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The Washington times., 1938-02-09

Senate Aims
To Slash
D.C.Fu1.d
BY THEODORE H UNTLEY

ny AhCODONE ~ UNTLEY
Hold 'em dowrh" became the
watchword of the IS enate subcom.
mittee on District Appropriations
today.
AS the committee went into its
second day Il deliberations its
members appe ered definitely COM
mitted to "a p olicy of holding the
total for 1919 9 to the House level
of $45,827 s33'22, lower than budget
estimates kand likewise below ex-
pendituEr IS for the current fiscal
year. ~
FTP CHIT OVER RELIEF
AltShl ough District welfare heads
wereH .ghting valiantly for larger
rcliY. Aallocations, insisting that
the 100000 provided for in the
Ho use bill for relief is hopelessly
fin adequate, they got little encour-
g cement from the committee.
\ 1t was indicated further that
if any new projects are to be
financed which are not now pro
vided for in the bill as submitted
to the Senate, other items will
have to be cut.
Senator Elmer Thomas (D.). of
Oklahoma, chairman of the COM
mittee, was among those who were
known to oppose any increase in
appropriations over budget esti-
mates, and to believe that it would
be desirable to keep them even
lower, as was done in the House.
TO HEAR CITIZENS
The $765, 900 for street lighting
"will have to be provided some
where" he said, as one of the new
additions to the House bill now
in sight.
1t was the committees plan to
withhold final decisions on con-
troversial items until the hearings
are ended next week.
Senator Thomas said the re-
mainder of this week would be de-
voted to hearing District officials,
and the first half of next week to
citizen groups who wished to be
heard.
The Washington times., 1938-02-09
Boy Cadets Death
Held An Accident
By Coroner's Jury
Chuna Explains HOlD
Shell Exploded
In Tragedy

The tragic shooting of William
L. Davies, 15-year-old student at
Charlotte Hall Military Academy
by his chum, Warren G. Sharp,
IS, of the 2100 block of F st. N.
W., was an accident, a coroner's
jury decided at an inquest in the
school today.
Davies, who died in Emergency
Hospital several hours after the
shooting brought the d'e a h
weapon to Sharp when he re.
turned to the school after the
Christmas holidays, the jury was
told.
SPRINGS SURPRISE
Sergt. Wilbur Eskite, of the
Maryland State Police, sprang q
sensation at the inquest when he
testified it would have been i'm.
possible for young Sharp to have
fired the fatal shot in the man.
ner he described.
Sharp told the jury he had
lejected all but one of the bullets
from the weapon and was flicking
the barrel in an effort to dislodge
the lost shell when it exploded
and struck Davies in the abdomen
as he entered the room.
Repeated tests on the gun, Ser.
geant Eskite said, proved that 1t
could not be fired by flicking the
barrel.
GUN WAS CONCESSION"
Sharp told the Jury the gun was
"a gift from his mother, and Off.
cials of Charlotte Hall allowed him
to keep it in the dormitory as "a
concession.
Young Sharp did not know his
chum had died until his mother
broke the news to him a few min
utes before he entered the inquest
room.
Davies, son of Mrs. Virginia L.
Davies, 1915 st. N. w., a Gov.
ernment employe, and Frank w.
Davies. manager of the University
Club, was brought to Emergency
Hospital by State police.
Evening star., 1938-03-22
BANQUET IS GIVEN
BY FRANKLIN LODGE
500 Attend Event Celebrating
Sesquicentennial of the
Constitution Sipninp

Celebrating the sesquicentennial OF
the signing of the Constitution, ap-
proximately 500 members and guests
OF Benjamin Franklin Lodge, No. So
F. A. A. NJ, attended a banquet last
night at the Mayflower Hotel.
DR.. A. Harry Ostrow, worshipful
master, told the group that 80 of the
40 State representatives that signed
the Constitution were Master Masons
declaring:
"A democracy such as ours must
have been inspired by the loftiest ideals
possessed by man.
DR.. Ostrow cited turbulent condi-
tlons abroad and asserted I'VE are for
tunate that We dwell under the Stars
and Stripes, ever protected by the
greatest democracy on earth.'
Representative Sol Bloom of New
York spoke in praise of Benjamin
Franklin, describing him as truly cos
mopolitan and world minded" Other
speakers included Paul B. Cromelin,
grand master of District Masons at
the time the Benjamin Franklin Lodge
was chartered in February, 1887: ],
Claude KEEPER, grand secretary of the
Grand Lodge Of the District, and Mil
ton I. Mervis, chairman of arrange
ments for the affair. 49,.
Evening star., 1938-03-22
MINISTERS CLARITY
DR.. MILLER'S CASE
Say Speed Of Which Pastor Is
Accused Is Grossly
Exaggerated

