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Evening star., 1934-07-26
LONG ILLNESS FATAL
TO E. W. C. KRIEGER
Former Navy Yard EmplOye Was
Active Member Of Ma
sonic Bodies.

Edward w. c. Krieger, formerly en-
ployed at the navy yard and an active
member of Masonic bodies here, died
Tuesday at his Summer home, Char
malyn-on-the-B Bay, Fairhaven. Md,
after long illness. He was So years
old and had been a resident Of WASH
ington more than 80 years. His
Washington home was at 214 Mass
achusetts avenue northeast.
Funeral services will be held at 10
am. Saturday, at st. Marks Episcopal
Church. Third and z streets south
east. Burial will be in Congressional
Cemetery with Masonic rites.
Krieger, who came to this city from
Baltimore as young man to work in
the navy yard, was a champion bowler
in the District about 20 years ago.
He was a member of Columbia Lodge,
No. 3. F. A. A. M, and a past patron
of st. Johns Lodge Chapter, No. 19,
o. e. S.
About 10 years ago he resigned from
the navy yard to become foreman of
the Ballauf Model Shops, but about
4 years ago he returned to the yard,
from which he was retired because of
illness last May 81.
He is survived by his widow. Mrs.
Mary Grace Krieger; his mother, Mrs.
Elise Krieger Of Baltimore, and STEP
daughter. Mrs. E c. Mead, whose hus-
band, Maj. Mead, is stationed in the
Canal Zone.
Evening star., 1934-07-26
POLICE GRIN AS CITIZENS TAKE
TO TRAFFIC .SPOTTING' ON OWN

server apparently had difficulty in
crossing the street yesterday, for he
reported two cases Of reckless driving,
speeding and failing to give right-of-
way to a pedestrian. Both occurred
on Fourteenth street, he said. One of
the offenSes was committed by truck
and the other by an automobile bear
ing dealers tags.
Other cases ranged from parking
too close to a corner to dirty tags"
and speeding. Four taxicabs were
among the machines against which
reports we're filed.
Inspector william G.. Stott, police
property officer, told newspapermen he
had been stopped by a woman driver
yesterday and 'bawled out" for max
ing right turn on a red light.
Stott had been going East on Penn
sylvania avenue and turned right onto
Executive avenue beside the White
House. The turn there is made on a
red light. with green arrow pointing
right. The police official made the
turn as prescribed, but the woman
driver-Stott did not know whether
she was secret spotter-thought he
had violated the law.
She chased him a half block, blow
ing her horn continuously, until he
finally pulled into the curb. After
she had had her say, Stott gave her
some instruction in traffic regulations
Evening star., 1934-07-26

WaShington's traffic safety campaign
brought smiles to the police today as
reports of violations started coming in
to the department from others than
members of the secret hundred" and
one motorist came to headquarters to
report a miner offense which he COM
mitted. before any one else did"
The conscience stricken one who
came to report against himself was
waiting for Supt Ernest w. Brown
when the police head came to work
this morning.
He said he had driven through
red light yesterday afternoon at
Fourteenth street and Pennsylvania
avenue
"I am sure there was an observer
on the corner watching me-" he told
Maj. Brown. so I wanted to come
here and explain what happened be-
fore the report was made against me"
Then he sat down and drew an
elaborate diagram showing just how
it happened. 1t seemed that when he
approached the intersection. where he
intended to make a left turn. there was
a lot of traffic. A street car and sew
eral automobiles obstructed his view
of the light, he said, and by the time
he entered the intersection the light
had changed to red.
He said he did not know of the
change until he was half way across
the street and made profuse apologies
to Brown for violating the law. The
police chief thanked him for coming
in and sent him to see Sergt. Walter
H. Thomas, Traffic Bureau officer,
who is supervising the work of the
secret spoilers. Thomas listened pa
tientIy while the motorist recounted
his experience, then cited the law to
him and ushered him out of the Po-
lice Department Building.
Maj. Brown, in revealing that let
tiers are pouring into headquarters
from others than the secret hun
dred." said their report would receive
the same attention as the cases mailed
in by the official observers. This put
decidedly different aspect on the cam
paign. and apparently will result in
everybody reporting everybody else,
the police believe.
This morning % Official reports were
made by the observers, the greatest
number fled on single day since the
campaign started Monday. One OBJ
Evening star., 1934-07-26
Repeal Brings Heavy Rental
And Employment in District
A. b. c. Board Reports $893,66S in
License Fees and Taxes Collected
Since February.

