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Evening star., 1937-12-12
REFORM FEDERATION
REFLECTS HOWARD
Prof. George S. Duncan Renamed
Treasurer at Close of Two
Day Session.

Clinton N. Howard was reelected
as general superintendent Of the In
ternational Reform Federation and
Prof. George S. Duncan of American
University as treasurer at the close
of the organizations annual two-day
session Friday at the Methodist Build
ing. DR.. d. Leigh Colvin, chairman
of the New York National Temper
ance and Prohibition Council. was
elected president.
y Included among the "a members
named to the Board of Trustees were
the Rev. DR.. william M. Abernethv
pastor Of the Calvary Baptist Church: /:
the Rev. DR.. Frederick Brown Harris
pastor Of the Foundry Methodist Epis-
copal Church, and Representative
Guyer Of Kansas. Henry M. Prinple
was elected law enforcement director
DR.. Charles H. Butler, secretary for
Europe, and o. r. Miller of ALBANY
N. Y, secretary.
During the sessions, addresses were
made by DR.. Ella A. Boole, president
Of the Worlds Womans Christian
Temperance Union; DR.. Ida B. wise
Smith, national president Of the W
G. T. u; the Rev. DR.. Oscar F. Black
welder, pastor Of the Lutheran Church
OF the Reformation; Repred ntatiye
QN2ex..A Howard and Adelaids
JOHNSON. sculptresA
Evening star., 1937-12-12
MISSING GIRL FEARED
VICTIM OF AMNESIA
Friends Report Seeing Miss Casa
lege, but She Fails to Rec
ognize Them.

Fear that Miss Frances Green Cas-
alege, 20. missing from her home at
1925 Sixteenth street Sc. since We'd
nesday. is suffering from loss of mem
ory was expressed by relatives last
night after friends of the girl re-
ported that they had seen her, but
she had failed to recognize them.
Clyde L. Pezold, uncle of the miss
ing girl, asked police. to redouble eff
forts to find her He said it was a
coincidence that two friends who saw
her yesterday afternoon, in the vi
cinity Of Good Hope road and Thir-
teenth street Sc. did not know, she
was missing from home.
Another friend Of the family had
seen Miss Casalege alight from a bus
at Eleventh and F streets NV, but
she only gazed blankly at him when
spoken to. Mr. Pezold said.
He explained Miss Casalege had
been hit accidentally on the left tenn
pie with a golf club several months
4go and was treated for slight brain
eoncussion. She still, suffered severe
headaches, he said.
Evening star., 1937-12-12
TRIO HELD FOR JURY
IN HOUSEBREAKINGS
Bold Total of $50, 900 Set for Men
/ Accused of "Jobs" in
District.

1hree men were held for action of
thesgrand jury under a total of $50
900 bond yesterday when arraigned in
Police Court before Judge John P.
McMahon on housebreaking charges.
They are Edward B. Thomson, 81,
Of 3ls Douglas street NE; Jimmy
Daiping, 26, no fixed address,. and
Frank Durso, Is. of 425 First street
SCI
thomson and Darling were held
un0er $4,000 bond each in con-
nection with the theft of $3.50 worth
of Jewelry from the home of Mrs.
Marguerite Havens, 48O5 Fifteenth
street NV Darling and Durso were
held under $1,000 and $4,000 bonds,
respectively, in connection with the
stealing of pistol and jewelry,
wo3th $40. from the home Of Mrs.
Olde Blankenship. 36l2 Alabama ave-
nu6 Sc. All of the defendants
pleaded not guilty in court.
1t Police Headquarters, Thomson
Is charged with six cases of house,
breaking. Darling with five and Durso
with one.
Evening star., 1937-12-12
STEELE DUETOFACE
COURT TOMORROW
Housebreaking Charged to Man
Sought in Connection With Al.
legged Safe Robbing Plot,

