Evening Star Newspaper, May 14, 1940, Page 19

Request Shapes For Extra D. C. g Day in House Controversial Bills Are Avoided as Six Are Passed House leaders are expected to be asked today by members of the District Committee fo set aside a special day next week to clean up the calendar of local legislation. There are three important but highly controversial bills on the calendar the committee is anxious for the House to consider before it turns into the homestretch toward adjournment. The next so-called *“District day” is scheduled for May 27 but by that time, District Com- mittee members fear, the House may be too engrossed in last-minute national legislation to turn atten- tion to local affairs. The tenta- tive date for adjournment of Con- gress has been set for June 8. . Reorganization Included. Outstanding among the contro- versial bills on the calendar await- ing House action 1s the one spon- sored by Representative Kennedy, Democrat, of Maryland, which would reorganize and modernize the municipal government. Another would amend the child labor law to permit minors 14 years of age or over to take part in professional concerts and theatrical productions for pay. The third would give the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board authority to control liquor prices in order to prevent so-called “price cutting.” These three bills could have been called up in the House late yester- day when it considered the District calendar, but because of their con- troversial nature they were passed over, President Voices Objection. The reorganization bill was the subject of an attack meantime from President Roosevelt himself who sent a letter to Speaker Bankhead ob- Jecting to the District of Columbia shake-up proposal. ‘The Chief Executive objected to the measure on the ground that it would remove the municipal gov- emnment from jurisdiction of the Federal Budget and Accounting Acts. President Roosevelt previously had taken a personal hand in attempting to, bring about a reorganization of the District Goverument wien he brought Geéorge E. AVen back into the District Building s a Commis- sioner after Mr. Allen had resigned to enter the insurance business. Mr. Allen resigned a second time and has returned to his private interests. The Kennedy bill provides that the District budget should be sent direct to Congress in- stead of being first approved by the Budget Bureau and also places in & proposed municipal department of finance the final authority to check municipal ex- penditures. Six Bills Passed. Representative Schulte, Demo- crat, of Indiana, acting as chair- man of the District Committee in the absence of Representative Ran- dolph, who was in West Virginia campaigning for renomination in the primary election, only called up the six non-controversial local bills on the House calendar. They were passed with unprecedented speed—six bills in five minutes. The bills passed would: 1. Give the Board of Education increased authority over degree-con- ferring institutions here, including Junior colleges. 2 Permit residents of the Virgin Islands adjudged insane to be ad- mitted to St. Elizabeth’s Hospital. Authorizes Borrowing. 3. Authorize the Commissioners to borrow $500,000 of P. W. A. funds construct a new building for the er of deeds. 4. Tighten existing law regulat- ing fire, marine and casualty in- surance companies. 5. Provide for issuance of.group {nsurance by life insurance com- panies to protect bank loans. 6. Clarify the existing life in- surance law to regulate the custody and control over securities authori- ties for investment purposes. There was no debate on any of the measures. After a brief ex- gllnltion of the purpose of each y Mr. Schulte they were passed. Five of the bills require Senate approval. The only one passed the Senate already is the one to clarify the existing life insurance law to regulate the custody and control over securities for investment pur- poses. Businessmen Will Hear Hennerich Talk on Sales “A Sales Engineer Goes Shopping” will be the subject of an address by George W. Hennerich at the month- ly meeting of the Connecticut Ave- nue Businessmen's Association at 8:30 o’clock tonight at the Mayflower Hotel. Mr. Hennerich has been studying Traffic Record The traffic record, as revealed .at police headquarters for 24- hour period ending at 8 am. today: Fatilities, none. Accidents, 37. Motorists injured, 10. Motorists arrested, 353. Pedestrians injured, 4. Pedestrians arrested for viola- tion of pedestrian control regu- lations, 2. Beltsville Mystery Investigators Lean - To Murder Theory Police Fail in Effort To Trace Five-Gallon Can in Charred Auto Meager clues pointed today to murder rather than suicide in the death of a mgan believed to be George Hofmanh, 39, whose charred body was found chained inside his burned sedan yesterday on a little- used road in the Department of