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Evening star., 1938-09-04
SCHOOL OPENS SEPT. IS
Academy of Holy Names Expands
Facilities for Pupils.

The Academy of the Holy Names in
Silver Spring. Md, will open Septem-
ber Is. with registration on the same
day. it has been announced by the
principal, Sister Mary Eleanore.
During the summer an addition,
housing four classrooms, science lab
ratory, a cafeteria. small auditorium
and four music rooms has been built
to the main structure. One of the
classrooms in the Old building has
been converted into library.
Dramatics, voice and violin have been
added to the curriculum Of the acad-
emy-a Catholic high school, which
started two years ago.
Evening star., 1938-09-04
Vacant House Fire
Proves to Be Smoke
OF Sulphur Candles

Firemen rushed to l7l8 Six
teenth street Sc. late yesterday
in answer to the call of an anx-
ious neighbor that "a vacant
house is on fire"
Rushing into the dwelling, from
which smoke was pouring out
around the closed windows. several
flremen came out with alacrity.
Crowds stood gaping while they
grabbed for gas masks and, dom
ming them, rushed back in.
Several minutes later they re-
turned to the street.
Sulphur candles" one of them
said Somebody fumigating an
empty house"
Evening star., 1938-09-04
CHANNEL TO BE CLOSED
James River Cut-Of Will Be
Dredged Tuesday.

NORFOLK. Va. Sept. 3 (P).-Jones
Neck cutoff channel in the James
River will be closed to traffic from s
am. Tuesday until further notice, It.
Col. j. H. Carruth. U. S. A.. district
engineer with headquarters at Norfolk,
announced today.
Col Carruth said a dredge would be
at work at the lower end of the chan
mel and the channel would be closed
to all traffic. Vessels are directed to
Use the old river channel while the
dredging operations are in progress
Evening star., 1938-09-04

Lett the Districts efghtinq svstem-the
signal board at fire alarm headquarters the District Building
When febor pulled, lights flash and bells ring
board Joe Johnson talks telephone 1Oh chief at
Much OF this equipment obsolete Soon headquarters
haze home it announced this Ueek
Center: E. telephones proper rehouses he,
the alarm When truck engine leaves it house,
lights in the little dials aboue the syitchboard When
panel lights When alarm is sounded at the White
a squadron is sent at once.
Evening star., 1938-03-22
Funds Lacking and Time Short,
Blossom Fete May Be Cancelled

Before nightfall Washington should
know definitely whether it will see a
Cherry Blossom Festival this spring,
for the park authorities declared today
that the famed japanese cherry trees
around the Tidal Basin in West Po-
tomac Park will make a good showing
around the week end, much earlier
than previously anticipated.
The final answer regarding the fes-
tival was expected late today after a
meeting of the committee considering
the program at o'clock in the Office
Of Commissioner Hazen. A prelimi-
nary meeting was held yesterday
morning in the Office of c. Melvin
Sharpe, general chairman. at the Po-
tomac Electric Power Co.
Meanwhile C. Marshall Finnan, su"
perintendent of the National Capital
parks, predicted that because of the
unduly high temperatures of late
March the buds of the Japanese cherry
trees are swelling momentarily. Ad-
vised by the Weather Bureau the pres
ent warm weather Is slated to con-
tinue for several days, Mr. Finnan
and hts assistant, Frank r. Gartside,
and David Saunders. chief of the hor-
ticultural division of his Office, exam-
ined the situation anew. They con-
cluded the single-blossom variety Of
trees will make good showing this
week end and will be in full glory the
middle of next week-predicated on
Evening star., 1938-03-22
70 SUBPOENAS OUT
IN WARR|NG CASE
Pines Staff Will Examine
Witnesses in Income Tax
Conspiracy Charge.

Subpoenas for about 20 witnesses
IN the reported income tax conspiracy
fraud case against the three Warning
brothers, reputed big numbers game
operators. were issued today by the
United States attorneys office, it was
learned.
1t is understood the witnesses will
be examined this week by members
OF the staff of District Attorney David
A. Pine and the case probably will be
presented to the grand jury next week.
Those involved in the alleged con-
spiracy case are Emmitt Robert, Leo
and Charles r. Rags" Warning.
Evidence against the brothers as
sertedly was gathered during a long
investigation by the Intelligence Unit
OF the. Internal Revenue Bureau, re-
ferred to the Department of Justice
and then sent to the United States
attorneys Office here for prosecution,
Emmitt Warning is described as
head Of the numbers business, whose
profits allegedly are the basis of the
income tax charge. Rags" Warning
is serving out term of from 18
months to two years in the Atlanta
Penitentiary for implication in a gang
shooting.
Evening star., 1938-03-22
COMMUNITY HEALTH .
PROGRAMS EMPHASIZED
DR.. Zeigler Delivers Third Lecture
in Series at Central
School.

