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Evening star., 1935-02-03
PAY BILL ACTION
TOMORROW SEEN
Measure May Be Sent to
President TueSday-Ap-
prOvaI Expected.

One of the first steps to be taken
by Congress this week will be to put
the finishing touches on the def
cheney measure providing for restora-
ton of the remaining 5 per cent of
the Government pay cut on April /.
Both Houses already are in accord
on the pay amendment, but the con-
ference report on other features Of
the bill remains to be ratified be-
fore it goes to the White House for
signature.
Action Tomorrow Seen.
The Senate is slated to approve the
report tomorrow, and if this action
is taken early in the afternoon the
House also may have time to ratify
the report before the end of the day.
In that event the measure would be
on its way to the White House Tues
day. The belief prevails at the Capt.
tol that the measure will receive
presidential approval.
Important District legislation Will
be considered at sessions of two sub
committees of the House District
Committee on Tuesday, with prospects
that the first measures in the Dis
trict Commissioners 10-point pro-
gram, already passed by the Senate,
may be acted upon at the full COM
mittee meeting of the House District
Committee on Wednesday.
Mortgage Measure on List.
The Judiciary subcommittee, of
which Representative PalmiSano OF
Maryland is chairman, will consider
two measures, one regulating the fore
closure of mortgages and deeds of
trust and the other a Senate meas
ure for the recording of mortgages
and deeds of trust.
The Subcommittee on Public Health,
of which Representative Jenckes OF
Indiana is chairman, will hold a
hearing on the bill introduced by
Representative Ellenbogen of Penn
sylvania for pensioning INDECENT blind
in the District. This measure passed
both houses in the last Congress, but
was vetoed by the President because
no funds were available.
Evening star., 1935-02-03
Capital Parents
To Get Students
Missiues by Radio
Richard N. Lyon Among
l0 Chicago Freshmen
GiUen Broadcast
Permits.

Richard N. Lyon, 18-year-old Uni
yersity of Chicago freshman, and son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Leverett S. Lyon,
3lO5 Macomb street. is one of 10 STU
dents who have found way around
that weekly letter home-they'n use
short-wave radio.
Under leadership of John Starks
Louisville, KY, the amateur broad
casters have received Federal permits
to operate a 50-watt station at ~
meters and a 400-watt station at 81
meters, forming corporation to
finance the plan.
Asked his opinion last night, Mr
Lyon, who is vice president OF the
Brookings Institution here, said joking
ly: "It will depend on the nature OF
the communication. At least Well
probably hear from Dick more often. y
His mother was equally amused,
saying, "At least the novelty of the
plan seems good and, of course, I'll
always be glad to hear from him.
Dick has barely mentioned the plan
to us so far"
The first news of the plan came in
a dispatch of the Associated Press.
Richard Is a former Western High
School student, having graduated in
the Spring of 1888. Between that time
and his entering the university in Oc-
tober last he served as chemistry
ASSISTANT at the Bureau of Standards.
Evening star., 1935-02-03
TWO CHILDREN RESCUED
FROM BURNING HOME
Capt. Chapman and Pvt. Meredith
Battle Way Through Flames
to Save Colored Boys.

Two District firemen battled their
way through a flame-swept kitchen
at 752 Twelve-and-a-Half place
southeast last night to rescue two
small colored children who had been
trapped on an upper floor which could
be reached only through the blazing
room.
The f1remen were Capt. H. A.
Chapman and Pvt. Edward Meredith
and the children James Addison, 3,
and Isaiah Whitaker, 2, both of
whom were delivered, uninjured, to
their parents.
Responding to an alarm, the fire.
men found the kitchen in flames and
the parents of the children standing
in front of the house, unable to reach
the stairway which led from the
kitchen to the second floor. Without
gas masks, Chapman and Meredith
dashed through the flames and found
the Addison child hidden in closet
and the Whitaker child under a bed.
The children were held under the
flremen's coats for the descent. The
flames destroyed the kitchen, with a
resulted loss of $3.50. Fremen saved
the rest of the two-family house.
Evening star., 1935-02-03
D: c. CRIME PROBE
WILL QUIZ POLICE
House Committee Resumes
Vice and Gaming Inquiry
Tomorrow.

