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mm WASHINGTON AND VICINITY TUESDAY, MARCH 19, 1946. Corning Advises Teacher Unity On Pay Views Board Unit Hears McCarran's Bill for Increase Criticized Public school teachers today had a reproof from their new superin tendent, Dr. Hobart M. Corning, who declared their objections to the teachers’ pay raises proposed by Senator McCarran, Democrat, of Nevada are in such a “state of con fusion” that an immediate confer ence of teachers should be called to reconcile their differences. Aftre a two-hour hearing yester day, during which more than a dozen groups took exception to the McCarran proposals, Dr. Coming said members of Congress would never be impressed enough to pass the bill unless the teachers reached a “united front.” Principal among the provisions of the McCarran bill is a $100 raise for nearly all teachers. Mrs. Mary Resh, chairman of the Joint Legisla tive Council, said the 38 educational organizations in her group believe all teachers—especially the $1,500 elementary ones—should get an immediate $600 raise. Flat 20 Per Cent Suggested. Both the current high cost of liv ing and the “dignity” of the teach ing profession demand this increase, Mrs. Resh said. Miss Sue Brett, representing the High School Teachers’ Association, suggested a flat 20 per cent raise for all existing pay scales. These salaries were raised last Julv The hearing at the Franklin Build ing also touched on a revision of i the present teachers’ retirement i scales, proposed by Representative Combs, Democrat, of Texas. Daniel Lloyd, representing the “men teach- I ers of Washington,” objected to the i bill because it eliminates an ad- ! vantage the present system gives to 1 men on the basis of their tendency i to die sooner. 1 Rus^pll Reagh, a representative of < the United States Treasury, jumped '• to his feet to declare that the pro- ' posed new system is “fairer.” ! A joint legislative and personnel Committee of the Board of Educa tion, which conducted the hearing, ] took the objections of the teachers i under advisement. Dr. Corning ] warned that since congressional i committee hearings may be held ] soon on both bills, the teachers had /better “get together soon.” ( Supporter for Bill Heard. Mrs. Resh said the joint legisla- * tive council would consider asking ] all teachers to meet with them soon. The only proponent of the Mc carran proposals was Miss Mary gpnt, representing the Teachers’.] i iiion. American Federation of ' Labor. She said her group had asked Senator McCarran to propose his bill to remedy faults of last July’s 1 <j>ay raise. She was surprised to ' C ilnd Jhe, wishes of teachers already * had progressed so far beyond Sena- t tor McCarran’s bill, under which the v largest raise would be $500 for cer- t tain junior and senior high school r teachers in a high bracket. 1 Among the organizations wanting i higher raises were the Association of Elementary School Principals, s National Capital Vocational Associ- y ation, Senior High School Principals’ j Association and the United Federal i Workers, CIO, Local No. 1; the c Teachers’ Advisory Council to the t Superintendent and the Elementary l Classroom Teachers’ Association. l Extension of Transit s Rerouting Trial Sought * VT C. Merrill, president of the Capital Transit Co., yesterday re quested the Maryland Public Service Commission to permit the transit company to extend its 30-day trial period of the proposed bus and streetcar rerouting plan in Prince Georges County. The commission last month au thorized the transit firm to put the changes in effect for 30 days and to give the commission and the public at least five days’ notice before mak c ing changes. In his petition, Mr. Merrill said full trial of the plan, involving the rerouting into the Mount Rainier terminal of Capital Transit Co. fa cilities serving the county, could not be started until early August. A similar request for extension has been made by the County In dependent Trade Association, which formulated the plan with the aid of transit company representatives. Silver Hill Club Fight Costs Six $200 in Fines Six men from Washington and vicinity were fined a total of $200 in Upper Marlboro Police Court yes terday on charges growing out of an altercation Saturday night at the Silver Hill (Md.) Club, in which Ralph W. Brown, Prince Georges County police chief, was struck. Two of the men, George Hardy, 20, of 1608 Seventeenth place S.E. and Daniel Sproul, 21, of 2906 P street, were fined $25 each on dis orderly conduct charges and $25 each for assault and battery on the police chief. Chief Brown told Trial Magistrate Arthur P. Owens he was present and attempted to stop the fight The others, John E. Day, 31, of 1426 G street S.E.; Thomas A. Prather, 26, of 2224 Massachusetts avenue N.W.; Clifford B. Aley, 23, of 5951 Branch avenue S.E., and Elmer T. Day, 22, of 3701 Branch avenue, Silver Hill, were fined $25 each for disorderly conduct. Virginia Truck Tax Hearing Set April 5 By the Associated Press RICHMOND, Va„ Mar. 19.