, Democrat, of Mississippi de- clared it has not been done for 40 years. Supporting the proposal, Corporation Counsel Seal said the compilation of local statutes made in 1929 was not a codification and that one was needed. . Bills Acted Upon. ‘The five other bills that now go to the Senate for action are: Revision of the District parole law, to bring it into closer conformity with the Federal parole system. To authorize consumer co-opera- tives to incorporate under District laws. ‘To make minor changes in the law governing adoption of children here. To allow the Commissioners to rent to city employes excess parking space in the new municipal center garage. To make former Policeman Amos :. Cole eligible for retirement bene- ts The ' adoption and parole bills have passed the House, but all the others require action by both bqnchu of Congress. . Denounce Present System. Senator Capper, Republican, of Kansas and Senator Clark, Demo- crat, of Idaho urged approval of the bill to set election machinery for the political primaries, denouncing the present system of choosing local delegates without official regulation. Corporation Counsel Seal joined in eriticising the existing situation. After it had been suggested, how- ever, that it is too late to enact a primary law in time for this year’s natjonal conventions, Senator Over- tan, Democrat, of Louisiana asked that committee members be given time \to study the measure further. Chairman King said he would call lng;ha meeting before the session en .and pediatry also were post- when Senstor Clark an- nounced the subcommittee handling them plans to hold hearings. In discussing the proposed pri- mary law, Senator Capper called the present method of selecting del- egates here as “a joke,” adding that comparatively few persons take part in the voting. Hstry Senator Clark, another member | of the subcommittee that held hear- ings on the subject, said that at present “there is control by a little self-appointed group in both par- ties.” He said “there is no moral turpitude involved. They just get control and hold on.” Branded “Disgraceful.” Answering the suggestion that it 1s too late to arrange for an officially regulated primary this year, Senator Clark said if action is not taken at this session, the whole subject will have to be gone over agaih in the next Congress. He told the commit- tee the supporters of the bill “painted. a picture of an absolutely disgraceful, though not necessarily corrupt” situation in choosing the local delegates without an official primary. The committee referred to a sub- committee the House bill to let school teachers take leave with par- tial pay for educational purposes, after Supt. of Schools Ballou had outlined several perfecting amend- ments. . ‘The parole bill was appréved upon recommendation of the Commis- sioners and Frank R. Jelleff of the District Parole Board. Papal Cross Presented To Three at Catholic U. Three members of the Catholic University staff last night received the Papal Cross “Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice” for their work in.con- mection with the observance of the university’s golden jubilee last year. They are the Right Rev. Francesco G. Lardone, professor of Roman law; Dr. Herbert Wright, professor of international law, and Joseph M. Murphy, director of the Bureau of Public Relations. They formed a committee which organized the pro- grams. Presentation was made by Bishop Joseph. M. Corrigan, rector of the university, at a dinner on the cam- pus for those who assisted. The award was instituted by Pope Leo XIII as a reward for “those who in a general way deserve well of the Pope on account of services done for the church and ‘its head,” according to the Catholic Encyclo- Woman, 20, Assaulted; Girl, 14, Is Rescued ‘The rescue of a 14-year-old Wash- ington girl from an attempted crimi- nal assault and the assaulting and beating of a 20-year-old local beauty shop operator were reported to po- lice early today. Both young women were lured into automobiles in the Dl.sm“ ict last night by their assail- ants. ) The attempted assault occurred in a wooded sector off River road, near Bethesda, Md. Police are hold- ing & Washington taxicab driver. ‘The beauty shop employe was be- ing treated today at Sibley Hospital for cuts and bruises, which she told 4 were received when she was ! by & young man who had . offered to drive her to her home from Petomac Park about 9 o'clock st night. he Lions’ Roar Makes Aviatrix From Trinidad Feel at