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Evening star., 1934-04-06
14-YEAR-O[D BOY
HELDF0RMURDER
CoIored Youth Is Charged
With Fatally Stabbing
Sch0oImate.

Fourteen-year-o old Alfred Lee Jones,
Twining School boy, was under ar
rest today, charged with numbering
his schoolmate, Abraham Hooker, IS.
The boys, both colored and resi-
dents Of the same neighborhood. were
fighting when Abraham was stabbed.
Alfred could not give police a CO.
herent story of what occurred and
did not realize he had actually
stabbed his companion, according to
detectives. He is said to have ad-
mitted drawing penknife to defend
himself.
The two boys had had a boyish
misunderstanding, and last night,
when Alfred was sent to a store near
his home to get some lard for his
mother, he met Abraham. Alfred
told police the Hooker boy had
threatened to get him when he came
out Of the store.
Fearing trouble, he said, he gave
the lard to another friend to take
home so he could run without being
hampered. When he stepped outside,
Abraham jumped him and started
punching him, he told police.
As Abraham continued to punch
him and appeared to be getting the
better of the fight, Alfred took the
small knife from his pocket and
slashed at his assailant. Then he
ran home, throwing the knife away
as he went. Police were unable to
find the weapon.
An inquest will be held probably
tomorrow.
Alfred's home is at 432 L street
ard Abraham, who died at Freed
mems Hospital an hour after the
fight, lived at 431 N street.
Evening star., 1934-04-06
D. c. MEDICAL SOCIETY
HEARS DR.. EWERHARDT

A symposium on mental hygiene
under the auspices of the section on
nervous and mental diseases of the
Medical Society of the District of
Columbia was held at the Medical
Society's building last night.
DR.. Paul j. Ewerhardt, director of
the Child Guidance Clinic told of the
work among school children here. The
work Of the psychiatrist at Children's
Hospital and the necessity for a more
general knowledge of mental and
nervous problems among child spe-
cialists was emphasized by DR.. Loren
B. T. johnson.
DR.. G. F. Goodmacher, chief med
ical officer of the Baltimore courts,
told of the progress of the mental
hygiene movement in Maryland. A
Statewide system of clinics has Just
been decided upon, he said, and a
mental hygiene survey now Is being
conducted in the schools of Montgom-
cry County.
Evening star., 1934-04-06

102 and the Onondaga, which was in
the same condition when it was re-
ceived here. Navy Yard workmen and
naval officers got to work on her, and
now the Onondaga is wearing q spot
less coat Of white paint. On the bow
Is painted the flag Of the Assistant
Secretary Of the Navy-white back
ground with a blue anchor and in
each corner a blue star-the same
that Franklin D. Roosevelt had when
he was Assistant Secretary.
A naval chief petty officer, Chief
Quartermaster H. L. Dozier, has been
designated commanding officer of the
U. S. S. Onondaga. A crew has been
assigned him and today he was busy
getting the craft into ship shape.
Propelled by gasoline engines, the
Onondaga has Pullman berths for
four in the after cabin and three in
the forward cabin. In addition. there
is space for quarters for the crew Of
seven.
Inasmuch as Assistant Secretary
Roosevelt's daughter. Miss Eleanor
Roosevelt. has been chosen queen Of
Washington's forthcoming cherry
blossom fete, 1t is considered quite
possible the Onondaga will occupy a
prominent part in the water festiv-
tiles surrounding that event.
Secretary Swanson's craft Is rs
Evening star., 1934-04-06
DR.. FOWLER ANSWERS
CRITICS ON HOSPITALS

Criticism of Dr. William G. Fowler
for the present inadequate methods
of combating tuberculosis in the Dis
trict today brought from him a
pointed retort to the effect that he
had no control over the management
Of District hospitals
Calling representatives of the press
to his Office, DR.. Fowler stated: II
think it is fair to state that the
District Health Department has noth-
ing at all to do with the manage
ment or control of the tuberculosis
Hospital, the Children's tuberculosis
Sanatorium, Gallinger Municipal Hos
pital or any other hospital.
The control is vested 100 per cent
In the District Board of Public We'll
fare. The District Health Depart
ment has some measure of control
only over the tuberculosis Dispensary
in the 300 block of c street north
west"
Evening star., 1934-04-06

tanned by Oliver r. wulf, Alfred =.
Moore and Eugene H. Melvin from
the Smithsonian astrophysical OBJ
servatory on top Of Tabls Mountain,
Calf, at an altitude of $500 feet.
This was possible because of The
peculiar light condition that obtains
in the eastern sky some time before
sunrise when the darkness Of night
has begun to give way before the
first luminous streaks have appeared
above the horizon. At this time the
atmosphere in the east receives it,
illumination scattered from . more
easterly atmosphere which itself u
Illuminated by sunlight that has
passed through considerable paths Of
the higher atmosphere further to the
east. The skylight Is reflected back
and forth several times, the sky itself
acting AZ . sort Of natural rejecting
telescope to magnify the orange
threat phenopnonou. ta,,
Evening star., 1934-04-06
PARENTS FORESTALL
HONEYMOON PLANS
Refuse Consent for Daughter, II,
to Wed Fort Washington
Soldier.

