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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-07-03
Federal Worker Pinned
Under Car as Jack SLIPS

Frank Anderson, 20 = year-old
Treasury employe. received minor
injuries at noon today when a Jack
slipped, pinning him beneath an au-
tomobile on which he was working.
The accident happened in the rear
OF Neulands bakery, 1923 Eleventh
street, and Mr.. Anderson was extri-
Gated by Joe PATHS and George
Pearre of 1921 Eleventh street, who
heard his cries for assistance.
At Emergency Hospital it was said
he had been injured about the chest
but that no bones were broken.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-07-03
80 UnderpriviIeged Children
Leave for Missions Camp
Contingent Is First Of 600 Youngsters
Who'll Go; IA Girl Scouts Sturt

Suppose you'd seen a COW just
once in your life and bathtub was
about the nearest you'd ever come
to dip in the old swimming hole
Then you'd be pretty excited, just
like most of the 88 underprivileged
Washington children who piled into
big bus and the Central Union
Missions station wagon this morning
and were off for two-week stay
at the missions Camp Bennett.
Forgotten will be -scorched
city streets and dingy alleys, often
the only Fairgrounds for the chill
dren. who will live at the camp in
the woods near the missions farm
some % miles north of Washington
off the Brookeville pike. This was
the first contingent of a group of
600 who will visit the camp during
the summer.
At the camp they will find just
about everything a youngster could
want. A real swimming hole, slides,
swings, plenty of woods and an up
to-date farm with cows, pigs, horses
and chickens All the vegetables
they will eat will come from the
farm. Each of the four dormitory
units is filled with comfortable cots
and another large building contains
a recreation hall, dining room,
kitchen and other facilities
Before setting out for this brand
new world, the children gathered
in the mission auditorium, where
they were given bright green tags
certifying that they'd all been ex-
amined by physicians during the
last five days
The missions hallway was Uttered
with a varied assortment of lug
gage. Hat boxes, cartons and little
suitcases were filled with the chill
dren's country clothing. 1t wasn't
fancy luggage, but it served the
purpose
Final instructions were given and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-07-03
District Marks
Time Till Action
On Funds Bill
Effort to Be Made
Wednesday to Break
Congress Deadlock

With the District on the third
day of operation on a fundless
basis, officials today awaited the
end of the holiday, Wednesday
morning, when consideration will.
be given to the next step to beS
taken in the dilemma occasioned.
by the deadlock in Congress over
the 1910 supply bill. !
Bolstered by President Roose-s
velt's instructions to carry on ins
the usual manner" officials had no.
thought of disruption of the routine
functions of the municipal govern
ment, even though the Chief
Executives order, for all practical
purposes, offers only moral support
in the absence of congressional
action to provide funds.
Relief payments, however, are
tied up, until District officials ex-
plore further the le,al situation to
decide what may be done.
Congress also will be back We'd
nesday and an effort will be made
to break the deadlock over the Dis
trlct Dill occaSloned by the refusal
OF the House to go above s5,00O,000
as IT, Federal share of the expenses
OF the Capital and the Senate in
slstence that this be raised to
s65O0,00O.
The first move in sight will come
In the Senate. when Senator Over
ton, Democrat. of Louisiana, who
has led the fight for an increased
Federal appropriation. reports for
mally to the Senate that there has
been another disagreement of con-
ferees. and asks for instructions.
The course after that is in doubt.
The impasse and the resultant
difficulties confronting local func-
tons have been widely criticized by
civic leaders.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-07-03
Alconturu Caravan
To Hold Grab Feast

The Alcantara Caravan, Order of
the Alhambra, will hold a crab feast
and meeting Thursday in Washing
ton headquarters of the American
Brewing Co., Thirty-fourth and K
streets NV. 1t is the first of a Sc
ries of summer meetings in prepara-
ton for the annual convention here
next fall. Ted Moseley is in charge
of the crab feast arrangements
Grand Comdr. John j. Carmody
will preside.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-07-03
HyuttsviIIe Woman
Dies of POISONING

