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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1936-01-26
FIVE ARE INJURED
IN AUTO M|SHAPS
Boy Topples From Horse
That SHES in Path of
Passing Car.

Five persons were injured in trafnc
mishaps reported yesterday.
Lloyd Edwards, II. son of DR.. Aba
Edwards, 1892 Twelfth street, suffered
severe head injuries when thrown to
the ground when a horse he was riding
in Potomac Park SHE'D and leaped
into the path Of an automobile. The
youth was taken to Emergency Hos
pital where it was said he may have
q fractured skull.
The car, police said, was operated by
Joseph P. Dorr, 80. of 3l6 Taylor
street. Dorr took the Edwards youth
to the hospital.
Teresa Lamb, 40, OF GOT I street,
possibly received a broken wrist when
struck at Sixth and I streets by a
machine said by police to have been
operated by Shelley S. Knott, 80, OF
726 Fifth street. She was treated at
Casualty Hospital.
Charles Brent, Z, colored, $3.50 c
street southeast, was injured abol t
the head when he fell to the street
while riding on the running board Of
an automobile. At Gallinger Hospital
it was said he may have fractured
skull. The accident occurred at Fifty
first and c streets southeast.
U. D. Smith, 30. Of AIS G street SUI
fered multiple fractures of the arm
when struck by the automobile of Reba
E. Eberts, IS, of 770l Georgia avenue
while walking near New Jersey ave-
nue. ana N street. He was treated at
Sibley Hospital.
Claude Cox. 81. Of 1909 N street, who
was not believed seriously hurt when
he walked into the side o! an automo-
bile on Ninth street Friday. was taken
to Emergency Hospital yesterday and
found to have fractured skull.
Falling from her mothers parked
car, Barbara Anne Hind, 3, suffered
undetermined head injuries. She was
taken to st. Elizabeth's Hospital by
her mother, Mrs. Hazel Hind.
The campaign to cut down traffic
fatalities and automobile accidents,
inaugurated 10 days ago. is already be-
ginning to show results, according to
Traffic Director William A. Van Duzer
While a Today period is not suffi-
Gent to make any sweeping state
ments, the trend of fatal accidents and
personal injury accidents is downward,
he pointed out yesterday.
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VA66WOAAs
Moore said Sanders had admitted
being connected with the affair. but
declined to name his associate. He
also will be questioned in connection
with several other hold-ups, Moore
said.
Green picked up two men at down.
town cab stand January ~ and was
directed to an address in Clarendon.
While he was searching for the street
number. he said, the men drew weap-
ons. One of them took the wheel and
they drove out the Columbia Pike to-
ward Fairfax, he told police.
Turning off onto q dirt road, they
stopped at q pasture where several
hundred swine were grazing and, after
binding and gagging him, threw him
over the fence. Green reported. While
the pigs rooted around curiously, he
managed to free himself. A passing
motorist took him to the crossl Dads,
where he summoned police and re-
ported the hold-up.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1936-01-26

even II that sum Is stricken from the
rate base of the concern.
Sangster, q consulting engineer from
New York, commended earlier that that
amount should be taken from the
agreed valuation Of company proper
ties under the sliding scale plan gov
erning annual adjustment Of consumer
rates. He had said that by using prin-
ciples in the sliding scale agreement
the rate base was figured to be $685.
600 too high, as calculated from the
original cost figures Tor such properties
as taken from the company books.
Sangster also said he believed that
even if the commission adopted his
formula there would be left as per-
manent overheads in the rate base
of the company sum of $4,000.
Byars NICK. Bachman, commission
chief accountant, also under cross-ex-
animation by Bowen, declared that
the company borrowed most of its
loans from the Washington Railway
& Electric Co., its parent company, at
S or 6 per cent interest. although
loans from banks were at the rate OF
As per cent.
Bachman also said that while the
company pays only per cent interest
on the retirement reserve when such
funds are used for additions and bet
terments to the company plant, it
~>oaived l~et x,eor moro than ner
cent profit on its investment.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1936-01-26
~ TRAFFIC Pa
~ CONVICTIONS "a
LEAVING AFTER COLLIDING.

