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Evening star., 1935-03-27
Public Works Funds Sought
To Remove School Fire Trap
High Menace Created by
Ouercrowding and Lack of
Corridor-$45,OOO Needed.

This will also provide shower baths
and more modern equipment than the
school has now. At present. there are
only six showers in the building for
the use Of / 400 pupils.
At Shaw Junior High School, Sew
enth street and Rhode Island avenue.
corridor between the two wings Of
the building Is needed This school
was formerly the Mckinley High
School. being taken over by the COL
ored schools when the present Nc
Kinley was erected.
$4,000 Needed for Work.
The two units now are connected
only through the old auditorium. so
that during any assembly, pupils either
have to 60 outside the building to
pass between wings or disturb what
ever gathering is using the audi
torium.
The money necessary for this i'm
provement mas been estimated at
$4,000. This sum will be adequate,
officials believe, to construct a cor
ridor and to replace the tiny stage
in the auditorium with one adequate
for student activities
Another item of $500 has been
asked to provide a room for cleaning
and dyeing classes at the Margaret
Murray Washington Vocational School
for colored girls, at o street between
North Capitol and First streets. Girls
there are Oivon O corphipad oco dop,ic
and vocational three-year course that
will equip them to earn their own
livelihood upon gradua ton. The school
now is unable to train the pupils
in cleaning ind dyeing and needs
the added facilities to round out the
vocational courses
Evening star., 1935-03-27

secretary and Mrs. Jonas Frenkel Of
Cincinnati treasurer.
The Union Of Congregations voted
to "reiterate its belief in peace and
Its prayer that mankind may soon
learn the way to avoid war;" as 1t
adopted this resolution for submission
to the White House:
I'VE feel that the world Is again
rife with the hatred and fears that
lead to armed conflict The intensified
ton Of national loyalties to the point
of frenzy. the numerous internal Ills
of peoples tempting their rulers to
liquidate them In war, the ever-accel-
Grating pace of armament on sea and
on land, the policy Of economic isola-
ton, the general disregard for cove
nants and the instrumentalities Of
peace-al these alarm and make us
fearful of the future
The group named Jacob w. Mack
of Cincinnati chairman Of its execu-
tive board before adjourning. Three
vacancies on the board were filled
with election Of Jurge Irving Lehman
of New York, Arnold M, Schmidt Of
Brooklyn and Lee M. Fireman OF
Boston.
Evening star., 1935-03-27

in 1882, when he came to live In this
city, to devote his time to the activ-
tiles Of the Boy Scouts. He was a
native Of Indianapolis.
Dr. Harold. G.. Moulton, president
Of the Brookines Institution, said
Mr.. Smith was a member of the
original board of trustees of the In
stitute of Economics established by
the Carnegie Corporation in 1922, and
after 1t became a part Of the Brook
ings Institution in 1928 continued on
the board Of the institution.
"He was greatly interested in the
work of the institution" DR.. Moulton
said, "and his counsel was always con-
structive and progressive, evtdencing
deep insight with reference to the
great problems of the time"
Mr.. Smith is survived by a son,
Carlile Bolton Smith, Washington at
torney, and a sister, Mrs. Van J.
Weaver, of San Antonio, Tex.
Funeral services will be conducted
in Bethlehem Chapel of the Cathedral
of SITS. Peter and Paul tomorrow at
IL am. Services will be conducted in
Memphis Saturday afternoon at the
Cathedral Of st. Mary. He will be
buried there.
Evening star., 1935-03-27

