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Evening star., 1938-06-23
D. c: GOVERNMENT
UNITS Will MOVE
T0NEW QUARTERS
Shifting of Playground
Department Tomorrow
to Start Transfers.
GIVEN OFFICES IN OLD
POLICE COURT BUILDING
Change Will Be First Step in
Space Finding Plan Approved
by Commissioners.

An extensive space-revamping pro-
gram affecting several municipal gov
eminent divisions will be inaugurated
tomorrow, when the District Play
ground Department is transferred
from the District Building to quarters
in the old Police Court Building.
This will be the first step in a pro-
gram recommended by the Districts
Space Finding Committee, which has
just been approved by the Commits
sioners. The changes are to be car
ried out under direction of E. P.
Brooke, superintendent Of the District
Building and member of the Space
Finding Committee.
The Playground Department. which
now occupies three rooms in the Dis
trict Building. will be assigned f1ve
third-f1oor rooms on the Sixth street
side Of the old Police Court Building,
which is undergoing reconditioning
under a $4,000 congressional appro-
priation.
The newly created Lunacy Commits
sion also will be quartered in the court
structure. 1t will be located on the
second floor on the Sixth street side.
Will Get Larger Rooms.
The Board of Indeterminate Sen
tence and Parole, which Is housed ut
present in two small rooms at the
District Building, will be provided
two larger rooms in the Court Build
ing, but its transfer probably will not
take place until about the first of the
new fiscal year.
Another agency scheduled to be
transferred from the District Building
about July is the Minimum Wage
Board. At present 1t has only one
room, but it is expected to be as
signed at least two rooms in its new
quarters In the old Court Building.
The Permit Bureau of the Health
Department, now located at 9O1 Eighth
street NV, also will be moved to
the Court Building. Ofdcials said four
rooms probably will be assigned to this
division.
New quarters for the Editing and
Publishing Division Of the District
Works Progress Administration will
be provided in the w. p. A. head
quarters at 460-476 c street NV
under the space plan.
Capt. Bishop TO- Get Top Floor.
The top floor of the old Police co,,rt
structure will be assigned to Capt,
II. s. Bishop, assistant Engineer Com
missioner, who also is a member of
the Space Finding Committee.
The quarters vacated by the divi-
sions to be transferred will be used by
other municipal Offices now in the
District Building. Two Of the Play-
ground Department rooms are to be
reserved for the recently-created
Board of Tax Appeals, while the third
Will be assigned to the inspector of
claims.
In addition to their present quar-
tiers the business privilege tax and
State inheritance tax Offices will be
assigned room 20, now occupied by
the w. P. A. Editing and Publishing
Division, and room ~, the present
odce OF the inspector of claims.
Whatever use will be made of room
500, now occupied by the Minimum
Wage Board and located next to Com
missioner Hazen's Office, will be left
up to the Commissioner.
Evening star., 1938-06-23
Golfer Crossing
Roadway at Links
Is Injured by Car

An Anacostia golfer suffered
several fractured ribs and per-
haps internal injuries today
when he was struck by an auto
mobile operated by q woman
learning to drive.
The golfer, John r. Ryon, 81,
Of 800 H street NE, was taken to
Sibley Hospital after the accident,
which occurred on Anacostia
Park drive, Is he crossed to play
another hole.
Police said the motorist, Mrs.
Blanche ]. Stull, 50, Of 408
Fourth street NE, possessed .
beginners" permit. She was ae-
eompanted hy . woman friend.
Evening star., 1938-06-23
PALM|SAN0 HITS
D. c. COUNCIL PLAN
TOHELP CONGRESS
Says Commissioner Board
Suffices in Advice on
Local Legislation.
DIRKSEN HAS UPHELD
ELECTIVE PRINCIPLE
Wanted Balanced Group to Act
in Plebiscites to Gain
.. Views on Needs.
By JAMES z. CHINN.

