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Evening star., 1938-05-16
R. F. LEE NAMED CHIEF
OF PARKS SERVICE UNIT
He Is Sworn in as New Head Of
Historic Sites Branch of
Interior Agency.

Appointment of Ronald F. Lee, as
chief of the branch of historic sites,
National Park Service, was announced
today by Secretary of the Interior
Ickes. Mr.. Lee, who has been with the
National Park Service since June,
1888, was sworn in Immediately.
Entering the service as junior his
torian at Shiloh National Military
Park, Tenn, he came to Washington
the following year as special assistant
to the chief of the branch which he
now heads.
From March, 1885, until May, 1896,
Mr.. Lee acted as historian for the new-
ly created technical staff of the State
Park Division of the National Park
Service, initiating and directing q ma
tional program providing technical
historical assistance for all States re-
ceiving service in connection with
State park G. G. G. projects.
Evening star., 1938-05-16
DANCE OF STATES
TO BE HELD TONIGHT
$1,000 Sought for Proposed
Recreation Hall for Police
Boys Club Camp.

1.-THE Dance of the States" spon.
sored by local State societies and Radio
Announcer Gordon Hittenmark, will be
held tonight at the Willard Hotel for
the benefit of proposed new recrea-
ton hall for the summer camp Of
the Boys Club of Metropolitan Police.
The financial goal for the dance.
which will be held from 10 pm. to
pm. is $4,000. If this amount is
raised. the new camp building will be
named the Hall of the States"
Lee Everett. National Broadcasting
Co. announcer, will be master Of
ceremonies. Continuous dance music
will be furnished by two orchestras.
the N. B. c. Band. led by Rudy
Schramm. and Sidney's Swing Band.
James P. "Aldie' McGrath, another
announcer, will present a mystery"
act.
Thus far. the annual fund-raising
campaign Of the Police Boys Club has
reached $4,000. The goal is $4,000.
Headquarters were moved recently to
the Translux Building from which Mr..
Hittenmark has conducted his own
campaign for the Dance Of the
States
Evening star., 1938-05-16
Crowds Brace Wind and Rain
To Watch Circus Unload
Lot Is Jnnned From, Midmorning Until
After Dark-Fnns Look on as
81 Tents Are Erected.

ing from the intentness and persist
ence Of these crowds, circus fans still
are class apart, and the glamor OF
sawdust, trapeze and trained jungle
cats has not yet been banished by the
other distraction of this streamlined
existence
The second train came in about
o'clock, and the other two sections of
the 100-car caravan followed in the
course Of the evening But it was late
in the night before the last cage was
in place and the last of the 81 tents
was reared
The performing black leopards
waited. in what mood no one knew,
for the big menagerie tent to go up,
their locked cages covered with canvas
for added protection from the hostile
weather. At last they were carried
in. fed and permitted to peer through
the bars at freer world.
Gargantua the Great. known as the
biggest gorilla ever held captive. came
and blinked. his first at Washington.
Other animals came-black-maned
lions featured in new act, bears that
skate and ride bicycles like men"
Eventually the elephants. Of which
there are seven herds, numbered in.
In late section of the train rode
the man who captured Gargantua and
the leopards-Frank Buck, who brings
'em back alive, you'll recall. And with
them rode most of the 300 performers,
who fly through the air with the
greatest of ease, stroll across tight
ropes and do the innumerable other
feats of daring that circus stars always
have done
Commissary Tents Go Up.
The commissary tents were among
the first to go up. and within 20
minutes the enticing odor of frying
bacon was waited through the rain.
Mechanical stake-drivers moved over
the huge lot. securing anchors for
other tents. Eventually the big top
itself, which holds 10000 persons, was
on its intricate way upward.
The big show will hold two per-
formances each-today. tomorrow and
WedneSday-2 and III pm.
And each performance will start
with "the new and revolutionary spec
tacle, "Nepal." which depicts in Orien-
tai splendor the arrival of Frank Buck
with new animal train at the court
of the Maharaja of Nepal. The press
agent-who ought to know-declares
this is the most beautiful and elaborate
pageant ever attempted by a circus.
Backing up such pageantry as
"Nepal," and the terrifying sight of
Gargantua the Great. who is wheeled
across the big top, are bewildering
array of aerial, acrobatic, equestrian
and wild animal acts-enough to sat-
isfy the most ardent circus lover, even
those who waited all day in the rain
for a glimpse of more spectacular
world.
Evening star., 1938-05-16
PINE SAYS TWO
MORE JUSTICES
WOULD EASE JAM
Tells Reporters They Could
Aid in Cleaning Docket
in Two Weeks.
CRIME is FALLING OFF
IN D. c., HE DECLARES
Robbery and HOUSEKEEPING
Cases Given Preference to
Prevent Many Such Offenses.