Home LADY YOUNG. A young mother who has cut a figure in the aviation adventures of five continents has flown into town. She is Lady Margaret Rose Mary Young, wife of the Governor of Trinidad, Britain's island store- house in this hemisphere. Washington is a rather strange town to her, she said. The ohe thing that has made it homey is the roaring of lions at the Zoo, which she nears as she awakes in the morning. Right now the aviatrix is wak- ing up at the Australian Lega- tion, 3117 Woodland drive N.W. and the roaring makes her cheery, because it seems for a minute that she’s back in Africa, where she says the lions used to romp in her garden, Lady Margaret knows lions well. There’s a tiny scar on her nose that she got in Northern Rhodesia (where her husband was then Gov- _to the nearest sef no one for company during the week’s stroll but natives and lions, who by luck seemed abnor- mally timid. Born in Australia. Lady Margaret was born in Mel- bourne, Australia. She first flew in Bagdad, Iraq, where she was “tremendously thrilled” in the “Fly- ing Carpet” of Richard Hallibur- ton, Americal travel writer. She became a pilot in England, —Star Staff Photp. made in Rhodesia, where she made ploneering flights in & Gypsy Moth plane over thousands of miles of jungle. She made a forced land- ing on her first soaring there and repeated until crackups became vir- tually a habit. On one flight her plane tore off a wing tip in the take-off but continued to a safe landing. On another the patented folding wings of her ship folded in the air. Her flights were ones of observa- tion—but the wild life she stared at observed her, too. “Elephants, an- telops and buffalo are very curious,” she says, “to find out what is above them.” Helped Form Flying Club. During the past year in Trinidad she has helped organize the island’s inhabitants into a flying club, and has shown interest in the airlines’ expansion of Pan-American trans- portation. While her husband, Sir Action on bills to regulate den- 8he has been in the United States obtaining medical treatment for an ailing son, but intends soon to fly back to Trinidad. She advocates women as pilots in transport and commercial aviation, but is emphatic in opposing their service 1n warplanes. “They hayen't the force and en- durance,” she says. “And I think they lack a special kind of reaction but her most extensive flights were | needed for fighting.” One Man Is Slain, Two Shacks Burned In Squatiers’ Feud Encroachment Blamed For Tragedy in C. & O. Canal Shanty Town Trouble in River Shore—a squat- ters’ shantytown along the C. & O. Canal above Georgetown—had brought the death of one man and the arrest of another today. A bitter feud, which had long been smouldering among the drifters in the little community, burst forth yesterday, with the blast of a shot- gun and the crackle of flames. When the smoke had cleared away, James “Razor Blade” Walsh lay dead, his chest ripped by lead from a shotgun which police say was fired by Edwin Price Greene, 55. Two Shacks Burned Down. Two shacks in the area were smoking ruins and two men who had seen the feud reach its tragic climax were held as witnesses, to appear at an inquest at 11:30 am. tomorrow at the District Morgue. Capt. Clarence -Talley ol the seventh precinct said that the origin of the feud was obscure. He stated that he had been told Walsh had been one of the “first settlers” of the area and that he had resented the arrival of his neighbors. The “first settlers” banded together against the newcomers and ordered them off the land. Yesterday morning two shacks belonging to the new arrivals were burned down. According to the story told by Greene to Detective Sergt. Dewey Guest, Walsh approached the Greene abode about 1:45 pm. Greene was afraid that Walsh had come tp burn the place down. Tells of Threat. He said that Walsh threatened to kill him and then reached in his pocket as if for a gun. Greene stated that he grabbed an ancient 28-gauge shotgun and fired. The charge struck Walsh in the chest, killing him instantly. Police said that most of those living in the area were squatters, but that some had been paying rent to the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, as well as taxes. The area is sort of & “no man’s Parks Office Seeks To End "Cowpaths’ in Downfown Areas Letters Asking Aid in Move Sent to 30 Federal Agencies The Office of National Capital Parks today appealed to the ad- ministrative officers of 30 Govern- ment departments and agencies to ask