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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-05
P0LICEMAN'S TICKET"
SAYS GAS TANK LEAKS

Patrolman Ray Aggleson of the first
precinct station Is one officer who
knows just about what Maj Henry G.
Pratt had in mind when the Superin-
tendent of police inaugurated his
courtesy campaign" some time ago.
AggleSon, one of the most alert mem
bers of the police force, tagged parked
and unoccupied automobile while round
ing his beat on Fifth street near d
several days ago and promptly forget
the matter
The case was brought to the atten-
ton of his precinct commander, Capt
Frank S. W. Burke, yesterday, however
when a highly complimentary letter
was received from the owner of the ma
chine, Charles A. Brown, president of
the Shorthand Reporters Association
Of the District.
The ticket, It seems, read:s' The gas
tank Of your car Il leaking"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-05
Officers Patrol Machine Is
Thrown Into Side of
House After Blow.
TWO OTHER MEN HELD
FOLLOWING COLLISIONS
One Accused Of Running Willfully
Into Another Machine in
Second Accident.

Two policemen and a firemen were
slightly injured early today In a col
lision which sent one of the newly
equipped radio patrol cars crashing
into the side Of house at 406 Rhode
Island avenue. Another police machine
was badly damaged late yesterday ina
three-cornered crash at Thirteenth
street and Bladensburg road northeast.
Two passengers In the radio car. On
GERS B. A. Lemon of No. precinct and
Henry J. Peterson Of No. precinct,
were treated at Emergency Hospital,
Lemon for a sprained shoulder and
Peterson for severe shock Their car
was operated by Detective Joseph
Sincovitz.
The fireman injured was Joseph P.
McGrath of No. Truck Company,
driver of the other automobile. He was
treated at Garfield Hospital for bruises
about the head and legs.
Breaks Foundation Wall.
The police car struck the side of the
dwelling with force enough to tear down
part of the foundation wall. The
officers were en- route to reported
burglary at 626 E street when the acci-
McGrath said he did not hear q
warning siren. A report was made TO
inspector Shelby, chief of detectives,
and an investigation started.
An automobile, operated by Fred s.
Rully of the 500 block H street. yester-
day struck twelfth precinct patrol car
driven by Pvt. L. M. Laughton, accord
ing to police, and sent the latter ma
chine crashing into another driven by
r.F Qxi~ knI
No one was injured.
First precinct police placed traffic and
assault charges against two men yester-
day after one of the pair is alleged to
have deliberately crashed into a ma
chine driven by James ". Taylor, az,
2400 block Pennsylvania avenue, twice
Tuesday night
Charges Second Collision.
The men are Alfred w. Beal, 26, of
1922 w street southeast, who is charged
with assault, reckless driving and oper-
ating car with revoked permit. and
his companion, Charles w. Bryan. 80,
Of 2122 Twenty street. charged
with assault.
Taylor, according to police, was
driving near Tenth and K streets with
two women companions when Beall ran
into the side of his car. When Beall
failed to stop, Taylor said he gave
chase and the man swerved and struck
his car a second time.
Both cars then drew to a halt, and
Bryan and Beall got out and attacked
him, Taylor told officers, who arrested
his alleged aSsailantS. The pair was
held overnight for investigation, and
formal charges were brought against
them yesterday afternoon. Taylor was
given first aid for hip injury at Emer-
gency Hospital.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-05
FREED ON STORY
OF LIQUOR PARTY
George Franklin Says Wom-
an Informer FIirted and
introduced SIeuth.

George Franklin. 90, was acquitted
late yesterday afternoon by a jury in
Criminal Division 8 before Justice Luhr-
ing Of a charge of sale, possession and
transporting of liquor when he mar
rated story Of how a woman prohibit
ton informer had firted with him in
a Chinese restaurant and later intro
duced him to a big oil man from Ok
lahoma," who turned out to be F. A.
Truscott of the vice squad.
Franklin, under the examination Of
Attorney Harry T. Whelan. told of Wis
its to various apartments and hotels with
the woman and of accompanying her,
another woman and Truscott to q roof
garden, where the dinner bill ran up
to $14 and was topped off with a IS tip
to the waiter. Later the supposed big
oil man arranged for Franklin to bring
whisky to an apartment where party
was to be staged, and when he arrived
there he was met by two other officers
of the vice squad, who arrested him.
did you say SIS tip for $14
check?" inquired Justice Luhring, APP
parently surprised at the testimony.
Truscott is reported to have admitted
the dinner, but said the tip was 50 only.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-05
City Water Supply
Urged to Increase
Rock Creeks Flow
Geological EngineerFinds
Volume of Stream Is
But Half of Normal.