In order to correct mistaken i'm
pressions." the Ministerial Union YES
terday restated the case of Rev
Raphael H. Miller of the National
City Christian Church. whose 500 fine
on a speeding charge has been
remitted by Gov. Harry Nice of Mary
land, and charged the police grossly
exaggerated the speed at which DR..
Miller was driving"
Dr.-Miller was arrested last Novem-
ber near Frederick, Md, while driving
at what was said to be more than so
miles an hour to reach the bedside of
a dying parishioner at Gettysburg. He
was fined s100 by Justice Roger
Geisbert. who revoked his driving
license for three months Last week
Gov. Nice remitted the fine and re-
duced the time of license suspension
The 200 ministers of the Union de-
clared that while they did mot
condone the violation of highway
laws" they felt deeply "the injustice
done to our colleague" and wished to
correct mistaken reports which had
gone out over the country regarding
the case.
Evening star., 1938-03-22
NIXON DIVORCE RULED
VALID BY HIGH COURT

A divorce granted to Capt. Thomas
Hay Nixon of Washington and later
revoked after he had married Miss
Anne Cooke of Chevy Chase, Md, yes
terday was held valid by the Penn
sylvania Supreme Court, according to
the Associated Press
The Army Ordnance officer married
Miss Cooke few days after the
Pennsylvania courts granted him a
divorce from Annette Finnerton,
former show girl. Mrs Anne Cooke
Nixson subsequently became the
mother of twins
The former Mrs. Nixon challenged
the validity of the divorce several
months after it was granted, and
claimed Capt. Nixon had misrepre-
sented himself as a resident of Penn
sylvania.
Judge w. c. Sheely in Adams
County Court upheld Mrs. Annette
Finnerton Nixon's charges and this
action was affirmed by the State Su-
perior Court
This ruling was reversed by the
higher court after counsel for the
husband argued he had never given
up his residence at Gettysburg, Pa.
Evening star., 1938-03-22
FORMER INTERIOR
GUARD OFFICER DIES
Frederick Schroell, 81. Army
Veteran, Had Lived Here
About 80 Years.

Frederick Schroell. 81, of Sis Emer-
son street NV, retired lieutenant of
guards, Interior Department, and
Army veteran. died late yesterday in
Walter Reed Hospital. He had been
Ill about two weeks.
Mr., Schroell served 80 years in the
Army and retired as sergeant about
"a years ago. He retired as lieutenant
of Interior Department guards about
II years ago.
He was veteran Of the Spanish
American War, the Boxer rebellion
and campaigns against the Indians.
during his many years of military
service. A native of st. Louis. Mo.
he had been a resident here some 80
years.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Anna
Schroell; a son, Louis Schroell. and
three daughters, Mrs. George o.
Smithson, Mrs. C. w. Estes and Mrs.
E. T. Smith. all of this city, and two
brothers, Louis and Robert Schroell.
both of st. Louis. He also leaves six
grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held Thurs
day. The hour and other details were
to be announced later Burial will be
IN Arlington National Cemetery.
Evening star., 1938-03-22
.13G. W.STUDENTS
GET HIGH HONOR
Become First Members of
Phi Beta Kappa
Chapter.

Thirteen students at George Wash
ington University today became the
first student members of the District IS
first Phi Beta Kappa chapter installed
at the university February %.
Announcement of the elections was
made today by the Alpha Chapter OF
the national scholastic honorary fra
ternity in Washington. The group
Will be initiated and given their keys
at ceremonies April 2.
Prof. George N. Henning. president
OF the chapter, explained that election
Was not based solely on attainment of
high grades In courses though only
students with a scholastic average
midway between A and B were chosen,
Other considerations, he said, were
evidence Of creative mental powers.
character and indications of future
intellectual and cultural distinction
and social usefulness"
New members are as follows:
Thomas Ransel Brooks, 1885 K
street: George Robbins Brown, 1903
Forty-f1rst street; Edwin Mention Cage,
1922 Norton place; Preston Ercelle
Cloud. Waynesboro. Pa: Earl Eli
Eisenhart, 4Oo6 Illinois avenue; Bev-
erly Agnes Enmert, 45O4 Fifteenth
street; Richard Castleman Evans. 44O8
Greenwich parkway; Jack Rodney
Harlan. 1929 Forty second place; Mark
Hummer Lepper, Seven Oaks, Md. !;
Laura Emily Phillips, 1908 Clarendon
place. Edgemoor, Md; William Theo-
dore Pierson, 1921 Newark street: Alice
Babette West, 3841 Harrison street.
and Charles Conrad Wise, jr, 1929 L
street NE.
Evening star., 1938-03-22
GOLD SPIKE CEREMONY
TO MARK ROAD OPENING
Haley Miniature Railroad Will
Be Launched Officially
This Fveninc