Community health problems should
be met by community health pro-
grams, DR.. Mark v. zeigler, senior
surgeon of the United States Public
Health Service. said last night in the
third of a series of lectures on COM
munity relationships sponsored by the
public night schools, the Public Ii
brary and various other local groups
at Central High School.
DR.. Zeigler said the modern health
problem was principally affected by the
industrial activities which bring to-
gether large numbers of workers, the
breaking down of isolationism and
easier spread of disease through de-
velopments in communications, and
the competitive economy which de-
mands increased efficiency and so
puts premium on physical fitness.
A well organized health department
is the basis for any good public health
program, he said.
Other lectures included in the
series will cover recreation and educa-
ton.
Evening star., 1938-03-22

the continuance of the current warm
weather.
Originally the park authorities esti-
mated the Japanese cherry trees would
be in full bloom during the first week
of April.
Already pink haze is visible around
the Tidal Basin shore, indicating that
already the pink-tipped buds are
showing their colors. The influx Of
visitors has already started, brought
out by the warming March sunshine.
Mr. Finnan said that for the first
time Washingtonians are likely to see
triple display of major blooms in the
park system. He declared that the
time is ripe for forsythia, soulangeana
magnolia, which has pink blossoms,
and the japanese cherry trees to pre-
sent the unusual spectacle of blooming
simultaneously. In the regular order,
he explained. forsythia appears first,
then the pink magnolia and then the
japanese cherry blossoms are seen, all
singly.
A particularly effective display of
n1Agnolias. 10 seen for the first time
in the reconditiored Rawiins Park,
between the old and new Interior
Department Buildings. At e street be-
tween Eighteenth and Nineteenth
streets NV. At Twentieth street and
Pennsylvania avenue NV. jonquils
and daffodils are bursting into bloom
and the yellow forsythia is showing in
various parks all over the city.
Evening star., 1938-03-22

The need for an integrated penal
system which would permit modern
methods of prison classification by
providing different housing units for
different types of prisoners is stressed
in the Prison Industries Reorganiza-
ton Administrations report on the
Districts prison problem.
The second section of the extern
sive survey, released today by DR..
Louis N. Robinson, chairman of the
Prison Industries Reorganization
Board, outlines an integrated penal
system for the District that would use
the Jail as a detention center and re-
ceiving clinic only; the workhouse at
Occoquan, Va, as division for petty
offenders. Lorton Reformatory as a
division for the housing and training
of serious offenders who do not re-
quire maximum security, and a new
walled unit at Lorton as penitentiary
division for the most dangerous types.
Such a system. the report continues,
would assume that the District will
continue to be responsible for most of
the persons sentenced in its courts
and that relatively few felony prison.
ers will be sent to Federal institutions
by the Attorney General, who has the
the power to designate the place of
Imprisonment in such cases. Classifi-
cation work would begin at the receiv-
ing clinic with the careful study of
each prisoner by experts-physicians,
psychologists, social workers and
psychiatrists--to decide on the hous-
ing and method Of treatment deemed
best for the case.
Principal Problems Faced.
The principal problems faced by
District penal institutions, in addi-
tion to overcrowding and the need for
more housing facilities, are listed in
the report as concerning the organi-
zation of the penal system, classifl-
cation work, cutting down the high
turnover among short-term prisoners,
provision of medical care, methods of
dealing with chronic alcoholism. find
ing more work for inmates, develop
ing a training program and raising
the standards for personnel.
"The establishment of the work.
house and reformatory as unwalled
institutions was an important step
forward in American prison admins
tration but it cannot be said
that the District has maintained the
standard of leadership set by its sue
cessful experiment in housing. for in
other ways its institutions have not
kept pace with the demands of an in
creasing population and a crime prob
lem which seems always to grow more
complex" the report declared.
Neither facilities nor personnel are
today adequate for the very difficult
job to be handled, and they compare
unfavorably with the equipment and
staff at the. disposal of the Bureau
of Prisons" it continued.
Must Reduce Recurrence.
A system of reducing the high turn
over among misdemeanants would be
essential in well-knit prison system,
according to the. survey, which en-
phasizes the difficulties caused by the
rapid flow Of petty offenders through
the courts and the institutions and
points out that present costly methods
Evening star., 1938-03-22
OPTIMISTIC THIEF
STEALS BEACH GARB
Forecast of Colder Weather on
Thursday Will Cool Ardor
for Swim in This Area,