Ag- riculture Research Center at Belts- ville, Md. Prince Georges County police and Federal Bureau of Investigation agents, it was said, were unable to uncover any motive for suicide, and ficult for a man to have chained himself in the position the body was found. A partial identification of the body found in Hofmann’s car may be clinched by dental work, in- cluding two gold teeth in the upper Jjaw. The bone structure of the badly- burned corpse disclosed it was that of 2 man and a fragment of blue serge may have been the remains of his suit. Police were unable to trace a heavy five-gallon can found in the charred sedan, believed to have contained gasoline for drench- ing the interior. Friends and Relatives Questioned. Talks with friends and relatives of Mr. Hofmann failed to disclose either a suicide motive or any pos- sible enemy who might have wished to do away with him, it was said. Neither could it be learned whether the man had been shot or clubbed b;.rtore the gasoline fire was touched of The dentist who last worked on Mr. Hofmann’s teeth is being scught for aid in making the identification pos- itive. Mr. Hofmann, the service manager for a Washington automobile com- pany, was last seen at home Sunday night, about 12 hours before the body was found by a colored W. P. A. worker, one of the repair crew oiling that runs through the research cen- ter grounds On Fishing Trip Sundpy. His wife, Mrs. Emma Hfmann, from whom he has been separated for more than a year, was unable to throw any light on the mystery and Fred Hofmann told police he had last seen his brother Sunday when he left his home in Branchville without saying where he was going. Fred Hofmann said he had been fishing Sunday with his ‘brother, who had seemed in good spirits. Police gave no indication as to whether the body revealed any trace of foul play. Heavy tire chains were looped around the neck and fastened to the door jams on either side of the charred machine. F. B.I. agents who were called into the case because the body was found on Federal property, today were questioning a woman estranged from her husband, with whom Mr. Hoffmann had frequently been seen in-company in recent weeks. She had been out of the city over the week end, it was learned, and returned yesterday morning to start work at a new job with a motor company in Washington, it was learned. When she returned she tele- phoned the firm for which George Hoffmann formerly worked and at first was told he was not working yesterday. The third time she called she was told he was dead and col- lapsed from shock. She was’under medical treatment last night but had recovered this morning. A. F. G. E. Group Adopts Neutrality Resolution A npeutrality resolution was adopted last night by Internal Reve- nue Lodge No. 47, American Federa-: tion .of Government Employes, for presentation at the forthcoming District of Columbia-Maryland con- vention of the American Federation of Labor at wh. ‘The resolution sets out that “of whatever our parentage, our in- |terests are American.” the Connecticut avenue shopping situation for some time, according to L. R. Colburn, president of the association, and will discuss results of his research. Final plans for the association’s annual outing May 20 will be an- nounced by Emile Beauvails and Mrs. Ethel Fistere. Award for the win- dow display cup for May will be made by judges selected by & com- mittee headed by William F. Oakley. A buffet supper is to be served, Southeast Businessmen Condemn River Pollution Pollution of the Anacostia River through raw sewage pumped from sbutting areas is regarded as “dan- gerous to the community health” by the Southeast Businessmen’s As- sociation. Immediate remedial measures were urged at the asso- ciation’s meeting last night. extension of sewer and a section of the East-West highway | Success Seen In Symphony Fund Drive " 363,887 Pledged In Campaign Closing Thursday With 50.15 per cent of their $107,- 600 goal already attained, volunteer A total of $63,887.02 from 3505 contributors was reported at the luncheon meeting in the Carlton Hotel yesterday. This was an in- | crease of 1,279 pledges and $19.918.24 over what had been reported pre- viously. Speaking to the volunteers at the luncheon, A. F. E. Horn, general chairman of the drive, sald he was confident there will be no need to extend the campaign beyond the official closing Thursday. Ahead of Last Year. He pointed out that the drive this year is ahead of the same stage last year by 1751 contributors and police said it would have been dif- $5,120.89. Urging the workers not to over- look a single prospect who con- tributed to the campaign last year, he said that with the new givers and the increases over last year's gifts, the campaign had a good chance of exceeding its own goal. The Government Committee was honored at the luncheon, with Undersecretary of Commerce Ed- ward J. Noble, chairman of the committee, introducing the honor guests. Mr. Noble promised his committee would go over the top and said he expected Government committee. The Orchestra Guild won an ova- tion from the other volunteer work- ers when it reported it had gone over its quota. The guild has col- lected 505 pledges for $7,459.35, or 11475 per cent of quota. Mr. Horn read a letter from the girls in the Strong Residence at the Y. W. C. A. Addressed to Mrs. Henry Alvah Strong, donor of the residence hall and mother of L. Corrin Strong, president of the or- chestra association, the letter in- closed a $25 gift for the campaign as a Mother's Day gift to Mrs. Strong. Nearly $900 From Dollar Club. Mr. Horn also thanked the N. B. C.