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Evening star., 1936-05-29
TRINITY ALUMNAE
HERE FOR REUNION
Annual Meeting Begins Tomor'
row on Campus-7:30 AM.
Mass to Start Exercises.

Trinity College alumnae from all
parts of the country were arriving In
washington today for their annual re-
union beginning tomorrow on the
campus at Michigan avenue and
Hardwood road northeast.
Exercises will start with mass at
7:30 am. Meetings of the directors
and alumnae council are on the
morning program and at 1890 pm.
the alumnae will hold luncheon
with the class of 1896 as honor guests.
A presentation of Berkeley Square"
will be given by the college dramatic
society at o'clock, and the annual
banquet is scheduled for pm.
Baccalaureate mass for the gradu-
ating class will be offered at 1880
am. Sunday, with Rev. William H.
Russell officiating. A reception by the
president and q senior serenade have
also been arranged for Sunday.
Monday will be class day. and grad
uation exercises will be held at II
am. Tuesday. Most Rev. Michael ].
Curley, archbishop of Baltimore viii
confer degrees. The main address will
be given by Miss Jane M. Hoey. an
alumna of the college, who Is direc-
tor of Federal grants to States under
the social security act.
Evening star., 1936-05-29
D. c. WINS ROUND
IN BUS DISPUTE
Judge Casey Rules Fee Must
Be Paid for Chartered
Vehicles.

The District Government has won
the first round of battle with the
Capital Transit Co. over the question
Of whether the concern must pay an
annual license fee of s100 for each
bus, normally used in routed service,
which occasionally is used for char
tered trips.
Judge Walter Casey in Police Court
has decided the company must pay the
license fee. Though the busses are
licensed for regular routed service, on
which there is a tax Of mills per
mile, the levy is not applied when
the vehicles are used for sightseeing
special or chartered operations.
The case will come before Judge
Casey again Tuesday, when the COM
pany will plead not guilty to the
charge Of failing to pay the license
fee for a bus selected for the test
On the levying of a fine the company
will note an appeal to get the case be-
fore the District Court of Appeals.
The action turns on Interpretation
of the District license act of 1881,
The case, therefore, was brought in
the name of the District government
although the prosecution was planned
by the Public Utilities Commission
and was handled by Special Assistant
Corporation Counsel Hinman D. Fol-
som.
The ultimate decision will affect al
companies engaging in chartered bus
service here, as well as the Capita
Transit Co., and the test case is re.
garded as important because of the
amount of sightseeing and chartered
service operations.
Evening star., 1936-05-29
Rock Creek Parks
Ne,U Police Lodge
Shy on Sanitation
Question of Using Drain
Line Ir.yOlues $500.
Phone Wires Hum.

Their pleasure at having a new
lodge in Rock Creek Park is somewhat
Offset for the United States park police
by the fact that the structure lacks
modern sanitary conveniences.
The new building, erected under the
81 ,000,000 P. w. A. improvement pro-
gram on Beach drive near Morrow
drive at a cost of S13,500, has been
finished without rest room and with
out water drain for its new and
spacious garage.
Officials of the Park Service de-
clared that for about s35 the installa-
ton of a single 6-inch drain line while
the building was under construction
would have provided adequate lavatory
facilities for both the police and the
public. To undertake to make the i'm
provement now would cost close to
$500, it was said.
But this is not the whole complaint
of the park police. Sufficient space
was not allowed between the electric
light and telephone conduits, with the
result that the telephone wires will
hum necessarily, according to elec-
tricians.
Furthermore, with space for a scout
cruiser and six motor cycles. ice-laden
vehicles will be left to drip on a con-
crete floor that drains only through
the entrance.
The lodge, soon to be occupied, will
contain a room for a park naturalist.
1t will have a short-wave radio set and
direct telephone connections with the
sixth precinct. An oil heating plant
will be used in the Winter.
Evening star., 1936-05-29
ARMY D|SM|SSES
COL.l.L. MI MULLEN
Discharge Followed Convic-
ton in District Court,
Order Reveals.
Fy the Associated Press.

