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Evening star., 1938-07-03
BY JESSE C. SUTER.

~ UTSTANDING civic events
of the past week were the
citizens meeting to pro-
~ test against the proposed
Thomas Circle underpass, passage
by the Commissioners of a long list
of amendments to the traffic regula-
tions. the big farewell dinner to the
Engineer Commissioner, Col. Dan I.
Sultan, and the rejection by the P.
w. A. of the request of the Com
missioners for the allotment to the
District of $l8,150,000, recently au-
thorized by act Of Congress.
The Thomas Circle protests give
promise of producing an official
problem in the class with the IA
nous controversy over the emplace-
ment and erection of the Jefferson
Memorial
The amendments to the traffic
regulations were previously ap-
proved by the Traffic Advisory
Council. A majority of the amend
ments relate to parking regulations.
A number of new no parking areas
are designated to facilitate the flow
of traffic and restricted parking in
troduced in other congested Sec
tions. Several additional one-way
streets have been designated and
some left-hand turns eliminated.
Either right or left turns at Thir-
teenth and F streets NV. are pro-
hibited from 7 am. to midnight.
The Sultan dinner at the Willard
Hotel on Wednesday was beyond a
doubt the most notable and elabo-
rate farewell testimonial to a re-
tiring Engineer Commissioner.
Some years ago great dinner was
rendered the late Cuno H. Rudolph,
upon his retirement as a civilian
Commissioner. Mr. Rudolph had
served for a number of years, was
well known as a Washington busi-
ness man and active civic worker
when he was appointed to Office for
the first time. 1t was not to be
wondered that the citizens should
hold great celebration in his
honor upon his retirement. But
for an officer of the Army detailed
to serve as Engineer Commissioner
to deserve and obtain such recogni-
ton by the voteless and unrepre-
sented citizens of the District of
Columbia surely broke all records.
The predicament in which the
District finds itself as to the p w.
A. funds is in the nature of big
surprise. This is mingled with a
keen fear that there might be
failure to realize the fulflllment of
the promise of numerous and over
due public works.
Another matter which is engag-
ing attention is the question as to
the course to be followed in study
of the tax structure of the District
of Columbia, which the Congress
sional Joint Committee on Internal
Revenue Taxation has been au-
thorized to make. The present in
dications. are that some non-gov-
ernmental agency will be employed
to do this work under the drec-
ton of the Joint Committees corps
of experts. 1t has been suggested
that District officials and citizen
representatives be given an op-
portunity to cooperate in this
study.
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National Union

William D. Clark, chairman of the
Executive Committee, presided at the
assembly in Northeast Masonic Tenn
pie. Senators elected were Michael
j. Kindsfather, Potomac Council;
William j. O'Brien, Mckinley. and
Elmer johnson, Congressional. The
Executive Committee elected was
William D. Clark, chairman, Potomac
Council; Richard A. Walker, McKin-
ley; John E. Coover, Victory; Eugene
B. Bell. Congressional, and William
]. Kindsfather, Potomac.
The newly-elected senators will at
tend the sessions of the Senate in
Toledo. Ohio, during the week of
July 18.
Evening star., 1938-07-03
Civic Problems, Civic Bodies
Thomas Circle Plan Raises Many Questions;
P. W. Il. and the Commissioners; Even
the District Marks July 4th.
ing of Massachusetts, avenue under

ing of Massachusetts, avenue under
the circle was c. Marshall Finnan,
director of National Capital Parks.
He was promptly followed by many
private citizens. whose objections
were crystallized in protest meet
ing on Monday night.
The destruction of a number of
fine shade trees and certain WIDEN
ing Of the roadway OF Massachu-
sets avenue, it is feared, will event.
ually work a complete change in
the character OF this beautiful resi-
Dental avenue. Some can see a
transition into business thorough
fare If the tunnel is constructed.
The proposed underpass at Dupont
Circle would follow the line of Con-
necticut avenue a business street
occupied by street railway tracks.
The original proposals for the i'm
proving of the movement Of traffic
at Thomas Circle contemplate re-
lieving the street car congestion
on Fourteenth street. Numerous
and long have been the complaints
of the cars being backed up solid
from the circle to near Florida ave-
nue.. And the early studies had in
mind the relief of this acute mass
transportation problem.
In the original five-year plans
and estimates submitted by Capt.
Whitehurst to the Commissioners
two alternative treatments of
Thomas Circle were included. Plan
No. l was surface treatment
which carried the Fourteenth street
traffic, including the railway
through the circle on either side
of the statue. Other surface
changes were to be made in the
curb lines and some isles of safety
provided. Plan No. 2 was an un-
derpass carrying the street cars
only. This tunnel, it was proposed,
would have an extreme width of Is
feet 4 inches and a height Of IS
feet. This plan also carried surface
changes to facilitate the movement
of traffic.
There were vigorous protests
against carrying the Fourteenth
street roadway and street cars
through the circle but aside from
the objections of a few neighbor-
ing business men there was general
approval of the alternative plan of
carrying the street cars under the
circle. There appears to have been
no suggestion, until recently, of
carrying Massachusetts, avenue in
stead of Fourteenth street through
an underpass.
There are several questions aris-
Ing In the minds of citizens wres-
Ting with this problem. The first
is, does the appropriation act def
nitely require the underpass to
carry Massachusetts, avenue or may
1t be switched to Fourteenth street?
Another is, do not the Fourteenth
street cars carry in mass trans
portation a greater number of in
dlvidual passengers than are car
ried by the, probably greater num-
ber OF. vehicles passing over Mas
sachusetts avenue?
1t sometimes takes a long time
for construction work in the Dis
trict to get started after appropria-
tons are made. Some citizens say
that such delays are only the case
when there is general approval of
project and desire to have it
completed at an early date. They
express fear that as there is seri-
Gus objection raised to the Thomas
Circle underpass it will Just be
their hard. luck to have it rushed
through in record time,
Evening star., 1938-07-03