The repeal of prohibition has re-
suited in the employment of 2,180
persons in the District at an aggre-
gate annual income of $3,146, ,598, the
renting of property with an annual
rental of $583,594, expenditure of
$619,000 for repairs and alterations,
1921 900 for utensils, $104,000 for de-
livery trucks and $208,000 for ad-
vertising, according to the first an
nual report of the A. B. G. Board.
The report does not cover the ac-
tivities of a full year, as the alcohol
control act for the District was
signed January "a, and the liquor
business did not start until February.
A QUESTIONABLE was sent to all Ii
censees, and rs per cent of them
answered. The answers were totaled,
but only multiplied by two, instead
of four to avoid any overstatement.
$635,744 in Licenses.
The report records the receipt of
$3.50, ,74441 for license fees and $780,
924.05 in taxes by the District up to
June 80 from licensees, a total of
$893, ,668.46.
A table of arrests for intoxication
for the comparable period of Febru-
airy to June, 1888 (before repeaD and
February to June, 1884 (after) shows
there were 10,117 such arrests this
year and IT'S last Frankly" says
the report, these figures give us no
satisfaction. They indicate the need
and desirability of proper and effec-
tive temperance education to produce
the result which we have found can
not be brought about by legislation
and regulations which are now un-
welcome to so many of our people"
On another subject it says: "The
fear Of many that repeal of prohibi-
ton would create an intolerable traf-
fic hazard has failed to materialize.
Traffic accidents have not increased.
They show, decided drop from the
figures of last year. Note the tabula-
ton:
Evening star., 1934-07-26
MRS. LAURA GRUNWELL
DIES IN TAMPA, FLA.

Mrs. Laura Robie Grunwell of
Punta Gorda, Fla, wife of Lieut..
Comdr. Alfred Gilbert Grunwell, Navy
Medical Corps. retired, and a former
resident of Washington, died Tuesday
IN Tampa, Fla.
Funeral services will be held here
at 2 pm. tomorrow at the Church
of the Covenant and burial will be
in Arlington National Cemetery.
Mrs. Grunwell was a daughter Of
the late Rear Admiral Edward Dun
ham Robie, U. S. NJ, and Mrs. Robie
In addition to her husband. Mrs.
Grunwen is survived by two daugh-
ters. Helen and Jane, both Of Wash
ington, and four sons, Gilbert, Wn-
liam, Alfred and Thomas, al of
Punta Gorda-
Evening star., 1934-07-26
80 PASSING EXAMS
BECOME DOCTORS
Three Women and 30 Men Sue
cessful in License Tests
to Practice.

Three women and twenty-nine men
were successful in the examinations
for licenses to practice medicine in
the District, held July and 10,
Health Officer william C Fowler an
nounced today.
They are Harry Fillmore Bowling,
Milton Morton Greenberg, irwin Field
man, Arthur James Mourot, Kemp
Hammond MiSh, Robert Samuel Ja-
cobs. Charles Powell Cake, Arthur
Edgar Cliff. Julia Doute Brown. Will
liam Henry Beard. George Louis We'll
Ter, jr.; Henry Beall Gwynn, Amanda
Louise Stoughton, Ralph Clarke
Wright. Paul Frederick Dickens
Clyde Pinckney Reeves. Ethel Mer-
cedeS Sutton. Norman Clifford Shoe
maker. Stephen Elliott Kramer. jr.:
Samuel Millard Bageant. Maurice
Russell Edmonston. John Arthur
Simpson. Alfred Henry Richwine,
Louis Richard Marshall, Andrew
Frederick Scheele, Leo Warden, Roy
Albert Boe. Edward Patrick McIar-
ney, Robert Sterling McGrath, Ben
jamin Rones. Elmer Wink Fugitt and
Walter Kendall Myers.
Evening star., 1934-07-26

his brow and comment on the job.
We've got to hustle" he grinned,
"to finish this job by September. but
when we get through it's going to be
some duck pond"
The c. c. C. crew is trimming
underground and grading the banks
OF the lake for the convenience of the
wild fowl expected to congregate there
in great numbers next Fall. They
also are constructing a large parking
area for sightseerS,
I'VE already have about so ducks
on the pond" Ickes said They Sum-
mered here and Matched out families.
They liked the place so we'll they
stuck around when the others left for
the North last Spring.
'Of course, some of them had their
wings clipped, but a few remained
voluntarily. They'll be fine decoys
when the Fall migration begins"
The pond is being improved by the
G. c. C. in cooperation with the Of
fee of National Capital Parks. Young
Ickes has been on the job about two
weeks
Last Summer he was employed by
the Forest Service in the West.
Evening star., 1934-07-26