James r. Steele, sought since last
sunday night in connection with an
alleged plot to rob a safe at 38ll
Suitland road Sc, where Carlton G.
(Cotty) Williams was killed in a
police ambush, is scheduled to appear
in District Court tomorrow for long
delayed trial on housebreaking charges.
Steele and Williams had been under
bond for more than a year on the
housebreaking charges. police said,
when they learned, after months of
trailing the gang, of the plot to rob
the Suitland road home. owned by
Charles Nelson, wealthy Maryland
man.
Three men who stayed behind in
q parked automobile when Williams
walked into the police trap escaped
in a hail of bullets. Two apprehended
since then, John M Tabler, 20, of
Arlington, Va, and Benjamin (Honey-
boO Sewell, 80, colored, we're formally
charged yesterday with housebreaking
and larceny Of an automobile in con-
nection with the plot.
Both were accused OF stealing an
automobile which was found aban-
doned near the Suitland road house,
loaded with cutting torch, acetylene
and oxygen tanks allegedly stolen
from the Acme Welding Co., 1857 U
street NV. Tabler was charged with
housebreaking in connection with
theft Of the metal-cutting tools.
Evening star., 1937-12-12
HOUSING INCREASE
HELD NEED IN D. c.
Engineer of Zoning Group
Voices Necessity for
Construction.

Need for expansion of housing con-
struction in Washington to keep pace
with the great increase in population
was voiced yesterday by S. G. Lind
holm, engineer of the District Zon-
ing Commission, in report analyzing
construction figures for recent years.
Lending support to the administra-
ton program for stimulation of pri-
vate construction, Mr.. Lindholm re-
ported that during the last seven
years the increase in population has
far outstripped the construction of
private housing units.
Population Grows Fastest.
During that time, he said, the aver
age annual increase in housing units
has been l0,742, whereas the average
annual increase in population has
been 10000. Construction slumped
in 1881 and 1892, and almost ceased
in 1888 and 1884" he said. After
that year it began to pick up, but
residential building still has far to
go to reach a normal condition"
He said he found that Washington
is unduly overcrowded If the basis of
his figures is anywhere nearly correct
First, he calculated that on January
l, 1880, there existed 90,400 residen-
tial units in dwellings and flats and
42,700 in apartment houses. Esti-
mating average occupancy 10 be five
persons per dwelling and fiat and two
persons per apartment unit, he fig
ured the total housing capacity of
the city at that time to be $4,000
persons, plus an unknown number of
units in hotels and boarding houses.
The census figures placed the 1890
population at 486,869.
1880 Excess Not Abnormal.
Mr.. Lindholm said he did not con-
slider there was an abornmal excess
of housing for that year, according
to his estimates. But he found that
since 1880 new housing construction
has not kept pace with population
growth. From 1880 through 1886 he
said there were added 11,472 resi-
dental units in dwellings and fats
and 3,549 in apartment houses. He
concluded that the increase in hous-
ing capacity to have been some "a, 900,
while the population increased by
lao, 900 during that period.
From his data he calculated that
as of last July the housing capacity
was 100000 whereas the population
was estimated by the Census Bureau
to be 627, 900.
Evening star., 1937-12-12

AFTER MERCURY
|. SK|DS To- 1STODAY
Seasons Coolest Weather
Reported in Maryland
and Virginia.
REFLECTING POOL ICE
READY FOR SKATERS
Park Police Plan to Lift Ban To.
day-Potomac Frozen at
Williamsport.

