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Evening star., 1934-09-07
POTOMAC HEIGHTS
BUS HELD NEEDED
Citizens Association 0p.
poses Limiting Service to
FoxhaII Village.

Declaring the continuance of the
Potomac Heights bus service is an
absolute necessity for school children,
the Conduit Road Citizens Associa-
tion last night unanimously passed
resolution demanding the retention
of the bus line, and the establish
ment of faster service.
Action was taken at a special meet
ing called to consider re-routing pro-
posals, after it had been pointed out
by members that under plans pro-
posed by the railway company and
traffic experts, the present bus line
would be terminated in Foxhan
Village.
1t was claimed by members that
if the latter plan were adopted, school
students living west of Foxhall VII
lage would be forced to travel round
about street car route and walk sew
eral blocks to get to Western High
and Gordon Junior High School.
In addition, it was pointed out,
many of the residents in Potomac
Heights and along Conduit road live
quite a distance from the street car
line, and SO must depend entirely
upon the busses in getting to and
from town.
Concur in Some Plans.
In another resolution, the group
favored the plan Of the re-routing
experts to remove the car tracks on
P street, between Dupont circle and
Wisconsin avenue, substituting a bus
service, and routing the cars from
Cabin John and Potomac Heights
into M street. However, the plan of
the citizens group asks that these
cars be turned into M street through
one of the streets between and IN
cluding Twenty-seventh and Thirty
second streets. This plan includes
Wisconsin avenue, on which the rail-
way company has proposed the cars
be routed to M street, but the citizens
believe the intersection of Wisconsin
avenue and M street already is too
congested. However. opposition to
the latter plan was not voiced in the
resolution.
The proposed plan to route the cars,
when they reach Fifteenth street and
New York avenue, out New York ave-
nue., on to Fifteenth and H streets
northeast was opposed. The group
suggests the cars be continued on
down Pennsylvania avenue, past Fiji
teenth street. to the Peace Monument
and then return by the same route.
Roberts Urges Action.
Early in the meeting the association
heard short talk by Peoples Coun-
sci William A. Roberts, who, speaking
as former member of the association,
told the members he realized how
greatly they needed the bus service.
At the same time, he stressed the fact
they would not get anything unless
they fought hard for it.
There are two ways to get better
transit service" he said. "One is to
have the Capital Transit Co. make
you gift of it; the other is to make
the Public Utilities Commission force
the railway company improve serv-
ice"
A committee was named to attend
the hearings September 10 before the
Public Utilities Commission to pre-
sent the associations demands for re-
tention of the bus service and the
routing of the street cars. Headed by
Frank Shull as chairman, the men,
bers are w. A. Smell, J. w. Roberts,
E. S. Hobbs, Mrs. Hans Sorenson, Peter
Malevitis and Mrs. j. r. Lyddane.
Evening star., 1934-09-07
Tagging Cars Proues Too Much
In Elipse, Police Called Off

Business Of the N. r. A. and the
Commerce Department was proceed
ing smoothly today-uninterrupted by
automobile parking worries that have
kept employees shutting between their
Offices and the Ellipse in game of
tag with park police.
The game was ended by c. Marshall
Finnan, superintendent Of National
Capital Parks. He has lifted the ban
on parking for more than two hours
around the Ellipse, with the explana-
ton that the tagging task consumed
all the time Of two policemen needed
for more important duties.
Gen. johnson didn't have anything
to do with lifting of the ban, Mr.. Fin
nan declared. It is known, however,
that N. r. A. ofhcials and employees
Evening star., 1934-09-07
Expansion of Library System
Is Sought in 1896 Estimates
$50, 900 Pet,UOrth Branch and EnIar ged
Mount Vernon Square Building
I Are Among Proposals.
HUGE CONCRETE SLAB POURED TODAY FOR CEILING.

: Expansion of the housing and
equipment of the free public library
system of Washington to regain some
of the ground lost during recent years
as patronage demands increased is
sought in the 1885 estimates sub
mitted to the Commissioners by
library officials.
: An Appropriation of $l50,000 is re.
quested for the construction during
the year beginning next July / of a
branch library on a District-owned
site at Kansas and Iowa avenues to
serve the population of the Petworth
area.
This is a project which already
has been given favorable considera-
ton by the Commissioners. Library
officials, in urging approval of this
item, cited the fact that between As
900 and $4,000 persons reside in the
Petworth community, which includes
several large schools.
Library officials also request funds
for the development of plans and
specifications for the extension and
alteration of the Central Library
Building in Mount Vernon Square. It
is proposed to build two new wings
to this structure which would ap-
Evening star., 1934-09-07