If the drought in Washington con-
tinues through the coming Summer, A.
H. Horton, District engineer for the
Washington area of the Geological
Survey of the Interior Department, said
today that he favors dumping some 10
cubic feet per second into Rock Creek
from the city's water supply. This, he
explained, would beautify the park and
afford children a better opportunity to
go wading AS the city is now using
only from 10 to 80 per cent OF its avail
able water supply during the Summer,
he asserted, it could we'll afford to turn
part of the surplus into Rock Greek.
Evidence that the drought is still con-
tinuing here was seen today in meas
urements of the Geological Survey gauges
that show that the present volume OF
flow in Rock Creek is about half what
it should ordinarily be at this time OF
the year, although there has been some
improvement in recent weeks.
Only One Spring Flowing.
Further, officials of the Office of PlS;e-
lie Buildings and Public Parks said to-
day that only one of the nine springs in
Usually, at this season, all these springs
are flowing freely, the water coursing
down to join Rock Greek. The springs
usually dry up in the Fall, but with
the customary downfall of snow and
rain in the Winter months, they return
to normal and in early February are
bubbling merrily.
This condition emphasizes the abb
sence Of ground water, the officials as
serted. The water from these nine
springs is consumed by the public, and
the sanitary officer of the Office of
Public Buildings and Public Parks tests
it for bacteria from time to time.
Minimum Reached in August.
Mr.. Horton said today that the
gauges in Rock Creek show that there
has been some improvement in the
volume of water in the creek. The
he said, was reached in Au-
gust, when there was only about l cubic
foot flowing each second, representing
about ~ gallons of water.
improvement was noted in Novem-
Der, December and January, the Dis
relieving the situation and the abb
sence of evaporation permitting addi-
tional water to flow in the stream.
Following frost. he said, the trees and
shrubs and grass, which ordinarily
take water for nouriShment. permit
the springs to become filled again.
When the leaves fall there is a de-
cided increase in water noted, as vege-
tation then does not require as much.
At the present time, Mr.. Horton said,
Rock Greek is exhibiting about 10 cubic
feet of water per second. This is about
the normal Summer flow, but is APP
half of what it should be
at this season OF the year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-05
Board of Education Acts in
Behalf of Teachers
Footing Bills.
KINDERGARTEN STAND
REAFFIRMED AT MEETING
Opposes Limitation of Funds to In
struction of Children Over
Five Years Old.

The Board of Education will appeal
directly to the District of Columbia
Congress of Parent Teacher Associa-
lions. an agency of the Community
Chest, to provide meals for the school
children who go to school lacking
breakfast and money with which to
buy lunch.
The board agreed to follow this
course at its meeting late yesterday
when DR.. Frank w. Ballou, reported
the number of children in that plight
has greatly increased as result Of the
current unemployment.
In the same meeting the board re-
affirmed its former stand on the reten-
ton of the Webster Americanization
School kindergarten, instructing its
secretary to advise the Senate Com
mittee on Appropriations of its oppo-
sition to the provision carried in the
House 1882 appropriation bill limit
ing the funds to the instruction of
children over five years of age. The
action was taken at the suggestion of
Henry L. Gilligan, board member
whose motion was seconded by Mrs.
Henry Grattan Doyle.
Teachers Provide Lunches.
Dr. Ballou explained that at present
teachers of needy children are provid-
ing lunches for them out of their own
pockets. The superintendent declared
he felt this burden should not fall on
the teachers but that it should be
borne by representative and organized
group which has the interests of school
children at heart.
The school board yesterday mar
rowed the eligibility requirements for
teaching principalship5 to three years
Of normal school training. At present,
candidates for this position need have
only two years of such preparation. At
the same time, the board increased the
requirements for annual substitutes.
adding to the two-year normal school
course two years of experience and
maintaining two eligible stats of sub
stitutes, one to teach in the grades
from kindergarten through the sixth
year elementary school work and the
other in junior and senior high school
classes.
DR.. Bate Appointed.
DR.. L. F. Bate, now on the faculty Of
West Virginia State College, was ap-
pointed professor of natural science at
Miner Teacher College.
Other personnel changes approved by
the board included the promotion of
Mrs. A. B. Bishop from principal of
the SyphaX School to administrative
principal Of the Douglass-Simmon
School. Mrs. Bishop succeeds Mrs. E.
A. Chase, who died two days ago. Mrs.
M. H. Winston was promoted from
teacher in the Garrison School to
principal OF the Syphax School.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-05
PLAN DENNIS0N RITES

