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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-03
15YEAR LIBRARIES
PROGRAM PLANNED
BoWerman Asks $3,879,648
to Double Main Building and
Give 28 Branches.

Expenditure of $3879, CAB in develop
ment of the public library system IN the
newt Is wears was forecast by Or. George
r Bowerman. chief librarian OF the
public Library, in testifying before the
Committee on Appropriations OF tAe
House. This will make possible, during
that period. the doubling of the present
size IF the main central library, the
construction of a utility building nearby
on Eighth street, and the estaollsh-
Tnert Of additional branches to build the
total number of branches up to ~, 70
serve an estimated population of 75O,OOU
persons at a per capita cost OF SLID:
In laying his 15-year program peIoIs
the committee DR.. Bowernan polnteo
out that at present the outlay ~, tot
library expenses in washington Is put
"a cents per capita He compared inns
with the figures for Cleveland, SLIT
Boston. S146, and a list of other cltles
of more than 200 600 population, IN
which washington stands twenty-httn.
Washirgton has but three pranch
libraries and five subbrancheS, III
Bowerman pointed out, whlle Clncni-
natl has 81, Minneapolis. II FortIa no
IT, and Louisville, l8-all c4tIes Siiialie4
than washington.
Program Has 3 Periods.
The program is split up into three
sections. each five years long. In the
Frst II is proposed during the flscal
years 1926. to build branch libraries
Il CTeorgetoWn and Petworth: equip as
q branch library the Methodist Eplsco-
paI Church in the Municipal center
provide adequate space for adnllnlstra-
ZION of the expanding system by dou-
sling the size of the central building
and purchasing a site and erecting a
HfiIitv building on Eighth street IN
She rear Of the central library Tor
storage of newspaper files and other
matter. and as a workshop Tor the
building force and a garage Tor the
Gbrary'S cars.
Nv 1885 the library would have seven
ma Tor branches, six housed In separate
buildings and one in a church, the pres
emf five subbranches and an adequate
central building supplemented Dy
utility building. The capital coSCS Ior
five years would be S1.3OO,O0o, an an
nual average of $260,000. Maintenance
in 1886 would be S605,171.
% Branches Planned.
During the fiscal years 193I-ls4l
seven branches would be opened lana
costa, Southwestern, Dupont Circle,
Shaw, lexington, Cathedral and How
ard) and certain sites purchased ana
one branch placed under construction.
Major branches would then number IA.
Capital costs for five years would be
S934.4O0 an annual average Of Sl98.68O.
Maintenance in 1941 would be 1890, 1896.
For the fiscal years. 1942-1946 the
balance of program would be completed,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-03
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.

TODAY.
Meeting, Gold Star Mothers, Hamil-
ton Hotel, pm.
Card party, Chi Omega, Mayfiower
Hotel, $3.50 pm.
illustrated lecture, auspices Welsh
Society, Wilson Normal School, 8 pm.
Meeting, Columbia Heights Citizens
Association. Columbia Heights Chris
tan Church, 1435 Park road, 8 pm.
Card party, ST. James Catholic
Church., Thirty-seventh street and
Rhode Island avenue, Mount Rainier
Md, 8 pm.
Meeting, Chevy Chase Chapter, o. E
s., Presbyterian Church, Chevy Chase
Circle. pm; afternoon section Chevy
Chase Chapter, o. E. s., tomorrow, STAG
Mckinley street.
FUTURE.
Meeting, Women's Board. George
Washington University Hospital, May
flower Hotel, tomorrow, 1890 am.
Luncheon, Lions Club. Washington
Club, tomorrow, 1880 pm.
LUNCHEON, 6dHlInd EIl beUd AluH-
nae Association, American Association
of University Women, 1884 I street, to-
morrow, 1890 pm.
Benefit dance and card party, au-
spices Congress Heights Citizens Asso-
citation, Lytle's Dance Casino, tomor-
row, pm.
Benefit dinner and card party, Good
Will Chapter No. So, o. E S., North
east Masonic Temple, Eighth and F
streets northeast, tomorrow, pm.
Luncheon, Exchange Club of Wash
ington, Carlton Hotel, tomorrow, 1890
pm.
Luncheon, Soroptimist Club, Lafay-
cite Hotel, tomorrow, pm.
Luncheon, OptiniSt Club, Hamilton
Hotel, tomorrow, at 1890 pm.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-03

obligations for the financing and ar
rangements for the Labor day display,
with the firemen and FIRE department
equipment participating as in the past
A subcommittee of the trade body COM
mittee on public order, of which Odell
S. Smith is chairman, urged that the
board sponsor the event.
The proposed act providing for an
appropriation of $4,000 to be used
for alterations and repairs for the
emergency building of Casualty Hos
pital and to pay off portion of its in
debtedness was Endorsed by the chamber
directors. The bill is sponsored by Sen
ator Capper and Representative Nc
Leod. Approval of this matter was
recommended by the Public Health
Committee of the Board of Trade
After transacting this business the
board of directors then adjourned out
of respect to the late B. Francis Saul,
who died Sunday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-03
OLIVER M. MOFFITT DIES
AFTER HEART ATTACK
Dairy Employe, Well Known in
Masonic Activities, Will Be
Buried in Indianapolis.