at can be seen at glance that
every month of 1884 shows decrease
of accidents under the corresponding
month Of last year when prohibition
was in force. We have been told.
however, that despite this general
showing, there has been an increase
in the number of accidents caused by
intoxication. Feeling as we do that
there can be no greater menace than
the drunken driver, We strongly sug-
gest that, in addition to such punish
ment as the courts may inflict, a
study be made of 1ong-period reyo-
cation of drivers licenses, with such
legislation as will insure adequate and
sure Jail terms for driving without
operators licenses under these eondi-
tions."
(The Star on July 10 published O
breakdown on Traffic Bureau statistics,
which showed an increase of 81 per
cent in traffic accidents in which
liquor played a part. The figures
covered the first three months after
repeal, and comparison with the
same three months last year, up to
July 26, 1884, showed traffic fatalities
totaled SO, an increase of 33 over the
same period in 1889
Enforcement Urged.
On the subject of enforcement, the
report says:
1T has become distinctly unpopular
to violate the alcoholic beverage con-
troll law. The bottlegger and speak
easy, formerly welcomed by some of
our citizens, have become unpopular
outlaws. One police official estimated
their numbers have decreased 90 per
cent. Even this figure, however
leaves a real work to be accom-
phshed."
The report says 1860 licenses have
been granted, of which 1886 are re-
tailers' licenses of various classes, SO
wholesalers, manufacturers and
262 solicitors. Forty-five applications
fer licenses were denied, 10 for prox-
unity to schools, and the others for
various other reasons, such as bad
records of applicants, objections Of
churches, hospitals and general in
appropriateness"
OF the licenses granted, three have
been revoked and there are three
other revocation proceedings pending.
Evening star., 1934-07-26
SOUTHEAST CITIZENS
PICNIC DOWN RIVER
200 Prizes Are Awarded in Va
rious Contests Staged at
Chapel Point.

Southeast Washington's business
men closed up shop" yesterday, for
got about their drive for improve
ments they believe are due their sec
ton and went for a picnic.
The river steamer Potomac car
ried them to Chapel Point, Md, where
picnic lunches we're spread over the
landscape and men. women and chill
dren entered into the spirit of a
holiday.
Among the many contests in which
they participated we're races, calling
contests, beauty contests, potato races
and fat mems races until the more
than 200 prizes offered by the Bust
ness Mems Association all had been
annexed by members Of the party,
Evening star., 1934-07-26
SE[F-HELP DAIRY
TO SEEK i. 5. AID
Completes Organization Un-
der New District RehabiI-
itation Corporation.

The first of the co-operatives to
complete organization under the new
District Rehabilitation Corporation
today had on file an application for
$500 Federal relief funds to finance
self-heip cattle-raising enterprise.
Although there are about dozen
cooperative societies composed of
persons on the relief rolls in various
preliminary stages of organization,
this is the first to complete its set-up
and make formal request for funds.
Under the name of the Capital New
Deal Cooperative, it proposes to
establish several cattle ranches in
nearby Maryland and Virginia on
land to be given free by the owners.
Applies for Cattle.
This cooperative already has ap-
piled for cattle to the Rural Re-
Mobilization Division of the F. E. R. A.,
putting in a bid for 800 head of beef
cattle and 300 head of milk cows. part
OF the stock which the Government is
buying and shipping from the
drought-stricken area.
There is still a good deal of red
tape to unwind before the co-opera-
tive really launches into the business
OF cattle raising. The application is
now in the hands of ]. M. Barrett.
secretary to the District Rehabilita-
ton Corporation. From him it goes
to Miss Mary Alice Hill, director of
nT1aTOaY1ny faF.
Stret, director of Public Welfare,
thence to Commissioner George E.
Allen and thence to the Federal
Emergency Relief Administration.
Before starting, it is also necessary
to contact appropriate officials in
Maryland and Virginia and to Sc
cure Federal Government approval
OF the pasture land.
The cooperative proposes to raise
enough beef and dairy products for its
own use and to barter the surplus to
other co-operativeS to be established
later for products of their industry
1t Is also expected to sell some to the
District Emergency Relief Division
Tor distribution to persons on relief
rolls.
Transactions in Scrip.
All OF the transactions Will take
place in scrip. The cash for which
the cooperative is applying is in
tended for use to feed the cattle, build
Fencing, housing for the attendants
ana other workers. milk sheds, a
cneeSe factory. slaughter house and
other construction and equipment.
Officers of the cooperative are Rob-
ert L. King. president: Clarence
Thomas, first vice president; H. F..
Blachlen, second vice president; Hor-
ace Drice, treasurer. and Mrs. Violet
Lartigue, secretary.
1t is said that the cooperative will
be given $500 acres of land on which
there are now blackberries waiting to
be picked. The location Of the land
has not been made public.
Evening star., 1934-07-26
BANK COMMITTEE
SEEKSACCOUNT|NG
Rover Reveals District Ma
tionaI Plans in Hope of
More Cash.

