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Evening star., 1935-07-21
RITES TOMORROW
TOMARK OPENING
|. OF P STREET SPAN
Celebration at $50 Pm.
Sponsored by Citizens
Associations.
NAME OF STRUCTURE
NOT YET SELECTED
Civic Leaders Already Calling It
Robert Fulton Bridge, After
Inventor.

Opening Of the s250,000 new P
street bridge over Rock Greek tomor-
row will be commemorated by a gala
celebration at $3.50 pm, by combined
forces of civic workers. city officials,
a band of the Marine Corps Reserves
and a detachment of the Legion.
The program has been arranged
by the Dupont Circle, the Georgetown
and the Georgetown Progressive Citi-
zens' Associations.
The name of the new span has not
yet been chose. but civic leaders al
ready are calling the structure the
Robert Fulton Bridge, in honor Of the
steamboat inventor, who made some
of his experiments in Rock Greek.
HaZen, Sultan 10 Attend.
That proposal is Still under consid-
Grafton by the commissioners although
names plates using the old name al
ready have been prepared. Announce
ments of plans for the celebration
call the span the Robert Fulton
Bridge.
The District government is to be
represented at the ceremonies by both
Commissioner Hazen, president of the
board, and Engineer Commissioner
Dan I. Sultan.
A parade over the bridge will fol-
low traditional ribbon-cutting event
at each end of the span. The march
will be led by the 1st Battalion Fifth
Band of the Marine Corps Reserves,
which will provide music for the &C.
casion. The band will be followed
by District officials, special guests
and members of the Arrangements
Committees of the three civic bodies.
A special attraction will be a pa
rade by detachment of the Ameri-
can Legion, headed by a drum corps
and flag bearers. Six members of ths
Legion will stand at attention on the
bridge during the program.
Miss Morgan to Cut Ribbon.
A ribbon stretched across one end
of the span will be severed by Miss
Louise Longstreet Morgan, grand
daughter of Gen. James Iongstreet
Of the Confederacy, the daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. j. @. Morgan. She will
represent the Dupont Circle ASsocia-
ton. The ribbon at the opposite end
will be cut by Miss Patricia Delaney,
daughter of DR.. and Mrs. A. j. De-
laney. She is the granddaughter Of
the late John D. Sullivan of George
town.
Invocation will be by Rev. Arthur
c. O'Leary, S. j., president of George
town University. John Hadley Doyle
general chairman in charge of ar
rangements, vii speak. Commissioner
Hazen will present Col. Sultan. Others
participating will be Capt. H. o.
Whitehurst, director of highways, and
Clifford r. Whyte, District engineer
Of bridges. Officers of the three asso-
Citations then will be presented. They
are Col. John H. Small Of the George
town Citizens; Mrs. Charles P. Wag.
ner of the Georgetown Progressive
Citizens and Col. Edgar Goring Bliss
of the Dupont Circle Association.
Benediction will be pronounced by
Rev. Andrew r. Bird of the Church
of the Pilgrims.
P street is being paved from Dupont
Circle to Twenty-eighth street. The
section between Twenty-second and
Twenty-eighth street will be opened
tomorrow and the remainder in the
near future.
Evening star., 1935-07-21

District taxpayers will not know for
10 days or two weeks what road i'm
proVement projects may be performed
under the Federal grant of $949. .496,
and for longer period there will be
doubt as to just how far the District
can proceed with grade crossing elm
nation under the Federal grant OF
$41O,4 for that purpose.
Ten days or more will be needed by
District engineers to complete ex-
tensive revision of the tentative pro-
gram of highway work they drafted
May II. Revision was made neces-
sary by Federal rules for the program,
promulgated last week.
Several facts stand out promin-
emily in the situation, however, as a
result of scrutiny of the policies
adopted by the Commissioners for
revision of the lists of work.
One is that approximately half
of the road fund Improvements will
go for low cost" type projects and
the rest for the high-coSt type OF
permanent value.
Supplemented Funds Needed.
Another is that If the contemplated
revised program of street and grade
crossing work is carried out, the Dis
trict will have to draw on its own
appropriations for a total of nearly
100000 to supplement the Federal
grants in order to meet limitations
contained in rules issued by Federal
officials.
The key to this situation is the Fed
eral requirement that for every 81 400
Evening star., 1935-07-21

