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MEMS AND! Boys IllIi3

63-Men's 59c to 79c Bathing Suits I9c
37-Pr. Boys Long Pants. ST Val. Sizes to "a 55c
1881 C. B. Cones Work Shirts. Sizes I7I220, Ate
i64-Mens Cotton and Rayon SOx l5c VAL, Toe Pr
34-Boys Mickey Mouse Sweaters, 49c VAL. .27c
84-Men's Straw Hats. ST and $I.i9 Values Csc
I7-Pr. 59c to 79c Boys KniCkers Sizes and 8, l9e
e9-Prs. Mems Gray Covert Pants. ST VAL. 49, 5sc
34-Pr. Boys Shorts. Covert and Khaki
Cloth. 59c Value. Sizes a to g. .. i9c
63-Mens White Duck Caps. All Sizes -. I9c
14-Mens BroadcIoth Shorts. Sizes 36 to az. i2c
i27-Men's Ecru Rib. Union Suits. 79c Val, 47c
Neckband Shirts. ST to $I.39 Val. 5sc
es-Prs. Mems Pin Check Pants, $I.29 VAL. 89c
ii9-Men's i9c to 29c Ties ........l 3c
64-Prs. Mems Work and Dress Pants. $I.49 YAH 89c
1872. Mems AlI-WooI Pants. $5.$750 VAL, $3.7S
32-Prs. Mems SeeSsueker Pants. ST Val. 79c
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FURNITURE DEPT ETC

50-0nIy. rs Fl. 20" Garden Hose. $i.2s Val. CSC
3-6 Fl. by 36-in. Fibre Rugs. $249 Val. $i.ss
l-2.Pc. Tapestry Liv Room Suite. $44.50 VAL $26.75
i-25.Lb. Steel Refrigerator. $i2.95 VAL. $e.75
i5-Hard Wood Lawn Settees. CSC Val. CSC
i-sxi2-Ft. S'med Amin. Rug. $3.50 VAL, sis.75
Double Wire, 99.Co Bed Springs, $6.95 VAL, $4s5
3-4x7-Ft. Gin. Fibre Porch Rugs. $4.49 VAL, $2.as
3-i4-n. Lawn Mowers Ball Brig, $5.95 VAL, $3.50
Deck Chairs, Reinforced Seat, Foot Rest
Canopy Top. $2.s8 Value .. $l.07
i-3.Pc. Veneer Bedroom Suite, $39.59 VAL, $2s.75
Skip Rag Rugs. Frnged Ends. $4.2s VAL. $2.98
Used Electric Washing Machine $500
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73-NoveIty Cretonne and Jaspe Pillows, Csc Va i9c
Accidental Bedspreads, Up to $t9s Val Vsieu' 6sc
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42-Yds. 36-In. Red Burap, Csc Val. Special, 0c I'd.
6i-Yds. 54-In. Drapery vsIours. Choice 4Sc I'd.
54-Prs. Damask Drapes, Lined
PIeated. $i.4S Value Pr, SLID
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Value Observation-Disclosures. Ydp ise
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57-36x72-In. Window Shades. Spring Roller.
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SHOES FOR 7:I3I7;IlIIIN

85-Pr. Boys and Girls Leather Sandals 29c
45-Pr. Csc WOmens Leather Sole Sandals t9c
60-Pr. $l.25 WOmen's Novelty Sports Slippers, Sic
78-Pr Women's Leather Footwear. 0xfords
and Ties. Broken sizes - 39c Pr.
ii-Pr. Mems Sports 0xfords, $2.IS Value $i.iS
Evening star., 1934-11-24
YOUNG PEOPLE PLAN
CRUSADE PROGRAM
DR.. F. B. Harris to Speak at
Foundry Methodist-Music
Festival in Evening.

