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WASHINGTON, D. C., TUESDAY, MAY 6, 1941._*___
Mathias Wins
Mayoralty in
Mount Rainier
Only One Incumbent
Survives Town's
Heaviest Vote
Floyd M. Mathias, a former town
councilman, was elected Mayor of
Mount Rainier, Md.. in the biennial
election yesterday which saw only
Mr. Cover.
one incumoent
survive the
heaviest vote in
the town's his
tory.
In Hyattsville
E. Murray Gover
I was re-elected as
Mayor, defeating
his opponent. H. j
W i 1 s o n Spick-1
nail, third ward
councilman, i n
another of the
I elections held in
nine Prince
Georges and four
Montgomerj'
County communities.
Mr. Mathias, father of Robert B.
Mathias, third ward councilman in
Mount Rainier, whose term does not
expire until next year, received 507
votes to win a two-year term over
Paul D. Johnson, who received 431 '
votes. Mayor Pruitt ran third in
the three-cornered mavorality race. |
jpceiving 395 votes.
Arthur J. Bates, first ward coun
cilman, was the only Mount Rainier
official to be re-elected, polling 211
votes in his race against Leo R. Mc
Mahon. who was not far behind with
199 votes.
James Wins in Second Ward.
Warren W. James, with 161 votes,
defeated the incumbent, John T.
Duever. who received 61. for the sec
ond ward post, and Chauncey D.
Glascock, with 127 votes, won over
Cornelius S. Ryan, who received 99.
and the incumbent, Carl E. Her
berger, who trailed the field with 62
votes for the fourth ward post.
A feature of the Hyattsville elec
tion was the referendum to author
ire the town to buy a combination
pumper and ladder truck not to
exceed $15,150 in cost for the vol
unteer fire department, which
carried 472 to 292.
Thomas E. Arnold, a former mem
ber. defeated the John L. Clarke, in
cumbent and council president, for
the Hyattsville 1st ward council
post. 109 to 52. Former Councilman
Thomas E. Hume won over Maurice
P. McGrath, 123 to 92, in the 2d
ward.
Two Without Opposition.
C. L. Aiello, former corporation
counsel, running unopposed in the
third ward, received 327 votes, and
succeeds W. Irving Earnshaw. In
the fourth ward, former Councilman
Robert T. Plitt, also without oppo
sition, received 126 votes, and suc
ceeds P. Frederick Dryer.
Edmonston has a new Mayor as
• result of yesterday's election, in
which Gibson L. Moore defeated
A. E. Bost, a former Mayor, by a
vote of 118 to 58. Mr. Moore's pre
decessor. William T. Page, was not
a candidate for re-election. Town
Treasurer John A. Downing was re
elected by defeating F. R, Coburn
by a vote of 114 to 62.
In the first ward James W. Max
tmow, the incumbent, was defeated
by F. R. James, a former council
man, by a vote of 56 to 28. In the
second ward George A. Saul won
over former Councilman George
Fenwick, 62 to 27.
Fairmont Heights also came out
of the election with a new- Mayor
after George A Patterson defeated
Ulysses Mackall. the incumbent, by
a vote of 116 to 87. The two other
mayoralty candidates, Stance J.
Trotter and William J. Claytor, re
ceived 71 and 30 votes respectively.
In the council race for three
posts, Andrew J. Harrison, the only
incumbent seeking office, was re
jected with 166 votes. The two
others named to the council were
William W. Stephenson with 155
votes, and Blanch T. Busch. 140.
The two other candidates. Frank
E. Williams and Homer L. Cousins, |
received 126 and 116 votes, respec
lively.
Voters in the town also quashed
an amendment to raise the town's
levy by a vote of 91 to 80.
Cole Wins in Cheverly.
Tn Cheverly Mayor John R.
Fletcher, who ran for re-election
without opposition, received 109
votes. Merritt Barton, who was un
opposed for second ward council
man, received 15 votes. In the third
ward Willis A. Cole defeated John
J Buckley, 63 to 19. after R. H.
Wentworth, the incumbent, with
drew.
