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Evening star., 1933-12-24
Substitution Of Civilian
For Army Engineer.
TE suggestion Of Mrs. Elizabeth

l. Sullivan, second vice president
of the Federation of Citizens
Associations, that civilian engineer
be substituted for an Army engineer
commissioner has registered approval
in two influential directions. Mrs.
Sullivan's proposal was presented at
a meeting Of the Washingtonians in
the presence of Senator King, chair
man of the District Committee. It is
reported that the idea impressed the
Senator SO favorably that he de-
clared he will sponsor q bill for that
purpose in the coming session Of
Congress.
President Yaden has offered a
similar proposal In the Petworth
association which is now under con-
sideration by the Committee on Law
and Legislation of that body. The
idea Is by no means new but has not
been advocated for some time. A
modification of this plan which has
been sometimes discussed is for a
board of three civilian commits
sioners with an Army engineer de-
tailed as a city engineer. This, it Is
claimed, would give the benefit of
the engineering talent Of the Army
officer but place al Of the admin
istrative and municipal legislative
powers in the hands of strictly
civilian board.
Evening star., 1933-12-24
KENSINGTON CHAMBER
WILL HEAR FARM TALK
By a STAFF Correspondent of The Star.

BY STAFF Correspondent Of The Star.
KENSINGTON, Md, December 23.-
John Nathaniel Norton, former member
of the House of Representatives from
Nebraska and now field representative
of the Production Division, Department
of Agriculture, will address the Ken
sington Chamber of Commerce here
Wednesday night on the Agricultural
Program of the Administration.
In addition, James G. Yaden, presi-
dent of the Federation of Citizens As
sociations of the District of Columbia,
andeRobert e. Bondy of Edgemoor, pres
ident of the Montgomery County Civic
Federation, will speak at the meeting,
which is to be held in the local ele-
mentary school at 8 o'clock.
Evening star., 1933-12-24
TO RESTRICT SKATING

Eighth precinct police notified the
Chevy Chase Citizens Association Wed
nesday night that measures would be
taken to end the roller skating men
ace" to adult pedestrians in the area.
The situation will be met by creating
safety zones in various sections where
children may cut fancy figures on their
roller skates without interfering with
their elders. Lieut.. McGill Grove who
attended the meeting, asked that the
association select streets where roller
skating should be permitted without re-
striction.
A report probably will be made at the
next meeting in January or the matter
may be arranged without formality with
police ofilcialS.
Evening star., 1933-12-24
Confusion Of
Overlapping Territories.

Overl4pp1ng Te1r1t0f1eS.
TN CONNECTION with the attempt
to work out some sort Of neigh
borhood liquor local option the
old question Of the overlapping of
neighborhood association boundaries
again came to the front. This is a
problem with which the federation
has many times struggled, but never
found solution. The present atti-
tude of that body is to tender its
good offices In the settlement of
any boundary disputes. Maps made
from time to time at the District
Building show a most confusing
conflict Of area covered by a num-
ber Of these associations. There is
apparently no solution Of this prob
lem except through mutual agree
ment, for each of these associations
Is little democracy answerable
only to its own membership. These
bodies in Joining the Federation Of
Citizens Associations reserve all their
rights as independent bodies and
are In no way bound by any action
Of that body
The association boundaries are
much better defined than they were
some years ago. Many older lead
eN OF Wday recall tne p0unQarles
of the old Citizens Northwest
Suburban Association. as described
by its president, the late Col. Charles
Calvert Lancaster. At q hearing the
colonel was asked to bound the
territory covered by his association.
Without a moments hesitation he
replied, ION the east by the Atlantic
Ocean, on the west by the Pacific,
on the south by the Gulf Of Mexico
and on the north by the Aurora
Borealis."
The territory claimed by the old
East washington Citizens Associa-
ton was next in extent. It's ter
ritory was In the form Of q great
triangle bounded on the west by
North Capitol and South Capitol
streets and their extensions to the
District line. The northeastern and
southeastern boundaries Of the tri-
angle were the District line. More
than 20 neighborhood associations
are now working In this territory,
but the old association was never
really reconene1 to any Of these
invasions.
Evening star., 1933-12-24

was from the ground where the LIN
coin Memorial rejecting pool now is
located.
When bids were submitted to the
Federal Government for Its first air.
plane in 1908, Young was among the
bidders. The contract, however, was
awarded to the Wrights.
He has been instrumental in staging
number of aerial exhibitions In and
near the Capital. One Of the most
successful Of these was IN 1910, at Col
lege Park, Md, where q world record
was established, when six planes new
at the same time He also assisted In
promoting the first exhibit In the Dis
trict, staged In Convention Han IN con-
junction with IN automobile show, the
same year be gave up his Tying.
Evening star., 1933-12-24
BY JESSE c. sUTER.