Elimination Of a potential fire trap
that is a dailv menace to the safety
of pupils on the second floor Of Arm
strong High School, o street between
First and Third streets. is sought In
the Beard of Education's request for
s45 900 Of public works funds for con-
struction of a corridor and remodeling
of the gymnasium.
Armstrong is built in three units OF
equal size. each being constructed at
a different period to meet needs as
the enrolment increased. When the
last Of these was erected, however, no
corridor was provided en- the P street
side of the building on the second
floor. AS a result, pupils in that end
of the second floor are compelled to
walk to the o street end to find an
exit.
In order to relieve this pocket" the
new corridor is necessary, but to con-
struct it the size of the gymnasium
must be reduced. Consequently. funds
are asked for remodeling that part OF
the building also.
Crowding Increases Menace.
The fire menace is increased at
Armstrong because Of the crowding OF
pupils. The three units of the build
ing we're planned to accommodate ap-
proximately 1000 pupils. Five single
room portable schools have been
placed on the school grounds to care
for as much Of the overflow as pos
sible, and still the school has an ex-
cess load of more than $50 pupils.
The enrolment there this month
totaled 1.461.
With this overcrowding, disaster Is
invited in case Of fire, since the Sec
ond-fo pupils will be compelled to
go almost a block within the build
ing to reach an exit at the same time
that other pupils also may be using
the same passageway.
In the same list second item OF
$4,000 has been asked for Armstrong
High School to extend the size OF the
automobile repair shop and to con-
struct a second gymnasium room. At
present the repair shop, which Is used
by both day and night schools for
vocational training, has a capacity of
only seven automobiles, and much
needed mechanical equipment Is
crowded out.
Addition Would House Is Cars.
The addition, as tentatively planned,
would permit the housing Of Is cars
at one time and allow for installa-
ton of new machines required to give
the pupils the mechanical training
they need for a profitable trade.
The gymnasium is needed badly at
present, but If the corridor on the Sec
ond floor is constructed, that need will
be increased. At present, 661 girls
and 800 boys alternately use the lin
tied gymnasium. If the new one is
provided, the present facilities will be
turned over to the girls and the new
larger one will 60 to the boys.
Evening star., 1935-03-27
JEWS FAVOR j. s.
ISOLATION POLICY
Peace Plea Sent to Roose.
velt-Birth Control Ap-
proved by Sisterhood.

A plea for peace and non-interven-
ton In European affairs was forward
ed to President Roosevelt today by the
Union of American Hebrew Congrega-
tions, which closed its convention yes
terday with denunciation Of political
attacks on the church.
At the same time, the United
Federation of Temple Sisterhood,
closing a five-day ses-
sion at the Willard Hotel, gave its
appreciation to birth control.
Mrs. Morris Cafritz, head of the
Washington branch of the sisterhood,
submitted the birth-control resolution.
Text Of Resolution.
1t reads:
Whereas: 1t is of the utmost i'm
portance to all Americans that the
population Of our country be vigorous
and healthy. both physically and
mentally.
Whereas: The proper and in
telligent use of scientific contraceptive
methods under the direction Of
physicians is essential to these ends.
I'VE hereby indorse efforts to secure
an amendment to exempt physicians.
hospitals and clinics from the Federal
laws which now exclude. without ex-
ception, supplies and medical literature
relating to birth control from the
United States mails and common
carriers"
The resolution was sponsored by
Mrs. CafritZ, Mrs. Bertha Snyder of
Norfolk. Va; Mrs. Elsie Hermann OF
Baltimore and Mrs. C. Dora Lewis
Of this city.
New Yorker Named President.
The federation named Mrs. Henry
Nathan Of Buffalo president of the
sisterhood for the coming year and
chose Mrs. Joseph Stolz OF Chicago
Evening star., 1935-03-27
DISTRICT AIRPORT
SITE IS DEBATED
Joint Citizens Conference
Considers Benni!ng
Racing Area.

