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WASHINGTON, D. C., THURSDAY, MARCH 5, 1942.
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Arlington Bill
For City Status
To Be Studied
Now in Subcommittee;
Referendum Plan
Passage Expected
By ALEXANDER R. PRESTON.
6tar Staff Correspondent.
RICHMOND, March 5.—The Fen
wick bill providing for incorporation
of Arlington County as a city, sub
ject to the approval of the voters
in a referendum, will be studied to
day by the Counties, Cities and
Towns Committee of the House of
Delegates.
The bill is expected to pass both
houses of the Legislature without
opposition because of its local ap
plication.
The House unanimously passed
the Fenwick-Campbell bill author
izing patent attorneys and agents
to practice before the Richmond
branch of the United States Patent \
Office.
Reapportionment Bills Up.
Bills reapportioning the State in
Bouse and Senatorial districts are
Blated for debate on the floors of
both branches of the Legislature
today. On motion of Floor Leader
G. Alvin Massenburg, the House
yesterday voted to place the bill re
apportioning House districts on spe
cial and continuing order for today’s
session. A bill to reapportion Senate
districts was advanced to third read
ing in the upper branch yesterday.
Both measures are expected to re
ceive numerous amendments by
legislators who seek to have their
home communities protected from
lessened representation in future
sessions of the General Assembly.
The Northern Virginia area is
Scheduled to receive increased rep
resentation as both bills now stand.
The Senate also advanced to pass
ing stage today a bill by Delegate
Charles R. Fenwick of Arlington to
exempt persons in the armed forces
of the United States from the pay
ment of interest and penalties on
taxes during the period of their
service.
Measures passed by the House
yesterday included a bill by Dele
gate James N. Garrett of Ports
mouth authorizing County Boards
of Supervisors to adopt ordinances
requiring licenses for trailer camps.
McCandlish to Press Bill.
Delegate Robert J. McCandlish.
Jr., of Fairfax County has introduced
a similar biU authorizing the Fair
fax supervisors to license trailer
camps. He said yesterday he will
request passage of his bill, which
was sought by officials of his home
county.
The Davis slot machine bill backed
fcv Gov. Darden was shorn by the
House of a provision authorizing the
attorney general to file proceedings
to remove local officials for failure
t<3 enforce the law against the
machines.
A committee substitute, approved
by the House, provides that the
Governor may direct the attorney
general to investigate and partici
pate in enforcement where local
officials are lax. The minimum fine
under the bill was reduced from $100
to $50. and the minimum jail sen
tence from 60 to 30 days.
Delegate Maurice D. Rosenberg of
Alexandria opposed the bill as bad in
principle, and said the attorney
general would need more assistants 1
and therefore more appropriations
to carry out the mandate of the bill.
Mr. Fenwick arose to call the at
tention of the House to the one
year traffic record of Arlington
County in which no fatalities have
occurred. ‘'I hold in my hands a
copy of the Evening Star of Wash
ington which states that one year j
has passed without a single traffic
fatality in Arlington County,” Mr.
Fenwick said. “I have been re
quested by the officials of Arlington
County to express their thanks to
to the House for passing legislation
in 1940 which permitted the county
to regulate speed limits and made
possible this commendable record.”
Registrar Bill Advanced.
A bill by Mr. Fenwick authorizing
the appointment of a central regis
trar for Arlington County was ad
vanced to third reading today by
the House.
The Fenwick bill authorizing the
Governor to appoint fair rent com
missions was reported favorably by
the House General Laws Committee
yesterday.
The Senate Courts of Justice
Committee reported the Fenwick
bill to establish the District of
Columbia-Virginia boundary. This j
same group approved Mr. Fenwick's
House joint resolution to provide a
commission to study rules and re
gulations promulgated by adminis- i
trative agencies, and report back |
at the 1944 session.
A bill by Mr. Rosenberg and Dele
gate William McL. Ferguson of
Newport-News to enlarge the State
Milk Commission from three to five
members was referred to a sub
committee of the House Agriculture
Committee yesterday for further
study.
The legislation would add two
members to the commission who
have had no connection with dis
tributors or producers. A previous
bill by the same two patrons to
abolish the milk commission was
killed earlier in the session by the
House General Laws Committee.