their employes to stop wearing “cowpaths” across downtown park areas. Francis F. Gillen, acting super- intendent of National Capital Parks, wrote to the 30 departments and agencies attaching to his letters the names and addresses of the employes of the respective agencies who have been caught by park police in the act of wearing the short cuts. Mr.. Gillen pointed out in his let- ters that park lawns are maintained out of public funds for the purpose of contributing to the beauty of the National Capital. He asked the ad- ministrative officers to whom the letters were addressed to bring to the direct attention of their employes the fact that by their thoughtlessness they are destroying Government property. This was the newest development in a drive started last' month to gain the co-operation of the public in preventing damage to the Mall, Washington Monument Grounds Scientists Open Congress Here Tomorrow Address of Welcome To Be Given by President Roosevelt With official delegates and unof- ficial delegations from 21 American republics attending, the eighth American Scientific Congress will open at the Pan-American Union tomorrow night.with an address of welcome from President Roosevelt. Already more than 500 scientists from South and Central America are in Wi and nearly 2,000 scientists from the United States are expected to attend in the most ambitious program yet attempted to cement the intellectual friendship and understanding of the nations of the Western Hemisphere, In the past both North and South America have been closer to Europe in their intellectual relations than they have to each other. With the old world shaken by war and much of its scientific activity stopped, promoters of the congress expect that from this gathering will develop & closer co-operation than ever has existed before. Foreword of Welcome. In a foreword of weicome to the delegates President Roosevelt de- clares: “Our debt to the men and women of science defies computation. The generous contributions which scholars and technicians have made to our 20th century civilization have earned for them a position of in- fluence and respect unparalleled in any other period of the world’s his- tory. The path of the scientist and the scholar is the path to peace and prosperity which lies open to all nations and all peoples, but which unfortunitely has recently been spurned by some who still cling to the archaic’ standards of human conduct prevalent before the very dawn of science.” ‘ The deliberations of the congress will take place in eight sections: Anthropology, headed by Dr. Her- bert J. Spinden of the: Brooklyn Museum; biology, Dr. Edwin G. Conklin, Princeton University; geol- ogy, Dr. T. Wayland Vaughan, pres- ident of the Geological Society of America; agriculture, Dr. Hugh H. Bennett, Department of Agriculture; public health and medicine, Dr. Thomas Parran, Surgeon General of the United States; physical and Briggs, director of the Bureau of Standards; statistics, Dr. Stuart Rice, chairman of the Central Sta- tistical Board; history and geog raphy, Dr. Olarence H. Haring, Co- lumbia University; international law, public law and jurisprudence, Dr. James Brown Scott, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace; economics and sociology, Dr. Har- old G. Moulton, president of the Brookings Institution; education, Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler, presi- dent of Columbia University. Meetings Start Saturday. The congress will be formally opened by the address of President Roosevelt tomorrow night. The scientific sections will start their meetings on Saturday but the day will be devoted mostly to organiza- tion. Sunday there has been ar- ranged for the delegates an auto- mobile trip through Virginia, visit- ing some of the Civil War battle- fields and the Luray Caverns. The first plenary session of the congress will be held Monday. An official luncheon for the govern- mental delegates of the other re- publics will follow. The official banquet will be held Thursday evening. The official dele- gates will be guests of the United States Government. Friday after- noon a boat and motor trip for the delegates to Williamsburg, James- town and Yorktown has been arranged. Dental Clinic Is Held Dentists of the Robert T. Freeman Dental Society yesterday gave free examinations to some 400 Cardozo High School students as part of the society’s project for better dental health in the community. U.S. Lawyers Foering WITR SUNDAY MORNING EDITION Symphony Workers Report Pledges of $43,626 in Drive Gifts Made in First 3 of 10-Day Campaign; $107,600 Is Sought Volunteer workers in the National Symphony Orchestra’s tenth annual sustaining fund campaign obtained pledges totaling $43,626.28 duripg the first three days of the drive, it was announced today at the first report luncheon at the Carlton Hotel. ‘The largest total of contributions was reported by the Special Gifts Committee, which returned $27,186.