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Evening star., 1937-06-11
NEW VAULT ASKED
FOR ARLINGTON IN
bill BEFORE HOUSE
$195,335,000 Civil Func-
tions Appropriation Sought
by War Department.
CEMETERY NEEDS MORE
CASKET ROOM, is CLAIM
Change Recommended in Pay.
ment of Retired Officers at
Soldiers Home.

Construction Of a new receiving vault
at Arlington National Cemetery and
changes in the administrative system
at the United States Soldiers Home
are requested in s195,335, ,063 War
Department civil functions appropria-
tlon bill for 1888, faVorably reported
TO the House today by the Approprla-
tons Committee. This is the first
time in history civil functions items
have been segregated in a separate
bill
The new vault at Arlington is neces-
Sary because the capacity of the pres
ent vault is overtaXed and it fre.
quently is necessary TO place bodies
OF soldiers dead in the basement OF
the Amphitheater, according to testi-
mony before the committee by Mai.
Gen. Henry Glbbins, Army quarter
master general.
Ihls practice, Gen. Gibbins said, is
very objectionable, especially when
families come TO view remains"
The amount required for the vault
is not stipulated. It was included in
a total of s66,039 for repairs and al
terations to buildings and equipment
at Arlington and other national ceme-
teries.
Capacity Of Present Vault.
Capacity Of the present vault is only
eight caskets, Gen. Gibbins testified,
and there frequently are as many as
IL or IL funerals day. There was a
total OF ,O79 in 1886 and the average
now is about five a day.
The old vault not only is small, but
is in bad state of repair and moth
ing more than store room" Gen.
Glbbms said. The new vault will pro-
vide facilities for the dressing Of
bodies.
In the case Of an airplane crash"
Gen. Glbblns said invariably the
bodies are brought here and the cas-
kets have to be opened and the bodies
dressed and prepared for burial The
vault space at Arlington has to be
at least twice as much as at any other
cemetery so that work can be done
properly"
The vault will contain six crypts,
with room for six additional crvpts
and will provide facilities for under
takers and room where relatives can
view remains.
Payment of Retired Officers.
The committee recommended that
Congress enact legislation to end the
practice Of paying the five retired
officers at Soldiers Home special COM
pensatlon out Of the funds OF the
home, Prior to the economy act Of
1882 the five retired officers composing
the Board of Governors at the home
were paid at the rate of 500 a wear
out of the funds of the home in ad-
ditlon to their retired pay. One Of
the officers, serving in the capa city
OF secretary to the board, was paid an
additional $500.
The committee recommended that
retired officers employed at the home
shall receive the same pay and allow
ances as officers Of corresponding rank
on the active list
The committee recommended an ap-
preparation of s804,456 for mainte-
nance and operation of Soldiers Home
during the coming fiscal year. an in
crease Of S5,35l over the current ap-
preparation. Larger amounts we're
proposed for the care of mental pa
tientS.
Evening star., 1937-06-11
Board Giuen Tip
To SOlue Problem,
ByLote Messenger
Com m ercial Errand
Runner Serrice Plan
Is Ruled Ont.

The messengers at the Social Sc
curity Board are going to love Acting
Controller General Elliott for this one
The board recently wrote Elliott that
often, after hours, messenger service is
needed in emergency, and, with none
Of the regular messengers on duty, 1t
becomes necessary to detail higher
grade employe, who can i'll be spared
at the moment, to perform this SER
vice"
Wherefore, the legality Of contract
ing with Western Union or Postal at q
maximum of $40 monthly for this
casual work was asked.
This innovation Clearly is not au-
thorized, Elliott said, adding:
1T would appear that the admins
trative problem presented in your let
ter might be solved as is done in other
Federal agencies by retaining a mes
senger on duty after regular office
hours during the time his service may
be required"
Evening star., 1937-06-11
Scouts 35O-Acre Tented CITY
To Be Made 'Eart1l's Heulthiest'
Elaborate Precautions Taken to Bar
Germs, Carriers of All Ukmds-Euery
Boy to Be Examined.
Staff Photos.