The subcommittee appointed to
study the new bill is composed of
Delegates Howard C. Rogers of
Loudoun County, William H. Irvine
of Campbell County, H. P. Spots
wood of Orange, E. W. Dodd of Bote
tourt County and Virgil Goode of
Franklin County.
After a two-hour public hearing,
the Senate General Laws Commit
tee voted, 11 to 1, to report the bill
by Mr. Fenwick and Delegate Mini
tree Folkes, jr„ of Richmond to
ease the present requirement that
accountants must serve a two-year
apprenticeship under a certified
public accountant before they can
be licensed by the State.
The legislation would make it pos
sible for persons employed for four
or more years by the United States
Treasury Department as an internal
revenue agent or for four years in
any Federal or State supervisory
agency as auditor to be issued cer
tified public accountant certificates.
New Montgomery
Charter Rule
Held'Fascist'
Charges of Fascism were directed
last night by Alfred D. Noyes, mem
ber of the County Board of Per
manent Registration, against the
proposed charter form of govern
ment for Montgomery County.
Mr. Noyes took the negative side
of this question and Allen R. Gard
ner, representing the Montgomery
County Civic Federation, the affir
mative, in a debate before the Ta
koma Park Chamber of Commerce.
The federation already has adopted
a resolution calling for circulation
of a petition in favor.of a charter
board.
To illustrate his point, Mr. Noyes
cited the history of Fascist Italy
under Mussolini during the past 20
years.
Mr. Gardner condemned the
spoils system of partisan politics
and contended the charter govern
ment would mean greater democracy
for the people of Montgomery
j County.
Plans of Model Planes
;For Navy Go to Six
Schools in County
Shop Teachers to Give
Students Instruction
On Producing Craft
Plans for construction of model
airplanes to be used by the Navy
for aircraft spotting and gunnery
practice are now being sent out
to shop teachers in six Mont
gomery County (Md.) junior and
senior high schools, it was an
nounced today by Dr. Edwin W.
Broome, superintendent of county
schools.
Shop teachers who will be in
charge of the work at their respec
tive schools are: Frank McClung,
Richard Montgomery High School
in Rockville; Edward Dunphy,
Poolesville High School: R. H. Best,
Montgomery Blair High School in
Silver Spring: J. R. Einum. Takoma
Silver Spring Junior High School;
J. W. Wisner. Montgomery Hills
Junior High School, who will share
the plans with George Geinger of
the Kensington Junior High School,
and E. Steigner. Leland Junior High
School, who will share the plans
with A. W. Bender, Bethesda-Chevy
Chase High School.
To Reproduce Plans.
W. C. Feddeman, co-ordlnator of
vocational education in the county
schools, who is in charge of the
entire project, said that he will ask
the mechanical drawing classes in
the various schools to blueprint
additional plans, so that every school
desiring to obtain a set of plans
can do so.
He also urged elementary school
pupils throughout the county to Join
in the project, adding that “you
should feel free to call on the
junior or senior high school instruc
tor in your area for aid.”
Each of the six seta being mailed
out to the schools contains plans
for 50 planes. Twenty types of
planes have been assigned as a
“starter,’’ Mr. Feddeman declared.
As these are mastered, additional
types will be sent out by the Navy
Department until the students are:
turning out 50 types.
No Quota Set.
No quota has been set for the
county. Mr. Feddeman said. Instead.;
the shop teacher and principal of
each school participating in the pro
gram will set the number of planes
they think the students can turn
out. This figure later may have to
be scaled up or down as the work
progresses, he said.
After the models have been com
pleted they will be submitted to In
spection committees set up In the
schools and the approved sets then
sent to the Navy.
Ratings ranging from cadet air
craftsman to captain aircraftsman
will be awarded by the Navy to stu
dents fulfilling certain requirements.
For example, a youth will become
a cadet aircraftsman on approval
by the inspection committee of one
model.
He qualifies for a rating of ensign
aircraftsman upon acceptance by
the committee of any three models
including a scout bomber or observa
tion plane. Other ratings become
progressively more difficult of
achievement. A captain aircrafts
man requires 10 models, including
planes from five nations.
Baptists Ask U. 5. Aid
For Six Missionaries
By the Associated Press.
RICHMOND, Va.. March 5 —
State Department officials at Wash
ington have been asked to take
immediate steps for the relief of six
Southern Baptist missionaries re
ported confined to Stanley Prison in
Hong Konk, Dr. Charles E. Murray,
executive secretary of the Southern
Baptist Foreign Missions Board,
said yesterday.
