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Evening star., 1935-10-14
SCHOOL RATING SYSTEM
REPORTS DUE TODAY
Plan for Teachers to Be Dis
cussed at Meeting of Board
and Personnel Committee.

Reports Of the rating system for
teachers in the public schools are to be
received today by the Board of Educa-
ton and its Personnel Committee at a
special meeting in the Franklin Ad-
ministration Building.
The reports are the outgrowth Of a
series Of hearings held last Winter and
Spring at the request of the Teachers
Union. They objected to the present
rating system of five classifications and
asked that a simplified plan be adopt
ed CHASING all teachers with "satisfac-
tory" or unsatisfactory"
Mrs. Marion Wade Doyle, now pres
ident Of the board, was chairman OF
the personnel committee when the
hearings were held. She has been sue
ceeded as head of the personnel group
by Robert A. Maurer.
Evening star., 1935-10-14
NEW MALL ROADS
TO Be OPEN SOON
Finnan Reports Progress in
Parks Program in
Capital.

Marked progress Is being made in
| construction in the National Capital
parks, c. Marshall Finnan, the park
chief, said today. He disclosed the
newly built highways on the Mall are
about ready for public use, that the
central abutment for the new low
level bridge near P street in Rock
| Creek Valley has been poured and
that the highways at the hemicycle
at Arlington National Cemetery's east
entrance will be thrown open to the
public, now that the new bronze gate
has been erected.
No parking will be allowed on the
newly built inner road in the Mall,
Finnan said, as these highways are
narrow and were constructed solely
for park purposes. The new high
way in the line of Ninth street, run
ming across the Mall, is already open
to traffic.
Four Highways in All.
The Bureau of Public Roads Of the
Department Of Agriculture has super
vised the construction Of the Mall
AA1S34"oyos OoSb W41db tllS SltudLlOu
will be on parking on the two outer
roads will be determined later, Finnan
said, but he is now under the impress
sion that parking will be permitted
only on the outer side Of the outer
| drive. Altogether, there are four
highways running from Third street
to Fourteenth street in the Mall, ex-
cept where structures stand in the
way. A one-hour parking limit has
recently been enforced in the Mall.
Finnan said the elm trees, which will
line the new highways, will be planted
this Fall. Inasmuch as the contract
has already been let for this work, he
anticipates this program will be ini-
tiated in couple of weeks, when the
trees defoliate. The elm trees are to
be of the same general size and height
and are expected to be major fea-
ture of the whole Mall development,
affording central vista from the Cap
itol to the Washington Monument.
Holly Hedge Planned.
Bids will be opened at II am. on
Friday, in room 1915, Navy Building,
for furnishing plant material and
planting adjacent to the Memorial ap-
proach drive to Arlington National
Cemetery. This includes the planting
of holly hedge.
BY next March, If all goes well, Fin
nan hopes to have the new low level
bridge, now under construction at P
street, in operation for tine public.
Capt. H. C. Whitehurst, the District
highway engineer, expects to be able
to have the park drive between p street
and K street in Rock Creek Valley
open for public travel by November !.
The concrete base has been con-
structed and the surfacing remains
to be completed, but this job is
expected to be finished shortly.
The new valley parkway drive IS
looked upon as great aid for traffic
movement, but the park authorities are
confining its use to passenger vehicles.
It will be possible for motorists to
travel rapidly from Constitution ave-
nue. to P street when this new drive IS
placed in commission.
Evening star., 1935-10-14
SCHOOL PROJECTS
BY ALLEN
Work for Mon on Relief Rolls
to Be Provided by
W.P.A. Funds.

Commissioner George E. Allen. w.
P. A. administrator for the District,
has called upon the Board Of Educa-
tion to submit an additional list OF
school construction and improvement
projects from which a selection may
be made to employ men now on re-
lief rolls.
President Roosevelt has already ap-
proved ITS such projects and author
lied the expenditure of $289. 9.799. The
money, however, has not yet been
placed at the disposal OF Commis-
sioner Allen, who said today at least
part of them will get under way as
soon as the General Accounting once
gives its approval.
Request for the additional projects
was made in a letter to Dr.. Frank
w. Ballou. superintendent Of schools,
from Maj. Daniel j. Donovan, Dis
trict auditor. DR.. Ballou has placed
the subject on his docket Of business
to be presented to the Board Of Ed
ucation at its regular meeting We'd
nesday.
Allen explained today that the sup
Elemental list will be used solely for
the purpose of absorbing relief clients
in the w. P. A. work program. The
choice of projects will be determined
by the needs for jobs in the various
areas Of the city.
In addition to the ITS projects al
ready approved and awaiting funds,
about Is others are pending. These
were submitted to the National Emer-
gency Council for transmission to the
Allotment Board and subsequently to
the President, but no action was taken
on them when the original ITS were
approved.
DR.. Ballou has not yet begun COM
pilation of the new list, but it IS ex-
pected to be ordered by the board
and will be drafted under direction
of Jere J. Crane, first assistant su-
perintendent of schools, in charge OF
business affairs.
Evening star., 1935-10-14
AUDITOR REVEALS
; MILLION BUDGET
INCREASE FOR D. c.
Figure for 1887 Set at $45,.
600, ,0OO-Goes to Bu-
reau This Week.
NEED FOR ADDITIONAL
REVENUE is ANTICIPATED
Bigger Lump Sum Will Be
Sought-New Taxes Also
Seen.