Mrs. Sigmunda Whalen, IS, of
102 Columbia avenue, Hyattsville,
died of poisoning at Casualty Hos
pital last night.
Ninth precinct police reported the
woman took quantity of insecticide
at her home in the suburban town
and was removed to the hospital by
the Bladensburg Rescue Squad after
an antidote has been given her by
her son, William Constantine. She
died one hour later.
Prince Georges County police were
making an investigation today.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-07-03
c. c. c. Gives SOC, 900
Work During Six Years
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
The Civilian Conservation Corps
said in a progress report yesterday
that in six years of operation it
had given employment to 2,5OO,00O
young man. war veterans, Indians
and territorials on more than $50
types of work.
The enrollees, the report added,
had allocated to dependents out of
basic cash allowances of $50 month
an aggregate of more than $780,
000, 900 during the six years.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-07-03
5000 Plane
psForecast
Within ! Years
Building Economies
Give Army Hope
To Reach Goal
BACKGROUND

BACKGROUND
To bring Air Corps strength to
at least $500 planes ,Dithin the
merit t1Do years, Congress pro-
Dtded funds for more than $500
ne1U craft Acting NTH mini
mum OF delay the War Depart
ment has ordered nearly 1000
in tho months and asked bids
from manufacturers on the re-
naming planes. Program is part
OF UaSt ne1C redrmament plan
advocated By President Roosevelt.
By the Associated Press.
Economics through mass produc-
ton nave raised the hopes of some
Army officials for an Air Corps Of
5000 planes within two years.
Congress authorized such a ire
bled force as a maximum in the
S300,000,000 Air Corps expansion
now in full swing, but the funds it
made available were officially esti-
mated to be sufficient for only $500.
Whether the additional aircraft
can be acquired with available
money is expected to be determined
when bids are opened this week for
construction of more than $500
planes of 10 types.
The contracts to follow, possibly
by the end of the month, will rep
resent by far the largest orders the
aviation industry ever has received.
In 1888, when Congress heard that
Germany was turning out 1000 war
planes a month. American manu.
facturers delivered only 558.
1853 Planes Ordered.
officials are enJoined to silence by
new policy of safeguarding mill
tary information, but it has been
recorded that 1853 planes ordered up
to June / included SGT single-engine
pursuit craft and about 100 attack
bombers. Both are credited unofi-
Cially with speeds at least approach
ing 400 miles an hour.
The 10 types to be ordered next
are: Light, primary, basic and ad-
vanced training planes; two and four
engine bombers, one and two engine
interceptor pursuit planes, multi
plane fighters and observation craft
On the basis of recent orders, the
costs will range upward from $4,000
or $4,000 for training planes to
S250000 for the heavy bombers such
as the present 17-ton flying fort
resSeS."
Training of Men Starts.
Training of men to fly and service
the new craft started Saturday at
nine scattered civilian schools where
primary instruction is to be given to
1896 cadets. They will be transferred
to Randolph and Kelly Fields, Texas,
for their advanced training.
Some 2.134 additional flyers and
about $4,000 mechanics and other
specialists must be training within
the next two years.
To supply the recruits to the Air
Corps and other Army branches, an
enlistment campaign already has
been started to sign up l12,500 men
from 10 to IS years old within the
next II months. Ordinarily the
Army would have to recruit only
about $4,000 for the years replace
ments.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-07-03
U.S.. Deputy Underwood
To Wed Miss CuIhoon

Deputy United States Marshal
Harry Kent Underwood, q years old,
son of Assistant United States At
torney Harry L. Underwood, today
filed marriage license application
in District Court Mr.. Underwood,
who lives at $500 Ontario road NV,
said the wedding will take place a
week from Friday at Foundry M. E.
Church.
The bride-to-be is Miss Eunice
Winifred Calhoon, Is years old, of
1901 Sixteenth street NV. The cere-
mony will be performed by the Rev.
Frederick Brown Harris.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-07-03
80 Going to Camp
At BrookeviIIe Today

For the opening two-week period,
88 underprivileged boys and girls to-
day will 60 to Camp Bennett,
Brookeville, Md, under the spon-
sorship of the Central Union Mission.
Saturday IS members of the Wom-
ems Guild of the mission held a pic
mic meeting at the camp to discuss
plans for the summer.
Evening star., 1939-04-23

tacular fires in Washington's history
and could be seen for many miles
around. The weather was freezing
and the ground was covered with
snow. Though the entire fire de-
partment was soon on the ground, it
found itself helpless and unable to
get a stream to reach the top of the
building. It just simply burned
itself out. The fire started at $3.50
o'clock Sunday morning. and was
not declared officially out until 4:45
pm. the same day.
1.-THE Silver King" had Just
vacated the theater and Dads Girl"
was scheduled for the week Of
December 6. So close did the fire
start on the heels of "The Silver
Evening star., 1939-04-23
By Charles Cald,veU.