The board announced the receipt
of cables from Dr. Robert Beddoe,
superintendent of Stout Hospital at
Wuchow, free China, advising of the
imprisonment of Dr. M. T. Rankin
of South Carolina, regional secre
tary for the Orient, and five other
Baptist missionaries.
Dr. Beddoe cabled the Foreign
Mission Board office here Tuesday:
“Ugly reports, dysentery, typhoid,
slow starvation, Americans confined
Stanley Prison Hong Kong. Con
tact here impossible. Try relief
through Washington and French
authorities.” Dr. Rankin’s wife and
children reside here.
Hitchhiking Soldiers
To Get Lifts on Coast
By the Associated Press.
LOS ANGELES, March 5.—
Soldiers and sailors who want a
lift—but can’t thumb one—may get
a lift from the newly organized Ser
vice Motor Corps.
A campaign to recruit motorists
to give rides to hitchhiking military
boys has been launched by the
Automobile Club of Southern Cali
fornia and the Junior Chamber of
Commerce.
U. 5. Employes
Allowed Role
In Charter Fight
Hatch Act Not
Involved, County
Group Informed
Federal employes may circulate
petitions and even campaign for the
election of a Montgomery County
(Md i charter board, according to
an official ruling of the United States
Civil Service Commission, made
public today.
The ruling was contained in a
letter from Harry B. Mitchell, presi
dent of the commission, to Allen H.
Gardner, chairman of the Mont
gomery County Civic Federation
special committee, which drew up
the resolution approved by the
federation last month calling for a
referendum on the charter board
proposal.
If elected, the charter board would
draft a charter for later submission
to the voters of the county for their
approval or disapproval.
Opponents of the proposal to cir
culate a petition for a charter board
have maintained that action by
Federal employes in the matter:
would constitute a violation of the
Hatch Act.
May Even Serve on Board.
Mr. Mitchell in his letter also
ruled that Federal workers may be
come candidates for election on the
charter board and if elected, may
serve on it, provided such service
does not conflict or interfere with
their official duties as officers or
employes of the Government.
The department or agency in
which the Federal officer or employe
is employed would be the sole judge
of whether or not service as a
charter board member conflicts or
interferes with the individual's duties
as a Government employe.
Referring to the provision of the
Maryland constitution that provides
that the ballot shall contain the
names of nominees for the charter
board without reference to the source
of their nominations, the commission
said :
"This provision is further evidence
that the matter of drafting and
submitting the proposed charter to
the voters is intended to be divorced
from State or national partisan
politics.”
Not Banned by Section 18.
Changing of the form of a local
county government by the voters
adopting or disapproving the char
ter, the commission's letter stated,!
“is a question not specifically Iden
tified with a national or State polit
ical party within the meaning of
section 18 of the Hatch Act.”
The petition for a charter board
must be signed by 20 per cent or
10.000 of the. registered voters in
the county, whichever number is
the smaller. Nominations for mem- I
bership on such a board may be
made by the county commissioners
and by a petition bearing the signa
tures of not less than 5 per cent or
2.000 of the registered voters, which
ever is less.
The five members of the charter
board, If it is approved at the gen
eral election, would then prepare a
charter for the county within six
months of the date of the election.
That charter is submitted to the
voters for their approval or disap
proval at the next general or con- <
gressional election.
Charles County Salvage
Drive Chairmen Named
Special Dispatch to The Star.
LA PLATA. Md., March 5—The
Charles County Defense Council an
nounced today it has perfected
plans to collect scrap metal and
other materials needed In the war
effort.
Salvage committee chairmen for ■
the various districts are:
First, John P. Hancock, La Plata;
second, Solomon Taetle, Welcome;
third, Carl Sandy, Doncaster;
fourth. Hugh C. Gardiner, Faulk
ner; fifth, W. L. Simms Tompkins
ville; sixth, Thomas A. Middletown,
Waldorf; seventh. R. A. Hungerford,
Bryans Road; eighth. William I.
Bowling, Bryantown; ninth, William
H. Knott, and tenth, Joseph Mat
tingly, Indianhead.
George I. Gardiner of La Plata
is chairman of the Scrap Metal
Committee for Charles County.