Col. Joseph I. McMullen, Army
Judge advocate generals department,
was summarily dismissed from the
Army today following his conviction
in District Supreme Court for re-
ceiving compensation for services to
private individuals outside of his
official duties.
The action was announced by the
War Department in routine Army
orders as follows:
Announcement Is made that by
operation of section 203, title 18,
United States code, Col. Joseph I. Nc
Mullen, Judge advocate general de-
partment, ceased to be an officer Of
the Army on May 8, 1885,"
The officer previously had been
courtmartialed and convicted Of ac-
cepting reward for services rendered
an outsider in another case.
McMullen was convicted in the Civil
Court of giving legal advice and as
sistance for compensation to a COM
pany opposing a traiff bill in Con-
gress. He was sentenced to a period
of Imprisonment and a fine, but has
appealed the verdict.
The code cited in the order stipu-
lates that in addition to penalties
and fines, whoever is convicted under
it shall moreover thereafter be in
capable Of holding any Office of honor,
trust, or profit under the Government
of the United States"
McMullen now is free under bond,
pending an appeal from the conviction
on which he was sentenced to six
months Imprisonment and fined
$1,000.
Government witnesses in his Dis
trict Supreme Court trial testified he
had accepted $1,000 from the Cuban
American Manganese Corp. in return
for his help in defeating proposed
tax on manganese imports in 1882.
Previously he was found guilty of
dishonorable conduct by an Army
court of honor" and sentenced to be
denoted, to forfeit part of his pay
and to submit to an official repri-
mand.
The Army court found that he had
accepted two round-trip railroad
tickets from Washington to San Fran
cisco from Joseph Silverman, jr., a
dealer in surplus Army supplies, who
then was seeking Government con-
tracts.
A native of Fairfax, Va, where he
was born, June l, 1874, McMullen en-
listed as private in 1896.
At his home in nearby Clarendon,
Va, McMullen said he had been noti-
fed of his dismissal, but had no COM
ment to make now.
"I'll have plenty to say LATER" he
said.
Evening star., 1936-05-29

rs SENATOR REYNOLDS of North
Carolina going to take boxing
lessons to prevent a repetition of
Il an incident which occurred be-
hind the District Building last night,
when he encountered a man he be-
lieved was "shadowing" him?
Senator Reynolds appeared at the
District Building this morning, shad-
owed by friend even taller and
much heavier than himself Inquiry
disclosed the friend to be Sergt. Ray
Smith, writer for a Camden, N. j.,
newspaper, who is said to hold a
decision over Bob Martin, the heavy
weight of the A. E. F. in the World
War days.
Rays an old friend of mine and Is
going to give me few boxing lessons"
the Senator responded to questions by
reporters.
Evening star., 1936-05-29
MRS. NORTON AIMS.
TO PUSH D. c. BILLS.
Plans to Call Up Nearly All
of 16 Measures Left on
House Calendar.
BY JAMES E. CHM.

