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Evening star., 1934-10-07
SOUTHEAST CITIZENS
CONSIDER new POST
Would Have Financial Secretary
Who Would Get Percentage
of Dues Collected.

Several changes in its constitution
and bylaws, chief among them being
the addition OF a financial secretary
to its roster Of officers, are being con-
sidered by the Southeast Citizens As
sociation. The proposed revisions will
be voted on at the next meeting, Oc-
tober 80.
Under the proposed changes, all
financial duties, such as collecting
dues and paying bills, which now are
handled by the recording secretary,
would revert to the Office of the
financial secretary. This officer would
receive, in lieu of any salary, a per-
centage 'on all membership dues col
lected.
Another recommendation by the
Revisions Committee calls for the ap-
pointnent of a permanent standing
Historical Committee. The commit
tee also recommends the salary of the
treasurer be changed from $l2 to So
per year.
Two other reports are scheduled at
the next meeting. One Of these is by
j. G. Lane on the present system of
teaching spelling in the District pub
lie schools as compared with the old
system. The other report is on the
question of the feasibility Of publish
ing a yearbook similar to the one pub
lished by the Lincoln Park Citizens
Association.
President William A. Maio also has
announced the annual election of Of
flcers at the next meeting, which will
be held in the Buchanan School,
Thirteenth and D streets southeast.
Evening star., 1934-10-07
TRAFFIC SAFETY
COURSE TO BEGIN
SOON IN SCHOOLS
Seventeen Films Showing
D. c. Scenes Exhibited
Throughout World.

Students in grades ga and lo-A
in the public school system Of the
District Of Columbia soon will be-
gin a study of trafic safety as a part
Of their regular curriculum.
The inclusion of the course has
been arranged by the Washington
Board of Trades Traffic Committee,
under Craftsmanship Of Wallace B.
Robinson, as a part Of the traffic
safety campaign now being carried
on throughout the city.
The text book for the course has
been prepared especially for the
Board of Trade by ]. Russell Craig,
safety director Of Pennsylvania In
IDENTITIES, Inc, and is entitled
Hand Book for Teaching Auto Traf-
fic Rules in Washington High
Schools"
The safety course will consist of
IL lessons, and certificate Of
satisfactory work in the course will
be accepted by Traffic Director
w. A. Van Duzer in lieu of the oral
examinations by the Traffic Bureau
to applicants for District drivers IL
censes.
Details of furnishing the books to
the schools Of the city will be at
tended to Immediately, according to
Robinson. who added it is hoped to
extend the course to parochial and
private schools.
Evening star., 1934-10-07
PARTY FOR ALL PLANNED
FOR BURLEITH OPENING

Burleith Citizens Association win
open the seasons activities Tuesday
night with q dance and card party,
to be held at the Admiral, 1910
Rhode Island avenue.
Plans, in charge Of j. s. GorreIl
and c. 8. Embrey, call for both
bridge and five hundred.
In formal announcement 1t is
stated that all residents Of Burleith,
young and old, whether association
members or not, are welcome, and
there will be no membership solicita-
ton. 1t is jocularly added on this
point that the membership manager
and the secretary-treaSurer will be
locked In the cellar for the occasion"
Members Of the Ticket Committee
include: Mrs. Gordon Daisley, Mrs,
Charles S. Embrey, Mrs. Harry Rad
cliffe, Mrs. Paul Frizzell, Mrs. Robert
Wood, Mrs. F. B. Mayors, Capt.
Walter G. Ellis, r. 3. Squires, Mrs,
Paul McCrea, Gordon Z. Clark, Mrs.
Raymond Taylor, Mrs. r. Bruce
Horsfan and Mrs. J. B. Gwin.
Evening star., 1934-10-07
H|LLCREST PARADE
WITH TORCH[|GHTS
IS SET FOR FRIDAY
Will Celebrate Completion Of
Repaving of Alabama
Avenue Southeast.