-Star Dollar Club for its co- operation with the symphony cam- paign Charles Bafty, N. B. C. rep- collected for the campaign at Dollar Club headquarters. As reported by their chairmen, the campaign committees ~ have reached these totals: Special gifts—230 pledges, a total of $36439.50 for 59.25 per cent of quota. Business and professional — 259 pledges, $4,958.50 for 3541 per cent of quota. Army—263 pledges, 49.56 per cent of quota. Associations—422 pledges, $5,900.25 for 78.67 per cent of quota. Education—512 pledges, $1,936.64 for 4841 per cent of quota. Government—150 pledges, $2,380.25 for 34 per cent of quota. Navy—110 pledges, $2,44925 for 69.97 per cent of quota. Suburban—144 pledges, $1,619.80 for 64.79 per cent of quota. $74348 for Woman Gives Funds To Buy Dog Muzzles - Boys and girls in Washington who need muzzles for their pet dogs, but can’t afford to buy them, now have a benefactor, A woman with a kindly but modest disposition (she asked that her name be withheld) has offered to buy muzzles for dogs owned by young- sters who are without funds to pur- chase the protective devices required by District law from May 1 to Sep- tember 30. Applications for the muzzles are being received through the Animal Rescue League, at 71 O street NW. Debating Team Banquet The 15th annual banquet of the American University Debating Team and Speakers’ Bureau will hear Rep- resentative Karl Mundt of Minne- sota at 2929 Connecticut avenue N.W. at 6:15 o'c!o:lku th Dean George B. Woods present awards to members of the varsity debate squad. pay day to turn the tide for his, “t:;lt:&“,!h P&r ggbfil g‘” benin WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION L) orealury . ... | Support of [ The Nation’s Unemployed Testify Before a Jury . . . . | Verdict Awaited After Destitute Present Case A glimpse inside the drab homes of families on relief was given today to Mrs. Roosevelt and a score of other prominent Washington wom- en, sitting as & jury hearing the stories of delegates to the National ‘Women'’s Conference on Unemploy- ment., ‘The jurors, who planned to bring in a verdict later in the day, heard descriptions of poverty. Mrs. Hughes Easley of ‘St. Louis, named “Mrs. Unemployed American Mother” by the “Daughters of the American Depression,” as the dele- gates call themselves, said she and her disabled husband and their eight children received from Missouri $58.85 a month in food orders and an allowance of $10 for rent. Her youngest, 3-year-old Irene, played with her pocketbook as she stood before the jury. . " Evicted When Rent Was Due. She was evicted from one home “4in real cold weather,” she said, be- cause the rent money had been|. needed for other urgent things. Next, she added, the family moved into “three cold, damp rooms, unfit for human beings.” She wouldn’t stay there, she explained, and now is pay- ing $14 for four rooms, though “the visiting lady” had objected to her moving so much. She said she could afford only one quart of milk a day. “When was the last time you bought any clothing?” asked Mrs. Mary K. Gorman, presiding at the “trial.” “Two years ago,” sald Mrs. Easley. Then, picking up a fold of the trim blue dress she wore, she added: “A wealthy person gave me this for the trip.” ‘Two of the children, she said, were out of school “on account of not having shoes.” The oldest girl, she added, 16 years old, works as a domestic, from 7 am. {0 7 or 8 at night for $2.50 a week and her keep, which, the witness expluined, was the prevailing wage in St. Louis. “What do you see ahead for your- self?” asked a juror. “I don't see anything,” said Mrs. Easley. “And for the children?” “Nothing.” g Offers: Remedy. Asked to suggest & general remedy for conditions, she said more relief money, more W.'P. A. jobs and higher wages, Mrs. Bertha Dorgan, colored, of Greensboro, N. C., & laid-off W.P. A. worker, said direct relief there was not more than $4 a month. Mrs. Lucy ‘Rzgooza, who lives in New York's lower East Side and has ‘an unemployed husband and Wi young dren, said four'of er girls attended open-air classes at school because they were diag- nosed undernourished. Most of the families around