Elaborate precautions are being
taken to make the 350-acre tented
city for the forthcoming National Boy
Scout jamboree a model of health
and sanitation.
Barriers some visible and some in
visible, will be raised against germs
and germ-carriers of every kind, ac-
ording to DR.. James E. West, chief
Scout executive. who conferred here
yesterday with Commissioner George
E. Allen. chairman Of the Presidents
special Jamboree Committee.
The United States Public Health
Service is collaborating with Capt.
j. c. Mills. the Scouts national di-
rector of health. to safeguard the
more than $4,000 boys expected to
come here June 80 for the To-day
encampment.
Every Boy to BE Examined.
The first step will be to examine
carefully into the physical condition
of each boy before he is allowed to
come to Washington, it was stated.
He will not be admitted to the camp
unless he has been formally approved
by his local physician and Scout
authorities. Only boys whose physi-
cal condition is rated 100 per cent
will be approved
Every known scientific protection
against contamination of food and
water will be taken.
The jamboree camp will be sup
piled through special mains with the
same pure city water used by local
Evening star., 1937-06-11

vacant room. She made moose from
a length Of heavy wrapping cord and
stood on chair, investiga tors said,
while attaching the free end to the
curtain, rod.
The position of the chair indicated
Miss Ferguson had pushed it aside
with her feet as she lowered the
weight of her body against the moose.
Miss Ferguson. who. with her sis
ters, is native Of Clarke County, Va,
was christened Eliza, sut some years
ago changed her first name to Lila,
not caring for the name her parents
had given her.
Miss Ferguson and her sisters,
Misses Betty Josephine and Lucille
Ferguson, had operated a rooming
house in Washington for the last IS
years.
In recent months Miss Ferguson
had been in low spirits and subject to
fits Of depression, investigators were
told, although her health waS fairly
FOOD.
Evening star., 1937-06-11
Potato Defended
Against Charges
1t Adds to Weight
LOM-IncOme Folk Should
Eat More Tubers,
Experts Saw.

Py the Associated Press.
Uncle Sans diet experts defended
the potato today against "a wide
spread notion that it is extremely
fattening."
Actually, they said, one medium
sized potato has no more calories than
a large apple or orange.
The Bureau of Home Economics
suggested that individuals in lower
income brackets consume 165 pounds
Of potatoes year.
The weight-conscious, 1t pointed
out, should cut out sugars, fats and
oils before potatoes, in order to get
the latter's minerals and vitamins.
Evening star., 1937-06-11
JEWELER is FINED
IN ASSAULT CASE
Ezra Raven Alleged to Have
Struck His Former Office
Assistant.

Ezra Raven, so. a jeweler, was SEN
fenced to pay a fine of $50 or serve 80
days in jail by Police Court Judge John
P. Mcmahon today on a charge of as
saulting former Office assistant,
Madeline Veach, 2100 block Of H street.
At his hearing two weeks ago Raven
acted as his own attorney. He was
represented in court today, however,
by Attorney Robert McNeill, who noted
an appeal from the conviction
Judge Mcmahon continued the 500
collateral under which Raven has
been at liberty pending outcome of the
appeal
Miss Veach charged that Raven,
who has shop in the 1900 block of
Pennsylvania avenue, struck her sew
eral times as she was removing her
typewriter after resigning.
Evening star., 1937-06-11
D. c. WAGE BOARD
T0BEC|NDRAFT TING
OF REGULATIONS
Naming of A. l. SChoenthaI
as Member for Labor
Completes Body.
WORK IS EXPECTED
TO START PROMPTLY
Selection of the Staff Must Await
Action by Congress, Ap-
parently.

Drafting Of regulations to carry out
the Districts revised minimum wage
law for women and minors will be
one Of the first tasks of the new
board appointed by the Commits
sioners.
This work is expected to be started
promptly and the board is to have
the aid of attorneys in the office
of Corporation Counsel Elwood H.
Seal, it was said today.
Selection of the board was COM
pleted yesterday, with the appoint
ment of Arthur L. Schoenthal. vice
president of the Washington Building
Trades Council and a member of the
American Federation of Labor, as the
representative of labor on the board.
To Be Sworn in Soon.
The two other members are Mrs.
William Kittle, president of the
Votcless D. c. League of Women
Voters, and John H Hanna, chairman
of the board of the Capital Transit
Co. Mrs. kittle was named as the
representative of the general public
and Hanna AS representative OF
employers.
The board members are expected
to be sworn in within a day or two
and they probably will begin work
at once.
However, appointment of the
boards staff apparently must await
passage by Congress of the 1893
District budget, for the provision of
funds for administrative expenses.
The board is unsalaried, but the
Senate has inserted in the District
supply bill an item of s14,32O to
cover the cost of its work. There
will be staff of four or five persons.
Testimony Is First Task.
The big task Immediately ahead of
the board is to take testimony on
present wages paid women and chill
dren under l8 years of age in various
classes of industries in the District
to determine if they are high enough
to protect the health and morals of
the workers
Under the law, the board is en-
powered to fix minimum wages in
tended to carry out this principle
Schoenthal, native of Washing
ton, is the son of a cabinetmaker,
who belonged the the old Knights of
Labor. After passing through the
local schools, Schoenthal was ap-
pointed to the Navy Yard and then
became business agent for the Stone
Masons' Union. He also has served
as delegate to international con-
ventions of union men.
Schoenthal is member of the
executive board of the Building
Trades Council and member of the
Central Labor Union He holds a
card in the Stone and Marble Masons'
Union, Local No. 2. He is 81 and
resides at 323 Quackenbos street.
Evening star., 1937-06-11
D. c. BILL PAR[EY
DELAYED A WEEK
Senator Thomas to Receive
Degree From De PauW u.
Work to Start on Return.