The general cold wave, which was
expected to send the mercury to
new low of ls degrees here early today,
probably will begin to abate tomorrow
throughout most of the East,
The local forecast calls for Com
tlnued fair and cold today; tomorrow
increasing cloudiness and slightly
warmer" The temperature here was
In the low 2os at midnight following
a maximum of "a degrees registered
yesterday afternoon.
The Weather Bureau predicted q
widespread let-up tomorrow in the
intense cold throughout the East
with the exception of the New Eng
iano States. which should experience
warmer weather by Tuesday.
The coldest weather of the season
was reported yesterday from MARYLAND
ana Virginia. In the mountains of
Giles County, Va, the near-zero tenn
perature drove a brass band indoors
"NASAA hAoAotuiC III ILle nOrnS frOZa
during Christmas program at Mar
rows. The band was from Princeton
w. Va.
Roanoke reported a 14-degree mimi
mum and residents of Norfolk shiv-
cred in temperatures lowering around
20 degrees. 1t was only 8 degrees
ABOVE freezing at Cumberland. Md.
early yesterday, and lower tempera-
lures were expected this morning.
The Potomac River at Williamsport
was frozen over for the first time this
season, and most OF the tributary
streams in the vicinity were ice locked
In Washington. Park police planned
TO lit the ban on ice skating at the
Rejecting Pool Of Lincoln Memorial
at 8 o'clock this morning. 1t was ex-
pected the ice would be at least three
inches thick.
The ice yesterday was only two
and half inches thick and police
chased several skaters from the sur
face Of the pool. The regulations call
for three inches of ice before skating
| is permitted. "a
Evening star., 1937-12-12
Only Death's Uncertainty Keeps
Merchant From, Ciring His All
Bernard Harding, Once
Poor, Finds Happiness
in Aiding Needy.

Reminiscent Of the days over half
century ago when as a poor boy he
had to peddle lemons for livelihood,
Bernard Harding, wholesale merchant
at 800 Seventh street NV, is making
his Christmas happier this year by CIV
ing away so pairs and shoes and stock
ings to needy children.
Il used to live in a small place on
Water street over in Georgetown" he
said yesterday. Il was just another
poor kid. At first used to help my
father, fisherman, seine for sturgeon
and shad up on the old river flats
Later I sold lemons on the streets" !"
Pausing as if to recollect more
clearly those times when life held
little of the pleasures more fortunate
children experience, Mr. Harding, who
lives at 1915 Allison street NV, went
on:
1T was pretty tough going in those
times. but they've made me always
glad to be able to help some one that
needs it."
A natural salesman, as he ex-
planned it, his life took sudden turn
for the better when he became a to-
bacco agent. After building up a
business he became the owner of a
stable of nearly SO race horses.
Even in his days of plenty. the
now gray-haired man. whose pleas
ant face bellies his 66 years, never
forgot the poor
"On Thanksgiving I give away tur-
keys or something else beneficial" I"
Mr. Harding said. MOT long ago I
Evening star., 1937-12-12
| Guyer Scores
d. C. Auto Speed
| After Mishap

Irregular streets and some drivers
going at outrageous speeds" make
driving an automobile especially diff
ficult in Washington, Representative
Ulysses S. Guyer of Kansas said yes
terday after being involved in a minor
collision-his first accident in % years
Of driving.
Mr.. Guyer told police, however, that
nobody was to blame in the collision
OF his car with one driven by Robert
w. Jones, "a, of the University OF
Maryland, at c street and Delaware
avenue S.W. The accident was the
fault of neither OF us and we patched
1t up all right" he said.
No one was hurt in the collision.
Mr.. Guyer was enroute to his home
here at the George Washington Inn
before attending the funeral of an old
Kansas friend when the accident oc-
CURED. Mr.. Jones, son of Maj. Charles
Jones, attached to the r. O. T. c. unit
at the University of Maryland, was
on a shopping trip with his l9-year-
old sister, Rose.
Evening star., 1937-12-12
FOUR ARE HURT
IN TRAFFIC HERE
Mrs. Jane Sumner Cut When
Husbands Car Is Struck
by Hit-Run Auto.

