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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-21
SIX ARE INJURED
IN EASTER TRAFFIC
Two Are Hurt Seriously in
ACCidents-Woman Is
Knocked Down.

Six persons were injured, two serious
", in the heavy automobile traffic here
on Easter day.
Mrs. Elsie Chamberlain, "a years old
of Fifteenth near D streets southeast
received a possible fracture of the skull
and internal injuries about IL O'Clock
yesterday when knocked down by an
automobile at Pennsylvania avenue and
Eleventh street southeast.
The automobile was operated by John
Webster, 81 years old, of 1903 D street
southeast. The injured woman was
taken to Casualty Hospital.
An automobile collision at / O'Clock
this morning at B street and Tennessee
avenue northeast resulted in serious in
jury to one of the drivers, William
Lipscomb, % years old, of 623 c street
northeast.
Lipscomb was sent to Casualty Hos
pital. Reuben Acton, jr., % years old
of 1910 North Carolina avenue north
east, a passenger in Lipscomb's ma
chine, escaped with a slight laceration
to the forehead.
The other automobile was operated by
salvatore FuSco of CAB A street north
east.
Thought to have become confused as
he alighted from northbound street
car on Ninth street yesterday afternoon,
Sylvanus Lamblin, Is years old. of 1117
K street, stepped into the path of a
northbound car and was knocked to the
pavement. He was removed to Emer-
gency Hospital.
George Middleton, 40 years old, OF
Fort Myer, Va, was injured slightly
yesterday afternoon when his automo-
bile was in collision with street car
at Fourteenth street and Rhode Island
avenue.
Ten-year-old John Roy Sends Of 1872
Thirty-third street northeast received
severe scalp injuries and conclusion of
the brain when he fell to the pavement
from the bicycle he was riding in front
of his home. He was treated at Casual
ty Hospital.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-21
PERIL OF D. C. SEWERS
SUBJECT OF INQUIRY
Authorities Warned by Experience
of Five Children Rescued From
Suffocation Last Friday.

The near suffocation of five children
in a sewer near Bureau of Standards
last Friday has led to an investigation
by the Sewer Department to discover
some method of preventing a re-
currence.
According to Sanitary Engineer j. B.
Gordon it is extremely difficult to keep
children out of the lower mouths of
stormwater sewers. One system is to
cover these with iron gratings. The
result of this often is that debris plugs
up the exit in time of heavy rains and
the sewer bursts or homes are flooded.
Another is to put valve gates which
open only when there is a pressure of
water behind them. Children are often
able to open these, he said, and get
inside. Then they sometimes have
trouble opening them in order to get
back out. The third method, which is
looked on with some favor by the Sewer
Department, is TO fence of small areas
around the mouths of the sewers. Even
then, he said children would probably
be able to climb over or get through the
fences.
Mr.. Gordon said that officials of the
Bureau of Mines are testing samples
of the gas in the sewer, and that Off
Gals Of the Washington Gas Light Co
are testing their mains parallel to
the sewer in an effort to find out
whether gas from gas main coulc
have leaked into the sewer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-21
AIR S|GHTSEERS
THRONG A|RPORTS
GA Carried AIoft Yesterday
From Local Fields, Break
ing Records.

All known records for passenger sight
seeing flights from an American air.
port were broken here yesterday by
Washington Airport and by Hoover
Field. Hoover Field broke the previous
record of GA passengers, carried on
Sunday in Easter week several years
ago. by 70 passengers yesterday. Wash
ington Airport, passing Hoover Field
for the first time in its history, carried
701 passengers yesterday.
The joint record of 1875 passengers,
so far as is known, is world record
for passenger hopping over any city
in a single day. Both fields were busy
from early yesterday morning until
darkness put an end to the flying. AT
Washington Airport 1877 separate flights
were made by six planes, and at Hoover
Field five planes were used, making q
total of 1913 flights.
Visiting Plane q FavOrite.
A large portion of the Washington
Airport passenger flying was done by a
visiting Ford tri-motored transport
plane owned by a group of Ford deal
ers, headed by Leo Rocca of this city
All of the flights were regular sight
seeing trips over the city and the bulk
of the passengers were tourists paying
Easter visits to the National Capital.
The Washington Airport planes put
in IS hours and IL minutes of flying
time, while those at Hoover Field were
actually in the air 20 hours and SO
minutes.
The largest single days business done
by local field during previous Easter
week, which was marred by bad flying
weather, was $40. this number of pas
sengerS having been flown from Hoover
Field.
Three of Hoover Fields passengers
yesterday afternoon were flown there
at the suggestion of Rear Admiral
ladies from New Zealand, on an Easter
visit to this city. They met Admiral
Byrd while he was in New Zealand on
his Antarctic expedition and he recon-
mended that If they ever visited the
National Capital they fly over the city.
Ofhcials of the field were so busy they
failed to get the names of the visitors.
Herbert Fahy In City.
Herbert Fahy, former Washington
pilot, who now is planning flight
Claire Fahy, also licensed pilot, land
ed at Washington Airport In a white
Lockheed monoplane yesterday after
noon after a flight of hours and
10 minutes from Detroit, an airline dis
lance of approximately 400 miles. He
was accompanied by Mrs. Fahy. Fahy
told friends at the field that he came
here for the marriage of his sister and
would leave today or tomorrow to COM
plete arrangements for the world flight.
The trip is to be made in one of the
planes manufactured by the company
for which he is chief test pilot.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-21
D. A. C. Membership
SHOWS BIG GAIN
Annual 0ne-Day Assembly Learns
5000 Now Are En-.
rolled.