The District Of Columbia's new 1887
budget will be between $45 900 900 and
sac. .000, 900, an increase of about S..
100000 from the current appropri.
alton Of s40,746,935, Daniel j. Dono-
van, District auditor, revealed today.
This figure is about s4,000,000 less
than the original estimates submitted
by the several department heads.
The revised figures will be trans
mitted to the United States Budget
Bureau this week. probably late in the
week, to allow the auditors Office to
make a final check and to submit the
revised schedules to the District Com
missioners for their approval.
Meanwhile, District officials are
searching for means to raise the adj
ditional revenue which will be required
to care for the increased schedule Of
expenditures. A part of the gain will
be sought through an increase in the
lump sum appropriation from Con-
gress, but officials believe new taxation
also will be necessary.
Bigger Lump Sum.
Commissioner Melvin C. Hazen last
year sought large lump sum ap-
preparation, asking for $8,500 900,
which is close to average Congress
Sional grant over the last 10 years,
but Congress slashed the fund to S..
100000 in the current appropriations.
Corporation Council E Barrett
Prettyman is chairman of a special
committee created by the Commits
sioners some time ago to search out
possible new sources of revenue and
Commissioner George E. Allen has
suggested a diversion of the gasoline
tax from road and highway main
tenance to general fund purposes.
Aliens suggestion, however, has
met with considerable opposition,
many citizens and trade organizations
voicing their objections.
Inheritance and income taxes also
have been suggested and have been
submitted to the Prettyman Commit-
tee for study.
Education Board Cut.
In making the S4,0O0,00O reduction
in the original budget, more than half
Of this was cut from the schedule Of
the Board of Education, much Of it
in proposed new construction. Dono-
van explained that some cuts were
made by all departments
It Is anticipated further reductions
will also be made by the Budget Bu-
reau before the list of requests for
funds is sent on to he President for
inclusion in his annual budget mes.
sage to Congress in January.
Last year Congress held hearings
on the proposed new District budget
before it was made public and before
it had been officially submitted to
Congress by the President Many
local officials and the Federation Of
Citizens Associations objected stren-
uously to the procedure. They argued
that under the circumstances the
hearings had to be closed to the pub.
lic This year they hope to have
open hearings so that any interested
citizen or group may have an oppor-
runity to give views on contemplated
appropriations and expenditures.
Under Treasury Department regu-
lations, once the budget goes to the
Budget Bureau its contents are kept
confidential until after the President
transmits it to Congress.
Evening star., 1935-10-14
JURY HOLDS TRAFFIC
FATALITY ACCIDENT

A coroner's jury today declared ac-
cidental the traffic death Of Harry
Chant, 54. Of A I street, who was
fatally injured last Wednesday night
when struck by an automobile at
North Capitol and H streets. He died
Friday night in Casualty Hospital
after undergoing agonizing pain from
internal injuries.
The jury's verdict exonerated Will
mer ]. Farran. %, of 528 Eleventh
street southeast, driver Of the auto
mobile which struck Chant.
Although Chant was conscious after
being taken to the hospital, doctors
almost from the beginning held doubt
full his recovery upon noting his In
tense pain and indications Of rup-
tured internal organs.
Evening star., 1935-10-14