Funeral services for George Glenn
Dennison, sc years old. Treasury audi
tor and District National Guard cap
tain, who died at the Homeopathic
Hospital Wednesday morning, will be
held at 4 o'clock tomorrow afternoon
at w. w. Chambers funeral chapel.
1400 Fourteenth street.
The funeral will be private. Inter-
ment will be in the family burying
ground at Perryville, Md Mr.. Dennison
was member of Harding Masonic
Lodge and veteran of the Spanish
War. He is survived by his widow, Mrs.
Margaret B. Dennison, 1920 Seven
tenth street.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-05
PRISON TERM AND FINE
GIVEN ON 23D ARREST
90 Days and 800, or $50 Days, Is
Alternative in Three Traffic
Charge Convictions.

Convicted on two charges of reckless
driving and operating an automobile on
a revoked permit. Alfred w. Beall, rs
years old, of 1922 w street southeast
was sentenced by Judge Ralph E. Given
on the latter charge, and to pay a fine
of 500 or serve so days more on the
reckless driving charge.
Beall'S record, dating back to 1918,
which was presented to the court when
the man came up for trial this morn
ing, shows that he has been arrested %
times on traffic charges.
According to testimony in court to-
day, Bean attempted to leave the scene
of collision at Tenth and K streets
yesterday after striking an automobile
operated by James v. Taylor of 1882
street.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-05
HELD IN TAXI ROBBERY
Painter Said to Have Been Identi-
fed by Victim of Beating.

Frederick c. Sampson, 24-year-old
painter, of Silver Spring, Md, is being
held by police for investigation into an
attack upon Willie Lee Blankenship,
who was beaten over the head with a
hammer and robbed of his taxicab
Monday night.
Blankenship, who is 81 years old and
lives at 1345 Emerson street, is said by
detectives to have identified Sampson
as the man who beat him and pushed
him from his cab Monday night.
The passenger then drove of in thu
machine, but abandoned it when the
gasoline supply became exhausted at
Seventh and Randolph streets. Samp-
son is being held for investigation while
Detective Sergts. Harry Cole and Robert
Barrett make an inquiry into his alibi.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-05
Two Newspaper Men Shot.

MEXICO CITY, February (H9.-Two
newspaper men were shot in fight last
night which followed the closing Of the
States peasant congress at Puebla.
Julian Cache, representing La Opinion,
was reported In critical condition. Luis
RojaS, the other victim, was only
slightly wounded.
Dispatches from PuebiG did not say
what caused the hight.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-05
Notary Is Reappointed.

President Hoover has reappointed d.
w. Gall, notary public in and for the
District of Columbia, for the period Of
I'VE years. Gall was appointed by Pres
ident Roosevelt and has been reappoint-
ed continuously ever since.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-05
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.
TODAY.


TODAY.
Meeting, Advisory Board of Masonic
Clubs, Hamilton Hotel, 8 pm.
Bridge Party, Iota Gamma Phi, Epsi-
lon Chapter, Hamilton Hotel, 8:15 pm.
Supper meeting, Amity Club, Hauil-
ton Hotel, $50 pm.
Meeting, Alpha Iota Kappa Frater-
nifty, Hamilton Hotel, pm.
Meeting, United Lodge of Theoso-
plists, Hill Building, Seventeenth and
I streets, 8:15 pm.
Dinner meeting, Washington Chap
ter, Unitarian Laymen's League, All
Souls Church, Sixteenth and Harvard
streets, $50 pm.
Dance and card party, Columbia
Chapter, o. e. s., Shoreham Hotel,
8 pm.
Meeting, Hebrew Free Loan Associa-
ton, Ohove Sholom Congregation, Fifth
and streets. pm.
Junior Section meeting, women's City
Club, 1875 Jackson place, pm.
Card party, George washington
Tourist Club, $50 K street, 8 pm.
Meeting, Thirteen Club. willard
Hotel, $50 pm.
Musical entertainment, auspices Amer
icanization School, Young Women's
Christian Association, Seventeenth and
K streets, $3.50 pm.
FUTURE.
Benefit card party, Theta ri Sorority,
Nlunapi Chapter Of Eastern High School.
Burlington Hotel, tomorrow PM
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-05
ORDERED TO PARIS

Lieut.. Col. r. n. Jordan Will Di-
rect Graves Service.
Lieut.. Col. Richard H. Jordan, Quar-
termaster Corps, has been relieved from
his duties in this city and ordered to
Paris for duty as chief of the United
States Graves Registration. Service in
Europe and to have charge of arrange
ments for the pilgrimage of mothers
and widows to European cemeteries this
year and later.
He will relieve Richard T. Ellis, Quar-
termaster Corps, now at Paris, who has
been ordered to New York City to await
further instructions.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-05
Committeeman HERE
q. o. p. National Leaders See
Hoover-Will Fete Longworth.