A heart attack was fatal yesterday
afternoon to Oliver M Mofitt IS years
old, Chestnut Farms Dairy employe.
Mr.. Mofitt complained of feeling i'll
during the afternoon, and became I'M
conscious after entering the car of H.
M. Watkins, who was going to take him
to his home at the Plaza Apartments,
Twenty-second street and Pennsylvania
avenue.
Mr.. Mofftt, a thirty degree
Mason. was well known in Masonic &C
tivities here He had been employed by
the Chestnut Farms Dairy for about
five years, coming here from Indian
apolis. Ind Besides his widow, Mrs.
Belle Moffitt. he is survived by daugh-
ter. Mrs. Blanche Schumacher, also Of
Washington, and two sons. Gilbert and
Carol Moffitt, both of indianapolis.
The body was taken to indianapolis
this afternoon. Funeral services will
be held there Thursday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-03

consisting of IL new branches, 3 in new
buildings to take place of branches in
inadequate or rented buildings; NUM-
cipal Center branch housed in Munich
pal Center building and one sub-branch
in a school.
The system would then consist of an
adequate central building supplemented
by utility building, 20 branches, 81
in their own building and / in NUM-
cial Center building and 8 sub
branches housed in school buildings l
of them, Conduit road, in its own build
ing.
Capital costs for 5 years would be
81 ,586 ,248, an annual average of $317,-
249.60. Maintenance in 1916 would be
$1,319,301.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-03
DAVIS FUNERAL HELD

Member of Lumber Firm Buried in
Mount Olivet Cemetery.
Funeral services for G. Frank Davis,
81 years old, a member of the lumber
firm of Davis & Edmonston, who died
Saturday night at his home at 9o3
North Carolina avenue southeast, were
held this morning at 10 o'clock at ST.
Peters Church. Burial was in Mount
Olivet Cemetery.
Mr.. Davis was active in the knights
of Columbus and in organizations con-
nected with st. Peters Church. He is
survived by his widow, Mrs. Mary A.
Davis, and four children, Stuart, Cath
crime. Mary and Joseph. Two sisters,
Mrs. Catherine NJ. Baden and Miss Ella
Davis also survive.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-03
Senior Class Plans Dance.

EVANSVILLE, Md, February 3
Especially .-Seniors of Hyattsville High
School WIN give their first dance of
the school year at the school audi
forum the evening of February 10. It
will be a Valentine dance. Arrange
ments for the function are being made
by the Social Committee of the class,
of which Miss Charlotte Dorsey is
chairman.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-03
Firemen to Meet.

UPPER MARLBORO, February 3
(SpeciaD "A special meeting Of the
Upper Marlboro Volunteer Fire Depart
ment will be held tonight at o'clock
in the fire house.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-03
Reproductions Of Belgian FiIet
I able Cloths
$6@44

Size 74x95 inches-generOus dinner table size
Really good looking, these table cloths-that's
one reason they sell so fast Another is that
they survive laundering beautifully Exquisitey
and faithfully reproduced from handmade Belgian
flet cloths, they nearly fine looking the
original as is possible.
Matching scarfs and dOilies prOpOrOnaely low priced
The Washington times., 1931-06-30
COLORED NEED
DAY NURSERY

Colored children of the Dis
trict are faring badly this hot
weather.
Need of a convalescent home
and day nursery for colored was
stressed today by Miss Matte
Gibson, superintendent of Chill
dren's Hospital. Approximately
IS per cent Of the deplorable
cases disclosed by the Social
Service Department Of the hos
pital are colored. she said.
Healthy babies are becoming
i'll and sick babies are becoming
sicker, because mothers forced
to exc out the family budget
must work out" and leave them
at home without care. Fresh air
and proper diet, so essential in
the heat, is impossible under such
circumstances, she pointed out.
The Washington times., 1931-06-30
ASSAULT TRIAL
MEETS DELAY