Discussion of District airport &ite
occupied the joint Conference OF
Northeast Citizens Associations dur
Ing most of their meeting at No. IL
precinct station last night.
w. A. Driggers of the KenilWorth
Citizens Association brought in a re-
port favoring the old Benning race
track site. I'VE should not let the
opinions of the so-called flying ex-
perts influence our stand for an ade-
ouate airport" he said. 1--WE are the
ones here in the District who will
probably have to pay for it anyway"
Harry N. Stull, delegate from the
Stanton Park Citizens Association,
suggested private airlines should con-
tribute to the acquisition and main
tenance of such project. A. F. E.
Scheer. delegate from Dahlgren Ter
race Citizens Association, declared
the Federal Government should be
asked to contribute.
The question taken back to the as
sociations will be how much District
taxpayers should contribute
A. H. Gregory, Stanton Park, re-
ported on a proposal to compel teach
ers and pupils alike to salute the nag
in the public schools each day.
John H. Williams of Dahgren Ter
race. a teacher, said that his class had
no flag for more than two years.
Within the past week, he added, the
school has secured a flag for his class.
A suggestion was made by DaVid
Babp. Burroughs Citizens Association,
that funds for buying sufficient flags
for all District schools should be allo-
Gated from the proposed character
education appropriation.
A report on playground conditions
In the area was made by DR.. William
Daviny, Michigan Park delegate. He
declared the Districts need is not
for more play area, but for additional
equipment and facilities. He asked
delegates to prepare a list of needed
equipment on Fairgrounds within
their respective areas so request may
be made of the Fairgrounds Depart
ment.
The proposed House and Senate
bills authorizing the Pennsylvania
Railroad Co. to construct an overpass
over New York avenue northeast to
extend and maintain certain indus
trial sidetracks was opposed.
Evening star., 1935-03-27
HOUSE COMMITTEE
SHELVES DISTRICT
AIRPORT QUESTION

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Committee of the Washington Board
Of Trade, by the full committee.
Il can tell you what he will say. "
Nichols said I'VE heard him and he
wrote us one of the most insulting
letters I have ever read, declaring, in
effect. that if the subcommittee did
not pick Gravelly Point, we were a
bunch Of nincompoops,"
Representative Hull declared he
wanted the subcommittee hearings
printed so the world could see what
a lot of backbiting people We have ir
the District of Columbia" He said
the people of the District could not
agree on any single airport site and
that on the basis of their testimony,
1t would be hopeless to expect any
congressional committee TO agree. A
motion by Representative Ellenbogen
of Pennsylvania that the committee go
into executive session to continue the
airport bill brought storm of protest
from other members.
Hull Wants Issue Aired.
II for one don't want anything to
do with the executive session on this
matter for several reasons" declared
Representative Hull. One OF the
reasons is the panning We have gotten
from the newspapers and the people
of the District. I won't stand for
that kind of bulldozing. I wouldn't
stand for 1t back home and I won't
take it here. We have been sub
jected to all kinds Of influences and
tnnuendoes, and I want this whole
thing brought out into the open.
don't want to conceal anything We
have done or may do"
Ellenbogen withdrew his motion to
proceed behind closed doors.
In response to opposition to Mrs.
Amelia Earhart Putnam being men,
Der of the commission. Representative
Nichols declared that if she were
barred the Board of Trade and the
Planning Commission also should be
ruled off, because it has consistently
favored Gravelly Point. She previ-
ously had voiced an opinion favoring
Washington Airport, it was said.
Me1lUtfS Ol GIlc COIiliiiittCC POAAAICN
out that the only District represent
stive provided for on the commission
is a member of the Board of District
Commissioners, probably the Engineer
Commissioner.
You can't say that he is a repre-
sentative of the District" declared
Representative Dirksen. He is not
appointed by the people of the Dis
trict, and I understand that he is not
even a resident of the District. We
should give the people of Washington
a greater representation in these mat
ters.
Meanwhile, Senator Gibson, Repub-
lcan, of Vermont, author of the local
airport legislation in the Senate, said
today he still firmly believes Gravelly
Point is the most desirable location.
The stand of the National Capital
Park and Planning Commission for
Gravelly Point was reaffirmed in a
letter sent to Chairman Randolph
yesterday afternoon by Frederic A.
Delano, chairman of the commission
and uncle of President Roosevelt.
Evening star., 1935-03-27
FRIEND OF PIGEONS DIES