Honeymoon plans Of Leroy Ream,
22-year-old Fort Washington soldier,
and Helen Marie Cassidy, II, of Oxon
Hill, Nd, were baked today, when
headquarters detectives arrested them
as they applied for marriage license
in the District Supreme Court
Building.
Detective Sergts. Elmer Lewis and
Van Doren Hughes went to the Mar
riage License Bureau following receipt
of message from the girls parents,
who requested that the proposed we'd
ding be prevented.
II don't know why my folks should
stop me from getting married this
way" the young woman declared.
somewhat tearfully. "Only a couple
OF weeks ago, my mother said it would
be all right. It's one mean trick, if
you ask me-"
The near-bride was taken to the
House Of Detention, pending receipt
Of further instructions from her
parents, and Ream was booked for
investigation.
Evening star., 1934-04-06
EARLYCONFERENCE|
ON ?. v. A. |SSEEN|
Commissioners Expect Call
From Secretary Ickes
for Discussion.

The District Commissioners today
were anticipating a call from Secretary
Ickes for an early conference with him
on his proposal to work out a legisla-
tive agreement under which the
Federal Government would be relieved
OF defraying the entire cost of future
public works here.
This proposal of the public works
administrator, advanced late yester-
day. was not wholly unexpected since
Mr.. 1ckes has indicated on more than
one occasion recently his dissatisfac-
ton over the present method of
financing P. w. A. projects in Wash
ington. He declared yesterday If q
satisfactory method Is worked out
whereby the District government
should bear proportionate cost of the
projects as other municipalities are
required to do, he believed the plan
would be approved in Congress.
Mr.. Ickes undertook yesterday to
clear what he termed misconceptions"
about his attitude on District public
works and added with some emphasis
that he was in favor of projects for
the District. He especially singled out
the proposed tuberculosis hospital
buildings and the sewerage disposal
plant.
He made it plain, however, that the
District OF Columbia should be put
on the same basis as other munic-
ipalities with respect to the financing
Of all future projects. The Public
Works Administration, he explained,
makes grant Of 80 per cent to other
cities desiring projects when they bor-
row the remaining 10 per cent. The
70 per cent borrowed from the Public
Works Administration on secured notes
comes back to the Government.
when you talk about a public
works program here" Mr.. Ickes said,
'you must take into consideration
that we can make nothing but out
right gifts to the District"
Just what share OF the cost of these
projects Mr.. Ickes expects the Dis
trict government to pear remains to
be revealed at his proposed conference
with the local Commissioners. He
stated yesterday he thought the Dis
u ~ o44SAAo 0oA4oW 4AAAy ~ PC4 CCuI
of the costs, but expressed the opinion
that a line Of demarkation should be
drawn between purely municipal pro-
jects and projects that are strictly
Federal. In view of the situation in
Washington all public works projects
here are characterized as Federal.
In other words, it was believed chat
Mr.. Ickes has no intention of penallz-
ing the District If, for instance, he
awards the $10,000.000 grant which
he proposes for a new Department OF
Interior building. Washington's pro-
posed Municipal Center, being build
ing entirely restricted to the uses Of
the local government, would be re-
garded as municipal project.
Mr.. Ickes made it equally plain
yesterday that there are no public
works funds available at the present
time for District projects, however he
might personally desire some Of them
to bs undertaken. "The District wants
Evening star., 1934-04-06
BRIDE PROPOSES
CHANGE IN BOARD
Would Increase Personnel
and Quarters of District
Parole Body.