Only two council posts were filled
!n Cottage City. D. G. Anderson,
former councilman at large, who
ran In the first ward, and H. H.
Jackson, running for councilman at
large, were both unopposed and re
ceived 21 votes each.
In the Riverdale election there
were no contests, and only 31 of
more than 800 registered voters went
to the polls. Mayor William C.
Wedding, w'ho has already served
four terms, received 29 votes.
Power Waters received 8 votes for
Ihe third ward council post as well
as 2 write-in votes for Mayor. Harry
Barker was named fifth ward coun
cilman with 5 votes.
In North Brentwood, Mrs. Gladys
Arnold, who ran unopposed for clerk
and treasurer, received 56 votes as
the only candidate in the election.
However. Mayor Sandy P. Baker.
Who did not file for re-election, re
ceived 40 write-in votes for the
mayoralty post, Since there were
no other candidates for mayor, he
would have continued in office re
gardless. Councilman Ralph Rich
ardson who did not file for re
election. received seven write-in
Votes and was continued in office.
Gustav Edfelt was elected town
commissioner of District Heights
without opposition, receiving 47
votes.
In Montgomery County A. D. Wer
ner w'as re-elected as a member of
the Somerset town council with 48
votes. J. H. Linscott was also
named a councilman with 46 votes.
Only two council posts had to be
^filled. The two other candldate|
STREET DEVELOPMENT PACE LAGS—Under the new highway program proposed for Washing
ton.it is pointed out that street improvements have not kept stride with property developments
and that a general campaign of widening and improving is needed. This scene looking down Sixth
street, from between D and E streets, shows one of the bottlenecks created by the belated wid
ening.
Many of the main thoroughfares, particularly those in the area outside of the original city
limits, are narrow, poorly paved and poorly aligned, conditions which make them hazardous and
reduce the volume of traffic which can pass over them. Here is shown a section of Harewood
road, between Michigan avenue and Blair road, considered a fine example of the need for im
provement. —Star Staff Photos.
Falls Church Faces
Loss of 4 Officials
To Armed Services
Town Sergeant Reports
To Philadelphia Navy
Yard Next Week
By ? Staff Correspondent of The Star.
FALLS CHURCH. Va., May 6 —
: Town Sergt. \V. H. Glenn has been
railed back into active service by
the Navy and will report for duty
at the Philadelphia Navy Yard next
week, it was learned today.
The impact of the national emer
gency on Falls Church also has
threatened to remove two other
\ town officials. Lawrence E. Laing.
; Council member from the third
ward, has been ordered by the draft
board to report Friday for physical
examination and John A. K. Dono
van. town attorney, previously had
been ordered to report for examina
I tion.
' In addition. Councilman Ralph S.
j Kevser has been called back into
active service by the Marine Corps, j
| from which he retired as a brigadier
! general.
Meanwhile, it was announced by
Mayor B. N. Gibson that the Town
Council will take action at its meet
j ing Monday night to seek permission
from the Civil Service Commission
for Federal employes in the town
to serve as town officials. Such per
mission is regarded as a mere for
mality since the revision of the
original Hatch Act provides for
such service in areas adjacent to
Washington, where Government
j workers comprise a substantial por
tion of the population.
All three councilmen whose terms
expire this year are Federal em
ployes and would be barred from
running for re-election unless ac
tion by the Civil Service Commis
sion was obtained. Charles Kellogg,
first ward: Charles Pendleton, sec
ond ward, and Mr. Laing are the
three affected. Mr. Laing's pros
pective candidacy in the town elec
tion next month, however, is coft
tingent on his status with the draft
authorities.
Utopian Club to Discuss
Strikes in Defense Work
“What About Strikes in Defense
Industries?" will be the topic of a
panel discussion sponsored by the
Utopian Club of the St. Thomas
More Church of Arlington, Va., at
8 o'clock tonight.
Speakers include the Rev. John
M. Hayes of the Social Action De
partment, National Catholic Wel
fare Conference, Chicago: the Rev.
