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Evening star., 1939-04-28
Problems Greater Today
Than 1861, Group Told

Members of Civil War organiza-
tions yesterday were told the Presi-
dent of the United States has
greater problems to face today than
in 1861, when the threat of civil war
hung over the country.
The speaker, Philip Meredith
Allen, member of the commandery
in chief of the Military Order OF
the Loyal Legion, also asserted that
the minds of people are far more
strained by war talk now than
in 1861.
The occasion was the commemora-
ton of the 117th birthday anni-
versary of Ulysses S. Grant. About
IS members of the Civil War groups
laid palm wreaths on President
Grants statue in Union Square.
The commemoration of the Civil
War generals birth is an annual
affair sponsored by the william B
Cushing Camp, No. 30, Sons OF
Union Veterans of the Civil War
and the Gushing Auxiliary, No. 4.
Participating organizations were
Department of the Potomac, Grand
Army of the Republic, with its af-
f1liates, Warren G. Harding and
Abraham Lincoln Camps; Sons OF
Union Veterans of the Civil War,
Ellen Spencer Mussey Tent No. /,
Daughters of Union Veterans of the
Civil War: Ladies of the Grand
Army of the Republic, Department
of the Potomac, with five afhliates,
U. s. Grant Circle, No. /; Gen. Beck
Circle, Abraham Lincoln Circle,
william B. Mckinley Circle and
Oldroyd Circle, No. 5: the Woman's
Relief Corps ana the Danes Of the
Loyal Legion.
Evening star., 1939-04-28
SIottery Is Named
To D. C. Committee

Selection of Senator Slattery,
Democrat, of Illinois to fill the va
cancy on the District Committee
caused by the death of Senator j.
Hamilton Lewis of Illinois was an
nounced formally in the Senate late
yesterday by Majority Leader Bark
ley. At the same time Senator Slat-
terry, appointed by the Governor Of
Illinois to fill the seat of Senator
Lewis. was assigned to several other
committees.
Majority Leader Barkley also an.
nounced the transfer of Senator
Clark, Democrat, of Missouri from
Military Affairs to the Foreign Re-
lations Committee and the appoints
ment Of Senator Van Nuys, Demo-
crat, of Indiana to the chairman-
ship of the Committee on Expendi-
lures in Executive Departments, .
post formerly held by the late Sena-
tor Lewis.
Evening star., 1939-04-28
Jersey Firm Low Bidder
On Reservoir Project

Bids for the construction Of q
$4,000 .0O0-gallon reservoir for the
Water Department in the grounds
of the United States Soldiers Home
opened yesterday by District off,
cials. revealed that 13 contractors
offered prices within the sum re-
served for the project.
The lowest bid came from A. S
Wikstrom of Bound Brook, N. j.
who offered to construct the reser-
voir for $229.1O0. The District had
earmarked $32O,0O0 for the reser-
voir out of an appropriation OF
s400,000 for the entire project. Funds
were carried in the District Appro-
priation Act for this year.
The reservoir. a part Of a long
range plan for expansion of the
Districts water supply and distribu-
ton system, is to be located south
of the golf course in the Soldiers
Home grounds and. when completed
will be covered and Handicapped.
Evening star., 1939-04-28
Police Curb Sale
Of Air Rifles

Police clamped down today on the
sale of air rifles and air pistols to
children under 10.
Orders to police to give strict
supervision to the sale of these In
struments was sent out by Maj
Ernest w. Brown, superintendent of
police, who cited a ruling by Police
Court Judge Edward M. Curran that
air rifles and pistols were danger
GUS weapons"
In the order Maj. Brown ex-
planned that the section of police
regulations governing the sale of
dangerous missiles, projectiles and
firearms to children did not INCLUDE
air rifles but, in accordance with
Judge Curran's ruling, the regula-
tionS were amended.
The case he cited resulted in
Judge Curran filming a dealer SIS for
selling an air pistol to an 8-year- -old
boy.
Evening star., 1939-04-28

and down. of more than 30 feet
Clarence continued his story:
Il figured something was still after
me so climbed the wall (about 6
feet high into the street and ran as
fast as I could
The intended victim Of "some-
thing" clad in his underwear and
stockings, knocked frantically on the
front door of a friends house more
than block away. His knocks were
answered and then:
II guess I must have woke up. I
felt scared and sort of silly at the
same time"
Clarence returned home and his
mother, Mrs. Anna Robertson,
rushed him to Emergency Hospital
Doctors dressed his wounds. which
he received apparently when he
scraped the wall on his leap to the
ground, and he was allowed to re-
turn home.
Clarence has walked in his sleep
before. but never out the window.
He gets bedroom on a lower floor
| from now on.
Evening star., 1939-04-28
Bu|finch Gatehouse,
Razed for Gradinq,
To Be Replaced
Historic Stones to
Be Redressed in
Reconstruction