At Foundry NJ E. Church tomor-
row morning DR.. Frederick Brown
Harris, minister will preach at IL
O'Clock on Strengthening the
Stakes" the day having been desig-
mated as Visitors and Young Peoples
day in the loyalty crusade which ex-
tends through December 9.
The EpWorth League is sponsoring
Thanksgiving harvest festival Of
music at $50 in the dramatic hall
and will attend the evening service in
a body. when two of their own mem
bers will speak at the designated
young peoples service. Brief ad-
dresses on "A Challenge to the Youth
of the Church" will also be made by
Rev. Walter Getty, who is assisting
with the crusade, and by the pastor.
The ninetieth anniversary of the
Lords Day Alliance will meet at 8
pm. Wednesday in this church, with
DR.. Robert E. Speer as the guest
speaker. Thanksgiving day at IL
o'clock Bishop Edwin Holt Hughes
will preach the sermon at the annual
Thanksgiving day service Other
ministers will assist DR.. Harris in this
service.
Evening star., 1934-11-24
HIGHEST ALTITUDE
PHOTO EXHIBITED
Capt. A. W. Stevens Shows Rare
Picture Taken in Stratc.
sphere.

A photograph of the worlds sur
face made from the highest altitude
to which mapping camera ever has
been carried was shown by Capt. AL
bert W. Stevens, Army Air Corps,
during a lecture last night before the
National Geographic Society on the
Air Corps Geographic Society strato-
sphere flight of last July.
The photograph, made at an alti-
tude of 1134 miles. covers SO square
miles of territory, the greatest cover
age ever made in single vertical ex-
posure. A special map made from
the photograph also was shown as a
demonstration of the value of such
high altitude photography for mill
tary and commercial uses.
Capt. Stevens described the scien-
tific uses to which more than $50
Salvaged photographs made during
the flight are being put, including
accurate checks on existing methods
of measuring the altitude of aircraft,
methods of checking maps and topo-
graphic measurements and measure
ment of speed of drift of the balloon,
which in turn serves as key to air
movement in the stratosphere.
Capt. Stevens announced that latest
reports from studies of cosmic ray
records made by DR.. w. F. G. Swami
of Swarthmore, Pa, from the material
collected during the stratosphere flight
indicate that the intensity of the
little-known cosmic rays increases
tremendously at the higher attitudes
At 10000 feet above sea level these
rays are 80 times sea level intensity
and at $4,000 feet increase to go times
the sea level intensity.
Salvaged records from the balloon
now are being studied in Laboratories
in Pasadena, Calf; Swarthmore, Pa
and Rochester, N. Y, Capt. Stevens
said.
Evening star., 1934-11-24
TEACHER RELEASED
In TRUNK DEATH CASE
Detective Says Woman Is Not
Linked With Finding of
Three Bodies.
BY the Associated Press.


BROOKLYN, N. Y, November "a
A charge of homicide placed against
Miss Ruby Clarke. SO. of Nyack, N. Y,
after the bodies of three infants we're
found in trunk which belonged to
her, was dismissed yesterday.
Miss Clarke, attractive former school
teacher, had been held without bail
since Tuesday night, when she re-
turned voluntarily from hunting trip
in upstate New York after police in
formed her of the discovery of the
bodies.
Miss Clarke had stored the trunk
in which the bodies were found in a
Brooklyn warehouse in the Summer
of 1882. The trunk contained only
odds and ends when she stored it,
she said.
A detective informed Magistrate
David Hirshfield that he had found no
evidence linking Miss Clarke with the
deaths Of the babies.
Evening star., 1934-11-24
BIBLE INSTRUCTOR
FROM EDINBURGH
DR.. Arthur I. Brown, Fellow Of
Royal College of Surgeons,
Conference Guest.

DR.. Arthur l. Brown, fellow of the
Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh,
will be the Bible teacher during a
six-day Bible conference, to be held
under auspices of the Bible Institute
of Washington at the Fifth Baptist
Church, beginning tomorrow morning.
The general topic is Science and the
Bible"
The conference will be presided over
by I. H. Linton, president of the in
stitute; DR.. John E. Briggs, pastor Of
the Fifth Baptist Church; Rev. Arthur
G. Slaght, dean of the institute.
There will be special music every eve
ming directed by Rev. Slaght.
Subjects for the week beginning to-
morrow are: Sunday. IL am, See
ing the Face of the King; 745 pm,
THE War Against God-.Seeing God
in Our World" Monday, 7:45 pm.
Genesis and Modern Science" Tues
day, 7:45 pm, Can This Scientific
Age Believe the Bible?" Wednesday,
7:45 pm, God and You-Wonders
of the Human Body" Thursday, 7:45
pm, Floods, Fossils and Fools" and
Friday. 7:45 pm, Men, Monkeys and
Missing Links"
Evening star., 1934-11-24
UNITARIAN PASTOR
ANNOUNCES SERMON
"Dweller in the Tombs" to Be
Theme of DR.. U. G.. B. Pierce
Tomorrow Morning.