Charles E. Hogan of the Social
Science Department of Cleveland
and David McDonald, secretary of
the Steelworkers’ Organizing Com
mittee of Pittsburgh.
O. H. Gish and H P. Briton, re- j
ceived 14 and 8 votes, respectively. |
Residents of Drummond, a spe
cial taxing area, re-elected members
! of its Citizens' Committee, all of
whom ran without opposition. Those
elected were Clyde H Miller, 32
votes; Dr. John A. Fleming, 22, and
James B. Carry, 24.
Gray Ticket Wins.
In Poolesville, where two oppos
ing tickets, headed by Charles B.
Sellman and G. R. Gray, were com
peting for office, the Gray ticket won
four seats and the Sellman ticket
placed one in office, although Mr.
Sellman himself was not re-elected.
The Winners and their votes were:
Mr. Gray, 52; George D. Willard. 51; |
Isaac Cubitt. 50. and Miss Mary
Hoskinson. 47, all on the Gray ticket,
and M. J. Morningstar re-elected on
; the Sellman ticket.
Other votes were cast for Mrs.
| Joseph Haller, 42, on the Gray
ticket, and Mrs. Howard Frye, 41;
Gorman Butler, 43, and H. Kohl
I hoss. 43. all on the Sellman ticket.
Mr. Sellman received 41 votes.
JThe.three town commissioners at
BamSvttlC were re-elected with only
one w«te;in candidate being
marked on the ballots in that com
munity. Those re-elected are Rich
ard S. Hays, farmer and present
chariman of the board: J. Robert
Lillard. merchant, and C. C. Orme,
retired carpenter. One vote was
cast for R. A. Rice, retired painter.
James L. Thomas with 39 votes
and Clyde C. Hall with 33. were
elected councilmen in Garrett Park
over Allan C. Fry. who received 20
votes. Mr. Thomas is an incumbent
while Mr. Hall and Mr. Fry were
seeking the seat formerly held by
L. L. Dye, w'ho declined to run for
re-election after 15 years as council
man and mayor.
--
Montgomery County
Authorizes $800,000
Refunding Bonds
Sum to Pay Off Part
Of $1,207,550 Falling
Due Within Two Years
B> n Staff Correspondent, of The Star.
ROCKVILLE, Md.. May 6.—A re
funding bond issue amounting to
$800,000 to pay off part of the $1,207.
550 in bonds falling due during the
next two years was authorized today
by the Montgomery County Board of
Commissioners.
The difference between the re
funding issue and the total due dur
ing the next biennium will be made
up from the county tax levy, ex
pected to provide approximately
$200,000 each year for debt services.
Today's action was authorized by an
act of the recent General Assembly,
which would have permitted the
commissioners to refund the entire
amount of bonds maturing between
next June 30 and June 30.1943.
The commissioners took the action
at this time, it was stated, because
j they felt the bond market provides a
more advantageous interest rate now
than may be possible in the near
future.
Bids on the new issues will be
opened at the commissioners’ office
here June 3. A Baltimore law firm
i was authorized to pass on the valid
ity of the issue and negotiate the
financial details.
Virginians Ask Roosevelt
To Declare Emergency
B% the Associated Pres*.
RICHMOND. Va„ May 6—Gov.
Price said yesterday that he pre
sented to President Roosevelt,
through a secretary, at Staunton
a petition prepared by Delegate
Francis Pickens Miller of Fairfax,
vice chairman of the "Fight for
Freedom Committee." urging declar
ation of a state of full national
emergency.
The Governor said he attached a
letter suggesting "virtual support”
; of these recommendations with the
reservation that the President was
in a better position to judge the
steps that should be taken.
Senator Glass and his son, State
Senator Carter Glass, jr., were
. among those listed as signers of the
petition.
Actress Buys Virginia Site
HEATHSVILLE. Va., May 6 (£>>.—
Helen Vinson of the stage and screen
has purchased 170 acres ,in the
i Northern Neck of Virginia, near the
junction of the Potomac River with
Chesapeake Bay.
r- 1 ...
Make May Safer
Every blot is a District traffic
death. Keep the May Calendar
clear.