protective iron railing through a fur
mace room, repairs to the water pump
motor and the changing of the loca-
ton of some showers.
Benjamin H. Gamage, head Of the
American Red Cross life-saving serv-
ice, announced yesterday he would be
on hand in the pool throughout this
week to give swimming and life
saving instruction and generally to
supervise all activities. He asked that
any qualified lifeguards willing to
help him telephone him at National
54o0. Junior, Senior and Examiner
Red Cross badge holders would be
eligible. Gamage said he already had
a sufficiently large number of guards
to take care of the POOLS immediate
needs. Two guards will be on duty
morning, afternoon and night, it was
announced.
Details of preliminary and daily
health inspection will be arranged
early this week, Miss Coulson said.
Evening star., 1935-07-21
ID. C.. Road and Grade Crossing
Program Delayed by Reuision
Federal Rules Force Engineers to Re
camp Plans-City May Be Required
to Supplement U. S. Grant. M

of Federal money spent in the local
programs, employment must be given
one man for an entire year.
Col. Dan I. Sultan, Engineer Com
missioner, stated definitely the Dis
trict could not carry out the three
grade crossing projects, originally
planned by his engineers, under the
$4,000 grant. When that tenta-
tive schedule was drawn up, it was
anticipated the Federal Government
would allot 100000 nationally
for grade-crossing work, but only half
that sum has been apportioned so
far. The Districts share, therefore,
was $4,000 instead of twice this
figure.
District engineers had contemplated
projects to eliminate the Michigan
avenue, Bates road and Quarles street
crossings.
Col. Sultan said It is now planned
to apply for funds for the Quarles
street project only "at this time An
underpaSs is to be built on the line
Of Eastern avenue.
I'VE will cut our eye teeth on that
project and then decide about the
Others" Col. Sultan explained.
Entire Grant to Be Used.
The District plans to make use of
the entire s41o,00O grant. 1t is more
than probable the District later will
submit plans for building an overpaSs
at Varnum street northeast to elimi-
nate the Bates road crossing. There
Is real doubt, however, about plans
See ROADS. Page R-4l
Evening star., 1935-07-21
TREASURY COOLING
STARTS THIS WEEK
Plant Financed With P. W.
A. Funds to Undergo
First Tests Friday.

The Treasury Departments new
cooling plant will btbin operation this
week to chill The air CT this huge old
building with a centrally controlled
system operating from new hole in
the ground IS feaS be'cw the Pennsyl-
vania avenue street level.
Financed with P. w A. funds, de-
signed by the Pubic Works Branch
Procurement Division of the Treasury,
the plant has been rushed to COM
pletion by the Raisler Heating Co.
of New York City aid will undergo
first tests and tentative operations
about Friday.
Has Is Apparatus Rooms.
From the centralized control plant
below ground IN tre lorth lawn, the
system operates through Is apparatus
rooms located about the building for
the treatment and distribution of
conditioned air
1t will change the air twice each
hour throughout the entire building
to provide, through four huge COM
preSsors, the equivalent cold of melt
ing 800 tons Of Ice daily.
Water is used to cool the air, but
is used over and over again, being
pumped from tie plart to a cooling
tower by 18 pumps capable of handling
5000 gallons OF water per minute.
Twenty-nine blowers will force air
through 312 miles of ducts and tubes
to supply so per cent of fresh-air
circulation as air Is washed, chilled
and dehumidihcd.
System Used IN Winter.
The same system will be used in
the Winter to bring in fresh air, which
will be heated to the proper tempera-
ture, dehumldified and circulated
throughout the building.
A new high-voltase electric power
service was installed, including new
13,500-volt transformer vault with
high-voltage distribution system.
United States Construction Engineer
James D. Owens supervised the install
lation for the Government and Harold
K. Raisler represented the construct
ing firm on the jLb
Evening star., 1935-07-21
BIDS MADE UNDER N. R. A.
APPROVED IN SENATE
Contractors Would Be Subject to
Future Legislation Regulating
Hours and Wages.
By the Associated Press