With membership increase Of so per
cent during the past two years. the
Daughters of the American Colonists
opened their annual one-day assembly
this morning at the Washington Hotel.
The feature of the morning session, a
report Of the national recording secre-
tary, Mrs. Harry c. Grove, revealed
that the organization now numbers
nearly 5000 members.
This afternoon, when the bulk of the
assembly business is scheduled, reports
from 48 State regents are being read.
The District of Columbia is represented
by Mrs. Catherine E. Maggie.
Proposed amendments to the consti-
tuition and confirmation of State re-
gents and vice State regents were also
on the program.
Mrs. Livingston L. Hunter, national
president. opened the meeting. Greet
ings were rendered Mrs. George Thatcher
Guernsey, honorary national president.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-21
Phipps and Glass Complain
of SynChronization of
Signals.
CITYS LEFT-HAND TURN
RULE is ALSO OPPOSED
Harland Promises Satisfactory In
tersection Controls After Com
pletion of Construction Program.

The possibility of arranging the au-
tomato lights so that traffic could move
with fewer stops on certain streets, and
the left-hand turn rule used at con-
trolled intersections here were discussed
during the recent hearings by the
Senators now engaged in drafting the
District appropriation bill.
Senator Glass, Democrat of Virginia
told witnesses he had counted as many
as seven stops in going to Union Sta
ton by automobile through 8 street
from Twelfth street northwest. Sena-
tor PhippS. Republican, of Colorado,
suggested the lights should be better
synchronized on Massachusetts,. avenue,
and urged that conditions at Scott and
Dupont Circles be studied.
Lights to Be Synchronized.
Traffic Director Harland told the
subcommittee that the signal lights
have not been synchronized as they
will be finally when their installation
is completed.
The left-hand turn rule was brought
up by Senator Copeland. Democrat. OF
New York, while Edward d. Merrill Of
the traffic council was testifying.
why do you have them wait and
60 across the street. and then wal
again, in order to get into the stream?'
said Senator Copeland. referring t.
those making left turn. "Is that tt
protect the pedestrians?"
THAT is the so-called outside left
turn method of handling left turns,
Merrill explained. "Other cities handle
1t in a different way. And some cities
at least Cleveland, handle it IN the same
way that it is handled here in Wash
ington. AS I understand it, Mr.. Har-
land regards or thinks that it is the
safest manner and regards it is as g
safety measure to protect the pedes-
TRANS also"
when there is not a pedestrian ir
sight it is terribly annoying to have
that long watt" Senator Copeland re-
piled.
Phipps Opposes Left-Hand Turn.
Senator Phipps said that in the hear
ings a year ago he took occasion tc
commend the Traffic Bureau on progress
made, but pointed out that at the same
time he had objected to the outside
left turn. He said he was still opposed
to that rule.
Merrill said the traffic council thought
that with the next installation of lights
a part of the system should be COM
posed of the flexible progressive system.
The system here is known as the alter
nate synchronized plan. He also pre-
sented proposed amendment to the
appropriation bill, recommended by the
council, to provide for three engineering
assistants in the Trafhc Bureau.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-21
Senate District Committee
Chairman to Introduce
Several Measures.
FERN STREET SUBWAY
PROPOSAL INCLUDED
$211,000 Would Be Spent on Prof.
ect, With 0ne.half to Come
From Railroad.