May, 1941
Moy 2
May, 1940
May 1 May 14 May 15 May It May 19
• • • • • •
Hay 23 May 26
• •
Toll in Previous Months.
1940. 1941.
January _ 5 13
February _ 5 3 •
March _ 6 5
April . 1 7
In May, Beware Of:
1. Careless walking at night.
Six of the eight persons killed
in traffic during May, 1940,
were struck after dark.
2. Crossing a street at a point
other than a crosswalk. Two
pedestrians met death by this
action in May last vear.
The six other traffic victims
were injured while either cross
ing a street against a proper
signal, attempting to jump onto
a moving vehicle, attempting to
stop stampeding horses, stand
ing in a button safety zone,
crossing at an uncontrolled In
tersection or riding in an auto
mobile.
* - V
Street Improvements to Take 1
15% of Road Program's Cost
Widening and Other Work on Major Arteries
Are Most Important, Whitehurst Says
On May 20 the District Commissioners will hold a public hearing
on the $44 450.000 highway construction program dravm up alter
surveys lasting more than a year and described in detail in The Star
when released by Highway Director H C Whitehurst April 25 In
a series of articles. The Star is analyzing in detail the purposes of
L all phases of the extensive program.
No. 3—Street Improvement and Widening
By PAT JONES.
An estimated total of $6,900,000, or approximately 15.5 per
cent of the $44,450,000 highway development expenditure recom
mended for the District, will go for major thoroughfare improve
ment and roadway widening projects which must be completed
even if the other proposed changes designed to eliminate traffic
congestion are rejected. Capt. H. C. Whitehurst, District director of
highways, said yesterday.
Safety can never be assured on the streets of Washington, he
declared, until its major arteries of travel are improved in standard
and design to the level required by the universal use of the motor
vehicle.
•'Millions may be spent in educating the human element to
safe driving, but full realization can only come as safety is built
into the highways,” Capt. White-*—
hurst reminded.
The improvement and widening
proposals are an integral part of the
general highway program. In the
main, they are expected to elimi
nate streets of inadequate roadway
width as a step toward greater
safety and as a means of admitting
the volume of traffic now trying to
i use them.
Roadway Widths.
I Most of the streets included in
- this part of the program are only
32 feet wide. The absurdity of try
ing to convert such a roadway into
a path for four-lane traffic is appar
ent, the director said, when it is
recalled that the law now permits
vehicles to be as much as 8 feet wide.
The director pointed out that
Washington is fortunate in having
right-of-ways of such width as to
permit, in nearly all instances,
widening of streets without acqui
sition of additional land. In Detroit,
where an extensive highway build
ing program has been put into
effect, it was found that land acqui
sition was by far the most costly
part of the undertaking.
But while the right-of-way widths
are sufficient in the Capital. Capt.
i Whitehurst recalled that a great
many streets do not have the nec
1 essary roadway widths to insure a
free flow of traffic. A study con
ducted by the director of vehicles
and traffic revealed that the road
way area in the business or con
gested section of Washington was
materially less than that of similar
sections in other cities.
Unusual Plan Heightens Problem.
"Our unusual plan resulting in a
concentration of activities in a
limited area, together with the
comparatively brief period of time
allowed for the movement of traffic,
makes our problem still more diffi
cult and acute, demanding adequate
solution,” the director said.
A matter of economics also enters
into the picture. Capt. White
hurst cautioned that widening of
streets should be undertaken at
such time, if practicable, when the
work can be co-ordinated with the
necessity for existing roadway re
placement, extensive underground
construction and abutting property
development. This, he advised, will
entail a large saving of money.
Major thoroughfare paving, with
a few exceptions, concerns streets
outside of the original city. The
necessity for such work is the direct
result of city growth and the de
mands of traffic.
Major thoroughfares included in
the program have been divided into
two classes. The first of these are
macadam roadways which must be
replaced because of narrow paving,
narrow right-of-way, poor align
ment and grade. According to Capt.
Whitehurst, every condition to make
them unsafe exists. The other class
takes in highways which have not
been developed according to the
local highway plan; in other words,
new roads which are to be opened
to take the burden off existing
routes. *
Purpose of Improvements.