FREDERICKSBURG, Va, June
3O.-Counsel, witnesses and jury
in the trial of Henry L. Taylor,
Westmoreland county farmer in
dicted for criminal assault. at
Montross were notified yesterday
of the indefinite postponement of
the hearing due to the illness of
Judge E. Hugh Smith, presiding
jurist. The jury was discharged.
Fifty.three witnesses had been
summoned to testify.
The case has attracted wide.
spread interest," A number Of
technical points of law have
arisen, the chief one being the
legality Of introducing evidence
concerning the use Of hounds in
trailing Taylor.
The dogs sent to Oak Grove
almost "a hours after the assault,
followed trail to Taylor's home.
The Washington times., 1931-06-30
French Exposition Guests
SerDed Unusual Food

ed in lacquer red. Here one may
partake of the usual delicious Pa
risian dishes or try some of the
more unusual native ones, such as
yellow flowers" kind Of chop
suey, nightingales' wings. etc.
COuscOuss, the native Algerian
dish, a kind of meal with lamb
meat finely chopped and highly
seasoned, is the specially at the
restaurants of Northern Africa
and of course hot waffles and
maple syrup, with good coffee and
cream can be had every afternoon
on the veranda of the Mt. Vernon
house, Americas contribution To
this fair.
The Washington times., 1931-06-30

PARIS, June 80 0NSO Wis
itors to the International Colonial
Exposition at Vincennes will GER
tainly not go hungry. even If they
don't take their lunch baskets with
them, which would be very much
like carrying Goals to Newcastle.
For there are no less than 200
restaurants, cafes and bars at
their disposal, serving every va
riety Of European and exotic food.
Wines as old as the history of
French colonization itself can be
easily procured, as well as exotic
dishes from the far corners Of the
earth.
A few Of the places are merely
samplers" but one can almost
make a meal out of number OF
samples. There is even an auto.
mat for the Americans who wish
to eat in their usual hurry.
Perhaps the most important is
the Indo- Chinese Restaurant run
by the famous firm Of Potel &
Chabot and delightfully."- decorat
The Washington times., 1931-06-30
M. E, CHURCH SUPPER

Liberty Grove Methodist Episco
pal Church will give a picnic and
chicken supper on the lawn of the
Grange Hall in Burtonsville, Md,
on Wednesday evening, July %.
The Montgomery County Band
will furnish the music.
The Washington times., 1931-06-30
SORORITY HOLDS
SHIELD RITES

Holding secret conclave at
wardman Park Hotel. delegates
from 10 chapters of Kappa
Delta, national college sorority.
today formally dedicated the
shields of seven new chapters at
the second days session Of the
annual convention. =
The new chapters are located
at Oglethorpe University, Birm-
ingham-Southern College. Louis
lana Tech, University of Mary
land, University of New Hamp-
shire. Westminster College. and
Drury College.
The Washington times., 1931-06-30
"7o" CLUB TO MEET

A meeting of the Three Score
and Ten Club is scheduled for
tomorrow night, in the Y. w. c.
A. Building, at 1880 p. m.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-23
SPRING CONCERT GIVEN
BY LOVETTE CHORAL CLUB
Interesting and Varied Program Is
Presented at willard Before
Large Audience.