Five members of the Republican Ma
tional Committee were in Washington
today TO attend the dinner to be given
by President Hoover tonight in honor
of House Speaker Longworth.
The Republican leaders, who visited
the President shortly before noon, are
j. r. Mutt, Daniel e. Pomeroy. James
Francis Burke, DR.. E. B. Clements and
Earle S. Kinsley. Others who will at
tend the dinner include Allard Smith,
Cleveland banker; Charles g. Hamlin,
Republican national committeeman
from Colorado, and James H. Rohrbach,
committeeman from Connecticut.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-05
COMEDY TO BE GIVEN
Covenant Fellowship Players Will
Present PATTY" Tomorrow.

Players of the Covenant Fellowship
will present Patty" comedy in three
acts at 815 o'clock tomorrow night at
Pierce Hall, Fifteenth and Harvard
streets.
The cast includes Mae Norwood,
Irene Bartlett, Aline Robins, Iva Smith,
Miln-ed Colt, Helen Lyon, Alfred Bar
ret& Arthur Wise, Raymond Stanley
ana Isaac Avery. The players are be-
ing coached by Vernye Barrett and
Jessie Mckinney. ,-..-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-05

Meeting. Advisory Board of Masonic
Clubs, Hamilton Hotel, pm.
Bridge Party, Iota Gamma Phi, Epsi-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-05

Supper meeting, Amity Club, Hanil-
ton Hotel, $50 pm.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-05

Meeting, Alpha Iota Kappa Frater-
nifty, Hamilton Hotel, 8 pm.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-05

Meeting, United Lodge of Theoso-
plists, Hill Building, Seventeenth and
I streets, 8:15 pm.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-05

Dinner meeting, Washington Chap
ter, Unitarian Laymen's League, All
Souls Church, Sixteenth and Harvard
streets, $50 pm.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-05

Benefit card party, Theta Pi Sorority,
Hunani Chapter Of Eastern High school,
Burlington Hotel, tomorrow 3 pm
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-05

Musical entertainment, auspices Amer
icanization School, Young Women's
Christian Association, Seventeenth and
K streets, $3.50 pm.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-05

Dance and card party, Columbia
Chapter, o. E. s., Shoreham Hotel,
8 pm.
The Washington times., 1931-07-13
Job Campaign Due
To Start Wednesday

Enrolment for the District En-
ployment Committees mid-sum-
mer job campaign will begin on
Wednesday at 9 a. m. in the old
st. James Hotel Building, Sixth
Street and Pennsylvania Avenue
Northwest. The enrolment office
will be open until p. M, and
will conclude on Friday.
The job campaign will begin
on July 20 and continue until
August Is. It was designed to
stimulate employment during the
dull summer months. The en-
rollment for the campaign will
indicate whether the employment
situation has improved since last
year, when the committee con-
Quoted a cleanup campaign and
1,40O unemployed sought jobs.
The contest for the lCst slogan
for the campaign will close on
July 20. The winner will receive
$40 in gold.
The Washington times., 1931-07-13
Smoking Ban
Isn't Going
To Spread
MISS ELSIE LEE

There isn't going to be any ban
on smoking in the Federal depart.
mentS.
The cigarette may be taboo at
the Census Bureau, and may lead
to lettering among the rank and
file of workers, but the Govern
ment service as a whole remains
serene and undisturbed over the
Smoke situation"
To puff a flag" at work re-
mains virtually an inherent right
of Federal employees, excepting
those who are employed in the
temporary wartime "fireless cook
ers." Fire regulations prohibit
all smoking in these wooden
structures.
Chief clerks in the departments
do not take kindly to any new
tangled anti-smoke regulations.
They have their hands full now,
they say, seeing that the opera
tions of handbook men rorking
on the races do not penetrate
their precincts, and watching out
for any furtive infraction5 of the
Volstead act among the workers.
The Washington times., 1931-07-13