LEAVING AFTER COLLIDING.
Augustine 6. Cullen, 1901 Massa-
chusetts avenue. $50 or 80 days.
Thomas Dawkins, 1888 Sixth street.
$50 or 80 days.
RECKLESS DRIVING.
william G. Peterson. 1901 New
Jersey avenue southeast. 80 days.
John A. Nolan, Seventh street
northeast, $50 or 80 days.
DRIVING WHILE DRUNK.
James J. Carrisan, 1888 Eighteenth
street. 80 days.
THIRD OFFENSE SPEEDING.
George Umstead. 62S L street; "a
miles, 500 or 80 days.
FIRST OFFENSE SPEEDING.
Alfred Ferguson, 1852 s street; 40
John A. Sweeney. $500 Sixteenth
street; IS miles, $40.
Gennaro Sannino, 223 E street; 80
miles. 81.
Louis L. Hettleman, SIS Eighth
street; 40 miles, SIS.
Henry ]. Cohn. SOIL Thirteenth
street: 40 miles, SIS.
Esther M. Gilbert, 1909 Morning.
side drive, 30 miles. S.
Henry Lerski, Virginia; IS miles,
SO.
James T. Wilmer, Virginia; IS
miles, SO.
George r. johnson. TAT Kenyon
street; 80 miles, IS.
George M. Reese, 213 G street
southeast, IS miles. SO.
George L. Reno. Maryland; 80
miles, 40.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1936-01-26
IL. SMITH BACKED
TO COMMAND LEGION
Drive Launched to Elect D. G,
Attorney National Chief at
Cleveland Convention.

A movement to make John Lewis
Smith. prominent Washington attor.
ney, natic commander Of the Amer
lean Legion has been launched by
the Executive Committee Of the Dis
trtct department Of the Legion.
Joseph w. Malloy, department COM
mander, who presided, was authorized
to appoint q committee Of I'VE to
further Smiths candidacy. The next
national commander is to be elected
Ut the annual convention at Cleve-
land, September -.
Smith has been prominent both in
the Legion and the United Spanish
War Veterans. Of which he was once
commander in chief. He was Z menu
Der of the original caucus Ut st. Louis.
where the Legion was formed. was .
member Of the first post, George
Warrington Post, No. /, past COM
mander Of that post, and past depart
ment commander here. He u . past
presidene Of the District Of Columbia
Bar Association and was . vice preE-
dent Of the American Bar Associa.
taon.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1936-01-26
PUBLIC PERSONNEL DAY
SPEAKERS ARE LISTED
Secretary Roper, La Guardia and
Gov. FITZGERALD Scheduled
for Radio Addresses.

Secretary Of Commerce Roper.
Mayor La Guardia Of New York and
Gov. Fitzgerald Of Michigan, are
scheduled to go on the air from 1890
to IL pm. Wednesday as a climax
to Public Personnel day-a Nation.
wide celebration which will be spon.
sored by the National League Of
Women Voters.
Planned to emphasize the need for
q competent public service personnel.
the celebration will be conducted in
mass meetings by women voters In SO
States and the District. Among prom.
inent men back of the movement are
Newton D. Baker, Harold w. Dodds.
president Of Princeton University, and
Gerard Swope.
Cards petitioning political parties
to abolish the spoils system and
establish the merit principle OF APP
pointment to public ONCE" have been
signed BY voters throughout the coun.
try, according to reports from Wash.
inston headquarters Of the National
Lsagus ef Women votsfs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1936-01-26

