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Evening star., 1932-05-27
MANSFIELD PICKED
FOR HIGHER RANK
Police Inspectors Also Select
KuehIing. TrGocott and
Warder for Promotions.

Police inspectors constituting the ex-
ecutive staff today submitted to Brig
Gen. Pelham D. Glassford. superintend-
ent, list of the men they believed
should be promoted June l, when Capt
Michael Raedy of the ninth precinct is
retired.
The inspectors recommended the ad-
vancement of Lieut.. Richard H. Mans
field, Detective Sergts. Benjamin C.
Kuehling and Floyd A. TruScott and
fifth precinct Mansfield would become
a captain. Kuehling lieutenant and
Tru5cott and Warder sergeants.
Selection of these four men was made
at conference yesterday afternoon OF
Inspectors E. w Brown. assistant Su-
perintendent commanding the Traffic
Bureau; L. I. A. Edwards, assistant su-
perintendent and personnel officer. anc
Inspector Frank S. Burke, assistant su-
perintendent in command Of the De-
tective Bureau.
All Four Qualified.
All four officers. it was said, are
qualified for promotion through their
standing on the eligible list and their
efficient records for service. The names
of each of them heads the civil service
list OF eligibles for advancement ir
their respective ranks
Recommendations Of the three as
sistant superintendents, however, were
not drawn up until careful considera-
tion had been given to others who
qualified for promotion. Under civil
service procedure selection can bt
made from the first three names or
the list. but only on rare occasions
have police officials failed to promote
the officer whose name headed the list
Lieut.. Mansfield is the cartoonist
who pictures The Happy Days" ir
Washington every Sunday on the back
page of the magazine supplement Of
police record which dates back to jan
uary II, 1911, when he joined tht
force.
Lieut.. Mansfield has been assigned tc
! the Detective Bureau since July l, 1928
! the date on which he became a detec-
tive sergeant His promotion to lieu
! tenant came April /, 1929.
Truscott Commended.
Detective Sergt. Kuehling is on gen.
eral assignments at the Detective Bu'
reau. He has been a member Of the
| force since July Is, 1914.
Truscott is a member of the impor
/ tant homicide squad of the Detective
Bureau, and received an official com.
mendation recently for his investigation
in the Wimbley drowning case. He VA
appointed to the force May 27, 1925.
| Warder has been on the force since
July 6, 1917 He was recently attached
| to the Detective Bureau, but Is now 6
, precinct detective in No. S.
colt and Warder will leave two otheI
vacancies, one at the Detective Bureau
and the other at No. S, but police off
cials have not yet decided on the mer
to fill them.
Evening star., 1932-05-27
KIMBAlL SPEAKER
ON LEE PROJECT
Architect of Proposed Restoration
Addresses Washington
Committee.

Fiske Kimball, who has been chosen
architect for the restoration of STRAIT
ford rd-on-the-Potomac, birthplace of Gen.
Robert E. Lee, was the speaker this aft
ernoon at luncheon OF the Washing
ton Committee Of the Robert E. Lee
Memorial Foundation at the home OF
Mrs. E. Brooke Lee, in Silver Spring,
Md.
Mr.. Kimball is architect and director
of the Pennsylvania Museum of Art.
With the Richmond, Va, contracting
firm of Claiborne & Taylor, and Morley
j. Williams, assistant professor of land
Scape architecture at Harvard, the land
scape architect for the restoration, Mr..
Kimbau will have charge of placing the
historic mansion in Westmoreland
County, Va, in the condition it was at
the time the Lees occupied it.
Evening star., 1932-05-27
CALDWELL HELD IN BAIL
ON CHARGE OF SHOOTING
Real Estate Man Denies He
Wounded Employe After
Argument.