One of the two historic Bulfnch
gatehouses. which once guarded the
east entrance to the Capitol grounds,
is being razed by Works Progress
Administration employees in prepera-
ton for reconstruction on the exist
ing park grade at Seventeenth street
and Constitution avenue NV.
The old stone buildings were de-
signed by the architect who restored
the Capitol following its burning by
the British during the War of 1912
and were built at that time. Later
they were moved to their present To-
cations on the north side of Con-
stitution avenue at Fifteenth and
Seventeenth streets NV.
With the aid of portable crane,
workmen are taking apart the west
ern building, stone by stone. The
numbered stones are being piled be-
side the building site. This site. about
4 feet below the ground level as
it now exists, will be filled to grade
and the building reconstructed on
the same site.
Evening star., 1939-04-28
kasius and Huff
Considered for
Welfare
Boord Due to Begin
interviewing Of
Candidates Today

Peter Kasius, assistant director Of
the Bureau of Public Assistance of
the Federal Social Security Board,
and Ray L. Huff, general superin-
tendent Of District penal institu-
tions, today were described as lead
ing possibilities for appointment as
director Of the Board of Public We'll
fare of the District.
The entire membership of the
Welfare Board was scheduled to
begin this afternoon the process of
interviewing candidates for the
$4,000 post, which is to be vacated
June Is by Elwood Street. who has
resigned to become director of pri-
vate social work at Richmond, Va.
Both Mr.. Huff and Mr.. Kasius, it
was explained, were asked to submit
applications by leaders in social work
here or District officials who believe
they would be the most available
candidates.
Lansdale To Be Interviewed.
Another to be interviewed, who Is
said to be highly qualified for the post
Is Robert T. Lansdale of the New
York School of Social Work, New
York City, who at one time was a
member of the staff Of the Social
Science Research Council of WASH
jngton, formerly an administrative
assistant at the Federal Emergency
Relief Administration here and a
former executive secretary of the
Counsel of Social Agencies at Mont
clair, N. j.
Some District officials have been
booming Mr.. Huff for the post on
the ground that he has demon
strated his capacity in his handling
of the Districts penal institutions
during the last several years.
Mr.. Kasius has been attached to
the Social Security Board for two
years and has had long experience
in social work. He was for some
years secretary to Senator King,
Democrat, of Utah. chairman of the
Senate District Committee.
Others in List.
Others scheduled to be interviewed
today by the Welfare Board include
Leolin H. Neville Thompson of 1911
Nineteenth street NV. a disabled
World War veteran with a back
ground of social service work and
milk and water inspection: H. B.
Hayden, U. S. A.. retired. whose job
as business manager of the Health
Department is scheduled to be abol-
ished June 30; Dr. Joseph Mayer.
honorary consultant of the Library
Of Congress, who Is a teacher and
lecturer on social science: William
H. Savin. executive director of the
Family Service Association of the
District. and DR.. F. H. Marvin of
Schenectady. N. Y.
The appointment will be made by
the District Commissioners on rec
ommendation by the Welfare Board.
Evening star., 1939-04-28
D. {. Bill Appears
To Repeat Errors,
Roberts Says
Statement HeruIds
Conference on Relief
And Welfare

Congress seems about to repeat
in the l939-40 District supply bill
all the shortcomings of the present
act and to incorporate some new
ones that will add tothe Difficult
ties" William A. Roberts, former
peoples counsel, declared yesterday
in statement heralding the con-
ference on relief and welfare for
the District of Columbia, to be held
at 2:30 pm. tomorrow in the Young
Women's Christian Association
Building, Seventeenth and K streets
NV.
Mr.. Roberts is to be chairman Of
the conference.
The erstwhile District official
stated that publication of the Bur-
dette G. Lewis report following the
latter's investigation of local relief
administration at direction of Con-
gress "precipitated a new contro-
versy, which only added to the con-
fusion"
I'm the bill already passed by the
House the appropriation for general
public assistance is again held to
5000, ,000," Mr.. Roberts said. Again
there is no provision for the relief
of employables. The fund for old
age assistance is 9 per cent less
and that for the needy blind IL
per cent less than that requested
by the Board of Public Welfare.
The amount to be spent for public
assistance administration is still
limited to 81a per cent of the total.
The $50 maximum per case has
been lowered to $48.
Apart from the inadequacy q
the appropriations themselves, the
most serious shortcomings in Dis
trict relief are those arising from
the arbitrary limitations imposed
by statute on the manner in which
funds are to be administered" he
added.
In attendance at the conference
will be representatives Of civic and
welfare agencies, church groups and
labor unions, representing every
shade of opinion. Delegates will
discuss the problem in detail and
coordinate their efforts to con-
vince Congress that the pending
District supply bill should be liber-
allied. The conference will open
at 2:30 pm.
In addition to Mr.. Roberts, speak
ers at the conference will include
c. E. Lamson, director of the Dis
trict of Columbia Employment Gen.
ter; Miss Gertrude Bowling, execu-
tive director of the Instructive VS.
iting Nurse Society; Prof. Doxey A.
Wilkerson Of the department of
education, Howard University; the
Rev. John l.. Nixon, chairman Of
the social welfare department Of
the Fodsratton Of Churches, and
Leifur MaSnu9een, social economist.
Evening star., 1939-04-28