The proposal Of Representative
Dirksen, Republican. of Illinois for
an elected citizens advisory council
to confer with congressional COM
mittees on all local legislation was
definitely spiked today by Chairman
Palmisano of the House DISTRICT Com
mittee.
I'VE don't need an advisory council
to tell us what the people of Wash
ington think about proposed local
legislation" declared Mr.. Palmisano.
THE Commissioners are supposed
to be the representatives Of the people
Of the District. That Is their Job.
Somaimes they represent the people
all right and sometimes they don't.
But I don't believe an advisory council
would improve the situation.
What the District needs is q board
Of young active Commissioners that
will work and give serious study to
legislative as well as municipal prob
lens. Such board, I am confident,
would be more representative of the
people Of Washington than an ad-
visory council"
Plebiscites Held Valuable.
Mr.. Dirksen had suggested that the
advisory council conduct unoncial
plebiscites like the recent one on the
national representation and local
suffrage resolutions to ascertain the
views Of District residents on pro-
posed legislation. Such q plan, he
explained, would enable the council
to present to Congress a report en-
bodying the views of a majority of
the people Of the District and thus
avoid the conflicting positions taken
by various groups in the past.
Mr.. Palmisano, however, does not
agree with Mr.. Dirksen, who, Incl
dentally. is the ranking minority
member Of the District Committee.
Il seriously doubt whether all the
people of Washington, or even the
majority, will ever see eye-to-eye on
the same question" declared Mr..
Palmisano. In my opinion, there
will always be conflict under our
present form Of government. One
group may approve certain legislation
but another group will pop up TO op-
pose it."
Equalised Council Seught
Mr.. Dirksen proposed a council of
four members. one representing each
Of the geographical sections Of Wash
ington-the Northwest, Southwest,
Northeast and Southeast. Under such
an arrangement, he said, no section
would have an unfair advantage over
the other in membership.
When Mr.. Dirksen left Washington
last week, he said he hoped the Com
missioners would take steps to create
the council before the next session of
Congress in January, so that it would
be organized and prepared to function
when the first District bill Is dropped
into the legislative mill.
Evening star., 1938-06-23
BAND CONCERTS

BY the Soldiers Home Band In
the bandstand at 7 o'clock tonight,
John S. M. Zimmerman, bandmaster;
Anton Pointner, assistant.
Program.
March. 1.-The Spirit of Youth"
DR.. Goldman
Overture. "Fidelio" won Beethoven
Grand ballet, Ballet Russo" Luigini
l. Czardas 2. Valse Lente.
8. Mazurka
Excerpts from musical comedy, "The
Desert Song --- Romberg
Popular numbers, Honest and Truly"
Rose
Valsette, I'm Shadowland" Albert
Finale. "Laurels of Victory" Woods
THE Star Spangled Banner"
BY the Marine Band at the District
War Memorial in West Potomac Park
at 7:30 O'Clock tonight. Capt. Taylor
Branson, leader; William F. Santel-
mann, assistant.
Program.
March Hail America" -Drumm
Overture, 'Massaniello' -Auber
"Idyl" Coates
Euphonium solo, Beautiful Colorado"
De Luca
John Burroughs.
Scenes from Faust" --- Gounod
Cornet solo, Showers Of Cold Clark
Winfred Kemp
Revere" ---------Vi -Vieuxtemps
"Bachanale," from Samson and
Delllah" -Saint-Saens
The Marines Hymn.
THE Star Spangled Banner"
BY the Marine Band in the audi
torium of the Marine Barracks at I
pm. tomorrow. Capt. Taylor Bran
son, leader; William F. Santelmann,
assistant.
Program.
Marines Hymn.
Grand march, Festival -Borch
Overture, Joan Of Arc" -Soderman
Violin solo with band accompaniment,
Concerto" opius 81 -Mendelssohn
Albert Schoepper.
'Praeludium' Jarnefelt
'Valse Triste" Sibelius
Cornet solo, Southern Cross Clarke
(a) Swedish Wedding March"
Soderman
CO. Swedish Coronation March"
Svendsen
Tone poem, "Finlandia" Sibeluis
Hymn, "A Mighty Fortress Is Our
Lord" Luther
THE Star Spangled Banner"
Evening star., 1938-06-23
SA|Lb0AT OWNER
FINED IN CRASH
$3.50 Assessed in Collision
Of City of Washington
and Fancy Pants.