DR. Ulysses G. B. Pierce, minister of
All Souls Unitarian Church will
preach at the IL o'clock service on
The Dweller in the Tombs" At $50
will be an informal chat on Science
in Ancient Egypt" by DR.. L. E. War
rem. This talk will be illustrated by
lantern slides Supper is served from
6 to z o'clock The Fireside Circle,
under the leadership of Ebert Borden
meets at Gas. At the motion picture
hour in Pierce Hall at 7:30, Jan
Keipura, the famous Polish tenor, will
be heard in BE Mine Tonight"
The course of lectures on current
events, given by Mrs Georgette Ross
Howard, will be continued Monday
evening. On Thursday. this church
will unite with a number of neigh
boring churches in a union Thanks
giving service in the Church of Jesus
Christ of Latter Day Saints The
minister of All Souls Church will
preach the sermon.
Poll de Carotte," an important film
in the French language, will be shown
in Pierce Hall Friday evening.
Evening star., 1934-11-24
STUDENT EDITORS
CONFER ON WORK.
Newspaper Writers Speak
at Convention at 6. w.
Officers Named.

Various phases of newspaper work
were discussed this morning at the
annual press convention of high school
editors of Washington, Maryland and
Virginia at George Washington Uni
versity. The convention is under aus
pices of the "Hatchet" and Pi Delta
Epsilon, national journalistic fra
ternity
The student journalists were divided
into groups to facilitate their studies
Of special problems.
Hudson Wells of Eastern High
School was elected president of the
convention late yesterday, the opening
day. Other officers chosen were Owen
Chapel, Alexandria High School, vice
president; Virginia Clapp, Lee-Jack-
son High School, secretary, and
Robert Garrison, Central High School,
treasurer.
The convention opened yesterday
morning with an address by Dean
Robert Whitney Bolwell of the faculty.
Laura Vitray of the Washington Post
also spoke at the morning session.
A luncheon was held at the Press
Club, where Daniel de Souza of The
Evening Star and president Of the
Washington Newspaper Guild, spoke
Dean Henry Grattan Doyle of the fac
ulty, told the students the prime requi-
site for the journalists is intellec-
tual honesty.
Group meetings were held during
the afternoon and in the evening the
delegates attended the George Wash
ington-Nort Dakota foot ball game.
After the game, they went to the
''Hatchet" printing plant to witness
the final stages of makeup and print
ing of the special convention issue
Of the paper.
Eugene MacLean, general manager
of the Post, was to address a general
session at 1870 pm. today. Mark
Foote, president of the National Press
Club, and Nelson Poynter, business
manager of the Daily News, will be
the guest speakers at a banquet to-
night in the lAayf1ower Hotel. Cups
will be awarded the best high school
ANIMALS and newspapers submitted. A
dance will follow the banquet.
Evening star., 1934-11-24
Marriage Licenses.

Wilbur Liggett, %. 2212 Claiming ST. ne,
and Mildred M. Cunningham. 26. 1916
18th St; Rev; J, R, Szoo: W. ,a
Rev. w. s. Abernethy.
and Lillian M Dyer. 25. ASH illinois
ave: Rev. C. H. Corkran.
Daniel DeYoung. a. 420i 10th St.. and
Reba Berman. "a. 5425 4th ST.; Rev.
Joseph ", Heilmsn. 32;; 55O1 1st St.. and
john ri j. J. kias. Mesz 81. a14 Rittenhouse st.. and
ne; Rev: owen 8. Dietz: -0'' "
'0he beps h H 5s HSBs Bandywne nnS ans
Lester ]. Manokey. 80. 1871 7th ST.. and
Marjorie Collins. "a. 1627-A ST.; Rev.
w. o. Carrington.
Don s; Bender. q. Hyattsyille; Md. and
Rev. L. I. McDougle
Stanley J. Blumburg. 81 Bellaire N. Y.
an and l, Merle J. Garrison. src.s 49, Seattle,
Leroy j. Kraus. ~, and Naomi v. Curry,
23. both Of Baltimore; Judge r. E. Mat
Robert H. Burns 90. Philadelphia. and
Alice M. Summersen. 20; Rev. J. ".
Daniel C1rrie jr. go Pocatello, Idaho, and
Perlah A, Coffee %. Forest. Va; Rev.
Archie l. aSI Haines. a1, Fairfax Va. and
c. }9hg y g@ytR g sa!s 70. and Alice Cough 81 both
RsSaRs Of gsltmSrs 81 SoWRs Rsv g. E Ea
Hazel wilson 50. 4oS 3 st. ~ Sc: e.: Rev. sHH
Samuel Jenifer.
Evening star., 1934-11-24
HOME FOR AGED PLANS
ANNUAL Benefit FRIDAY
Methodist Institution's Board of
Managers to Sponsor Event,
Afternoon and Evening.