Accused of shooting an employe of
his firm, Edward E. Caldwell, 38-year-
old real estate operator of Phillips e.
Caldwell, 1914 Fifth street northeast.
was held for grand jury action on a
charge of assault with deadly weapon,
following a Police Court hearing today.
Caldwell pleaded not guilty to the
charge that he fired four shots at FL
dred H. Buchanan, 80, of 835 Allison
street, after an argument in the real
estate Office April 13. Buchanan, it
was said, had been employed as a sales
man.
Buchanan testified that Caldwell
whipped out a small automatic and
shot him after he had made certain
charges. Despite the fact that three
of the shots took effect in Buchanans
body, he said he grappled with Cald-
well for possession of the gun, and then
chased him down a flight of stairs.
A policeman separated them near the
entrance to the building. The wounded
man was taken to Casualty Hospital
The complainant said he had in the
past struck Caldwell with his fist sew
eral times. but denied he was respon-
sible for the fracas which resulted in
the shooting.
Judge Gus A. Schuldt ordered Cald-
we'll released on bond of $1,000.
Evening star., 1932-05-27
SECOND BROTHER DIES
FROM GAS EXPLOSION
John ]. Cochrane Succumbs to
Burns When Father Com
mits Suicide.

John J. Cochrane. 8, one of three
brothers critically burned in an ex-
plosion which followed their fathers
suicide by gas last week, died in Prov
idence Hospital late yesterday He was
the second Of the brothers to succumb
to burns received in the blast, which
occurred when one of them lighted
a match while trying to trace the
fumes
The boy who struck the match.
David. IL, died in the hospital several
days ago The other brother, Claude,
18, still is in serious condition, ply
sicians at the institution said today
The boys father, William B. Coch-
rane, worried over a new job, turned
on the burners of range in kitchen
on the second floor of his home at
l22 Tennessee avenue northeast. He
was dead when discovered after the
explosion. He and David wel> given
a double funeral last week.
Funeral services will be held tomor-
row morning in Holy Comforter
Church. the time and the place OF
burial to be announced later.
Evening star., 1932-05-27
COMMITTEE CHAIRMEN
ARE NAMED AT BLAIR
Mrs. Walter w. Weidman, Presi-
dent of Citizens Association, An
nounces Aides for Year.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
SILVER SPRING, Md. May 81
Mrs. Walter w. Weidman, newly
elected president of the Blair Citizens
Association, has announced the chair
men of committees for the fiscal year,
which begins this month.
Chairmen of standing committees
are as follows: Roads, Parkings,
Grounds and Restrictions, DR.. Lloyd Y.
Beers; Utilities. George Day; Educa-
ton and Recreation, Mrs. Lloyd Y.
Beers; Sanitation, Public Health and
Nuisances, Mrs. H. H. Hewlett; Police
and Fire Protection, Mrs. S. M. Deftin-
baugh; Membership, Wilbur Taylor;
Entertainment, Mrs. Wilbur Taylor.
Special committees and their chairmen
are: Hospitality, Mrs. ]. B. HUT:
Publicity, Mrs E. M. Sanford: Lawn
and GARD Contest, M. M. Shumaker;
Representative to Library Association,
William E. Martin; Tree Planting, Mrs.
Walter Mitchell.
Plans for the annual lawn and gar
den contest will be announced at the
next meeting. which will be held in
the Takoma Silver Spring High School
on June 7.
Evening star., 1932-05-27
CHEVY CHASE MANAGERS
SON HELD FOR SPEEDING
Posts $27.5O Collateral for Ap-
pearance in Rockville Tuesday,
After Arrest at Home.

BY a staff Correspondent Of The Star
BETHESDA, Md, May 27.-Freder-
ick E. Parks, son of Town Manager
Frederick r. Parks of Chevy Chase,
Md, was released under $27.50 collateral
for appearance in county Police Court
Tuesday when arraigned before Justice
of the Peace Fred K. Van Court on
speeding charge here yesterday after
noon.
Montgomery County Policeman Frank
Soper arrested young Parks at his home
on a warrant after the youth is said to
have fled across the District line when
the officer chased him earlier in the
day. Soper told Judge Van Court the
youth was speeding at SIS miles an hour
in 25-mile-an-h zone.
Parks, the officer said, refused to re-
turn to Bethesda when he halted him
a short distance across the District of
Columbia line. Soper returned to the
local substation. obtained warrant for
Parks and later took him into custody
at his home.
Evening star., 1932-05-27
D. c, BILLS MAY GET
ACTION NBY HOUSE IN
SESSION AT NIGHT
Rainey Assures Mrs. Norton
Request Will Be Made for
Special Meeting.
BUZZARDS POINT PLAN
WILL BE CONSIDERED
Two Projects in That Area Which
Will Afford Quick Relief
Await Disposition.