That old railroad tradition of driv-
ing the golden spike at the first official
running of the company's rolling stock
will be fulfilled on a practically in
visible scale here tonight, when the
two trains of the Haley Miniature
Railroad are started for the first Off
cial time by A. Leftwich Sinclair, jr.,
president and engineer
Mr.. Sinclair has had a local jeweler
make up solid gold spike for use in
the ceremony, and he promises to
drive the spike tonight at 1920 M
street NV. The miniature railroad,
complete with tracks, signals, a tun-
mel, switches, station and town, is
built to scale. But the scale is one
fourth inch to foot, which makes
tonlght's spike driving activities some
thing to be watched through a mag
nifying glass.
Mr.. Sinclair, who is president of
Haley's Garage, yesterday showed the
miniature layout to Tommy Dorsey,
well-known band leader, who has his
own miniature railroad.
Evening star., 1938-03-22
PROPOSES LIBRARY
HONOR JEFFERSON
Conference Urges Move as
Tribute to Memory of
President.

Dedication of the Library of Con.
gress as a memorial to Thomas JET
ferson was proposed last night by the
Interfederation Conference.
The conference, composed Of dele
gates from the civic federations Of the
District and Montgomery, Prince
Georges and Arlington Counties, unan-
imously adopted report submitted
by Joseph B. Matre, chairman of a
special committee to study proposed
plans for a memorial to Jefferson's
memory.
Asserting the problem of selecting
an appropriate memorial "is a very
perplexing one" Mr.. Matre said:
1T would seem, nevertheless, par
ticularly appropriate at the present
time, when democracy is again under
attack, as it was in his day, that the
people of this generation who have
had ample opportunity to measure the
influence of Jefferson upon the des-
TIMES of the United States and the
world, should erect a monument to
his memory which will not decay with
the passing of time, but one which
will grow as the Nation and the world
grows, increasing in size and impor-
tance as the mind and knowledge Of
man increases"
The conference urged changing the
name of the Library to the Thomas
Jefferson Memorial Library: that a
statute of Jefferson be placed in the
rotunda of the building, and that a
section be set aside or an addition
built to preserve all available docu-
ments pertaining to his writings, his
life and his works.
The conference reiterated its stand
in opposition to installation of parking
meters in Washington on motion Of
Washington l. Cleveland, manager of
the District Motor Club of the Amer
ican Automobile Association and an
interfederation delegate from Mont
gomery County
Several other questions relating to
traffic were discussed, but we're re-
ferred to special committee. These
included the proposal for municipal
ownership of off-street parking faciI-
ities changing the date of issuance of
automobile tags to March /. all-night
parking and downtown parking.
Mr.. Cleveland was named chairman
Of the committee. Other members are
Fred CAST, j. Byron Brooks and Dis
trict delegate to be designated by L. A.
Carruthers, president of the District
Federation of Citizens Associations.
Evening star., 1938-03-22
WIFE WHO SENT HUSBAND
TO GALL|NGER is SORRY
He Escaped and Headed for
Florida-Family Quarrel
Brought Her Action.

Mrs. Margaret Entz. Agriculture
Department employe, whose husband
escaped from Gallinger Hospital
psychopathic ward Sunday night and
headed for Florida. said today she
wanted to apologize publicly for hav-
ing him sent to Gallinger for mental
observation after family quarrel.
He is just as sane as am and I
want to get all this mess Strengthened
out SO he can come home to me and
the children" Mrs. Entz said. I'VE
are both quick-tempered and had
some misunderstanding and I took
unfair advantage of him. I bitterly
regret it."
Mrs. Entz said she planned to 20
to the Corporation Counsel's Office
today to withdraw the charges against
her husband and attempt to remove
any official obstacle to his freedom.
Evening star., 1938-03-22
Police and 2 Neighbors Help
Man. Get Nocturnal BURGLAR