The Board Of Managers Of the
Methodist Home for the Aged. will
hold the annual donation day benefit
of the home, Connecticut avenue and
Elicott street, Friday. to 10 pm.
In charge of the various attractions
are Mrs. j. C. Mulford, chairman, as
sisted by Miss Helen Harman, who
also is in charge of the decorations.
The tea room will be in charge of Mrs
Allan Poore. assisted by the members
of the Methodist Ministers Wives As
sociation; cakes, Mrs H W. Barbour;
candy, Mrs Howell Bartle and men,
bers of the Reading Circle; handker-
chiefs, Mrs Stroebel; home table, Mrs.
Ivan Riley; program, Mrs. Ralph M.
Wolfe: arrangements of tables and
gifts Mrs. William A. Norris and Miss
Carr; Reception Committee, Mrs.
Harry Hoskinson, president Of the
board. assisted by the following Off
GERS: Mrs. Fred Cawson. Mrs. j. Frank
Campbell. Mrs Grace A. L. Suit, Miss
Bertha Gray. Mrs. James Mackey,
Mrs. Oliver B. Jenkins, Mrs. H. L..
Buell.. Mrs. Edward NJ Hall and Mrs.
Frank T. Mitchell.
A feature will be a party Of the
nineties," given from 3 to 5 o'clock
with members of the board in style
fashions of the nineties. At pm. a
program of music and readings will be
given.
Donations of food supplies, linens
and cash are greatly needed by the
home and will be most acceptable.
The Methodist Home is not in the
Community Chest.
Evening star., 1934-11-24
CITIZENS OPPOSE
PARKING BARRIER
Anacostia Meeting Hits Plan
to Post Nichols Avenue
in Rush Hours.

The Anacostia Citizens Association
last night opposed erection Of mo
Parking signs on Nichols avenue
southeast between Good Hope and
Sheridan roads applying to morning
and evening rush hours.
The group also suggested that the
street car stop at the southeast cor
ner of Good Hope road and Nichols
avenue be moved to the northeast cor
ner and that a loading platform be
installed between Good Hope road
and S street southeast.
The association heard a report from
Charles Cashell of the traffic directors
Office, giving traffic statistics pertain
ing to Nichols avenue between the two
points designated.
Approves Bus Plan.
DR.. George C. Havenner, president
of the association. approved the plan
suggested by Peoples Counsel William
A. Roberts, to install a bus service
from Good Hope road and Nichols
avenue south to the Congress Heights
area and residents in Washington
Highlands. Dr. Havenner did urge,
however, that the buses start on the
north side of the bridge at M or o
streets.
The association decided to join the
newly formed Southeast Council of
Citizens Associations and the preSi-
dent appointed Capt. Frank M. Dent,
William J. Tucker and LorenZ Thomp-
son as delegates.
Suggests School Name.
A motion was presented by DR..
Havenner that the new junior-senior
high school, now under construction
in Anacostia, be named the Anacostia
Junior-Senior High School. This
name was selected. he pointed out,
not primarily because of its locality,
but because of the historical signifi-
canoe connected with the founding Of
AnacoStia.
A resolution was passed approving
the present Board of Trustees of the
Public Library of the District of Co.
lumbia and a letter was to be di-
rected to the head librarian, DR..
George F. Bowerman, to this effect.
The association met in the Metho-
dist Church Hall, Fourteenth and U
streets southeast.
Evening star., 1934-11-24
DR.. H. H. HOLLISTER
ANNOUNCES SERMON
"The Sane Man Who Kept his
Sanity" Chevy Chase Pres
byterian Topic.