her, she said, live in firetraps and all their children are undernourished. She is on direct relief. - Call on President. David Lasser, president of the Workers’ Alliance, and Miss Edith Morris and Miss Florence Ramsey, delegates to the conference, called at the White House today and pre- sented President Roosevelt with a letter from the delegates urging an end to W. P. A. layoffs, adoption of the Pepper Senate resolution “fj - ing” the personnel at the April 1 figurg and restoration of pay cuts. The group also advocated revoca- tion of the clause restricting W. P. A. employment to 18 months and an appropriation for the next fiscal year adequate to provide for 3,000,000 workers. The 200 delegates to the confer- ence will enjoy a substantial dinner at the National Press Club audi- torium at 6:30 o'clock tonight, while lega! 75 cents a plate, but those unable to pay will be provided with tickets, sponsors of the affair said. The women, coming from 320 States, including W. P. A. workers and mothers on direct relief, will dine on roast beef, potatoes, salad and dessert in substantial quanti- ties. Their more fortunate sisters will feast on a table d’hote consisting of 2 ounces of beef, one-fourth of a carrot, one-fourth of an onion, half & potato, half a slice of bread, cof- smc.mmrmns!monmnmnunmnnmum:mmmnouu‘ Early water service facilities t6 outlying Southeast Washington afeas to serye new residential divisions was advocated. [} Club program yesterday in support of the National Symphony Orchestra. They ate Edward Tripp, le;:; Norma White, Rita Wall, Jane Bovey and Nettie Trent. Harold A. Brooks, chairman of the Steering Committes of the fund drive, right, listens. 4 4 § TYPICAL UNEMPLOYED MOTHER—On Mrs. Hughs Easley of 8t. Louis, shown here with the youngest of her eight children, 3-year-old Irene, on the Capitol steps, was bestowed yesterday the title of “Mrs. Unemployed American Mother.” She was selected by the National Women’s Conference on Unemploy- ment. , Her husband is a disabled electrical worker and the family is on relief. —Associated Press Photo. Secretary Perkins to Join Dollar Club at Broadcast Orchestra Leaders Stress Importance Of Saving Classics for Washington Secretary of Labor Frances Per- kins planned to come to the N. B. C.-Star Dollar Club today to add her contribution to the hundreds of music lovers from all walks of lhfe who have joined the Dollar Club to aid the National Symphony Orchestra. etary Perking was to broad- st. from Dollar..Club headquar- fefs, 728 Fourteenth strees:N-W 3:05 pm. over station WMAL. On" the same program Lee D. Butler, sponsor of the Business and Pro- fessional Committee for the sym- phony campaign, was to be inter- viewed and a delegation from Mu Phi Epsilon Sorority was to join the Dollar Club. Lillian Evanti was to be guest soloist on the program, accompanied by Winifred Lakeman. Four Catholic University students were to come to the Dollar Club for a broadcast at 4:30 p.m. over station WRC. Charles W. Eliot II, director of the National Resources | Planning Board and member of the symphony’s Board of Direc- tors, was to be interviewed. Glee Club to Sing. The Y. W. C. A. Glee Club was to give a program of songs, and Howard Mitchell, first cellist with the National Symphony Orchestra, was to play “Minuet,” by Rameau, and “On Wings of Song,” by Men- delssohn, on the late afternoon pro- gram. John Carmody, administrator of the Federal Works Agency, will be guest speaker during a broad- cast from the Dollar Club ' tomor- row at 5§ pm. over station WRC. A delegation of Girl Scouts from seven troops and a group from the Calvert Parochial School also will join the Dollar Club at that time. The Chevy Chase Women's Club music section will present a pro- gram of songs, directed by Louis Potter. At 3:05 p.m. over Station WMAL, John R. Steelman, director of the Labor Department’s Conciliation Service, will explain how the diffi- culties between the mua:‘chm and the symphony association were straightened out, Beatrice Landkeer- Roes will give a violin solo on that Orchestra leaders, ‘young - musi- clans and two radio notables joined yesterday in appealing for support of the Dollar Club in its efforts to help the symphony campaign workers reach their goal. Give Credit to Classics. Blue Barron, whose orchestra is appearing at the Capitol Theater this week, came to the Dollar Club to point out that symphony music is an inspiration for modern dance Much of the popular music Clifton Padiman of “Information, Please,” whose was broad- Support of the symphony, he added, not only gives work to many men but provides strength and beauty to Washington and to the Nation. Points to Water Gate Concerts. Harold A. Brooks, chairman of the ;Steermz Committee for the cam- paign, during one of roadcasts yesterday, spoke par- W R‘:fly of the summer concerts’a the Water Gate. He pointed out that