By the Associated Press.
A joint resolution authorizing Gov
ernment departments to award con-
tracts on the basis of bids submitted
before N. r. A. was invalidated was
passed yesterday by the Senate and
sent to the House.
1t would require the bidders, how
ever, to agree that the contracts would
be subject to any legislation hereafter
enacted by Congress regulating hours
and wages.
The resolution was called up by
Chairman Walsh Of the Labor Com
mittee and approved by unanimous
consent. He explained that bids in
vited prior to the N. r. A. decision
we're on the basis of code provisions,
and that Controller General McCarl
had ruled awards could not be made
on them.
Walsh said 1t would create great
delap to readvertise the bids.
Evening star., 1935-07-21
.SLUM CLEARANCE
FOR D. c. PRESSED
Government Asks Court to
Rule on Right to Con-
denim Land.

Declaring there is housing emer-
gency In Washington. the Govern
ment yesterday pressed forward with its
slum clearance project here by asking
the District Supreme Court to hold 1t
has authority to condemn Is acres
of land in the Southwest section of
the city as an essential step in q
$4,000 900 low-cost housing program.
Even though the Federal Govern
ment may not have power to con-
denim land for such a purpose in a
State, the court was told, Congress,
acting as State Legislature for the
District, has authority to do so here.
The Governments contention was
set forth in its answer to legal pro-
ceedings instituted recently by Miss
Minnie Keyes. who asserted the Gov
ernment cannot condemn her land
which lies in the 13-acre tract. Rely
ing on a recent decision of the Sixth
Circuit Court of Appeals, she con-
tended the proposal to condemn her
property in the slum eradication and
low-cost housing project is not tax
ing Of the land for a public purpose.
Authority Is Claimed.
The appellate court had ruled that
the Government did not have author
ity to condemn land in Kentucky un-
der similar circumstances.
In its answer, the Government dis
tinguiShed between its authority in a
State and in the District.
Whatever doubt may be cast upon
the constitutional power of the United
States to condemn land for low-cost
housing and Slum- m-clearance projects
in the several States, there can be no
question as to the right of the Ma
tional Government to use its power of
eminent domain for these purposes in
the District of Columbia" the answer
asserted.
The contention was also made that
during an emergency, the Government
might take the land by an exercise
of its police power. Referring to the
police power, the answer said:
This fundamental and essential
power, existing at all times, is brought
into relief by the catastrophe depres-
sion. which, in the District, has practi-
cally stopped all house building, pre-
vented THE normal growth of dwelling
accommodations commensurate with
the growth in population, created
housing shortage in the face of a rapid
and sharp increase in the number Of
its inhabitants, placed the poorer sort
of tenant in position of greater de-
pendence, and created a condition of
virtual monopoly.
Postwar Shortage Cited.
THE condition of emergency in this
District by the depression is substan-
TALLY like the condition created by the
postwar housing shortage. The for
mer condition was met and dealt with
by the exercise of the police power"
Although pointing out the distinc-
tion between the District and State,
the answer, filed through Henry H.
Classic, special assistant to the At
torney General, and Alex H. Bell, jr.,
special assistant to the United States
attorney, did not admit the correctness
of the decision in the Kentucky case.
Declaring that opinion was con-
trary to rulings by four other Federal
district judges, the answer said:
while entitled to respect, the opinion
of that court has only such persuasive
effect as is warranted by the soundness
of its reasoning. No court in this
district is bound to accept it as law"
Evening star., 1935-07-21