Arthur Cornwell, who has spent %
Of his 46 years in prison for murder,
was ordered freed from Lorton Re-
formatory today by the District Pa
role Board. He will be released next
week.
AS a prisoner, Cornwell antedates
the reformatory. He was sentenced
on December 8, 1911 and sent to the
Atlanta Federal Penitentiary. The
Lorton Reformatory was founded in
1915 and the following year, Cornwell
was transferred there.
He had been in charge of the in
stitution's store room in which thou
sands of dollars of Government prop
erty had been kept.
Capt. M. M. Barnard, superintend-
ent of District penal institutions, said
today that in Cornwells % years as
Evening star., 1934-09-07

proximately double the size of Ethe
building. The cost has been esti-
mated at $66o,000 and it has been
suggested that the construction could
be extended over two to four years.
To meet a growing demand for
library facilities for the far South
east section library officials propose an
item of $25,000 for the purchase of
a site for a proposed Anacostia branch
library, which would serve Anacostia,
Congress Heights, Randle Highlands
and Good Hope. It was said that the
population within one mile of the pro-
posed library site totals 10000 persons
and Is increasing rapidly.
A considerable increase in the ap-
preparation for purchase Of books and
other library documents is requested
because Of the opening of the new
Georgetown branch library, now under
construction. In. all S85,000 is asked
for this purpose, as against $4,000
for the present fiscal year, and $35,-
600 of the item is for stocking Of the
new Georgetown building.
Library officials stated that the $40
600 item for the 1884 fiscal year
proved inadequate for the purchase Of
new books and requirements.
Evening star., 1934-09-07
NUMBER OF FEDERAL
PRISONERS DROPS 3,303
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
A decrease of 3,303 Federal prisoners
in the year ending August IT, largely
due to the expiration of prohibition
sentences, was reported yesterday by
Attorney General Cummings.
The drop. however, is not expected
to hold. Cummings said new convic-
tions for violation of the internal
revenue laws, Just beginning to be
felt. probably would take up the slack
Federal prisoners were numbered
by the Attorney General at l5,433.
Cummings reported the segregation
OF l70 habitual trouble makers at the
new Alcatraz Prison and said the De-
partment Of Justice did not wish to
raise this figure unless necessary, even
though the prison will house $50.
Evening star., 1934-09-07

were hard hit by the deluge of park
ing tickets that swept on offenders.
Federal officials found much official
time was being wasted by the all-day
practice of employees in running out
of the building every two hours to move
their cars before the police caught
them. Usually the employees just shift
ed their cars around a space or two.
Government workers wanted park
officials to erect signs reading: mo
parking until after 8 a.m.," but this
request was denied. The purpose was
to save the parking space for Federal
employees, who have found that nom
Government workers arrive before
am and I'LL up most of the parking
space.
All parking restriction signs have
been removed from the Ellipse, and
all-day parking now is free to those
who get there first.
Evening star., 1934-09-07
BUILDING AND LOAN UNIT
QUALITIES WITH F. H. A.

The Washington Permanent Build
ing and Loan Association is the first
such lending institution in the city
to qualify under the Federal Housing
Administrations modernization pro-
gram, the F. H. A. has announced.
Regulations were issued last week
by the housing agency which allowed
building and loan associations to par
ticipate with banks in making the
home improvement loans under the
Federal guarantee.
Twenty-one banks in the city are
insured under the program, in addi-
ton to the building and loan insti-
tuition.
Evening star., 1934-09-07
135 MORE POLICE
: SOUGHT FOR CITY
Mai. Brown Says Present
Force Cannot Patrol
All Necessary Beats.