The Lovette Choral Club, under the
direction of Eva Whitford Lovette, with
Elsie Cranmer. accompanist, gave its
fourth annual Spring concert last night
at the Willard Hotel before @ large
and eager audience.
An interesting and varied program
included selections by T. S. Lovette,
in whose memory the club was named; ;
Schubert, Schumann, Greig. Strickland
and the "Hallelujah Chorus" from Han
deps THE Messiah
The soloists were Mary Randolph
Ruff, Audrey Rooms, Nellie Barber
Brooks and Ethel Lynn Fast and Incl
dental solos were provided by Fay
Bruce Swenson. Beulah Burton Smith,
Lorena Stockton Gawler, Thelma Mills
Rector and Lucy Mayo. During the
"Swanee River" number Vincent De
HonestiS played a violin obbligato and
two flute obbligatos were played by Rob-
ert Nelson Brevinger later on in the
program.
Members of the choral club who took
part in the concert included Mrs. j.
Lester Brooks. president of the club;
Mrs. Paul Brumbaugh, Mrs. Charles
v. Burnside, Beatrice Downer, Mrs.
Roy T. Fowkes, Mrs. Leonard Gawler,
Louise Hartung, Mrs. Joseph Rooms,
Velma Leavell, Mrs. Lucy Mayo, Hattie
NOEL, Ms. Frank Nye, Clara Riese
Mrs. Valentine Ruff, Mrs. Butcher w.
Rector, Mrs. Iorwerth Roberts, Mrs.
Roy L. Swenson, Carolyne Schultz,
Maregert c. Smith, Mrs. George II.
Smith. Janice Stockton, Mrs H. z.
Van Horn and Mrs. Louis H. Volland
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-23
WEATHER CORRALS
672 ARMY PLANES
New York Defense Move
Put OFF Three
Hours.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, May 2S. - The wal
birds most potent foeman-the wealth
er-conspired today to delay the great
est Army air show in the country's
history.
Begged down by sopping wet flying
fields, topped by leaden skies, 672 Army
planes postponed for three hours their
hop-off to defend the metropolis from
an imagined enemy.
For hours the high commanders OF
the great aerial feet scanned the sky
in the hope that skies from which
dri1zling rain had been falling, would
clear
But shortly before noon conditions
continued so bad that orders were
flashed to stay on the ground until
$50 pm. Eastern standard time)
Wnen the a1rmen hope to get away.
Rain Over Whole Area.
The rain, beginning to fall in lower
Manhattan and Brooklyn shortly after
midnight, soon spread over the whole
Metropolitan area. Threatening bursts
OF tightening added to the risk of aerial
combat" But all planes left in the
open last night to allow sleeping space
IN the hangers for pilots, were reported
unchanged by the elements.
Thousands of spectators headed for
the four Long Island airports-Fair-
child, Mitchell. Roosevelt and Curtiss
FleldS-even before the flyers were out
OF their hunks. About $4,000 were ex-
pected to be on hand to see the get
away and untold hundreds of thousands
prepared to see the show from vantage
points along the strategic course of the
defensive" maneuverS.
Heavy bombers, swift pursuit planes
ana observation units were on the line
tns morning on four Long Island fields
ready to take OF for q mass parade
down the Hudson and a demonstration
OF aerial warfare over Battery Park at
the tip of Manhattan.
The planes moved into the New York
area from Dayton, Ohio, yesterday to
worK out the defense problem put by
the air Strategists of the Army.
his problem assumed that New York
was in danger of attack by aircraft from,
alrplane carriers of a hostile feet some
wnere on the Atlantic. It assumed that
the Navy was not available for defense
and the LIST Air Division was ordered
from Chicago to Dayton, then on the
Atlantic Coast.
Inc meet arrived yesterday in wings.
groups and scattered squadTons in one
OF the largest mass movements of air.
craft in the history of aviation. The
personnel numbered / 400 men.
Repairs Are Facilitated.
The orders to postpone the maneuvers
were welcomed by hundreds of me-
ehanics laboring on planes requiring
minor repairs.
Brig. Gen. Benjamin d. Foulois, In
charge OF the show, said weather re-
ports indicated a rapid clearing Of the
skies by midafternoon.
The roar Of motors, which began at
dawn, increased throughout the morn
ing as motor after motor was warmed
up.
The weather report was posted in the
post operations building at Mitchell
Field at about noon. The wind We
locity was 10 miles an hour on the sur
face, in q southwesterly direction. At
1900 feet the velocity was IS miles an
hour. Visibility on the ground was
i've miles and ceiling at the fields 1900
feet. There we're many breaks in the
skies, indicating the cloud formation
would probably be dispersed.
AIR GROUND FORCE TESTED.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-23
MIDDLETON CASE
DELAYED 5 DAYS
Former PatroIman, EIiminat-
ed in Staying, Faces House
breaking Charge.

Eliminated last night as suspect
in the assassination of Jack Cunning
ham, police informer, Former Patrol
| man Wallace j. Middleton was ar
raigned in Police Court today before
Judge Gus A. Schultz on a house
breaking charge growing out Of allega-
tions that he helped Cunningham loot
speakeaSy on l street near Twelfth
street several weeks ago.
The case was put over by Judge
Schultz until Wednesday on motion OF
Assistant District Attorney Michael
Keough. who explained there were
several angles" of the HOUSEKEEPING
charge which he wished to investigate
further. Middleton was represented by
Attorney Charles e. Ford.
Alibi Checked by Police.
After checking an alibi which placed
Middleton in nearby lunchrocm when
Cunningham was shot down early Tues
day near Fourteenth and I streets. no.
lice booked the former officer on the
HOUSEKEEPING charge at No. precinct
last night and he was liberated in $4,000
bail.
Milton Yudelevit said to have told
police he was in charge OF the premises
robbed by liquor thieves, was entered on
the police books as the complainant
against Middleton.
Vernon B. Hawks, 20 years old, of
New York avenue near Ninth street.
was still being held today by first pre-
cinct police. who hoped to obtain in
formation from him of the shooting in
speakeaSy several days ago of Burt
Smith. Hawks is said to have denied
being present at the time.
Middleton, whose suspension follow
ing his arrest was approved yesterday
nly DfgtrfNt
clined to comment on charges that he
participated with Cunningham in hi
lacking activities.
Implicated by Cunningham.
The former policeman was implicated
in the killing by death bed statement
Of Cunningham, in which the police
him. Police said, however, IL was not
the first time Cunningham had given
them bum steer"
Preliminary examination of an old
Army As revolver, found by a work.
man Tuesday on Lincoln road north
east, revealed that the weapon had
been discharged recently, according TO
detectives Of the homicide squad.
The gun was turned over to Capt.
John Fowler, ballistics expert, for COM
pariSon with AS caliber slug taken
from Cunninghams body. A report
on Fowlers findings was expected later
today.
Cunningham, a former service man,
was buried yesterday in Arlington Ma
tional Cemetery, following funeral serv-
ices In an undertaker's place near Fourth
street and Pennsylvania avenue south
east.
A coroner's inquest in the murder has
been set for Monday morning at the
District Morgues A Jury was sworn in
on the day after Cunningham's death
from Q bullet wound Ia the abdomen.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-23
HOOVER TO CONFER
ON POSTAL DEFICIT
Postmaster General and
Philip Ride to Rapidan Camp
With President.

