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Evening star., 1933-11-11
FEDERAL WORKERS
COMBINE UNIONS To
BOOST WAGE DRIVE
National Council Organized
by Six Groups Outside
A. F. of |. Ranks.
"SP0ILS SYSTEM" WAR
ANNOUNCED BY CHIEFS
New Body Will Act as Legislative
Clearing House at Next Ses-
sion of Congress.

A new lineup of Government employe
union organizations was projected on
the scene today when formal announce
raent was made of the formation of
the National Legislative Council of Fed
eral Employe Organizations to fight for
restoration of pay, elimination of other
adverse factors that have developed as
the result of succeeding economy moves
and for betterment generally of work
ing conditions.
The group is made up of the National
Federation of Federal Employees and five
postal organizations, which, like the
Federation, are without the ranks OF the
American Federation of Labor.
It claims to represent clear ma
tority" of Government workers.
The organization meeting was held
late yesterday in the Colorado Build
ing John j. Barrett, president of the
United National Association of Post
Once Clerks, was named chairman, and
w. G. Armstrong, president of the Ma
tional Rural Letter Carriers Association,
secretary-treasurer Others who par
ticipated in the conference included
Luther c. Steward. president of the Ma
tional Federation of Federal Employees
M. F. Fitzpatrick and Neal A. Sibley,
national Association or Postal super
visorS; James Keeley. National Fedora
tion of Post Office Motor Vehicle En-
ployes: Alexander Hamill and James
Gildea National Association of Post
Office Laborers; c. c. McDevitt. Ma
tional Rural Letter Carriers Associa-
tion; Patrick j. O'Neill and Thomas p.
BuSsier. United National Association of
Post Office Clerks.
Declaring the organization was neces-
aary to war on the spoils system, lead
erS said enc of the principles to be
fought for would be extension and pres
ervation of the merit system. An equit-
able retirement system, and civil serv-
ice court of appeals with full appellate
powers will be other aims.
On the question of pay restoration
the council declared this was demanded
not only as a matter of justice but of
sound economics.
The council is to act as a legislative
clearing house for the member groups
ct the next session of Congress.
The National Federation of Federal
Employees yesterday announced forma-
tion Of locals in Bath and Canandaigua,
N. Y, and Rantoul III The former two
are Veterans Administration employees.
and the latter. Army Air Corps,
Evening star., 1933-11-11
D. c. OEALERS.START
LIQUOR LAW STUDY.
Beverage Retailers Lean
Toward Licensing System
Like That for Beer.

A committee to draw UP a liquor con-
troll DILL was appointed yesterday after
noon by the newly-formed Association
or Retail Beverage Dealers of the Dis
trict, with indications that leaders of
the organization favor a licensing svs-
tenn along the general lines of the
beer law
In opening the meeting at the Arcade,
Fourteenth street and Park road, Bert
l.. Olmstead, president, advocated a
straight license system. similar to the
beer law. as distinguished from other
plans that~would require Government
dispensaries or quasi-public corpora
tions.
1t was emphasized. however. that no
plan has been decided upon, and that
all members Of the organization are
urged to submit their ideas to the COM
n1ittee in writing. with an explanati ton
of why they believe their suggestions
should be followed
After the committee has worked out a
tentative licensing plan, it will report to
the membership of the association for
full discussion of the proposal The
committee to draft plan will be COM
posed of officers and directors of the
association, namely:
Bert L. Olmstead, president; Milton
Kronheim. vice president: Walter H.
Colston, secretary; William w. Reicks,
treasurer In addition to these officers,
the board of directors includes David
Blum, Abner Drury, J. w. Wood and
]. A. Pappadeas.
The association will meet again next
Friday to discuss the progress of the
work of the committee.
Evening star., 1933-11-11
C0l0RED MAN C0NFESSES
R0BBERlES IN NORTHWEST
Police Are Hopeful of Solving "at
Lease 40 HOUSEKEEPING
Cases" With Arrest.

