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do not know the reasons for her dis
missal. The Commissioners may have
sufficient grounds for their action.
But her removal has not brought to
light the true conditions at the in
stitution.
II have read in the newspapers that
there have been cases of immortality
among the girl inmates. II such a
condition exists I think it is time for
the District Committee to make a
searching inquiry and take necessary
remedial steps"
Mr.. Kennedy explained he had
taken an interest in the training
school and had been sympathetic with
the recent move to improve the liv-
ing conditions of the inmates. as well
as efforts of DR.. Smith to humanize
the treatment of the girls. He re-
called. too, that Mrs. Franklin D.
Roosevelt had interested herself in the
institution, and once had q group OF
the inmates as her guests at White
House lawn party.
Sporadic Riots Cited.
Sporadic riots among the girls at
the school, Mr.. Kennedy said, may
not be due entirely to the administra-
ton, but to conditions which have
not been revealed.
Lets get all the facts through a
congressional investigation" he said.
I'VE should call in the Commissioners,
members of the Board. of Public We'll
fare, and even the inmates, if neces-
sary, to get the true picture of condi-
tions at the school, With that infor-
nation, Congress will be in position
to pave the way for permanent solu-
ton of the trouble that has occurred
there in recent years"
In seeking a successor to DR.. Smith
officials of the Board of Public We'll
fare said they had requested the Civil
Evening star., 1937-10-31
CENSUS MAY AID
JOBLESS OVER 40
Biggers Predicts Attention
viii Be Directed to This
Group by Figures.
avthe Associated Press.

BY the Associa ted Press.
John D. Biggers, unemployment
census administrator, yesterday made
what he called a guess that the
forthcoming survey would disclose an
unusually large percentage Of jobless
over 40 years old.
Biggers said he did not believe these
men were ION the scrap heap" but
simply had found it impossible to ad-
lust their lifelong work habits TO
meet the competition of younger men
in iob-hunting. Once they lose out
in one industry, he said, they en-
counter great difficulty in obtaining
work in another.
While the census, he predicted, Will
direct attention to this man-over-40
problem in an unprecedented manner,
it also will furnish basis for solv-
ing it.
IF you know the types of people
UNEMPLOYED" Biggers said, and their
ages and capabilities and the indus
tries in which they worked, you can
determine what they're capable OF
doing in some other industry"
The census voluntary registration
of all unemployed and partially un-
employed, will be taken November
Is to 20. Millions of questionnaires
will be distributed by postmen to
81, 100000 homes.
Already an estimated 10000 per-
sons are voluntarily working in 5000
cities and smaller communities pre-
pairing for the census.
Evening star., 1937-10-31

tim behind which q wrecked car was
towed.
There was applause along the line
of march for the covered wagon float
of Friendship House, District Ma
tional Guard float upon which color
guard stood in the glare Of food
lights, The Evening Star float fea-
turing some of the 48 famous paint
ings, G. E. Naylor float covered
with huge blocks of ice into which
were frozen fish, Holsters and crabs,
and a Gunther's Brewing Co. float
upon which rode another Halloween
queen and her court.
As colorful and varied as the floats
we're the marching units, ranging
from the time-honored ghosts,
witches, clowns, black cats, bats and
hoboes to drum and bugle corps
of ghosts and skeletons entered by the
Military Order of Coolies.
Traffic Well Controlled.
An elaborate system of traffic con-
troll was put into effect to keep traf-
ff1c moving before and after the pa
rade, metropolitan and park police
being reinforced by National Guard
officers and men and Boy Scouts in
handling traffic and looking out for
the safety of spectators and marchers.
While waiting for the parade, the
crowd heard, over loudspeakers, brief
remarks from Harry P. Sommerville,
general chairman in charge of the
celebration; Edward F. Colladay,
president of the Board of Trade;
Commissioner Allen and Edgar Nor
ris, chairman of the Committee on
Distinguished Guests. Gordon Hit
tenmark contributed running de-
scription of the parade.
Judges were Charles E. KurtZ-
man, costumed individual marchers;
George Lohr, commercial floats;
George Thompson civic floats; Mabel
Mehaffey, decorated private vehicles;
James M Thurmond, bands, and
Anne Abbott, costumed group march,
ers.
Three hundred members and guests
Of the National Press Club last night
passed Judgment on the big apple
dance, which had been branded by
Interior Department officials as
"honky-tonk and undignified." After
Evening star., 1937-10-31
Miss Roche Pledges Fight
''For People" viii Continue
II May Be Back; | Can't Prophesy,'
Says Retiring Treasury aide, Re-
turning toHer Coal Company.