The general purpose of the im
provements, besides removing un
safe conditions, is to provide suffi
cient highway capacity for increased
traffic and to permit access to va
rious sections, which, in turn, will
permit property development. To
illustrate the consideration which
must be given future development,
the director recalled that two years
ago. when the paving of Minnesota
avenue S.E. and N.E. was started,
there were not more than a dozen
houses in the section, wt^Jje at pres
ent the territory is 50 per cent de
veloped.
Streets marked for improvement
under the present program all are
narrow, winding macadam road
ways totally inadequate tor present
day traffic. Capt. Whftehurst said.
Among the worst of these he men
tioned Sheriff road N.E.. from Min
nesota avenue to the District line:
New Mexico avenue and Tunlaw
road N.W., from Calvert street to
Nebraska avenue: Alabama avenue
S.E., from Nichols avenue to Good
Hope road: Harewood road N.E..
from Michigan avenue to Rock
Creek Church road: Foxhall road
N.W.. from Reservoir road to Ne
braska avenue: Chain Bridge road
N.W., from Conduit road to Lough
boro road; Ridge road S.E., from
Minnesota avenue to Bowen road;
Division avenue N.E.. from East
Capitol street to Sheriff road:
Queens Chapel road N.E.. from
Michigan avenue to the District
line: Riggs road N.E., from North
Capitol street to the District line;
Oregon avenue N.W.. from Military
road to Chestnut street: Bunker
Hill road N.E., from Michigan ave
nue to Twenty-sixth street; Blair
road N.W., from Fourth street to
Eastern avenue and from Aspen
street to Fourth street.
New streets proposed are Weaver
street N.W.. from Loughboro road
(Continued on Page B-2, Column 1.)
Pedestrians Refuse
To Use Underpasses,
Says Whitehurst
One Held Needed in Front
Of Munitions Building
If Use Is Mandatory
You can lead pedestrians to un
derpasses at busy intersections but
you can't make them go down one
flight of steps and come up an
other as long as they can cross on
the surface. Capt. H. C. Whitehurst.
District highway director, yesterday
told the Tufts Alumni Club of
Washington at a luncheon meeting
at the Army and Navy Club.
The question arose during a dis
cussion by Capt. Whitehurst on the
recommendations contained in the
$44,500,000 highway improvement
program for the Capital recently
made public.
First of all. he explained, pedes
trian underpasses are difficult in
the business district because walkers
will simply cross in the middle of
the street rather than descend be
low the street level and come up
on the other side.
‘ Ho recalled that several years
ago. he advocated such an under
pass for school children on Benning
road N.E. But when it was con
structed. “practically no one used
it,*' he ’said.
A pedestrian underpass would be
excellent, he conceded, on Consti
tution avenue in front of the Muni
tions Building, with the provision
ihat its use be made mandatory.
As for underground parking, he
declared, both the construction and
operating cost would be prohibitive.
He specifically mentioned the pro
posed underground parking of auto
mobiles beneath the Mall as being
confronted with these two obstacles.
"Not only would such an area be
below sea level, ’ he asserted, "but
it would require special operating
facilities, resulting in the expendi
ture of approximately $1,500 per car
for its maintenance ”
Of course, he added. If the Fed
eral Government would finance the
entire project, it would be a "fine
thing" for the District.
Questioned about the financing of
the proposed tunnel under the Po
tomac from Alexandria to Shep
herds Landing, the speaker said
that would require special consid
eration by the District. Alexandria,
Virginia and the Federal Govern
1 ment.
55 Maryland R.O.T.C. Officers
To Get Commissions in June .
9
Group Will Lead *
Military Day on
Campus Tomorrow
Fifty-five cadet officers of the
University of Maryland's R. O. T. C.
infantry unit who will receive their
reserve commissions in June along
with 16 others who must wait until
they become 21 to obtain their cer
tificates will lead the university's
military day tomorrow.