Although the District may not have
another day set aside in the House for
consideration of its legislation before
adjournment of Congress, Chairman
Norton of the District Committee ex-
poets to clear the calendar of vir-
tuaIy all non-c controversial bills.
Sixteen District bills are now scat
tered through the House calendar
awaiting action Mrs Norton plans
to call nearly all of them up during
the last five days of the session under
suspension of the rules.
Actually there is only one contro-
versial District bill on the calendar
the one introduced by Representative
Sisson, Democrat, of New York, which
would repeal the so-called red rider"
to the 1886 District appropriation act
which forbids the teaching or ad-
vocacy of communism in the public
schools. Determined efforts are being
made to have this measure considered
under special rule.
Drug Control Planned.
One of the major measures in the
non-controversial class Mrs. Norton
plans to call up is designed to
strengthen control over sale and dis
tribution of narcotic drugs. Another
is intended to humanize lunacy pro-
ceedings by granting a suspected in
sane person the privilege of hearing
before commission instead of in
an open court room A third would
increase the penalty for reckless driv-
ing.
Nearly all the other bills are re-
garded as minor. Among them is one
sponsored by Representative Schultz,
Democrat, of Indiana, which would
place control of professional wrestling
under the District Boxing Commits
sion. Schultz also is sponsoring the
bill to tighten control over the han
ding of narcotic drugs. He was
chairman of a special subcommittee
which conducted recent hearings on
the measure.
Two Resolutions on Calendar.
In addition 70 the bills, there are
two resolutions on the calendar which
are expected to be adopted without
delay under suspension of the rules.
Both authorize preparations for the
presidential inaugural January 90,
next. One provides an appropriation
OF $25,00O for maintenance of public
order and protection Of life and prop
erty during the inaugural The other
would authorize the Inaugural Com
mittee to use public buildings and
property.
Evening star., 1936-05-29
STRIKE
CONTINUED
Consumers Council Meeting
Today to Hear Argu-
mentS.

The Consumers Council today plan
ned to continue its investigation into
the arguments on both sides of the
strike of automobile mechanics.
Representatives have been invited
from both the mechanics union and
the Automotive Trade Association to
meet with special committee of the
council today a, the Madrillon.
The committee consists of Max
Wasserman. Matthew S. Boyd, Dr.
Micheal Weimel, James Hatch. Mrs.
Mary Delaney and Mrs. John Boyle,
jr., chairman of the council.
Meanwhile, the strike has spread to
Is shops, the latest yesterday being
Pohanka Service, 1925 Twentieth
street.
Frank Pohanka, president of Po-
hanka Service, explained today that
nine mechanics and helpers struck,
but he still had 10 mechanics and
helpers at work. The strike, he said,
had affected only nine out of his total
establishment of 40 men. including
statesmen and others.
Oliver N. Garrison, business agent
TO. the union. has declared his inten-
ton of spreading the strike through
out the city until the dealers sign an
agreement on working conditions.
The mechanics want q 44-hour week,
80 cents on hour for mechanics; so
cents an hour for helpers and time
and half for overtime.
The Automotive Trade Association
continues to reiterate its intention to
maintain the open shop" But the
union says the question of an open
shop or closed shop is not involved.
Evening star., 1936-05-29
REHEARING GRANTED
ON BUS ROUTING
Monroe Street NE. Residents
Given New Chance to
Argue Case.

A new hearing on proposed routing
of some of the buses now traversirg
Monroe street northeast on either
Lawrence or Newton streets northeast
was granted yesterday by the Public
Utilities Commission
Peoples Counsel william A. Roberts
announced last week he would bring
suit in District Supreme Court be-
cause the commission had rejected his
petition for a rehearing on the rerout-
ing case. The commission rejected
the rerouting petition March 10 and
announced Roberts petition for a re-
hearing was filed too late. under the
terms of the new public utilities ap-
peals act.
The commission said it could not
waive the legal requirements for re-
hearing. They said it would estab-
nsh a precedent which would haunt
the commission later.
The commission was willing to grant
new hearing to Monroe street resi-
dents when they said conditions had
changed since the original hearing
was held last September Notice of
the hearing will be issued within 10
days. Roberts has abandoned his plan
to sue the commission over the argu-
ment on the rehearing of the old case.
Evening star., 1936-05-29

The Senator called police, who took
the man to first precinct station for
investigation. He told Policeman o.
D. Rogers he was on his way to mail
a letter at the post Office when he
lost his hat.
He said he was SO years old, and
said he was an economist He was
released after his identity had been
established, and no charges were pre-
ferred against him.
The economist" declined to COM
ment on the incident. declaring he was
mot a story writer" and had nothing
to say.
Reporters calling at the Senator's
Office at noon today found him in an
agreeable mood. but a pair Of boxing
gloves close at hand.
Evening star., 1936-05-29