The special Crime Investigating
Committee of the House tomorrow
will resume its quest for information
about Washington's gambling and
vice situation.
Behind closed doors the committee,
headed by Representative Randolph,
Democrat, of West Virginia, will ques-
ton two prominent police officials
Inspector L. I. H. Edwards, assistant
superintendent and personnel officer,
and Inspector Frank S.sW. Burke
chief of the Detective Bureau. These
officials have been called to elaborate
on the information given the COM
mittee by Maj. Ernest w. Brown
Superintendent of police, who last
week occupied the witness stand for
two days.
Inspector Edwards is expected to
emphasize the need for an increase
in the police force to cope with crime
conditions.
500 Men on Beats.
Maj. Brown already has shown the
committee he actually has less than
800 men, split into three shifts, to
protect a population of half million
persons. Numerically, the depart
ment is 1900 strong, but more than
500 of the officers are engaged in du-
ties which keep them from patroling
beats.
The committee probably will ques-
tion Inspector Burke as to the rea-
sons for an increase in murders and
robberies in recent years. He also
will be asked about the activities in
Washington of the notorious Tri-
State and Blue-Purple gangs.
Inspectors Edwards and Burke are
the only other police officials the COM
mittee plans to call before brafch-
ing off into other phases of its in
vestigation. 1t is planned next to
question court and prison attaches,
and notorious figures in Washington
gambling fraternity. The gamblers
however, will not be called until the
House adopts Randolph's resolution
authorizing the inquiry.
Chairman Wants Assistance.
The purpose of the resolution, which
the rules committee has approved, Is
to give the Crime Committee author
ity it now lacks to subpoena wit
nesses and records and to place wit
nesses under oath.
As the investigation progresses
Chairman Randolph hopes to have
the assistance of the Department Of
Justice. Ten days ago he asked At
torney General Cummings to assign
several Department of Justice agents
to serve as special investigators fol
the committee, but thus far no action
has been taken ON that request.
In the meantime the committee also
is expected to have the assistance Of
a member of the staff of Corpora
ton Counsel Prettyman. Several days
ago Prettyman offered the committee
the services of his Office. The Offer
was put aside temporarily, however
pending House action on the Ran
dolph resolution.
Evening star., 1935-02-03
go Projects Included in Pro-
gram Drafted by
Finnan.
$780, 900 HELD NEEDED
FOR MERIDIAN HILL
Sultan Will Assist in Dovetailing
Work With Draft Prepared
by Commission.

A far-reaching public works pro-
gram, designed to bring to compile
ton a number of partially finished
projects in Washington and vicinity,
will be on its way this week to Sec
retary Ickes from c. Marshall Fin
nan, superintendent of the National
Capital Parks.
There are ppfoximately so projects
embodied in the program, which will
be forwarded to the National Capital
Park and Planning Commission to
coordinate them with other activities
projected here. The program would
cost hundreds of thousands Of dol
lars, but officials yesterday declined to
reveal the exact sum.
Col. Daniel I. Sultan, Engineer
Commissioner Of the District and ex-
offlcio member of the Planning Com
mission, will give particular attention
to the program, so that it can be
dovetailed with that prepared by the
District Commissioners.
Meridian Hill Included.
The projects include the finishing
of Meridian Hill Park, where park
officials believe 100000 could be
proftably spent in cultivating the
hillsideS and finishing landscaping;
work on the plaza on Columbia Is
land, as part of the Arlington Me-
mortal Bridge project, as well as the
approaches to the bridge: the Takoma
and Banneker Recreation Centers;
numerous Fairgrounds throughout the
city and the Mall development.
Lacking detailed plans for many Of
the projects heretofore, the National
Capital Parks Office is cooperating
with the branch of plans and design
of the National Park Service for the
preparation of working drawings for
many of these projects, in order that
the park officials may be able to push
their program as soon as funds be-
come available.
Proposals Sent to Ickes.
While there is some doubt as to
whether Secretary Ickes will admin
I lister the s4,8O0,0 100000 for public
works, now being considered by Con-
gress, the parks Office here Is acting
in concert with other agencies
throughout the country in sending
works proposals to the Secretary Of
the Interior.
The park authorities here are
known to favor the system under
which an entire sum of money Is allo-
Gated for the completion Of a project.
Washington has numerous projects
that are in varying stages of con-
struction, giving the city an incom-
plete appearance. The park officials
hope to be able to rehabilitate several
downtown parks which have depreci-
ated as beauty spots.
Evening star., 1935-02-03
BALLOU TO FIGHT
FOR CRA|G'S PAY
Will Urge Enactment of Bill
to Compensate Mill
tary Instructor.