A perplexed little fellow he was,
indeed, as he lay on a couch in
his Georgetown home today telling
of his weird nightmare. Despite
leap of more than 80 feet, all he
suffered was a scare and severe
brush burns on his right arm and
left leg.
Clarence Robertson, IA, told how
he bolted from bed in his third
floor room at 1912 Twenty ninth
street NV. at 2 o'clock this morn
ing because something was closing
in" on him.
Il didn't know what it was" he
said, scratching his head, but I
knew it was after me. I had to get
out Of there. I remember raising
the window and throwing some
clothes out. Then I climbed on the
sill. I don't remember anything
else until I was on the ground"
What Clarence didn't remember
was that he leaped diagonally from
the window. across a brick wall
and onto the soft lawn of neigh
bor's back yard, a distance. across
Evening star., 1939-04-28
Intensive Survey
OF District Highway
System Is Begun
Officials Making
Study to Correct
Existing Evils

An intensive survey of the Dis
tricts highway system, envisioning
many major projects for the future
was begun today by the District
Highway Department in co-opera-
ton with the United States Bureau
of Public Roads, in keeping with the
Presidents plan for early improve
ments of the Nations highway sys-
TENS.
At the same time Capt. H. C.
Whitehurst, highway director, re-
vealed plans for correction of spe-
cial trouble spots Of traffic conges-
ton which are hazards to pedes-
trians. This program calls for slight
ly elevated pedestrian islands in
several major thoroughfares and the
use of "channels" for the direction
OF traffic at certain complicated in
tersections.
In connection with the survey. a
spectacular plan will be employed in
measuring the density of traf1c on
major streets. Electric eyes" will be
permanently installed at strategic
points which will automatically
count the volume of the traffic
movement. Such an expedient has
never been tried here before.
In addition to this, more detailed
counts, as to the classes of traffic
will be made, as well as studies of
origin and destination of vehicles
The Bureau of Public Roads has
assigned F. w. Lovejoy of its stan
as manager of the District highway
planning survey. Capt. Whitehurst
has designated Lee M. Edgecock, de-
signing engineer of the highway de-
partment. to be District chief OF
the survey.
Capt. Whitehurst said preliminary
plans had been approved by Traffic
Director William A. Van Duzer for
the building of channelizing traffic
islands at number of intersections,
including Alaska and Georgia ave-
nues NV, Concord and Georgia
avenues NV, Fourth street and
New Jersey avenue NV. and at
Second street and Pennsylvania ave-
nue. Sc.
After July 1, Capt. Whitehurst
said, a number Of pedestrian safety
islands would be built along the cen
tiers of such major thoroughfares as
Thirteenth street, Fifteenth street
and Bladensburg road.
Evening star., 1939-04-28
Band Concert

BY the United States Army Band
tomorrow morning at 1870 o'clock
in the Army Band auditorium, Capt.
Thomas F. Darcy, leader: Karl
Hubner, assistant leader.
Program.
March, "The Purple Carnival"
Afford
Rhapsody, "Slavonic, No. q"
Friedemann
Characteristic, "The Mill" Jensen
Poetical scene, In the Noun
tains" GODDARD
Valse, "Danseuse" Miles
March. Brave and Watchful."
Lopez
tho Star epans1ed Banner"
Evening star., 1939-04-28
II. Kefauver, Fire
Department Hero,
To Become Captain
Takes Runk Monday:
Seret. Quick and
Pvt. Boss Promoted

1t. A. C. Kefauver, thrice deco
rated for heroic action in service in
the District Fire Department., will
be elevated to captain Monday. fill
Ing a vacancy caused by the death
OF Capt. Jacob Stulz.
Orders for his promotion were
issued late yesterday by the Com
miSsioners. At the same time Sergt
Evening star., 1939-04-28