An increase in the salaries of the
District Commissioners from $4,000 u
$4,000 year is provided in one OF
group of bills which Chairman Capper
of the Senate District committee is pre-
pairing to introduce in the Senate this
afternoon.
All of these bills relate to questions
that were brought to the attention Of
the subcompittee of the Senate appro-
priations committee handling the local
appropriation bill for next year, but
were found to be of such nature as
to require separate legislative enact
ments. In addition to the proposed in
crease for the city heads, the other
bills are for the following purposes:
To authorize the proposed subway
necessary to abolish the Fern street
railroad grade crossing. in the vicinity
of Takoma Park, at cost of $211 900,
one-half of which would be assessed
against the railroad.
Land Sale Would Be Authorized.
To authorize the Commissioners to
sell land near Twenty-fourth street
and Benning road northeast, which was
acquired for use by the sewer depart
dispose of.
To authorize the Commissioners to
lease property within the area of the
approach to the Key Bridge, which has
been placed under the Districts juris-
diction.
To give the Board of Education more
discretionary power in the use of the old
Business High School after the new
Business High School has been COM
| pleted.
Center Bill Already Introduced.
Two other bills were introduced last
week that have bearing on the ap-
! preparation bill, one being the pro-
posed $15000,00 loan by the Federal
Government to the District for de-
velopment of the municipal center, and
| the other to authorize a bridge to
| abolish the Michigan avenue grade
| crossing. The Michigan avenue bill
| has been reported favorably by the Dis
trict committee and the municipal
center loan is to be considered by the
committee tomorrow afternoon.
| The District appropriation bill prob
| ably will not be ready to be reported
| to the Senate by the appropriations
committee until Wednesday or Thurs
| day
Senator Capper's separate bill to In
crease the salaries of the Commission
ers provides that the two civilian Com
missioners would receive $4,000 a year
and the Engineer Commissioner &c.
600, to include the pay and allowances
he receives as an officer in the Army.
At the present time the District Com
miSSionerS are under the Jurisdiction of
the personnel classification board and
under their rating, $4,000 is the maxi
mum they could receive.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-21

Julian E. Yates, chief of chaplains, u S.
A, preach at the Walter Reed exercises
feature of which was a living cross
composed of 600 Red Cross workers
Army nurses and corps men, all dressed
in white.
A picturesque service was staged on
Temple Heights under auspices of the
Washington Federation of Churches
Rev. Albert j. Mccartney, pastor of the
Church of the Covenant, was the prin-
cipal speaker.
1900 Attend Cathedral Service.
Easter services at Washington Cathe-
dral attracted throngs of worshiperS
and throughout the day a continual
stream of pilgrims was welcomed to
Mount ST. Alban.
1t is estimated that more than 10000
men, women and children attended
services there.
All three of the crypt chapels of the
edifice, which is steadily rising, were in
use throughout the day, services being
held at 1880, $50, 10 and IL o'clock in
the morning and at o'clock In the aft
ernoon. Bishop James E. Freeman de-
livered the sermon at the last exercise.
So great was the crowd that the OPEN
air amphitheater was used for overflow
services.
Impressive ceremony marked the OBJ
servance of Easter in the various Cath
Ollie churches. The solemn beauty of
the services in the church of the
was witnessed by pilgrims who flied the
structure to its doors.
Special services were held in the
crypt of the Shrine of the Immaculte
Conception, at Catholic University.
Right Rev. Bernard A. McKenna, new
ly appointed minSignor, presided at
vesper services.
Presidents Pastor breaches.
DR.. Murray, the Presidents pastor,
delivered an address on Book OF
services at o'clock in the Sylvan
Theater, ON the Monument Grounds,
under auspices Of the National Com
munity Bible Readers League and
Auxiliary of Regional Aides.
The committee in charge of the ar
rangements was disappointed in that
1000 copies of the Bible booklet Luke,
which were to have been distributed to
the audience, failed to arrive. The 80
sets of complete New Testament book
let's, which were awarded to 80 per-
sons having the best Bible reading rec
ordS in a recent contest, will be pre-
sented to them at their churches.
Col. E. L. Mattice, deputy commits
sioner of Boy Scouts, was master of
ceremonies and DR.. E. N. G. Barnes,
director of music in the public schools,
song leader. Mrs Louise Harding
Earll, president of the organization, de-
livered an address of welcome. The
invocation was given by Rev. Thomas
Livingston, chaplain, u. S. A. (retiredl.
d. Roland Potter, president of the Dis
trict of Columbia Christian Endeavor
Union, conducted the Bible reading and
Mrs Howard L. Hodgkins, vice president
OF the organization, made the intro
auctions.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-21
FLIGHT SPEED RECORD
MADE BY GEN. FECHET
Army Air Corps Chief Makes Trip
of 622 Miles in Four
Hours.