NEW ORLEANS UY.-The pigeons
Of Lafayette Square look in vain for
the kind old lady who fed them pea
nuts for IL years.
She was Mrs. Minnie Thomas, rs,
who made daily trips to the park. The
birds became SO tame they would
fiutter up to pick peanuts from be-
tween her lips. Mrs. Thomas died late
Monday night in Charity Hospital.
Evening star., 1935-03-27

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bears no date and was signed by only
one witness instead Of the two required
by law.
This document, along with two other
reported wills, neither of which is
believed valid. was filed in District
Supreme Court today through Attor-
rley Ringgold Hart.
One Of these also left his property
to the wife, while the other named
his son, Albert ]. Sardo. jr., as bene-
ficiary. Mrs. Sardo, who has since
remarked, filed petition in the local
court last week to secure custody of
the son, who, she says, Is being Illegally
held by his grandfather and uncles
since the death of the father.
Evening star., 1935-03-27
BOLTON SMITH, "A,
SCOUT HEAD, DIES
Vice President of National
Council to Be Buried at
Memphis, Tenn.

Bolton Smith, "a, vice president Of
the National Council Of the Boy
Scouts of America and chairman Of
the Advisory Commission on Inter-
racial Activities. died today at his
residence, 1000 Cathedral avenue
Mr.. Smith, also a member of the
executive committee of the board of
trustees of George Peabody College
for Teachers and trustee of the
Brookings Institution here, was a
prominent investment banker in
Memphis. Tenn, until his retirement
Evening star., 1935-03-27
SARDO WILL FOUND
WRITTEN ON LETTER
Auto Victim Attempted to Leave
Estate to Wife on Missive Tell.
ing Him Divorce Plan.

Albert ]. Sardo, who was killed last
month in an automobile accident, at
tempted to leave his estate to his for
mer wife in a will written on the back
of a letter informing him she was
leaving him for Reno TO get a divorce,
1t was disclosed today.
The will, written on the reverse side
of the wife's letter while Sardo was in
an airplane bound for Pittsburgh,
merely directed that everything I
have be given to my dear wife" The
legality Of the will was questioned,
however, when it was discovered II
Evening star., 1935-03-27
Kidney Trouble

Headache. baekaehe. unusual thirst are
symptoms that point to kidney trouble. For
Mountain Valley Mineral Water. direct
from famous Hot Springs. Arkansas. A
natural restorative. Phone for free book
let today
Mountain Valley Mineral Water
Met. 1862 li05 X NV.
Evening star., 1935-03-27
Man Found Hanged in Hotel.

MIAMI, Fla, March 27 P).-A
man registered as Morris Werner of
Boston, Mass, about go years old.
yesterday was found dead. hanging
by towel from a clothes hook in his
hotel room.
Evening star., 1935-12-28