GAS a result of the incident last
night?"
"Oh, no. This is just in case," the
Senator laughed.
The incident referred to occurred
when Senator Reynolds returned to
his car after seeing a movie with an
other friend. AS they started to
drive away from where his car was
parked behind the District Building,
man rose up from beside the car,
the Senator said.
Recognizing the man as the same
person he had encountered when he
parked his car on a downtown street
the night before. Senator Reynolds
said, he asked the man what he
wanted. The man claimed to be
reaching for his hat. which. he said,
had bene blown under the car, Rey-
nolds explained.
Evening star., 1936-05-29
CHAIN BRIDGE REOPENED
FIRST TIME SINCE FLOOD

Chain Bridge, closed to traffic since
the span was damaged in the March
foods, was reopened to traffic today on
completion of repairs.
Trucks as well as passenger cars
were admitted to the bridge, by deci-
sion of Engineer Commissioner Dan
I. Sultan, so long as the weight of q
vehicle did not exceed 5000 pounds.
Previously it had been announced
that trucks would be barred without
regard to their weight, but this was
changed as the result Of petitions by
a number Of milk dealers and truck
operators, who said the wajght of their
vehicles was less than tons.
Evening star., 1936-05-29
HOLIDAY, SUNDAY
WORK DECIDED ON
.T0COMPLETETA TASK
Post Offices to Make Night
Delivery to Homes of
Ex-Service Men.
BUREAU OF ENGRAVING
PERSONNEL INCREASED
5,0lS Employees Record Since
1929-Loans and Currency Divi-
sion Working Three Shifts.

Speeding-up production in order to
turn over veterans bonus bonds to
the post Offices for delivery June IS.
parts Of the Bureau of Engraving and
Printing and part of the Division of
Loans and Currency of the Treasury
Department have revised their pro-
gram to work all day tomorrow, Me-
mortal day, and all day Sunday. One
section of Loans and Currency has
three shifts, "a hours day.
The post Offices plan to make night
deliveries to the homes of veterans
throughout the Nation if possible on
June IS or June Is. In Washington
veterans organizations are working
on plans to cooperate with the post
Office.
At the Bureau of Engraving and
Printing, under direction Of Alvin w.
Hall, production of the bonus bonds
will be speeded up by extra time Me-
mortal day and Sunday. Pressmen
who handle the numbering and seal
ing Of bonds and the printing of the
"text" on the face of bonds by electro
type method will work tomorrow, with
second shift tomorrow night, re.
peating the same program Sunday.
Girls to Handle Bonds.
Along with these pressmen will be
a number of girl operatives to handle
the bonds.
The Bureau Of Engraving has in
creased its personnel to take care of
the bonus situation until it now has
the large:t number of employees since
1929. The total now stands at 5,o18.
Bonds. when completed at the
Bureau, are being turned over to the
Division of Loans and Currency for
examination, checking and prepara-
ton for delivery to the veterans.
A special section established in the
| new Bureau of Internal Revenue
Building at Tenth street and Pennsyl-
vania avenue Is handling the burden
Of the final work and it is there that
the Memorial day and Sunday activity
will take place.
Three shifts of employees, totaling
about 800 keep the bonus business
running around the clock, under di-
rection of Marvin Wesley, chief Of
the Division of Loans and Currency.
Accounts Carefully Checked.
The bonds are transcribed" the
account of each veteran is carefully
checked for the proper number Of
bonds and the single check. The
check represents the odd number of
dollars and cents less than the face
value of bond, $50.
When the right amount o! bonds
and the check are properly accounted
for they are placed in the veterans
envelope, the envelope is sealed and
then sent along with others to a vault
to await delivery to the post ofice.
The speed-up all along the line has
been accomplished under orders of
Secretary of the Treasury Morgen-
| thau.
Evening star., 1936-05-29
CANTIGNY DINNER HELD
First Division Society, A. z. r.,
Hears Gen. Ely and Others.