Among those who will be called
up for duty is John G. Reckord.
colonel of the university’s officers’ |
unit, president of the Student Gov- 1
ernment Association, and a nephew |
of Maj. Gen. Milton A. Reckord,
commander of the 29th Division at 1
Fort George G. Meade, Md.
Another cadet officer who will be
called up for duty is Turner G. \
Timberlake. sports editor of the
Diamondback, university newspaper,
and engineering student.
Senior cadet officers who will re
ceive their commissions immediate
ly upon gradaution are; John N.
Bauernschmidt and Elmer F. Bright,
Baltimore: James B. Burnside,
Washington; Jack F. Cherry, Dover,
Dela.; Carl A. Cline, jr„ Monrovia:
Ralph F. Crump, Frostburg; Ralph
F. Davis. Fort H. G. Wright, N. Y.:
Hugh G. Downs. jr„ Hagerstown;
Frank A. Dwyer. Baltimore: James
R. Finton, Washington; William F.
Gannon, Westemport; Francis W.
Glaze, jr„ Hyattsville; John F.
Greenip. Washington: Daniel J.
Harwood. Brooklyn, N. Y.; Elliott
B. Harwood, Baltimore; Lawrence H.
Haskin, jr„ Takoma Park; Thomas
E. Hitch, Hyattsville: Alden E. Imus,
jr„ Mount Rainier; Bobby L. Jones,
Relay; Nelson R. Jones. Washing
ton; David C. Kelly, Jr.. Wilmington,
Dela.; Edward M. Lloyd, Washing
ton; Frederick C. Ma^el, Catons
JOHN G. RECKORD.
ville; Donald P. Marshal, Berlin;
John C. Marzolf, Washington; Rob
ert D. Mattingly, Riverdale; Richard
C. McDevitt. Baltimore; William E.
McMahon. 2d, Washington; John L.
Meakin. Washington; Normal A. Mil
ler, jr.. Hyattsville; Allen V. Minion,
Newark, N. J.: Donald S. Onnen,
Baltimore: Michael Pennella, Wash
ington; John M. Powell, Dorsey;
Joseph H. Randall, Washington;
Robert D. R&ppleye, Washington;
John G. Reckord. Baltimore; Rich
ard C. S. Reid, Chevy Chase, Md.;
Alvin Blair Rice, Greenwich, Conn.;
John J. Ryan, Rockville; Ernest C.
Saltzman, jr„ Washington; Robert
W. Saum, Lanham: Leonard T.
Schroeder. Jr., North Linthicum;
Paul O. Slebeneichen, Washington:
Norman H. Silverman. Washington;
Richard T. Skee^ Baltimore: Wil
Arlington to Send
71 Selectees Today,
32 on Saturday
More to Be Called Soon;
Alexandria Board
To Release New List
Seventy-one white selectees were
to leave for Richmond induction
center today from Arlington County,
the entire quota of the 12th call
requisition.
Board 1 said 32-white men would
leave Saturday for Richmond. These
men are the remaining half of the
board s 11th call quota. Of the 62
man requisition, only 30 were avail
able on the scheduled date of leav
ing yesterday .
Meanwhile, both Arlington County
selective service boards announced
quotas for their 13th call. From
Board 2. clerks announced five col
ored men will be inducted May 19,
while 18 colored men will go to the
induction center May 29. Board 1
; >aid two colored men would be called
Mav 17, while 14 men will report
: May 29.
No name have been released by
1 the boards as yet.
A. Addison Slaymaker, chief clerk
at the Alexandria Selective Service
; Board said eight colored men. part
of the 12th call, would be called into
service May 17. The 13th call, just
i received from Richmond, will de
mand 24 white men. Names of men
J to be drafted in the last two calls
will be released within a few days.
Meanwhile, the Associated Press
reported State headquarters had
j sent out instructions to Virginia's
153 local boards to classify ail regis
trants a? earlv as possible.
Lt. Col. Mills F. Neal. State di
, rector, said the order was intended
! to let the registrants know their
status and did mean that a speedier
rate of induction was contemplated.