Two additional justices, sitting in
Criminal Court to supplement the
three now so assigned, would aid
materially in bringing the docket up
to date in couple of weeks, District
Attorney David A. Pine said today in
answer to questions by newspapermen.
He made it clear that Ne does not
feel justified In asking the court
in general term to do this, however in
view of the congestion In civil business
at present.
Mr.. Pine made it clear that he was
not referring to pending legislation
whereby Congress proposed to provide
additional justices for the District
Court
Decrease in Crime Noted.
Gauging the indictments Of the
past two months, Mr.. Pine said that
crime in the District has been de-
creasing, and this is particularly
noticeable in cases of robbery and
housebreaking. The District Attorney
asserted:
I'VE have been giving preference on
the calendar to robbery and house,
breaking cases, because crimes Of that
type are planned. In speeding up
action on robberies and housebreak-
ings, we may prevent many such
crimes in the future"
Mr.. Pine asserted that criminal
cases are being handled as rapidly
as possible. He maintained that he
is not asking for the additional
jurists, but was merely answering
questions as to how best the calendar
could be cleaned up.
The district attorney asserted that
he desired it known far and wide
that the District is "inhospitable"
to criminal elements. He explained
that homicides are usually spon-
taneous crimes and that fear Of
speedy trial and punishment is less
likely to be a deterrent in such
cases"
Any Lag Laid to Bench.
For the term ending on June 30.
Mr.. Pine asserted, the calendar Is
arranged to dispose Of every homicide
case.
He said his Office has charge Of the
calendar and that any alleged lag
in trial homicides was the fault Of
the bench.
Other authorities said the statistics
Of the Washington Criminal Justice
Association were as of the end Of
1887. Mr.. Pine took Office as acting
district attorney on January / and
was made permanent about two
months ago.
About the first of the year there
were 629 felony indictments pending
and these have been reduced to about
$50 in the face of hundreds Of indict-
ments that have come up since Janu-
ary /, Mr.. Pine declared.
Maj. Ernest w. Brown, superintend-
ent Of police. said today he had no
comment to make at this time on the
findings of the Washington Criminal
Justice Association.
Evening star., 1938-05-16
GUILDEA is NAMED
HEAD OF G. u. YARD
New Jersey Student Wins Place
as Leader Of Student
Council,

Thomas Guildea Of Saddle River,
N. j., will serve as president Of The
Yard at Georgetown University next
year as q result Of junior class elec-
tions yesterday. He will succeed E.
James Hickey, who graduates next
month.
The Yard officers head the Student
Council. Mr.. Guildea defeated Hughes
Spalding Of Atlanta, Ga. He is .
member Of the Philodemic Debating
Society, an intramural athlete and has
served two years on the Student
Council.
Vincent Joseph Healy Of Newark,
N. j., was chosen treasurer over Ed
ward T. Horrigan Of Hudson Falls.
N. Y. In the race for secretary neither
William T. Driscoll Of Lawrence, Mass,
nor Alfred G. Boylan Of Rochester.
N. Y. leading candidates, received .
majority vote. They eliminated James
Gleason Foley Of Ashmont. Mass, but
. run.o0 election Will have to be held.
Evening star., 1938-05-16
ACTION RAT|F|ES
CONGREGATIONAL
CHURCH MERGER
1900 Members Affected
by Step Taken After
Thorough Study.
DR., RUSSELL CLINCHY
TO SERVE AS PASTOR
Future Relocation on Central Site
Will Be Considered by
Joint Committee.