Edwin E. Weisner, 300 Sixth street
northeast; 80 miles, IS.
John Cowne, 1923 U street north
east; 80 miles, IS.
David A. Battle, ITO Florida avenue:
IS miles, SO.
Maurice r. Rothstein, 1916 K
street; 81 miles, $40.
Portner r. Cough, 627 Orleans
place northeast; 80 miles, IS.
Vincent w. Simmons, Maryland; 81
miles, SO.
Charles s. Vernon, jr., 3443 Four
tenth street: 80 miles, SO.
Louis M. Cuivilliers, 4l07 Harrison
street; 80 miles, $40.
Harold d. Schmidt, Maryland; 80
miles. IS.
John e. SPEECH. Maryland; 80
miles. IS.
Halle s. Jackson, IS K street
southeast; 81 miles, $40.
Wallace A. Russell, 2700 Benton
street; 80 miles, IS.
David Linden, Maryland: IS miles,
SO.
Anthony w. Vanleer, 1850 Ontario
place: 80 miles, IS.
Ettore A. Ginnette, 1852 Holbrook
terrace northeast; IS miles, SO.
Alphonso Garnet. 1888 Columbia
street; 30 miles, IS.
James Hester, 1917 Second street;
30 miles, s..
Charles H. Coates, 1909 Twelfth
street southeast; IS miles. $11.
Robert v. Cooney, Maryland; 40
miles. SIS.
George w. Tate, TIA H street
northeast; 81 miles, SO.
Chester J.. Mrokowski, 1915 Eight
oanth Gtroo$ northeast; q miles SO.
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court, almost across the street from
No. 2 Truck Company's house. An
excited citizen, running into the fire
house, found all the equipment gone
and pulled an alarm box in the engine
house to bring out fire fighters from
other companies to the supposed res
cue of No. rs house.
1--WE consider ourselves lucky" fire
officials said. Despite icy streets and
snarled traffic, We have been able to
handle 1913 alarms in less than three
days without a single traffic mishap.'
One fireman. however, broke his legs
fighting fires yesterday. and another
sprained an axle.
Only the fact that 20 Of the 80
false alarms which came in Friday
night we're concentrated in a fairly
small area of Northwest Washington
prevented a hopeless tie-up of the
whole fire-fghting force of the city,
in the opinion of veteran firemen.
There was a single false alarm during
the same period from Forty-seventh
and E streets northeast: all the others
were concentrated in an area along
both sides of Rock Creek Park.
AS a result of the outbreak of the
false alarm epidemic in the North
west section, two youths are under
arrest. They are out on bond charged
with turning in eight false alarms
pending completion Of a joint Police
and Fire Department investigation Of
the situation.
They are Adam Martin Wyant. jr..
of 23ll Connecticut avenue. a fresh
man student at the University Of
Maryland, and Walden w. Whitehead
Of 30l6 Ti,den court, student at
Western High School, both 10.
The first false alarm was sounded at
1914 o'clock Friday night from box
386 at Kalorama road and Tracy place
At l0:42 o'clock red lights went up
on the master panel from box 1857 at
Kalorama road and Twenty-fourth
street and from q box at Tracy place
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1936-01-26
W. P. A. VOCATIONAL
CLASSES REOPENED
Same Plan Used by F. E. 4. A.
Adopted in Schools This
Year.

Glasses in vocational work and gen.
eral adult education under the Works
PROGRESS Administration have been
reopened in the District public schools
under the same general plan as the
F. E. r. A. classes, which were closed
last November, it was announced yes
terday by Maude Z. Alton, admins
trative principal Of Americanization
work.
The third floor of the Webster
School, Tenth and H streets, has been
reserved for classes in vocational sub
jects, such as review work in short
hand, dictation, fling and accounting.
There are also classes in mathematics,
commercial geography. general his
tory, reading and writing. English,
spelling, French, Latin and German.
At the Park View School, Warder
and Newton streets, . branch class In
English and reading and writing has
also been opened. Other classes are
to be established at the Amidon, Hyde
and Buchanan Schools.
Hazel Clark Taylor Is supervising
the w. p. A. classes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1936-01-26
POLICE ASKED TO FIND
FORMER c. c. c. WORKER