Oldest Civil War Veteran
In Maryland Dies at 102
By the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE. March 5.—Charles
H. Daniels, 102, Maryland's oldest
Civil War veteran, died yesterday.
Veteran of seven battles in three
war campaigns, Mr. Daniels ascribed
his longevity to "a little liquor and
upright living.”
Born in New York City October
9, 1839, Mr. Daniels moved to Balti
more at the age of 11. After the
outbreak of war he enlisted in the
Independent Blues, which later be
came the 4th Maryland Regiment.
He campaigned in Virginia, was
wounded twice, and was caputred in
an engagement at Charles Town.
He escaped and subsequently fought
at South Mountain.
OLD JUG BRIDGE COLLAPSES—Aged 133 years, historic Jug
Bridge, near Frederick, Md., looked like this today after a 65
foot span fell into the Monocacy River. Detours will be required
till midsummer at least, officials said, while a new $500,000
concrete arch is built. Priorities have ruled out a planned steel
structure. The new span will be two lane. Eventually a twin
will be built when the Frederick road is replaced by a dual lane
highway, officials reported. —A. P. Photo.
Prince Georges Quota
For March Includes
70 Passenger Tires
No Retreads Available
Except for Trucks
After March 25
No retreaded tires for passenger
cars will be rationed in Prince
Georges County during March, it
was announced yesterday by Leon
ard Burch, chairman of the county
rationing board. Retreaded tires
will be available for trucks, Mr.
Burch added, after March 25.
March quotas for the board In
clude 70 passenger tires, 59 pas
senger tubes, 129 bus and truck new
tires, 56 bus and truck retreads and
145 bus and truck tubes.
The February quotas were 52 pas
senger tires. 44 passenger tubes, 91
truck tires and 123 truck tubes. Of
these quotas, remaining undistrib
uted on February 28 were 13 pas
senger tires, 23 passenger tubes,
6 truck tires and 62 truck tubes.
However, these tires and tubes are
not added to the March quota.
Certificates for tires were issued
to the following persons last week:
Thomas Somerville. Muirkirk; Har
old Greenberg, Mount Rainier;
Paul F. Needling, Brentwood <2>;
De Atley Ridgeley. Landover; Robert
S. McCarev, Laurel; Mary P. Kep
linger, Berwyn Heights: Harry
Moore, Croome; E. C. Swan, Capitol
Heights; Harry P. Tayman, Croome;
Mark F Welsh. College Park, and
Frank Murray. Silver Hill <4>. Nine
teen requests for tires were rejected.
Purchase of cars was authorized
for Edward I. Arnold, College Park:
Richard T. Tucker. Benning; Henry
L. Albright. Hyattsville; Bernard
O. Rosser, Temple Hills; Lt. John
C. Taylor, Laurel; Harry A. Key,
Suitland; Roy N. Fry, Riverdale;
Harland C. Griswold. College Park;
James Duncan, Landover HUls; Fred
C. Knauer, Berwyn; William L.
Yingling, Carmody Hills: Frank L.
Teuton, Fort Foote, and Charles F.
O'Connor, Capitol Heights. Two
request were rejected.
Retired U. S. Officers
To Train Maryland Militia
P> tbi Associated Press.
BALTIMORE. March 5.—Retired
officers of the Army. Marine Corps
or State Guard will train the mem
bers of Maryland’s reserve militia,
proposed to supplement the State
Guard.
The training program was worked
out by the War Department and ap
proved by Gov. O’Conor and Maj.
Gen. Milton A. Reckord. command
ing officer of the 3d Corps Area.
Basic field training and basic
small arms instruction will be given
the militiamen. They will study
plans for local defense, terrain, map
reading and sketching, communica
tions and practice assemblies.
Gov. O'Conor said no militiaman
would be permitted to carry a gun
until his unit commander was sat
isfied he was capable of handling
the weapon efficiently.
Assistant Chief Warden
In Alexandria Resigns
Bj * Stall Correspondent of The "Star.
ALEXANDRIA. Va.. March 5— j
Resignation of Robert S. Lyle as ;
assistant chief air-raid warden for;
Alexandria, effective yesterday, was
announced today by City Manager
Carl Budwesky, Alexandria defense
co-ordinator. •
Mr. Budwesky revealed that he
had received a letter from Mr. Lyle
tendering his resignation because
of pressure of work. Mr. Lyle has
been affiliated with the air-warden
service in Alexandria since it was
started, Mr. Budwesky said. He
served as assistant to Robert Atkin
son and Albert Bryan, former chief
air-raid wardens.