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new traffic division for special detail
These details act as escorts for Presi-
dent Roosevelt and dignitaries who
visit Washington.
Decentralization of the Traflc Bureau
was one Of the proposals discussed
during the crime investigation by
special subcommittee Of the House
District Committee. The plan adopted
by Maj. Brown, however. does not con-
form exactly with the proposals con-
sidered by the subcommittee.
The following % officers, now at
tached to the Trafic Bureau, will be
assigned to the precincts indicated:
Pvts. Allen Love, No. 2; F. r. Shull,
No. 2; c. E. Brant, No 2; L. L. Frost,
No. 3; ]. L. Hall, No. 8; G. w. Ward,
No. 7; s. w. Perry. No. 5; ]. p. Miller,
No. 2; c. c. Shelton. No. 2; r. C. Car
ter, No. 2; N. M. Baker, No. 3: Vincent
Minton, No. 3, and W. D. Ballinger
No. 7; Motor Cycle Officers A. K
Bowen. No. 7; r. o. Bankert. No. 6;
z. G. Comingore, No. 6; S. T. Creech,
No. 7; C. w. Coleman, No. 8; G. Z
Cooper, No. 7; J. H. Gwinn, No. 6; W.
E. Greenfield, No. II: c. H. Gould, No
IL; w. 3 Hopkins, No. II; c. H. Miller
No IL; H H. Prince, No. 8; c. H. Rich
mond, No. II; E. c. Spaulding, No. 8,
and L. E. Skies, No. II.
Evening star., 1935-12-28
FOUR ADRIFT IN BAY
RESCUED BY FERRY
Three Man and Woman Taken
From Barge After 26
Hours in Cold.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE, December 2S.-Four
persons, adrift in the Chesapeake Bay
in an open rowboat for two hours
after having spent "a hours on O
barge which had been set adrift, were
rescued late yesterday by ferry boat
The castaways were given hot drinks
and food and were said to be none
the worse for their experience. They
are:
Mr.. and Mrs. Lacy Hall, Norfolk,
Va: Francis Satterfield, Baltimore,
and George sande, Boston, Mass.
The barge Severn, loaded with steel
rails, was under tow Of the tug Co
lumbia and was cut adrift Thursday
night when heavy sea and ice were
encountered in the bay. The four
persons remained aboard the barge
and the tug headed for Baltimore
to get aid.
She grounded on a sand bar and
the four persons showed of from the
barge In a rowboat. Ice blocked
them, however, and they could neither
go ahead nor return to the barge.
The ferry rescued them at dusk
Hall is captain of the barge, which
was bound from New York to Balti-
more. The four people had a Sup
ply of food and fuel aboard the barge.
1t was understood they left it to
make arrangements for tug to COM
plete the tow to Baltimore.
Capt. G. D. Higgins of the ferry
said Mrs. Hall was unconscious when
taken aboard the ferry. She came to
when given food.
Hall remained In Annapolis and
the other three came to Baltimore.
Evening star., 1935-12-28
LIQUOR IS BLAMED
IN DEATHS OF SIX
Two in Pennsylvania vir.
tuaIly Paralyzed After
Drinking Bootleg"
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
ALIQUTPPA, Pa, December 28.-
After Christmas tragedy invaded six
modest homes in this little steel town
yesterday, where two women and four
men, all neighbors, died in convulsionS
after drinking "moonshine" liquor.
Two more are in critical condition,
their legs and arms virtually paralyzed.
All lived in an area of four blocks
in the shadow of the smoke stacks Of
the mills where some of them worked.
Aliquippa is about 80 miles from Pitts
burgh.
Seeking Yuletide "cheer," the VIC
tins bought and then imbibed in the
privacy of their own homes, and only
a few hours later there occurred the
first of the six deaths that sent police
and physicians hurrying from their
flresides to investigate.
Woman Dies First
The first death, that Of Mrs. Milka
Zarkovich, As years old and the mother
of a 6-year-old daughter, occurred
early Christmas morning; the second
at noon the same day: the third Thurs
day and the last three yesterday.
Chief w. L. Ambrose of the Ali
quippa police, acting on information
he said was given him by two of the
victims before death, raided a house,
arrested the occupant and sledge-
hammered a brick wall to pieces to
find a 15-gallon container of alleged
''monshine."
The dead, in addition to Mrs.
zarkovich, are Mike Wasauowsky, 81,
widower, and father of three children (;
Mike Maravich, 40; Mrs. Anna Beck
ish, 46; John Cora, so; George Ger
gich, 81.
Two Critically Ill.
Those critically Ill are Mike Ralish,
boarder at the home of Mrs. Ear
kovich and John Opish. As.
Dr.. j. L. Miller. a physician who
attended the victims, said all died in
agony after drinking what at first
was thought to be liniment. He as
serted poisonous alcohol was con-
tanned in the concoction.
Evening star., 1935-12-28
FOE OF QUODDY FIRM
IN OPPOSING PROJECT
Calls Power Development "Ludi.
crous and Asinine" Despite
Sale to Contractor.
BY the Associated Press.