The collision on May IS last In
Washington Channel between the
steamer City Of Washington and the
sailboat Fancy Pants has resulted ir
a fine of $3.50 being assessed by the
Bureau of Mine Inspection and Navi-
CATION against the boat and its owner
Daniel r. Ayers, of this city.
The report of the board, which con-
Quoted an investigation Of the acci-
dent, found no fault with the opera
ton Of the excursion steamer by Capt.
John w. Emering. The action is SUBJ
ject to appeal.
The fine, 5000 of which is against
the vessel and $50 against Mr.. Ayers,
was assessed. according to inspection
on1cials, for violation of the inland
rules of the road. At the same time,
Comdr. R. S. Field, U. S. NJ, retired,
director of the bureau, said that he
would take under advisement the rec
ommendation Of the inspectors who
conducted the inquiry that some ac-
ton be taken looking toward requir-
ing amateur boatmen Of Washington
to have knowledge of the navigation
rules of the road and boat operation.
In his letter approving the report of
the Board Of Inquiry, Comdr. Field
said that the evidence showed that
Mr.. Ayers, owner and operator of the
Fancy Pants, did not hear the danger
signal of the City of Washington,
which was sounded as it became ap-
parent that q collision was imminent.
It further showed, he said, that the
master Of the Fancy Pants had no
knowledge Of the inland rules Of the
road governing the type Of craft which
he was operating.
The inspectors who conducted the
inquiry, Capts. William w. Storey and
Alfred w. KabernAgel, recommended
that in the interest of safety of life
on the local waters for those riding
IN small boats, some steps be taken
to acquaint motor and sail boat oper-
ators with the importance of knowing
the rules of the road and safety rules
aboard ships, particularly those of the
gasoline type. The bureau officials
indicated that they will make thor
ough study of the matter.
1t was indicated a$ probable that
the recommendations Of Capts. Storey
and Kabernagel would be taken up
with the chief Of police here with q
view to ascertaining whether police
harbor regulations might be changed
to provide the measures Of safety
which the inspectors believe to be nee
sasaty 70 obv1ate the loss Of life and
injury which the present conditions
make possible.
Evening star., 1938-06-23
BRIDGE WILL CLOSE
Highway Span to Be Barred Next
Tuesday for Dredging.

Dredging operations in connection
with improvement Of the Washington
Channel will necessitate the closing
Of the Highway Bridge for five hours
next Tuesday.
Engineers said 1t would be neces-
sary to open the drawbridge in the
span for that length Of time. The
bridge will b closed to vehicular and
pedestrian tsafac from midnight Nom
day b ) An. Tuesday.
Evening star., 1938-06-23
ROOSEVELT SIGNS BILL
ON HOLMES RESIDENCE
Measure, Provides for Naming of
Committee to Decide on Use
- OF House.

President Roosevelt has signed a
bill authorizing the Government to
accept as gift the home Of the late
Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes. Justice
Holmes willed the residence to the
Government. The home is located at
l720 I street NV.
The bill. signed by President Roose-
velt, reported by the Associated Press
from Hyde Park, provides for appoint
ment of q committee Of three members
each of the House and Senate and
three members Of the Supreme Court
to decide on how the house shall be
used.
Evening star., 1938-06-23
LEGA[|TYOF CHA.
RESTS WITH COURT
No indication Given When
Justice Bailey Will
Reach Decision.

The long-pending dispute over le-
gality of Group Health Association,
Inc. which is providing medical serv-
ice for thousands of Government work.
ers in many agencies. today was in
the hands of Justice Jennings Bailey
of District Court for decision under
the Declaratory Judgment Act.
During hearing on the case yester-
day, G. H. A. was defended by its own
counsel, by the District of Columbia
Chapter Of the National Lawyers
Guild and by the Association of Medi-
cal Co-operatilves. It was attacked by
counsel for the United States, Attorney
David A. Pine; District Supt. Of Insur-
ance. J. Bach Moor. and the District
Medical Society.
Arguments were on motions to dis
miss the suit filed by G. H. A. itself to
establish its legal status. There was
no indication as to when Justice
Bailey may hand down his decision.
Wide Reverberations in U. s.
The controversy, started some
months ago when counsel for the
Medical Society charged G. H. A. with
violation of law. in a presentation be-
fore the corporation counsel, has re-
verberated throughout the country.
In Congress, both sides of the contro-
versy have been criticized and de-
Tended, and resolutions for investiga-
ton still are pending. The American
Medical Association has backed the
District Medical Society. The Depart
ment Of Justice is pursuing an inde-
pendent investigation of the Medical
Society, to determine whether its op-
position to q. H. A. comes within the
scope of the antitrust laws.
Opposition to g. H. A. Is based
largely on economic factors of the
medical profession, E. X. NeumAn,
counsel for @. H. A., yesterday told the
court. He denied it was engaged in
the corporate practice of medicine. A.
Blaine York, denied g. H. A. was en-
gagged in the insurance business. Is
charged by the opposition.
Act Held Violated.
Howard Boyd, representing the dis
trict attorney, charged g. H. A. vio-
lated the Medical Practices Act by
corporate practice Of medicine. and by
acts exceeding the authority Of its
franchise. Vernon West, for the SUI
perintendent of insurance, charged O..
H. A. with doing an insurance busi-
ness without license. George p. Hoo
yer, for the Medical Society, declared
q. II. A. had changed 1ts bylaws after
the legal proceeding had started, IN
e6ort 70 avoid violation a Nv.
Evening star., 1938-06-23
Receives Degree at Drexel.