Some optimist who was either head
ing South or for the old swimmin'
hole took 60 ladies' bathing suits and
beach overalls of assorted colors and
sizes last night from an automobile
belonging to Herman Walter. sales
man, of Brooklyn, N. Y. If the thief
was counting on local temperatures
to stay up near the tail end of the
calendar, however, he is due for an
immediate disappointment.
The Weather Bureau said this morn
ing that tonight will be fair and con-
tinued warm, but that it will rain to-
morrow and the temperature will drop
considerably by Thursday.
The first day of spring yesterday
also was the warmest of 1888 so far,
the mercury reaching a peak of II
at 8 pm. This was warmer than any
March day in two years, but under the
80 recorded on March 21, 1885, and
far below the hot SO of March %, 1907.
At 10 am. today the thermometer
registered IS degrees, the readings
having bounced up rapidly from a
low" of SO at $50 am.
Evening star., 1938-03-22
PLOW PIT ORDER

Two of the five remaining open
plowpits on the tracks of the Capital
Transit Co. must be inclosed before
next December l, under orders issued
today by the Joint Board of the District
Commissioners and the Public Utilities
Commission
One of the two is located on Georgia
avenue at w street NV, near Grif-
fifth Stadium, and the other on T street
NE, between Third and Fourth
streets. The three others, to be in
closed at some future date, are at
Thirty-sixth and Prospect streets NV.
Benning road east of Fifteenth street
NE. and North Capitol street north
of v street.
Evening star., 1938-03-22

The United Federal Workers of
America, C. I. O., Government en-
ployes' union, entered the controversy
raging over the Group Health Asso-
ciation today with an appeal to the
American Medical Association that
the A. M. A. lend its support to Group
Health and similar excursions into the
field of cooperative medicine.
The publication of the Federal
Workers letter to the American Medi-
cal Association closely follows the
complaint by w. c. Kirkpatrick, presi-
dent OF Group Health, that a heart
specialist belonging to the District
Medical Society refused a consultation
with a Group Health physician treat
ing patient for coronary thrombosis.
Inc Medical Society, which is asso-
clated with the American Medical
Association, plans to answer Mr., Kirk
patrick on the coronary thrombosis
case late today or early tomorrow and
TO outline its general policy with re-
garo to the Group Health Association
In a comprehensive statement for
publication near the close of the week.
A delegation of Department of Apri-
culture employees who hold Group
Health memberships went to Commu-
nifty Chest headquarters this morning
to present their side of the Group
Health picture.
Doing Splendid Work.
The staff Of the Group Health As
soclatlon is made up of Jealous, con-
sclentious and capable men," Jacob
Baker, president of the United Federal
Workers of America, wrote to the
American Medical Association. The G..
II, A. has 5000 members, all Govern
ment employees, who receive medical
treatment for $2,20 month or $3.50
II the members dependents are bene-
f1tted. The letter continued:
Naturally the doctors want the an.
proval of their fellows in the profess
sion. To be subject to attack by men
whom they have honored and respect
ed is very difficult for them. They are
carrying forward splendid piece of
work.
1 very much hope that the Amer
lean Medical Association will recognize
tnere Is place for such organizations
as the Group Health Association, and
mat when staff is filling the place as
we'll as this staff is, that it should not,
oe subject to attack and obstruction.
May Endanger Lines.
Ihe threat always exists that in
some unforeseen circumstance the an.
tagonism of the profession may actu-
ally endanger the lives of patients
through the withdrawal of facilities or
unique skills needed to be called unon
in emergencies.
I know that the WASHINGTON Med
lcal Society is made up of capable men
OF high professional standing and fine
character. We feel that the society
through its loyalty to the American n
Medical Association. has been unduly
influenced by what they believe to be
your views concerning such organiza-
tions as the group Health Association
We feel convinced that if the Amer
lean Medical Association showed a
klndlier and more responsive attitude
10 the forward-looking organizations
designed to provide more medical serv-
Ice Tor more people, in benefit of
patients. the general public, and the
profession itself, the Washington Med
ical Society would be inclined to &C.
cept the views Of the association"
Evening star., 1938-03-22
CONFIRMATION RITE SET

Bishop James E. Freeman will con-
flrm class of about so persons in
the Nativity and Resurrection Parish,
Massachusetts, avenue and A street
Sc, tomorrow at 7:30 pm. The class
will be presented by the Rev. Enoch
M. Thompson, who has been in charge
for nearly IS years,
Miss BERTHE Mae Pote, organist, will
be In charge Of the music. assisted by
Q quartet and tho choir.
Evening star., 1938-03-22
Mayor-Co,incil
Plan for d. C..
Urged in Bill
CeILer Measure Asks
Public SERVANTS
Be Elected.