Bernard Padgett, Alexandria’s
present chief air-raid warden, will
appoint a successor to Mr. Lyle,
according to the city manager.
Army, Navy Personnel Officers
'Ration' New Greenbelt Homes
Only Army and Naw employes;
certified by their respective per-;
sonnel officers will be able to obtain
homes in the new 1.000-unit addi
tion to Greenbelt. Roy S. Braden,!
town manager, declared yesterday.
Homes in the new division, which
was built with Lanham Act funds,
were originally intended only for
enlisted Army men and Army post
employes. Now, however, the units
may be obtained by officers in both
services and employes of the two de
partments, Mr. Braden said. A ratio
of two Army occupants to one Navy
occupant will be maintained, he
added.
One hundred and fifty of the new
homes already have been released
for occupancy, according to Mr.
Braden, and an additional 150 will
be available this week.
Authorization for the additional
units came from the Federal Works
Agency. They more than double the
size of the original community, 1
which consisted of 885 units. Also
the size of new homes tends to be
larger than many of the first Green
belt homes.
Mr. Braden emphasized that the
influx of new people would not re
sult in reorganization of town com
munity facilities. They will be en
larged. however, he said.
George Hodsdon, general man
ager of the Greenbelt Consumer
Services, reported yesterday that the
new inhabitants are joining the co- !
operative group which operates the
community's stores. He said that
new stores are not immediately con
templated, although they would be
desirable.
An addition to the Greenbelt
School, recently authorized, will
care for the increased' school bur
den from the new addition.
I
Fairfax Board Refuses
$6,600 Federal Grant
For Accotink Project
800 Pet. Tax Increase
Seen for Area With
Water, Sewage System
Special Dispatch to The Star.
FAIRFAX. Va„ March 5 —Because
of the possibility that citizens in the
Accotink area might be faced with
an 800 per cent increase in taxes
to finance the county's share of a
proposed $26,400 water and sewer
age system, the Fairfax County
Board of Supervisors yesterday de
clined a Federal grant of $6,600
toward the cost of the projects.
A resolution adopted by the board
said the county now receives an
average of about $17 per house from
local taxes in Accotink. to which
would have to be added approxi
mately $121 to meet the cost of the
proposed projects, an increase of
800 per cent in the tax rate.
The supervisors stated that in
view of the tremendous increase
that would result in taxes it would
not be worth while to hold a refer- |
endum to establish a sanitary dis- j
trict.
The village of Accotink. sur- \
rounded by Fort Belvoir, contains
42 houses, and it was pointed out
the sanitary requirements in the
town have been brought about solely
by the construction of Fort Belvoir.
The supervisors also adopted a
resolution asking the Federal Power.
Commission to fix a date for a public
hearing on the application of the ;
Occoquan Co. for a license to con
struct and operate a water power
project on Occoquan Run.
Action of the board followed re
ports that construction of the neces
sary 125-foot dam and reservoir
might flood the present reservoir
located on Occoquan Run, which is
used as a water supply for the Dis
trict of Columbia penal institutions
at Lorton. It was further claimed
the proposed project might also
render useless the dam now located
on the run belonging to the Occo
quan Hydro-Electric Co. and the
reservoir to be created would back
water up to within 1.9 feet of the
bridge at Woodyard's Ford.
Escaping Jail Isn't
Illegal in Los Angeles
By the Associated Press.
LOS ANGELES. March .5.—It's
going to be illegal to escape from the
city jail. Don’t laugh. It isn’t now.
Grinning broadly, City Council
man Norris Nelson called that fact
to the council’s attention. It ordered
the city attorney to take steps.
Mr. Nelson said the city fathers
had neglected to enact an escape
penalty. Police Chief C. B. Horrall,
he added, was embarrassed to dis
cover he couldn't penalize a prisoner
who departed ahead of schedule. .
Virginia to Mail Drivers'
Applications March 11
All motor vehicle operators in
Virginia must renew their operators’
or chauffeurs’ licenses during a 3'i
month period beginning March 15.
C. F. Joyner. jr„ assistant director
of the Division of Motor Vehicles,
said today. He announced applica
tions for renewals will be mailed
March 11 along with motor vehicle
registration cards.