- ANITA CLAUS is q very real
person to organized civic
washington, but there Is
~ distinct disagreement as to
his identity. There is q grow
ing suspicion, however, that his cor
rect initials are G. w. A. and there
are substantial grounds upon which
Evening star., 1933-12-24

w SoscS 6aSAA 5ssS
picion.
No small boy
or girl in the
District Is more
anxious to know
just what Old
Santa has in his
bag for them
than our civic
bodies are to
know what old
@. w. A. Santa
has in his bag
In the way Of
benefits for those
Of our popula-
ton who need
assistance.
The Board Of
Evening star., 1933-12-24
With D. C. Civic Organizations
n Civic improvement List for Santa Claus-Donbf
Arises Over Which Is Oldest Gronp-More
Federation Income Sought.

trio Power Co. These companies
have found it Is decidedly worth
while to acquaint the public with
their problems, their plant and
their methods of work. A better
understanding and spirit of CO.
operation has resulted from these
contacts and the same win prob
ably be true in the case Of the Po-.
lice Department.
Evening star., 1933-12-24
HAzEN OUTLINES
BROOKLANDPLAN
Storm Sewer Near Compile
tion and Many Highway
Projects Yet to Come.

Important improvements which are
being made or have been planned for
the territory included in the boun-
daries Of the Brookland Citizens Asso-
ciation were outlined by Commissioner
Melvin c. Hazen at a meeting of the
organization during the past week.
He discussed the storm water sewer
which is being completed along Mich
igan avenue from Fourteenth street to
Queens Chapel road, and east along Up
shur street to Twentieth street. This
improvement, he explained, would pro-
vide for the abandonment Of the stream
in the section and filling Of low points
in the terrain.
Viaduct Funds Lacking.
When the development is completed.
water In Michigan avenue valley would
be possible
The building of the Michigan avenue
viaduct, he pointed out. has been au-
thorized by Congress, but cannot be
carried out until funds are made
available.
A list Of improvements which have
been made possible under funds pro-
vided for the District under the civil
works program will include the build
ing of storm water sewer in Four
UcCutIl SGIccI 1IOtu N1lC11lSdu avenue 10
Quincy street.
Highway Improvements Cited.
Highway improvements, also financed
under the civil works program. he said.
include Michigan avenue northeast
from Tenth to Fourteenth streets; Otis
street. Twelfth to Thirteenth street
northeast; Perry street northeast from
Thirteenth to Fourteenth; Jackson
street northeast Fifteenth to Sixteenth
street; Irving street northeast from
Thirteenth to Fourteenth street; Kear-
ney street northeast, from Seventh to
Eighth street. and Eighteenth street
northeast from Otis street to Bunker
Hill road.
Alleys in the section also will be
included in the program.
Evening star., 1933-12-24
Commissioner Hearings
Not . New Idea.

ENERAL approval seems to be
" given to the suggestion that
the Commissioners follow up
their liquor control hearings by es-
tablishing as a fixed policy the
holding Of hearings on ali legislative
proposals before reporting to Con-
gress. Such practice would be to
follow In the footsteps of their pred
ecessors in 1926.
In October, 1926, the Commits
sioners adopted q plan under which
public hearings were to be held on
all proposed legislation upon which
public sentiment Is divided. The
idea had q good start, but faded out
Is legislative proposals multiplied.
There Is probably no single act of
the Commissioners which would
prove 50 popular as giving the peo-
pie an opportunity to express their
views on pending and prospective
legislation before framing reports to
Congressional Committees.
Evening star., 1933-12-24
MATT|NGLy TELLS
OF OLD DAYS HERE
Judge Recalls Horse.Car
Days and Many Narrow
Escapes He Had.