The need of 1876 additional police
men to provide adequate protection
for the District was stressed by Police
Supt. Brown in his appropriation re-
quest for the 1886 fiscal year, it was
disclosed today by the Commissioners.
Maj. Brown pointed out there has
been no increase in the force since
1880, when 20 men were added. This
increase. however, he explained, was
more than wiped out by the economy
reductions Of rs in 1888 and 10 more
in 1884.
"At no time" Maj. Brown declared,
els there sufficient force to patrol all
beats. and many men are forced to
cover two or three beats"
Would Revive Precinct 2.
Police officials also proposed recon-
cinct station-now used as a house
of detention-and asked for employ
ment of six officers to staff new
precinct there. The department also
seeks replacement of 40 police cars.
Three cars were replaced last year and
but few will be purchased this year,
they said.
The Police Department pay roll next
year would total So 500 900 under sug-
with $2,790, 900 for this year.
purchase of two aerial hook and lad
der trucks, four hose wagons and two
pumping engines at a total cost Of
$4,000. The appropriation for new
apparatus this year is $23 500.
The pay appropriation sought for
the Fire Department is $2,177,000 No
additional firemen were requested.
Charles E. Schrom, chief engineer
of the Fire Department, stressed the
greater need of additional equipment.
He said:
1.-The department is operating under
q distinct handicap by reason of the
condition of a large part of its ap-
paratus. The old, worn-out obsolete
machines should be replaced, and suf-
ficient justification could well be fur
nished for a much larger appropria-
ton than has been asked"
Some 20 Years Old.
He emphasized that some Of the ap-
paratus now in use is 20 years old,
although the department plan, based
on long experience in gauging the life
of fire machines, is to retire appara-
tus after Is years of service. Chief
Schrom said there are 27 pieces of
apparatus beyond the 15-year age
limit now in use, because of necessity
Evening star., 1934-09-07
LINE ABANDONED

The Interstate Commerce Commis-
sion yesterday entered an order per-
mitting the Washington & Old Do
minion Railroad to abandon operation
from Thrifton to Falls Church.
The line, in receivership, had
abandoned all intrastate operations,
but had been forced to hold itself in
readiness to accept freight from con-
Meeting railroads. The receivers
pointed out in their application that
this freight was a very minor con-
sideration, and asked they be relieved
of handling it. Their application was
not contested.
Evening star., 1934-09-07
DEATH TRIAL OPENS
In LEESBURG COURT
Mountaineer's Lawyers Expected
to Plead the "Unwritten
Law"
speciaI D,snatcb 70 The star.

6peclaI Dlspatch 70 the Star.
LEESBURG, Va, September T.
Richard Cooper, mountaineer, went on
trial before a jury in Circuit Court
here this morning under an indict-
nient charging him with the first-de-
gree murder of Basil Brown.
Cooper pleaded not guilty. His at
torneys, Kenneth Cromer and G. Fen
ton Connor, indicated they would rely
on the ''unwritten law" in an effort to
save him from the electric chair.
Browns mutilated body was found
July l in a ravine near the Cooper
home on Ketoctin Mountain.
The court room was crowded with
mountain folk, residents of the area
IN which the crime was committed.
Evening star., 1934-09-07
CITIZENS TO ASK ZONING
DECISION BE REVOKED
BY STAFF Correspondent of The Star.

$%S ~ IVAN OO2 ACSROI0GuL OF Inc otdI.
BETHESDA, Md, September IA
plea that the Board of Montgomery
County Commissioners rescind its re-
cent action coming the site Of the old
Silver Spider, near Brookmont, as
commercial property, will be presented
by the Civic League of Brookmont
and the Cabin John Citizens Associa-
ton at hearing in the County Build
ing here Tuesday at pm.
The commercial zone was set up by
the commissioners on the petition Of
Michael Young. who plans a store on
the site of the old Conduit Road Inn,
which burned several years ago, but
the decision met such storm of pro-
test that the commissioners agreed to
reconsider.
Evening star., 1934-09-07
NEEDY MAY GET
10000 GALLONS
MILK EACH DAY
Outright Gift to Families
Considered Under New
Relief Plan.
Professor RELEASES
ALL CLAIMS ON SURPLUS
Producers President Suggests In
dividual Diaries Do Bottling.
Supports Proposal.