- 50, or 44.2 per cent of its quota. Pledges reported today represented 40.39 per cent of the total amount of $107,600 being sought in the 10- day drive, General Chairman A. F. E. Horn More than 100 committee chair- men, workers and friends of the orchestra attended the luncheon. Guests of honor included Mrs. Henry Alvah Strong, L. Corrin Strong, president of the Board of Directors | of the National Symphony Orchestra Association; Mrs. Matthew John Whittall, Dr. Hans Kindler, conduc- tor of the orchestra; Alexander Jones, managing editor of the Wash- ington Post; Millard Taylor, concert master of the orchestra; Francis Garzia, assistant conductor of the symphony, and three other mem- bers, Sylvia Meyer, harpist; George Warge and Samuel Feldman, vio- linists. A committee composed of Mrs. Milton W. King, chairman; Mrs. George Hewitt Myers, Mrs. R. H. Dunlap, Mark Lansburgh and Mr Horn was in charge of arrangements for the meeting. ‘Little Congress’ ‘Party To Visit World's Fair Approximately 500 members of “Little Congress” will leave Wash- ington at 11:50 am. tomorrow aboard a special train for a week end in New York, where they will help to open the World's Fair Sat- urday. The secretaries of Congress mem- bers will be guests of the National Broadcasting Co. tomorrow night and later will be entertained at a supper dance. The group will spend Saturday at the fair. Officials have designated the day “Little Congress Day.” On Sunday the visitors will go sight-seeing and on a boat ex- cursion, Question Merit Of McAffee Murder Verdict "Supreme Court Asked to Deny Review; Possible Executive Clemency Hinted By WILLIAM A. MILLEN. Half a dozen prominent lawyers of the Department of Justice, in- cluding Solicitor General Francis Biddle, a former Federal judge, told the Supreme Court today that they would have been “extremely reluc- tant” to return a first degree murder conviction against Willlam McAffee, 61-year-old colored janitor, who has been twice convicted of that charge in District Court here. The Government’s wm:;e;, in u';; the Supreme’ Court to deny ‘:e{lumtornvfltoleemonfl,flud by McAffee’s lawyers, Robert I. Miller and Joseph A. McMenamin, said that considerations are pre- sented “which le within the cogni- at possible executive clemency by President Roosevélt for the con- demned man. ‘McAfee was indicted on' August .| 26, 1031, for the alleged slaying of a land” and none is certain exactly | takes what part belongs to the railroad, | what part to the Federal Govern- ment and what part is unclaimed. Park police have warned s number of “squatters” to get off the Federal the borhood and|. white woman, Henrietta B. Anderson, on August 23, 1937, with 'a furnace shaker, in an apartment in the 1600 block of L street NW. He is now scheduled to die in the electric chair here on June 7, having re- cently been re-sentenced by Justice Gordon in - District Court Lesser Verdict Argued. 0. John Rogge, special assistant to the Attorney General William W. Barron, Special Attorney James P. O'Brien and Attorneys George F. Kneip and W. Marvin Smith, told the Supreme Court today, after dis- cussing a number of legal questions: “However, we are compelled to state that, considering all the cir- cumstances of the case, we would have been extremely reluctant, had we been on the jury, to return a ver- dict of murder in the first degree, with the resultant mandatory pen- alty of death. In view of the con- flicting evidence with respect to the circumstances surrounding the giv- ing of the confessions and with re- spect to the intoxication of the pe- titioner at the time of the alleged murder, a verdict of a lesser degree of homicide might well have been returned. These factors present considerations, however, which lie within the cognizance of the execu- tive rather than the judiciary. Intoxication Claimed. “Since the petition presents no question which requires review on writ of certiorari, we respectfully submit that the petition for writ of certiorari should be denied.” Attorneys Miller and McMenamin, on behalf of McAffee, contend that he was so intoxicated at the time of the alleged murder that he was mentally incapable of the delibera- tion and premeditation necessary to constitute first-degree murder, ‘but the Government today argued in its memorandum that this is with- out substance. 