Days when boys stole rides on the
back stoops of horse-drawn street cars
and when South Washington COW own
ers sold fresh milk daily to their neigh
bors were recalled by Judge Robert E.
Mattingly in a reminiscing address be-
fore the Southwest Citizens Association
last week.
'T was what was called in those times
q 'wharf-rat,' he said, because most OF
my time was spent under and on the
wharves, fishing and swimming, while
playing truant from school," He recalled
how he was nearly drowned three times
before learning to swim, was run over
by an ice wagon once, kicked in the
head by a horse, and knocked uncon-
scious when buried under big pile OF
bricks which had fallen on him.
Arsenal Was Stamping Ground.
Another favorite stamping ground
of mine was what was known as the
Arsenal, at the extreme southern end
of the city, where now are located the
War College and the Washington Bar
racks. There many days were idled
away, and many days visits made to the
old stable where Mrs. Surratt, Payne,
Atzerodt and Herold were executed for
their alleged participation in the foul
conspiracy to assassinate the lamented
Abraham Lincoln.
with me, though, there was nothing
30 inviting as the river. My father and
mother often spoke of the steamer, the
Great Eastern, supposed to be a Lev1a-
than of that early period. But recall
most vividly the Lady of the Lake, the
Jane Mosely, the Excelsior. the Arrow
smith and the old w. w. Corcoran. We
use to sit on the wharves and watch
the vessels from the lower Potomac and
the Chesapeake Bay unload their flsh,
oysters, melons and other produce" !"
Speaking of the old wreck that stood
for many years on the shore to the
south of Jackson City, and near the
that it was here he had his left hand
blown off completely by the explosion of
q double-barreled shotgun.
MANY of us will remember the days
when flats, marshes and cat-tails -four
ished in the river opposite the wharves,
and how gunners flocked there for birds
and other game. But now," he pointed
out. "the area is a beautiful park, with
golf links, tennis courts, swimming
pools affording many pleasures"
Old Characters Recalled.
Recalling some of the old characters
of the Island" he described Dan and
John Toomey as probably the two most
famous and notorious of the time, the
gladiators Of whom every man, woman
and child were afraid" Another char
acter of the Island" was Pat Cullinane,
who laid the wooden blocks on Four
and-a-half street, that soon decayed.
Many names of the old denizens of the
Southwest were recalled-the Johnsons,
Wimsatts, Stephensons, Harveys, Tunes,
Dants, Boarmans and many others.
Contrasting the present system of
transportation with the old, he spoke of
the old belt line that started at the
Peace Monument and circled the city,
vending its way around Northwest, back
to the Island" and then down Mary
land avenue to the Peace Monument
again.
Evening star., 1933-12-24

Renewed efforts to bring about con.
kolidation of the Washington ano
Hoover Airports across the Potomac
River in Arlington County will be un-
dertaken in the near future by the
Aviation Committee of the Washington
Chamber of Commerce.
In making this known yesterday, OIL
cials of the trade body indicated funds
would be sought from the Public Works
Administration for acquisition of the
properties and for carrying out OF ex-
tensive improvements.
Took Part in Hearings.
This group, which has long cham
pioned the idea of linking these two
fields, now separated by Military road
last year participated in hearings be-
fore q House Committee, in which II
urged consolidation Of the airports and
their. leasing by the Federal Govern
ment.
John s. wynne, chairman Of the
Aviation Committee, announced ar
rangements are now being made tc
hold meeting at which this highly
important matter will be taken up.
It is pointed out that the need foI
a better landing field for the National
Capital is generally recognized. With
the increase in air traffic during recent
months, conditions at the airport have
become steadily more and more con-
,gested. Chamber officials feel public
works funds might adequately be used
sto acquire the property and to develop
Ia modern, improved airport, placed
sunder the operation Of Federal de-
,partment.
Several efforts have been made In
fthe past to have the Military road
Y fthoroughfare between the two airports
tabandoned.
Property Owners Aided.
=; Through the efforts Of the Washing
ston Board Of Trade, the plight of nearly
900 property owners in Southwest Wash
ington, who claim their properties have
been beclouded because of failure OF
the Government to purchase them as
was authorized by Congress in the public
buildings act of 1926, was this week
brought directly to the attention Of the
President and of the Public Works Ad-
ininistration.
The Board of Trade sponsored a
petition, to which was affixed the sig
natures of the property owners, asking
the President to direct the purchase OF
Evening star., 1933-12-24
Thursday, December 2S.