Three persons were injured severely
In hit-and-run automobile accidents
yesterday and last night, and an
other was hurt seriously when struck
by a car whose driver was arrested
on reckless driving charges.
Mrs. Jane Sumner, 81, Of 221 F
street NV, suffered head and face
cuts and back injury early today
when the automobile in which she
was riding with her husband, Neal w.
Sumner. was hit near the Arlington
National Cemetery entrance on the
Arlington Ridge road by a car which
failed to stop, according to the Ar
hngton rescue squad. Mrs. Sumner
was treated at Emergency Hospital.
Mr.. Sumner escaped injury. a
Witnesses said five colored men
were in the other car.
Travers K. Cammack, jr., 19, of 1919
Garrison street NV, was found lying
unconscious on the street car tracks
just east of Seventh street NV. on
Massachusetts, avenue. He was re-
ported to have been struck by a car
which failed to stop. He was in a
serious condition from head injuries
at Emergency Hospital last night.
Mary F. Mitchell. S, colored, 1920
Reaves court NV, was cut about the
head and ankle when struck and
knocked down by another hit-and-run
motorist in front of her home. She
was treated at Freedmen's Hospital.
The automobile involved later was
found abandoned. Police arrested
William H. May, Al, Of 1910 Sixteenth
street NV, last night on charges of
colliding and failing to make his
identity known. in connection with
the accident.
George w. Stout, rs, Of 3421 N
street NV, was struck or walked into
an automobile driven by Will L. Owens
%, Takoma Park, Md, in the 1900
block Of Wisconsin avenue NV, po-
lice reported. Mr.. Stout was in serious
condition last night at Georgetown
Hospital, where he was treated fol-
q broken collar bone, injured arm
and shock. Mr.. Owens was charged
with reckless driving.
George Gregory, Is, Of $40 Rhode
Island avenue NV, broke his right
arm when his foot slipped of the
pedal of his bicycle as he was riding
near his home and he swerved into a
passing automobile.
Evening star., 1937-12-12
PROMOTION TESTS
TO Be. REPEATED
Civil Service Commission
Preparing Another Inter-
office Series.

Convinced that the interof1ce pro-
motion tests held in November have
demonstrated the worth of this inno-
vation, the Civil Service Commission
is preparing another series, it was an
nounced yesterday.
The first examinations were opened
to employees in the lower grades, prin.
cipally clerks and stenographers, to
give them an opportunity to demon
strate, through competition, their
competency for advancement.
Eligible Registers Used
'The eligible registers resulting are
now being used and considerable
number of promotions have been made
in the order of standing on the regis
ters," the commission said.
I'm making up these registers, part
of the final rating was based on the
competitive examination and part on
the efficiency rating. The commission
believes that among other valuable
features, the competitive promotion
procedure will make it possible for
employees whose qualifications might
otherwise be lost sight of to demon
strate their capabilities.
In this general connection, the i'm
portance of in-service training is en-
phasized by DR.. w. w. Stockberger,
director of personnel of the Depart
ment of Agriculture, in his annual
report, in which he urges establish
ment of a central division Of training
to coordinate existing training work
and to aid in the development of new
and needed programs of additional
training.
Purpose Of Training.
some Of the more general aims
Of training" he says, "are to acquaint
new employees with the purpose and
work of the agency in which they are
employed, to discover employees fitted
for advancement and to prepare them
to undertake more difficult or more
responsible assignments Of duties and
responsibilities. Fruitful results
should follow q wider acceptance OF
the dogma that the public interest
will be enhanced through carefully
planned programs of training de-
signed to develop latent abilities Of
emploYess and to ihculeate IN them
habits for continuing self -education." !"
Evening star., 1937-12-12
CITIZENS HOUSING
ROLE TO BE EXPLORED
Mrs. Roosevelt to Take Part in
Symposium Seeking to I'M
prove Conditions.

A symposium on what citizens can
do to improve housing conditions will
be held at the United States Chamber
of Commerce tomorrow at pm un-
der auspices Of the Washington Hous-
ing Association.
Canon Anson Phelps Stokes, presi-
dent Of the association, will preside.
Short talks on subjects pertaining
to the housing problem will be made
by Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt, hon.
orary president Of the association; j.
Frank Butts, director of the Bureau
Of Inspections of the District Health
Department: John Nolen, jr., director
Of planning Of the National Capital
Park and Planning Commission, and
John Ihlder, executive officer Of the
Districts Alley Dwelling Authority.
Evening star., 1937-12-12
CATHEDRAL COUNCIL
MEETS WEDNESDAY
Recommendations Of Oxford and
Edinburgh Conferences Will
Be Discussed.