because an anonymous donor had agreed to underwrite the expected deficit from the Water Gate con- certs, it was possible this year for the first time to make a definite an- nouncement at the outset of the campaign that there would be sum- mer concerts. “I feel that this should be a very great incentive,” he said, “to the people of Washington to give to the utmost of their ability.” Among the several artists who performed at the Dollar Club yes- terday were a brother and sister, Milton Schwartz, a violinist with the National Symphony Orchestra, and 12-year-old Phyllis Schwartz, who sang and accompanied her brother. Little Miss Schwartz, who still wears her hair in long curls, was the soloist on the last stu- dent concert given by the sym- phony orchestra this year. ‘The honor music group at Friend- ship House opened the late after- noon with a song and also contributed the gift they had col- lected in nickels and dimes at the Settlement House. Their musical director, Miss Jessie Olin, accom- panied them. Mrs. Cloyd Heck Marvin, wife of the president of George Washington University, sang, and Dorothy Radde Emery played Chopin’s “Minute Waltz” from the Dollar Club during another broad- cast yesterday. Professional Writers Elect Officers Miss C. Virginia Diedel was elect- ed president of the Professional Writers’ Club at & business meeting last night at the Y. W. C. A. Build- ing. Miss Liedel, an attorney, also is president of the First Ward Cit- izens’ Association. ‘The other officers elected were: Miss Alice Miller, first vice presi- dent; Mrs. Zella Boteler, second vice president; Miss Pauline Johnso rrupom'una mryw n, col Miss Katherine Heinold, freasurer; . Juanita s 5 Mrs. Julia Carpin, historian; Miss Ivy Wentworth, auditor; Mrs. Lydia Hoopes, lfamen Mrs. Roosevelt Deeply Moved by Stories of Distress Mrs. Roosevelt could tell worse stories of the suffering of the un- it?” she declared. Cites French Revolution. When a reporter commented that “the bridge-playing ladies” through- out the country felt it wasn’t their responsibility to improve conditions, Mrs. Roosevelt responded: “Look at Marie Antoinette. She didn’t care either, and it led to the French Revolution.” ‘Wages, she felt, were going up, but the most gradual rise, she predicted, would be in the wages of the do- mestic workers. “The hardest person in the world to educate,” she declared, “is the woman at home who doesn’t know what it means to have a job.” Discussing the “halting” stories told by the unemployed women to- day, Mrs. Roosevelt discussed in- surance. “They pay insurance because they must be buried,” she said, “but they never read the insurance blanks. For 25 years a mother had paid in- surance, never noticing that there was a clause in the contract saying the insurance would not be paid if tuberculosis was the cause of death. The mother’s boy died of tubercu- losis. When she went to collect the hmsur”mu, they refused to give it to er. Mrs. Roosevelt revealed that she was told of the case and threatened to publish a story if tke insurance men failed to pay up. The woman collected the insurance. “You must realize,” she said, “that a lot of the time these women are buying phony insurance. That's the pitiful part.” Cites Tenement Case. She cited another story she had heard during the conference by the mother of four children, all of whom were in “open-air classes.” She de- scribed or were on the verge of it. She said she had gotten a “desperate feeling” because so few people realized these conditions and because it was im- portant that every community find out what was going on in its com- munity, Speaking of the District’s own sit- uation, she said she had received a letter from Senator Overton saying he agreed with her that a capital outlay was needed for schools and other institutions here. Comment- ing on the District supply bill, she termed the $100,000 increase in the relief appropriation “a little better.” Simple deduction and not “inside information” made it possible for Mrs. Roosevelt to predict the Ger- man invasion of Holland, she re- vealed to her press conference today. She explained that she had seen a small item in the newspaper say- ing that Hitler had stated he was prepared to uphold the neutrality of Belgium and the Netherlands. Using Norway as an example, she said it seemed to her that Hitler'’s idea of upholding neutrality and ag- gression were very similar. Therefore, she said, she was able to predict in her column that the Netherlands would be invaded. New Excursion Steamer In Service Tomorrow A new addition to Washington’s fleet of excursion steamers—the streamlined S. S. Mount Vernon— will be put into service tomorrow morning with a “birthday” celebra- tion at the Wilson Line dock, Maine avenue and N street S.W. District officials and other promi- nent Washingtonians have been in- vited to attend ceremonies begin- ning at 9 am. ‘With a capacity of more than 2,400 passengers, the new steamer will op- erate on the Potomac River, making stops at Mount Vernon and Marshall Hall. The boat replaces the 8. S. Oukes, | City of Washington, which will op- erate out of Wilmington, -~ Among innovations on the Mount Vernon is an air-conditioned dance floor with modernistic appointments. Lehman to See President Gov. Herbert H. Lehman of New | York called on Attorney General .