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The Washington times., 1936-12-30
Lunch HOmOI'S Dudley.
Pioneer I'D. C. Rector

Can you remember when a
cable street car ran only as far
as the Arcade Market, which was
a car barn and the end Of the
line, Fourteenth Street line?
When everything east Of Four
teenth st. N. W., in the area
which is now Mount Pleasant, was
farmland?
That is but one of the pictures
which met the eye of DR.. George
Dudley, who yesterday was the
honor guest at luncheon tend
cred him by well-wishers on his
retirement after 43 years as rec
tor of st. Stephens Episcopal
Church, when he took the pulpit
at that church in 1898.
The Mount Pleasant area at
that time, DR.. Dudley recalls, was
one Of. few streets and houses,
only a store or two here and there
and thinly inhabited. Today it is
a thriving uptown business section,
thickly populated and fed by
numerous bus and street car
routes.
Was Mount Pleasant Village
Tracing the history of his
church, DR.. Dudley revealed that
in the early 1905 several farmers
in the area about Sixteenth and
Newton SITS. N. W., but then
described as the Village Of Mount
Pleasant, met at house owned
by a Mr.. Goodman and started
Sunday School classes.
Peculiarly enough, although the
church eventually moved to a
nearby Fourteenth Street loca-
tion, it later moved back to
Sixteenth and Newton Streets,
where the present st. Stephens
Church stands today.
Meanwhile, however, the Good
man house became too small to
care for the church people who
gathered there and they moved
across to the opposite corner,
meeting in the Mount Pleasant
Town Hall. Mt. Pleasant Village,
DR.. Dudley related, at that time
took in the territory from what
is now Columbia Road to Oak
Street and from Fourteenth to
Eighteenth Streets.
Church's First Rector
In 1888 a mission was or
ganized in the Town Hall, under
the leadership of j. B. Gray, and
in 1885 the group obtained some
property on Fourteenth Street, be-
tween Columbia Road and Irving
Street, and there erected white
The Washington times., 1936-12-30
CARTER VICTIM
OF PNEUMONIA
AT AGE OF 79

Death today claimed George L.
Carter, vice-president of the Car
ter Coal Company. Mr.. Carter,
who would have been 80 years old
January 10, died in Emergency
Hospital where he had been i'll for
more than three weeks with pneu-
monia.
: A native Of Hillsville, Carroll
County, Va, he had been a resi-
dent of the District for many years
and lived recently at the Hay
Adams House, conducting his busi-
ness from offices in the Washing
ton Building.
His widow, Mrs. Mayetta w.
Carter; a son. James Walter Car
ter, of New York; two sisters, Mrs.
M. w. Doggett, of Kingsport,
Tenn, and Mrs. R. G. Wilkinson,
Of HilIsyille, survive.
Interment will be conducted in
HillSville on Friday, but details of
the services have not yet been
COMPLETED,
The Washington times., 1936-12-30

PARIS-3:3O p. M.-Concert
with the Ortambert Quartet.
TPA-3, 25.2 m, 11.88 meg.
ROME-6 P. M.-News in Eng
Iish. Band Concert by Royal Car
abinieri Band. Topics of Inter
est" a talk. Concert Of light
music. 2RO, 31.1 M, 9.63 meg.
BERLIN-6 p. M.-Peasant
Cabaret. DJD, 25.4 M, lit meg.
LONDON-6:55 P. MA Johann
Strauss Program. The BBC EN-
pire Orchestra. GSD, 25.5 m,
Its meg: Csc, 31.3 m, 9.58
meg; GSB, 31.5 m, 9.51 meg.
Moscow P. M.-Greetings
to 1887. Music by Red Army Or
cheStra. Soviet Opinion and
The Washington times., 1936-12-30
Today's Foreign Sho"t-Wave Radio Schedule

World Affairs. RAN. 31.2 M, 9.6
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EINDHOVEN, Netherlands -
P. M.-Happy Programs. PCJ, 31.2
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BERLIN-8:3O P. M.-Folk
Music. DJD, 25.4 M, 11.77 meg.
ARACAS-9 P. M.-Tovar
Brothers, Duet. YV2RC, SIT M,
So meg.
Gibbons and the Savoy Hotel
Orpheans. GSD, 25.5 m, 11.75
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MON REA-1O P. M.-"Ici
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meg; CJRX, 25.6 M, 11.72 meg.
The Washington times., 1936-12-30
TO HEAR
ARGUMENT ON
FIRE TRUCKS