Maryland and Washington police
have been asked to search for Clifford
Weisenberger, IL, who has been miss
Ing from. his home near Bradbury
Heights since January II.
The youth, according to his mother.
Mrs, Madeline Weisenberger, left
home dressed in . Civilian Conserva-
ton Corps uniform. He formerly was
. member Of the G. G. G. camp at
Beltsville.
A former student ct the Maryland
Park Nigh School, the Weisenberger
boy was described Is 5 feet . inches
tall, weighing l35 pounds. with dark
brown hair and eyes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1936-01-26
Boy on Sled Is Pushed 20 Feet
By 2-Ton Truck, but Escapes
Under Curve of
Wheel, He Receives
Only Bruises.

Nine year-old Jack Risler was
pushed 20 feet down the street before
the front wheel of q 2-ton loaded coal
truck yesterday and lives to tell Of 1t.
Jack, dashing out from group Of
his playmates, threw himself on his
sled into the icy street before his
home at 1872 Rittenhouse street d.
rectly into the path of the approach
ing truck. The driver damned on his
brakes, but the sled and boy wedged
under the curve of front wheel and
were showed down the street 20 feet
before the truck came to halt and
the boy climbed out. rubbing his
bruised side.
The boys father. Clark J. Risler,
took him to the family physician. who
found only bruises.
1--WE warned Jack and his brother
again and again." his mother sobbed
as she Rugged him.
The driver, William Miser, 20, col
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1936-01-26
BOARD TO SELECT
NEW TEACHERS
Two Committee Meetings
Also Are Slated for To-
morrow Afternoon.

A special meeting Of the Board OF
Education and two Of its committees
will be held at the Franklin Admin
istration Building tomorrow after
noon to speed preparations for the
opening of the second semester OF the
public schools and to prepare legis-
lation for consideration of Congress at
the present session.
Beginning at 2:30 o'clock the Per-
sonnet Committee of the board, headed
by Robert A. Maurer. will convene to
consider recommendations Of DR..
Frank w. Ballou, superintendent, to
fill four vacancies. A new head OF the
department of English, to succeed
Miss Sarah E. Simmons, who retired
at the end of the year, will be chosen.
and three new members will be added
to the faculty of Wilson Teachers Col
lege.
At 3 O'Clock. the board will convene
to pass upon the recommendations OF
the Personnel Committee.
Immediately afterward the session
will be turned over to George M.
Whitwell, chairman Of the Finance
Committee, for consideration of the
pending school budget as approved
by the Budget Bureau, preparatory
to hearings before the Appropriations
Subcommittee of the House, scheduled
in about q week.
Some consideration also will be
given the proposed new five-year
building program. The board will de-
eide whether to ask for restoration
of rejected construction items or to
include them in the new plan.
Preparation also will be made for
the contemplated conference with
citizens of the District on the needs
of the several sections Of the city to
be held on the night Of February Z.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1936-01-26
and Twenty fourth street One set of
fire companies covered ali three boxes.
Four Alarms in Minutes.