Ratification Of the union of the
Mount Pleasant Congregational and
the Cleveland Park Congregational
Churches was announced from the
pulpits of both churches yesterday
This action, which will be ratified by
legal actions of both churches in
cooperating a united church, joins the
two Congregational churches in the
Northwest section into q church CT
1900 members. Dr. Russell ]. Clinchy,
pastor OF the Mount Pleasant Church,
will be the pastor of the united church.
On the resignation Of its minister,
the Rev. Joseph S. Loughran, last
December, the Cleveland Park Church
approached the Mount Pleasant
Church with its merger proposal. A
joint committee of both churches was
appointed and after thorough study
a series of recommendations was rec
commended and ratified by both
churches last week.
These recommendations are:
l. That the Mount Pleasant and
Cleveland Park Congregational
Churches unite.
@ That beginning in September.
1898. the Sunday morning worship
service will be centered in the Mount
Pleasant Church,
8. That with the centering of the
Sunday morning worship services in
Mount Pleasant Church arrange
ments will be made for special bus
service from the Cleveland Park
Church and return.
4. That the church schools and Boy
Scout troops shall continue to operate
in their respective church buildings,
but that special consideration be given
to enlarging the church school activi-
ties at the Cleveland Park Church
with the establishment of a religious
youth center there. That the activi-
ties of the high school and college age
groups shall be carried on in the
Cleveland Park building, and that in
the formulation of plans for youth
activities due consideration shall be
given the Y. M. C. A. extension unit
now operating in the Cleveland Park
building.
S. That there should be added to
the staff paid director Of religious
education.
6. That the women's organizations
Of 1.-The two churches should merge,
with the Cleveland Park group main
tanning its identity as circle of the
guild.
The joint committee. which will be
continued, will meet to prepare recon-
mendations for united program and
consider other problems such as
future relocation of both churches
on a central site.
The Mount Pleasant Church was
organized in 1885, the first church
in the then new suburb of Washing
ton on the hill" 1t has grown to be
a''church with city-Wide significance,
its present membership of 1000 being
drawn from all parts of the metro
politan area. The Cleveland Park
Church was organized in 1918 and
now has membership of $50.
Evening star., 1938-05-16
z ARE INJURED
IN AUTO M|SHAPS
Two Narrowly Miss Being
E|eCtrocuted When Car
Topples Light Pole.

