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Evening star., 1932-02-06
RELIEF BILLS FATE
STILL IS UNCERTAIN
Senate Vote on Jobhss Aid
Not Expected Before
Tuesday.

Following a week of Senate deba te on
the S375,000,000 La Toilette Costigan
unemployment relief bill, the outcome
of the fight over the measure was still
as much in doubt today as when the
discussion began. The debate will be
resumed Monday. the Senate being in
adjournment today. A vote is not ex-
pected before Tuesday.
Republican leaders are confident of
enough votes to defeat the direct relief
bill. to which President Hoover is op-
posed, as well as the Democratic sub
stitute calling for twice as much money
to be divided between loans to States
and road construction.
But Democratic leadership is almost
as certain the substitute proposal would
be adopted, and sponsors of the direct
relief bill also are sticking to their po-
sitions. An attempt esterday to bring
sponsors of the two bills together in a
compromise failed. Other substitute
plans are being prepared.
All the debate so far has been in
favor of the s375 100000 bill. Sena-
tors La Toilette, Republican, Wiscon-
sin, and Costigan, Democrat, Colorado
consumed the entire week outlining the
case in support of the measure.
Costigan concluded his three-day
speech yesterday with a plea for the
bill to add new luster to our country S
name and confirm the finest traditions
of self government, justice and hu-
manity."
Americans must guard the welfare
of those who in the long run guard
America" he said We owe it to our
self-respect to adopt rational, gen.
erous ATTITUDE toward our stricken fell
low men"
Evening star., 1932-02-06
Marriage Licenses.

Myron L. Stout. 81, and Marion Hutch
ison. rs; Rev. Allen A. Stockdale.
Jerret D. Shifi1et, 81, Geer, Va, and Viola
H. Wood, l8, Lindsey, Va; Rev. Allan F.
John Warren, 3s, and Cecilia NJ. Robert
son, "a; Rev George NJ. Rankin.
Daniel j. Finigan, 25, and Opal Starle,
10: Rev. L. / McDougle.
Dennis J: Kane, %. this city, and Mary
G. McAulifee, 21, Friendship Heights, Nd;
Rev. F. j. Egan.
william M. Ward, jr, IS. and Florence L.
Osborne, "a; Rev. Henry W. Colston.
Morris Baumel, 20, and Bertha Bronner,
"a, both of Baltimore Rev. j. T. Loeb.
James E. Lawson, 81, and Marion Henry,
ID; Rev. Bernard Bolts.
Dewitt Patton, 28, this city, and Grace
McGorquodale, ls, Panama City, Fla; Rev.
Donald M. Lincoln, %, and Faye A. Sin
clair, Ia; Rev. John c. Ball
Branch r. Jones, 28, Baltimore, and Lorlne
Cooke 81 Roanoke, Va; Rev. John E..
Thomas E. Elliott, 80, and Helen M. oles,
~. both Of Baltimore; Rev. H. F. Graeben-
Ray v. Hodgson, 20, Danville, Pa, and
Mary L. Maher, %, Shamokin, Pa; Rev. H.
Harry simms, SO. New York. and Carmen
r. Hall, "a, Anderson, w. Va; Rev. William
Pierpoint.
2l; Rev. Thomas J. Duffy.
Thomas v. King, so COTTAGE City, Nd.
and Elizabeth J. Roberts. a3, Brentwood
Nd; Rev. a. W. Tolson.
Evening star., 1932-02-06
WOMAN is KILLED
AS TRAIN HITS CAR
Seminary Resident Dies in Acct
dent at Accotink
Station.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
IACCOTINK, Va, February 6.-Mrs.
Elizabeth B. Nash Of Seminary, Va,
was instantly killed yesterday after
noon at 4:3C o'clock at Accotink rail-
road station, when the automobile she
was driving was struck by through
passenger train of the Atlantic Coast
Line Railroad.
Mrs. Nash's coupe was demolished
and parts were strewn along the rail-
road track for hundreds of feet Her
body was flung clear of the right Of
wey into a ditch full of water, where
it remained until an inquest could be
arranged Telephone service on the
Lorton telephone exchange was out of
commission due to the high wind and
Justice Of the Peace Harry Shepherd,
at Accotink, was forced to drive to the
Alexandria exchange to notify county
authorities. When the call reached DR..
c. A. Ransom, coroner, at Falls Church
at o'clock, he delegated DR.. William
T. Patton Of Accotink to hold the In
quest.
Mrs. Nash's body was removed last
night to Wheatleys undertaking estab-
lishment in Alexandria. She Is sur
vived by one son, Barron Nash of Alex
andria, and one daughter of Washing
ton.
Evening star., 1932-02-06
BANDIT HUNT RESUMED
IN GEM THEFT SHOOTING
Washington and Baltimore Police
Seek Suspect as Victim
Improves.