Under her leadership, the public
health service doubled in its financial
resources through health appropria-
tions of the Social Security Act. But
she is not content
All features of public health work,
should have further financial sup
port" she said yesterday. Now is
the time to go ahead with the pro-
gram"
THE most important development
has been the joint recognition by Fed
eral, State and local governments that
the conservation of human resources
is definite charge on government.
But now that we have acceptance Of
that idea. there are many interesting
things to be done"
Urges Medical Care for All.
A definite program of medical care
for those who cannot now obtain 1t
is one objective, she said.
Co-ordinating the health and well
fare activities of all branches of Fed
eral Government also is an important
field for advance, she added. Miss
Roche will return to Washington oc-
casionally to serve on the Presidents
Interdepartmental Committee for that
purpose. She has been its chairman
since 1885.
In addition to her work at the
Treasury, Miss Roche has served as
chairman of the Executive Committee
for the National Youth Administra-
ton. She was Federal alcohol ad-
ministrator for short time.
Her post at the Treasury will be
held open temporarily in case she
can return. She cleared up business
and will leave early this week for
Colorado.
Evening star., 1937-10-31

by sub-strstosphere flying can ap-
proach an objective at a height max
ing it invisible.
Its high ceiling also permits the
plane TO fly above unfavorable
weather conditions.
The giant xB-l5, still undergoing
tests. is believed to be one Of the
greatest weight-carrying airplanes in
the world 1t is doubtful. however,
whether it has the speed of the $50
miles-an-hour YB-17, the flying
fortress"
The Army has not yet disclosed the
results of any speed tests.
Design Partly Secret.
Most OF its specifications also have
been kept secret, although the War
Department has described 1t as
approximately 90 feet long, 18 feet in
height and of 15O-foot Widespread.
Its four engines each develop 1000
horsepower.
1t is designed to have great cruis-
ing range and has living and sleeping
quarters for the crew. These include
a kitchenette. The living quarters
are sound -proofed, heated and venti-
lated.
There are six machine gun emplace-
ments-a nose turret, a top turret and
four streamlined "blisters," one on
each side and two on the bottom of
the fuselage.
Essentially an experimental plane,
the new ship gives the Army Air Corps
third type Of plane for study toward
answering long standing question:
What form shall the bombardmen.
plane take-a comparatively small,
Evening star., 1937-10-31

fast, light weight-carrying craft: a
larger, maximum weight carrying ma
chine, or a compromise of the two?
The twin-engined Martin bombers.
in use for some time, represent the
smaller light weight-carrying craft
and the Y-B17's, or flying fortresses,"
the compromise type.
All Held Essential.
Some military experts believe all
three types are essential. The big
weight-carrying ships. they say,
would be of particular value for
re-enforcing the Panama Canal or
Hawaii in time of war.
While ahead in technical develop
ment, the United States is behind
most other world powers in number
of fighting planes. League of Nations
statistics gave the air strength Of
major nations at the start of 1887
as follows: Great Britain. 1000;
France, $500; Russia, 3,40O: Italy,
1900; Germany. 5000; United States,
1900; Japan, 1000.
All European powers and Japan
are believed by military men to have
increased their air strength sharply
in the past year. The United States
armament program provides for dou-
bling the number Of Army aircraft
by 1910.
Evening star., 1937-10-31

Service Commission to supply a list
Of eligibles.
The Welfare Board. while recon-
mending dismissal, did not specify
any charges against Dr. Smith. but
advised the Commissioners it could
not satisfy itself either that the
situation is under control or that
it is likely to be under control under
the present administration"
officials of the Welfare Board
and the Commissioners alike indl-
Gated yesterday they felt the case
had been closed so far as they were
concerned. They said they had re-
ceived no petition for hearing for
DR.. Smith. An investigation of the
situation at the institution had been
suggested informally by several of
her friends.
AS a temporary arrangement. the
Commissioners designated DR.. James
Lewald. head of the District Train
ing School for Feeble-Minded at
Laurel, Md, as the acting superin-
Evening star., 1937-10-31
RED CROSS FIGHTS
FATAL ACCIDENTS
Grayson Reveals Expansion
of Safety Services to Cut
Death Toll.