and Twenty fourth street One set of
fire companies covered ali three boxes.
Four Alarms in 3 Minutes.
At 10:44 o'clock box 81 was pulled
at Connecticut and Wyoming avenues.
These four false alarms in three min
utes brought out six engine companies
and two truck companies.
There was a lapse Of IS minutes
until at 1889 o'clock four alarms came
in within a space Of about half a
minute from Twenty-seventh and Gar
field streets. Thirtieth and Porter
streets. Twenty eighth street and Ca
thedral avenue and Cathedral avenue
and Woodley road.
Battalion chiefs. police scout cars
and a dozen additional engine COM
panies went into action as the cpl
demic of false alarms spread through
the Calvert Street Bridge section and
into the area Immediately east of Rock
Greek Park.
When the outbreak of alarms began
only three men we're on duty at the
IRE DOdIU, anu QpOll tiiCAA ACAi taAS
heavy task of routing the fast-moving
fire apparatus to cover the mounting
tide of alarms. These three men, L. E.
Lietz, w. H. Porter and T. G. Jones.
were highly commended by police off,
cias for their cool headed handling of
what might have proved serious stu
alton. II they had become ratified. it
was pointed out. they might have tied
up the whole department In a hope
less snarl.
Fortunately, J. B. Marean and A. L.
johnson, due on duty at midnight at
the control board. came in early. and
the five men teamed up to handle the
trouble. The last of the false alarms
was turned in at 1928 am.
Veteran fire fighters last night could
recall only one other outbreak of false
alarms approaching the record of FRI
day night. There were "a alarms
turned in on New Year eve about
| nine years ago, it was recalled.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1936-01-26

Washington and the Nation will
dance Thursday night to help 100000
infantile paralysis sufferers.
1t will be the third consecutive oc-
casion on which President Roosevelt
has been honoreo on his birthday by
a Nation-wloe charity in which he
has long been deeply interested. a
charity tor the relief of infantile
paralysis sufferers.
The celebration here will be one
of the largest of hundreds through
out the G. urtry Six hotel ball rooms
and FOUL hotel orchestras have been
donated to accommodate dancers.
Guy Lon VIA, no's famous orchestra Will
play our ut the evening at each OF
the six bal rooms.
Special Theater Shows.
In addition. there will be SPECIAL
shows at several theaterS and night
clubs, special radio broadcasts and
special Iartles. sucn as that to be
given the same night by employees Of
the Government Printing Office. The
following night Promoter Joe Turner
will stage benefit wrestling matches.
Proce ,cs from the Presidents BIRTH
day hall sna associated entertainments
here will aic primarily Children's Hos
pital, which handles virtually oil in.
fantile Laraivsis cases in Washington.
It will receive 10 per cent OF the
money rsiseo, the rest going to the
Warm Springs, Ga. Foundation for
research
A preview of the six birthday balls
to be held next Thursday night was
presented last night to the Washing
ton radio audience.
Coming Events Reviewed.
From the fashionable ball rooms OF
the Mayflower. Wardman Park and
Shoreham Hotels a program was Of
fered to show extensive preparations
are being made for one Of the out
standing social events Of the season.
This broadcast. together with an
interview yesterday morning between
Commissioner George E. Allen. chair
man of the Committee for the Balls,
and members Of the press, opened
series OF broadcasts to be presented
by Station WJSV, with cooperation
Of The Star, to show Washington a
good time is in store for next Thurs
day night.
"Orders for tickets are rolling in."
the Commissioner said. f.
The tickets cost $3.50 per person
and will admit the holder to any
one or all of the six dances-to be
held in the hotels mentioned pre-
viously. as well as the Willard, the
Washington and the Raleigh.
Tonight at $3.50 o'clock members of
The Star stat! will interview infantile
paralysis victims. in an effort to show
the benefit to be derived from the
funds.
Tomorrow at 4:30 pm. Dr. Edward
p McLarney. senior resident physi-
clan at Children's Hospital, will re-
veal some Of his experiences with the
disease. Other programs will be pre-
scented every day until Thursday. at
hours to be announced later.
John Saul, president of the Wash
ington Board of Trade, has accepted
the craftsmanship Of the Floor Com
mittee for the ball.
The new floor chairman yesterday
named Marcy L. Sperry. Edgar Morris.
Harry Helwig. Robert j. Cottrell, Dam
lei w. ODonoghue. jr.; Capt. Horace
3. Smith, John A. Riley and Richmond
B. Keech as vice chairmen. Joseph G.
McGarraghy is secretary. One man
will be assigned to each hotel, Saul
(See BENEFIT, Page B-3J
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HOUSING VISITORS.
SEE D. c. EFFORTS.
TO CLEAR S[UMS|
Delegates Tour Alleys and
Inspect Projects Now
Under Way.
IHLDER GUIDES GROUP,
EXPLAINING PROGRAM
Colonial Village and Langston
Terrace Viewed as Examples
of Federal Plan.