ARLINGTON COURT HOUSE,
Va, Dec. 30.-Efforts of the
American LaFrance and Feamite
Industries, Inc, manufacturers
of fire fighting equipment, to re-
possess eight pieces Of equipment
sold to Arlington county more
than five years ago, will again he
carried to the State Supreme
Court, it was learned here today.
In addition to seeking to re-
possess the machinery, constitut-
ing the bhlk of the county's mod
ern fire fighting equipment, at
torneys for the manufacturers
will also enter a claim for "rea-
sonable rental" for the years
that the county has had the
equipment in it's possession.
Bought in 1880
The machinery was purchased
by the county under the authori-
zation of the old county board of
supervisors during the years of
1880 and 1881 for a price Of ap-
proximately $55,000. When the
new county board of commits
sioners assumed duties the fol
lowing year, under the then new
county manager form of govern
ment. however, it was declared
that the contract between the
county and the manufacturer
was not binding in that it car
ried the debt over a period OF
more than one year, the limit
time a county is permitted to
contract for payment of a debt
created to purchase property.
When this ruling was handed
down by the commissioners, the
county had only paid about
$4,000, and the case has been
in court ever since. Meanwhile,
the county has continued to use
the machinery.
The contract was declared in
valid in circuit court here and the
decision was sustained by the
State Supreme Court. The higher
tribunal, however, left what at
torneys for the manufacturers
see as a loop hole in that it spec
ifically stated that it's decision was
on the validity of the contract
only, and did not involve the
manufacturers right to repossesS
the machinery, or to collect rental
for it's use. It is on this ground
that the manufacturers attorneys
are carrying their fight back to
the Supreme Court.
Rule Against Firm
The case was reopened in Cir.
cult Court here, but Judge Wal.
ter T. Mccarthy ruled that the
manufacturer had no right to
collect rental, or to repossess the
machinery, but only the right to
put the equipment up at public
auction in an effort to liquidate
the debt, with any surplus over
the remaining balance due on the
purchase price going to the
county.
Attorneys Frank L. Ball and
William c. Cloth, who are repre-,
senting the manufacturers, SAID
that the appeal had been per.
fected, the record completed, and
that the case would be presented
to the Supreme Court Somtime
next month.
The plaintiffs petition also
contends that the county treasury
collected $34,742 from the tax.
payers for the sole purpose" of
paying it on the debt, but failed to
pay any part of it to the manu-.
facturers. This collection is said
to have been made between 1882
and 1884.
The Washington times., 1936-12-30
Alexandra Chamber
Elects NJ. H. BurCheI|

ALEXANDRIA, Va, Dec. 80.
M. H. Burchell, general manager
of the Alexandria Dairy Company,
yesterday was elected president of
the local Chamber of Commerce
at a meeting of the board of dl-
rectors.
Mr.. Burchell, who was secretary
treasurer of the organization, has
been active in Alexandria civic
affairs for many years. D. C..
Book, manager of the j. C. Penny
Company, was named as vice
president, and Martin E. Greene
was reelected business manager.
The Washington times., 1936-12-30
ERNEST GRIssETT

Requiem mass will be celebrated
tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock in
the Church of the Nativity for
Ernest Grissett, motorcycle police
man attached to the Traffic Di-
vision, who died Monday in Walter
Reed Hospital from injuries when
his motorcycle overturned. A spe.
cial police Gordon appointed by
Major Ernest w. Brown will at
tend interment in Cedar Hill
Cemetery.
Policeman Grissett, who physi-
clans say had been unconscious
since the accident few days ago,
swerved to avoid striking an auto
mobile at Fifth Street and Con-
cord Avenue Northwest.
Policeman Grissett is survived
by his widow, Charlotte Claudine
Grissett, whom he married here
last year; his mother, Mrs. jose
phine Grissett; his father, Cyrus
Grissett; a brother. Raymond Girls
sett, of Washington, and two sis
ters Viola, of Washington, and
Helen Grissett, of California.
The Washington times., 1936-12-30

stone church, capable Of seating
about 100 people.
1t was in 1892 that separate
Episcopal parish was organized in
that church and DR.. Dudley was
chosen as the first rector of the
church, taking the pulpit there in
1893.
1t was the. only church in the
area, he recalled, and as he said,
when he arrived there he could
find only SO communicates and Is
in the Sunday school.
The farmlands were just being
subdivided, he explained, but it
wss not long before streets were
laid out throughout the area and
houses sprung up rapidly and be-
came filled.
The Washington times., 1936-12-30
TrotskY Due 10 Reach
TdmpiCo January 9