Police were hopeful today of clearing
up lat least 40 HOUSEKEEPING cases. !"
as result of the arrest of Henry j.
Handy, 25, colored, 140O block of Sixth
street.
Questioned by Detective Sergt. Oscar
Mansfield and Eighth Precinct De-
tectives Earl Baker and e. D. Lam
bert. Handy is said to have confessed
10 burglaries in the northwest section
and numerous robberies in other parts
of the city. According to Mansfield.
the man has been robbing filling sta
tlons and other business establishments
since last June.
Arrested on suspicion yesterday on
Connecticut avenue. he was taken to
headquarters for 1ngerprinting. His
flngerprints, it is said, tailed with those
found at the scene of one of the rob-
berries, and confronted with this infor-
nation he admitted the others. Thus
far. however, none of the loot has been
recovered except a coat. Mansfield said
Evening star., 1933-11-11
.ROOMERS ROUTED
IN EARLY BLAZE
Is, Clad Only in Sleeping
Garments, HuddIe in Door
ways for Protection.

Fire in the basement Of the rooming
house OF Mrs. Ellen Reardon. 1913 Mas
Sachusetts avenue, routed 16 occupants
of the place about $50 O'Clock this
morning and sent them to the street
clad only in their sleeping garments
and the few wraps they could grab.
The thermometer at that hour was
lowering around 30. with the tempera-
ture dropping steadily. A fairly strong
breeze was blowing, and the 16 Shiver-
ing victims of blaze huddled together
in neighboring doorways nearly an
hour before they could get proper shell
ter. BY that time the temperature had
dropped to % degrees, the lowest for
the past "A hours.
Mrs. ReardOn said when occupants of
the house were aroused the entire three
floors were f1lled with smoke. She
wasn't sure who awakened first, the
smoke apparently rousing several at
once, and there was simultaneous call
of fire from all parts of the house
Only half awake, the roomers grabbed
the nearest wraps they could find.
thrust their feet into shoes and ran
out. Mrs. Reardon discovered some
hours later that she was wearing
white Summer sandal on one foot and
a tan shoe on the other.
Evening star., 1933-11-11
CAPT. CURL OF NAVY
DIES IN BROOKLYN
Served Here in 1929 and 1890 as
Naval Assistant Surgeon
General.

The Navy Department yesterday re-
ceived word of the death at the Brock
lyn Naval Hospital Thursday of Capt.
Holton c. Curl, Medical Corps, u. S.
N, who served in Washington from
June. 1929, until December, 1896, as
assistant surgeon general of the Navy.
His last duty was as district medical
officer of the Sd Naval District. He
was 81 wears old and is survived by his
widow, Mrs. Mary Anne Curl.
Funeral arrangements have not been
completed
Born in Des Moines, Iowa, August
"a, 1872. Capt. Curl entered the Medi-
cal Corps in 1898. He served at the
Naval Hospital. Mare Island, Calf, and
on duty on the Asiatic Station. His
World War service, when he com
manded the naval base hospital No. 5
at Brest, France, and as medical ad-
wiser to the commander Of the United
States naval forces In Europe, brought
him the Navy Cross In 1928 he COM
pleted the Naval War College course
His home was in. San Francisco.
Evening star., 1933-11-11
MUM" VARIETIES
NAMED At SHOW
Mrs. Roosevelt, Mrs. Johnson
and The Star Honored
at Exhibition.