Flying at an average speed of 1856
miles an hour, Maj. Gen. James E.
Fechet, chief of the Army Air Corps,
flew from Boiling Field to Montgomery,
Ala, 622 miles, in four hours yesterday.
He continued on his way to Sacrament
to, Calf, today
The flight was made in a new cabin
monoplane, which is being considered
by the Air Corps as transport plane
Tor the pursuit squadron. The plane
is piloted by Capt. Ira c. Eaker of Boil
ling Field. F. Trubee Dawson, assistant
Secretary of War for aeronautics. who
was to have made the trip. remained
here because of the illness of Secretary
of War Hurley.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-21
SCHOOL TRAFFIC PATROL HERO
TORECEIVE A. A. A. MEDAL IN JUNE
Marine to Get Reward for
Saving 8-Year-0Id's
Life.
Mother Who Witnessed Res
cue Recommends Honor
for Youth.

Tony Marine, youthful lieutenant of
the schoolboy traffic patrol at the
Peabody School, will receive merit
medal from the American Automobile
Association in June as a reward for his
bravery in saving the life of 8-year-old
Richard E. West, jr., whom he
snatched from the path of speeding
automobile April 10.
Tony was directing school children
across the intersection of Fifth and C
streets northeast. Richard misunder-
stood his signal to wait, and started
across the street. At imminent risk to
his own life, according to witnesses,
Tony ran into the street after the
younger boy and carried him to safety.
He was recommended for the award
by Mr.. and Mrs. r. E. West, $40 E
street northeast, parents of Richard,
and Miss M. G. Young, principal of the
Peabody Hilton Carbery Schools.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-21
SNYDER FAVORED
AS DISTRICT MARSHAL
Senate Body 0verrules Protest
Of Miss Davis After
Hearing.

The Senate judiciary committee today
voted favorable report on the nomi-
nation of Edgar G. Snyder for reap
pointment as United States marshal for
the District of Columbia.
The committee took favorable action
on the recommendation of special sub
committee. When the subcommittee held
a hearing on the nomination 10 days
ago Miss Susan l.. Davis opposed the
confirmation. Her opposition was based
on a complaint she made to the sub
committee relating to the handling Of
certain records in the marshal's Office
in connection with the serving of sum-
mons in suit which Miss Davis had
filed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-21
D. C. AUTOIST FACES
DRUNK DRIVING COUNT
Davis Coffman Is Held in Jail at
Cumberland in Default of
$1,000 Bond.
special Dispatch to The Star.

SPECIAL DIspAICH 20 Inc SUIT
CUMBERLAND, Nd, April I'll
Davis Coffman, who gave Washington
as his home, is held in jail here in de-
fault of $1,000 bond ON a charge of
driving an automobile while intoxicated.
The machine early yesterday crashed
into pole on Ellerslie road and careen-
ed against a culVert: Goldman, with
Murner Norris and James Kelly, this
CITY. occupants, was treated at Allie
ehany Hospital for minor injuries.
Although the machine broke down
the pole, disrupting the power line and
pIunging homes into darkness, the tele-
Iohone service also was interrupted
Norris was hurled into the creek One
wheel from the car rolled 80 feet UP
the road before 1t struck house.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-21
Mexico Jails Four Communists.

MEXICO cry, April 81 R.-A
Cuban, a Frenchman and two Hun
garians, all alleged to be Communists,
were put in Jail yesterday charged with
interrupting Good Friday services In
the Profesa Temple, temporary cathe-
dral of Mexico City. The four men
we're caught in the act of cutting the
wires of loud-speaker while the priest
n charge was delivering q sermon,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-21
PSYCHICAL CONGRESS
OPENED IN ATHENS

ATHENS, Greece, April 21.-The
International Congress of PSychical Re-
search opened in Athens today, with
Mrs. johnson Lowe representing Amer
lea.
Sir Oliver Lodge made speech on
the Importance of international union
and urged the young to learn foreign
languages and then to work for an in
ternational language.
The congress was invited to festival
in the stadium in the afternoon, when
the flags of the War of Independence
were grouped around the President Of
the republic, who was saluted By army
and navy forces on review.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-21
Hoover Signs Land Trade.