The Society of the 1st Division,
A. z. F., held its annual "Cantigny
day" dinner last night at the Broad
moor. Mai. Gen. Hanson e. Ely, re.
tired who commanded the 28th In
fantry of the 1st Division, at the cap
ture Of Cantigny, was the principal
speaker. Col. Karl Truesdell was
master of ceremonies.
Maj. Clarence r. Huebner, president
of the District of Columbia branch Of
the society. presented the society
sword to Cadet Col. Edwin A. Halsey,
jr., of Central High School. The
sword is presented by the society to
the cadet of the High School Cadet
Corps Of the District of Columbia who
attains the highest honors in military
science. The first presentation Of this
sword was made to Cadet Col. Gordon
Dawson of Mckinley High School
and last year the presentation was
made to Cadet Col. Don L. Angus OF
Western Histy school.
Evening star., 1936-05-29
XANTEN APPOINTED
SUPERVISOR OF REFUSE
District Employe for Ten Years,
He Is Youngest Ever to
Hold Position.

william Xanten was appointed to-
day by the Commissioners as super
visor of city refuse. filling the vacancy
created recently by the death Of
Thomas L. Costigan.
xanten. 81. will be the youngest
man ever to hold the position. He
was recommended by Engineer Com
missioner Dan I. Sultan and Sanitary
Engineer John Blake Gordon because
of ability he has demonstrated as an
assistant supervisor.
Xanten has been District en-
ploye for nearly 10 years. In addi-
ton to work in direction Of the Dis
trict incinerators, garbage, trash and
ash collections and the whitening
gangs, xanten has presented testi-
mony on budget items to Budget
Bureau officials and congressional
committees.
Evening star., 1936-05-29
U[T|MATUM GIVEN
SYMPHONY HEADS
BY PLAYERS UNIT
Group Demands Association
Take Steps to Provide
Summer Concerts.
CONSULTATION PLANNED
BY HOWE FOR ANSWER
Officials Exceeded Power in Ask
ing for Use of Watergate,
Mullikin Charges.

Directors of the National Symphony
Orchestra Association today were
faced with a threat that their rela-
tions with the 80 musicians compris-
ing the orchestra may be severed for
the Summer.
In letter made public last night
the Orchestra Committee served an
ultimatum demanding that the asso-
citation take immediate steps for pro-
viding a series of concerts at the Wa
tergate or turn the concert site over
to the orchestra members or sponsor.
Coming after half year of con-
troversy between the orchestra asso-
citation directors and the Musicians
Union, the announcement is consid-
cred simultaneously a pledge Of 10y
atty to the union and a desperate
move to compel the directors to COM
ply with union demands.
Will Consult With Directors.
After receiving the letter from the
Orchestra Committee late yesterday
Walter Bruce Howe, secretary of the
orchestra association, said he would
consult with the directors and prepare
a reply within the next week. He add
ed, however, that any answer he might
make could contribute little toward
settlement of the controversy.
1--WE have no quarrel with the mu-
sicians," Howe explained. Our diff
Guilty is simply failure to agree with
the union, and I understand the union
officials are embarrassed by the eX-
istence of the Orchestra Committee" ."
Thomas J. Mullikin. chairman of
the Orchestra Committee, charged
that the association exceeded its au-
thority' in requesting use of the Wa
tergate near the Lincoln Memorial in
the name of the orchestra. The move
was made, he said, after Yasha Bun
chuk, widely known director, ex-
pressed his intention of organizing
another orchestra for the Summer
season here. Mullikin suggested that
the symphony association may have
filed its petition for the Watergate
as defense move against competi-
ton and perhaps had no intention of
going through with a sunset concert
season this Summer.
The letter was signed by Mullikin
and three other members of the COM
mittee, who said they had the unani-
nous support of all the orchestra mu-
sicians.
Mullikin claimed they have found
q Washington man ready to sponsor
the Summer concerts. There is
strong possibility, however, he added,
that the orchestra members will un-
dertake the season independently on
a cooperative basis.
The committees statement brought
forward again the long standing dis
pute between the orchestra association
and the Musicians Union, which
threatens the continuance of SYM
phony music here. The breach re-
suited from disagreement on two main
issues: Suspension from the union of
George Gaul, orchestra personnel man.
ager, and the question Of importation
of symphony musicians from other
cities.
The controversy f1ared into puhlic
attention on April 10, when Howe<an-
nounced efforts to negotiate con-
tract with the union for the 1867
orchestra season had completely
failed.
Evening star., 1936-05-29
DIPLOMAS GIVEN "a
IN G. U. NURSE CLASS
II Hygienists Also Are Graduated
in Exercises Held in
CASTOR Hall.