The annual meeting of the Cathe-
dral Council of Washington Cathe-
dral, which had been postponed, will
be held Wednesday.
The principal topic for discussion
will be ways in which Washington
Cathedral can best carry out the rec
concentrations of the two Universal
Church Conferences held in Oxford
and Edinburgh last summer"
A short devotional service in st.
Johns Chapel at 10 am. will open the
meeting. There will be business ses-
sions in the Cathedral library at 1890
am. and 2:30 pm, and luncheon will
be in the refectory Of the College Of
Preachers at / O'Clock.
Dinner also will be served at the
College of Preachers and an evening
session will be held If necessary.
Evening star., 1937-12-12

gave a man money for shoes and the
next day he came back to see me
with a quarter change, saying it was
the amount left over. He was tickled
to death withsthe shoes and I ad-
mired his honesty. Naturally, I told
him to KEEP the quarter"
I'm fixed pretty comfortably" he
added. I'm thankful for that and
for the privilege of being able to
help those that need help. It's a
real pleasure
You know" Mr.. Harding said as
If on second thought, IF I knew
when I was going to die I'd give
away everything I have"
Evening star., 1937-12-12
BOARD OF TRADE
TO HEAR O'CONNOR
Controller of Currency to
Speak Tomorrow Night
on Closed Banks.

j. F. T. O'Connor. controller of the
currency, will be principal speaker
before the Board of Trade at its
monthly meeting tomorrow night at
8 pm. at the Willard Hotel.
In accordance with the boards
practice of setting aside each of its
meetings for discussion of timely af-
fairs, tomorrow's meeting has been
designated as financial night" and
Mr.. O'Connor is expected to discuss
the work of his office, especially with
reference to its connection with closed
banks.
Officials to Be Present.
The guests will include bank presi-
dents, building and loan association
officials and other prominent busi-
ness men, as we'll as Senators, Repre-
sentatives and other Federal Govern
ment officials.
DR.. Arthur G. Christie. chairman of
the boards Public Health Committee.
Will give report of the activities of
his group prior to Mr. O'Connors
speech. The Public Health Commit
tee has for several weeks been en-
gagged in a review of Health Depart
ment budget requests, reports of over
crowded conditions in municipal hos
pltals and preventive methods. DR..
Christie will discuss the committees
work and place its conclusions before
the board membership.
To Review Beauty Efforts.
Theodore I. Coe, chairman of the
Municipal Art Committee, will explain
briefly the Board of Trades activities
stimulating efforts on the part of resi-
dents to make Washington a more
beautiful city.
Edward F. Colladay, board presi-
dent, will preside. The Evening Star
Quartet will sing several selections.
The guests at the meeting will in
clude:
Evening star., 1937-12-12
AID IN LEGAL DEFENSE
OF ID SEAMEN ASKED
BY the Associated Press,

A committee of the National Mari
time Union called yesterday upon all
trade unions and Liberal organiza-
tions" to aid in the legal defense Of
IA seamen facing . Federal Court
trial on mutiny charges.
The seamen, to 60 to trial tomor-
row in Baltimore, were involved In
an incident aboard the American
0overnment-owned steamer Algic
while the ship was at Montevideo,
Uruguay, several months ago.
The maritime union said in
statement the trial was "a smoke
screen under coger Of which certain
legislation limj hg the unions right
to strike can be railroaded through
Congress by the shipowners."
Evening star., 1937-12-12
PIT. A. to Hear Rallou.

DR.. Frank w. Ballou, superintend-
ent Of schools, will discuss the rela-
tionship between the school, the home
and the community ut . meeting OF
the Whittier School Parent Teachers
Association Monday night at 8 o'clock.
The meeting will be conducted espe-
cially for the fathers Of Whittier
children.
Evening star., 1937-12-12
Woman Is Wounded.

Mrs. Mary Hanson, 81, Of All Sec
ond street NV. was slightly wounded
at her home yesterday when q .22-cal-
iber pistol was discharged while she
was cleaning 1t, police were told. She
was treated at Sibley Hospital for q
flesh wound In the chest.
Evening star., 1937-12-12
Boy Skater Injured.