Nye s. Spencer Of 2807 Connecticut
avenue NV, has received his bache-
lor Of science degree in electrical engi.
neering from Drexel Institute Of Tech.
nology in Philadelphia, It was an
nounced here yesterday.
Evening star., 1938-06-23
STAR CARRIER BOYS
TO SEE FIGHT FILM
Special Morning Show Will Be
Held for I, 200 Tomorrow at
Mount Rainier Theater.

About 1900 Star carrier boys and
their helpers will see the Louis
Schmeling fight pictures, full-length
feature and program of short sub
jects at the Cameo Theater, Mount
Rainier, Md, at IL am. tomorrow
as guests Of Sidney Lust, proprietor
OF the theater, in cooperation with
The Star.
The special morning showing Of
the pictures will be exclusively for
the 1900 boys. They are asked to
be at the theater by 1880 am. so
that late arrivals will not disturb
those already inside.
Evening star., 1938-06-23

Mans natural powers are commonly
exercised in the three main forms Of
thought, speech and action.
Evening star., 1938-06-23

Peru. one Of the worlds great silver
producing countries, has m meal
culahae reserve ot oliver IN the earth.
Evening star., 1938-06-23

BY the Marine Band at the District
War Memorial in West Potomac Park
at 7:3o O'Clock tonight. Capt. Taylor
Branson, leader; William F. Santel-
mann, assistant.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1938-08-11

ITO build fire. SAM sis impossible There nothing
Nor there other the
the blasts of wind that the mountain all through the night
They climbed for two h0urs-and by that time they
but exhausted They stopped
suddenly terrific avalanche them
clmbers-the time when they if there
to-
The slde" trail
coming had delayed just believe
bodies would be reposng under thousand
ice. didn't
three o'clock hudded ledge expecting
another avalanche
to find the lost trail We didn't find and to matters
the sinking rapidly it getting
Took Refuge in Cave ,ahs" ~ ss.a,
The situation and his decided
thing certainly should done about But wha None Of them knew
being morning
place dig but two of them lay still the
With difficulty the others them their
them, they glacier
Although they didn't them that that
all their lives.
They found and huddled into They didn't
They'd freeze death Their supply had by that e
gnawig added
moving
them.
black guides Macugnaga
with binoculars
pushed the last stretch glacier The
able enduancehad climbed all night long reach them before
late They literally carried the five the
rushed them hospital member of the
amputated,
Johnson the didn't
copyrght-WNU Service
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1938-08-11
Floyd &S&o's<
ADVENTURES CLUB
HEADLINES FROM THE LINES
OF PEOPLE LIKE YOURSELF!
Mountain DOOM
BY FLOYD GIBBONS
Famous Headline Hunter

ELLO EVERYBODY:
Samuel Johnson of Brooklyn N Y, has two hobbies and
of them bound to get him into trouble later
Sans hobbies skiing climbing and
has bunch doesn't
be told it's before
Mountain climbing little skiing
It's of mountain climbing with which Sam buss into the club
Distinguished Advenurer good Sam has lived
abroad, chiefly in Italy.
And day in July 1881 the Italian Alps, he had
little that almost
neither in Italy anywhere else.
Climbing the DOufoure Peak.
along with himself climb the Doufourehe highest
difficult Monte
without for all of thought suf
fcieny expert at climbing along without them That SAM
the first mistake
Sam takes time here explain that absolutely
reach that peak before eleven that hour
afternoon its height melting the letting loose
thousands of tons of rock dirt ice along with
"the climbing this well
warded by magnificent that uned before
The early shining Monte Rosa because phe
the colorte
that those peaks their We o'clock
after make Roadway Places
still distance the That
From the position next to impossible to judge dis
tance-or direction. But by nine O'clock
Lost and Cut Off by Avalanche
nine o'clock that it
They they thoroughly
They altitude about twelve thousand and
night spent the cold that level pretty be fatal
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1938-08-11