In hope of getting more cash for
depositors and other creditors out Of
prime assets sold by the District Ma
tional Bank to the Hamilton National
Bank, the new Stockholders Protec-
tive Committee of the District Bank
will seek an accounting Of these assets
through a bill soon to be filed in
court.
This was disclosed today by Leo A.
Rover, former District attorney, new
counsel for the Stockholders Protec-
tive Committee, as the first step in
fight to prevent the collection OF
100 per cent assessment against the
stockholders by the controller of the
currency.
Announcement that Rover had been
retained as counser was made late
yesterday by John A. Manfuso, secre-
tary of the committee. Other men,
bers of the committee are Robert N.
Harper, chairman, and George A.
LipScomb.
Leahy Repudiates Name.
Manfuso explained that William z.
Leahy and William j. Hughes, jr., at
torneys, whose names appeared on
earlier communications sent out to
stockholders, were no longer connected
with the committee as counsel. Leahy
l1o fak - Id
on the previous communications.
In explaining the first step in the
new fight would be to ask for an
accounting of the assets sold to the
Hamilton National Bank, Mr.. Rover
declared that it would not be his in
tention to attempt to break down or
set aside the contract between the
District National Bank and the Ham
ilton National Bank, whereby the best
assets OF the former were sold TO the
latter under a system known as a
Spokane sale" This plan was used
in many cases of bank reorganization
throughout the country as well as
here in Washington, under direction
OF the controller of the currency.
Seek More Cash.
The accounting of the prime assets
of the District National Bank will be
asked, Mr.. Rover explained, with a
view to determining whether there
might be more cash available from
them than the so per cent dividend
which was paid to depositors when
the Hamilton National Bank opened.
The District National Bank was the
first institution to join the Hamilton
National Bank merger. AS matter Of
fact, the first announcement of a bank
merger came officially through the
District National Bank, which took a
leading part in the Hamilton organiza-
ton.
After the District Banks prime
assets were sold to the Hamilton, the
remaining assets stayed in the hands
of its conservator, Joshua Evans, jr.,
former president, who became vice
president of the Hamilton National
Bank.
When a receiver, Norman r. Ham,
ilton. was appointed to take over the
District Nationals remaining assets,
and four other banks which had Joined
the Hamilton, the District Bank was
declared insolvent. Later the con-
troller of the currency levied 100
per cent assessment against all stock
holders, because the banks assets we're
insufficient TO meet its liabilities with
out the assessment.
Evening star., 1934-07-26
MEETING CALLED
FOR REINFORCEMENT
Commissioners Invite 28
Persons to Attend Ses-
sion Monday.

The District Commissioners today
sent invitations to % persons to at
tend meeting at pm. Monday at
which plans will be made for a COM
munity-wide employment and re-em-
ployment campaign.
Among suggestions which have been
made for such q campaign by Com
missioner George E. Allen and We'll
fare Director Elwood Street are stim-
ulation of buying through the retail
stores of Washington, the encourage
ment of building and renovation of
buildings, both residential, commercial
and industrial, and the employment
of domestic servants and other per-
sons in personal service.
Those who are to receive the lnV1-
tations are F. P. H. Siddons, pres1-
dent of the District Bankers ASSo-
citation: E. D. Shaw, secretary of the
Merchants and Manufacturers As
sociation; Charles J. Rush, secretary
of the washington Real Estate Ex-
change; James G.. Yaden. president Of
the Federation of Citizens ASsocia-
tions; Robert j. Cottrell, secretary OF
the washington Board of Trade; G.
w. Beasley, president of the Fed
Grafton of Civic Associations;
John Locher. secretary OF the
Building Trades Council; Frank
] Coleman. secretary of the Central
Trade Union; John Colpoys, United
States marshal; Mrs. Harvey Wiley
president of the District OF Columbia
Federation of Women's Clubs; Sylvan
King. of Kings Palace; Edgar Young,
acting director of the District Of
Columbia Employment Center; w.
Frank Persons, director Of the United
States Employment Service; Aubrey
Williams, acting administrator, F. E.
R. A; Capt Howard F. Clark, deputy
administrator of work relief; VIII
liam c. Cleary. secretary. Work Plan
ming and Job Assignment Committee;
John ]. O'Connor, United States
Chamber of Commerce; Leroy Hal
bert. director of research, Emergency
Relief Division: Miss Alice Hill, di-
rector, Emergecy Relief Division;
Right Rev. John NJ Mcnamara,
Auxiliary Bishop of Washington; DR..
w. L. Darby, secretary, Washington
Federation Of Churches, Rabbi Abram
Simon. Washington Hebrew Congre-
CATION: James Moffett, Federal Hous-
ing Administration; Albert L, Deane,
Federal Housing Administration; John
Ihlder, District Of Columbia Housing
Committee; Arch Mandel, Federal
Emergency Relief Administration:
Thomas Hibben, Federal Emergency
Relief Administration, and H. c.
Corpening, District Rehabilitation
once.
Evening star., 1934-07-26
Democrats Indorse Candidate.