Congress will be asked by the Board
of Education to place the Washington
public schools on an equal basis with
schools elsewhere by allowing it to
pay retired Army officer to head the
Department of Military Science and
Tactics without having to give up his
retirement pay.
DR.. Frank w. Ballou, superintendent
of schools, plans to present bill to
the board Wednesday, asking that the
instructor for the High School Cadet
Corps be permitted to receive a
teachers salary and at the same time
keep his Army retirement pay status.
Craigie Giving Services.
For the past three years Col. w. M.
Craigie has donated his services to the
District schools, receiving only his
income from the Army. Prior to that
time Col Craigie had been employed
by the schools along with four retired
majors as assistants. The controller
general ruled, however, that none
could receive two salary checks from
the Federal Government, and since
all District funds are classed as Fed
eral money Col. Craigie had to choose
between his teachers salary and re-
tirement pay. All of his assistants
left the school system.
DR.. Stephen E. Kramer, first assist
ant superintendent in charge of the
white schools, pointed out that every
where except in the District schools
are permitted to employ retired Army
officers and pay them, because State
funds are not affected by the ruling.
Nearby Schools Cited.
Alexandria, Hyattsville and Silver
Spring, he said, employ such officers
and their two pay checks are not
questioned.
1T is unfair" DR.. Kramer said, ito
leave the District schools in this
situation. The bill does not apply to
any particular person and Is not 'spe-
cial legislation It would simply give
the District schools the same right
that all State schools now have"
The bill makes provision for only one
professorship. The schools now en-
ploy assistants for Col. Craigie at
teachers salaries, but none Of his
aides Is a retired Regular Army man.
Evening star., 1935-02-03
j. s. TO VIEW FIRST
So ECLIPSE TODAY
Moon to Shade Sun for D. c.
Residents Starting at
1921 Am.
Ry the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
The third act in 1885 big astro-
nomical show, but the first one visible
from the United States, will be staged
today with the moon trying to swal-
low the sun for a couple of hours and
then giving it up as bad job.
That's the way it will look from
earth, and is what ancient man prob
ably would have thought it really was.
To moderns, however, it will be par
tial eclipse of the sun. You can see
it anywhere in the United States and
most Of Canada, though the time will
vary from right after breakfast to
after church, depending upon where
you live.
Begins Here at 1921 AM.
Washingtonians can view the eclipse
beginning at 1921 am. and continu-
ing until 1927 pm. The best time to
see it here will be at 1920 am.
In a partial eclipse the disks of the
sun and moon come together, the
moon slowly begins to take a bigger
and bigger "bite' out of the sun, then
suddenly changes its mind and re-
treats, and eventually the entire sun
reappears.
Montana View Best.
Folks in Helena, Mont, will see the
moon take the biggest bite, about "a
per cent of the suns diameter, while
in other parts of the United States
the size of the bite will vary.
This will be the second partial
eclipse this year, the first on January
5 being visible only in the Antarctic
regions. There was a total eclipse of
the moon, mostly invisible in the
United States, January 10, and an
other, visible in this country, will oc-
cur July 16.
Evening star., 1935-02-03
FIRST LADY VISITS
ALLEY DWELLINGS
IN DISTRICT TOUR
Calls in Several Areas Are
Made Without Notice for
Unbiased Data.
TWO PHASES OF SLUM
ISSUE ARE STRESSED
New Homes for Families and
Elimination of Conditions
Enlist Interest.

Eluding reporters, Mrs. Franklin D.
Roosevelt made tour of inspection
of Washington's inhabited alleys
yesterday, accompanied by Mrs. Har-
old I. Ickes, John Ihlder, executive
officer of the Alley Clearance Author
ity, and Miss Isabelle Carter of the
Emergency Relief Administration.
Previous plans for the trip had
been sidetracked by advance publicity
and yesterdays visit to several of
Washington's bnghted areas was made
without prior notice. The party
viewed two alleys in the northwest,
one in the northeast and Govern
ment-ovned buildings in the south
west section, which now house fam
lilies on the relief lists.
Shack Town Visited!s
In the southeast section the First
Lady visited shack town which is
mushrooming near the District line.
Mrs. Roosevelt expressed interest
In two phases of the slum- clearance
problem: Provision of new housing
for the families now quartered in the
alley dwellings, and the elimination of
the inhabitated areas.
During the trip Mrs. Roosevelt con-
versed frequently with the people who
make their homes in these sections to
ascertain their views on alley clear
ance and whether they would be
willing to move into new and more
habitable quarters.
One of the places visited is part
of the community where the Alley
Authority has tentatively planned the
construction of storage garages to re-
place the alley huts. Another is
where officials have suggested con-
version of present dwellings into a
playground area for a nearby school
project.
Another Party Sees Slums.
A similar trip was made Thursday
by Mrs. Cordell Hull, Mrs. Henry A
Wallace and Mrs. Henry Morgenthau
jr., wives of the cabinet members,
who also are interested in slum clear
ance projects.
Another scheduled trip by Mrs
George Dern, Mrs Claude A Swan
son and Mrs. Homer S. Cummings
was postponed Friday when news
paper men appeared to accompany
them on the visit. The trips, they
preferred, should be made in secret.
Evening star., 1935-02-03