Abolition of the present commission
form of government in the District
and the substitution of a mayor and
IS city councilmen is proposed under
new government plan con-
tained in a bill introduced late yes
terday by Representative Celler, Demo-
crat, of New York The measure was
referred to the District Committee.
Elections would be held the first
Tuesday in March and run-offs the
fourth Tuesday in the same month
for candidates who failed to receive
q majority.
Candidates for Office would be NOM
mated by petition. Two thousand
names or over would be necessary to
nominate the mayorality candidate
and . minimum Of 1000 names for
city council eandidAtes.
Evening star., 1938-03-22
Need for Special Housing Units
Stressed IN d. C.. Penal Study

of handling misdemeanants are of
doubtful benefit to the community.
1T is completely futile" the report
declared, Ito let men and women 60
through the endless process of arrest,
imprisonment, release, new offenses
and rearrest, for there is no. oppor-
tunity to study the prisoners COM
mitted or to learn the reasons for
their habitual laW-breaking. Yet
the community is relieved of their
presence for only very short time.
II institutional treatment is to be
used at all for such persons, the
period of confinement must be longer
and the speed of turnover reduced"
Turning to the medical treatment
phase of the penal problem, the re-
port shows that blood tests reveal
that .one prisoner in every five ex-
amined has active syphilis or gonor-
rhea. These figures, according to the
survey, are particularly serious in
view of the fact the petty offenders
go back to the community within a
very short time and carry their dis
eases with them Only about 20
per cent of the jail and workhouse
inmates can be considered in good
health, but medical facilities and
personnel are much too limited.
While Lorton has good hospital
for general cases, the Jail has only a
tiny infirmary with few beds and
treatment rooms, and the workhouse
has nothing but a tumbledown wooden
shack for the accommodation of its
medical cases, the report asserted.
The need of psychiatric care for
all kinds of mental cases, so that in
sane prisoners mey be promptly
transferred to st. Elizabeth's Hospital
and the institutions may play their
part in a co-ordinated mental hygiene
program for the District as whole,
also is stressed.
An aggressive training program is
described as fully important as up
to-date medical facilities. Opportunity
for suitable training should be avail
able to every prisoner who displays
the ability and desire to profit by it.
In the past the Districts institutions
have not made real use of their re-
sources. A vigorous educational pro-
gram is essential if the District wants
a f1rst-class prison system.
A careful study of the State-use
market provided by industries and
agencies in the District government
shows that prison production-in
farm and construction work and
manufacture-could be expanded and
employment increased, the report
states. A large secondary market is
available in the purchases by the
procurement division and by depart
ments of the Federal Government of
commodities which cannot be supplied
by Federal prison shops.
Personnel standards at the institu-
tions are low, with the pay scale
much lower than at Federal penal in
stitutions. the report said, adding:
without good wages or security of
tenure to offer, it is difficult to find
the right kind of staff members and
even harder to keep them. Prison
work is becoming increasingly pro-
fessionalized, and 1t Is impossible to
carry on correctional work OF high
ealiber without qualified PERSONAL"
Evening star., 1938-03-22
MAR|HUANA EVILS
TOLD AT HEARING
House District Committee
Informed of Sale
in Capital.