At least some of the Is District bills
which are on the calendar awaiting
consideration in the House may be acted
upon at special night session.
Chairman Norton of the House Dis
trict Committee has urged House Leader
Rainey to grant an opportunity for
calling up some, If not all, Of these 25
measures, most of which are urged by
the District Commissioners as important
for proper administration Of municipal
affairs.
House Leader Rainev today assured
Mrs. Norton that he will cooperate and
will ask unanimous consent in the
House for a night session for District
legislation the latter part OF next week
or the first of the following week.
Considered most important of al the
pending bills are two which would open
up the Buzzards Point area between
the Navy Yard and War College, as a
new industrial center, and which would
afford immediate relief TO a considerable
extent in the unemployment situation.
One of these bills authorizes the Phila-
delphia. Baltimore e. Washington Rail-
road Co, lessee Of the PENNSYLVANIA
Railway. 10 extend its spur track to
the Navy Yard into the BuzZards Point
area. As soon as this spur track has
| been laid. several industrial projects will
! be started Most important among these
is the erection of a power plant by the
Potomac Electric Power Co. at a cost
of 81 000000 or $4,000 000
The power company has already pur-
| chased fOur-square site between T and
V. Second and water streets. The sec
+ ond pending bill is to permit the closing
| of streets within that four-square area.
with the District to be paid for the
land now occupied by these streets.
There is no known opposition to
either measure. and the District Com
mittees of both Senate and House have
been assured that work will be started
promptly, which will give employment
to large number of men. The power
company hopes TO have this plant ready
for operation in November when it is
anticipated the Benning plant will have
reached its capacity.
Evening star., 1932-05-27
ENTIRELY WHITE FISH IS ADDED
TO COMMERCE EXHIBITION HERE
New Specimen From Minnesota Put With Albinc
Brook Trout to Show Contrast.

An entirely white fish from Mime
sofa was placed on exhibition in the
Bureau of Fisheries aquarium in the
Commerce Department today
So white is its color that it has been
placed in a tank with a dozen or more
pink-eyed albino brook trout, in order
to bring out the contrast 1t is consid-
cred just as much of an asset to the
aquarium, officials pointed out, as the
white elephant from India was to the
circus.
The rare species, which belongs to the
family of albino brook trout, was
brought to the aquarium by Fred G..
Orsinger, who took over his duties as
the first director Of the aquarium this
morning.
A black-and-white-st striped diamond
Evening star., 1932-05-27
Drawings for Landscape De-
veIopment Presented by
Edward H. Bennett.
COL UMBIA ISLAND PLAZA
PLAN ALSO is DISCUSSED
Further Progress Scheme, in Re
gard to Naval Hospital Grounds,
Is Inspected.