Mark Twain's beloved tom Sawyer"
one of the most valuable of all Amer
ican manuscripts of that nature. The
most recent accession marks the
donors appreciation Of DR.. Coleman
Nevils, S. j., president of George
town, and was presented to him in
New York on his recent return from
the Red Cross Conference in Japan.
Like the tom Sawyer" manuscript,
it had been a priced part of the
library of Mrs. Brady's husband, the
late New York utilities magnate.
Dr.. Nevils explained the manuscript
would be preserved in the college
archives or library to be made avail
able at a later date to accredited
students of modern literature.
Another Text in U. S.
Students of Sheridan will be in
terested in knowing the original manu-
script of 1.-THE School for Scandal
the only text of the play in the
authors own handwriting-also is in
American keeping. 1t was purchased
at an auction in 1929 by Barton Cur
rie Of Bala Cynwyd, Pa, for his
private collection. According to g
letter received at Georgetown from
Mr.. Currie, it is still in his possession
The original text. sent to New York
for sale by the authors great-grand'
son, Algernon Thomas Brinsley Sheri.
dan Of Frampton Court, Dorsetshire
England, is bound in volume with
81 pages of the first trial draft ot
the play.
Next to the original text of tht
play, which at first scandalized anC
shocked London audiences so delight
fully at Drury Lane Theater. th'
Crewe text in the possession now o
Georgetown University is conceded
as perhaps the most enlightening Il
students of literature, certainly mex
in value as establishing the final tex
Of the famous play. According Il
the multitude of authorities, Mr.. Cur
rie writes, it was probably the las
copy that Sheridan himself corrected
Evening star., 1935-02-03

-HE "Crewe manuscript" Of
Richard Brinsley Sheridan's
celebrated comedy, 1.-The School
i for Scandal" has been pre-
sented to Georgetown Univer-
sity by Mrs. Nicholas F. Brady Of
New York.
One of the most notable of the
Sheridan classics, the volume repre-
sents the standard and approved teft
of the great work which the dramatist
furnished in 1777 and ever since has
been accorded universal popularity.
Historians of the stage say this play,
pronounced by Lord Byron as "the
finest comedy in the English Ian
guage," led to the recognition of its
author as a dramatist of the first mag
nitude. After a century and hall
its brilliance remains undimmed.
Invaluable to Students.
The Crewe' manuscript. presented
BY Sheridan to Mrs. F. A. Crewe (aft-
erward Lady Crewe), friend and
patroness of the arts, Is said to be
invaluable to students Of Sheridan's
ReIluS. 4LS olSIulISdIlCC Lldo UCCn 4CN
ognized by leading authorities.
Prof. George H. Nettleton Of Yale
University, who has made life study
of Sheridan, recently wrote to Mrs
Brady:
Your Crewe manuscript supplies
as it were. the final link in chain
of evidence which I have long beer
seeking to complete. The net result
is to demonstrate more definitely thar
has hitherto been possible the inter.
relation of various Sheridan's texts
and the primary Importance Of youl
| Crewe copy. I am frank to say
though I have had geenrous access
to many Sheridan texts, none ha!
seemed to me so important as yours.
Received "Tom Sawyer" Text.
Georgetown University, already
rich in rare literary and historical
documents, received from Mrs. Brady
last year the original manuscript OF
Evening star., 1935-02-03
BY JAMES E. CHINN,