seventh street and Minnesota avenue
southeast, police said, by an auto
mobile driven by Lemuel A. Dennison,
81, of the 2200 block of Fairlawn ave-
nue. southeast. Dennison was booked
by police on a charge Of driving an
automobile with q defective hand
brake.
Meanwhile three other persons in
local hospitals were hanging between
life and death and temporarily spared
from intense pain only through merci-
full nature, which had kept them url-
conscious or semi conscious.
Adam Abraham, SO, Of 1914 street,
in Freedmen's Hospital, where Satur-
day night physicians succeeded IN
stopping the fiow of blood from deep
cash in his forehead. X-rays, sched-
uled to be taken today, were expected
to show whether he has q skull frac.
ture as well as to indicate what chance
he has for recovery. Struck at YER
mont avenue and r street, Abraham
lay unconscious and unidentified ut
the hospital until yesterday.
In Casualty Hospital lay Miriam 4.
Gray, IS, Of Hyattsville. Nd, still m
conscious and her scalp cut to the
bone as a result Of being struck Sat-
urday night by an automobile near
the Hyattsv1lle Post Once. X-rays
will show whether she has q skull
fracture, and only time viii show
whether she will live.
Likewise, Robert G. Montgomery, 16,
struck Friday night by o street car
while roller skating on Pennsylvanis
Avenue southeast, is unconscious in
Providence Hospital with q fractured
skull. Time only will tell whether
he will recover. He Is the son Of
Policeman Robert s. Montgomery of
No. 10 precinct.
A Washington youth, Stewart r.
Perry, 20, of the 4400 block River
road, was held in the Fairfax Coun-
ty, Va, Jail today on charges Of
reckless. driving and operating with
out a permit in his possession, fol-
lowing collisions between his car and
two others on the cutoff road Of the
Lee Highway near there last night.
Perry's car, according to police,
struck machine driven by DR.. e. NJ.
Blackwell of Cherrydale. Mrs. Mary
Blackwell, his wife, and Mrs. w. s.
Hinmsn, q sister-in-law. were taken
to the ofiec Of DR.. G. A. Ransom In
Falls Church and treated for minor
cuts.
Following the first crash, Perry's
machine collided with another oper.
ated by Howard I. Turner Of the
200 block Of Florida avenue.
Evening star., 1935-10-14
Meeting OF, ,WARDMAN
TRUSTEES PERMITTED

Chief Justice Albert A. Wheat Of
District Supreme Court today refused
to halt a meeting wednesday of the
voting trustees Of Washington Prop
critics, which now controls most of the
former Wardman holdings.
An Injunction had been asked by
Katherine A. Ryan, 1902 D street
northeast, . bondholder, who charged
the trustees planned to renew for three
more years the present financial set
up Of the company, and which she
said was detrimental to her interests.
The suit was filed last week and
sought to reopen the entire financing
Of the Wardman properties. It win
be heard on It's merits later,
Evening star., 1935-10-14
coco SOLO TO SAN DIEGO
HOP BEGUN BY M'GINNIS
Anacostia Air Station Executive
omcer Set Record Last Week
in Flight From Norfolk.

Lieut.. Comdr. Knefler McGinnis.
executive officer of the Naval Air Sta
ton at Anacostia, was winging his
way today over Central America in a
big Navy patrol plane from Coco Solo,
c. e., toward San Diego. Calf.
He took OF at $3.50, Eastern stand
ard time. from Coco Solo. He laid q
course northwestward from the Canal
Zone and planned to take the shortest
route over Nicaragua, FL Salvador,
Guatemala and Mexico and on to San
Diego.
Last week Lieut.. Comdr. McGinnis
set q record In flying from Norfolk Il
Coco Solo In II hours and 50 minutes
Evening star., 1935-10-14
PROBE TOMORROW
IN KILLING OF BRIDE
Police Find Shotgun in Auto
of CuIpeper Man Held
Here.

A coroner's jury will open an in
quest tomorrow into the brutal murder
Of Mrs. Willie Mae Wood, 81, forced
undertaken, to accompany him to a
room in a downtown hotel here. where
her throat was cut early Saturday.
Police revealed today they found a
loaded double -barreled shotgun In
Reaguer's automobile. a circumstance
which seemed to indicate Reaguer
left his home in Culpeper prepared for
a showdown with hte girl, who only
three weeks ago married another man
Anna O'Bannon, II. cousin Of the
slain woman, said the middle -aged
undertaken threatened to kill Mrs
Wood unless she consented to give ur
her husband, but added that she sup.
posed at the time Reaguer was "jok.
ing"
These threats were made, the gir
said, after Reaguer picked them W
at a bus stop in Culpeper. where they
were waiting to return to Mrs. Woods
home near Fairfax, and brought them
! on to Washington over their protests
The O,Bannon girl occupied a room
adjoining that in which Reaguer was
found with his wrists and arm slashed
beside the almost decapitated body oi
Mrs. Wood.
Doctors at Gallinger Hospital
where Reaguer is being held under
guard, said he will be able to attend
the inquest tomorrow. He was to be
brought to police headquarters in the
morning to be fingerprinted, photo
graphed and questioned.
Police said they as yet have OBJ
tanned no statement from the prisoner
Police said one blade OF a small
pocket knife found near Mrs. Woods
body had been broken while the
woman was being murdered, and the
throat-cutting was completed with the
second and smaller blade. This was
the knife, police say, with which
Reaguer tried to end his own life by
opening his arteries.
Mrs. Wood, wife Of Herbert Ran
dolph Wood, State Highway Depart.
ment employe of Fairfax, was to bt
buried tomorrow afternoon in Cul.
peper, the home of her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. J. w. Fletcher.
Miss O'Bannon Is a student at 9
local business college, who had beer
visiting Mrs. Wood at her home in
Fairfax. The two girls had gone to
Culpeper Friday with Mrs. Fletcher
and were returning to Fairfax when
they met Reaguer.
Evening star., 1935-10-14
DELTA CHI TO MEET
Fraternity to Observe Founders
Day.