Activities Of three Red Gross safety
services have been greatly increased
to aid in reducing the Nations acci-
dental death toll, Admiral Cary T.
Grayson, chairman, announced yes
terday.
Wide extension OF first aid training
and greater numbers of life savers
trained, distribution Of accident
hazards lists to 100000 farms and
homes and establishment Of 2,513 Red
Cross emergency first aid stations on
highways were described in the an
nual report just issued as measures
in the safety campaign.
Deaths through accidents in 1885
numbered 1900. Admiral Grayson
said. The Ohio and Mississippi Valley
floods, affecting million and a half
people, are estimated to have killed
less than 100 persons through actual
drowning, he said.
In addition TO the training in first
aid and life saving, the Red Cross has
adopted two new methods Of approach
to the problem of saving lives, he
added-the highway emergency sta
tions and the home and farm acci-
dent prevention campaign, aimed to
point out the hazards in farm and
home.
The annual report showed that
256,8S4 persons were given certificates
late last year for completing the first
aid courses, and 81 .29l for completing
the life saving course In addition,
the Red Cross has enrolled 1919 first
aid instructors, including 4.225 doctors.
Evening star., 1937-10-31
BY WILLIAM +. PEACOCK.

Secretary of War Woodring says
the Arinys airplanes are the equal"
of any other country's.
Other military men, including avi-
alton experts of foreign powers, take
a less modest view.
"The United States" said one, lis
a year ahead of the rest of the world.
1t is flying planes the others have
only on paper"
Three new experimental planes
brought out by the Army during the
last three months emphasized its
technical leadership of the world in
aviation and stirred intense interest
by aviation experts of other countries.
These planes, many of their details
still secret. are
The XFM-1, a multi-seater fighter,
departing radically from conventional
design, its propellers behind the
wings.
The XC-35. sub-stratosphere
plane of sealed. pressure cabins, per-
mitting flying at attitudes far higher
than any other fighting plane.
Larger Than Flying Fortress"
The XB-l5 bomber, -engined,
30-ton giant, larger even than the
Armys so-called flying fortresses," !"
which had been believed the most
advanced bombardment planes ever
built.
The propellers of the XFM-1 were
placed behind the wings to permit
gunners. one on each wing, A free
field of fire and observation to the
front-it is possible to synchronize
machine gun fire through a whirling
propeller, but not the vision of the
gunner.
Unexpectedly. however, tests indi-
Gated this position of the propellers
gave increased efficiency by directing
the air stream into the propellerS.
The speed of this plane, low
wing, all-metal monoplane, has not
been disclosed. To be a successful
fighter, however, a plane must be
faster than its target and the War
Department indicated the xFM-l was
one VI lIlc AdclrSb liliA4hdAg 40
the world by tersely announcing:
1T is believed that this plane can
overhaul any air targets"
Heavy Armament.
The XFM-1 carries six guns-more
powerful armament than ever before
placed on a fighter. 1t also carries
light bombs.
1t is so constructed that all men,
bers of the crew of five may inter-
change places while in the air il
desired. Its two engines give 1t a
fighting ceiling of over 10000 feet.
The XC-35 is not particularly novel
except for its sealed cabin. oxygen
equipment and supercharged engines.
1t can fight, however. at higher al
titudes than any other plane and
Evening star., 1937-10-31

the tangled mass of boys and girls, and
at first was believed to have crushed
chest.
News of the accident spread quickly,
and the curious began thronging to
the scene in cars, but police moved up
the road and kept traffic moving.
The cable which required the pres
ence of the telephone men had gone
out of commission only yesterday.
Evening star., 1937-10-31

Josephine Roche merely changed
battlefronts yesterday when she left
the Government service for her own
Colorado coal business.
Wherever you are you can make
the same fight for people" explained
the only woman ever to serve as AS
sistant Secretary of the Treasury.
And may be back. / can't prophesy."
Miss Roche, whose combination busi-
ness and social service background has
made her one Of the New Deals No.
realists, added;
THE man I left in charge three
years ago died suddenly last month
I'm leaving just to run my business.
NV Job will be heavy one-more than
full time. won't have time for
politics..
Adopted Union Policy Early.
1t was by doing full time job as
president OF the Rocky Mountain Fuel
Co. that Miss Roche first gained ma
tional business recognition. She
adopted a union labor policy and
signed a wage-scale agreement. For
five years hers was the only union coal
company in Colorado, but it prospered.
This concern for labor and her long.
experience with the privileged
in juvenile courts was transferred in
Washington to powerful drive for
improved public health.
Assigned to direct the United States
Public Health Service in 1884 by Sec
retary Morgenthau. Miss Roche at
tackled the bureaus problems with a
realistic and professional, but never q
technical approach.
Evening star., 1937-10-31