Clarence Quick was raised to iieu-
tenant, and Pvt. w. s. Boss was
promoted to sergeant.
1t. Kefauver was awarded gold
medal for the rescue of q fellow
fireman when both were trapped in
fire at downtown clothing store
about 10 years ago.
Later 1t. Kefauver was awarded
another medal for carrying q wom-
an down ladder to safety from a
fire IN a building at Fourteenth
street and Massachusetts, avenue
NV. and was decorated for serv-
ices in connection with the Knicker-
booker Theater disaster.
In the colthing store fire, 1t.
kefauver saved the life Of Capt. AL
Lipsky when the roof caved in, it
was recalled. 1t. Kefauver freed
himself and climbed to . window
where he got a firm hold and pulled
his companion to safety.
Evening star., 1939-04-28
Boy Gets Air Trip

To spend his school vacation with
his father in Singapore, Malaga,
6-year-old Phillip Dimmock flew
from Melbourne, Australia. but the
crew OF the flying boat Castor had
to do without most of their luggage
The mail was so heavy for the flight
that there was not room for the boy
The crew held a conference and de-
cided to leave most Of their belong
ings behind and take the lad.
Evening star., 1939-04-28
CIV. Students Continue
To Ballot for Leader

George Washington University
students continued balloting today
for members of the student gov
ernment for the academic year
1939-40. Polls opened yesterday at
several places on the campus as
the voting began at 8:45 am. and
continued through the day.
Contestants for the presidential
post are John Daugherty, repre-
senting the Service party. and
George Pughe, representing the In
dependent Voters League. Both are
prominent in campus activities.
Pughe has served as advocate of
the council during the last year.
Evening star., 1939-04-28
Heredity to Be Topic

: DR.. Robert c. Cook, editor of the
Journal Of Heredity, and director Of
the American Eugenics Society, will
speak on "Heredity and Education
Ut meeting Of the Prince Georges
County (Md) Federation Of PARENT
Teacher Associations ut 8 o'clock TO-
night q tho Cottage City School,
Evening star., 1939-04-28

udugnCer OF Mr. Suxahhe brSsH'
and Mrs. Harold P. Braman. Her
father is an official of the Federal
Home Loan Bank Board and was
formerly a foreign correspondent.
When Suzanne was born Mr..
Braman was chief of the Associated
Press Bureau in Chile and was COW
ering revolution there. In the
midst of the fighting he rushed Mrs.
BrNman through . hail Of bullets to
thu hospital where Suzanne was
born.
A performance Of the play, with .
different cast. u scheduled ct the
school tonikht.
Evening star., 1939-04-28

blue blrQ' mere
tomorrow.
Suzanne will
take the role of
M y tyl in tn e
show, which is
to be given in
t h e Roosevelt
H i g h S c h DOL
auditorium a t
2:30 pm. tomor-
row for the bene-
fit of the Lang
don School for
Crippled Chill
dren.
The girl is the
dallphtor of Mr.
Evening star., 1939-04-28
Revolution Boby,' Now J.
To PIuy Blue Bird Role

Suzanne Braman. 7-year-old rev
olution baby" is slated as one OF the
leading performers in the charity
performance of Maeterlinck's THE
Evening star., 1939-04-28

Th0 government Of Peru has been
petitioned to create q cotton ex-
change.
Evening star., 1939-04-28

Brazil plans . 200-mile highway
TO open up the isolated Montes
Claros district
Smyrna times., 1939-06-22
CROPS ARE HIT
BY DRY SPELL
Reports Show That Yields
Fall Below the Record
of Last Year
RECENT RAINS HELP

With May rainfall only 18 per
cent Of normal as reported by the
Weather Bureau, Delaware crops
generally made slow growth dur
ing the past month and corn plant
ing was materially hindered by
hard ground, according to the June
l crop survey made by the Della
ware Crop Reporting service. Al
though grain and hay crop condi-
tions were about equal to condi-
tions a year earlier, apples and
peaches were in much better con-
dition. Pastures dropped 13 points
from May / to June / due to lack
OF moisture. Frost in parts of
sussex county in mid-May did
some damage to fruit, potatoes
and growing truck crops. The
strawberry crop has been cut
short by dry weather. Wheat crop
prospects receded during the
month. Corn is making slow grow
tn especially that on poorly pre-
Continued on Page Fve)
Smyrna times., 1939-06-22
SMYRNA 10Th
CENTURY CLUB
Cooperating With Other Or
CARNATIONS of the State to
Eliminate Hay Fever
GARDEN CLUBS ACTIVE