| Jackson today and said his visit was = Day-Old Tiger Twins at Zoo e s o x| Howl Lustily for Milk . i % g : § § ] i 4 § E g i ; : | ] i i Civic Groups Is Urged As Duty in D. C. Judge Cayton Speaks At Anniversary Fete Of West End Unit Judge Nathan Cayton last night urged local citizens to rally to the support of their community civic associations in exercise of their re- ties as citizens of a free United States in an address before 8 banquet marking the 35th anni- versary of the West End Citizens Association. “It must be remembered that al- though you are members of a vote- less District, denied the right of elect- ing your own representatives in mu- nicipal and national government, the duty devolves on you to participate in the benefits belonging to citizens of the Nation in these days when liberty is a misnomer and a forgot= ten word in large sections of the world,” Judge Cayton declared. Cites Religious Freedom. “Keep in mind the fact that Amer- fcans enjoy freedom of religion, equal justice; that we can walk down the street without fear of being snooped at or sniped at, and owe no allegiance to any master who calls himself ‘the leader’.” “Our responsibility as citizens in- volves more than, paying taxes or serving on a jury when summoned,” the speaker continued. “It involves the ardous routine of serving civic interests, at present through civie associations, in such a manner as to be a real contribution to national and local government.” Chief Porter Attends. Walmer F. Wasson, president of the West End group, who acted as toastmaster, introduced the guests of honor, including Fire Chief Stephen T. Porter, A. J. Driscoll, president of the Mid-City Citizens’ Association; Willlam R. Brown, treasurer, and John Kelly, chairman of the Entertainment Committee of the West End group. A program of entertainment pre- sented after the dinner included dramatic skits by Vivian Frey, Blanche Mitchell, Jacqueline Thomas and Sue Smith of Marjorie Webster School; Paul McCrea, ventriloquist; Sylvia Bassom and Charlotte Gore don, pupils of Grant School, and accordion numbers by Mrs. Sylvis Kaplowitz, after which a dance was held. The celebration took place in the Fairfax Hotel. Board Due fo Name Coolidge Principal ‘The Board of Education probably will appoint a principal for the new Calvin Coolidge Senior High School, at Pifth and Sheridan streets NW., at Jts meeting at 3:30 p.m. tomarrow in the Pranklin School. Seven candidates were interviewed by school officers and the appoint- ment probably will be made from their ranks, it was said. All are now members of the school system either as teachers or principals. It is expected that Supt. Frank W. Ballou will bring the nomination before the board’s Personnel Com- mittee tomorrow preceding the meet- ing and the formal appointment made shortly afterward. Among the candidates considered for the office are Daniel B. Lloyd, president of Manor Park Citizens’ Association and a teacher at Roose- velt High School; Thomas E. Holmes, assistant principal at Eastern High .School; Harry Baker, jr., principal of Langley Junior High, and Lester ‘T. Walter, principal of Powell Junior High: Various civic groups have indorsed these men. School -officials are anxious to fill the post as soon as possible to pre- pare the enrollment of the school for the coming year. A conference of principals of the high schools hitherto serving the Coolidge area probably will be called a few days after the appointment is made and plans completed. The salary for the new principal is carried in the 1941 appropriations bill now before the Senate. In ad- dition funds for 12 teachers for the school are provided. A request for additional teachers was not included. Mrs. Richard E. Jope, Wife of Evangelist, Dies Mrs. Nellle Hewitt Jope, wife of the Rev. Richard E. Jope, evange- list, and mother of the Rev. Clif- ford H. Jope, pastor of the Ninth Street Christian Church, died Sun- day at the home of her son, 1812 C street N.E, after a long illness. Funeral services were to be held at 2 p.m. today at the Ninth Street Church, with burial in Fort Lin- coln Cemetery. The Rev. George Oram, assistant pastor, was to of- ficiate. Born in England, Mrs. Jope came to the United States as a child. When not traveling with her hus- band she had made her home in ‘Washington. Besides her husband and the Rev. Mr. Jope she leaves another son, Harold H, Jope of California, Maj. H. F. Bultman Dies; ,4 Ela i