Designs for the architectural land
scape development of the triangle south
of Pennsylvania avenue were laid be-
fore the Fine Arts Commission today
by Edward H. Bennett. chairman of the
Board of Architectural Consultants, on
behalf of Secretary Mills.
These designs consisted of drawings
for pylons and kiosks and the terracing
and fountain proposed for erection
north of the new Department Of Com
merce Building. The whole program
was taken under consideration by the
commission.
A plan for Columbia Island plaza, as
part of the Arlington Memorial Brldee
development was discussed with the
commission and William Mitchell Ken
call, representing McKim. Mead &
White. architects of the bridge: Lieut..
Col. U. S. Grant, Sd. the Bridge Com
missions executive officer; his assist
ants. Mai. D. H. Gillette, and John L.
Nagle, designing engineer, participated
in the discussions The Fine Arts Ccm-
mission is investigating the problem
further.
Further Progress Plan.
The commission inspected a futher
progress plan submitted by the Allied
Architects of Washington, Inc. showing
the development of the Naval Hospital
grounds extending down the hillside to
Constitution avenue. The commission
suggested that special design be MADE
for the treatment of the Twenty-third
street side of the Naval Hospit-l de-
velopment, and this Will be done.
A restudy Of the Jane A. Del 3nc
Memorial was submitted by DR.. T"it
Mckenzie, Philadelphia sculptor, and
this was considered by the commits
sion. On motion of Adolph A. Wein-
man, sculptor member of the commits
sion, it was decided that further
thought will be given this memorial
which Is to be erected in the center
of the Red Cross quadrangle at Eight
eenth and D streets.
To Inspect Bryan Model.
The commission arranged this after
noon to inspect the memorial to Will
liam Jennings Bryan. executed by the
noted sculptor. Gutzon Borglum. This
model, in the Corcoran Gallery for the
present. will be viewed by the commits
sion members. who will offer sugges-
tions.
A conference is to be held this aft
ernoon with representatives Of the Am
erican Pharmaceutical Association con-
cerning their new building. to be erect
ed on Constitution avenue between
Twenty second and Twenty third
streets, west of the National Academy
of Sciences.
This evening the commission will in
spect models of proposed stone lights, tc
be placed on the Arlington Memorial
Bridge. These models are patterned
after the stone lights found in the plaza
of ST. Peters at Rome.
A sketch for an oil station, to be
erected at Twenty-seventh street anc
New Hampshire avenue. was laid be-
fore the commission. This was taken
under advisement The structure woulC
come within the area prescribed by the
Shipstead-Luce act, which gives the
Government authority over the designs
Of structures facing Government build
ings or land.
Evening star., 1932-05-27
WELL KNOWN IN ALTOONA.
DR.. Masood Had Extensive Practice
There as Optometrist.

ALTOONA, Pa, May 81 [P.-Dr
Nasseb Masood is widely known
throughout this district as an op-
tometrist.
DR.. Masood became a resident of
Altoona through a strange turn Of
fate. Returning from the World War
in 1919. he boarded a train in New
York for the West He became seri-
ously i'll on the train and was removed
to an Altoona hospital
He decided to remain here and built
up an extensive practice, despite his
deafness.
Dr. Masood posed for the fifth
liberty loan poster drawn by Orland
Rowland, depicting wounded soldier
appealing from a wheel chair.
Miss CaSsell became DR.. MaSood S
secretary and attendant after he cured
her of near blindness.
Evening star., 1932-05-27

back turtle also was placed on exhibi-
tion in tank alongside of Fish
Commissioner Henry OMalley's "frog
farm" In the latter tank was placed
Jumbo. said to be one of the largest
bullfrogs in captivity. This fellow ar
rived late yesterday and his croaking
according to building guards. could be
heard throughout the department. s
eight-acre structure last night.
The frog farm" equipped with lily
pads. miniature logs and other swamp
accessories, now has six inhabitants
Mr.. Orsinger, who supervised the
installation of the new aquarium and
is responsible for equipping it with
many Of its rare species. also brought
along small tropical fish. noted fol
carrying its eggs In its mouth.
Evening star., 1932-05-27
RIVERDALE WOMEN ELECT
MRS. H. E. WACKERMAN
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
RIVERDALE, Md. May 27.-Mrs. H.
E. Wackerman was elected president of
the Woman's Club at its annual meet
ing in the Presbyterian Sunday school
auditorium.
Others elected were Mrs Frank r.
Barclay, first vice president; Mrs.
Charles Graefe, second vice president;
Mrs. George Haines, treasurer; Mrs.
Robert McCathran, corresponding secre-
tary, and Mrs. K. F. Warner, recording
secretary.
Reports were submitted by Mrs. E. B.
Dunford, Mrs Herbert Roby, Mrs. Brice
Bowie, Mrs. Mabel Munich, Mrs. Luther
Munson, Mrs. Haines, Mrs. Barclay and
Mrs. William Parvin Starr.
Mrs. James Baines, Mrs. Alice T.
Erwin and Mrs M. Jardine were elected
to membership. The club has ad-
journed regular meetings until Fall.
Evening star., 1932-05-27
SHENANDOAH GIRL
COMMITS SUICIDE
Fires Bullet Into Temple After
Leaving Boy Companion
at Front Gate.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
LURAY, Va, May 27.-Irene Breeden,
19year-old schoolgirl of Shenandoah.
committed suicide Wednesday night by
shooting herself in the temple
Calling good-by to her companion,
Martin Pence, she ran up stairs for a
revolver, returned and fell in the yard
near the front gate Harry Breeden,
her 12-year-old brother, was the only
witness to the shooting. Pence, who
had started for home, returned on hear
ing the shot
The girls parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Rob-
ert Breeden, assign no reason for the
act.
Evening star., 1932-05-27
MISSING ACCOUNTING
OFFICE WORKER SOUGHT
Miss Helen Alther, Declared Ill,
Absent From Home Since
Wednesday.