Company and landed in France July
13. 1918. He never got to the front.
Following the armistice he received
q special discharge in France and
went to work for his real love, the
Salvation Army, in Paris. He was one
Of the last American Salvation Army
employees to leave Paris, arriving home
in August, 1919.
Commissioned Captain.
But this time there was only one
future for young Dodd and he entered
the Salvation Army Training School
that same fall. being commissioned
captain in June, 1920, and sent to
Herkimer, N. Y, and then was ap-
pointed to the training college staff
in New York City in the fall Of 1921.
Here he married It.. Veretta Din
woodie in August, 1928.
The young couple were placed in
charge of Salvation Army work at
Oswego, N. Y, and the Fresh Air Camp
at Butler, N. j., in the summer of 1925.
The future major was then appointed
to administrative work serving in At
lanta and Augusta, Ga. and WASH
ington where he was divisional secre-
tary under Maj. James Asher. The
District Of Columbia division OF the
Salvation Army had become a char
ter member of the Community Chest
and Adjt. Dodd (his title in those days.
did yeoman service in the Chest cam
paign. He was shifted to Charleston,
w. Va, from there to Baltimore, from
there to Jacksonville, Fla. In the
meantime, Maj. Asher. who had done
splendid work in building up the Sal
vation Army in the Nations Capital,
was promoted to brigadier and given
charge of the second largest division
in the Southern territory with head
quarters ct Birmingham. Maj. Dodd
was named as his successor and with
his wife and four children came back
Evening star., 1938-07-03
GIRLS ATTEND CAMP
% Present at First Session at
st. George Island. Md.

Twenty-three girls are attending
the first month-long session at Camp
Merryelande, operated at St George
Island, Md, by the Siste1s Of the Holy
Cross.
Sister M. Una, camp director, is
assisted by three col,nselors, the
Misses Margery Hogelar1sa. Washing
ton; Agnes Ryan, Northa npton, Mass,
and Rebecca Cavanaugh, Tifan. Ohio.
The second period will tpen July 25.
Evening star., 1938-07-03
Catholic Daughters
Of America.

A business meeting of Court Dis
trict OF Columbia, No. 2l2, will be
held Tuesday night at the Willard
Hotel. This is the only meeting dur
ing July.
A moonlight cruise down the Po-
tomac on the City of Washington
will be held July Is. Tickets will
also be honored on the sunset cruise.
At the meeting of June 2l the
court donated $25 to assist in the work
OF the vacation schools being con-
Quoted in this city under the direc-
ton OF Father Miltonberger.
Evening star., 1938-07-03
BIRTHS REPORTED

Richard and Margaret Kidwell. girl.
Earle and Florence Thompson, girl
Cleveland and Helen Norcross. girl.
Alvin and Virginia Curtis. girl.
Glenard and Georgia Rowell, boy.
Clarence and Mary Moore, girl.
Francis and Mary Wells, girl.
Roy and Elsie Hunt, boy.
Elijah and Ruth Seth, girl.
Henry and Maria johnson, girl.
Clarence and Eleanor Margraff. girl.
Francis and Pauline Magrum, girl.
Max and Rose Katz. girl.
Nelson and Florence Haas, boy.
Paul and Vivette Barbot. girl.
George and BERTHE Lambert, girl.
Thomas and Margaret Constable. boy.
Evening star., 1938-07-03
DEATHS REPORTED