Conduit Road Citizens Association,
3 pm, Community Church. Program
Discussion of liquor control. discussion
Of electric light rates, report on list Of
C. w. A improvements submitted. dis
cussion Of street car transfer system,
address by Llewellyn Jordan on Chain
Bridge"
Evening star., 1933-12-24
lATTEMPT TO MERGE
H AIRPORTS REVIVED
Appreciation Expressed for Wide Response
to "Buy-Early' Campaign-Film on
District Widely Distributed.

the designated properties with >public
works funds.
The land referred to was slated for
purchase by the Government as part
of the vast public building program
mapped In 1926. After purchasing some
land in each of 20 squares In the area
adjacent to the Capitol and Botanical
Gardens. the economy act prevented
proceeding with the acquisition Of all
the property.
The request of these owners is now
being studied by the Office Of Frederic
A. Delano, chairman Of the National
Planning Board, and some form OF
recommendation is expected in the
near future.
Appreciation Expressed.
James e. Collihower, president Of the
Merchants and Manufacturers Asso-
citation, yesterday expressed the graft
tude Of the merchants Of the city and
Of the post ofice for the response OF
Washingtonians to the annual "Shor
Early Early" campaign Of the
organization.
The trade body official said as a re-
suit of this effort the burden placed
on retailing establishment employees
otAA Roob O41SC WOAhCAo Aldo 0CCh oAo
tributed more evenly over the Christ
mas buying :>criod.
"As always" Mr. Collif1ower said
there was the eleventh-hour rush, but
this year it was not as severe because
Of the growing tendency toward early
buying Of gift merchandise. This prac-
tice, promoted by merchants all over
the country and encouraged by wom-
ems organizations, is becoming more
and more appreciated by the buying
public
Washington Film Popular.
The Greater National Capital Com
n1ittee of the Washington Board OF
Trade announces wide distribution OF
a moving picture film showing the
"highlights" of the National Capital.
The United Newsreel Corporation OF
America, according to Curtis Hodges
director of the committee, will feature
washington as one in series of travel
ogues entitled THE American Explorer. ~
The film, 'Washington-the Worlds
Greatest National Capital" sponsored
by the Greater National Capital Com
mittee, Is being shown widely by organ.
izations and educational institutions.
Evening star., 1933-12-24
Increased Income
for Citizens Federation.
IF A RESOLUTION of the Pet
i worth Citizens Association


i worth Citizens Association
should meet with the approval
OF the federation, that body would
be provided with more ample funds
to carry on its work. It is proposed
to authorize the federation to levy
and collect assessments from its
member bodies, based on member
ship, In addition to the present an
nual dues of $40.
The present rate Of dues yields an
income OF q trif1e more than $500
per year. Numerous attempts have
been made over a period of years to
increase the income, but without
success. One of. the first acts of
James G. Yaden, the present presi-
dent OF the federation. when he first
appeared as a delegate in that body
was q vain attempt to give the fed
Grafton more money.
The Federation of Women's Clubs
has system of graduated financial
support which Is believed to Weld a
larger income than that of the citf-
zens' federation.
These same resolutions urge the
publication Of an annual directory
OF organized citizenship which will
include the complete list Of its
members. Several of the associa-
tions have in the past published
lists Of their members, but this pro-
posal for the federation to publish
the complete roster is new. The
Lincoln Park association Is planning
to get out its usual year book giving
its committees and entire roster and
other pertinent information.
Evening star., 1933-12-24
Wednesday. December 81.

Rhode Island Avenue Citizens Asso-
citation, 8 pm, Sherwood Presbyterian
Church. Program-Hearing on liquor
control report.
Evening star., 1933-12-24
Which Is the Oldest
Citizens Association?

THE writer has several times re-
i Gently been asked which of the
citizens associations is the old
est. The old East Washington asso-
ciahon has. on numerous occasions.
claimed this distinction, but whether
its claim is valid is not known. A
postcard notice Of the South WASH
ington Citizens Association, an
nouncing q meeting to be held at
the Fairbrother School on November
-, 1924, makes this interesting
claim: I'VE Will celebrate at this
meeting" the I.otice reads, "our 81
years as a citizens association, be-
ing the Oldest In Washington. This
would make South Washington ex-
actly so years old at the present
time. Just how these associations
rank as to seniority Is a matter of
civic interest. Some people might
hesitate to tell their age, but this
can hardly apply to associations, SO
why should not this information be
forthcoming?
Evening star., 1933-12-24
Civic Calendar
Yule Carols. Liquor Con-
troll and c. w. A. Projects
on Citizens Programs.