Police today were seeking Miss Helen
Alther, %. an employe of the General
Accounting Office, who has been miss
ing from her home, in the $500 block
of T street, since Wednesday.
Relatives said today the young
woman has been i'll and they believed
she may have gone for short trip
to another city. Police were asked to
look out for her by her mother, Mrs.
Benjamin F. Alther OF the T street
address.
Evening star., 1932-05-27
MRS, FLORENCE HEALY
SENT TO GALLINGER
Woman Accused of Burning Dead
Sisters Home to Be Observed,
Sheriff Says.
BY a staY Correspondent of The Star.

UPPER MARLBORO. Md, May 81
Mrs. Florence Healy. 610 D street south
west, Washington, accused of burning
her dead sisters unoccupied bungalow
in Greater Capitol Heights, was sent to
Gallinger Hospital, Washington, for OBJ
servation yesterday, according to Sheriff
w. Curtis Hopkins.
The woman was arrested on charge
of arson after the fire last Saturday
The county commissioners ordered a
sanity test for her Tuesday.
Evening star., 1932-05-27
GETS 2-YEAR TERM
FOR AUTO FATALITY
Alexandra Man to Go to State
Hospital on Guilty Plea
to Manslaughter.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
FAIRFAX, Va, May 27-A special
grand jury yesterday in the County
Circuit Court indicted Walter Bayliss
of Alexandria for felonious manslaugh-
ter Baylss entered a plea of guilty
and was sentenced to two years In the
penitentiary. He was committed to the
State Hospital for the Criminally In
sane at Staunton, Va.
On September ~, 1881. Bayliss drove
his automobile along the Richmond
road, colliding with and kiiiing William
Herbert Brown Of Washington.
Evening star., 1932-05-27
BURIED WORKER SAVED

Mount Vernon Boy, 1S, Is In
tered Half Hour in Landslide.
BY a staff Correspondent Of The Star.
ALEXANDRIA, Va, May 27.-Buried
beneath dirt slide on the Mount
utes while at work on a filled-in part
of the roadway near Wellington. miles
south Of here. yesterday afternoon,
Monroe Thomas, 18, Of Mount Vernon
was finally rescued by fellow workmen
without serious injury.
He WIS brought to the Alexandria
Hospital, treated for bruises and mock
and dismissed today.
Evening star., 1932-05-27
FALL FROM TRAIN
INJURIES COUPLE
Accident to DR.. Nasseb Ma
sood and Secretary Near
Baltimore Unexplained.

A man and woman believed to be Dr.
Nasseb Masood. 38. and his secretary,
Dorothy Cassell, %, OF Altoona, Pa,
were in critical condition in a Bal
timore Hospital today after they either
leaped or fell from the observation car
of a Pennsylvania train, which they
boarded at Union Station here yester-
Gay.
The two were so badly hurt when
they plunged to the tracks from the
speeding train that they have been
unable TO give an explanation of the
accident Baltimore authorities today
were seeking to confirm partial iden-
titicatlon obtained from their effects.
Sought Compensation Here.
According to dispatches from Altoona.
DR.. MaSood and his secretary had been
in Washington for the PAST two months
seeking additional veterans compensa-
ton for series of wounds" suffered
by DR.. Masood during the World War
and said to have deafened him.
The two boarded the train here yes
terday after purchasing tickets to Hunt
ingdon, Pa, and took seats in the last
coach. AS the train passed through
Baltimore and neared Glencoe, suburb
several miles north of the midtown sec
ton, they stepped to the rear platform
and disappeared.
Little Hope for Them.
They were sighted from the train
only after they had fallen to the road
bed. A southbound train was halted
and returned the man and woman to
Baltimore. where they were taken to St
Joseph's Hospital Physicians held out
little hope for their recovery.
Police found the two names in the
belongings of the couple, although
nothing was disclosed to explain the
occurrence.
Evening star., 1932-05-27
PARK "DESECRATION" HIT
Potomac Grange, No. 1. Demands
Congress Inquiry.