An urgent request for appointment
Of six additional parole officers and
three stengoraphers was laid before
the District Commissioners today by
William w. Bride as chairman Of the
recently -eorganized District Board of
ndeterminate Sentence and Parole.
Bride emphasized that the lack OF
funds for adequate personnel Is seri-
ously handicapping the work of the
board.
Recalls johnson Statement.
The request represented formal
action taken by the parole board at
a meeting. The action recalled the
declarations made by DR.. Loren B. T.
johnson, former chairman OF the pa
role board, when he rendered his
resignation, claiming that because OF
inadequate appropriations for the
board the work it could do was per
fectlv useless and possibly harmful"
Bride included in his request q
statement that the board felt its
work should be completely divorced
from the penal institutions, taking the
position the board should function
fully as independent as any court.
He said the interrelationship now ex-
isting between the board and its stan
and the penal institutions and their
staffs was exceedingly undesirable
and highly unsatisfactory"
Sees Independence Lacking.
He said the present system under
which employees of the board are on
the pay roll of the penal institutions,
"and necessarily more or less subserv-
lent to the officials Of such institu-
tions, does not make for that inde-
pendence Of action which the board
feels Is necessary"
The parole board also urged that
provision be made for holding meet
ings in the District, rather than at the
penal institutions, and also that pro-
vision be made for bringing applicants
for parole before the board in the city.
The point was made that this would
save considerable time for members,
who serve without pay. The board
stated 1t was making no request for
compensation Of its members.
Evening star., 1934-04-06
CITY HEADS URGED
T0REVERSESTAND
ON AIRPORT BILL
Trade and Civic Leaders
Ask Reconsideration of
Adverse Ruling.
STUDY OF PROPOSAL
PROMISED DELEGATION
Easy Method Of Financing Among
Arguments Offered in
Plans Behalf.

An urgent request that the Com.
missioners reconsider their recent nc.
tion and lend their support to tho
pending bill to provide for the deyel.
opment OF a municipal airport st
Gravelly Point was laid before this
city heads today by a delegation rep
resenting the major trade and civic
bodies Of the District.
The organizations represented, all
OF which are on record favoring de-
veiopment Of the airport at Gravelly
Point, were the Washington Chamber
OF Commerce, Board of Trade, Mer.
chants and Manufacturer Associa.
tlon and the Federation Of Citizens
Associations.
Other Needs Cited.
The Commissioners Just recently
sent to Congress a report opposing en-
actment OF the Gibson bill, calling for
the Gravelly Point development at a
cost not to exceed s2.5O0,000. which
would be divided equally between the
Dlstrlct and Federal governments. In
tnelr report to Congress, the Commits
sloners stated that, while the devel-
opment OF a municipal airport would
De highly desirable, they could not
recommend enactment Of the bill be.
cause OF the many more pressing
needs. such as schools, hospitals. Ii
praries, the Municipal Center and
Uner expenses and improvements for
which funds are not now available.
The delegation Of citizens was told.
following presentation of their arm.
mentS, that the Commissioners would
give careful consideration" to the
matter.
Included in the delegation were w
G. Miller, president; Dorsey w. HYDE
secretary, and Thomas P. Littlepaee'
member OF the Chamber of Com.
merce; Robert ]. Cottrell, representing
the Board of Trade; James e. Colli-
flower, president, and Edward D.
Shaw, secretary, Merchants and
Manufacturers Association, and James
G. Yaden, president, and Henry I.
Quinn, member Federation Of Citizens
Associations.
Three Arguments Offered.
The group made three points In its
argument: first, the need of an air
port Tor washington: the second, that
Gravelly Point Is regarded by many
as the best available site; and third,
that the bill sets up q convenient
method Of financing the development.
Under the terms of the bill the
Districts half Of the cost would not
have to be paid until after q lapse of
10 years following completion of the
airport, and then would be paid in
five equal annual installments.
In making their adverse report on
the bill recently, the Commissioners
made the point that they could not
anticipate what would be the financial
condition Of the District 10 years
hence.
Evening star., 1934-04-06