The evils Of habit forming mar
cotics, especially marihuana cigarette,
were described to the Judiciary Sub
committee of the House District Com
mittee today at hearing on a bill
designed to tighten the existing mar
cotic control law.
Mrs. Lloyd w. Biddle, president Of
the District Federation of Women S
Clubs, branded the marihuana cigar
cite as "the most deadly thing, for
women and girls in particular, and
youth in general, that has ever been
introduced in this country"
The Rev. Charles H. Butler of the
District Federation of Churches and
the International Reform Federation
said the marihuana cigarette sis a
terrible foe to everything good in body
and life"
Report Sales in ID. C.
One of the most serious dangers Of
the so-called "reefer." William ".
Mahoney of the Allied Organizations
Of Washington told the subcommittee
is that it makes a person think
wrong is right" He cited the case
of girl in New Jersey who later
committed suicide to hide her shame.
Mr.. Mahoney said the marihuana
cigarette evil had invaded Washing
ton ito a certain extent" and ex-
planned that police are powerless to
prevent their sale under existing law
He was supported by w. j. Tucker,
representing the District Public School
Association, who said the "reefers" are
peddled to school children, and urged
a speedy approval of the bill.
Detective Sergt. Daniel H. Jones of
the police narcotics squad, however,
said investigation of complaints and
newspaper stories of the sale of mari
huana cigarettes to school children
failed to produce any evidence.
Rutland Backs Measure.
The bill also was Endorsed by DR..
George c. Rutland, District health
officer, and DR.. Augustus c. Taylor,
president of, the District Board of
Pharmacy.
DR.. Taylor testified that since enact
ment of the new Federal anti-narcotic
law Washington druggists gladly
and willingly destroyed thousands of
dollars worth of drugs containing even
a small, quantity of canabis. In his
SO years experience as a druggist,
however, he said he could not recall
an incident where paregoric was taken
for its narcotic effect. The bill would
forbid the sale of this drug without q
physicians prescription.
DR.. Taylor was questioned by Chair
man McGehee relative to the effects
OF the use of aspirin, or the citrate of
caf1ein in a popular nut-brown soft
drink which some Washington college
students are reported to be using for
an exhilirating effect. He said he had
heard "a lot of fairy tales" about
these concoctions, but pointed out that
citrate of caffein would produce the
effect of double cup of coffee.
DR.. Taylor, however, suggested that
the sale of barbituates be controlled by
law as we'll as narcotics.
Evening star., 1938-03-22
BACKING Of A. NJ. A.
FOR G. H. A. ASKED.
U. S. Employees Union Seeks
Medical Associations
Support of Plan.
g. HI. A. Admits Error
In Doctors Name

The Group Health Association
today wrote to DR.. Thomas E.
Neill, president of the District
Medical Society, that it had
erred in listing DR.. Willard B.
Walters as among the five physi-
clans which the association said
last week were engaged in work
similar to that of group health
doctors.
The letter said the physician re-
ferred to is DR.. James c. Waters.
w. c. Kirkpatrick, president of
the G. H. A., said a copy Of the
letter would be sent to DR.. WAL
ters. DR.. Waters is an advisory
physician for the employees of
Woodward e. Lothrop.
Evening star., 1938-03-22
18 WOMEN RELEASED
AFTER VAGRANCY QUIZ
Dismissal of Charges in Police
Court Retards Drive
Against Vice,

The police drive against prostitution
NIT legal snag in Police Court today
when vagrancy charges against 18
women were nolle pressed by Assistant
Corporation Counsel John ODea.
The women were arrested last week
in series of raids prompted by COM
plants from the Federation of Busi.
ness Mems Associations. Police re-
ceived other complaints that the
women had robbed men of their
pocketbooks in hotel rooms.
The raiders, it was said, failed to
establish that the women arrested had
solicited prostitution or were living in
houses of i'll repute.
Evening star., 1938-03-22
BAND CONCERTS.

BY the Soldiers Home Band Orches-
ira at $50 pm today in Stanley Hall.
John S. NJ Zimmerman, bandmaster;
Anton Pointner, assistant.
BY the Navy Band Symphony Or
chestra at $50 pm today in the Sail
Loft, Navy Yard. 1t. Charles Benter.
conductor: Alexander Morris, assistant
conductor.
Evening star., 1938-03-22
HOOVER TO SPEAK

Former President Will Discuss
+ &. Impressions of Europe.
ormer President Hoover, it was
learned today, will discuss his impress
sions Of Europe in a radio speech to
Be broadcast over the N. B. c. network
on Thursday, March 81, 9 to 10 pm.
Evening star., 1938-11-29
Two Hikes Scheduled
In Soupstone Valley

Two nature walks through little
known Soapstone Valley Parkway,
a part of the Broad Branch and
Rock Greek systems, have been
scheduled for this week by the Once
of National Capital Parks, the first
from $50 to 1880 am. tomorrow
and the second starting at 2:30
pm. Saturday.
Ranger Naturalist Arthur w.
Shively will lead both walks through
the rocky little gorge. Those wish
ing to make the trip are asked to
meet Mr.. Shively on the southeast
corner of Connecticut avenue and
Albemarle street NV. at $50 an.
tomorrow or 2:30 pm. Saturday. He
advised those planning to make the
walk that 1t will involve "some hill
climbing, but not too strenuous"