The order, however, does not affect
the rule providing that no physical
examinations should be given regis
; trants at a date prior to 60 days be
fore the estimated date of induction.
Tlie 32 men to be inducted Satur
! day by Board No. 1 are:
Burklin. Achille M. Brshong Howard R
Frizzell. John C. Wilton. Guv >£.
Herrell. F. M . jr. Hawthorne. R. C.
Ladd. Hugh T. Allen. Leon R.
Hillyer. John c. Turner. Larry D
Honeycutt. T. N Parham. Jame; E.
Thompson D. W. Lonaerbeam. J. T.
Benedict. S W Beale. William T.
Thompson. Henry F. Pacheco. Robert
Wilkins, G E Preston James F
Zeliner. Jack Montgomery Jack D
Caylor. Theodore c Jacques. Clyde w.
McConnell Elisha P. Knox, Herbert c
Cauffman. Walter F Stoffl. Paul G
Thomas. John P Reynolds Robert M.
Carter. Melvin Henderson W. J.
Ordered to report as replacements
for quota No. 10 are:
Anderson. Velvin 6. Kennedy. Charles K
Hood. Claude C.
Lt. Comdr. W. C. Carroll,
College Park Native, Dies
Lt. Comdr. Walton C. Carroll of
the Naval Dental Corps, native of
College Park. Md, died Sunday in
the Naval Hospital in New i'oik
City, the Navy Department said
yesterday. Arrangements are be
ing made for his burial Thursday
in Arlington National Cemetery.
Born in College park in 1886,
Comdr. Carroll was graduated from
the Georgetown Dental School in
1910 and was commissioned in 1917 a
lieutenant (junior grade). Dental
Corps. U. S. N. R.. entering the reg
ular Navy in 1920.
In 1922 Comdr. Carroll served
with the marines in an expedition
to Haiti and, following a post-grad
uate course at the Naval Medical
School here, was assigned to the
| base hospital at Santa Domingo.
! In 1924 he was transferred to Port
i au Prince, Haiti.
Comdr. Carroll was the son of
William Charles Carroll, clerk of
District Court for 35 years, and Mrs.
Julia C. Carroll. He was a direct
descendant of Charles Carroll of
Carrollton, one of the Maryland
signers of the Declaration of Inde
pendence.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs.
Ray J. Carroll of Norfolk, Va.: three
daughters, Jean and Doris Carroll
and Mrs. Paul Robert Tyler, wife of
Lt. Tyler, U. S. N, Quantico, Va.;
j a son, Walton C. Carroll, jr.; his
I mother, who lives in College Park;
a brother, William Carroll, and a
sister Mrs. Mary Carroll Savage,
both of College Park.
liam J. Suit, Washington; Worth
ington H. Talcott, Chevy Chase, Md.;
Herman A. Tapper, Baltimore; Tur
ner G. Tlmberlake. Magnolia: Gino
Valenti, Washington; Ernest G.
Wagner. Hyattsville: Charles W.
Wannan. Jr, Washington: Thomas
E. Watson. Jr, Washington, and
Stanley M. Whi^fn, Takoma Park.
Overton Plan
Gets Backing
Ot McCormack
House Majority
Leader Pledges
His Support
House Majority Leader McCor-'
mack today promised to give his
support to the Senate-approved
Overton bill containing a formula
designed to settle the annual con-;
troversv in Congress over fiscal
relations between the Federal and'
District governments.
The measure is scheduled to be •
called up in the House Monday. The
formula it prescribes would fix the
share of the expenses of the Federal
Government on the basis of Govern- !
ment-owned acreage here. aft»r cer
tain deductions, to the total land';
area. Its anplication. it is estimated, *
would raise the present lumo sum
Federal payment from S6 009.9O0 to!
approximately $9,000 000 in the fiscal .
year beginning July 1.
Representative McCormack point- j
ed out that in his 14 years as a.
member of the House he has “con-^
sistently” supported proposals for j
increasing the amount of the Federal i
payment toward the cost of operat- j
ing the District government.
Realty Tax Yields 67of Revenue.