Settlement of differences between
the House and Senate in the 1898
District appropriation bill will 90
over until next week Although the
Senate made many changes in rails
ing the total from S45,1l6,584 to s46.-
629, 9,16l, indications are that adjust
ments will be worked out without
delay as soon as all the conferees have
been appointed.
Senator Thomas, Democrat, Of Ok
lahoma, in charge of District appro-
prlatlons for the Senate, will spend
the week end in Indiana, where he
will be honored by De Pauw Uni
versity with the degree of doctor of
laws The degree will be conferred
Monday night, after which he will
return to Washington to arrange for
conferences on the supply bill. Rep
resentatlve Collins, Democrat. of Mis-
sissippi, in charge of the District bill
for the House. also is out of the city
until early next week
Must Decide on Riders.
In addition to fixing the total OF
the District bill, which probably will
represent compromise between the
House and Senate figures. the con-
ferees must decide what to do about
various riders and provisos transfer
ring municipal functions from one
department TO another.
The most important Of these is the
proposed transfer of public hospitals
from the Board of Public Welfare to
the Health Department, which was
inserted in the Senate after it had
gone out on a point of order in the
House. The Senate, on the other
hand, eliminated several other depart
mental changes the House had ap-
proved.
Hospital Transfer Act.
Transfer Of the hospitals in this
way was opposed in a letter written
some time ago to Senator Thomas by
Frederick w. McReynolds, chairman
Of the Welfare Board.
Describing the subject as impor-
tant enough to call for consideration
by the House and Senate as separate
Dill, with public hearings Mercy
nolds disapproved of the plan to bring
the change through an amendment
to the appropriation bill.
The letter stated that the Health
Department is competent "educa-
tlonal, regulatory and disease-pre-
Ventive' agency serving the whole
city. The letter contended, however
that department does not have the
technique for controlling the intake
Of the hospitals on a basis of need.
The decision of the conferees or
the final total of the supply bill will
determine how much the city will
have to raise in new revenue under
the tax program awaiting House
action.
Evening star., 1937-06-11
Sister Discovers Woman, IS,
Dead in Room by Hanging

Miss Lila Ferguson, IS, was found
dead early today hanging from a
moose that had been attached to a
heavy curtain rod in the rooming
house which she helped her three
spinster sisters to operate at 3100 Six
teenth street.
The body was discovered about s 80
am. in a second-f1oor room by a
sister, Miss Lucille Ferguson, who
summoned an ambulance from Emer-
gency Hospital. DR.. j. G. Ball, re-
spending with the ambulance, said
Miss Ferguson had been dead five or
six hours.
The body was clothed in night
gown. The room in which the tragedy
occurred recently was vacated by a
boarder.
Coroner A. Magruder Macdonald
issued certificate of suicide follow
ing an investigation.
It was believed the elderly woman
slipped from her bed while the house.
hold slept and went undetected to thu
Evening star., 1937-06-11
JULY. IS TAXI DEADLINE
Drivers Must Renew Permits by
That Date.

July IS was set yesterday by the
Public Utilities Commission as the
deadline for renewal of taXicab licenses
for the new fiscal year. Drivers who do
not obtain their permits by that date
will have to stop operations until they
obtain new licenses, the commission
said.
The commission again is requiring
taxi operators to agreed to conform to
the uniform zone rates as a condition
to obtaining new licenses. This au-
thority was provided by Congress as >
way out Of the variety Of rates which
formerly prevATed
Evening star., 1937-06-11
ENFORCED LABOR
CHARGES DENIED
Board of Inquiry Told Men
Who Baked at Levy on
Farm Work Not Laid or,