Three new varieties of chrysanthe-
NUNS, developed within the last wear
and never before exhibited to the pub
lie, were christened yesterday after
noon at the opening of the show held
by the Chrysantbemum Society of
America as a part of their thirty sixth
annual meeting
The ceremonies honored Mrs. Frank
lin D. Roosevelt, Mrs Helen K. john
son, wife of the national recovery ad-
ministrator. and The Evening Star. and
were held in the main ball room at the
Willard Hotel.
The Mrs Franklin Delano Roose-
veft,' a light yellow seeding. was the
first to be named. The ceremony was
moved forward As minutes ahead OF the
original schedule for the convenience
of the First Lady, and she was pre-
sented with huge shower of her name
sake blooms by little Miss Justine Mil
Ter of Detroit. 8-year-old niece of v. r.
De Petris of Crosse Point. Mich, who
developed the new variety.
Helen X. Johnson" Named.
THE Helen K Johnson" a deeper
yellow color, was christened by Prof
Alex Laurie of Ohio State University
who presented Mrs. Johnson with a
bouquet. Prof. Laurie was introduced
by Arno Nehrling of Boston. executive
secretary of the society, who presided.
The Evening Star" shell pink va
riety. also was christened by Prof. Lau-
RE. who presented the flower to Samuel
H. Kaufman. assistant business man.
ager of The Star.
~YVf. IL L.
veloped by Elmer D. Smith of Adrian,
Mich, dean of American chrysanthe-
mum culture
A dozen other new varieties are in
cluded in the show as part of the half
million flowers on display. There are
more than 1000 varieties shown. and
they are valued at from $4,000 to
$50 900.
Flower Style Show Held.
Last night a flower style show was
held under the direction of Mrs. Bert
Schiller Mcdonald of Chicago and her
models demonstrated new types of bou-
quets and how to wear them.
Another feature is a display Of jap
anese Cascade chrysanthemums shown
through the courtesy of j. Wise ByrneS
of the Department of Agriculture.
lne snow opened again LnlS morning
at 10 O'Clock and will continue until 10
tonight. with style shows at 4:30 and
$50 pm. The exhibit will be open
again tomorrow at 10 am.
The christening ceremonies were at
tended only by special guests of the So
ciety. The exhibition is arranged
around the ball room with a miniature
model of the Smith farm at Adrian,
Mich. built to scale and surrounded
by hundreds of flowers as a center
piece
Several varieties of roses and orchids
also are being shown.
Evening star., 1933-11-11
PRIEST STOPS WILD CELEBR ALTON
OF 800 STUDENTS rs POLICE FAIL

few words from a Stern-visaged
priest last night accomplished what a
small army of policemen and firemen
had failed to do-break up the Catholic
University foot ball pep jamboree and
send The students SCurrylng 10 their
rooms.
After pep rally in the gymnasium
held as preliminary to today's game
between G. U. and Detroit, approx
mately 500 students marched out upon
the campus and proceeded to celebrate.
First, the students decided to have
a bonflre-deSpite the fact neither the
policemen nor the firemen approved.
One bonfire served only to stimulate
their ambitions and soon there were
others started by dropping lighted
matches into dried leaves. As fast as
the f1remen put one blaze out, another
sprang up few feet away
The students soon tired of the fires.
and the next thing on the impromptu
program was a march around the
neighborhood. When they reached
nearby Trinity College, they whooped
things up until the girl students, who
had gone to bed at o'clock, were at
tracted TO the windows.
Evening star., 1933-11-11

Meanwhile, although the policemen
and flremen guarded every public fire
alarm box in the vicinity, somebody
turned in an alarm from a private box
IN Mcmahon Hall, This brought addi-
tlOnal hremen to the campus. with a
resultant increase in the bedlam-
In an effort to bar police from the
area, the students stretched ropes across
the dsiveways. The policemen drove
their cars into the ropes, however.
dragging the tugging students with
them. Somebody pushed a police lieu
tenant, and motor cycle officers charged
into the mob. forcing the students to
break and run.
This did not deter the students long.
and the police and flremen soon became
pretty discouraged. AS fast as they
would scatter the students, the latter
would gaher again at another point
AT this point, Rev. Francis Cassidy,
university disciplinarian, appeared.
He surveyed the milling throng of
students for a moment or two, then
shouted:
Enough of this, gentlemenp
The students scattered and went to
bed.
Evening star., 1933-11-11
GAS VALUATION HEARING
TO BE RESUMED MONDAY
Many Difficult Problems Remain,
With Deprecia tion Expected
to Cause Big Battle.

Hearings in the valuation case Of the
Washington and Georgetown Gas Light
Co.'S will be resumed at 10 o'clock
Monday, entering their third week.
There is no session today.
The Public Utilities Commission had
hoped to get them over with by Thanks
giving, but with only 13 working days
left, it now appears that they will run
over into December. Thus far testi-
mony of both sides on land values is
complete and the company has started
its case on the reproduction cost of
fixed physical property. There are
many knotty subjects left, including
depreciation, expected to furnish one
Of the biggest battles of the hearing.
At adjournment yesterday. August C.
Klein was engaged in direct testimony
for the companies on the property in
ventory and the pricing of the various
items.
Evening star., 1933-11-11
THE WEATHER