Washington and Baltimore police
were continuing their search today for
Harry Yudelevit, named as the man
VINO shot and seriously wounded Henry
Abrams, 80, during a $4,000 jewelry
hold-up Wednesday night
Meanwhile, Abrams, with four bullet
wounds in his body. was said to be in
an improved condition at Emergency
Hospital.
Abrams was shot as he and william
p. Moses sat in an automobile in front
of the latter's home in the 1900 block
of Buchanan street. Before the shoot
ing, Moses said, he was forced to hand
over diamond ring and a diamond
scarfpin.
j.. Both Moses and Abrams named Yu-
delevit as the man who did the shoot
ing Two men were with him, how
ever, police were told. ......
Evening star., 1932-02-06
ENGINEER TO SUPERVISE
INCINERATORS is NAMED

The District Commissioners yester-
day appointed Albert B. Greene resi-
dent engineer to superintend the con-
struction of the Districts two new
incinerators at salary of $4,000 per
annum.
The money for the construction of
the two incinerators became available
with the signing of the deficiency bill,
which reappropriated a lapsed balance
of s26o,000 for the purpose. This and
the 100000 appropriated in the reg
ular 1882 supply bill, will suffice for
the building construction work. The
District already has acquired the neces-
sary sites, one at First and o streets
southeast and one at Thirty-first and
K streets. Both are waterfront sites.
The Commissioners ordered the pro-
motion of Lieut.. M. H. Sutton, No. 6
Engine Company, Fire Department, to
a captaincy
Evening star., 1932-02-06
DR.. CALVER SHARPLY WARNS
CONGRESS TO EASE ITS TASKS
Members Breaking Under the Strain, He Says, Pointing
to Deaths of Rutherford and Ouin.

have exceeded anything In the mem
ory of the Oldest members. Not so
much the floor sessions as an intensive
schedule of committee work and un-
paralleled demands from the home dis
tricts have caused this.
my sick-bed patients" observed
DR.. Calver, have been called on the
phone before in the morning and late
at night by unthinking persons, who
are Unsuitable in their demands and
angry because the Ill members could
not answer their phones.
Work should be limited to six days q
week, and man should spend the
seventh for mental relaxation and ply
sical recuperation. Since the begin
ming of December, however, 1t has been
work from early to late every day, Sun
days and holidays have been the same
"Is it a wonder that men are break
ing under the strain?"
Speaker Garner was advised today
of the recovery Of three House members
who have been i'll. Representative Nc
Duffie of Alabama, the Democratic
whip; Chairman Warren of the Ac-
counts Committee, and Representative
Mcmillan of South. Carolina have been
discharged from hospitals after treat
meut
Evening star., 1932-02-06
HUNT FOR GUNMEN
WHO WOUNDED 4
CONTINUES FUTILE
BackuS, Shot in Back, Still
in Critical Condition.;
Girls Recovering.
BULLETS TO RECEIVE
MICROSCOPE TEST
Three Heavily-Armed Police Squads
Cruise North Section as
Safeguard.