Louis Magruder's sleep was inter-
rupted abruptly early today by strange
noises coming from the basement of
his home in Seat Pleasant, Md.
Burglars" thought Mr.. Magruder,
and he climbed quietly from his bed
to summon Prince Georges County
police.
Officers Lawson Peed and r. A.
Naylor were dispatched from Upper
Marlboro and came scurrying to the
scene of the supposed HOUSEKEEPING
with sirens screaming.
When they arrived with guns drawn,
they found Mr.. Magruder armed with
a shotgun and two equally we'll armed
pajama clad neighbors standing in
front of the basement door ready to
blast the culprit (or culprits) into
Evening star., 1938-03-22
GREEN OPPOSES
WAGNER CHANGES
A. FL. Head Urges Revision
of Amendments to MI,
R. B. Measure.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
William Green, president of the
American Federation of Labor, told
Senate committee today he was op-
posed to extending authority of the
National Labor Relations Board where
Il mi ght favor one union over another.
Mr.. Green urged revision of amend
ments Senator Wagner, Democrat. of
New York has proposed to the Labor
Relations Act to make that law ap-
plicable to all employers benefitting
from Federal grants, loans or con-
tracts.
Instead of permitting the Labor Re-
lations Board to determine whether a
contractor had violated the Labor
Act. Mr.. Green suggested that this
fact be determined by a court He
charged that in the past union con-
tracts had been cancelled by the board
without the unions having had an
opportunity to present its side.
Sees Great Danger"
The A. F. of L. chief said he saw
great danger" to the maintenance of
union contracts in broad discretionary
powers which the Wagner amend
ments would give the board.
These contracts will be at the
mercy of the board" Mr.. Green told
An Education and Labor Subcommit-
tee. for if the board is to continue
to exercise the power to adjudicate
lurlsdictional disputes among unions,
1t may favor one union against an
other by finding that an employer with
a Government contract had violated
the National Labor Relations Act,
thereby depriving him of his contract
and in turn depriving his union en-
ployes of their jobs.
Coercion Is Seen.
1T can virtually coerce the employer
into making contract with a rival
union by exercising the discretion
given it Gn the Wagner amendments)
to recommend against imposing penal
ties for breach, if the employer un-
dertakes to contract with another or
rival union"
Mr.. Green said if changes he sug-
gested were made. the A. F. of L. would
support the Wagner amendments.
which Senator Wagner said were
drafted after the controller general
ruled that neither open nor deliberate
violations of the Labor Relations Act
furnished grounds for denying or can
ceiling Government contracts.
Evening star., 1938-03-22
MAJ. BROWN AND LESH
TO SPEAK OVER WRC

Maj. Ernest w. Brown, superin.
tendent Of police, and Paul Lesh
Washington attorney. will be speakers
on the Forward Washington" pro-
gram which will be broadcast from
10 to 1890 o'clock tonight over Sta
ton WRC.
The program is a discussion OF
civic affairs in the District. Mai
Brown will describe activities of the
Police Boys Club. and Mr.. Lesh will
discuss the problems of obtaining
suffrage for the District.
The program will be conducted by
John Hurley, N. B. C. announcer anc
a member of the District bar.
Evening star., 1938-03-22
OPEN FORUM TO DISCUSS
OPPORTUNITIES FOR JOBS
Miss Black and Mrs. Zapoleon
Will Speak Tonight at
Northeast Meetinp.

Unemployed youth out of school in
the Northeast section of Washington
will receive helpful suggestions on op-
portunities for jobs at an open forum
meeting Of the Northeast Neighbor-
hood Council at o'clock tonight in
the Northeast Branch of the Public
Library.
Speakers will be Miss Francois Black
of the National Youth Administra-
ton, Mrs. Louis Zapoleon, Junior coun-
selor of the District of Columbia Un-
employment Center, and representa-
tives from tbs Northeast Business
Mems Association and from public
schools in the neighborhood. Miss
Elizabeth RAINY, council chairman,
will preside.
Evening star., 1938-03-22

eternity should there be any escape
attempt.
Come out quietly or we'll shootp
commanded one OF the officers after
they had decided to use machine guns
rather than tear gas.
The shout was answered by a noisy
slam-bang, which sounded like an at
tempt to beat the wall in. The officers,
guns ready, slowly opened the door
Beams from their flashlights cut
through the darkness.
Then they breathed a sigh Of relief
and grinned, motioning Mr.. Magruder
and his neighbors alongside.
A black kitten, with a tomato can
clamped tightly over its head, was
running around in circles, creating
quite commotion by humping into
walls and boxes.
Evening star., 1938-03-22
WOMAN, 27, ENDS LIFE
By INHALING GAS
Body Found in Bathroom by
Husband, U. s. Worker.
Certificata TccunJ