Twelve persons were injured. two
seriously. In Sunday traffic accidents
in the Washington area.
Three Of the mishaps were OF an
unusual nature. In one a young man
and woman narrowly escaped electro
cution when an automobile wrecked
IL sections of guard rail on the Mount
Vernon Memorial Highway near Cap
ital Overlook and struck an electric
light pole.
The driver, park police said, was
George w. Thorpe. %, of 1861 Cres-
cent place NV. He was not injured.
A passenger. Dorothy G. Morgan, %,
Of Chevy Chase Club was treated at
Garfield Hospital for cuts.
Electric power had to be cut of
from Alexandria before the automobile
could be extricated by a wrecking
crew from an ENHANCEMENT of guard
rail, park police said.
Pinned to Chicken Coop.
Mrs. Lillian 3. Fetner, 80, and her
husband, Robert c.. Al, suffered cuts
and bruises at the circus ground when
struck by the tongue Of a Ringing
Brothers and Barnum e. Bailey wagon.
Several circus hands were pulling the
wagon when they lost their grips on
the tongue, and it snapped back,
striking the Fetners. They were
treated at Sibley Hospital.
The other odd accident occurred
when Fayette Gross, Sc. colored, Ber-
wyn. Md, was pinned against a
chicken coop in his yard by an auto
mobile that ran off the Baltimore
Boulevard. He escaped with possible
rib fractures. He was treated at
Providence Hospital
Prince Georges County police said
the driver Of the car was Raymond
Hill, 21, colored. 118 Florida avenue
NV. He was charged with reckless
driving.
AAA O SoAAAoAOl1 az run Ill SIIccG dIlO
Adams drive SW. Robert v. Brock,
q, of 2630 Adams Mill road NV, suf-
fered possible fractured skull, and a
passenger in his car, Alice L. Bright,
81, Of 53l Twelfth street Sc, was
cut and bruised Police said Mr..
Brooks automobile collded with a
car operated by Thomas j. Cole, ~,
colored, 806 L street NV. Fire
Rescue Squad No. ~ took the injured
couple to Emergency Hospital.
Three Hurt in One Crash.
Stephen j. Healy, SO, Chicago, who
came here with the Tim Mccoy Wild
West Show, was struck by a taxicab
at lexington place and Florida ave-
nue. NE. as he stepped from a safety
zone and was dragged 80 feet until he
fell from the cabs bumper. o
Rushed to Casualty Hospital, he was
found to be suffering from possible
rib fractures and severe back injuries.
The cab driver, who. police said. was
Moses Wilkerson. 81, colored, 597 Co.
iumbia road NV, was charged with
reckless driving by twelfth precinct
police.
Three youths were treated at
Georgetown Hospital for injuries suf-
fered in an accident on Lee highway
in Arlington County. They were
John Rodgers, 10. of 30l4 @ street
NV; Julius Krouse, 10, Of 326 N
street SW., and Harry Buckley, 2l,
West Falls Church, Va.
Russell Beatley, IA, of 625 E street
SW, was injured slightly when he
ran into an automobile at H and
Water streets S.W. yesterday. He was
treated at Emergency.
Evening star., 1938-05-16
RABBI METZ TO SPEAK

Rabbi Solomon H. Metz will speak
on Religion and Jewish History" at
the final session of the Leaders In
stitute at 8 pm. tomorrow in the Ii
brary of the Washington Hebrew Con-
gregation, 816 Eighth street NV.
A public speaking contest, in which
members of the local Young Judaea
clubs will participate, will feature the
annual Conference of the Seaboard
Young Judaea Region Sunday in Bal
timore.
Evening star., 1938-05-16
BY CARTER BROOKE JONES.

The circus is here, ready to give its
opening performances at 2 and pm.
today, as thousands of valiant fans
can testify of their own knowledge.
They stood about yesterday. these
unconquerable ones. hour after hour,
while a chill wind blew sheets Of rain
In their faces, waiting for Ringing
Bros and Barnum & Bailey Com
bined Shows to arrive. They spent
their whole Sunday holiday, many Of
them, milling in what must have been
acute physical misery. determined.
come what might, to see that circus
unload.
But "the greatest show on earth,"
beset in Brooklyn by labor troubles
which finally were settled early yes
terday. did not begin arriving until
around pm.
And as the first train reached the
railroad yards and the covered wagons
filled with unseen animals began to
move into the grounds at Fifth street
and Florida avenue NE, the rain be-
gan really to get itself organized. It
doused cold bucketfuls at the popu-
lace pressing about the wagons. But
being real circus fans. and having
waited that long. they wouldn't have
let anything short Of typhoon inter-
fere with what they'd come to see.
And about 80 per cent OF them stuck
until darkness.
Almost as Many Adults.
There were children galore. of
course. but almost as many adults not
in juvenile custody, leading one to
surmise the circus fan ranges in age
from 3 to IS.
Tents began to unfold and the
crews, oblivious of crowd and weather
alike. sprouted canvas with quiet and
practiced efficiency. Now and then a
team of horses. after placing a wagon
in position, would move toward a
wedge of spectators. and only then was
there any perceptible movement away
from operations.
The whole area was jammed with
persons afoot and in cars from mid
morning until after dark Traffic
along all feeder streets and roads was
so heavy many a traffic policeman
practically gave up and let cars go
on snarling and unsnarling them
selves.
Even in the dangerous reaches Of
the railroad yards the police had to
keep some of the more circus hungry
from getting themselves killed by
switch engines and wildly moving sets
of horses tearing down platforms with
wagons. Held back to an adjacent
street, they watched with evident
relish the process of pulling the wag-
ons from trains and hitching them.
No Detail Is Missed.
Not detail of the fabulous world
Of the circus was missed. And, judg-
Evening star., 1938-05-16
LITTLE GIRLS ROBBED