President Hoover today signed Senate
bill 344O, authorizing the exchange of
663 square feet of property acquired for
the park system of the National Cap
ital for 2,436 square feet Of neighboring
property, all In the Klingle Ford Valley
for an addition to the park system.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-21
MOFFETT DUE TODAY
Navy Plane in New York to Bring
Back Conference Delegate.

Rear Admiral William A. Moffett,
chief of the Navy Bureau of Aeronau-
tics, who has been one of the United
States delegates to the London Naval
Limitations Conference. is expected to
return to the National Capital this aft
ernoon in Navy tri-motored transport
plane which was flown to New York to
meet him yesterday afternoon.
Admiral Moffett is expected to land
in New York this morning, according
to advices to the Navy Department, and
the plane probably will take off from
Mitchell Field, N. Y. soon after noon.
The big transport plane was flown to
New York yesterday afternoon and will
be flown back today by Lieut.. j. j.
Clark, executive officer at the Anacostia
Naval Air Station. .---
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-21
TERMINAL UNDER WAY
Contractor Building Section o
Memorial Bridge Approach.

The terminal of B street at the Poto-
mac River as part of the Arlington Me-
mortal Bridge approach development on
the Washington side is being con-
structed by the Grier-Lowrance Co. of
Statesville, N. c.. which recently COM
pleted a contract for s328,700 for the
foundations of the water gate, the
parkway approach and the bridge plaza.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-21
Mexican Indians Rebel.

MEXICO CITY, April 81 ODDS
patches from the State of Chihuahua
saw that Salvador Varela, state director
of education, has been ordered TO visit
the Tarahumara Indian tribe, in a
remote district near the Sonora bor-
der, and to try to persuade them to
cease from ravaging the countryside.
New Britain herald., 1930-10-01
Y. W. VOLUNTEERS
 PLAN YEARS WORK
Inspiring Meeting Held at Home
 of Mrs. R. N. HenenWay

Mrs. R. N. Hemenway member of the Y. w. c. A. board of direct ors opened her home on Lexington Place for get-together of Volun teer workers in the association last evening. This is the second gathering of it's kind in the association and 50 members attended.
 The purpose of the meeting was to start the year of work with fall rally and a high challenge. This latter was given by Mrs. T. s. Adams, president of the New Haven Y. w. c. A. and member of the na- tional volunteers training work of New York city. Mrs. Adams spoke of the development of the Y.tW. C. A. work and it's increasing interest in girls as individuals and it's desire of a wholeness of life. She urged the need today of volunteers study ing and knowing their job because of the great variety of work the as- sociation IS doing.
 Among other things Mrs. Adams SlTSSSeu luS Sluuy Ol ldle Dooho OlA volunteer training. attendance at re- gional and national conventions and exchange of ideas through local conferences such as last, night.
 Mrs. George w. Traut, president of the association, opened the meet ing with greetings and presided at the meeting. Miss Madeline Gerrish played selection from Grieg. Sum- mer conference echoes were given by Alice Ralph of the girl reserve department, Sally Knight from the industrial and Eleanor Zimmerman from the business. Miss Charlotte Nichol sang My Wish for You" Group singing was led by Miss Jes- sic Farquhar girl reserve secretary. Miss Ruth Seymour, general secre- tary, gave a short talk on Looking Forward" and announced coming events. After the program a social hour was enjoyed.
New Britain herald., 1930-10-01
OIL PRODUCTION
 r GAINS FOR YEAR
Pennsylvania Still Has Largest
 Number of Wells

Washington, Oct. 1 LR - Petrol cum was extracted during 1929 from 32S,200 wells in the United States which gave an average daily yield per we'll of S.4 barrels. These fig ures announced blythe United States Bureau of Mines compared with a production of 76 barrels in 1928 from 327,S0O wells.
 The 1929 output rate varied from as little as a fifth of% barrel per day extracted from certain Ohio and Indiana borings to the tor. record of 161 barrels per day made by the average we'll in West Texas.
 Pennsylvania, the state which first fostered petroleum production, still had the largest number of oil wells last year, credited with S0,- 320 bores. However, Oklahomas far fewer wells, numbering 61,1S0, were responsible for gross petroleum production during the year valued at s364,6500 900, or about nine times the Pennsylvania output. Texas with but 36,2S0 wells, was credited with a total petroleum output of $322,- 520,o0O. California, Oklahoma, and Texas represented four-fifths of the National production of crude, which the bureau announced was worth $1,oS0, 100000.