A first hand view of Washington's
slum dwellings and public housing
projects was obtained yesterday by
delegates to the Third Washington
Housing Conference in a tour Of the
city conducted by John Ihlder,
executive officer of the Alley Dwelling
Authority.
Leaving the Willard Hotel, the
delegates went first to Langston ter
race, P. w. A. low-rent project for
colored people at Twenty-fourth street
and Benning road northeast. They
inspected the l4-acre site. upon which
construction work will start soon.
Arthur B. Gallon of the P. w. A.
Housing Division discussed the reasons
for choosing this site and outlined
the plans.
The next trip was to Neal place
and Kings court, where an attempt to
eliminate alley dwellings was made in
1907. The present undesirable living
conditions were pointed out as an
illustration of the unfortunate results
of an attempt at alley elimination
without proper planning.
See Colonial Village.
The delegates then visited MAYORS
alley. another slum quarter. and the
area at Twenty-first and E streets,
where demolition of one of the worst
group of alley slums was completed
recently.
The tour was concluded with a visit
to Colonial Village in Arlington
County, where the Government has
insured a limited dividend housing
project. When finished. this project
will provide about $50 housing units.
ranging in rent from $35 to $62 so
per month. William D. Lyon. assistant
in charge of project management of
the Federal Housing Administration,
conducted this tour.
Stresses Private Financing.
Ihlder pointed out his group has
stressed the desirability Of private
financing so far as possible. The
Government, he said, will take part
in three ways:
!. BY regulating private enterprise
under the police power it will demolisa
unsafe dwellings. vacate insanitary
dwellings and regulate construction
and maintenance.
2. BY encouraging private enterprise
through making investment safer, as
by city planning and a more effective
coming code. as we'll as by the mo,
direct methods Of loans and insurance.
3. BY experimenting private enter
prise where it can not or does not
meet community needs.
The conference will conclude its ses-
sions today.
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TO OFFER
DEFENSE OF RATES
Company's Side of Argu-
ment to Be Presented at
Hearing Tomorrow.

The Potomac Electric Power Co. to-
morrow will begin presentation of its
side of the argument before the Public
Utilities Commission in a contest
against proposals that its permitted
initial rate of return under its sliding
scale should be reduced.
Public hearing on the question was
adjourned yesterday until tomorrow
after Andrew Sangster, commission
witness, declared the consuming public
must pay the bill for retirement Of
some So, 289, 900 of company's property
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1936-01-26
BYRD EXPLAINS ACCENT

South Means Virginia, Not the
Pole, He Tells Girl.
FRESNO. Calf, January IS R-
Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd ac-
customed to answering every variety
of query in interviews with school
children, was stumped today.
Admiral Byrd, did you acquire
your Southern accent at the South
Pole?" asked a young woman seriously.
Byrd's eyebrows lifted. Then he
smilingly explained he is from Viz
ginia.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1936-01-26

second IN COM
mand Of the De-
tective Bureau,
to succeed In
spector Frank S.
w. Burke as
chief of detec-
tives. Inspector
Burke Is slated
for retirement at
the end of this
month.
The Commits
Sioners have not
yet voted formal
ly the promotion
for Capt. Thomp-
son or the new
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1936-01-26

January IL, rob-
bed him OF $l68
and his cab and
then threw him
into q pig pasture
near B alley 5
Crossroads, Va.
Sanders, " h o
lives in the 1900
block Of Twenty
second street, was
arrested Thursday
by Detectives M.
B. Moore and
H. H. Bfitton, and
is being held at
the seventh pre-
cinct for inves-