A erstwhile
n Coast Guard rum chaser to-
~ day was being put into shape
4 \ at the Washington Navy Yard
for the use of Assistant Sec
retary Henry L. Roosevelt. The small
craft, called the U. S. S. Onondaga,
is being fitted out, and should be
ready shortly for cruises down the
Potomac River and into Chesapeake
Bay, and she can even be utilized for
sea voyages should Mr.. Roosevelt so
desire.
There Is available for Secretary
Claude A. Swanson one Of the obso-
lete 75-foot rum chasers that used to
operate in the heyday Of prohibition
along the famous Rum Row. Both
vessels have just been turned over by
the Treasury Department to the Navy.
Mr.. Swanson's craft bears the desig-
nation of &C. G. 102," and is known
in naval parlance as YP-5, showing
that it is one of the yard craft. A
grimy, broken-down-loo looking craft it
is, as no work has yet been done on
Mr.. Swanson's craft. The Secretary
Of the Navy has not indicated his
pleasure yet, but the boat is at hand
when he gives the word to go.
A vivid picture in naval efficiency
and craftsmanship is seen in the
marked contrast between the C. G.
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foot rum chaser, beam 13 feet III
inches, draws AZ feet Of water and is
Of wood. The craft is of 81 tons
displacement, is twin screw and pro-
PEELED by gasoline engines. She car
ries 1,100 gallons of gasoline and is
equipped with a one-pounder gun.
When the Coast Guard had her, she
utilized a crew Of nine, in charge
of a chief petty officer. She was
built In 1924 as a rum chaser, for
patrol work, and was one of a fleet
of 300 employed in combating rum
row.
Gradually now the Coast Guard is
retiring these boats from active
service. Seven have been turned over
to the Navy. Coast Guard officials
today declared that there is q mad
scramble to get them" for the Navy,
Department of Agriculture, Army and
other branches Of the Government
have submitted requests for them.
There are Is of these boats in reserve
at Curtis Bay, Md, near Baltimore,
and Is more are in reserve on the
Gulf Coast They rendered yeoman
service during the Mississippi River
flood, taking some 5000 persons to
places of safety, officials recalled to-
day, so that they are now availab.e
for like work in times of stress.
Evening star., 1934-04-06
FUNERAL TOMORROW
FOR MISS ALICE F. KERR
Services Will Be Held in Sacred
Heart Church, With Burial
in Mount Olivet.

Funeral services for Miss Alice F..
Kerr, who died at her residence, 1920
Sixteenth street Wednesday, will be
held in Sacred Heart Church tomor-
row morning at 9 O'Clock. Burial will
be In Mount Olivet Cemetery.
Miss Kerr was a lifelong resident Of
the District and was identified with
many Catholic activities here. She is
survived by sister, Mrs. Rosetta Lucas,
and number of nieces and nephews
A half brother, the late John B.
Brady. served for many years as mu-
nicipal architect and building inspec-
tor for the District. A brother, Dennis
Kerr, who died several years ago, was
an expert for the Senate Committee
on Pensions for more thaf 80 years.
Evening star., 1934-04-06
TRANSIT SYSTEMS
REPAIR PROJECTS
T0|MPROVEL|NES
Total Cost for Rebuilding
Work Is sao5, 600, Com
mission Hears.
z STREET CAR ROUTES
DUE TO BE CHANGED
Alterations Involve Anacostia
Service-Tracks Will Be Re-
constructed on 18th Street.

A series Of projects for rebuilding,
repairing and removing of trackage of
the Capital Transit Co., designed to
improve the service of the street car
system, having total estimated cost
OF $305.000, was proposed to the
Public Utilities Commission today oy
the company, through its president,
John H. Hanna.
Rerouting of two street car lines
serving the Anacostia section is in
volved in one ofsthe projects. which
calls for elimination of tracks on
Constitution avenue and on Four
and-a-Haf street. This change is
made necessary by plans for the paw
ing Of a section of Constitution ave-
nue. in keeping with Federal develop
ment plans.
Rerouting of Line.
This phase of the work has an
estimated cost of $4,000. The Ten
leytown-Anacostia line would be
routed to Anacostia by way of Union
Station. The Eleventh and Monroe
streets line would terminate in the
downtown section instead of proceed
ing to Anacostia. This line, under
the proposed plan, would be turned
back through E, Ninth and G streets
A number of changes would have to
be effected in downtown street car
trackage in connection with these
plans, in addition to removal of the
tracks on Constitution avenue be-
tween Ninth and Sixth streets.
The Capital Transit Co. also pro-
posed to rebuild its tracks on Four
teenth street between Constitution
avenue and B street southwest and to
repair trackage at various points on
B and Water streets southwest. Per-
mission was sought also to remove a
section of track at Fourteenth and B
streets southwest and to remove un-
used sections of trackage on B street
southwest.
Loop Track Proposed.
Another proposal was that a loop
track be built in the vicinity of the
Department of Agriculture Building,
to facilitate the movements of cars
there. now switched back at the end
of the line.
The loop line would run east from
Fourteenth street, along c street,
south on Linworth place and west on
D street to Fourteenth street.
Evening star., 1934-04-06
CHILD ESCAPES HURTS
IN 25.FOOT TUMBLE
Two-Year-Old Falls From Win
dow Of Her Home, Barely
Missing Concrete Walk.

Two-year-old Cynthia Fay Hinkle
escaped with q scratch on the head
yesterday when she fell Is feet from .
window at her home, 400 Ninth street.
Barely missing q concrete walk In
her plunge, Cynthia's head left IN
impression several inches deep In tho
turf in front of her home.
Her mother, Mrs. Edward H. Hinkle,
was trimming q plant when she turned
to see Cynthia's legs disappearing
through the window, two and q half
stories above the ground.
When she regained consciousness at
Garfield Hospital, Cynthia did not
cry, but evidenced q keen interest In
the X-ray apparatus. She had no
broken bones, physicians said.
Evening star., 1934-04-06
Note: This Is the first OF a series
OF articles on. Potomac Riuer pol
luton and the proposed seDage
treatment plant for the District.