Founders day exercises Of the Delta
Chi Fraternity at Georgetown Uni
versity will be celebrated tonight by q
Joint meeting of alumni and active
members at the new home OF the
GEORGETOWN chapter, 1916 Nineteenth
street.
Dedication Of the new chapter
house will be combined with q cele-
bration of the founding Of Delta Chi
on October 13, 1890, at Cornell Uni
versity. Membership in the. WASH
ington alumni chapter Is open to all
the fraternity's former members now
living in the city.
Evening star., 1935-10-14
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE
SPEAKER IS HEARD
Lectureship Board Member Talks
on It's Message to World
in Need.

A lecture on christian Science: It's
Healing Message to World in Need"
was delivered yesterday afternoon in
Constitution Hall by Richard J. Davis,
c. S., of Chicago, III. Mr.. Davis is a
member OF the Board of Lectureship
of the Mother Church. the First
Church of Christ, Scientist. in Bos-
ton, Mass. He was introduced by
Bernard C. Duncan. This lecture was
under the auspices of First, Second,
Third and Fourth Chruches of Christ,
Scientist, of this city. The lecturer
said in part:
I'm the last few years we have been
witnessing a worldwide expression Ct
mass mesmerism and fear, in what
every one calls a great depression.
But no matter how aggressive its ex-
preston, no matter how near it has
seemed to touch our lives and our af-
fairs, Christian Science has enabled
us to stand, and to adjust our think
ing under difficult and unusual cir
cumstances
Measuring life and happiness
largely in terms of matter, it is not
surprising to find human beings the
world over engaged in a frantic con-
test or competition for things, ma
terial things. It has always been
quite the usual thing to measure a
mans success and position by the
amount of money he has in the bank
or by the personal property he pos
sesses. In fact, we hear much today
about what is called the acquisitive
instinct, meaning that man has nat
ural instinct to acquire and store up
things.
Centuries ago. Christ Jesus uncov-
cred the false basis Of that material
impulse in His parable Of the rich
man and his barns, and He declared
that a mans life consisteth not in the
abundance of the things which ne
possesseth.'"
Evening star., 1935-10-14
REQUIEM MASS
Rites to be Held for Attache of
Polish Embassy.

A requiem mass for the late Bohdan
Zaniewski, attache of the Polish En-
bassy, will be said Wednesday at II
am. in st. Paul's Church at Fifteenth
and v streets.
Mr.. Zaniewski was killed Friday
in an automobile accident In Utah
on his way back to Washington from
two months vacation tour. The
charge d'afiaires Of Poland and Mime.
Sokolowska and members Of the EN-
bassy staff will attend the mass, for
which no cards have been Issued.
Evening star., 1935-10-14
INSTITUTE TO MEET
Electrical Group to Hear Better
Lighting Promoter.

Joseph F. O'Brien Of the Westing-
house Lamp Co. will be guest speaker
at a meeting Of the Electric Institute
of Washington in the Potomac Elec-
trio Power Co. auditorium tomorrow
at 8 pm.
O,Brien, advertising and sales pro-
motion manager, was one OF the
pioneers in the better nght-better
sight" movement several years ago.
Norman H. Barnes of the p. e. p. Co.
will preside at the meeting.
Evening star., 1935-06-24