President Hoover left the White
House shortly after breakfast this
morning to spend the week end at his
Rapidan fishing camp in Virginia,
where he will be engaged in the third
Of series of conferences incident to
the governmental economy program
The conference this week end will be
with the Postmaster General and the
four Assistant Posmasters General, to
determine what can be done to reduce
the operation expenses of the Post
Once Department, which on June 80
next will have a deficit of more than
$40, 000, 900.
In the automobile with Mr. Hoover
on the ride to his mountain retreat
were Postmaster General Brown and
w. Irving Glover and j. w. Philip, Sec
and Fourth Assistant Postmasters Gen.
eral. Secretaries Theodore G. Joslin
and Lawrence Richey, with Capt. Joel
T. Boone. White House physician, fol-
lowed IN another car. Mrs. Hoover,
with Herbert Hoover, jr, and his wife,
went to the Rapidan camp yesterday.
Before leaving the White House the
President made a hurried visit to his
Office, where he was absorbed for nearly
Is minutes in studying papers which
had arrived overnight and required his
immediate attention.
Arch Coleman and F. A. Tilton, First
and Third Assistant Postmasters Gen.
eral, will arrive at the camp during
the forenoon and attend the confer
ence. The remainder of the week end
party will include Col. Theodore Roose-
welt, Governor of Porto Rico, and Mrs.
Roosevelt; Maj. Gen. Lejeune, former
commandant of the Marine Corps; Mrs.
Lejeune and Miss Lejeune; Prof. VIII
liam Starr Myers. professor of political
philosophy at Princeton. and Mrs.
Myers; Edsel Ford, automobile magnate,
and Mrs. Ford; Mrs. Brown, Mrs. Cole
man and Mrs. Tilton.
The President and his companions
left for the fishing camp with over
coats in the anticipation of chilly
weather in the mountains. They expect
to return tomorrow night.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-23
Deaths Reported.

The following deaths have been reported 70
the Health Department in the last "a hours:
II, walker Tucker; 80, ssol P st.
Walter Byron, 49, tuberculosis Hospital.
Ella c. SudWarth. 70, 81 u st.
Anna M Wise, 90, i47l Irving st.
Charles r. Baker, IS, 1908 s st. sc.
Norman Clements, 63, Providence Hospital.
Ella c. Bivens, SO. 1885 S St. Sc.
Elizabeth Thurber. So, Garfield Hospital.
Albert J. Whitacre, 81. 734Iz l2th st. Sc.
Joseph H. Cunningham, SO, Emergency
Lena Bertha Grlbbin. 40. 342S lAth st.
John AndreE Men, 2, 1924 18TH st:
9 hours. Sibley Hospital.
Reuben Shepherd. 10, st. Elizabeth's Hos
pitsl
Elijah Coleman, IS, Freedmens Hospital.
Emma Queen. 50, 9i6 4th ST. sc.
Joseph D.. ClaRett. SO, 1924 3rd st.
Joseph Salters, 40, grounds Mt. Alto Hos
pitai
Lucy Dudley. Al. Emergency Hospital.
Clara Price. 40, Freedmen's Hospital.
Richard Council. SO, 9271a New Jersey ave.
Willie Brooks. 80. GaiIlnger Hospital
Bernard Carroll, 30, Providence Hospital
Dora Eskridge, "a, Freedmen's Hospital
Jnanita M. NJ spriEgs. 20, 1908 Walter
nj. 2.