Diplomas were presented to "a grad
uates Of the Georgetown University
Hospital School of Nursing and II
Georgetown University hygienists at
graduation exercises yesterday at Cas-
ton Hall.
The address was given by Rev.
Arthur A. OLeary, S. j., president
of the university, who conferred the
diplomas and presented awards.
Three special honors were accorded
winning hygientists. Beatrice Regina
Duckett of this city and Marian Joy
Mallory, Los Angeles, tied for the
honor Of receiving the award in Eng
lish and public speaking, so it was
presented to both. The Georgetown
University Dental Hygientist Alumnae
Association gold medal for highest
scholastic average went to Selma
Frances Maizels of this city.
The list Of graduates follows:
Nurses-Mary Eugenia Bettinger,
Sara Ada Black, Katherine Middleton
Brooks, Sara Dochia Bullock, Illa vir-
ginia Cunningham, Kathryn Elaine
Dickie, Mary Frances Downing, Bertha
Dubatsky, Helen Marguerite Ellis,
Eleanor Virginia Forbush, Mary Louise
Gardiner, Edna Frances Hoy, Mar
gareG Elizabeth Kaufman, Louise
Marie MCGOWAN, Mary Eleanor Price,
Katherine Ratcliffe Ralston, Romayne
Elizabeth Rogenmoser, Mary Elizabeth
Rllmsey Mary Terese Scherberper
Marie Gertrude Schneider, Catherine
Marie Splawn, Eva Lucille Stevens,
Millicent Mary Wenzel and Mary Jean
Withers.
Dental hygienists-Harriet Burris
Bolks, Fernando Claire Couture, Esther
Mary Cummings, Katherine Elinor
Cummings, Rose z. Davolos, Beatrice
Regina Duckett, Jean Alice Flannery,
Marianne l.. Gifune, Selma Frances
Maizels, Marion Joy Mallory and Mary
Kathryn Morgan.
Evening star., 1936-05-29
COTTAGE CONSIDERED
FOR D. c. NEEDY BLIND
Friends of the Moment Studying
Possibility of Summer Retreat.
Fund Drive Begun.

Possibility of establishing a Sum.
mer cottage in nearby Maryland or
Virginia for needy blind persons in
the District Is under consideration bv
the Friends of the Moment. a new
philanthropic organization for serv-
ice to the blind.
A drive for funds was begun after
discussion of plans in a meeting of
the organization at the Lee House
Tuesday night. Other methods of sery-
ing the blind also were discussed. and
80 new members were admitted to
the society.
Miss Angela Small, 1918 Euclid
street. presided. She was elected tn
leadership of the group at a previous
meeting along with Mrs. Ross r
McIntire, secretary, and Mrs, Doro-
thy Block, treasurer.
Evening star., 1936-05-29
U. s. Duns Britain.

LONDON, May 20 R).-Washington
informed the British government today
that Great Britain's semi-annual war
debt payment is due June IS. The
cabinet will consider the bill, but a
default is expected. The payment due
is $85 5,670,765. The total in default by
Great Britain is $582, 2,803, ,306.