Secretary Icke's decision to confer
with the Commissioners on plans for
the construction Of q sewage disposal
plant have revived the hope that the
plant may soon be under construction
and put an end to the polluted con-
ditions Of the Potomac condemned by
every commission of experts which
has investigated river contamination
here in the last 20 years.
The project appears to have the in
terest Of Public Works Administrator
Ickes. 1t has the support of the
Commissioners, who have placed It on
a list Of items which they consider
desirable ahead Of any construction
Of municipal airport. and has re-
Gently been quite vigorously put for
ward at conference Of committees Of
the federation.
Problem Of Funds.
The desirability of the project IS
conceded, apparently on all sides, and
all that stands in its way Is the
always difficult problem of securing
the funds. The committee Of experts
retained by the District Commis-
sioners recently to investigate the
problem reported that the project
would require $7,900,0O0 in construc-
ton costs, spread over a construction
period of four years, and that once in
operation it would require an annual
outlay Of $394.000.
Before the municipality would spend
such a sum 1t is quite evident that 1t
must be satisfied that the conditions
sought to be corrected must be de-
plorable, indeed, both at present and
in prospect. The present article Is
intended to record the findings Of ex-
perts in the subject as to conditions
in the Potomac River at present.
The very latest finding on the sub
ject is Part of report by a COM
mission Of experts retained by the
Commissioners by means of a grant
of P. w. A. funds. This was made
public December q, 1888.
This says in part:
Found Sometimes Offensive.
I'VE find that the Potomac River is
so polluted with sewage as to be un-
attractive and at times Of low flow
In the warmer months offensive in
appearance, low in dissolved oxygen,
which at times is nearly or quite ex-
hausted, highly contaminated with
sewage bacteria and, as a result of
these conditions, unsatisfactory for
recreation and undesirable for some
other purposes for a distance Of more
than 20 miles downstream from the
Anacostia River
Again, the report says: Below the
District the river is used for naviga-
ton, fishing, boating for pleasure,
wild duck shooting and other recrea-
tional pursuits and for residences
along the shore. During low dis
charges the river shows marked evi-
dences Of pollution farther down.
stream than Mount Vernon, and the
water in front of Alexandria Is badly
polluted. Pleasure boats. taking sight
Evening star., 1934-04-06
FORMER U. S. EMPLOYE
DIES AT AGE OF 96
Miss Martha J. Nelson Funeral
Services Held Today-Burial
in st. Louis.

Funeral services for Miss Martha J.
Nelson, s5, who died Wednesday at the
Henry and Annie Hurt Home for the
Blind, $3.50 r street, were held this
morning at Hines undertaking estab.
lishment. Burial will be in st. Louis.
Miss Nelson, who was born Novem-
Der 4. 1888, at Cincinatti, was the
daughter Of William A. and Zeda e.
Nelson. She lived in st. Louis before
coming to Washington In 1889 with
her brother, DR.. James Nelson. DR..
Nelson. who died some years ago. was
a medical examiner In the Pension
Bureau.
Miss Nelson became q Government
employe at the age Of sc, serving in
the, land section Of the Interior De-
partment for 20 years until she was
retired.
Evening star., 1934-04-06

a sewer program" he added. per
sonally I would like the District to
have it, but I want it to contribute
to the cost"
Washington has suffered less from
the depression than almost any other
city, Mr.. Ickes pointed out, and like.
wise has benefited from the Govern
ment's building program and P. w. A.
projects more than most cities. He
read from a prepared list several items
showing the costs of Federal projects
here for which allotments already
have been made.
Evening star., 1934-04-06
OFFICERS INSTALLED
Henry G. Nolda Heads Veterans
Administration Branch.

Henry G.. Nolda was installed last
night as president of Veterans Ad-
ministration Branch, Local No. 2, Ma
tional Federation of Federal Employees.
Others on the slate are Lewis s.
Sasser, first vice president; Esther L.
Burgan, second vice president; Mary
A. Coyne, third vice president; w.
Burton Uppercue, fourth vice presi-
dent; Elizabeth Fabiny, recording
secretary; Ida E. Kemp, financial Sec
retary, and Thomas A. Bamford, SER
geant at arms.
The Veterans Administration
Branch, together with the General
Accounting Off1ce Branch, will hold
card party and dance tonight at
240O Sixteenth street.