Tuesday, December rs.
Logan Thomas Circle Citizens ASso-
ciation, pm, Northminster Church.
Frogram-Committ reports. Christ
mas carol singing and refreshments.
The Washington times., 1933-08-30
u S. Agencies
To- War on
Hoarding
By International News Service

BY international News service
Armed with the Presidents
executive order against gold
hoarders, Government agencies
today were engaged in a COM
bined drive to squeeze out Of
hiding all boarded gold in the
country. Attorney General Cum
mings said:
"The Executive Order issued
by the President supplies an
efficient means of reaching
hitherto unidentified individuals
who are holding gold, gold coin
or gold certificates contrary to
public interest.
"Such persons are required to
make written return of their
holdings on forms issued by the
Government for that purpose,
and the continued holding Of
gold contrary to the terms of
the Executive Order, will con-
Stitute an Offense."
Detailed instructions are to be
issued by the Treasury Depart
ment, while the Department Of
Justice continued it's own work
of checking already known
hoarders, who must comply with
the order or be liable.
The Washington times., 1933-08-30
Suicide Attempts and Court Writs Fail
AS Love Conquers All for Re-Wed Pair
Youth andHis Ex-Wife
Run Away Again
to Rockville

Love never died with them.
Troubled waters in the sea of
matrimony nearly wrecked love,
but it never died.
And yesterday they proved it.
Elizabeth Love Burnett, 81, was
married again to William Harper
Dean, jr., son of prominent
United States Chamber of Com
merce official, whom she divorced
some time ago.
Yesterday they ran off to Rock
vile for the second time in two
and a half years and the knot
was retied-a knot which was
united amidst attempts at suicide
and a writ Of habeas corpus.
Wed in 1892
On Christmas Eve in 1882,
young Dean, then 81 years old,
and Miss Burnett, granddaughter
of Judge William D. Love, Of the
Board of Tax Appeals, were mar
ried in Rockville.
Six months later, seeking writ
o. habeas corpus against his wife's
parents, requesting them to pro-
duce his wife and show cause
why she should not live with him,
the young husband charged that
the girls mother and father had
taken her away without her con-
sent, and were keeping her from
him.
That was after he had tried
suicide three times and after the
bride of six months was said to
have taken an overdose Of a sleep
ing potion which sent her to the
Laurel Sanitarium.
Writ Denied
The writ was denied and the
girl went to her parents home in
San Antonio, Tex, where she
established a residence and was
divorced.
1--WE couldn't get along then"
That was her comment follow
ing her remarriage to young Dean.
But we'll make q go Of it
now. We loved each other all
the time"
Young Dean is a student at Co
lumbus University. The pair will
leave Washington shortly for his
fathers summer estate near Ber-
ryville, Va.
Parents in Texas
The girls father and mother
are leaving Washington today for
San Antonio, where Mr.. Burnett
will assume his new duties as a
member of the veterans board
The Washington times., 1933-08-30
FAILS
SCHR0DT QUIZ

Because Of lack Of evidence, q
coroner's jury last night, studying
the death of Mrs. Ella M. Schrodt,
common law wife Of John C..
Mulligan, returned a verdict that
she came to her death from the
hands of some unknown person.
Mulligan was put on $4,000
bond which he has not yet raised,
pending any charge that the
police may later put on him.
BY agreement of States At
torney Alan Bowie and Mulligan's
lawyer, Wilson Ryan, Mulligan
was placed on bond pending fur
ther investigation. Mulligan was
at the hearing but was not ques-
toned.
A second charge Of possession
of intoxicating liquors, placed
against Mulligan, drew a $100
bond.
Mulligan, 80, was arrested
August IA when Mrs. Schrodt was
found dead in bed, a deep cash
across her temple. Both had
worked for a Washington jewelry
firm and had lived together in
Mt. Rainier for seven years, it was
said by police.
The Washington times., 1933-08-30
OSMAN ADMITS
RED LEAN|NGS

CRISTOBAL, P. C. T., Aug. 80
GN.SD.-Corporal Robert Osman,
U. S. A., testifying in his own
defense today before court
martial at Fort Sherman trying
him on espionage charges, ad,
mitted that he approved "some
Of the ends sought by Com
munism," but added:
II do not approve the means
by which they are accom-
plished."
The prosecution is seeking to
prove that Osman sent docu-
ments containing military infor-
nation to a Communist group
in New York. Osman said:
'T was detailed as a clerk
with a key to the secret dOcu-
ment file, but that file was
kept inside majors desk
where others could have OBJ.
tanned secret documents"
The corporal denied he had
ever mailed documents of any
nature to New York, though he
admitted he had frequently cor
responded with Frema Harry, a
Brooklyn woman, whose name
was brought into the case in
testimony given yesterday. He
had known her, he said. since
1927.