Despite an intensive search by head
quarters and precinct detectives, In CO.
operation with uniformed policemen,
the gunner who wounded four persons
and attempted to shoot another Thurs
day night still were at liberty today.
Meanwhile, Gordon T. Backus, 81,
victim of one Of the mysterious at
tackS, continued to fight for life in
Emergency Hospital, where physicians
termed his condition still critical,
though slightly improved"
AT the same time, the other victims
Miss Helen Andrews, 10, of 58l1 Sixth
street, Miss Doris Beall, 16, Of 1411 G
street southeast, and Henrietta Lloyd,
colored 4439 A street southeaSt-were
recovering from wounds received under
circumstances Startlingly similar to
those under which Backus was shot.
In an effort to prevent repetitionS Of
the gunplay three squads of four head
quarters men each, all heavily armed,
cruised through the northern section
of the city last night. They were as
sisted by eight officers attached to the
fifth, sixth, eighth and tenth precincts,
riding in the regular precinct scout
cars, in addition to scores Of patrolmen.
This surveillance, according to Inspec-
Tor Frank S. w. Burke, chief OF detec-
tiveS, will be continued until the gun
men either are captured or else def
nitely abandon their activities.
BackuS, who is attached to the For
estry Division Of the Department of Ag
riculture, was shot in the back while
walking near his home, at 3433 Mount
Pleasant street. He was fired upon, he
told police, from black sedan.
The shooting occurred less than half
an hour after Miss Andrews, a night
student at Business High School, and
Miss Beall, an Eastern High School
pupil, we're the targets for a fusillade
of shots at Fifth and Aspen streets.
A comparison of the bullet which
struck Backus and one of those which
hit the girls revealed both were dis
charged from a gun of the same caliber
and type, according to Lieut.. John
Fowler, Police Department balliStics ex-
pert. The .32-caliber copper r-jacketed
slugs will be subjected to microscopic
examinations, Fowler said, to determine
whether they were fired from the iden-
tical weapon.
The Lloyd woman was shot through
the wrist by colored man in an au-
tomobile while walking on Benning road
near A street southeast. She was un-
able to describe either the gunman or
his machine.
Evening star., 1932-02-06

incorporation Of cooperative organlza-
tions for the purpose of making loans
to their members. The bill as reported
will fix the annual license fee for credit
unions at SIS instead OF $50.
The bill for the closing OF part OF
the upper end of Water street also au-
thorizes an exchange of land in that
vicinity between the American Phar-
maceutical Association and the Gov
ernment, 80 that the associations pro-
posed new building will fit in with the
plans of the National Capital Park and
Planning Commission Tor that area.
With Monday set aside as District
day in the House, Representative Mary
T. Norton of New Jersey, chairman Of
the House District Committee, an
nounced today she would introduce a
bill to amend the District child labor
law to permit the appearance of chill
dren in travelling theatricals. A SINH
lar bill was introduced in the Senate
several days ago by Senator Capper,
chairman of the Senate District Com
mittee.
The bill would apply to boys under
IS and girls under 18. Permits for
their participation in the so-called
road shows would be issued by the
Board of Education upon certiflcation
that the children are receiving proper
education. The measure has the in
dorsement of Rev. Francis J. Hurney,
pastor of the Immaculate Conception
Church: Rev, James Shera Montgom-
ery. chaplain of the House, and Rabbi
Abram Simon of the washington He
brew Congregation.
Mrs. Norton also plans to introduce
two other bills affecting the District.
One would authorize the District Com
missioners, with the approval Of the
National Capital Park and Planning
Commission, to close certain streets and
alleys which do not fit into the existing
highway plan. The other would require
ali insurance corporations chartered in
the District to maintain their principal
Offices here.
Receives Legion Resolution.
Mrs. Norton received today copy of
resolution adopted by the District
Department of the American Legion
opposing the Mapes tax increase bills
and a Recommendation from the Laun-
dry Dry-Cleaning Owners Association
for an amendment to the bill to create
an Office of steam boiler engineers. She
also received q letter from the Citizens
Forum of Columbia Heights urging i'm
mediate construction OF an adequate
stadium and athletic field at the new
Roosevelt High School.
The four District bills, which have
already passed the Senate, are on the
House calendar for consideration Mon
day-that for incorporation OF the Dis
trict of Columbia Bicentennial Commis-
sion another to relieve the Commits
sioners of certain ministerial duties,
third to provide protection for union
labels and the four to permit the Dis
trict tax assessor to testify as an expert
IN condemnation cases.
Evening star., 1932-02-06
BY the Associated Press.