Resolutions protesting against "dese-
Grafton" of downtown parks by public
authorities were adopted Wednesday
night at meeting of Potomac Grange,
No. /, in All Souls Church.
A committee was named to demand
an investigation by the District Com
mittees of the Senate and House. Rep
resentative John E. Weeks of Vermont
spoke on THE Farmer as Utilitarian." !"
Evening star., 1932-05-27
Grays to Hear Representative.

BEALLSVILLE, Md, May 81 (Spe-
ciaD Either Representative Bankhead
of Alabama or Representative Lanham
of Texas will delivor the address at the
annual Confedera@ Memorial day ex-
ercises at Monocacy Cemetery, Bealls-
vile, Friday Of next week.
Evening star., 1932-05-27
HAZEN is REAPP0INTED
Surveyor Chosen Again for -Four
Year Term.

Melvin C. Hazen. District surveyor,
was reappointed today for four-year
term by the Commissioners. He has
held his present position since 1908.
In recommending Mr.. HaZen for re-
appointment, H. c. Whitehurst, director
of the Department Of Highways, said:
"Mr. Hazen's services have been char
acterized by the utmost en1ciency and
loyalty"
Evening star., 1932-05-27
Turk, 100, Marries.

Hassan Aglia, 100-year- old Smyrna
Turk, was married recently to Meruesu
Hassein, rs.
The Washington times., 1932-03-26
Finnish Statesman
Honored Today

The minister of Finland, Mr..
Axel Leonard Astrom, enter
tanned at luncheon today in
honor of Mr.. Hjalmar Procope,
former secretary of state in
Finland and former president
of the council of the League of
Nations, who arrived in Wash
ington this morning for brief
visit.
The guests included the am
basSador of Cuba, Senor Don
Orestes Ferrara; the ambassa-
dor of Belgium. Mr.. Paul May;
the minister of the Irish Free
State, Mr., Michael MacWhite;
the minister of Norway, Mr.. Hal
ward H. Bachke; the minister
of Czechoslovakia, Mr.. Ferdi-
nand Veverka; the minister of
Denmark, Mr.. Otto Wadsted;
the counselor of the Polish en-
bassy, Mr.. WladyslaW SokoloW-
ski, Senator Henrik ShipStead,
Representative Hamilton Fish,
jr., Mr.. Robert F. Kelley, Mr.. o.
N. Nielsen, Mr.. AXel OXholm,
and the counselor of the lega-
ton of Finland, DR.. Milo Idman.
Mr.. Procope will leave tomor-
row for Florida where he will
make a brief visit.
The Washington times., 1932-03-26
Honor Vice President

The Vice President, Mr..
Charles Curtis, and Mr.. and
Mrs. Edward Everett Gam will
be the guests of honor of the
Missouri Society at the Easter
banquet and dance to be given
this evening at the Washington
Hotel.
Mrs. Arthur M. Hyde, wife of
the Secretary of Agriculture;
Senator and Mrs. Harry B.
HaWes, and Senator and Mrs.
Roscoe C. Patterson will be
among the prominent Mis-
sourians who will attend, and
great interest Is being shown in
the event.
Those assisting the president
of the society, Representative
LeonidaS C. Dyer and Mrs. Dyer
in receiving will be Mrs. Ed
ward DiXo Hays, Mrs. Bessie
Parker Brueggeman, Mrs. Jacob
L. Milligan, Mrs. Theodore Al
ford, Mrs. Walter B. Fry, Mrs.
Craig L. Reddish, Miss Inez
JustuS, and Miss Mabel Alexan-
der.