son, brother Of the bridegroom, was
the best man. A reception followed
the ceremony, the couple leaving later
on q wedding trip, Mrs. Hudson wear
ing q dark printed chiffon suit with
white accessories.
Miss Rose Rose, daughter Of Mr..
and Mrs. s. Rose, and Mr.. Morris
Wasserman, son Of Mr.. and Mrs. Leon
Wasserman of 1916 DAILY avenue, in
the Bronx, New York, were married
yesterday afternoon at o'clock in
the Brightwood Masonic Temple,
Rabbi Solomon Metz officiating. We'd
ding music was played by an orches-
ira under the direction Of Mr.. Nathan
Levenson. The temple was decorated
with palms. white roses, garden flowers
and green's.
The bride was given in marriage by
her father and wore a white lace
gown and q veil Of white net and lace
and carried bouquet of white roses
and lilies Of the valley.
The maid of honor was Miss Estelle
Mandelblatt Of New York, whose
gown was Of peach color chiffon with
slippers to match. She carried q
bouquet Of tea roses. The brides
maids were Miss Edith Rosbach of
New York, who wore a pink lace gown
with slippers to match and carried a
bouquet of garden flowers; Miss Diane
Fried In peach chiffon, Miss Rose
zenezky wearing an aqustone NOUS
seltne de sole and Miss Mollie Wein-
garten in aquatone lace with a sash
Of American beauty color. They each
carried a bouquet Of garden flowers.
Raymond Greenberg was the ring
bearer and wore a white suit and the
flower girl was Lee Greenberg, who
wore a blue and pink organdie frock
and carried an old fashioned bouquet.
Mr.. Ben Wasserman of New York
acted as best man and the ushers
were DR.. Jack Goldblatt, DR.. Ben
Spigel, Mr.. Morris weingarten and
Mr.. Leon Shinberg, all of Washington.
A reception was held at S o'clock
at the temple, after which Mr.. and
@NAAcs " dooCA AldA IC1b 1Of u WeQQlOR
trip, the bride wearing a navy blue
ensemble. Upon their return they
will be at home at 5204 Fourth street.
Fifth Baptist Church was the scene
OF pretty wedding Saturday after
noon at o'clock, when Miss Frances
Elizabeth James became the bride of
Mr.. Theodore Post, the Rev. John E.
Briggs oficiating. The church was
attractively decorated with palms,
ferns and baskets of gladion. Appro-
pirate musical selections were given
by Miss Emma Louise Thompson,
organist, the soloist being Mrs.
Bernard Douglas, who sang.
The bride, who was given in mar
riage by her father, Mr.. Arthur
James, wore a gown Of white lace,
made with large circular collar,
which formed the sleeves, her small,
becoming hat being Of white net
Evening star., 1935-06-24

coronet held with tiny clusters Of
orange blossoms. She carried mum
Of lilies Of the valley and white snap
dragons.
The matron Of honor was the brides
sister, Mrs. r. Dudley Wilson, Of
Malba, who wore pink chiffon over
lilac, with q deep bertha OF chiffon,
pleated sleeves and long lace nitts.
Her large picture hat was OF pink
Maline and she carried an arm ar
rangement of snapdragon lavender
status and lavender sweetpeas.
Mrs. Sydney r. Melvin and Miss
Dorothy v. Balfoort Of Brooklyn, N.
Y, were the brides other attendants.
They wore dover print gowns in
shades Of p1nk, purple and delphinilm
blue, large purple Maline hats trim
med with bands Ct green, pink and
violet velvet ribbon, white lace mitts
Evening star., 1935-06-24

Long Island, N. Y, june II Of Miss
Edna K. Theofel, daughter Of Mr..
and Mrs. John Theofel. Of Flushing.
to Mr.. william Bowen Belt Of Hyatts-
vile, Md. The ceremony was per-
formed In the presence of o large
company, the brides father for 40
years having BEEN power In Queens
Democratic politics. The Rev. Hubert
Stanley Wood, rector Of the church.
ofnciated. Mr.. Arthur Bodycombe,
organist ut st. Georges, played the
wedding music.
The bride, who was given In mar
riage by her father, wore white
gown. made on princess lines, with
Peter Pan collar and cuffs on the
long sleeves Of rare d'Alencon lace.
The court train OF satin fitted over
the tips and tied at the waist and
the long tulle vcil fell from o pleated
Evening star., 1935-06-24

and carried purple and pink larkspur,
with purple and white sweetpeas in
the center. The little flower girl was
the 6-year-old niece OF the bride, Bar
bara K. Wilson, Of Malba.
Mr.. George G. Belt Of Hyattsville
was best man for his brother and the
ushers were Mr.. Norman Belt, another
brother Of the bridegroom, and Mr..
John z. Carroll Of Flushing.
A reception followed at the North
Hills Golf and Country Club at Doug
laston. The bridegroom Is gradu-
ate of the University Of Maryland at
College Park.