MEXICO CITY, Dec. 80
GN.SD.-Leon Trotsky, exiled So
Wet revolutionist. will arrive at
Tampico, January 9, government
circles revealed today. Trotsky,
who is now en- route to this coun-
try from Norway, originally was
scheduled to disembark at Vera
Cruz, January Z,
The Washington times., 1936-12-30
Reopen Death Probe

NEW ROCHELLE, N. Y, Dec.
30 q.N.SO.-Police reopened their
investigation into the death Of
Rachel 1anniello, 7-year-old mute
today, after relatives protested the
accidental verdict given in her
death. County Medical Examiner
Amos A. Squire ordered an
AUTOPSY.
The Washington times., 1936-12-30
WILSON Med. LINDSEY

Wilson Mcdonald Lindsey, of
Lanham, Md, a retired Post Of
flee Department employe, died at
Georgetown University Hospital
yesterday, after an illness of sev-
eral months.
Mr.. Lindsey was connected with
the Railway Mail Service for over
AZ years, retiring in 1882. He was
one Of Prince Georges countyS
leading Democrats, and was presi-
dent of the Twentieth District
Democratic Club from 1888 to 1885.
For several years he served as JUS
.tice of the peace, having been ap-
pointed by the late Governor Al
bert Ritchie.
Funeral services will be held
from Tabler's Funeral Home to-
morrow at 3 p. m. Burial will be
in Glenwood Cemetery.
The Washington times., 1936-12-30
MINOR GILES ATWOOD

Minor Giles Atwood, the son Of
Albert w. Atwood, died suddenly
late. Monday evening in Emergency
Hospital. He was II.
Besides his father, he is survived
by his mother, a brother, Albert
w. Atwood, jr., and two sisters,
Mrs. c. c. Remsen, jr., of New
York, and Sally Atwood, of Wash
ington.
He lived with his parents at IS
Observatory Circle N. w. Funeral
services will be private.
The Washington times., 1936-12-30
MRS. JULIA H. CHADWICK

According to word received here
yesterday, Miss Julia H. hadwick,
former resident of Washington,
died a few days ago at her home
in Florence, Italy.
The daughter Of John H. Chad
wick, New York merchant, she
had gone to Italy for her health.
She was the niece of the late
Chancellor HalSted, of New Jersey.
The Washington times., 1936-12-30
FAIRGROUNDS
AID URGED
BY A. J. DRISCOLL
Citizens Associations Editor


The Logan Thomas Circle Citi-
zenS Association last night laid
planks to enlist the support of
the Mid City Citizens Associa-
ton and Central Business Mems
Association to have included in
the 1888 District supply bill an
appropriation to provide adequate
playground and recreation facili-
ties for the area covered by the
three associations.
The lack of Fairgrounds, it was
explained, causes children to dam
age public reservations on which
the District has expended large
sums to improve and beautify.
81 Pass Demanded
A resolution by H. M. Fulton,
protesting abolition of the $1.0O
weekly pass by the Capital Transit
Company, was also debated. DR..
Charles K. Koones, in defense of
the company'S action, declared
many lines were not paying oper-
ating expenses under the existing
rate. A special committee, consist
ing of Mr.. Fulton, DR.. Kones and
j. F. Ducomb will report at the
January meeting on what action
is to be taken.
The association indorsed the D.
c. Public School Association, to
which Mrs. Fred Haig and Mrs.
w. E. Baker were named as dele
gates. Brief addresses were made
by Hugh V. Keiser, president of
the Central Business Mems Asso-
citation, and A. j. Driscoll, presi-
dent of Mid-City Citizens Asso-
citation.
The Washington times., 1936-12-30
DIR. EDMUND X. BRoADUs

DR.. Edmund Kemper Broadus,
so, formerly of Washington and
Alexandria, died December II in
Alberta University Hospital, Ed
monton, Canada, according to
word received here yesterday.
DR.. Broadus is survived by his
widow, Mrs. Eleano Hammond
Broadus; a son, Kemper H. Broa-
dus, and his mother, Mrs. Thomas
A. Broadus, who lives at Paeonian
Springs, near Leesburg, Va.
The Washington times., 1936-12-30
Bennings Citizens