The District government will buy
up to 10000 gallons Of surplus milk
daily for families on relief rolls, it was
indicated today by Elwood H. Seal
assistant corporation counsel, who has
been directed by the Commissioners to
supervise this newest relief plan.
The present surplus on this market
ranges between 1000 and 10000 gal
Ions day. If each person on the re-
lief rolls is given a point of milk each
day it would take 10000 gallons.
Under the plan, which may be oper-
ating by September Is, the milk would
be given outright to the families, in
stead of giving them money, as is
now being done.
Diaries Figure Cost.
The scheme Is calculated to In
crease greatly the consumption of milk
in Washington and Seal said he did
not think the dairy companies would
lose any noticeable amount of business
under the plan. r
Dairy company officials today were
checking cost sheets to determine how
much to charge the District for pas
teurizing and bottling the surplus. It
was presumed the distributors sub
mitting the lowest estimate would be
given the business, but Seal said
Frank S. Walker, president of the
Maryland and Virginia Milk Pro-
ducers' Association, had suggested
that each dairy now handling surplus
milk be permitted to process and
bottle it, and deliver it to the various
emergency relief stations.
Possibility that this milk might go
into bottles and be sold along with
the dairy's own product was seen as
o danger in Walkers proposal, how
ever.
May Halt Increase.
Seal will attend a meeting of the
directors Of the producers organiZa-
tion early next week and will lay be-
fore them the Commissioners plan.
He will ask its approval by the direc-
tors and possibly make arrangements
then for buying the surplus.
The District will pair the fair cost
cf production, roughly estimated at
% cents a gallon. The farmers now
are receiving only 16 cents for this
class of milk and the relief plan
probably will go far toward prevent
ing an increase in the consumers
price.
Walker told Seal late yesterday ne
was In hearty accord with the plan
personally, but could not commit the
organization pending a directors
meeting.
Fear that the Chestnut Farms
Chevy Chase Dairy might not re-
lease the surplus, about 80 per cent
OF which is handled by this dis
tributor, was removed today when
Henry Brawner, president of the
firm, said he had no control over the
surplus and its disposition was q
matter solely up to the producers
organization. He said he probably
would submit next week an estimate
on processing and bottling costs.
Evening star., 1934-09-07
POLICE HUNT TEETH

Garfield Hospital Patient Reports
Loss of False Set From Table.
A patient at Garfield Hospital today
requested police aid in hunt for his
false teeth, apparently stolen from
table in the mems ward in the hos
pital.
william Ackerman Of Philadelphia,
who reported the loss, said the false
teeth were on the table when he fell
asleep, but were gone when he
awakened. He valued the set at SIS.
Evening star., 1934-09-07
CHILD INJURED

Runs Around Bus and Is Hit by
Car in Virginia.
Special Dispatch to The Star.
FALLS CHURCH, Va, September
Peggy Kennedy, z, daughter Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew Kennedy, 2572
Wisconsin avenue, Washington, suf-
fered broken leg and head injuries
yesterday when she is said to have
run around a bus from which she had
Just alighted and was struck by a car
on the Leesburg Pike at West Falls
Church.
The child was accompanied by her
grandmother, Mrs. Howard Erect. She
was taken to Georgetown Hospital.
James H. Harrison Of Dunn Loring,
Va, was driving the car.
Evening star., 1934-09-07
THREE SUCCUMB
TO AUTO INJURIES
Four Others Hurt, Two Sc
riousIy, in Crash Of Cab
and Truck

Three persons died in Washington
hospitals in the past "a hours from
injuries sustained in accidents which
occurred several days ago, one Of them
in nearby Maryland and another in
Virginia.
The dead are:
Samuel .Turshinsky, &c., Of ATS r
street. He died early today in EN-
ergency Hospital from injuries received
September 8 when struck by an auto
mobile while crossing the street near
his home.
Allen Mitchell, %, 5519 Sherrier
place, died in Emergency Hospital yes
terday from injuries received Labor
day in an accident on Jefferson Davis
Highway, near Four-Mile Run, Va.
Thomas Handy, .26, .colored, died in
Freedmen's Hospital from injuries re-
ceived some days ago in an accident
near Leonardtown, Md. Marvin Will
liams, 30, Of Roanoke, also was fatally
injured in the Jefferson Davis High
way accident, dying short while later
In Emergency.
Four Others Hurt.
Four persons were injured, two
seriously, early today in a head-on
collision between truck and taxicab
on the south approach to Highway
Bridge
The more seriously hurt are Will
liam r. Tapp, Is, of the 100 block Of
z street southeast, driver of the cab.
and Thomas Frallcole, 20, of 1117
East Capitol street, q passenger in
the cab. Both are suffering from
head injuries and are under observa-
ton at Emergency Hospital to see II
they have skull fractures.
Others injured in the crash, both
passengers in the taxicab, were Allan
Stone, ~, 635 D street, and James
Harmon, %, 1725 Irving street, under
observation in Emergency to deter
mine whether they have internal in
juries.
Truck Driver Detained.
Harvey Shelton, 80, of the 1900
block Of North Carolina avenue north
east, driver of the truck, and another
passenger in the taxicab escaped being
hurt. Shelton was detained at No.
police station pending the outcome of
the persons injured.
Two women suffered cuts and bruises
last night when the automobile in
which they were riding was struck by
another automobile at Third street
and Constitution avenue, the driver of
the second car failing to stop. The
injured women are Edna Martha, 10,
Of the 1000 block of Ninth street;
Georgia Whitcomb, 26, of the 1900
block Of Seventeenth street. Both
were treated at Emergency.
Bus Passenger Hurt.
Mrs. Gladys E. Evans, 80, of Balti-
more. Md, received broken collar
bone yesterday afternoon when q
Greyhound bus on which she was
riding and a street car collided at
Fourth and NJ streets. She was treated
at Emergency Hospital
The automobile which struck Mr..
Turshinsky was being driven by James
A. Hill, "a, colored. of the 1900 block
Of Howison street southwest, according
to police.
Thomas Handy, the colored man
who died, was transferred to Freed
mems Hospital from a hospital at
Leonardtown, Md, several days ago.
Evening star., 1934-09-07
WATCHMAN KILLS SELF