classical description of an Army and
Navy game in the terms of holy scrip
ture. Capt. Evans summed up the
Nays victory by these quotations
from the Bible: THE he-goat waxed
very great t''-Daniel, viii.8, and And
the mule went under"-2 Samuel,
xviii9 The captains famous compila-
tion was issued by the Naval Academy
as a leafiet, entitled, las Holy Joe
Sees It," the reference being to the
naval slang term for chaplain.
Capt. Evans oficiated at as many
as 10 weddings a day at the Naval
Academy. Yesterday he pointed out
that many Of the naval chaplain's
duties are not strictly religious, for
anything that pertains to the we'll
being or interests of his ships COM
,pany is within his scope-recreation,
athletics, libraries and ships papers.
His services are available to all, re-
gardless of creed, he said.
Held 2,I73 Baptisms.
During his lengthy career, Capt.
Evans has oficiated at 2,173 baptisms,
representing officers and enlisted
men of the Navy and Marine Corps
and members of their families. He
has performed 463 marriages and he
has conducted some 625 funerals, most
of them during his latter, years in
Washington, during burials in Airing
ton National Cemetery.
Capt. Evans recalled yesterday that,
due to the expansion during the
World War. naval cfaplains were in
creased in numbers, until now there
are over so OF them. First to head
the Chaplains' Division was Capt.
John Brown Frazier, a minister OF
the Methodist Episcopal Church.
Next came Capt. Evan w. Scott, who
was q minister Of the Congregational
Church. Then Capt. Curtis Hoyt
Dickins, an Episcopalian clergyman,
became head of the Navyis chaplains.
He was followed by Capt. Evans, also
an Episcopalian minister, who has
made his home here at lo2a Connecti-
cut 6senna.
Evening star., 1935-07-21
Capt. Ed,vard A. Duff Promoted
To Head Chaplains of Macy
Change Sees Catholic
Priest in Charge for
First Time.
Began Duty in 1916 and
Serred Throughout
World Var.

For the first time in American his
tory, a Catholic priest is in charge OF
the Navy's chaplains.
Capt. Edward Aloysius Duff came
down from the Brooklyn, N. Y, Navy
Yard yesterday and relieved Capt
Sydney K. Evans, who will close Out
% years in the service October l.
Capt. Evans will be detached from
the Navy Department tomorrow and
60 on leave. AS he is economically con-
nected with the Episcopal Diocese OF
New York, he will return to his former
residence in New York City in the
Fall He is not yet ready to announce
his future plans.
The new senior chaplain Of the Navy
is popularity known in service circles as
Padre" Duff-the Spanish word for
father. Capt Duff was born January
Z, 1885 in Philadelphia, Pa, and was
appointed to the Navy from South
Carolina in January, 1916, serving
continuously since. During his naval
career, he has served aboard the bat
tleship Illinois, was attached to the old
frigate Constellation, and during the
World War was at Queenstown. Ire
land, now known as Cobh-aS well as
at other naval bases in Europe.
Sailed With Unknown Soldier.
OF ruddy complexion, Capt. Duff
was attached to the cruiser Olympia
when that famous warship, flagship
of Admiral George Dewey at the Bat
tie of Manila Bay, brought the body OF
the Unknown Soldier up the Potomac
River in November, 1921. He recalls
how he participated in bringing the
Unknown Soldier home, when, after
the body had been selected at Chalons-
ur-Marne, 1t was taken to La HaVre
France, where it was placed on the
Olympia. Cruisers and destroyers of
France accompanied the Olympia out
of the harbor, firing farewell salute
of 81 guns.
For the last five years, Capt. Dun
has been on duty at the Brooklyn
Navy Yard. He and Capt. Evans have
been friends for years.
Capt. Evans has been head Of the
Chaplains' Division, Bureau Of Navlga-
ton, Navy Department. for the last
six years. He has held the rank OF
captain since July 1, 1918, as there are
no rear admirals among the naval
chaplains. He came into the Navy In
December, 1907, having been appoint
ed by Theodore Roosevelt from the
Church of the Heavenly Rest in New
York City, where he was assistant
minister.
At Naval Academy.
For 1914 years, Capt. Evans served
at the Naval Academy and he saw II
classes pass through, for during the
World War as many as three classes
were graduated in one year. Jokihgly,
he has told his friends that normally,
a man gets through the Naval, Acad-
emy in four years, but it took him
three times as long. But, scholastical-
ly, Capt. Evans, who was born In
wales, october 20, 1878, is Phi Beta
Kappa scholar and well versed in the
ancient classics. He has had extensive
duty, ashore and afioat.
Thousands Of naval officers and en-
listed men VIII reuaember him for hia
Evening star., 1935-07-21
SOUTHEAST BUSINESS
MEN PLANNING OUTING
Association Will Make Trip to
Chapel Point Next Thursday.
Prizes offered.