With signs Of spring rearing their
vernal heads all around us, the
of the robin and the car
dinal are now embelhshed by the
sweetly discordant notes of the or
gan grinder who has busted off his
portable vibra and begun wheeling
it about the streets to crank out MY
Wild Irish Rose" and the everlast-
ing "Sidewalks of New York" while
the cherry blossoms forge valiantly
ahead through rain and cold snap.
Petro Battagliola, who tells us
that he is ''74-5-6" years old, is a
typical hurdy -gurdy man and really
something more than q target for
nickels and dimes to be aimed at.
He lives at 1910 @ street NV. in
Washington, and first arrived in
America from Italy in the year 1888.
His first job was that of dishwasher
in New York hotel, but Is years
ago he bought his portable vibra
from a London concern and began
grinding out annoyance for some
and happiness for most. An inter-
view under somewhat trying cir
cumstances, for he would not stop
playing to "the lady who jus pay
me-" disclosed many homely little
facts about his life that most of us
have never given a passing thought,
having always accepted him as more
or less of a machine which turned
out metallic measures of old favor
ties, and out-of date popular tunes.
Has a Family.
Mr.. Battagliola is the proud father
Of seven children, all of whom are
happily married and doing very
we'll. OF his five sons, one is waiter
in a New York hotel, another is in
the mirror business there, two are
stevedores on the New York water
front, while the last has gone to
Jersey City and Mr.. Battagliola re-
mains little vague as to what busi-
ness he Is engaged in.
The girls, he proudly asserts, are
all substantially settled, and the
husband of one of them flourishes in
$65-a-week job as stevedore boss
in Gotham. They all big folks now"
he says with a twinkle in his eye.
II watch out for Petrol"
As the last bars of Dixie" jan
gled forth, he informed us upon
questioning that his repertoire con-
sists of 10 tunes, which are changed
about once year for 8 or 10 new
ones. 1t used to be that he changed
twice a year. but times are not so
good now-this with a deprecating
shrug.
An old, dog-eared letter from j.
B. Capra, dealer in celestes and port
Evening star., 1939-04-23

Baltimore, who opened in that year
what became known as Herzog's
Ninth Street Opera House. The at
fractions here included nearly every
thing theatrical: Comedy, tragedy,
burlesque, drama, melodrama and
all kinds of musical shows. It was
not long, however, before Herzog was
succeeded in the management of the
house by Joseph K. Strasburger, with
j. M. Davis as treasurer.
It was while Mr.. Strasburger was
managing the theater that it caught
fire, early on the morning of Decem-
ber S, 1886, and was completely de-
stroyed, leaving only the bare walls
of the once superb Lincoln Hall.
This was one of the many spec
Evening star., 1939-04-23

Harris resolution, introduced at a
board meeting, reads:
Whereas the following article was
published in the Daily Chronicle of
this city May /, 1871, viz:
"'Some of the teachers in the
primary schools of our city have
exhibited much ingenuity in devising
punishments Of protracted, pain
full or degrading sort for children.
They compel children to stand on
one foot for a long time, to stand
in a corner behind hot stove, to
hold a book at arms length, to
hold the mouth wide open by a
thick stick, to sit in a dark closet,
to stand with the body bowed and
fingers touching the floor and to
undergo other uncomfortable pains
and penalties, as misconduct may
invite and the genius of the in
structor may suggest. Such punish
ments are inflicted on one or more
children in this city every day.
"'And whereas The Evening Star
of this city has at different times
charged, and especially in its issue
of May /, 1871, did charge, by i'm
plication, that "hogging" was a pun
ishment inflicted on pupils in the
schools, that the rawhide and other
cruel and unusual punishments were
inflicted upon the pupils, such as
debarring them of food, air and
sunlight, etc."
Investigation Whitewashed.
A committee to investigate these
charges, with o. X. Harris as chair
man, brought in a report sometime
later In which they stated evidence
had been called for from the Chron-.
icle and Star, but one sufficient
to sustain them had been furnished.
In other words, the matter was
Whitewashed.
Miss Lucilla E. Smith, the first
principal of the normal school, died
on April S Of this year at her
home, Hilton Village, Va. She was
"a years Of age. She resigned her
position In the District Public
Schools in 1885, and for many years
taught science In the Brooklyn
IN. " Training School. She was
q lover Of nature, and after she was
retired as teacher she painted
flowers and landscapes as a hobby,
Evening star., 1939-04-23
Organ Grinder Has Tunefu1
But Long Working Day
Italian Familiar to Northwest
Residents Is Interviewed
About His Business