"A sneak thief yesterday robbed the
pocketbooks of 20 little girls who left
their valuables on benches at st.
Paul's Academy, 1411 v street NV,
while they participated in May Day
procession.
About $40 in change and school
ring were taken from the pocketbooks,
Sister Theresa, sister superior Of the
academy, told police.
Evening star., 1938-05-16
BULKLEY REEVES MOVE
FOR ECONOMIC COUNCIL
Head Calls Senate Committee on
Manufactures to Study
His Proposal.

BY the Associated Press.
Another move for increasing CO.
operation between Government and
business was revived in Congress to-
day under leadership of Senator
Bulkley, Democrat. of Ohio. chairman
of the Senate Committee on Manu-
factures.
The Ohioan called the committee
together for the first time in several
months to consider his proposal for
establishing National Economic
Council.
Senator Bulkley said the suggestion
had nothing to do with getting out
of the present depression"
1T is a longtime program" he
said.
Senator Bulkley obtained Senate
approval and funds more than three
years ago for the study Of his pro-
posed economic council, which he
projected as an advisory body that
would not increase governmental in
tervention or planning"
Evening star., 1938-05-16
WAITRESS REINSTATED
Dismissed Coffee Shop Employe
Returns to Job.

Miss Mabel Norman, the Willard
Coffee Shop waitress whose dismissal,
along with that of Garland P. Webb,
q hotel waiter, Is months ago, in
volved the hostelry with the National
Labor Relations Board, returned to
her post today.
The reinstatement of the two, or
dered by the board, was appealed to
the United States Court Of Appeals,
which, on April 18 last, upheld the
decision.
The board held that union activi-
ties were responsible for the dismis-
sails and directed the employees be
reimbursed for the time lost. Mr..
Webb now is an official of the Hotel
and Restaurant Employees Alliance.
Evening star., 1938-05-16
SKITs TO BE GIVEN
Broadcasting Academy to Present

Broadcasting Academy to Present
Series Tomorrow Night.
The National Academy Of Broad
casting, which will close its third term
May 10, will present series Of original
skits at the Cleveland Park Club,
3433 Reno road NV, tomorrow at
7:30 pm.
The program Includes an illustrated
talk on American folk music by Mary
Ware Goldman, composer: a playet by
Elmer Patterson and three-minute
drama by c. H. Hastings.
Evening star., 1938-05-16
G. w. STUDENT HEAD
HURT IN BALL GAME
Cap Gardner Has Slight Brain
Conclusion After Collision
With Football Player.

Conclusion After Collision
With Football Player.
Cap Gardner, recently-elected presi-
dent of the George Washington Uni
versity Student Government. was in
the university hospital today with a
slight brain conclusion suffered when
he collided with Jay Turner. G. w.
football player, in the ter-fraternity
baseball finals at the Ellipse yesterday.
Both students were knocked uncon-
scious by their head-on collision while
chasing fly ball and were taken to
the hospital, where Turner was treated
for a cut over the eye and released.
The students are both members Of
Kappa Alpha fraternity which was
playing Phi Sigma Kappa for the
championship.
Evening star., 1938-05-16
Candidate for Sheriff.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
LEONARDTOWN, Md, MAJ 16.-
F. Thompkins Abel of Medleys Neck
today announced his candidacy for
sheriff subject to the Democratic
primaries.
Evening star., 1938-05-16
SERVICES CONTINUED
DR.. Wilson Conducts Meetings at
Takoma Park Church.