Although the investigation OF the
Districts crime situation by a spe-
cial committee of the House has run
only a week, much fur has been
rubbed the wrong way, both inside
and outside the hearing chamber.
The Police Department, from Ernest
w. Brown, the major and superin-
tendent, down to the youngest rookie,
is plenty sore" The morale is
strained. Maj. Brown himself admits
that. And more serious complica-
tions are feared unless there is a
decided change in tactics.
The unexpected turn Of events also
has ruffled several members of the
committee. Even the volunteer star
witness to date, the fiery Thomas
L. Blanton of Texas, is on the war
path.
The hurt that goes to the very
quick of the Police Department is
the manner in which the blanket
charges have been hurled at the force
and no specific cases cited to sup
port them.
For instance. one day suspicion was
thrown on an unnamed police cap
tain for aSsociating with underworld
characters. Every captain, naturally.
is uneasy, even though he may have
clear conscience.
A few days later, Maj. Browns ears
were burned with charge that some
of his men are shaking down" liquor
dealers.
Finally, Blanton comes along and
tells the committee some officers also
are protecting gamblers. Either the
captains of a precinct in which the
gambling houses are operating or the
patrolman on the beat are crooked,
Blanton shouts, or they are numb
skulls" and should be dismissed for
ineficiency.
X X X
No names have been mentioned, no
clues given as to whom the charges
are aimed at. Maj. Brown would like
the know the guilty ones. He has
promised to cooperate with the COM
mittee and take immediate discip-
linary action, as he has done in a
number of cases involving officers
charged with graft.
But Maj. Brown sits in a cloud OF
darkness. The department shudders
from No. to No IL every time new
charge is fired. So far. however, the
ammunition has been nothing more
than a disturbing dud
And another thing that pains Maj
Brown, rather seriously. too, is the
refusal of the committee to let him.
or any one else, as far as that is
concerned. remain in the committee
! room while the bombs are exploding
1t was only at the insistence Of Blan-
ton that he was allowed to hear the
Texan make his charges the other
day.
Evening star., 1935-02-03
Employees Benefit Dance.

The Government Employees Sick
Benefit Association will give dance
in the Washington Auditorium, Nine
teenth and E streets, on Thursday,
February %. Proceeds of the dance
will 20 toward the associations fund
for taking .care of sick Government
employees. 4
Evening star., 1935-02-03
Wisconsin Group to Meet,

The Wisconsin State Society con-
gressional reception will be held next
Saturday. starting at $3.50 pm, at
the Roosevelt Hotel. Several dialect
readings will be presented by Mrs.
Albert Hood Parham. =
Evening star., 1935-02-03
AMERICAN IN HAVANA
HELD ON KARPIS LINK
Department of Justice Agents
Quiz Hotel Manager as
Gangster's Shield.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
HAVANA, February 2.-The long
arm of the United States Department
of Justice reached out today to seize
Nathan Heller, American hotel man
ager here, on charges that he helped
and harbored Alvin Karpis, newest
Public Enemy No. l." last September.
Heller-tall, jovial, widely known
American who has been in Havana
eight years as manager Of the Park
view Hotel-faced machinegun-like
questioning tonight as two Depart
ment Of Justice agents and Cuban
police grilled him concerning his con-
nection with Karpis' activities in
Cuba.
Evening star., 1935-02-03
ORDERED TO- CAPITAL
Capt. II. A. May to Join Exam
lining and Retiring Board.

The Navy Department disclosed yes
terday that Capt. Henry A. May, who
has been on duty as medical officer
commanding the dispensary at the New
York navy yard, is coming to Wash
ington for duty with the Naval Ex-
amining and Retiring Board.
Capt. May graduated from the Co
lumbia Medical School, the predeces-
sor of George Washington University.
Born at Corning, N. Y. July 25, 1874,
the naval medical officer was ap-
pointed to the service from Mary
land and commissioned an assistant
surgeon on April 20, 1904. He was
promoted to the rank Of captain on
october 4, 1925. His home Is at
s745 Mckinley sFeet here.
Evening star., 1935-02-03
MUSEUM PLANNED
Ladies of G. A. r. officials Pay

Ladies of G. A. r. Officials Pay
Visit to Martinsburg.
MARTINSBURG, w. Va, February
2 Especially Mrs. Pearl Cooke OF
Chicago, national organizer; Mrs. Ber-
tie Thompson of Grafton, w. Va,
grand organizer; Mrs. Saville Mills and
Mrs. Nellie Broom of Keyser, w. Va.
and Mrs. Julia Campbell Of Grafton,
w. Va, ladies of the G. A. r., were
here this week In the interest OF a
museum for relics Of the War Between
the States, to be established either at
Washington or Gettysburg, Pa.
They went from 85re to Washington
Evening star., 1935-02-03
Sheridan S'SchooI for Scandal''
Manuscript Presented to G.. u.

Father Arthur A. OLeary,
S. j., librarian OF Georgetown
University, Is shoUn eramin-
ing the original manuscript
of Sheriddn's classic, "The
School for Scandal" tohich has
been presented to the uniDer-
sity By Mrs. Nicholas F. Brady.
Star Staff Photo.
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