Protesting the abolition of the
81 weekly pass by the Capital
Transit Company, and demand
ing better street car service, the
BenningS Citizens Association last
night declared the company was
operating obsolete cars on the
Bennings line. A Commute rush
hour schedule was urged in lieu
of the hourly non rush schedule.
President Frank E. James was
directed to appoint a committee
to confer with Commissioner
George E. Allen in regard to OBJ
tanning grant of Federal funds
for proposed recreation center
community hall.
Resolutions were adopted and
ordered sent direct to the District
engineer commissioner, requesting
the installation of traffic lights
at both the east and west ap-
proaches to the BenningS viaduct
Immediately upon completion of
the widening now in progress.
The election of officers Sched-
uled for last night was postponed
until the January meeting.
The Washington times., 1936-12-30

today when Wyndham Mortl-
mer, international vice president
of the United Automobile Workers
Union, rejected Mayor Harold H.
Burton's mediation proposal. Nor
timer told 1000 cheering strikers
that the dispute had become a
battle with General Motors and
could not be settled locally.
The Washington times., 1936-12-30
Peace Is Rejected
By Fisher Workers

CLEVELAND, Dec. 30.-Hope
Of immediate settlement OF the
Fisher body strike here passed
The Washington times., 1936-05-28
TRIAL
T0BE RUSHED

HAMMOND, Ind, May28 0.N.S0.
The shadow Of the gibbet hung
today over Harlan Crouch and
James Jacobs, Indianapolis boot
leggerS.
Crouch, confessed slayer Of John
R. Foster, agent of the Federal
alcohol tax unit, was arraigned
before United States Commissioner
Schuyler C. Dwyer here last night
and ordered held without bail to
the Federal Grand Jury.
E. c. Yellowley, alcohol tax SD
pervisor for Illinois, Indiana and
Wisconsin, who directed the hunt
for Crouch, said today he will ask
that a special grand jury be i'm
paneled and that he will seek a
speedy trial.
Crouch was captured yesterday
as he slept in an Indianapolis
rooming house. The bootlegger
talked freely of the Staying. Asked
if he killed Foster, Crouch an
swered:
"Sure. We thought he was a
hijacker. Jacobs handed me the
rifle and / stood on the running
board and fired three shots"
The Washington times., 1936-05-28
Committee Chairmen
Named for Ad Club

Members of the Advertising Club
Of Washington were assured of q
full program Of activities for the
rest Of the year when the recently
appointed board Of directors Of
the organization. headed by Nor
man c. Kal as president, yester-
day divided up the work among q
group Of committee chairmen.
The chairmen named are James
w. Hardey, lecture committee;
James Rotto, program and activi.
ties committee; J. A. Anderson,
membership committee; G. B.
BurruS, publicity committee; Louis
D. Krakow, finance and budget
committee, and George F. Kindley,
audit committee.
The Washington times., 1936-05-28
Martin, COP. Whip
In House, Aids Landon

Representative Joseph W.
Martin, jr., Of Massachusetts,, Re
publican whip" Of the House,
yesterday agreed to become a
floor manager for Gov. Alfred M.
Landon's campaign for President
at the Cleveland convention.
Martin has been in Congress IL
years and is one of it's most popu-
lar members.
He was elected a delegate to
the national convention in the
Massachusetts, primaries in which
Governor Landon polled 80 per
cent of all votes cast for Presi-
Dental aspirantS. Because of
that overwhelming sentiment,
Martin decided to support the
Kansas governor without reserva-
ton.
The Washington times., 1936-05-28
LIBBY CASE FEE
TOPS MILLION

WINSTON-SALEM, N. c., May
28.-The three attorneys who rep
resented the infant son Of Libby
Holman Reynolds in litigation over
the estate of his father. z. Smith
Reynolds, have been allowed q
fee of more than a million dol
lars in Forsythe County Superior
Court.
Declaring the lawyers were en-
titled to reasonable compensation,
Judge Wilson Warlick set the fee
at is per cent of the approx
mately seven million dollar inheri-
tance of Christopher Smith Rey-
nolds, now 312 years old.
The attorneys, Benet Polikoff,
William Graves and Wallace Nc
Lehman, all of Winston-Salem, con
cluded a family agreement in the
estate controversy which recently
received final court approval.
The Washington times., 1936-05-28
.Firestone Escapes
Blast; Two Injured

AKRON, Ohio, May % G.N.S0.
Two employees of the household
of Harvey Firestone, sr., rubber
manufacturer, were recovering in
a hospital today from injuries
suffered when an explosion, be-
lieved caused by escaping gas,
damaged the Firestone residence.
Firestone and his wife escaped
injury.
The Washington times., 1936-05-28

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gists today. Soap only 26c. Ointment 26e.
The Washington times., 1936-05-28
"Con-Man" Killed