entered by the Fairgrounds of the
southern section.
Judges Select Winners.
There were judges to select WIN
ming divisions, floats, decorated We
hicles, bands, costumed group n,arch-
ers and costumed individual nlarchers.
Departing from previous practice,
however, these judges will not an
nounce their selections until tomorrow
evening when the queen and members
of her court will be guests of the
Raleigh Hotel at dinner dance.
Before the parade last night, there
was a reception at the Willard Hotel
for the District Commissioners and
Mayors and other officials of towns
and cities in nearby Maryland and
Virginia who later reviewed the
parade as guests of honor. The
Halloween queen met members of her
court there and went to Sixth street
and Constitution avenue NV, to
lead the parade to the court of honor.
Here she received bouquet from
Commissioner George E. Allen and
mounted to her throne to review q
procession which required l hour
and Is minutes to pass.
The parade proved to be strong on
pragons. There were dragons on floats,
on poles and on foot-dragons whose
multitudinous feet went through the
shag, trucking and other steps of the
big apple. A 50legged dragon who
carried an umbrella over his tail was
the entry of the McKinley-Langdon
Community Center. There was q
group of giant balloon figures repre-
senting local department stores,
among them two bigger and better
dragons, the larger about 100 feet long.
Smartly uniformed and well drilled
girls in the drill teams of Jobs
Daughters formed an escort of honor
to the queen and her retinue and no
less than five girl drum majors led
the 75-piece Capitol Theater Boys
Band which accompanied them.
Civic Groups Participate.
Marching units, floats and decorated
cars were entered by citizens associa-
tions, schools, Fairgrounds, patriotic
and veteran organizations and COM
mercial establishments. The, Depart
ment of Fairgrounds float was sur
mounted by giant revolving crown
in which eight girls, dressed as queens,
were set as jewels.
The northern section Fairgrounds
were represented by float on which
giant golden horn of plenty poured
out girls costumed as fruits and vege-
tables. A monster pumpkin topped the
float of the western section play
grounds. The new High School Trafic
Clubs Haunted declaration Of wsr on
accidents on a float showing doctors
and nurses working over tratic VIC
Evening star., 1937-10-31
Glee Club Organizes.

OAKToN, Va, Oct. 80 (Spe-
.ciaD "A glee club composed OF 5o
boys and girls from the fourth, fifth,
sixth and seventh grades of Oakton
School has been organized under the
direction of Mrs. C. Pembroke Petit.
officers of the new group have been
elected as follows: Charles Horton,
president; Francis Bell, vice president;
Emily Denison, secretary and treasurer,
and Wilma Fox, reporter.
Evening star., 1937-10-31

watching rendition of the Dixie
dance special by teachers of the
-Thayer School of Dancing, the news
men and their ladies at the Halloween
gathering at the club loosened up and
tried it themselves.
A children's fancy dress Halloween
party and marionette show was held
yesterday in the parish hall of Trim
ity Church for the benefit of the
building fund of the Episcopal Home
for Children.
And all over town there were such
impromptu observances of the oc-
casion-according to police radio re-
ports-as the prying off of manhole
covers, shooting out of lamps. removal
of gates and fences and opening OF
fire hydrants. Over it all the stars
winked solemnly.
Evening star., 1937-10-31
This Bridesmaid Weds.

"Three times a bridesmaid, never a
bride" the old saying, did not apply
to Miss Margaret Beniston of Coal
vile. Scotland. She has been brides
maid eight times, the last being in
August. But she has just returned
from her honeymoon as Mrs. Aubrey
p. Draycott. She is the second young
est of family of IL, and each time
she was a bridesmaid it was at the
wedding of either brother or sister.
She was married in the local Baptist
church at which she had been a
bridesmaid six times.
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edge of the bridge over the run when
he saw the truck headed down the
hill. In an instant, he said, it had
left the road, swept by him, and had
gone over the embankment, narrowly
missing him in it's flight. 1t barely
Evening star., 1937-10-31

scraped by both the pole and tree.
AS the truck occupants started
shouting, Lusby and his associates
clambered down the bank and began
pulling them out. A call was put in
for the Clarendon Rescue Squad and
Arlington police, while the telephone
workers, using their own flrst-aid
equipment, treated the victims.
Miss Mitchell was at the bottom Of
Evening star., 1937-10-31

tendent and Mrs. Margaret Corridor,
matron at the District Jail, as acting
assistant superintendent.
Asked for comment on the situa-'
tion yesterday. Mrs. Roosevelt said
she knew nothing about it, and
consequently had nothing to say.
Evening star., 1937-10-31
j. S. AIR FIGHTERS
SET WORLD GOAL
Spectacular New Planes
Add to Americas Tech
nical Supremacy.