At Chevy Chase Presbyterian to-
morrow morning 1.-The Sane Man Who
Kept His Sanity" will be the subject
of DR.. H. H. HOLSTERS sermon.
p The Hearthstones will have a party
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. r. E.
Mitchell, z East Melrose street, to-
night. They will have their regular
meeting in the young peoples room
tomorrow at o'clock. The FireSide
Group will meet at 7:30 at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. Walter L. Cheney,
35O9 Mckinley street: Collegians,
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Howard S.
Austin, East Underwood street, and
the Young Peoples Society in the
young peoples room. DR.. Eugene B.
Daniels of Maryland University will
address the Collegians on Youth in
Russia" The Young Peoples Society
will begin a series of meetings on the
general topic of Experiments in
Biographies" this Sunday evening
The Young Peoples Society and the
Semi-C Circle will have Thanksgiving
dance at the Bethesda Women's Club
Wednesday.
Evening star., 1934-11-24
JULIAN N. LITTLE
D|ESFROM HURTS
Brother of Gen. Louis Nc.
Carly Little Was Injured
in Auto Crash.

Julian McCarty Little, 40, New York
mining engineer, brother of Brig. Gen.
Louis McCarty Little, U. S. M. c., and
Mrs. John P. Story, both of this city,
died yesterday in Long Branch, N. j.,
of injuries received in an automobile
accident Monday at Rumson, N. j.
Mr.. Little was hurt when he lost
control of his car in trying to prevent
his dog from jumping out and crashed
into a tree.
Besides his brother and sister, Mr..
Little is survived by his widow, Helen
Deadleston Little, sister of DR.. Elmer c.
Hazard, who is proprietor of the Haz-
ard Hospital, where Mr.. Little died; a
daughter Florence and another sister,
Mrs. Reginald Norman of Newport,
r. I.
Mr.. Little was born at Newport, R
l.. the son of Capt. w. McCarty Little
and Anita Maria Chartrand.
During the World War, Mr.. Little
served in the Marine Corps.
Funeral services will be held tomor-
row at $3.50 pm, at st. Georges
Episcopal Church, Rumson. Burial
will be in Christ Church Cemetery
Shrewsbury, N. j.
Evening star., 1934-11-24
GALA CLCS|NGSET
FOR FOOD SHOW
Double Attendance Expect
ed, With Auto Gift Feature;
Event Great Success.

The seventh annual food show of
the District Grocery Stores tonight will
stage a gala closing night, with both
floors of the Washington Auditorium
available for the usual large final
night crowd.
Since q week ago last Wednesday
the display has attracted thousands
of persons every day, and the throng
tonight is expected to be double that
of previous evenings.
There will be room aplenty for all
who come and duplicate gifts of food
will be handed out on both floors.
The major gift of the show, an auto
mobile, will be awarded.
An amplification system similar to
that which has made audible to all
persons on the downstairs floor of the
building the nightly proceedings, will
be installed on the upper floor An
nouncementS will be synchronized by a
telephone system connecting the two
halls.
Most Successful Show.
L. Jacobson, president of the Dis
trict Grocery Stores, Inc, character
lied this years show as the most
successful since the displays were
begun seven years ago. Foods of all
sorts, kitchen equipment, household
furnishings and all the appurtenances
of the home have been on exhibition
in Ct booths and may be seen for
the last time tonight.
The automobile will be awarded at
$50 pm, and the other presenta-
tions will be in the nature of conso-
lation gifts. An electric vacuum
cleaner will be given away this after
noon.
Seven couples took part in hat
dressing contest last night, the final
one of the humorous competitions
which have been nightly features OF
the show.
Any doubt that it was a sissy game
was diSpelled by the outcome. A ro-
bust, hardy soldier, j. r. Smith, who
appeared in uniform, was the winner.
He admitted later, however, that his
skill came from marriage rather than
from martial training.
The girls who modelled the hats
were allowed to pick their partners
from among the competing men. They
also selected the hats they thought
most becoming to them. Then it was
up to the men to apply the trimming
81 Cents Each Final Cost.
The final products cost just 81
cents apiece and all the parts came
from the 5-and-10-cent store. The
trimmings consisted of flowers
feathers and ribbons.
The results may not have been the
most artistic in the world, but then
a 5-and-10-cent store is a long way
from a Fifth Avenue shop, and it must
be admitted there is little difference
in the skill of an amateur and a
modiste.
The baby contest yesterday after
noon ended in a triple tie Two OF
the prize infants were the twin sons
of Mr.. and Mrs. Norman E. Ward oi
236 Neal street northeast, John Rus
sell and Leroy Otho Ward. 2 years
old. The other winning baby wa.
James David Adams, 2l2 years old
son of Mr.. and Mrs. James Adams
of 228 Third street.
The main prize last night, a gas
stove, went to j. Mulholland, 3505
Thirty fourth street. Mount Rainier
Md. Earl Abbott, 1921 Volta place
received an electric washing machine
yesterday afternoon.
Evening star., 1934-11-24