District of Columbia-Eight rain and
warmer. with lowest temperature about
3s degrees tonight; tomorrow, fair and
slightly colder: moderate southerly
winds, becoming fresh northwest to-
night. diminishing tomorrow afternoon
Marvland-Light rain and warmer
tonight; tomorrow. generally fair ano
slightly colder. except light rain OF
snow f1urries in extreme west portion.
Virginia-Cloudy and warmer. prop
ably light rain tonight; tomorrow, gen
erally fair and slightly colder.
west Virginia-Mostly cloudy, WIN
light rain tonight and probably hsht
rain or snow flurries in northeast por :
tion tomorrow morning; warmer IN east
portion tonight, colder tomorrow.
outIook for November Is to November 1S'
North and Middle Atlantic States
Rain over south and snow or rain over
north portion Monday and rain wed
pesday or Thursday, except snow or
rain in Northern New England and
Northern New York Temperature pc
low normal Monday and TUESDAY
warmer middle of week and coloer py
Friday.
River Report.
Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers
clear this morning.
D.norf for last % Hours.
Evening star., 1933-11-11
Births Reported.

John and Mary West, bov
ItIh Sno Florence Stewart. bow
Tslo and May Schuette, bov
Ntulsm sno Lucy Rose. H., girl
AAnram and Ola Bell girl
.Io5epn and Carmella Cosrts,;ro -
oscar and Ethel Spencer. bov 0''
Seorse snd Helen Burns, boz
Luther and Mary Cockrell ri:i
H5opert and Rozelle Bolton. girl
James and Mary Baker, boy
James and Bertha Richs rdeon boy
Robert and Hattie Carrufhers 49,.
ChsrleS and VirRin.a Ross. bov
6tLfec ana Mabel De Graft ziri
Slenaro and Mary Smith. glrl.
SGeorge ana GuSSie Eel. eirl
Ssmlel and Gertrude Westneld. nov
WllllAm and Cutres Smith pav
Joseph and Ophelia Povsriis an
SsSmond and Gertrude Carter. girl
yeSse SlSse and Rosa Green, SRI,
CnarleS and Helen Wilson boz
Evening star., 1933-11-11
Deaths Reported.

Annie L. o 5rien. 6s. 1902 Otis St. ne
EhomaS Regan 81. 3222 Georgia ave.
Setta Rosen. Ga, 1853 Columbia I'd
EIchard R. Cowell. 81. 4OO5 2Ist ST. ne
Edward r, Lord 50, 3lO3 18th ST.
William Bayliss. 5S. GalIinger Hospital
Edward Miller So Emergency Hospital
Rose B. Sexton 81, 6l4 ID st. Sc.
John A. Mccarthy. So. 2S16 Bath St.
Minnie Hochman. 81, 1923 9th St
Harry M O'Brien, ~, 1921 Porter st
John b; OConnor. Al 7l3 Princeton 81
Joseph r Nalley. "a, Freedmen's Hospital
Aaebeu Anderson. 80. GEORGETOWN Uniyer-
sity Hospital
Norma D. Holman. % 6Is nth st. ne
pital.
Lewis A. Jinkins, infant Children's Hospital
Loythe N; Rutherford. infant Walter Reed
Hospital
William H. Young. so, 1905 9th st.
Thelme Posey. 20. 3O6 ! ST
Infant 20 Charles and Lillian Hill Children
HosrtteI
Evening star., 1933-11-11
MODERATE TEMPERATURE
FORECAST FOR CAPITAL
Weather Bureau Predicts Showers
Late Today or Tonight.
Clear Tomorrow.