The Southeast Business Mems As
Sociation will hold its seventh annual
outing next Thursday at Chapel Point,
Md. Transportation will be by auto
mobiles and buses, which will leave
from Eighth street and Pennsylvania
avenue southeast at 8 am, and by the
steamer Potomac, which viii leave the
Seventh street wharves at the same
hour.
A feature of the outing will be the
distribution of a number of prizes for
winners in various events on the pro-
gram. Athletic events will include
egg, shoe. pie eating and candle races.
Evening star., 1935-07-21
MEXICAN WOMAN HELD
AS RELIGIOUS HOSTAGE
Note to Governor says She Will
Be Kept Until Priest Is
Licensed.
BY the Associated Press.

Ry Guo AoSOClateu FIeSA.
MEXICO CITY, July 2o.-Dis-
patches to the newspaper El Dia to-
lay said Enrique Torres Sanschez, act
ing governor of Durango, had an
nounced that his sister had been kid
mapped apparently in an effort to
force him to modify anti-religious
laws.
The girl waS said to have disap-
peared from her home Thursday A
note received by the governor last
night read:
'I am locked up and will continue
so until Enrique returns the license to
preach to Rev. Pedro Andrade and
gives his word of honor to work for
change in the harmful and uncon-
stitutional law of worship and make
possible for all priests to return to
their homes"
The governor was quoted as saying
the signature afixed to the note was
bis sisters, although the note itself
was not In her handwriting.
Evening star., 1935-07-21

IL the excitement Of the cole
n swimmin' hole" without the
"A dirt and danger is within the
4 4 grasp of more than thou
sand children in congested downtown
Washington.
After eight musty years, the almost
forgotten Y. w. C. A. swimming pool
at 614 E street will come to life this
week with the laughter of youth at
play. Basement walls, scrubbed
clean of the accumulated CRIME of
disuse. will ring and echo with lusty
shouts.
Liberal contributions totalling about
$500 made possible the forthcoming
reopening. Boys and girls who have
never had a swim will get one this
week.
The opening date Of the pool
depends on the progress of the clean
ing and repair work now underway,
but the duration of its operation
depends on completion Of The Stars
Evening star., 1935-07-21
TAK0MA PARK LEGION
POST PLANS CARNIVAL
Event August S, 8 and Z Is Being
Held to Raise Funds for
Session Delegate.
nu a STAIR Cnrresnandent of The Star


BY STAFF Correspondent of The Star.
TAKOMA PARK, Md, July 90
Takoma Park Post of the American
Legion is planning for carnival here
August 5, 6 and Z to raise funds to
send its delegates to the State con-
vention at Ocean City in September
= The carnival will be held at Laurel
and Eastern avenues, with the band
from the local Sons. of the Legion
Drum and Bugle Corps opening the
program with musical selections at Z
o'clock each evening.
z. Brooke Fetty, post commander,
said today that the Carnival Commit
tee would consist Of @. Z. Thomas,
Fred Troll and william Mauger.
Evening star., 1935-07-21
TRANSIENT is JAILED
Gets Year for Stealing Three
Suitcases From Tourist.