Mrs. Minnie E. Daniels, q, ended
her life by inhaling illuminating gas
shortly before last midnight in the
bathroom of her home at 1ll2 Park
place NE
With gas flowing from a rubber
tube which had been attached to a
Jet. Mrs. Daniels was discovered living
on the floor by the husband, Arthur
Daniels. an employe of the Govern
ment Printing ONCE. on his return
home from work. Mr.. Daniels found
the door locked and forced his way
inside after smelling gas.
Coroner A. Magruder Macdonald.
who issued certificate of suicide,
said he was told the couple had a
disagreement recently.
Evening star., 1938-03-22

Helen L. Armstrong; daughter, Miss
Helen L. Armstrong; brother, Will
liam Spencer Armstrong, and a first
cousin, William J. Armstrong, all of
this city, and sister, Mrs. M. M.
McNamee. San Francisco, Calf.
Funeral arrangements were to be
announced later.
Evening star., 1938-03-22
Pigs Is Pups to Dog.

BLUEFIELD, w. Va. R.-"Pigs is
pigs" to Farmer j. NJ Riley-but pigs
is pups to his dog Shep.
The dog was respondent because
her recent litter had been given
away. Then Farmer Riley's hog died
and left four offspring. Shep imme-
diAtely took over the task of nursing
the pigs. They're thriving.
Evening star., 1938-03-22

brief illness. He
had been in Dis
trict service near
ly 40 years.
Mr.. Armstrong
for the District
b e an working
in August, 1898,
as a craftsman
in the street ex-
tension division,
then an inde-
pendent Office. He
was transferred
to the Surveyors s
Office in Febril.
ary, 1899, to be
in charge of SlIh-
Evening star., 1938-03-22
RITES SET TOMORROW
FOR MRS. MARY LEHMAN
Long Illness Fatal to Woman
Resident Of Washington
Since 1905.

Mrs. Mary Louisa Lehman, 80, wife
OF Isaac A. Lehman, died yesterday
at her home, 1920 Illinois avenue
NV, after an illness of several
months.
Mrs. Lehman had been a resident
of this city since coming here with
her husband in 1905. Besides her
husband, she leaves two sons. Jacob
H. and David R. Lehman, and three
grandchildren. all of this city.
Funeral services will be held at 3
pm. tomorrow at the Headquarters
building of Jehovah's Witnesses 1908
Massachusetts avenue NV. Burial
will be in Cedar Hill Cemetery.
Evening star., 1938-03-22
Golden Wedding Divorce.

FORT DODGE, Iowa (P).-Peter
Grell. y, who married so years ago,
is celebrating his golden wedding an
niversary this year by asking for a
divorce. His suit charged his wife,
Susan, q, with cruel and inhuman
treatment and desertion.
Evening star., 1938-03-22

division work. Mr.. Armstrong. a
lifelong resident of this city, was well
known among builders and land de-
velopers here. He resided in the
Cavendish Apartments, 1923 Columbia
road NV.
Among survivors are his widow. Mrs.
Evening star., 1938-03-22
ARMY DAY APRIL 6
All Citizens of District Asked to
Aid Observance.

Declaring that the Army "has al
ways been a symbol of the spirit of
the American people, unselfish and
loyal in patriotic duty in defending
our country and flag the District
Commissioners by proclamation today
called on all District citizens to aid
in the observance of Army Day,
April 6.
The Commissioners called on Dis
trict citizens to display the United
States flag on their places of business
and at their homes and to otherwise
appropriately observe the occasion. +"
Evening star., 1938-03-22
JOHN C. ARMSTRONG
DIES AT HOSPITAL
Assistant Engineer on Surveyors
Staff Had Been in D. C. Service
Nearly 40 Years.

John Cousineau Armstrong, 81, a
veteran assistant engineer on the staff
Of the District surveyor, died early
today at Garfield Hospital after
Evening star., 1938-03-22
Teacher Since 1878 Quits.

A woman who has just resigned as
senior teacher of school in Worthing,
England, began there as a pupil in
1873 and became a teacher at IS.
Evening star., 1938-03-22

liner Sap, who occupies q makeshift
shack on the other side Of the dump
with his wife and II children, who do
their best to support him in the style
to which the lotteries have accus-
toned him, again failed today to win
lucky ticket in the Irish Sweep
stakes.
Il always lose" said Mr.. Sap. Il
always bet and always lose. I am
one Of the millions who support the
Irish Sweepstakes and other lotteries
and I do my bit to help other people
win lucky tickets"
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1938-02-12
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railroads. set up
oil Refining co the complainant but ner
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gasoline connding gallon
which present freight rates are hd