A stiff warning was given members
of Congress today that they are over
working and must take better care Of
their health.
The Capitol's attending physician,
DR.. George w. Calver spoke out
sharply against the seven-day-a-week
schedule many have been following this
session. At the same time, he urged
the public to be reasonable In its de-
mands upon Representatives.
His warning was caused by the sud-
den deaths of Representatives Quin of
Mississippi and Rutherford of Georgia,
and the recent collapse Of Chairman
Collier of the House Ways and Means
Committee. All three broke under the
strain of committee work. Collier,
however, is recovering.
1t developed also that, although care
fully guarded from the public, about
half the members of Congress have had
to call for medical attention during the
past two months. Calver said an out
break OF mild influenza. accentuating
previously unnoticed weaknesses in the
members systems, plus the heavy ner-
vous strain Of this session, has been
responsible.
Demands upon Congress this session
Evening star., 1932-02-06
Asks War Department for
Use of the Obsolete
Army Post.
PRELIMINARY PLANS
LAID BY MONTGOMERY
Reservation, Containing 1877 Acres,
Was Permanently Abandoned
Last Fall.

Lieut.. Col. U. S. Grant, 3d.. director
OF public buildings and public parks
Is asking the War Department to turn
over to his Office Fort Hunt, located
some three miles below Alexandria. We,
near the new Mount Vernon Memorial
Highway. This obsolete Army post will
be developed as a recreation center, and
Col. Grant has tentative plans drawn
up for the improvement of this area.
This morning Capt.lR c. Montgom-
cry, U. S. A., superintendent of the
United States Park Police, and his
right-hand official, Capt. P. j. Carroll,
with Frank T. Gartside, chief of the
park division of the Office Of Public
Buildings and Public Parks, made a
tour Of inspection Of the Mount Vernon
Highway and Fort Hunt.
Plans Drafted.
These officials made preliminary
pans Tor the location OF maintenance
equipment and policing facilities.
Buildings formerly occupied by SOL
oilers will be utilized for housing main
tenance facilities and police. While
permanent plans for this have not as
yet been worked out, it is considered
possible that there will be a Federal
police officer stationed at Fort Hunt,
with telephone facilities and radio re-
ceiWng apparatus, and a magistrate
or other court official appointed to hear
cases in that locality may make his
headquarters there.
Fort Hunt would be developed under
Col. Grants supervision after Secretary
Hurley offlcially surrenders Jurisdiction
over the area. Plans are in the making
for the creation of a golf course, more
tennis courts and other recreational
facilities there. Plans are under con-
slderaton whereby Camp Goodwill,
which is held for poor people each
Summer in Rock Creek Park, would be
moved to Fort Hunt.
Abandoned Last Fall.
Under legislation recently passed by
Congress 1t was provided that Fort
Hunt would be turned over to Col
Grants Jurisdiction when the War De-
partment decided that it had no further
use for 1t. At present Fort Hunt is
abandoned by the Army and only a
caretaker is in charge for the Army.
The War Department permanentiv
abandoned Fort Hunt last Fall as a
military reservation. The fort con-
tains 1877 acres.
Fort Foote, another former Armv
post, has been turned over to Col
Grants authority, and after Fort
Hunts acquisition Fort Washington.
Md. the defenses of which were
constructed by L'Enfant, will be given
into the colonels keeping, under a con-
gressional mandate.
Evening star., 1932-02-06