5 Star WASHINGTON, D. C, THURSDAY, MAY 9, 1940. *% Society and General Procope Speaks At Dinner of Episcopalians "Convention Approves Move for Security For Lay Employes The annual convention of the Episcopal Diocese of Washington held its final meeting today in 8t. Thomas’ ' Church, Eighteenth and Church streets N.W., following 8 fellowship dinner last night in the parish hall, 4t which Pinnish Min- ister ymmnr Procope was principal * speaker. A prayer session opened the day’s schedule at 9:30 am. and the Right Rev. James E. Freeman, Bishop of ‘Washington, called the business meeting to order at 10 o’clock. ‘The budget was approved, a stand- ing vote of appreciation was ten- dered clergy and laity of St. Thomas’ for their hospitality and the con- vention adjourned with benediction “| at_noon. SO WASHINGTON MAY HAVE MUSIC—Pictured at a broadcast from the N. B. C.-Star Dollar Club headquarters yesterday are, left to right, Mrs. Irving Nielsen, pianist; Milton King, mem- ber of the board of directors of the National Symphony Orchestra Association, and Mr. Nielsen, violinist. The Dollar Club is part of the orchestra’s tenth sustaining fund drive. Miss Thelma Painter, 1750 Sixteenth street N.W., is shown dropping her contribution for the National Symphony Orchestra in the kettle drum, put at the curb in front of the Dollar Club, 728 Fourteenth street N.W. for the convenience of passing motorists. ~—=Star Staft Photos. Four Stage Stars Scheduled To Visit Dollar Club Today Members of ‘Louisiana Purchase’ Cast to Help Symphony Drive ‘The four stars of “Louisiana Pur- chase” planned to visit the N. B. C.-Star Dollar Club today to help ‘Washington maintain its symphony orchestra. The quartet of velebrities, Vera Zorina, Victor Moore, William Gax- ton and Irene Bordoni, were to ap- pear on the 4:30 broadcast from Dollar Club headquarters unless be- tween-show rehearsals kept them from attending. Scheduled to join the group from the National Theater for the after- noon broadcast, to be heard over Station WRC, were students from the Mozart-Lizst Studio. Miss Wiley Patterson Reis, pianist, was to play two Chopin preludes, and L. Corrin Strong, president of the National Symphony Orchestra Association, was to give a brief talk. An earlier broadcast, to be heard at 12:45 pm. over Station WMAL, was to feature a delegation from the Petworth Woman’s Club, piano solos by Anthony Chanaka and & talk by Mrs. Edna Ellis Hilton, who will present $125 for the sixth di- vision of Washington school-teach= ers. Cappel Arranging Program. Arrangements for school groups, clubs and business organizations to participate in the broadcasts from Dollar Club headquarters at 728 Fourteenih street N.W. are being made by C. C. Cappel, manager of thé National Symphony Orchestra, with which The Star and the Na- tional Broadcasting Co. are co-op- erating to raise funds for the or- chestra’s 1040-1 season. x A school group and a depart- ment store delegation yesterday lined with dollars the kettle drum which stands outside Dollar Club headquarters. A double quartet from the Eliot Junior High School, after singing two songs, presented two gifts of $26.13 each. One of the young singers explained that the Eliot Glee Clubs donated $25 to the orchestra fund. last year but, figuring that dropped in the open-topped kettle drum as she was interviewed during the afternoon broadcast. Value of Unasked Gift. Walter Bruce Howe, vice presi- dent of the National Symphony Orchestra Association and vice chairman of the sustaining fund drive, pointing out that the Dollar Club made it possible to contribute to the fund “without inconvenjence and on the spur of the moment,” declared during the broadcast: “The unasked and unexpected gift has a value beyond dollars and cents. It gives the assurance of spontaneous friendship” Gordon Junior High School, which won a grand piano for the best scrapbook in connection with this season’s students’ concerts by the National Symphony, will send a group of students to sing and play instrumental solos during the broadcast tomorrow at 1:30 pm. over Station WMAL. Mrs. R. H. Dunlap, secretary of the fund cam- paign, will be interviewed during the broadcast. Elena de Sayn will give two violin solos during