RUSHTON, La, May 28.-
On his way to prison to serve a
one-to-five-year term for operating
a confidence game, Jack Hogan,
20, was killed in an automobile
wreck.
The Washington times., 1936-05-28
8 Convicted of Theft

HAGERSTOWN, Md, May %.
Howard Shove, Walter Bowers
and Charles Luther Green, in
dicted for the theft of a quantity
of meat, were found guilty on
the first count by Judge Frank
G, Wagaman
The Washington times., 1936-05-28

MOTOR CO., INC
3O4O NJ st. NV.
and Falls Church
TRIANGLE MOTOR co.
New York Ave. and
North Capitol
CARTER MOTOR co.
113 N. st. Asaph
Alexandra, Va.
The Washington times., 1936-05-28

NORTHWEST MOTOR co,
672O Wisconsin Ave.
Chevy Chase, Md.
B34O Wisconsin Ave.
CHERNER MOTOR co.
1881 Florida Ave. NV.
17O8 14th st. NV.
1711 Florida Ave. NV.
1912 14th st. NV.
Evening star., 1936-11-15
ASSEMBLY CLOSED
BYPRESBYTER|ANS
Church of America Models
Government Plans on
Parent Units.
By the Associated Press.

PHILADELPHIA, November IA
tentative form Of government, similar
to that Of the Presbyterian Church
in the U. s. A., from which 1t SPLIT
last June, was adopted today by the
Presbyterian Church Of America In
the closing business Of its four -day
general assembly.
The l00-year-old constitution Of the
parent church. which the new group
regards As "modernist" denomina-
ton, was accepted as . provisional
working basis until . permanent con-
stitution can be drawn up.
In substance. the form adopted
grouped individual churches into
presbyteries but made no provision for
synods; arranged for the administra-
ton Of local congregations and out
lined requirements for admission into
the denominations ministry.
One passage guaranteed each con-
gregation title to its property and spe-
cifically denying the right Of reversion
to the Presbyterian Church OF Amer
lea, unless the particular church
should become extinct"
Decision on the form OF government
was taken by adoption of a report
from the Constitutional Committee.
The General Assembly, second in the
church's> five-month existence, earlier
today tabled all discussion on interpre-
tation of its doctrinal standards.
Evening star., 1936-11-15

which was very possibly unintentional
on your part. that the Committee OF
One Hundred has been established
merely for the purpose Of pressing
action against issuance Of q permit
for the rebuilding of this slaughter
house. This committee was estab-
lished by the American Civic Asso-
citation nearly Is years ago to aid in
preserving the essential character of
Washington as the seat of our Ma
tional Government. Activity of the
committee in connection with estab-
lishment Of slaughter house operation
in the National Capital is taken not
as punitive measure against any in
dividual or firm, but, rather to protect
the character Of Washington IS the
Federal City and as residential COM
munity.
The committee, Of course, wishes
to consider all phases Of the present
question and all facts involved-not
only those which you have indicated,
but others which you have not pre-
sented. note, for instance, your con-
tention that the proposed establish
ment, which will take up operations
suspended since 1884, Is to Be "of the
same size as the original plant. no
smaller and no larger - its opera
tions - Of the same character, no
larger, no smaller. no different" How
yer, the things that are shown on, or
omitted from, the blueprints submitted
to the District officials at the time of
making application, and the admitted
errors therein, indicate that many Of
the operations are to be substantially
enlarged.
Cites Stock Yards.
The operation of the Union Stock
Yards In connection with the re-
establishment Of slaughtering opera
tions. as the committee understands
Is proposed. certainly will intensity
any previous use to which the exist
ing yards have been put. Whether the
production viii be on the basis of
5000 animals per week, as we have
been given to understand, or Of 5, 900
pSA osys @S tAiC PioAhn ALA6Ait lllQlC0lc,
the prospect OF $50 carloads of stock,
either per day or per week. on q day
and night basis. with all the attendant
noise and smells, suggests new ex-
periences in store for District resi-
dents. ..5
81 note your contention that other
slaughter houses are now operating in
the District Of Columbia, but we have
yet to be shown that these establish
ments either are Of q size comparable
to the proposed new plant, or that they
attempt such offensive operations as
the rendering Of inedible offal, en-
trail fats and the like and the opera
ton Of casing departments-funct
which should be relegsted to isolated
outlying districts.
II have noted also what you say
about stringent Federal inspection and
the Federal stamp Of approval upon
every piece Of meat. All this, as you
Of course realize, has nothing whatever
to do with the case. Federal inspec-
ton Is directed to condition Of the
meat product. The health, comfort