Elaborate plans are being completed
by the Hillcrest Citizens Association
for the torchlight parade to be staged
on Alabama avenue southeast Friday
night to celebrate the repaving Of the
avenue.
Capt. Herbert C. Whitehurst, direc-
tor Of highways, has consented to
deliver the opening address prior to
the parade. Miss Nancy Lee Faucet,
daughter of the Rev. Glenn B. Fau-
cett of the East Washington Heights
Baptist Church, will cut the tape
marking the actual beginning Of the
parade.
Other addresses, possibly by one Of
the District Commissioners, who have
been invited, will be made at the con-
clusion of the celebration at the
junction of Good Hope Hill, Naylor
road and Alabama avenue southeast.
Three bands already have agreed to
take part in the parade. Rudolph
Malth, president Of the Hillcrest Cit
liens Association and chairman Of
the parade, announced yesterday.
They are the Veterans Of Foreign
Wars, the Victory Post and the
Hillcrest Bands, the latter consisting
of some of the members of the United
States Marine Band, who will parade
in civilian dress.
Other aggregations invited to take
part include: the Fort Stephens, Co.'S
tello Post, Washington Boys Inde-
pendent and Elks Boys Bands.
One of the novel features of the
celebration will be several hundred
vsricolored torchlights and flares.
Floats from the various civic and
ticipate, besides several uniformed
marching bodies, including Jobs
Daughters.
The actual parade will begin at
the intersection of Alabama and Penn
sylvania avenues southeast at pm.
The participants are to proceed west
on Alabama avenue to the Stanton
School, located at the top Of Good
Hope Hill, Naylor road and Alabama
avenue. The parade is to end at this
point, at which time the awards for
the best floats will be made Imme-
diately afterward there will be a
W
which the public is invited at no
admission charge.
The Hillcrest Citizens Association
has been the primary factor in or
ganizing this celebration, particularly
its president, Mr.. Malth. Other civic
bodies in the Southeast section have
been invited to participate
Among these is the Summit Park
Association, which in friendly spirit
is planning to move up to Thursday
its regularly scheduled meeting from
Friday. the night of the parade.
Besides officials previously an
nounced are Mrs. George Absher, who
is in charge of paraphernalia for the
marchers. and the following hostesses:
Mrs. Rudolph Malth, Mrs. Russell
Hickernell, Mrs. Otho r. Smith, Mrs.
Charles E. Foster, Mrs. C. A. Brode,
Mrs. James H. Reed, Mrs. Vernice
Absher, Mrs. J. J. MacGregor and
Mrs. Robert H. Worrall.
Evening star., 1934-10-07

funds are expended. 1t is most Ger
tainly not a contribution to pay a
just obligation"
This Government share, he thinks,
should be definite fixed proportion,
which would not be less than the
Government would pay as its pro-
portionate share if it were a private
property owner, plus an amount for
the maintenance, expansion and
Identification of its own National
City on the magnificent scale planned
from the beginning.
In conclusion Mr.. Owen urged that
any reorganization plan should recog-
nize and retain the advantages of
our present government which has
long been known to be one of the
cleanest and most free from corrup-
ton of any in the country. He fears
that the introduction of politics for
the filling of local offices might bring
about some of the conditions which
have been so unsatisfactory and costly
in other large cities of the country.
Evening star., 1934-10-07
Films Show Capital.

Seventeen copies of films showing
the beauties of Washington and
titled The Worlds Greatest National
Capital" are now in circulation, dis
tributed by the Greater National
Capital Committee.
In the Liverpool, England, and
Glasgow, Scotland, Offices Of the Cum
ard White Star Line the films are
shown every day. Two copies have
been placed in the Hamburg of1ce
and two in the Bremen Office Of the
Hamburg American Lne-North Ger
man Lloyd Steamship Co.
Much interest is being displayed
in the copy of the film now being
shown in the University of Hawaii,
according to reports received by the
Greater National Capital Committee.
The University of Boston, University
of Kansas and University Of Colorado
extension divisions are distributing a
copy each of the film.
Throughout the Rocky Mount dis
trict scenes of Washington are being
brought to the people through the
film distributed by the University Of
Colorado.
The Kelly Studios in Erie, Pa, are
showing a copy of the film TO the
schools in Pennsylvania.
For the last two years the Washing
ton film has been shown in the south
lecture room of the Hall Of Science
at the Century of Progress. The
Southern States have been getting
look at the reel in the World Won
der Car, which has Just completed
tour of the South and carries the
film as one of its exhibits.
Merton Heiss of the Kiwanis Inter
national has film in Chicago at the
Kiwanis headquarters, which is to be
shown constantly for the next two
months.
Due to the numerous inquiries re-
ceived by the committee for copies
of the film, plans are being made to
have 10 additional copies made. Cur
tbs Hodges, director of the Greater
National Capital Committee, said.
Evening star., 1934-10-07
WAR ON RADIATOR CAPS
ABANDONED BY CITIZENS