the 5§ p.m. broadcast on Station WRC tomorrow. She will play “Mistica,” by Tirindelli, and “Spinnlied,” by Popper-Auer. Thomas P. Morgan, jr., chairman of the Special Gifts Committee for the campaign, will be inter- viewed concerning the progress of the drive, on that broadcast. Herman Palmeér to Show Paintings of Animals An exhibit of drawings and paint- ings of animals by Herman May 16-19 at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Prew &V'lay. 1539 Twenty-ninth street NW. Mr. Palmer, a native of Utah, has become known in this country and abroad for his studies of animals in their native habitat and in the In addition to Mr. Procope’s ad- dress the dinner program last night included a charcoal talk by Clif- ford K. Berryman, The Star’s politi= cal cartoonist, and songs by George O’Connor, well-known local banquet entertainer. The afternoon session yesterday was featured by a spirited discus- sion on the motion of the Rev. F. Bland Tucker, chairman of the de- partment of social welfare, that the convention approve a majority re- port of his group recommending to the General Convention of the Episcopal Church “that steps be taken to provide some form of se- curity for its lay employes, either through its own organization or by inclusion in the Social Security Act.” Minerity Report Offered. A number of clerical and lay members objected to any indication the convention favored bringing lay church workers under the Social Security Act and urged adoption of a minority report recommending “that the church should accept her own responsibility for her lay eme ployes * * * within her own econe It finally was voted to adopt the majority report after elimination of reference to possible methods by which security might be provided the employes. It was announced a diocesan com= mittee will meet with representa- tives of the Joint Board of the Gen- ington as see for the presiding bishop, but has objected to sugges- tions calling for dedication of Wash: ington Cathedral and only a por- tion of the Diocese of Washington to that purpose. The committee is composed of the Rev. Dr. Ze Barney Phillips, chairman; the Rev. Dr. Oliver J. Hart, the Very Rev. Noble C. Powell. the Rev. Charles T. Warner, Charles F. Wilson, Henry P. Blair, H. L. Rust, jr, and C. F. R. Ogilby. ‘The convention voted to remit all penalties assessed against churches through 1937. Rust Re-elected Treasurer. The invitation of the Church of St. Stephen and the Incarnation to hold the 1941 conclave there was accepted, as was that of the Church of the Epiphany for 1942. Mr. Rust was re-elected treasurer of the diocese and among appoint= ments of Bishop Freeman approved were those of the Rev. Clyde Brown as diocesan missioner and Mr. Wil- son as diocesan chancellor, both re- appoingments. Results of other elections were as follows: Standing Committee — Clerical members, the Rev. F. J. Bohanan, the Rev. F. Bland Tucker, the Rev. H. S. Wilkinson and Dr. Hart; lay members, Fulton Lewis, W. Sinclair Bowen and Lynch Luquer. Deputies to the general conven- tion—Clerical, the Rev. Mr. Phillips, the Rev. Mr. Bohanan, Dr. Hart and Dr. Powell; lay, O. R. Single- ton, T. E. Robertson, Mr. Wilson and Mr. Bowen. Alternates—Cler~ ical, the Rev. Mr. Brown, the Rev. Mr. Tucker, the Rev. Mr. Wilkinson and the Rev. Richard Aselford; lay, Busey Howard, Mr. Lewis, W. R. Castle and Mr. Luquer, Executive Council—Clerical, the Rev. A. A. McCallum, the Rev. Mr. ‘Wilkinson, the Rev. Mr. Phillips, the Rev. Mr. Warner, the Rev. Mr. Bohanan and Dr. Powell; lay, C. F. Roberts, A. C. Houghton, E. L. Stock, Mr. Blair, Mr. Robertson and Mr. Howard. Park Will Be Suggested As Memorial to Holmes Establishment of a memorial park as a memorial to Justice Oliver ‘Wendell Holmes soon will be rec- ommended to Congress. The park would be financed out of Justice Holmes’ $229,372 estate which he left to the Government. Decision to recommend the ex- penditure of $50,000 of the estate for the park was made yesterday located in the rear of the Supreme Court Butlding. ‘The committee said it would rec- ommend ture of an addi- | tional $10000 to publish selections from Justice Holmes’' writings and opinfons. The published material probably will be edited by Justice Felix " , it was said. Traffic Record ‘The traffic record, as revealed at police headquarters for 24- hour period ending at 8 am. today: Fatalities, none. um‘&':'t:;hm.l Motorists arrested, 312. Pedestrians injured, 3. Istion of pedestrian 5 't:‘l con! reguiations, &