Ernest A. Short. 6s. CART eld Hospital.
Joe Tamagni, IS. Casualty, HOSPITAL.
John Handy. 65. Garfield fsospital,
William Nef, So, Providence Hospital.
Lillian. C. Sullivan, 81. Providence Hos
Eugene Jacobs, 10, Georeet own Channel.
Betty Ann Darne. l. 4SO II st. S.W.
Maggie ss. Holmes So Homei for Aged and
Helen M Porter. 50. 11Op Vermont ave.
Sadie DSyis 30 Gallinger Hospital.
Wallace McKnight, 33. Emergency Hos.
Lucille Everheart. 90 St. Elizabeths Hos
pital.
Edward Hall Bell IA. 211y Ward place.
Evening star., 1938-07-03
Royol Arconum

Municipal Council met June 27 at
lois L street NV. The degree was
administered to Raymond Winchester
and Robert falman by Regent Eugene
Minoux. Grand Regent Herman
Wealthal and Supreme Representative
I. S. Childs were guests of honor. The
applications of Hugh Myers and James
Reed were presented by Sitting Past
Regent T. w. Carroll and approved by
the council
The council meets July IL at the
above hall at 8 pm. Raymond billiard
will be initiated.
Evening star., 1938-07-03
Independence Day Tomorrow
Even in De- d. c.

INDEPENDENCE DAY will be
celebrated tomorrow by the
voteless and unreWesented resi-
dents, or, as some call them, in
mates" of the District of Columbia,
in much the same manner as if
this community enjoyed all the
fundamental privileges promised
by the Declaration. Reverently
will these de-Americanized Ameri-
cans assemble and read that ia
nous document, listen to patriotic
flights of oratory, sing inspiring
patriotic music and rededicate
themselves to American ideals.
There will be numerous neigh
borhood celebrations, special exer-
cises will be held by many organi-
cations and the community as
whole will close the day with
monster general event which will
include music, pageantry, oratory
and fireworks. Washington gen.
orally outdoes itself in observance
OF the Fourth of July. 1t is doubt
full if any other community in the
country makes more ado over the
day than these Columbians who
are only subjects of the Nation
and of Congress.
For Independence Day in the
District of Columbia to pass with
out giving thought to the most
vital problem confronting the in
habitants of the Nations Capital
would be grievous omission. In
most of the civic programs COM
piled by the civic groups from time
to time problem No. l is listed as
the need for voting representa-
ton in the governmental bodies
which govern the District both
nationally and locally. The vari-
Gus rights to which the Declaration
of Independence declares We are
entitled are only to be made avail
able through an amendment to
the Constitution of the United
States which will result in the
grant to District residents the right
to voting representation in the
Senate and House of Representa-
tives and the right to vote for
electors for President and Vice
President.
These rights are needed by Dis
trict residents, not only because
the Congress and the President
exercises certain powers over this
community, but because the people
OF the District are a part of the
Nation and as such are as vitally
interested in the conduct of the
affairs of the entire country as
citizens of State. District resi-
dents are subject to every law and
tax which apply to all Americans.
They are required to bear all bur-
dens in peace and in war borne
by other Americans and if the
Declaration of Independence means
anything they are as justly en-
titled to voting participation in the
councils of the Nation as any other
Americans.
The District Is confronted by
many intricate problems which In
volve questions Of justice and fair
play and they have no more as.'
surance, or it may be not as much,
as the Colonists had when thew
gave that bloody and long-drawn.
out farewell to the late George III.
Tomorrow is time for dedication
anew to the cause of the An1eri-
canization of the Washingtouian-
that is still District problem No. l.
Thomas Circle Underpass
Produces Other Problems.
Designed to help solve some Of
the traffic problems, the proposed
underpass under Thomas Circle
has added to the worries OF the
District officials and some of the
Federal officers as well. One Of the
first to raise objectpn to the carry-
Evening star., 1938-07-03
To Meet p. w. A. Requirements
Difficult for Commissioners,