BOSTON, December 2s.-A Boston
manufacturer, George w. Stetson, who
refused to sell his products to the
Government for use in the Quoddy
tidal power project in Maine, last night
insisted his position remained un-
changed.
Stetson said he wished to correct
an impression that he had capitulated
and furnished boiler equipment for the
project, which he termed a ''ludicrous
and asinine idea"
II furnished the parts to a dealer" "
he explained, "who in turn sold them
to the contractor without profit to
me. The contractor is an old friend
Of mine, and so is the engineer who
specified that my stuff should be used.
THE contractor said was leaving
him in hole, so what could do?
I knew where the stuff was going and
wouldn't have let the dealer have it
except for old times sake"
Stetson in his Yankee twang assailed
the present administration for what
he termed unfair competition with
public utilities, real estate and banking.
He displayed copies of correspon-
dence with the War Department in
which he said he did not care to bid
on equipment for the Quoddy project,
"or any other Government project
which is economically unsound."
Evening star., 1935-12-28
BUDGET UNIT GETS
COURT LOAN PLAN
So, 10000 Advance Would Be
Repaid After Obligations
to p w A.

The Budget Bureau had before Il
today bill proposed by the Com
miSSioners providing for direct ad-
vance Of $3,500,000 from the Treasury
for construction of new homes for the
three minor courts of the District,
to include new Offices for the re-
corder of deeds.
The loan would be repaid after the
District had met its obligations to the
Public Works Administration for loans
toward the sewage disposal plant and
the adult tuberculosis Hospital, now
under construction.
The bill was sent to the bureau
since it must pass on all legislation
involving appropriations.
There is no question Of the neces-
Sity of these court buildings" the
Commissioners wrote to Acting Di-
rector Daniel w. Bell Of the Budget
Bureau 1.-THE buildings housing the
Municipal Court, the Police Court, the
recorder of deeds and the Juvenile
Court are at the present time a dis
grace to the Nations Capital. The
Commissioners therefore request IA
vorable action on this proposed leg
islation"
The new buildings would be erected
in Judiciary Square, under authority
given by Congress at the past session.
Evening star., 1935-12-28
IL
WHICH WAS LUCKY FOR
GAME WARDEN.

BY the Associated Press.
TARBoRo. N. c.. December 2s.-
Speaking Of coincidence
II it hadn't been freezing. Milford
Haynes, game and fish warden,
wouldn't have left the oil heater burn
ing.
If it hadn't showed, the fire siren
never would have been clogged.
If it hadn't clogged. the fremen
never would have tested it.
II they hadn't tested it, it wouldn't
have stuck and screamed for 10 min
tltes straight.
ID II it hadn't screamed so long and
loud, Haynes wouldn't have awakened
just in time to escape from carbon
monoxide fumes.
And If, the firemen had waited q
few minutes longer TO test their siren
But this account of Haynes narrow
escape must end somewhere.
Evening star., 1935-12-28

miniStration was an expert on a more
important subject-politics. The rival,
developing strong congressional con-
nections, gradually took over the du-
ties of the ambitious young New
Yorker, who soon found himself with
out enough to keep him busy. He
packed up and went back to Brook
lyn to be vice president of bank.
Political influence is supposed to be
mere effective within the r. H. A.
than in most other bureaus
If the New Deal continues to ex-
pand the Capital of the Nation may
eventually be spread all over 1t.
FOLLOWING up Secretary Ickes'
threat to nloUe some of his bureaus
to Baltimore, the National Coal
Commission reached an undn-
nounced decision the other day to
look around the United States for
place to do its commissioning.
Cincinnati, Pittsburgh and Charles
ton, w. Va, sites are under con-
Stderdtion.
The commission has been estab-
lished temporarily in a non-govern-
mental Office building here, but was
notified the other day that no office
space for it was left in any Govern
ment department.
Wherever a few Democratic mem
bers Of Congress assemble, r1mor is
spawned that Prof. Tugwell will re-
q
originated straight from that source.
The Congressman apparently hope Mr..
Roosevelt will hear them and act
accordingly.
Copyright. 1881