LAUREL. Md, July 20 (SpeciaD -
Capt. Vinton ID. Cockey was indoEsAl
for the Democratic nomination for
county surveyor at a meeting Of the
Laurel Democratic Club Tuesday
night. The Laurel club is planning
an outing. The club plans to meet
every two weeks from now until fur
ther notice.
Evening star., 1934-07-26
CATTLE TO ARRIVE
200 Head From Drought Area
to Reach Front Royal.
,ial Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
FRONT ROYAL, Va, July 26.-A
consignment of l,2oo cattle from the
drought-stricken area of North Da-
kota will arrive here tomorrow and
be distributed among farmers by the
local Emergency Relief Administra-
tion- Rappahannock County will re-
ceive 800. and the other 400 will be
pastured by Warren County farmers.
Farmers will be paid sI.5o per head
for each month OF paSturage and in
the Fall the cattle will be shipped to
Baltimore for slaughter. The beef will
be used for Winter relief.
Evening star., 1934-07-26

r lard manuel labor under a
II blazing sun with the Civilian
Conservation Corps is the sort
Il Il OF vacation" which appeals
to Raymond Ickes, husky
young son of the Secretary of the In
terror
Laying aside his polo mallet for a
hoe handle, Ickes is a working fore
man among so c. c. c. youths who
are constructing a happy landing
place for migratory ducks on Reaches
Run, Potomac inlet along the Mount
Vernon Memorial Boulevard. Just
across the river from Washington.
Young Ickes. junior at the Uni
versity of Chicago, will put in his
entire vacation" on the job. A polo
player and member of the university's
swimming and wrestling teams. Ickes
is physically equipped to swing an
ak, shovel or hoe with the best of
them.
He likes the work and the men he
is thrown with, and, further, he is
enthusiastic about the duck sanctuary.
Stripped to the waist, with a hoe
IN his hands. young Ickes paused
long enough to wipe the sweat from
Evening star., 1934-07-26

connection with the charge he made
yesterday some persons not in need
Of relief are on relief rolls and that
dead and missing persons are carried
on relief rolls. Philbin indicated that
some Of the cases might be looked
into by the Senate committee.
Evening star., 1934-07-26
REELECTED PRESIDENT
S. I. Davis Again to Head Staun-
ton Business Mems Group.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
STAUNTON. Va. July 26.-S. I.
Davis was reelected president Of the
Merchants and Business Mems Asso-
citation at its meeting here yesterday
S. Glenn Cline, vice president. and
S. M Dngledine, secretary treasurer.
also we're reelected.
The board is composed of these
officers and S. T. Sterrett. T c. Bar
Der. irwin Weinberg, R. L. Stricken.
sr.; Sidney E. Trott, Hugh S. Bryan,
S. J. Sachs and V. p. Leaveu
Evening star., 1934-05-25
new POST OFFICE
DEDICATION June II
Exercises to Be Held in After.
noon in North Courtyard.
Officials Will Speak.

The new 100000 Post Office
Department Building will be dedi-
Gated June II, it was announced
today. The exercises will be held at
2:30 pm. in the north court yard
and employees of the department will
have half-holiday.
Several Government officials are to
speak, but the list has not been COM
pleted, it was explained by w. w
Howes, First Assistant Postmaster
General, who is in charge of the
program.
AS a commemorative feature, Post
master General Farley has authorized
special cachet for all philatelic mail
going out Of Washington that day,
This also was done the day the cor
nerstone Of the building, at Twelfth
street and Pennsylvania avenue, was
laid.
The staff Of the Post ONCE De-
partment has been moving steadily
into the new building for the past
several days and Postmaster General
Farley will transfer his quarters from
the old structure, just across Twelfth
street, shortly.