Life on the Farm" rather dra ID
drama in which employees of the
District garbage transfer station are
the players. entered the third act
yesterday, with a board Of inquiry
as the audience
The board heard William r. Wood.
plant superintendent, defended against
charges that he had Disseminated
against men who refused to work on
the farm and also those who baked
at contributing to a fund for the
support Of Aunt Mary" an elderly
colored woman.
1t previously had been claimed that
garbage collectors were taken to a
private farm to work on Government
time. that they neither shared in
what they produced nor were other
wise compensated, and that those
VINO failed to donate to the Aunt
Mary fund risked being laid off.
Hardships Denied.
A far roster picture was painted by
Hugh kingsbury. who denied that
the work on the farm at La Plata, Nc. .
done on the mems own time, was q
hardship.
we had a good time" Kingsbury
stated emphatically There was
plenty to eat for us while we were
there and we took plenty home tc
our families"
kingsbury admitted that the men
pulled plow, but described it as the
small garden type" farm implement
operated with minimum of effort
Wood himself took a hand at the
plowpulling on occasions, Kingsbury
said
Kingsbury said that prior to the
investigation he had been urged al
union meeting Of plant employees
to testify Wood had beat" him. He
| said he refused to lie to that effect
before the board.
Men Shared Proceeds.
John Henry Robinson, another wit
ness, told the board the Aunt Mary
fund was started at the suggestion OF
the employees, who learned the woman
was in danger of being elected from
her home near the plant. He sale
none of the employees was forced tc
contribute, and all could give as little
as they wished.
| Robinson and Willie Tobias cor.
roborated testimony that the farm
work was done for the benefit of the
men themselves. Wood, they said
bought the seed which they planted
and the men shared equally in what
was raised.
After hearing about half q dozer
more witnesses, the board adjourned
| to meet again June %.
Evening star., 1937-06-11
PAROLE BOARD TO WEIGH
F. (. CRANDALL CASE
Man Convicted With Dutch Irwin
Eligi ble-16 Other Peti-
tions Up.

Members OF the District Parole
Board, meeting today at the Re
formatory at Lorton, Va, will consider
a petition for the release of Frank E.
Crandall, who was convicted along
with Morris E. (Dutch) Irwin on a
gaming charge.
Crandall was sentenced February
to serve a term ranging from four
months to year and day. He
therefore is eligible for parole con-
sideration. Irwin, who also is q
prisoner at Lorton, received term
of several years.
The board also will consider petit
tions from the following is prisoners:
Pearl Ross, Laura Gather. William
o. Turner, Frank Boyce, Joseph j
Luizzi. Floyd J. Robinson. Melvin S
Quigley, James B. Lee, Clarence
Butler, Charles Jackson, James H
Mills, James E. Smallwood, Joseph B
Harris, Armand Macon, Robert J
Paul and Alphonso L. Coleman.
Evening star., 1937-06-11
AIRPORT SESSION FAILS

Efforts Of Senator King, Democrat,
OF Utah to call meeting of the Dis
trict Airport Commission today failed
because of the absence from Wash
lngton OF several of the commission
members. A tentative date has been
set for next Wednesday.
The commission still has under
consideration four sites for an air
transport terminal and has to decide
whether to take up options on one
or more Of the sites to hold neces-
sary property until Congress has been
given an opportunity to act.
Evening star., 1937-06-11
1898 Pass Just Used.

PHILADELPHIA LP).-Back in 1898,
Col. F. w. Wamsley of Charleston, S.
c., donated a collection Of snakes to
the Philadelphia Zoo which, in appre-
citation. sent him lifetime pass.
He used the pass for the first time
this week when he and Mrs Wamsley
cams to Philadelphia. II saved him
30 eeatA.
Evening star., 1937-06-11
Student Council Elects.

SILVER SPRING, Md, June II
Especially BRUCE Stedman of Ia
koma Park was elected president of
the Student Council of the Mont
gomery Blair Senior High School at
the annual meeting yesterday. George
Cook of Silver Spring was named vice
president and Dorothy Souder of
Woodside is the new secretary.
Evening star., 1937-06-11
Ransom to Leave Vanderbilt.

NASHVILLE, Tenn, June IL P).-
Prof. John Grove Ransom of the
English department at Vanderbilt
University announced last night he
would accept an offer to become pro-
fessor of poetry at Kenyon College,
oamhrier, Ohio. Ramon has been
a6aliated at Vanderbilt for 23 yeaxA
Evening star., 1937-06-11
BAND CONCERT.