Tomorrow's temperatures win he
moderate, the Weather Bureau forecast
today, after several days Of readings a
few degrees below normal. Rain prob
ably will start falling late this afternoon
or this evening, but will cease before to-
morrow, the forecaster said.
The weather and pressure conditions
over the Northeastern part of the com
try are still unsettled, bringing changes
frequently, the bureau pointed 0Dt In.
nights minimum will not be below sa
degrees. and possibly aDove, it was SAID
Next week probably win see ten1pera
lures above normal again,
Evening star., 1933-11-11
lYNCHING CONDEMNED
BY METHODIST BOARD
Resolution is Adopted Expressing
Horror at Increase in Such
LawIess Events.
BY the Associs ted Press.

by tIIt ASsOtla TED Press.
The Beard of Temperance. Prohfbj-
ton and Public Morals of the Methodist
Episcopal Church today made public a
resolution adopted by its Board Of Man
ayers in condemnation of lynching.
In view of the fact that Iynchinps
have recently increased in our country.
and in view, especially, of the lynching
OF colored man at Princess Anne. Nd
this board wishes to express its horror
for all such lawless events" the resolu-
ton stated.
A lynching. the resolution continued
gives to town an evil name, and even
II outsiders are the chief offenders, con-
meets such town for 80 or 40 years with
the reputation for such an event until
even guiltleSs citizens are made to share
blame that does not belong to them. +"
Evening star., 1933-11-11
COLD WEATHER DEPLETES
NEEDY CLOTHES STOCK
Salvation Army Appeals for Warm
Dresses TO Be Made Over for
School Children.

The cold weather of the past few days
has intensified the need for warm cloth
ing and shoes at the social service
branch of the Salvation Army, accord
ing to Brig. John G. MCGEE, director.
Supplies stored during the Summer
have been depleted in the past two
weeks, 1t was said, and need was
stressed for discarded Women's coats
and dresses which can be made over
into warm garments for needy school
children. Trucks will be sent to homes
where contributions are available.
Brig. MCGEE pointed out that needy
men and women are given jobs renovat-
ing and making over the discarded
clothing in shops at the social service
center.
Evening star., 1933-11-11
TABLEAU TO BE GIVEN
Red Cross Drive Will Be Aided by
Presentation at Fox.

A tahleau designed to aid the an
nual Red Cross drive was TO be pre-
sented at the Fox Theater this aft
ernoon between and $3.50 O'Clock.
Arranged by Miss Lila LaGarde, the
tableau depicts a working man and
woman and their family looking to a
Red Cross nurse for help.
Miss Sallie Hewes Phillips Is the
nurse in the tableau, while Miss Char
lotte Mayo and Paul Walter, with chill
dren selected from the Junior Red
Cross, viii form the group.
Evening star., 1933-11-11
MRS. ANNA u. SCHMIDT
EXPIRES AT RESIDENCE
Native of Port Huron. IIich.. Wa,
Well Known ss Christian
Scientist Worker.

MRS. Anna Uneer Schmidt. 50, vicow
ot Oswald Schmidt. died fodey a. ~,
residence, 2917 North Capitol street
a native of Port Huron. Mich Mrs
ecnnllot came to Washington about 30
years ago from Milwaukee. where sbe
hVed for number of years,
She was well known as A Christian
oclentlst practitioner and funeral serv-
ices VIII be conducted with those rites
at pm. ~" ,
MIS-. Schmidt is survived BY daugh-
tel; t Mrs Hlioa M. Hale, a son, Herman
.no Two grandchildren. Margerv Hale
and Herman Schmidt ir. 1''''
Evening star., 1933-11-11
FOUNDING OF NURSERY
SCHOOLS is DISCUSSED
Use of Federal Relief Funds on
Emergency Project Through
out q. S. Considered.

Plans for establishment of emergency
nursery schools throughout the country
with Federal relief funds. were discussed
yesterday at a conference of the Ad-
visory Committee on Emergency Pre-
Schools, at the Federal Office of Edu-
cation, in the Hurley Wright Building
Reports on initial surveys in Michi-
gan, Ohio, Iowa and Pennsylvania were
presented
Committee members attending repre-
sented the National Association for
Nursery Education, the Association for
Childhood Education, the National
Council Of Parent Education. the Office
of Education and the Federal Emer-
gency Relief Administration.
Evening star., 1933-11-11
Two TRUSTEES Fee Jail.