7HE depression must have hit the
fishing business, what with a lot
Of unemployed herons from the
i Potomac fats trying to break
into the Zoo.
Almost daily for months now detected
visitors have hung around the great
flight cage, watching through the bars,
while their more fortunate fellows
boIted Government food.
Guzzling their dole Of fish and frogs,
and wheeling happily about the cage,
the captives obviously have become the
envy of their free brethren.
w. H. Blackburne, head keeper at
the Zoo, said that at times he has seen
as many as dozen wild heronS perched
on the outer bars of the cage or in
surrounding trees.
Last Summer Mr.. Blackburne wit
messed surprising performance Of well
fare work among the herons themselves.
A night heron, who had been loaf1ng
outside the cage, waiting for break" "
presently was joined by his mate.
Evening star., 1932-02-06
ELEVEN DRIVERS FINED
I'm TRAFFIC LIGHT WAR
All Are Assessed $5 in Court at
Mount Rainier for Not
0beying Signals.
BY STAFF Correspondent of The Star.

MOUNT RAINIER, Md, February 6.
Eleven persons accused of failing to
obey the newly installed traffic lights at
Rhode Island avenue, Thirty-fourth and
Perry streets, here, were fined IS each
by Justice of the Peace Robert E.
Joyce last night. Those convicted were
arrested during the past week by local
police.
The lights were installed two weeks
ago and drive on motorists who ignore
them is scheduled to be started today
Magistrate Joyce calls attention to the
fact that the minimum fine under the
town ordinance covering traffic lights is
$5. The maximum fine is $50
The lights at the intersection are un-
usual in that they are on the near side
of the crossings.
Evening star., 1932-02-06
THE WEATHER

District of Columbia - Increasing
cloudiness; slightly warmer tonight,
minimum temperature about SO de-
grees; tomorrow cloudy probably rain;
somewhat colder tomorrow night; mod
crate southwest winds.
Maryland-Cloudy, followed by rain
late tonight or tomorrow; slightly
warmer tonight; colder in west por-
ton tomorrow afternon or night; fresh
southwest winds.
Virginia-Increasing cloudiness, prob
ably followed by rain tomorrow and in
extreme west portion tonight; warmer
tonight; colder in extreme west portion
tomorrow afternoon or night; moderate
to fresh southwest winds.
Evening star., 1932-02-06
MOONEY is CONFIRMED

william M. Mooney, who has been
city postmaster here for 8 years, was
confirmed for another term by the Sen
ate late yesterday. Favorable action
came without debate, along with list
of other postmasters.
Mr.. Mooney has been postmaster
since 1928 when he was given his first
appointment. Prior to that time he was
chief clerk of the Post once Depart
ment He has been resident of Wash
ington for many years.
Evening star., 1932-02-06
Labor Executives
keepOwn Doctrine
OF Five-Day Week

The executive council Of the
American Federation Of Labor
believes in practicing what it
breaches.
The council, composed Of the
II ranking officials of the or
ganization, convened here Mon
day in Midwinter session, and
late yesterday it ordered a recess
until Monday in observance of
the federation's five-day-week
policy, which the council ap-
proved two years ago.
Only a few employees were on
duty at the federation's head
quarters today. They said they
we're on a five-day-week scale,
and would get their holiday dur
ing the coming week as per
schedule.
Evening star., 1932-02-06
SLAIN BABY is FOUND
BY SCHOOL WORKM EN-
Death of 2-Month-0ld Child by
Strangulation Is Probed
in Arlington.
81 a star Correspondent of The Star