Sharp-beaked birds, Indians with
pointed elbows, stream-n lined dogs and
similar radiator-cap ornaments will 90
right on being a menace to pedestrians
as far as members of the Southeast
Citizens Association are concerned.
No longer will they wage a fight to
have such ornaments abolished.
After several unsuccessful attempts
by a special committee to have Dis
trict officials obtain some sort Of leg
islation prohibiting automobile owners
to use such ornaments on their cars,
the association, at Q recent meeting,
voted to disband the committee, that
had been headed by Vernis Absher.
The problem was first brought to the
attention Of the group last April
Evening star., 1934-10-07
WORK FOR BETTER FILMS
is DROPPED BY CITIZENS

The Nationwide church campaign
to clean up" motion pictures has
obtained such good results that the
West End Citizens Association Cen
sorship Committee has decided fur
ther work will be unnecessary, Charles
Norris, chairman, said yesterday.
I'VE have abandoned the commit
tee work." he declared, "and will
await the decision Of the association
as to whether or not a District plan
still should be worked out"
Tentative plans Of the committee
called for classification of moving pic
lures to indicate what type audience
should see them.
Other members Of the committee
are: Mrs. Giles Scott Rafter, DR..
William p. Herhst and william r.
Brown.
Evening star., 1934-10-07
Looks Like Whittier School
Will Get It's Assembly Hall.


ITO THOSE who know the his
tory of the Whittier School
and the Manor Park Citi-
zens' Association, the return to
the presidency of the association
Of Ernest H. Pullman can mean
but one thing-an assembly hall
for the Whittier School. Mr.. Pull
man was the first president and
founder of the Manor Park body
and it was due in large part to
his tireless energy that appro-
priations were secured for the
site and later for the erection of
the building and its addition. If
there ever was a civic worker to
stick by a project, that fellow was
Ernest Pullman. He became a
veritable nightmare to members of
House and Senate as we'll as
school and District officials They
just had to give him what he
wanted in order to get rid of him.
Last Winter the association cele-
brated its 10th anniversary in the
long, narrow corridor of the.
school, which had to be pressed
into service as a poor substitute
for an assembly hall. One of the
principal features on the evenings
program was an address by Sena-
tor King, chairman of the Senate
District Committee. The Senator
spoke from the center of the cor
ridor and had great difficulty turn
ing completely around to face his
long, narrow audience. He was
much impressed with the made
quacy of the improvised audito-
rum and promised to get an ap-
preparation for an assembly hall.
Those who know Pullman are sure
that the only escape for the Sena-
tor is to be defeated this Fall for
reelection.
1t is predicted that Senator King
will take part in the dedication
Of the Whittier assembly hall in
the near future.
Evening star., 1934-10-07
STATUS
FOR SCHOOL URGED
Beaver Heights Tuxedo Unit
Also Seeking Through
Bus to City.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

TUXEDO, Nd, october 6.-Decision
to renew efforts to have the Bladens-
burg Junior High School made a
four-year or senior institution was
reached by the Beaver Heights Tux
edo Citizens Association at its meet
ing this week in the fire house here.
This action was taken after the
School Committee of the association,
Mrs. Lulu Watts, chairman, submitted
a report stating a survey it had
conducted showed the BladenSburg
School was ideally located for a
senior high school, that its IL acres
gave ample room for recreation and
other needs and that it would be
cheaper to convert it into a four-year
institution than build new senior
school.
The association adopted the re-
port and directed its secretary to
write Nicholas Orem, county super
intendent of schools, setting forth
the committees findings.
Reports on Flood Menace.
James r. Steele, president, reported
on the status of efforts to relieve the
Bladensburg section of the flood men,
ace and named a committee to CO.
operate with the committee OF the
Greater Bladensburg District Citizens
Association to obtain relief.
Albert Waskum, Mrs. Steele and
Mrs. Henry Eskite were named men,
bers of the Transportation Committee
to work with the Transportation Com
mittee of the Greater Bladensburg
District Citizens Association, w. R..
Beattie, chairman, with the idea OF
obtaining concerted action in efforts
to get through-bus service to down.
town Washington for residents Of this
section.
1t was announced by President
Steele that efforts of the association
to have the Addison Chapel road from
Beaver Heights to Seat Pleasant re-
surfaced have succeeded and the thor
oughfare now is in good condition.
j Ills IOdQ GuIS Ull DCFCIdl uiAICc OlA tiiC
trip from the upper to the lower Sec
ton of the county, making it unneces-
sary to go by way of Washington.
Eyesores Removed.
Mrs. Wilbur Eskite, chairman OF the
Sanitation Committee, reported that
through the efforts of the committee
many landscape eyesores had been
eliminated during the past year.
Einar Mortenson, chairman of the
Ways and Means Committee, an
nounced his group planned a meeting
for the near future to raise funds for
a Christmas tree program and relief
work during the holidays. He said he
had added to the committee Mrs.
Steele, Mrs. Henry Eskite, Mrs. Ennis
Woodward and Mrs. Wilbur Eskite.
President Steele announced he would
call meeting Of committee chairmen
soon to plan the years work.
Evening star., 1934-10-07
MONDAY, OCTOBER 8.