able vibras. relates that. along with
such old standbys as Dixie" my
Wild Irish Rose" Sidewalks of New
York" and "Alexander's Ragtime
Band" the latest installation has
been "A Tisket a Tasket," ''This
Time It's Real,' Music Maestro.
Please" What Goes on Here, in
My Heart" Il Married an Angel"
and Says My Heart"
1t seems that j. B. Capra MAIN
tains his shops in Philadelphia. so
that each time change in program
is desired. Mr.. Battagliola must ship
his machine there by freight for the
necessary operation. Mr.. Capra
then sends back the remodeled rep
ertoire, accompanied by short note
listing the tunes, and Mr.. Battag-
lola resumes his cranking with very
little notice Of any changes.
Long Hours.
Wondering often how far the or.
gan-grinder travels in day, We
asked Mr.. Battagliola If he knew.
and also asked about what kind Of
hours he works and how much he
makes. He doesn't have any idea
how far he goes in day. His hours
average from 8 in the morning to 7
at night, and he tells that he works
the entire week unless perhaps ut
rain, or maybe I no feel so good"
The gross receipts for a days
cranking vary according to the
audiences solvency, remaining fairly
constant around SO, except on Gov
ernment pay days, when he has
known them to boom to IS and
even Sc.
Final queries about recreation and
opinions disclosed that Mr.. Battag-
liola's greatest extra-curricular en-
joyment is stocking feet in con-
junction with a substantial bottle of
vino" He stridently proclaims
that, although born in Italy at
Bardi, some 20 miles from Milan, he
loves American and its freedom and
wouldn't insert his nose into the
troubled homeland for any price.
"Mussolini?" he said when asked
about his feelings concerning II
Duce, Il dom know-I like eva
body"
Mr.. Battagliola's wife has been
dead for Is years now; his seven
children are all settled in one way
or another, and he has achieved a
contented afterglow in which he
pumps out poignant melodies for
the public on his ancient hurdy-
gurdy, asking nothing more of life
than his little shower of coins, his
bottle of "vino," and the comfort
able freedom and security offered to
such an appreciative individual as
he by our United States.
Evening star., 1939-04-23

and we are told that even at an
advanced age she was still active
in social affairs until attacked with
her final illness. She was buried at
Hilton Village.
Following Miss Smith as princi-
pal of the Normal School were Miss
Atkinson, Miss Ida Gilbert Myers,
who later wrote book reviews for
The Star; Miss Anne M. Cooling and
Miss Anna D. Halberg. DR.. Edgar
c. Higbie is the present principal
of the Teachers College and plans
to spend his vacation this summer
in delivering addresses In the West,
which he will probably call His:
tory of the Teachers College in the
United States" In connection with
the celebration to be held in this
city next Wednesday evening, DR..
Higbie has assisting him in the
open house" Mrs. Dorothy De Muth
Watson.
Probably this most estimable lady
Is best known for once having been
the principal of the Force School,
where many children Of noted fam
lilies once were students, including
James r. Garfield, former cabinet
officer and son of the lamented
President James A. GARFIELD;
Charles Taft, son of another Pres
ident as well as a Chief Justice Of
the United States; the daughters 81
Gen. Adolphus Greely Of Arctic
fame; grandsons OF the man for
whom the school was named; Sid
ney Walcott, son of Charles D.
Walcott, late secretary of the
Smithsonian Institution; son and
daughters of Charles E. Munroe, the
eminent chemist; two daughters and
a son of Minister Varela of Uru-
quay.
The Roosevelt boys, Theodore and
Quentin, sons of the famous Rough
Rider and President, were two be-
loved scholars. A memorial tree In
honor of Quentin Roosevelt was
planted in the school grounds with.
impressive ceremonies on Novem-
Der II, 1918. This tree, a Lombardy
poplar, was presented by the Amer
ican Forestry Association, and for
many years on each anniversary Of
the planting Of the tree Q cslebras
ton was held by the school children.
Evening star., 1939-04-23
Badly Needed Local School
Opened 66 Years Ago
Original Institution Was First
In Washington Designed for
Teaching Teachers
Bv John Claeen Proctor.