BY the Army Band at the Capitol at
7:30 o'clock tonight. Capt Thomas
F. Darcy, leader; Karl Hubner, as
sistant leader.
The Washington times., 1937-06-15
ARTISTS Model Slain
Rv MICHAEL o'MALLEY

81 don mind telling you that I've changed my mind about
him It's himself he's worried about Hes ruthless he'd 60
to any length keep his name out Of the scandal But S
going in by God, and told him So
'Cood for YOU, When did you tell hm?'
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-10-06
Vim. ReardOn Elected As
Commander Of Legion Post
Other Officers Also Sc
lected At Annual Elec-
ton OF Organization
Last Night

Members of Arthur Sawyer
Post % American Legion were
out in force last evening to attend
the annual election of officers
which was held in Legion Hall on
Whitehead street.
The balIoting was carried out
as prescribed by the rules and
regulations and after the count
was made the following were
found to be elected for the sev.
eral offices:
Post Commander. William H,
Reardon; First Vice Commander,
P. Bernard Roberts; Second Vice
Commander, Anna E. corcorani
Adjutant, U. John Delgadoi
Chaplain, Caroline F. Hattrick;
Historian, Flossie Baker; Ser
geant at Arms, p. Kelly; Tx.
ecutive Committeeman. Jerry J
Trevor, John w. Pinder, Roy
Voght.
Service office and others who
win serve during the year 1895
viii be appointed by the new
commander when he is installed
on Tuesday, October ~.
Officers who were last evening
elected to serve win be installed
by a department officer Tuesday
of next week. who viii come "a
Key West for the installation.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-10-06
WORKER CAN SUE
UNION FOR LOSS

NEW YORK. Oct 6 UPsl.--
An industrial employee has legal
redress If he Is damaged through
the action of a labor union in call
ing an unauthorized strike or II
the union is guilty Of negligence
or misconduct or some other wrong
in the calling Of a strike. Justice
Evans, sitting in the special term
of City Court here. has ruled.
The ruling was made IN the
suit of Marion Candida against Of
ficers of the Confectionery and
Tobacco Jobbers Employees Union,
Local sci. In his suit. Candida
complained that he was perfectly
satisfied with his job bat as a
union member. was forced 70 join
a strike and 70 picket his employ
err.
Justice Evans dismissed the suit
because Of failure Of the COM
piainant 70 properly establish his
loss. but in his opinion pointed out
that s.it is not to be assumed
that q member Of labor union il
without remedy II damaged there
by when the officers Of q local
call an unauthorized strike"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-10-06
Members OF Plant Board
Making Inspection Here

their activities have been assign
ed to this section before, and
quite few of them have brought
their families to remain during
the period of investigation.
Those in the group are: j. w.
Ludlam, L. S. Light, o. D. Link,
G. s. McMulIen, ]. H. Sealey, G.
H. Baker, G. A. Helseth, E. G,
Hume, P. E. Frierson, B. H.
Grace, C. E. Shepard, w. R. Lyle,
B. E. Daniel, C. R. Shepard, J. H.
Henderson, w. H. Frierson, J. C.
Bell.
In conversation with several of
the inspecting group The Citizen
was told that they are working
hard in their investigation and
while doing so are praying that
conditions are such as to give
them the opportunity of reporting
that the section is absolutely free
from the Black Fly.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-10-06
TRYING TO AVOID
SPECIAL SESSION
OF LEGISLATURE
FLoRIDA's BUSINESS AND
PROFESSIONAL MEN MAY
YET SHOW WAY TO AVOID
MEETING
Especial to The citizenD

TALLAHASSEE, Oct. 6.-Per-
haps Florida's business and pro-
fessional men may yet show the
way to avoiding a special session
of the Legislature if Comptroller
]. M. Lees statement on the re-
spouse to the new license law is
indicative of the trend of the
times.
Pointing out that Gin at least
two previous instances" when con-
ditions and circumstances were
much worse, tax payers responding
to the appeals to aid the state
made an extra session unnecessary,
the comptroller says:
II am greatly encouraged at the
response of the public to the
states needs as tax collectors re-
port on the first five days col
lections under the new occupation
al license law he told newsmen.
"These reports indicate Floridians
are Loyalty ral.ying to the need Of
the state for funds, with collect
ors and their forces cooperating
with a fine spirit.
"Such cooperation, however,
is but a repetition of support
from officials and tax payers,
alike, in former emergencies, when
they were advised of the states
fiscal shortages. It reminds me
wildly that FIoridians, rallying to
similar needs for cooperation in at
least two previous instances have
avoided widely anticipated special
sessions Of the Legislature at
times when conditions were much
worse than they are now"