: Skating on an >improvised ice pond
in the 5000 block Of First street NV.
yesterday, william q. Cambrey, 13,
of 632 Jefferson stInft NV, fell and
cut his chin. He v b dismissed after
4recsiYinGe 1utraids 1ksatnept n .Gax-.
6eld Hosnital
Evening star., 1937-12-12
Speaker at Jewish Forum

DR.. Louis Berg, former psychologist
at Sing Sing, will address the National
Jewish Forum on American Individ-
ualism Faces Crisis" at $3.50 O'Clock
tonight in the Jewish Community
Center. Louis Gutenberg ol (he CEN
ter,s Educstion Committee. wall spEe.
side.
Evening star., 1937-12-12
Portugal Honors Byron.

LISBON R.-The highest rock on
the mountain at Cintra, Portuguese
beauty spot, is tQbe carved into the
profile of Lord Nron. The British
poet is said to have written part Of
"Childa Harold" there.
Evening star., 1937-12-12
!. KENNEDY TO REST
M9ritime Commission Head ia
spend Holidays in Florida.

Joseph p. Kennedy. chairman of
III United States Maritime Commits
sioQ and slated to be next Ambassador
to xireat Britain, was to leave Wash
in4on today for Palm Beach. Fla,
to Spend the holidays with his fam
tlN He is expected to be absent about
snQnth, with his appointment to the
Ldnd6n post probably to be announced
formally during that period.
Evening star., 1937-12-12
HANGING PROBED
d. c. Woman Found Dead in Base
ment of Home.

The coroner's Office is investigating
the death of Mrs. Edna May Shirley,
AZ, Of 2l42 F street NV, whose body,
police reported, was found hanging
by an electric cord from a beam in
the basement Of her home yesterday.
Detective Sergt. Clyde N. Strange
was informed that Mrs. Shirley had
been respondent because of i'll health.
Evening star., 1937-12-12

Prentiss, william, jr. Flen
Birdzell, Judge L. E. Reil
DiggS. M. r. Add
Lyons, Gibbs Pres
Cough. E. H. Nee
Mcclellan. DR.. VIM. Hosl
MeSser, James A. Lars
Townsend, Han
Sen. J. G.. jr. Peys
BarklSy. Sen. A. w. Bait
Steagell. Rep. H. B. CAT
Wolcott, Rep. ]. P. Gro,
Goldsborough. Chr
Rep. T. Alan Dew
Reilly, Rep. M. K. Mer
Magill. Roswell SWo
Upham, Cyril B. vii.
Folger. William P. Jellt
Barse, George P. Mey
Needham, D. j. Skir
James. c. Clinton Dul,
Bergman. Carl j. Car:
Leonard, Charles Moo
Armstrong, w. C. Som
Thom, Corcoran Coll
rosenberg. M. D. Lit
Burton, G. F.. Nor
Stryker, FRANK j. Owe
Mckee. H. H. Pitt
Graham. E. c. Sau'
Calnan; M. F.: Smi
paws. Floyd E. Web
McLachlen. L. P. Smi
PoDe, c. H. Van
The Washington times., 1937-08-07
KID NET
PROFIT CLIMBS.

Allied Kid Company reports net
profit of $580,407 for the fiscal
year ended June 80, equivalent to
$2.19 a share on the 265,00O out
standing shares of common stock
representing the entire capitaliza-
ton. This with $507,258 for the
year ended June 80, 1886, amount
ing to $1.91 a share on the basis
of the present capitalization
The annual report notes that
included in operating expenses for
the 1867 period, and therefore
deducted in obtaining final net
profit, was the approximately
$40, 900 distributed as a bonus to
employees during June. 1t is
stated that:
"The company feels that not
only its stockholders but its en-
plOyeS should participate in
extra earnings and it intends to
continue additional bonuses to
its workers whenever it is in a
position to pay more than its
regular 81 dividend on the COM
mon stock"