Uncle Sam was willing. and in
fact. delighted, to sell today two
automobiles at 25 cents each.
They were part of a batch of 36
auctioned off by the General Sup
ply Committee of the Treasury
Department.
The highest price offered by a
bidder for what was once a lux
uriOus limousine was $65, and it
was knocked down to him by
AuCtiOneer Adam A. WeSchler
without a quiver.
Only Few SCrapped
Only a part of this discarded
group of cars is to be scrapped.
The buyers of most of them were
mechanics, amateur or profes-
sional, who have unbounded faith
in their ability to put their
adopted flivvers into shape to
ply the city streets in the midst
Of its heaviest traffic. y
Some Of these machines, &C
The Washington times., 1931-07-13
P. j. c. To SEEK
LARGER FUND

Additional funds for continu-
ing valuation of the Washington
Railway and Electric Company
and the Capital Traction Com
pany properties will be sought
this month by the Public Utili-
ties Commission.
Since the valuation began last
October 13, the commission has
obtained $4,000 from the COM
panieS for the valuation work.
Ten employees of the commission
have been engaged in the task.
The money obtained from the
companies will be charged to
operation expenses.
cords of the commission
show that the balance on hand
to continue the valuation, as of
June 80, was $4,000. More than
$4,000 Of the fund was expended
in salaries. 1t was estimated that
the expense of the valuation pro-
ceedingS have been running be-
tween $4,000 and $4,000 a month.
The valuation will be completed
the end of this year.
The Washington times., 1931-07-13
FOULO|S HEADS
AIR CORPS

Brig. Gen. Benjamin D. Foulois,
of the Air Corps, has been Sc
lected by President Hoover to be
chief of the Air Corps with rank
of Major General. effective De-
cember 20, in place of Maj. Gen.
James E. Fechet, whose four-year
detail expires December 10.
The President has also pro-
NOTED four brigadier generals to
be major generals and four col
onels to be brigadier generals.
The brigadier generals pro-
NOTED are Edward L. King, effec-
tive october /; Hugh A. Drum,
effective December /; Stuart
Heintzelman, effective December
l: and Campbell King, effective
May /, 1882.
The colonies promoted to brig
adler generals were Thomas w.
Darrah, effective December 1;
John H. Hughes. effective Octo-
ber /; Charles F. Lincoln, effec-
tive December /, and Ernest D.
Scott, effective December /.
Col. John F.. Preston was named
inspector general with rank of
major general, effective Decem'
Der l, for four years. Col. An
drew A. Delaney becomes assist
ant to the Surgeon General with
rank of brigadier general, eftec-
tive December l.
The Washington times., 1931-07-13
WAGE
FIGHT OVER
CONTRACT
Low Bidder Fails to Provide
Samples; Not Required, Says
McCarI; Officials Gloomy

With the canceling of a con-
tract for 2l,000 pieces of school
furniture, fear was expressed to-
day by Jere J. Crane, acting
superintendent of schools. that
IL new schools, scheduled for
opening in September, will have
no new furniture for the fall
session.
A struggle over the contract is
being waged between two out-of-
town bidders. The contract was
awarded to the P. Derby Company.
of Boston, whose bid of 100000
was declared low because of the
failure of the John E. Sjorstrom
Company, Incorporated, of New
Jersey, to supply samples, accord
ing to the specifications. The New
Jersey firm bid $4,000.
Following this action, the SjOr.
strOm company appealed to Comp
trolIer General McCarl, who ruled
that furnishing of samples was
unnecessary.
With the opening of school
scheduled for September 81, and
the awarding of the contract still
in the balance, Mr.. Crane said to-
day that it seemed likely that the
furniture would be ready for the
opening. He said:
"This is a serious problem
over which we have no control.
Every day counts now and
fear that this delay will SER
iOuSly affect the opening of the
schools in September"
The schools which will be af-
fected are the Deal, Gordon and
Stuart Junior High Schools, the
Wesley Heights, Broad Branch
Road, Noyes, WhittieS, Lafayette.
Mann. Young, Anthony Bowen
and the Deanwood.
The Washington times., 1931-07-13
1856 Calls Come
To Police in Year

There were 1856 emergency
calls and alarms telephoned to
the police headquarters switch
board, during the fiscal year
which ended June 80, records re-
veal. The calls were made to re-
port all kinds of accidents. fires.
Shootings and other things that
needed immediate police atten-
ton.
The records show that 3,548
persons were injured in accidents;
1853 automobiles stolen 1,784 au-
tomobiles repossessed by finance
companies for non-payment of in
stallments, and 1,0O4 clothing
theft cases reported.
Since January l, there have
been I'll white persons reported
missing from their homes, and 81
colored persons. About 10 per
cent of the total still are missing