The period for the purchase of
motor vehicle license plates will be
from March 16 through April 15.
The plates will be on sale at the
division offices in Richmond and at
1110 authorized agencies throughout
the State.
Motorists will be required to pay
a fee of 50 cents for renewal of
operators’ licenses which will expire
July. 1945. The applications may
be filed wdth any of the motor ve
hicle license plate agencies, at the
division offices in Richmond or
mailed to the Richmond offices.
Summer Canning Centers
Planned in Montgomery
Special Dispatch to The Star.
ROCKVILLE, Md.. March 5 —
Mrs. Gertrude Bowie and Miss
Ed.vthe M. Turner, co-chairmen of
the nutrition program in Mont
gomery County, are planning a
number of canning centers in the
county this summer, Miss Turner,
the county's home demonstration
agent, said today.
Five of these centers will be at
high schools and will be in charge
of home economics teachers, as fol
lows: Sherwood, Mrs. Eunice
Richer: Poolesville, teacher yet to
be named: Damascus, Miss Norma
Cornell; Rockville, Mrs. Bowie; I
Gaithersburg, Mrs. Ralph Keller.
These teachers w-ill work with
their vocational girl students and
in some cases with 4-H Club girls.
They will also can for the school
cafeterias if the neighborhoods will
send surplus garden produce or
permit the girls to gather it.
Miss Turner also said that ap
proved members of homemakers’
clubs will be allowed to use the
equipments at the schools if they
consult with the home economics
teachers. Enrollment closes April 1.
_
Baltimore to Arrest 9
For Blackout Violations
B' tt'f Associated Press.
BALTIMORE, March 5.—Magis
trate Henry B. Mann yesterday
issued warrants for the arrest of
nine persons accused of violating
the city’s blackout ordinance during
last Friday’s test.
The warrants charged “willful
neglecting or refusing to extinguish
lights” and set bail in each case
at $500. Police said arrests prob
ably would be made today.
Five warrants alleged infractions j
at residences. The other four were '
issued in an alleged violation at
a bowling alley, the three owners
and the manager being named.
School Ban Asked on Foster's 'Offensive' Songs
Members of the Board of Edu
cation will have to decide at their
next meeting whether to approve
for use in the public schools sev
eral song books containing songs
by Stephen Collins Foster and
other composers which repre
sentatives of the colored school
divisions contend as “offensive.”
The specific songs to which ex
ception was taken include:
“Carry Me Back to Ole Virginny,”
by James A. Bland, a colored
composer; ‘T’ve Got Plenty of
Nothing,” from “Porgy and Bess,"
by George Gershwin; “Massa’s
in the Cold, Cold Ground,” “My
Old Kentucky Home,” “Old Folks
at Home,” “Old Uncle Ned,” and
“Ring, Ring the Banjo," all by
Foster; “Old Man River,” from
“Show Boat,” by Jerome Kern;
“Shortnln’ Bread,” by Jacques
Wolfe and Clement Wood, and
“Without a Song,” by Vincent
Youmans.
The issue was raised yesterday
by Mrs. Velma G. Williams, a
colored member of the board,
when the list of song books came
up for approval. Mrs. Williams
said she had been called by sev
eral teachers who protested that
“certain phrases” in the songs
were "offensive” not only to the
teachers, but to the children.
Other board members objected
that Foster’s music was part of
this country's folklore, that well
| known colored singers sang the
| songs and raised the issue
whether the books should be for
bidden the entire system because
a section was offended, espe
cially since there is no compul
sion to sing the songs.
Mrs. Williams said she did not
think the board should approve
books that were offensive to a
section of the system and that
she had raised the question only
because of the complaints which
had come to her.
The board asked that details
on the songs and offensive
phrases be provided each member
before the next meeting.
Text books for the schools are
considered by a special text book
committee consisting of teachers
and officials and the lists are rec
ommended for approval. First
Asst. Supt. Garnet C. Wilkinson,
in charge of the colored divisions
of the schools, has asked also that
the books in question be disap
proved. They contain from 50
to 100 songs altogether, he told
the board.
The composer of “Carry Me
Back to Ole Virginny,” James A.
Bland, was at one time a student
at Howard University. He then
Joined a minstrel group with
which he toured the country for
years. Among his other songs
which have retained their popu
larity were "Oh, Dem Golden
Slippers” and “In the Evening
by the Moonlight,” the latter a
favorite wherever are gathered
the lovers of "barber shop”
chords.