Mr. McCormack made known his t
position after Chairman Randolph .
of the House District Committea 1
yesterday appealed to the members j
to give him utmost support in seek- ,
ing House approval of the Overton
bill, and Representative Hunter, .
Democrat, of Ohio told the House ]
the present $1.75 real estate tax ^
here is producing about two-thirds _
of the general revenues and that
the District Committee took that
j fact into consideration before ap- j
proving the Overton bill.
Representative Hunter, who is
Chairman of the Fiscal Affairs Sub
committee of the District Commit
tee. in his statement to the House
said:
••Mr. Speaker, a few days ago. the
gentleman from Kansas, Mr Rees,
offered some objections to H R.
3490, which includes the Overton
formula for determining the annual
payment the Federal Government
wiil make toward the expenses of
the District of Columbia.
List of Cities Challenged.
“The gentleman's objections were
based on what our investigations
have shown to be an erroneous as
sumption that residents of the Dis
trict are not paying a fair and just
proportion of taxes, as compared
with the residents of comparabla
cities elsewhere in the United States.
“To justify the statements he
quoted real estate tax rates in 23
cities. A few of these cities may
rightfully have been called com
parable cities, but it is difficult to
picture Sioux City. Iowa: Phoenix,
Ariz; Cumberland. Md.; Topeka,
Kans.: Fargo. N. Dale. and some of
the other cities on that list as com
parable cities.
Methods of Valuation Considered.
••The gentleman from Kansas," he
continued, “also did not take into
consideration a fact that is known
to every real estate operator in the
country: namely, that a real estate
tax rate means very little unless
methods of valuation are taken into
consideration. In one area, real
estate may be assessed for taxation
purposes at 50 per cent of actual
selling price. In another, it may be
assessed at 75 per cent of market
value. In the District, it happens to
be assessed for taxation purposes
at slightly mor* than 100 per cent
of actual s?les or market value
"Your committee on the District
of Columbia did not approve the
Overton formula blindly. One of its
steps was to secure a study of th£
tax situation by the Bureau of Cen
sus. which reported that residents
of the city of Washington paid
higher taxes than the average in the
10 cities nearest Washington's size
in the United States.
“I rafer you to House Document
108. Seventy-sixth Congress, first
session, District of Columbia tax
study report made to Congress pur
suant to act of May 16. 1938, and
submitted January’ 16, 1939. The
report was prepared by the special
staff under the direction of Mr.
Colin F. Stam. chief of staff, joint
committee on internal revenue tax
ation, and Chester B. Pond, director
of the District of Columbia tax
study, commonly referred to as the
j Pond report.
Sales Prices Under Assessments.
“This report shows that taxes on
property represents 67 83 per cent of
the total taxes levied in the District
of Columbia, as compared with 61.76
per cent of 12 selected States and
64.77 per cent of the 48 States of
! the Union.
"The joint committee above men
i tioned found that on investigation
of 9.795 sales of real estate In the
District of Columbia, covering the
period 1930-1936. the total sales price
was $131,901,917. as against an as
sessed value of $136,715,690, or an
average ratio of 104 per cent assessed
value to sales value,
i “The Pond report recommend!
| that the maximum rate on real es
tate and tangible personal property
should be $1.75 per $100 assessed val*
j uation.
| “An examination of the 1942 Dis
trict of Columbia budget shows an
estimated total revenue from all
| sources of general fund taxation of
$33,940,000. and a real estate tax
! yield of $22,300,000. Therefore, the
real estate pays approximately two
thirds of the total general revenue
taxes of the District.
“The District of Columbia budget
also shows that the real estate con
tributes 60 per cent of the total gen
eral revenue account.
88 Sales Cited.
“Mr. Dent, assessor of the District
of Columbia, recently examined tha
recorded sales of property In tha
business district of Washington, em
braced in the area east of Rock
Creek and south of Florida avenue
for the period 1938 through 1940
“There were a total of 88 re
corded sales, aggregating $12,652.
336, conveying property of which
the total assessed valuation wa«
$13289.310. The total assessed val
uation was, therefore. 108 per cent
of the total j^lea value.