Stanislaus Zbyszko was heavyweight
wrestling champion at sixty. They
might add that Big Bill Tilden at
the age of forty could beat any kid
in tennis, that Cy Young was pitch
ing star baseball in his forties and
Babe Ruth was still cracking out
home runs in his late thirties. But
the professor could answer that
these were isolated exceptions and
stand by his guns.
Baseball players reach stardom
in the upper twenties, the Lehman
survey shows. The best single year
of the average baseball player, be
he pitcher, infielder or outfielder, is
twenty-eight. Some arrive earlier.
For instance, Bob Teller amazed
the baseball world year or two
ago with his pitching at the age of
eighteen and Johnny Wander Nicer
pitched two consecutive nO-hit, no
run games recently at the age of
tWenty-three.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1938-08-11

middleweights, twenty-six for well
terweights, lightweights and feath-
erweights and twenty-four for ban
tamweights. ~
Youngsters have their best chance
in tennis, the figures reveal, most of
the championships going to players
between twenty-five and twenty-six.
Helen Wills Moody won the U. S.
Women's championship at the age of
eighteen.
But if your sporting inclinations
take different directions, the age
curve may rise slightly. Suppose
you have ambitions to be a cham
pion corn husker. Then the year in
which the greatest chances of sue
cess offer themselves is thirty. Pro-
lessor Lehman's figures show, fur
Their, that the best corn huskers
range in age from twenty-six to
thirty.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1938-08-11
Here and There

A UNIQUE golf performance in
4 \ England recently, is that of
Leonard G. Crawley, English ex-
champion and Walker cup player,
who won two competitions in one
day-the St. Georges Hill trophy at
Weybridge and the Gold Medal at
Sunningdale. This involved him in
three rounds of Is holes each, and
he averaged even tours Tom
my Loughran, former ight-heavy-
weight boxing champion, famous as
a boxer rather than slugger, re-
marked recently in Philadelphia:
"Many Of these modern fighters
know nothing about keeping man
off balance or feinting him into posi-
ton for blow. What a snap it
would be now!"
Sammy Gray, former American
league pitcher, is managing and do
ing relief duty for Texarkana in the
East Texas league There
have been no shutouts in the ALL
Star baseball series Joe Boley,
former shortstop for the Athletics,
has been dropped as manager of
the Pocomoke City team in the East
ern Shore league 4. Nose Swaney,
former minor Lacquer, is fifty-two
years old, but he plans to pitch SO
games for the House of David team
this summer Mel OFT and Carl
Hubbell are the only active MEM
bers of the Giants who were with
the team in 1928 Murray Ka-
mer, sparring partner in Joe
Louis training camps, is former
North Carolina lineman who quit
the Philadelphia Eagles after three
days because he said pro football
was too tough.
@ Western Newspaper Union.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1938-08-11
Pugilistic Prime

Prize fighters reach their peak
few years earlier than baseball
players, most of the championships
in the various divisions being won
regularly by boxers from twenty
four to twenty-seven, according to
Professor Lehman. The possible ex-
ception is the heavyweight division,
where Twenty-Five seems to be the
magic year. Joe Louis reached the
heights a good deal earlier than
most champions.
The Lehman figures show that the
average age of boxing champions
decreases steadily from twenty -nine
for heavyweights to twenty-eight for
light heavyweights, twenty-seven for
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1938-08-11

won the championship from Fred
die Steele recently. Hostak has new
er fought outside his native state of
Washington.
There is plenty Of classy opposi-
ton for the new king of the middle
weights to meet when he . gets
around to it. Right out on the coast.
he can fight Fred Apostolic, who
holds decision over Steele and
has been called the, uncrowned
champion, and Young Corbett.
Half dozen other standouts in
the middleweight division could
probably give Hostak an argument.
They include Solly Krieger, Woods,
Yarosz and the new sensation, Billy
Soose of Penn State.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1938-08-11
Many Moth Families

Most people call moths butterflies,
yet there are about nine times as
many moth families as butterfly
families. Because butterflies fly by
day, while moths are night flyers,
the former are common sights to
the most casual observer. There
are, however, numerous ways of
telling them apart. Butterflies fold
their wings high over their backs
when at rest, while moths fold theirs
down flat. Butterflies have club
shaped antennae, while those of
moths are feathered.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1938-08-11
of Sports
Champs Are
Youn gster.s,
Survey Shows
By GEORGE A. BARCLAY

By GEORGE A. BARCLAY
IF YOU want to be a champion
corn husker, a star baseball play
er or an ace prize fighter, you had
better get around to it by or before
the age of thirty. Otherwise you are
in the "Old man" class and your
chances for athletic eminence are
practically nil. AT least that is the
conclusion of Professor Harvey G.
Lehman of Ohio State university,
who has made a survey of age in
relation to sports.
Sporting championships belong to
youth, says Professor Lehman and
he proceeds to support his conten-
ton with impressive statistics. Old
timers might contradict him by
pointing out that Bob Fitzsimmons
won the heavyweight championship
at the age of thirty-five and that