The Twentieth Century Club Of
Smyrna is cooperating with other
organizations of the state in al
campaign to exterminate ragweed
from Delaware. 1t is a well known
fact that the pollen of ragweed is
a prime cause of hay fever from
which hundreds of thousands of
people suffer annually. In order
that the weed may be entirely
eradicated it is necessary that
everyone distroy that which grows
on his property. It should be pull
ed up by roots and burned. In
Delaware it should be done before
July 20 when the pollen is ripe.
Mrs. w A Worth of Wilmington
Cooperating with her are the fol-
lowing organizations throughout
the state: the Women's Civic Club
of Richardson Park, Mrs. H Lau-
tenklos; the Seaford Club, Mrs. E.
j. Dutton; State Highway Com
mission, w. w. Mack, chief engin-
eer; Chamber of Commerce of Will
mington, Gerrish Gassaway, man
ager; Board of Water Commis-
sioners, Herbert B. Mearns, presi-
dent; State Forester w. S. Taber
of Dover; the Arasapha Garden
Club of New Castle, Mrs. John
MacLulich; the Twentieth Century
Club of Smyrna, Mrs. Thomas Rus
sell; the Delaware City New Cen
tury Club, Mrs. John S. Holiday;
the Milton New Century Club, Miss
Sarah Atkins; Delmarva Council,
Boy Scouts of America; the Board
of Park Commissioners of Will
mington, Edward R. Mack, super
intendent of parks; Gordon Heights
Garden Club, Mrs. Willard Young,
and the Delaware State Grange of
Newport, Mrs. Alvin Ruth.
Smyrna times., 1939-06-22
OCEAN ROAD TO
BE OPEN SOON
Linking of RehobOth, Beth
any Beach and Ocean City
Maryland By July Is
8 POPULAR RESORTS

The Rehoboth-O Ocean City Boule-
ward along the Atlantic Ocean
joining the leading resorts of Del
aware and Eastern 'Sho is soon to
be an accomplished fact. Delaware's S
portion was completed earlier but
Maryland's coast road was held up
until a base could be prepared.
However, Maryland's Smile link
will be completed on or before July
the 18th. 1t is costing Maryland
about $4,000. There is great
anticipation on the linking on one
highway of Rehoboth, Bethany
Beach, Delaware to Ocean City,
Maryland 1t will extend from
the end of Philadelphia avenue,
Ocean City, at Ninth street, and
will parallel the ocean for an
eight miles is a twenty-two-foot
highway, from eight to eleven feet
above sea level, will be protected
by sand fences, which road officials
said would prevent drifting sand
from covering the road. Compile
tion of the new road is expected to
lead to development of vast
area of ocean front property. AL
ready three bus companies are
seeking the franchise to operate a
bus line on the Ocean Boulevard to
take in the three resorts Ocean
City, Bethany Beach and Reho-
both. At a hearing Wednesday
of last week on the application OF
the Red Star Motor Coaches, Inc,
before Harold E. West, a member
of the Public Service Commission
of Maryland revealed that the
Maryland-Delaware Stages and the
Eastern Shore Stages had also
sought the permit. The Red Star
proposed a daily round trip be-
tween June Is and September Is.
The last two links on the long
dreamed of ocean boulevard be-
tween Rehoboth Beach and Ocean
City are now being completed.
Delaware has already opened a
gravel road between Bethany
Beach and Fenwick Island which
will soon be hard surfaced and
Maryland has advanced the Ocean
City to Fenwick Island road to
such a stage that it is expected to
be completed by the middle of
July. Because of the long cool
ride with frequent views of the
ocean between the two resorts,
much like some of those made
popular along the New Jersey
coast, the bus privilege becomes a
prospective profitable business
venture.
Smyrna times., 1939-06-22
ID. A. r. MEETING IN SMYRNA
Was Held Last Saturday and Prov
ed to Be a Delightful Occasion


Members of the Delaware
Daughters of the American Revo-
luton held their annual Flag Day
meeting Saturday in Smyrna with
the Elizabeth Cook Chapter of
Smyrna as hostess. Mrs. James
H. Scott, state regent presided
over the business meeting. The
business meeting was held in the
Smyrna Century Club House. Mrs.
Dallett H. Loomis and Mrs. H. G.
Mcdowell, who attended the D. "A.
r. meeting at the New York
Worlds Fair, presented reports.
Representatives were here from
practically every chapter of the
state. Aside from the business
transacted the affair was a social
success under the able direction of
Mrs. George r. Miller, general
chairman for the local chapter for
arranging the affair. There was a
luncheon served at The Wayside
Inn. The visiting delegation were
welcomed with a hospitality that
Smyrna women are noted and al
together the affair was congenial
and delightful.