U. S. Begins Law Suit
To Clear Roadways to
New War Building
Offers to Furnish
Trailers for Families
Forced Out of Homes
The Federal Government moved
swiftly today to acquire approxi
mately 160 tracts of land in Arling
ton County required for construction
and improvement of access roads
and bridges leading to the new War
Department Building.
Government attorneys promised
United States District Court at
Richmond yesterday that temporary
trailer accommodations would be
provided for families required to
move immediately. A check for
$369,427 was placed on deposit as
compensation for the property in
which more than 180 parties, some
of them husband and wife, were
listed as having interest.
Original papers in each of the
cases were forwarded to John Mon
roe. deputy clerk of United States
District Court at Alexandria, who
j said today that service of papers will
begin late today or tomorrow.
Mr. Monroe said that property
| owners who accept prices offered by
! the Government may enter into a
| stipulation and receive payment by
court order from Government money
deposited with the tribunal yester
day. Where there is disagreement
over price, the owner may demand
a jury trial in Federal Court.
Hearings will be conducted at
Alexandria rather than Richmond,
but no date has yet been set. “I un
i derstand the owners will be given
j until March 15 to get out,” Mr. Mon
roe said.
In listing grounds for obtaining
possession of specified tracts at once,
the Government told the court that
It “has made arrangements to have
trailers available on a parcel of land
situated in the vicinity of the tracts
taken * * • to which families re
quired to move immediately w?i’
have access • * *” and that "no
family will be required to vacate any
tract until a trailer has been made
j available.”
The petition said the trailers will
provide “accommodations practically
; as comfortable as those from which
persons will be required to move and
that these trailers will be furnished
to those persons lor a reasonable
length of time without rent or
charge.”
The condemnation papers were
filed through the office of Melvir I
Wallinger, special United States at- i
tomey at Richmond. ,
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Arlington Zoning Changes
Opposed by Business Group
Appearing at a hearing on the
proposed Arlington County master
zoning plan, owners of business
properties in the area bounded by
Glebe road, Lee Boulevard and Lee
Highway asked the County Board
last night to leave the classification
of their properties unchanged.
Much of the property would be
changed to residential or apartment
zones under the plan, officials said.
Developers of Tara, Larchmont and
Wynnwood subdivisions asked high
I restrictions for their lots, preferably
s class R-8. which requires lots of
8,000 square feet minimum area.
The board received a request that
.the 91-acre tract to the south of the
Westmont development, extending
over the Fairfax County line, be
zoned R-6, or lots of 6,000 square
feet.
J. C. Ristine, Lyon Village, pro
posed extension of business zoning
; farther down Garfield street in
Clarendon.
Last night's hearing was the
fourth in a series of five on the pro- j
posed zoning plan. The final hear
: ing, slated for 7:30 p.m. next Tues
day at the courthouse, will cover the
Rosslyn area bounded by the Poto
mac River, the Fort Myer line, Lee
boulevard. Tenth street, North Bar
ton street, Lee highway and North
Courthouse road.
Curfew Ordered
For Dublin Stores
Only retail liquor stores, restau
rants and drugstores may serve cus
tomers in Eire after 8 p.m. Monday,
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday,
9 pm. Friday and 10 pm. Saturday,
officials of the Eire Minister of
Industry and Commerce have ruled
at Dublin.
All other stores must bar cus
tomers after the curfew hour. Even
operation of automatic vending ma
chines is forbidden after the clos
ing hours involked.
P.-T. A, Play in Arlington
The Dramatic Club of the Thomas
Nelson Page School Parent-Teacher
Association will present a “Woman
less Wedding" at the Central Meth
odist Church, Fairfax drive and
Stafford street, Arlington, at 8 pm.
tomorrow.
Dairy Parley
Hears Call for
Production Hike
Committee Is Named
To Seek Solution of
Labor Shortage
The Northeastern Dairy Confer
ence, attended by more than 100
dairymen from 11 Eastern States,
ended late yesterday with a call for
all-out agriculture production to help
win the war, despite mounting prob
lems facing American farmers.
“It's tough.” M. Clifford Town
send, chief of Agriculture Defense
Relations for the Agriculture De
partment, commented in discussing
the farm labor situation, “but Gen.
MacArthur is having it tough, too.”