The reported rundown of the
request of the District Commission
ers for the allotment of P. w. A.
funds because of failure to COM
ply with the requirements of the
Public Works Administration gives
emphasis to other of the Districts
problems. That is the inability of
the local government to function
as other municipalities and further
the failure by public officials and
others to understand this distinc-
tive difference.
Some persons learning that the
request of the Commissioners for
the P. w. A. funds to carry forward
the needed capital improvements
will Immediately charge the Com
mlssloners and their subordinates
with being negligent in not being
ready with complete plans, speci-
ncatlons and estimates for the vari-
GUS projects listed in their pro-
gram. AS a matter of fact, their
hands being tied. They are not
able, as elsewhere, to make appro-
prlation of contingent fund from
which they might employ archi-
tects and engineers to work up
plans for improvements which are
frequently long overdue and sure
to be soon needed to an increasing
degree. They had not single dol
lar for such work, so far as any
Item can be discovered in any re-
cent appropriation bill. They did
nave money to plan the municipal
center. but as to most of the other
projects they were without funds.
There is another factor which
must be considered before too
hastily condemning the Commits
sloners and that is they were un-
able to guess whether Congress
would pass and the President sign
the required legislation authorizing
the P. w. A. to treat the District
as other communities and giving
the further authority for the Com
missioners to accept a combined
loan and grant in the amount of
$l8,150,000. AS a matter of fact,
the Commissioners had no author
lty to anticipate the passage Of
the act nor money to make eff
fective such anticipation. The
District is doing all that is hu-
manly possible to comply with the
P. w. A. demands, but it is a
most difficult problem. This poor,
innocent. helpless community is
IN serious danger of having SELF
determining, prepared communities
licking the platter clean while it
looks on with mouth watering.
Further Court Reforms
May Speed Up Judicial Procedure.
The Small Claims Court and
the Lunacy Commission are sure
to- be q. help in speeding up pre-
cedpre In both the Municipal Court
and the District Court. The ap-
4 pofntment Of the additional judges
Will also Be Of great help in the
handling Of both civil and criminal
cases, but there -still are indica-
tidns Of continued congestion and
delay. In other communities courts
are finding 'pre-trial sessions" are
shifting the: administration of JUS
tice into high" The consequent
saving Of time to litigants, lawyers
and the taxpayers il making this
innovation popular. This common
sense plan has been, In operation
In Detroit for six years with great
success "Pre-trial sessions in
equity cases are worthy Of study
as solution of some Of our ju-
dicial problems.
Evening star., 1938-07-03
Rebekah Lodges.

Martha Washington Lodge will re-
cess during July and August A MOON
light excursion will be held July is
down the river, the proceeds of which
60 to Odd Fellows Home benefit A
picnic is planned for July II at Com
munity Park, end of street car line on
Georgia avenue, at $50 pm.
Evening star., 1938-07-03
Naval Cadets Ordered to Duty.

Nineteen aviation cadets of the
Naval Reserve have been designated
naval aviators and ordered to duty
with the feet. according to Navy
Department announcement. All of.
them have been assigned to carrier
based squadrons.
Evening star., 1938-07-03
Thomas Circle Underpass,
Produces Other PrOblems.

Designed to help solve some Of
the traffic problems, the proposed
underpass under Thomas Circle
has added to the worries Of the
District officials and some Of the
Federal officers as well. One Of the
first to raise objectpn to the carry-
The Washington times., 1938-10-21
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D ST. N. E., 11O1-5 outside rms, bath.
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TuxedOs for Hire

TUXEDOS, full dress. accessories ladies'
gowns. wraps Bernie's. 713 9TH N. w.
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ANACOsTIA-12O1 Talbert St.-6 rms
bath: Arcola heater; $3.50. Key 24O0
Nichols Ave. Agent, Shannon & Luchs.
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1 rm., d., a.. kit. Murphy bed $34.00
SHANNON & LUCHS CO.
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Evening star., 1938-11-13
Auto Show Closes;
Attendance, Record Set

Breaking all attendance records
for recent years, the 10th Annual
Washington Automobile Show ended
last night at the stroke of II o'clock,
signalized by blasts from 10 auto
mobile horns.
Within 80 minutes the exhibits In
the Chevy Chase Ice Palace were
being dismantled, huge crane low
ering the automobiles from the Sec
ond floor to the ground. Many of
these cars no doubt are soon to be
running over Washington streets
under their own power.
Of6cials Of the Washington Auto
motive Trade Association, which
sponsored the show, were encouraged
by the results obtained. r. j. Muir
ply, show manager, especially was
pleased. The new hall and the daily
show staged from the balcony were
added factors in attracting the
crowds.
Armistice Day Friday, established
a new all-time high in daytime at
tendance since the beginning of the
auto shows 10 years ago.
Evening star., 1938-11-13
Mrs. Roosevelt to Aid
PIoy Sponsorship

Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt has
accepted the honorary Craftsmanship
of the Benefit Committee in charge
of arrangements for the National
Women's Trade Union League play,
Pins and Needless" to be presented
at the National Theater December
5, the league announced yesterday.
Proceeds from play admissions will
be used in the leagues educational
program. Mrs. James Austin Stone
is chairman of the Benefit Com
mittee.
Evening star., 1938-11-13
Traffic Safety Topic
Of Research Board

The Highway Research Board of
the National Research Council will
begin four-day annual meeting at
the National Academy of Sciences
Building November %.
Among the topics to be discussed
during the sessions are highway de-
signing, traffic safety and control,
roads economy, highway materials
and construction and soil mechanics
and stabiliZatiOn,