DR.. A. P. Wilson Of Columbia
Heights Christian Church is con-
tinuing for q third week the special
services at Takoma Park Christian
Church. c. Sheldon Conard, singer
of Kendallville, Ind, is assisting.
A number Of persons have affiliated
with the church TO date. The services
are held at 7:45 O'Clock each night.
Evening star., 1938-05-16
FLOWERS GO ON VIEW
Woodbridge Garden Club Show to
Be Held Tonirht.

Dc 11e1U 1Uu1EUIs
The spring flower show Of the
Woodbridge Garden Club, featuring
arrangement displays, will be held at
Sherwood Hall. Twenty-second street
and Rhode Island avenue NE, to-
night at 8 O'Clock.
Exhibitors will display arranged
bouquets in competition for the Mitch
ell silver medal Prof Arthur s.
Thurston of the University Of Mary
land and Howard R. Watkins Of the
Department Of Agriculture viii be
judges.
Evening star., 1938-05-16

Not detail of the fabulous world
OF the circus was missed. And, judg-
Evening star., 1938-04-17

dedicated by Cardinal Gibbons in 1919.
On the main altar reposes a chalice
presented by King Victor Emmanuel
III and the painting above the altar
was sent from Rome.
Priceless Bottochino marble, striped
with golden onyx and inlaid with
golden mosaics, the gift of Washing
ton and Isadore Triplett Young, COM
pose the main altar in the Church
of the Assumption, 341l Nichols ave-
nue. Sc.
The altar of Grace Reformed Church.
widely associated with the member
ship of President Theodore Roosevelt,
is interesting in representing early
church history. On the altar are en-
graved the emblems of special sig
nificance in the Reformed Church.
The burning bush. on fire and uncon-
sumed. was the symbol of the French
Protestant refugees in the days of
persecution. The shields of Zwingli
and Calvin are those Of the early
church fathers. The beautiful, rare
wood reredos behind the altar contain
the jeweled cross which Is taken from
the catacomb of st. Pontiatus at
Rome. The Roses of Sharon on either
side and torches on the cross beams
signify that there are beauty, riches,
light and life in the cross. which repre-
Evening star., 1938-04-17

he determined to erect church and
call it Foundry
OF course, this statement may be
true, but other reasons have been
given. and it seems more likely that
he named 1t for the Foundry Chapel
In London, where Charles Wesley
used to preach, and where an Incl
dent occurred that has become his.
toric in church literature 1t seems
that on February 8, 1850. a severe
earthquake occurred in London. and
that this was followed a month later
by an even more severe shock. At
this time. Charles Wesley was hold
ing one Of his 5 o'clock morning
services in the chapel, and so severe
was the shock that the earth moved
westward and eastward. and westward
again." and the Foundry was shaken
violently. The women and children
cried out, but Wesley appeared per-
fectly composed. and even changed
the text of his sermon to fit the sit
uation and used as substitute,
Therefore, will We not fear. though
the earth be moved" which soon
filled the audience with his own un.
shaken courage.
However, Foxall did erect the
Foundry Church in this city. and later
returned to England and died there.
The original church remained stand
ing until 1848. when it was replaced
by second church, the original rear
wall and one of the sides only being
retained 1t was wider than the first
church, with deep and handsome
pressed brick front on the Fourteenth
street side
The building removed when the
| property was purchased about 1902
| by Thomas F. Walsh. was built dur
ing 1864 and 1865, at a cost of $780,
900, and faced G street On the site
Mr. Walsh erected the Colorado Build.
ing. which still stands
Today, rs we walk along the east
side of Fourteenth street between
! G street and New York avenue, We
can scarcely believe how strictly resi-
| dental this block was in 1880 when
Leonard Hoffman. boot and shoe
maker. and NJ S. Brown. a dentist,
we're probably the only persons doing
business there at that time. But such
was the case.