Employees in an effort to retain their
names on the A. A. A. pay roll.
Seek Farm Census Jobs.
Meanwhile, temporary employees of
the Census Bureau who are to be
dropped from the rolls next month
when their work is completed, held
a mass meeting last night and adopted
a resolution asking President Roose-
welt to hold as many of them in serv-
ice as possible, for the forthcoming
farm census.
These temporary employees lack civil
service status, and have not been able
to take test to acquire it. Conse-
quently they are barred from the
farm census work under the terms Of
the executive order which provides
that this employment must go to civil
service employees.
At the Census Bureau it Is said that
these temporaries number 1856; all
have had six months or more expert
ence and officials there would retain
them if possible.
Held by Commerce Lodge.
The meeting last night was held
under direction of Commerce Lodge
American Federation of Government
Employees, and was addressed by E
Claude Babcock, the president;
Charles I. Stengle of national head
quarters, and Miss Jessie Dell, for
mer member of the Civil Service Com
mission, who now Is in the Census
Bureau.
These three were appointed to 9
committee which will seek signatures
to a petition to be laid before the
President.
The meeting, held at Thomson
School, also Endorsed a petition from
temporary Treasury workers who are
seeking to retain employment which
they are about to lose.
Evening star., 1934-11-24
BERLIN SENSES DANGER.

BERLIN, November "a R.-Reports
of a Franco Russian military alliance
were viewed as having a possible
poisonous effect on the international
atmosphere" here today.
One government spokesman said IAN
alliance between two such highly
armed nations as France and Russia is
regrettable.
I'VE do not feel concerned, because
our western frontiers are safe enough,
apart from the Saar, which will be
ours after January 49, On the eastern
side we are not contiguous to Frances
ally.
France is ready for protection
against an eventual attack-from what
side? Certainly not from ours"
Evening star., 1934-11-24
PRETTYMAN CITES
EXTENSIVE DUTIES
Round Table Luncheon Told
Possibility of Slips in
Legal Work.

Citing the huge volume of work
handled by his staff, E. Barrett Pretty
man, corporation counsel. told the
members OF the Washington Round
Table at luncheon at the University
Club yesterday, not to be surprised
'if we slip once in a while"
Prettyman and his staff of 16 as
sistants, in addition to their purely
legal work, either attend as men,
bers or counsel the sessions of 16
boards or commissions Of the District
government, he said.
He divided his official duties into
six classificationS: Advisory opinions,
civil litigation, criminal prosecution,
legislation. public utilities and mis-
cellaneouS.
Last year, he said his Office wrote
approximately 1000 formal legal
opinions; reviewed between 1900 and
1,400 civil claims and suits; handled
close to $4,000 criminal cases, includ-
ing $4,000 traffic violations; liquor
law cases, reviewed 1000 contracts
and bonds; handled $500 jury cases
in Juvenile Court, TOO in Police and
Traffic Court, 141 cases in District
Supreme Court, Is in the District of
Columbia Court of Appeals. CSC
lunacy cases, in addition to purely
advisory work for all branches Of the
District government
Prettyman declared he is opposed
to increasing traffic penalties. ex-
planning that higher penalties will re-
suit in a larger number of demands
for jury trials and an increase in jury
trials will undoubtedly result in con-
gested dockets.
The corporation counsel also out
lined briefly, number Of bills to be
offered as new District legislation at
the next session of Congress.