Congress Heights Citizens Associa-
ton, pm, Congress Heights school.
Program-Report of Nominating Com
mittee, report of delegates to the
projected Joint Conference of South
east Citizens Associations; plans to
secure South Capitol Street Bridge.
Hillcrest Citizens Association, 8
m, East Washington Heights Baptist
Church. Program-Report from stand
ing committees with appointment to
work in conjunction with the projected
Joint Conference Of Southeast Citi-
zens' Associations; plans to rush to
completion the proposed Oxen Run
sewer project; report on paving Of
Alabama avenue southeast.
Kalorama Citizens Association, 8
pm, 2127 Bancroft place. Program
Plans to secure a permanent meeting
place; appointment of Nominating
Committee.
Northeast Citizens Association, 8
pm. Ludlow School. Program-Exec-
utive Committee report on proposed
reorganization of District Govern
ment; Public Utilities Committee re-
port and discussion of proposed re-
routing of street cars and busses; an
nual election.
Park View Citizens Association, 8
pm, Park View Platoon School.
Program - Discussion of rerouting
plans; moving pictures from Agricul-
ture Department on National Parks;
discussion of plans to secure branch
library and an extension to Roosevelt
High School; talk by a Red Cross
representatives; refreshments.
Piney Branch Citizens Association,
8 pm, Roosevelt High School. Pro-
gram-Report from Capt. G. L. Shorey
and discussion of rerouting; discus
sion of local items for inclusion in
1886 budget.
Stanton Park Citizens Association,
8 pm, Peabody School. Program
Annual election; report on plans to
increase membership; action on pro-
posed joint conference of Northeast
Citizens Association; report from
Harry N. Stull, chairman of Laws and
Supervision Committee, on recent
budget hearings.
Takoma Park Citizens Association,
7:30 pm, Takoma Park Branch Lii
brary, Fifth and Cedar streets. Pro-
gram-Address by Capt. ]. c. Morgan
of No. 6 police precinct; Executive
Committee report and discussion of
District milk prices; discussion Of re-
routing; action to secure sewer in
the Sligo Valley section; action to Sc
cure the following items for inclusion
in the 1896 budget: Paving of Van
Buren, street from Blair road to Piney
Branch road, the paving of Sixth
street from Van Buren street to Whit
tier street and appropriations for
preparation of plans for the proposed
Manor Park Senior High School.
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 9.
Cathedral Heights Cleveland Park
Citizens Association, 8 pm, Parish
Hall of st. Adams Church. Program
Annual election; action to change
regular meeting date from the first
Monday to second Tuesday of each
month; action on proposed constitu-
ton changes.
Forest Hills Citizens Association, 8
pm, Ben w. Murch School. Program
Action on local coming problems:
Evening star., 1934-10-07
Rerouting Street Railways
On the Installment Plan.

RGANIZED civic Washington
is encouraged by the approval
on Thursday last of another
installment in the rerouting
of the transportation system.
The first installment, which has
been approved by the Joint
Board, composed Of the Dis
trict Commissioners and the Pub
lie Utilities Commission, was a
very simple one-the installation
of curves into Pennsylvania ave-
nue. from Ninth street and the
loop east of Seventh street,
through C street and Sixth street
back into Pennsylvania avenue.
This will do away with the dead
end on Ninth street below the
Avenue.
The latest installment, passed
by the Utilities Commission on
Thursday, will have to be ap-
proved by the joint boards before
becoming effective. 1t is really
the first important link in the
rerouting program and takes the
cars OF of both P street and Dunn
barton avenue from Wisconsin
avenue to Dupont Circle. Curves
are to be placed at Wisconsin
avenue and M street and all the
cars routed down M street. There
will be no present relocation of
the plow pit on Wisconsin ave-
nue., but the underground con-
struction will be substituted for
the overhead trolley between NJ
street and P street on Wisconsin
avenue.
The busseS which will take the
place of the cars on Dumbarton
avenue and P street will operate
on the regular street car fare and
will be required to provide seats
for the same number of persons as
the cars to be abandoned.
The Commission also decided to
route the cars around the east side
of Dupont Circle with a single
track and change the double track
on the west side to single. The
exact location of these tracks has
not yet been determined, whether
in the middle of the roadway or
next to the curb.
In connection with the decision
that bus fare on the new lines
through Georgetown shall be the
same as the street car fare,
recommendation of the peoples
counsel is of interest. In this
recommendation Mr. Roberts urges
that the fare on the Burleith-
Trinidad bus line be reduced to the
regular street car fare on the
ground that it is a basic service
not covered by or in competition
with any other line.
Approval of other installments
Of rerouting, which are favored by
all of the experts, are expected to
follow in short order, leaving the
more complicated and more con-
troversial items for later action.
Among these are the necessary
curves at Eighteenth street and
Columbia road to permit routing
Chevy Chase loop cars through
Columbia road and Connecticut
avenue and the required crossing
to send Georgia avenue cars down
Seventh street.
Evening star., 1934-10-07
Legislative Program
of the Commissioners.