Two TRUSTEES at the District Jail yes
terday became tired of prison life and
took French leave. Their names were
recorded with the police as Pasel Bar
Der, 80, and Thomas Stanahan, 40.
They were serving Sentences Of 10 days
each for intoxication.
Evening star., 1933-11-11
BOYS BAND TO PLAY
Armistice Program to Be Presented
at Elks' Club Tonight.

me ElKs Boys Band, under the di
rev leotion Oh James l.. Kdwell. win pre-
SCI. Saa.,in an ArmlStice specially program this
certs to be given at the EIks' Club OH
H street. uO' 81
lawrence Leer, assistant conductor Of
me band, has arranged the music
ntuolng color 10 the program win be
sne appearance Of the band for the
tlrst time In its new red and blue uni
Evening star., 1933-11-11
LETTER DEMANDS $4,000
Sent to Grocer Whose Home Was
Target of Bomb.

Another letter making demand for
$4,000 of Joseph Puglisi, grocer. at
73 H street, where bomb was hurled
through the vestibule door of his home
Tuesday morning. is reported to have
been received by the merchant.
Word of the receipt of yesterdays
threatening letter was leceived by the
police from friend of the Puglisi
family ....-
Detectives. investigating the report,
were unable to locate Puglisi, who is
believed to have left the city.
Evening star., 1933-11-11
ALL FAVOR|TES OUT
Of BRIDGE TOURNEY
Women's Quartet Now
Looms as Likely Winner of
Vanderbilt Trophy.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, November 1.-THE
field was wide open today as four sur
viving teams entered the Semi-i1
knockout round of the Vanderbilt Cup
contract bridge team of four champion
ships.
Last nights quarter-finals removed
every top-heavy favorite from the lists.
Only one seeded team surviVed-a four
some composed entirely Of women.
On the basis of their showing, the
ladies have whatever shade of differ
ence may exist between the survivors.
They won to the semi-finals by super
lative bridge, showing under with 4,480
points the Atlanta, Ga. foursome which
had earned itself place in the sun by
toppling the defending champions.
At least two supposedly ''lnvincible"
combinations were out OF the running.
CuIbertson Four Beaten.
The Culbertsonian foursome. MIR. and
Mrs. Ely Culbertson, Theodore Light
Bernard Gone, Leo Bachrach. H. S.
Frankenheimer and Ira Strasser by
1.750 points. A narrower margin of
$50 points separated Oswald Jacoby,
David Burnstine, Michael I. Gottlieh
end Howard Schenken from their VIC
tors. Frank Rendon Benjamin Feuer
! Sidney Rusinow and Phil Abramsohn.
Just the same they were out.
These were the chief upsets, but great
interest attached to the defeat of the
Atlantans, William Barret. whose home
is Augusta; Whitner L. Cary. Mrs. J. I
Daniel and her son. Don Daniel. l8.
Playing against Elinor Murdock, a
native of Birmingham; Helen Bonwit,
Mrs. r. B. Fuller and Mrs. Mary
Clement. they led by 920 points at the
end of the "a boards played in the
afternoon.
Early Lead Overcome.
But after dinner. the women uncorked
some of the finest bridge displayed in
the tournament thus far. They wiped
out the Georgians' lead and went ON
to win.
The cold record of the hands tells
the story of their victory. Mrs. Clement
and Mrs. Fuller, for instance, playing
together for the first time in major
competition, took only one set in the
last "a boards.
Cary. commenting afterward, said the
Georgians had no alibis: they they
simply encountered superior bridge.
We met the best bridge of the tour
nament so far as we were concerned,
he said. land We lost-plenty."
Here is one of the hands that played
an important part in the downfall ol
the Georgians:
Evening star., 1933-11-11
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF
TODAU

TODAY
Lecture, DR.. B. w Maxwell. Eternal
WSoom and Divine Power" League for
.ns Larger Lie, l414 Sixteeath street
BIS pm ''i i0e''
IT, Meetlng Alpha Chi Sigma Fraternity
hamilton Hotel pm. '-''' .
sanquet. Junior Order. United Amer
"an Mechanics, Hamilton Hotel, 7 pm.
Dance, Tau Epsilon Phi Fraternity
Hamilton Hotel. 10 pm. '''S %
Evening star., 1933-11-11
Firemen to Give Dance.

GREATER CAPITOL HEIGHTS,
Md, November 1l.-Members of the
Greater Capitol Heights Volunteer Fire
Department will give an old-fashioned
country dance in its engine house to-
night.