William FitzmorriS, Sc, watchman
at Trinity College, committed suicide
yesterday by turning on the jet to the
gas stove at his home, in the 1000
block of Monroe street northeast. He
was found in the kitchen with the
windows and doors closed. A certi-
ficate was issued by the coroner.
Mr. Fitzmorris is said to have been
in poor health for some time.
Evening star., 1934-09-07
RUTH HILL ASSUMES
DUTIES IN NEW YORK

Now Third Welfare Area Com
missioner in City.
Miss Ruth Hill, sister of the District
director of emergency relief, Miss
Mary Alice Hill, took Office yesterday
as third deputy welfare commissioner
of New York City, in charge of the
old-age security division, delegated to
dispense 100000 appropriated for
1884 to the $4,000 persons who receive
aid each month from the old-age Sc
curity grants.
Miss Hill, social worker for 20
years with public and private welfare
agencies, has been since 1920 the New
York field representative of the Fam
lily Welfare Association of America.
She is graduate Of Wells College
and has also studied at the New York
School of Social Work, Columbia Uni
versity and the New School for So
cial Research.
Evening star., 1934-09-07
COL0RED WOMAN HELD
Grand Jury to Hear Charges of
Jewelry Theft.

Carrie C. Weldon, colored, 1900
block of Howison street southwest,
was held for action of the grand jury
in Police Court this morning on
charge of grand larceny.
She is charged with having stolen
about $500 worth Of heirlooms and
jewelry from the home of her en-
ployer, Miss Anna F. Gordon, 1857 p
street. Miss Gordon is O niece Of
Judge Peyton Gordon.
Evening star., 1934-09-07
HALF TON OF BAD LUCK
Horseshoe Thieves Will Be Lucky

Only if They Escape Police.
Horseshoes, according to tradition,
may bring good luck, but bad luck is
lurking for thieves who stole 1000
pounds Of them from a truck today
in the 2l00 block of G street-that is,
If police succeed in overhauling them.
Third precinct police said Norman
Corbin had reported the theft.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-09-01
Bismarck Study Club
Opens Season Monday

First Of the federation clubs In Bis
marck to inaugurate It's l034-35 sched-
ule Of meetings will be the Bismarck
Study club headed by Mrs. r. g.
stucke which will meet Ut 2:3o o'clock
Monday afternoon with Mrs r. Z.
Wenzel, SIT Park st.. as hostess.
Beginning with . travel program at
the first meeting. which is to be pre-
sented by Mrs. j. A. F1eck and Mrs.
H. @. Frahm, the group will consider
various topics during the year In car
rying out the guiding motto It has
chosen, "A little learning Is danger
Gus thing, but It's not half 90 risky Is
none 1T al"
Current events win be . regular
feature Of each meeting with the ex-
ception Of the October IS guest day
when there win be no program. A
motto has been chosen from literature
as q guide to each meetings. usbject
matter. A review Of Empire In the
East" viii be carried through eight
meetings and several other reviews
viii be devoted to leading fiction. nom
fiction and drama works. Mrs. i. il.
Belk, Mrs 0unuar Olgeirson and Mrs.
r. q. Orr were the committee plan
ming the years study
Bismarck Study club begins the year
with Mrs. Belk, Mrs. r. e. Diehl, Mrs.
Flick, Mrs. H. G. Frahm. Mrs. =. J.
Heising. Mrs. M. J. Lee, Mrs. J. q.
Oberg, Mrs. Olgeirson, Mrs. Orr, Mrs.
r. Penner, Mrs. A. M. Renwick, Mrs.
II. sorenson, Mrs. Stucke, Mrs. Wen
rel and Mrs. L. r. Williams Is active
members and Mrs. John r. Flick and