William Hatch, a homeless transient
from North Carolina, was given a
home at the District Work House for
year when arraigned before Judge
Robert E. Mattingly in Police Court
yesterday for stealing three suitcases
from the automobile Of tourist in
Potomac Park.
Park Policeman A. J. Bickford said
that he saw Hatch load the suitcases
In O taxicab and drive away. The
policeman gave chase and caught the
cab. Hatch admitted he broke the
glass In an automobile belonging to
Mary Caldwell. . tourist from Indiana.
Evening star., 1935-07-21
GAMING RAID NETS TWO
Both Released on Bond After Po-
lice Report Alleged Dice Game.

Two men were arrested late yester-
day on gambling charges during a
raid in the 1900 block of Fourth street
southwest, where police said they
found a dice game in progress.
Those arrested were John Evans, IS,
charged with setting up a gaming
table, and Raymond H. Elliott, Il,
charged with permitting gaming.
Evans was released under $4,000 and
Elliott under $500 bond.
Evening star., 1935-07-21
HOUSE. WILL ACT
TOMORROW ON a
MEASURES OF D. C.
May Be Last District Day
of Current Session
x. of Congress.
.ELLENB0GEN TO PUSH
RENT-C0NTROL BILL
liberalization of Divorce Laws Is
Only Other Controversial
Piece of Legislation.

For a digest OF all bills affecting
the District introduced at this
session OF CongreSS-thoSe en-
acted and the status OF those still
pending-See Page 8, Part z.
Evening star., 1935-07-21
Tugwell Party Visits Dam.

KNOXVILLE. Tenn, July 20 tR.-
Rexford G. Tugwell, head Of the
Federal Rural Resettlement Admins
tration, and seven members Of his
department arrived here today and
left Immediately to visit Norris Dam
and the town Of Norris, 20 nailss north
cg heeA. .......mI.-,
Evening star., 1935-07-21
Oldest Postmistress Dies at 81.

MEDICAL LAKE, Wash, July 20
R).-Miss Theo Hall, 81, the oldest
postnlistress in point of service, died
today. Ill when she retired last
March, Miss Hall had served 42 years
under nine Presidents.
Evening star., 1935-07-21

(See ROADS, Page BAD
Evening star., 1935-12-15
Fine Imported
KID GLOVES
S 7

II she's fostidious obout every
thing she wears, you cont do
better thon to give her these fine.
supple imported kid gloves.
They're beautifully cut to moke
her honds look slim and graceful.
Snort dressmoker details
pipines. eppliques and contrasting
stitehinss. In importont costume
colors.
MAIN PLooR GLOVE DEPT
Evening star., 1935-12-15

The famous Chorbert eompoct. lip
stick and perfume smortIy pockoeed
in the souey soteen-Iined drum box.
The compoct and Iipstick in creom or
bIock-decoroted in gold.
MAIN FLOOR. ToILETRIEs DEPTl
La gaceta., 1935-02-15

Washington, Feb, 15.-Du :
ras palabras Sc pronunciation a
yer en- la alta camara, por par
te de senadores dem6cratas Y re
publicanos, contra ell programa
de alivio y trabajO del Presiden
te que representa- IN gasto de
1885, 900, 600.
La MEDIA es principalmente
atacada por los excesivos pode-
res que concede al jefe del esta-
do. Ell senador Steiwer, republi
cano de Oregon, critic que no ha
.bia restricciones para el ejecu-
two y en- 81 mismo tono Sc ex :
pres6 ell senador democratic
Long, de Alabama.
Varios de los senadores pre-
.tenden que ell proyecto sea man
idado de nueyo al comite de ere
lditos. de donde sali6 hace tres Sc