Winkle according
old legend
and that he had forgotten Similarly right
possible
again they would trouble
In making themselves known such life!
With this thought J. Wilson,
back 1862 would probably
considerable number Washington
heard his
entirely forgotten will be the with other prominent people
did educational
subject that those who still educational
educator and perpetuae his in doing
Indeed this old
N in
having
ersCol
Evening star., 1939-08-21
Improved TRANSMISSION
Facilities Hailed

Improved facilities for blood
transfusions, especially at Gallinger
Hospital, were cited today as one of
the reasons for a decrease in the
District maternal death rate be-
tween 1886 and 1888 by Dr. j. Bay
Jacobs, clinical director in the ma
ternal welfare section of the Health
Department.
DR.. Jacobs spoke at 81 I street
NV. headquarters of the w. P A.
housekeeping aid project, in a lee
ture opening the fourth week of the
District W. P. A. health institute.
DR.. Jacobs said Washington's ma
ternal death rate had fallen to SIS,
per 1000 live births in 1888 from
6.5 in 1886. In addition to trans
| fusion improvements, he attributed
the decrease to uninterrupted ma
ternity service commencing with
pregnancy. proper consideration and
handling of prospective mothers of
slight physical structure and early
diagnosis and treatment of venereal
disease in expectart mothers.
The institute is being held to &C.
quaint w. P. A. teachers and super
visors in certain projects with the
fundamentals of public health.
Other topics on the program include
cancer, tuberculosis, venereal disease
and the work of the Public Health
Service.
Evening star., 1939-08-21
Penny Picture Provides
Trunk Murder Clue

A small penny picture" photo
graph today provided the latest hope
for police in their efforts to iden-
tify the body of a murdered mulatto
woman which was returned here
yesterday from Atlanta. The body
was found last Thursday in trunk
in an Atlanta railroad station, where
it had been shipped from Wash
ington.
The photograph, which was found
pasted to the lid of the trunk, was
that of well-dressed young mulat-
to woman with bobbed hair. Police
said that the picture bears only a
vague resemblance to the murder
victim and that it may possibly be
the likeness of some friend here
The photograph had been cut in
half.
Meanwhile, pictures and finger
prints were taken of the body at
the District Morgue, where it was
brought by Deputy Coroner Richard
Rosenberg and Detective Sergt. Au-
brey Tolson, who went to Atlanta
for the inquest and returned here
yesterday with the body.
At the same time Capt. Ira E
Keck has reordered all policemen to
check express and dray firms on
their beats in an effort to determine
who took the trunk to the express
station for shipment to Atlanta. I
The trunk. according to police
was checked from Union Station by
two men who brought it there in an
old truck. The check was issued on
a passenger ticket which was never
used.
Evening star., 1939-08-21
Woman Recovering
After Plunge Off Boat
Was Believed Fatal
Husband, EmpIoye Of
Bulgarian Legation,
Thought Her Dead 5 Hour.

Mrs. Virginia Kotzeff, 27-year -old
bride of Venko Kotzeff, Bulgarian
Legation employe, was recovering
today at the legation from the ef-
fects of plunge in the Potomac
River that nearly cost her life and
caused her husband five hours Of
anguish early yesterday.
Mrs. Kotzeff, with her husband
and some friends, took a moonlight
cruise down the river on the S. S.
Potomac early Sunday morning.
About 2:30 am, when the boat was
near Fort Washington, she plunged
overheard. Mr. Kotzeff was in a
different part of the boat at the
time. He was notified of the plunge
by a friend and the boat was
stopped.
Lifeboats were put over and
searchlights played on the water,
but no trace could be found of the
missing woman. The cruise was
continued and Mr.. Kotzeff returned
to the Legation at 1881 Woodland
drive, convinced that his wife was
drowned.
Mrs. Kotzeff, however, had man
aged to keep ahoat and struggled
toward shore. holding on to the
thick vegetation which grows in
the water there. She believes it
took her an hour to struggle
through the water to a point where
she could touch bottom on the
Maryland shore. Then she was too
exhausted to move on.
She appeared at the home OF a
farmer about two miles from the
place where she reached shore and
succeeded in reaching her husband
by, phone. This was about five
hours after she had entered the
water.
Mr.. Kotzen said this morning
that his wife was still confined
to bed under a doctors care, but was
recovering.
Everything Is all right" he said
happily.