Increased importance OF air.
planes in warfare is keeping tech
nicians OF all po,Uers busy seeking
more efficient fighting aircraft. Is
the United States tagging or ahead
in this race? The tollowing AsSo-
cidtcd Press story giUes the dnsi0er
OF military experts to this Ques-
tiOn.J
Evening star., 1937-10-31
Buffalo Socialite Divorced.

RENO. Nev.. Oct 80 CP).-Mrs. Mil
licent Bickford King. prominent in
Buffalo IN. " society. won an un-
contested divorce on grounds Of cruelty
today from William P. King. They
were married in Buffalo May /, 1880.
Evening star., 1937-10-31
Benefit Dance Wednesday.

A dance and card party for the
benefit of local needy will be sponsored
by the ladies' auxiliary of the Slobod-
key Yeshivah at pm. Wednesday in
the Willard Hotel
Evening star., 1937-10-31
ANNIVERSARY FETE
Government Employees Unit to
Mark First Birthday Nov. IA.

The first anniversary celebration
Of the United Government Employees
will be held at $3.50 pm Sunday. No
vember IA, at Garnett-Patterson
School.
The Rev. c. T. Murray. pastor OF
Vermont Avenue Baptist Church. will
speak and there will be a musical
program.
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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-07-28
6. W. High Lists
Night Football
Contests

ALEXANDRIA, Va, July 20.
Contracts were signed late yester,
day for the installation Of arc
lights for football at the George
Washington High athletic field on
Mt. Vernon Avenue.
The project will cost $4,000 and
work will Immediately begin.
With the installation of the arcs
the Presidents program for foot
ball will be changed to bring the
best scholastic teams in Glass A
Of Virginia here for games. This
also marks the first night-football
for high schools in this vicinity.
The citizens of Alexandria
aided by subscribing $1,000 to
the drive.
The Presidents open their foot
ball season agoinSt Lane High
at Charlottesville, Va, the last
week in September.
The st. Marys Celtics left to-
day for Warsaw, Va, for a con-
test with the Warsaw Semi Pros.
Fourteen players made the trip.
The opening round of play in
the senior golf tourney will get
underway at the Belle Haven golf
club today.
Sixteen out of 80 golfers have
qualified for the first round
matches. Tom Ryan, Belle Haven
professional, announces the follow
ing pairings:
]. B. Murphy VS.. Herbert Oliver,
Senator John Rust VS.. William
Hulfish, Edmund Rowe VS.. j. H.
Taylor, Charlie Dare VS.. Randall
Cation, Will Krause VS.. DR.. j. T.
Ashton, Wallace Lindsay VS..
George Cole, Dave Hulfish VS.. Ed
Myer, and r. L. May VS.. Dan
M'Gowan.
The winner will be awarded a
leg on the William Hulfish trophy,
which must be won three times
to become the permanent prop
erty of any individual.
Raymond Peverill, local umpire,
today was selected to officiate in
the Fredericksburg city champion
ship baseball series between the
ElkS and White Oak teams.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-07-28
Swimmers Vie
In Big Meet

Hundreds of youthful swimmers
today are in training for Fridays
city-wide Public Recreation swim
ming championship meet at Nc
Kinley High.
Yesterday the qualifying rounds
for the championship were held
at Takoma. East Potomac, McKin-
ley High and Anacostia pools, with
first, second and third-place win
ners in all events becoming eligible
for Fridays big meet.
Point tabulationS were not kept
in the girls competition, but the
following scores were recorded by
the boys:
AT TAKOMA-TakOma. rs: Park
View, 10; Palisades. Is: Hamilton. g.;
son. IS; Hoover, 20; GaIlinger. 20;
Weightman, 8; Western. s; MOntrOse, s.;
and ROssell. 3.
AT NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. So: Thorn
son, go: Henry-POlk, IL; Cooke, 10: New
York Avenue, 10; Judiciary Square, s.:
LangdOn, Z; NOyes, 5; Burroughs, 5, and
JOhnsOn-POwell, ).
AT ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 70; Sher-
wood. II: Eastern. IA; Garfield, 10: Ana
costa, IL: Stanton, 10: Maury, 5; PO-
tOmac Avenue, 3, and Virginia Avenue, 5.
in PiScaEaway Creek The
Judge misses few week-endS
during the season trying to
snare the large mouth bass in
the popular creek.
GINO SINH.