Sy stan Correspondent OF The Star.
BALLSTON, Va, February CARING
ton County police today we're conduct
ing what appeared to be hopeless in
vestigation into the murder of q
month-old boy, whose body was found
late yesterday afternoon by workmen
engaged in clearing the grounds of the
Washington and Lee High School here.
A cloth was tightly bound around the
child'S neck and Coroner B. H. Swain
said that death was caused by stran-
gulation The body was wrapped in a
Washington newspaper dated September
90 Neither the paper nor cloth bore
any markings that might aid police in
their probe.
DR.. Swain, who ordered the body re-
moved to the undertaking parlors OF
c. j. Ives at Clarendon, said that the
child had been dead for approximately
@ month.
Evening star., 1932-02-06

The female eventually built a nest
against the bars on tree limb extend
ing through the netting And there, In
the course Of time, she Matched a
hungry brood whose clamoring mouths
the male was unable to fill
Several sympathetic herons inside
Mr. Blackburne said, purloined Govern
ment fish from their private pool and
personally cared for the charity brood
outside.
No one has seen a captive heron, how
ever, feeding adult visitors, although
Zoo attendants said this appeared likely
in view of the past performance.
The eagles, too, have their satellites
buzzards which congregate in the trees
surrounding the eagle cage when the
captives receive their daily meat
The vaudeville comedian Zoo at
tendant observed, who said the depres-
sion was so bad he saw the park squir-
rels giving peanuts back to the public
ought to take stroll through the zoo!"
Evening star., 1932-02-06
Rededication of Structure as
Veterans Memorial Urged
by Stephan.
NATIONAL GUARD EFFORTS
TO FIND ARMORY CITED
General Tells Commission the
Building Is Well Adapted
to Drill Purposes.

Rededication Of the old Pension Office
Building, in Judiciary Square, as a
memorial to the veterans of all wars
and setting aside of the historic struc-
ture for the use Of the District OF Co.
lumhia National Guard. Organized Re-
serves, Reserve Officers Training Corps
and other military units Is requested in
a letter sent by Maj. Gen. Anton Ste
phan,, guard commander in the local
rpsarea, to the Public Buildings Com
mission.
The Pension Office now is occupied by
the General Accounting Ofice, but is
not included in the Federal building
plan and probably will be vacated as
development of the Mall Triangle con-
tinues, Gen. Stephan told officers of the
Organized Reserve at meeting last
night in the auditorium Of the Interior
Department.
Armory Sought.
Gen. Stephan described the efforts
which have been made by the National
Guard to obtain an armory in the Ma
tional Capital. On one occasion, he
said, the Senate and House passed a
bill providing appropriations for the
purpose only to have 1t vetoed by the
President. On another occasion the
Senate passed another bill authorizing
an armory but It failed in the House.
Use Of the Pension Office for Ma
tional Guard and reserve training
would be highly appropriate, he said
The huge interior court of the build
ing, formerly used for inaugural balls,
would make splendid drill hall.
Already in Character.
The building already is in character
he said. the present frieze extending
completely around the structure just
above the first-foor windows, depicting
various units Of the Army at the time
of the Civil War
Use Of the building for the training
OF various branches of the National
Army, in the opinion of Gen. Stephan,
would vastly improve the effectiveness
of training and would promote the
morale of all such units in the Ma
tional Capital.
Evening star., 1932-02-06
JOHNSON RITES HELD
Veteran of Adjutant Generals Of
fee to Be Buried in Connecticut.

Funeral services were held at Hines
funeral home, 1905 Fourteenth street,
last evening for John G. Johnson, vet
eran chief of the publication division
of the Adjutant Generals Office, War
Department, who died at his home,
1860 Harvard street, Thursday morn
ing. Members of the Society of the
Sons of the American Revolution and
many officials and clerks of the War
Department attended the services. In
terment will be made at Clinton, Conn,
where Mr.. johnson was born in March,
1866.