Mr. Townsend, former Governor of
Indiana, spoke during the morning
session held In the Ambassador
Hotel.
While the dairy business has high
priorities under the present war food
program, the time might come, he
said, when we will be faced with
the question, "Do we want guns, or
do we want milk?”
Stress Labor Shortage.
Speakers through the day-long
meeting stressed the seriousness of
a farm labor shortage. The dis
cussion was climaxed at the close
of the day with appointment of a
committee to confer with Federal
officials on ways to keep men on the
farm. It was suggested that the
Government issue a certificate of
merit to farm youth deferred from
military service for farm employ-'
ment.
One speaker. P. C. Turner, presi
dent of the Maryland Farm Bureau
Federation, suggested that prisoners
j of war be used to help farmers
harvest crops when ‘‘our war
machine will soon be rolling.” He
said the federation was investigating
the possibility of utilizing men from
conscientious objector camps on
farms.
Hitting at “shiftless labor that
works only one, two or three days a
week and loafs the balance of the
time,” Mr. Turner urged that this
: class either be inducted or made to
; work.
He also proposed that Maryland
branches of the National Youth Ad
ministration and the Civilian Con
servation Corps be abolished for the
duration of the war. leaving defense
| training now carried on by N. Y. A.
to vocational schools, and retaining
only enough of the C. C. C. to super
I vise conservation districts.
Agricultural Marketing Adminls
trater Roy Hendrickson assailed reg
ulatory machinery in the dairy in
dustry used to raise prices "contin
ually, regardless of the relation to
which those prices bear to other
farm prices or to city prices.” He
said the “old game of taking milk
from the farmer and keeping it away
from children will have to stop.”
End Frills in Delivery.
D O. Hammerberg, Connecticut
State milk administrator, made the
suggestion that “frills in milk de
livery” be eliminated and that milk
be delivered consumers every other
day. A similar suggestion came
from E. A. Perregaux of the Uni
versity of Connecticut.
The meeting, which opened Tues
day, closed with re-election of all
but one officer of the dairy confer
ence. They are Dr. R. B. Corbett
of College Park. Md.. president; C.
Marsden Bacon of Middletown,
Conn., vice president, succeeding B.
B Derrick, secretary of the Mary
land and Virginia Milk Producers'
Association; Dr. W. Bruce Silcox
of the Agriculture Department, sec
retary. and O. H. Hoffman, jr„ of
Philadelphia, treasurer.
Arlington Plans Series
Of Civil Defense Meetings
Four meetings, one tonight and
three Monday, will speed the or
ganization of Arlington County's
civilian defense setup.
Defense rescue squads will gather
at 8 o'clock tonight at Jefferson
Firehouse, at the call of Capt.
Mackall R. Bruin, director of the
squads. First-aid and rescue in
struction will begin as soon as the
organization is completed tonight.
Auxiliary firemen will meet at
7:30 p.m. Monday in the Falls
Church. Ballston and Jefferson
firehouses. Fire Chief A. C. Scheffel
announced. Three classes will be
held each week until the auxiliary
fire course is completed.
Charles Bishopp and James Cat
terson. Cherrvdale fire company;
Charles L. Padgett. Clarendon:
M. P. Divine. Ballston, and John
Beason. Jefferson, will be the in
structors.
County Manager Frank C. Hanra
han, who also is county defense
director, said Chief of Police Harry
Wbodyard had informed him addi
tional auxiliary police classes will
be started next week.
Home Gardens Course
Opens at Maryland U.
“Don't plant a Victory garden if
you don’t know what you are doing,”
Dr. C. H. Mahoney, head of the
Horticultural Department at the
University of Maryland, advised
members of garden clubs today.
A two-day course on planting effi
cient home gardens began this
morning at the university. The
school supplements courses which
have been givan tn every county in
Maryland during the past month by
members of the horticultural de
partment staff.
Dr. Mahoney said the course
usually was devoted to ornamental
gardens, but that numerous re
quests had caused the addition of
lectures on vegetable gardening.
Attending the . class today were
about *50 housewives from nearby
Maryland communities and the
District.
The course will consist of 15 lec
tures by university staff members,
W. C. Price of Towson and Vernon
T. Stoutmeyer of the Department
of Agriculture, and a lecture on
“Flower Arrangement” by Mrs.
Herbert Gregor of Washington.