of the Commissioners.
a TENTATIVE legislative pro-
~ gram was announced by the
Commissioners last week and
last night was explained to the
Federation of Citizens Associa-
tions by Corporation Counsel
Prettyman. On Tuesday he will
present it to the Bar Association
and presumably it will be laid be-
fore the Board of Trade at its
October meeting. Broadening the
powers of the Commissioners.
creation of lunacy commission,
regulation Of small loans, mort
gage foreclosures and the limiting
to questions of law appeals from
the Public Utilities Commission to
the Supreme Court of the District
of Columbia are items included in
the program.
Last Winter it was suggested
that the civic bodies and the Com
missioners get together and formu-
late a joint legislative program
upon which there could be genuine
team work. This plan Of the Com
missioners may be a starter for
such a joint program.
The Commissioners have held
hearings on the liquor control
legislation and recently on the
budget. 1t would therefore seem to
be logical to expect hearings re-
garding legislative program upon
which the Commissioners and
organized civic Washington may
unite. Following such hearings a
joint committee might be set up
for the purpose of putting into
shape the proposals upon which
there is general agreement ard
then all get together and urge
favorable consideration by Con-
gress. 1t is believed that such a
joint committee of citizens would
be very helpful to the Commis-
sioners and the committees of
Congress.
There are, of course, other prof.
ects for which the different or
ganizations are working which
they would continue to urge, in
Evening star., 1934-10-07
Nominations Announced.

Cathedral Heights Cleveland Park
Citizens Association will elect officers
Tuesday night at st. Adams Church.
The Nominating Committee proposed
the following: Mrs. Clara w. Smith
Tor president; F. P. Sullivan, vice
president; P. G. Burton, treasurer;
Miss Olive z. Geiger. secretary; I. r.
Van Fossen and j. A. Ramon, dele
gates to the federation.
Evening star., 1934-10-07
Thoroughness Essential
to Success in Civic Work.

AIEIGHBORHOOD citizens as
sociations or other civic
bodies that fail to 60 thor
oughly into projects which they
urge upon the Commissioners and
Congress pass up many real op-
portunities. Recently District Of
f1cials have noted action by several
bodies which indicate clearly there
was complete lack of information
on the subject. In some instances
the project which was demanded
was already in process of being put
through in response to previous
requests Of the same organization.
In other cases had the organization
in question informed itself on the
subject it could have taken action
which would have been helpful to
the officials who were working to
bring about the very thing the or
ganization- wanted.
The most successful civic work
ers recognize as an established
principle that nothing can take
the place of thorough and self
sacrificing committee work. There
is no other way in which to build
up the prestige of an organization
with officials, the public or the
neighbors.
Evening star., 1934-10-07
Seeks Bridge Replacement.

Ellis r. King, president of Conduit
Road Citizens Association, said Dis
trict engineers have condemned the
old Chain Bridge, which the group
Is trying to have replaced. when
we have accomplished this" he said.
we Will feel rs though 10 years work
has been completed"
Evening star., 1934-10-07
WITHDRAWS CANDIDACY
Thomas Will Not Run for Presi-
dapnu IN pafUor+h

= O&
John T. Thomas has withdrawn his
candidacy for reelection as president
of the Petworth Citizens Association,
he announced recently at a meeting
of the group.
He told members that as long as
he headed the group he wanted to
give it all the time he could spare,
but that his personal business re-
quires him to relinquish the chair.
The association will elect new Of
Scers In October.