—The State Reciprocity Board met here yesterday and adjourned without \ action until April 5 when a public hearing will be held on the pro- ' posed waiver of collection of the 2 * per cent gross receipts tax on com- I mercial truckers from other States ! and the District of Columbia. i Decision to hold a public hearing i was made after Virginia railroads requested a hearing on the matter, i Repeal of the tax as part of Gov. i Tuck’s revised road tax program en- 1 acted by the recent General Assem- : bly does not become effective until I March, 1947. I Work Cuts Marriage Chance, Clare Luce Tells Career Girls Rise to Congress Resulted Without Planning, She Says Representative Clare Boothe Luce, the glamorous Republican of Con necticut, started her career making fancy paper nut cups and believes that if she “stayed in Congress much longer, I would wind up making nut cups again.’' Unfettered by any desire to win another election (she already has announced her coming retirement from politics) the blond politician told 500 would-be career girls a thing or two at George Washington University last night. “I am the worst possible advertise ment for career planning or higher education,” she said. “I never planned a career in my life and have practically no education,” she added, ignoring biographical accounts. “I have had a fairly Interesting time without any preparation whatso ever.” Her observations were given the career conference for women stu dents in the university’s hall of government before nine of Wash ington’s leading career women, who were about to conduct specialty ses sions on how to succeed in drama, government, newspaper work, home economics, etc. Began Earning in Teens. Mrs. Luce recalled that she had climbed the “dizzy, dismal ladder of failure" through all these profes sions “to final success in Congress.” While still in her teens, Mrs. Luce was making $21 a week in the paper factory. That’s what she said she believes really forecast her future role in life when, at the age of 12 she produced a play for the Amer ican Red Cross. * “The play was Cinderella. You can see by the title that originality marked my old career, particularly the part about being a Republican.” By her own account, Mrs. Luce began to get an education for the first time when she entered Con gress. If any of the university’s co eds find themselves in Congress some day, Mrs. Luce hopes they will have as “rich, happy and tiring an experience in power and respon sibility as I did.” She hopes they will learn that the key word is "re sponsibility.” Marriage Is One Career. She believes that women think pretty much like men. For instance, she believes that most women be long in the home. Just as firmly, she believes they will continue to leave it. “None of you need worry about opportunities opening for women,” she declared. “There is only one career that is slowly, surely closing Youth Faces Charge Of Posing as Major James Carlisle Robey, jr„ 19, Co lumbia Park, LandoVer, Md„ today was being held by Alexandria (Va.) authorities for transfer to the Dis trict 66 Tace a charge Jot Illegally wearing the uniform Of 4 major in the Army Air Forces, the FBI an nounced. Robey, the FBI said, was listed as 4-F in the draft and has never been in service. He was arrested Saturday night after a chase at Arlington Farms, Va., near the WAVE barracks. When accosted, he struck at an FBI agent, authorities said, and then ran. A civilian and a naval officer joined in the chase, which ended in a nearby field. He was taken before the United States commissioner at Alex andria yesterday on a charge of being a fugitive from the District and waived removal proceedings. He will be brought here when the Fed eral judge for the Alexandria dis trict signs the necessary papers, the FBI said. Robey, who admits he served a year in the Chillicothe (Ohio) Re formatory on a bad-check charge in 1943, according to the FBI, within the past six weeks has been escort ing service women, hiring taxicabs all day and then having the women write checks for him. The checks he authorized turned out to be in valid, authorities said, and Robey Axao uut a luimicu cuutauuu, navui($ difficulty with reading and writing. The FBI says he is on parole from the National Training School for Boys here and cashed checks with merchants and even visited Bolling Field. WACS at Walter Reed and WAVES at Arlington Farms were Robey’s victims, authorities said. At first, about six weeks ago, he ap peared in a captain’s uniform, but rapidly promoted himself to a major, the FBI asserted. Memorial Services Held For Donald M. Bowie, Jr. Memorial services for Donald M. Bowie, jr., who died February 8, were held yesterday in Montgomery County Circuit Court at Rockville under the auspices of the County Bar Association. A resolution adopted by the asso ciation eulogized Mr. Bowie for his “brilliance of mind and his knowl edge of the principles of his pro fession.’’ The resolution pointed out that Mr. Bowie began practicing law in Washington, moving to Montgomery County in 1938. At the time of his death he was assistant to the State attorney general. He was bom at Ashton, Md., in 1909. The association also expressed its regret at the illness of Carey King don, Rockville correspondent for The Star for many years. Mr. King don is now recovering from an oper ation at the Georgetown Hospital. REPRESENTATIVE CLARE BOOTHE LUCE. —Harris-Ewing Photo. for women now as opportunities in other fields expand. That is the career of marriage. The more op portunity you have to earn a living, the less opportunity you will have to find a man to take on that job for you.” Mrs. Luce was introduced by Margaret Lynn, president of Mortar Board, the student boy sponsoring the event. Special sessions on job opportunities* were conducted by Elisabeth May Craig, Washington correspondent; Lt. Col. Mary-Agnes Brown, adviser on women veterans, Veterans' Administration; Mrs. Henry Grattan Doyle, president of the District Board of Education; Helen Hostetter, editor of the Jour nal of Home Economics; Josephine Callan, speech and drama depart ment, Catholic University; Mary E. Switzer, assistant to the adminis trator, Federal Security Agency; Eloise Cram, National Institute of Health, and Dorothy C. Atkins, test division, Civil Service Com mission. They agreed: ‘‘It takes hard work for a woman to build a career.” Bethesda Group Asks Market Traffic Change .The Bethesda, (Md.l Chamber ot Commerce Boeftt of Directors last nignt. requested the Montgomery County Commissioners to pass an ordinance permitting only north bound traffic to enter the Farm Women's Market grounds from Wis consin avenue on Saturdays. Under the plan, exit would be made one way eastbound by way of Willow lane. In approving a report of the Safe ty Committee, headed by A. J. Bar gagni, the board also requested in stallation of 600-candlepower lights on Wisconsin avenue instead of the 200-candlepower lights now in use. The report pointed out that three policemen have been required to handle two-way Saturday traffic in the vicinity of the market. The chamber will not make an award of the Oliver Owen Kuhn Memorial Cup for the year 1945. The cup is given by The Star each year in recognition of some out standing physical improvement in the community. Because of wartime building restrictions there are no candidates for the cup. Clarence Keiser, member of the Maryland National Park and Plan ning Commission, announced the master plan for land use of the Bethesda business district Is ready for a public hearing. A special meeting of the cham ber will be called for April 8 in the Bethesda County Building when the plan will be explained. Diseases Show Decline For Month in Arlington Communicable disease in Arling ton County declined from January to February, although a marked in crease since June has been recorded by the Health Department in com parison with the year ended June 20. 1945. There already have been more than 1,500 cases during the eight month period since June 30 com pared with approximately 1.000 dur ing the entire previous 12-month period. In February, Dr. Ralph G. Beach ley, county health officer, reported 227 cases compared with 384 the month before. Influenza continued to lead with 127 cases, while the re mainder were listed as follows: Measles, 26; scarlet fever, 22; syphilis, 15; gonorrhea, 10; tubercu losis, 6; chlckenpox, 6; pneumonia, 3; meningitis, 3; poliomyelitis, 2; mumps, 4, and diphtheria, ery sipelas, 1 each. The report listed 175 births and 38 deaths in the county during the period. GOP Club to Hold Social A special meeting of the Prince Georges County Republican Club will be held at 8 p.m. Thursday in the Colmar Manor Tov.n Hall. Yankee WAC Hits Memorial, Pivoting Confederate to North A WAC sergeant of Yankee ex traction ran her car Into a Confed erate monument in Alexandria early today, hitting it such a blow that the soldier who customarily faces south found himself suddenly peer ing in a somewhat northerly di rection. No less outraged than any good champion of the old South, Alexan dria’s defenders of law and order took to task Sergt. Doris T. Duperre, 32, of Chicopee Falls, Mass., but temporarily a resident of Fort Myer.i They said Sergt. Duperre was t, * ' driving recklessly when her car struck the monument at Prince and Washington streets, moving" the heavy concrete base 2 feet, jolting the sculptured soldier from his usual stance and running up a $500 dam age bill. The sergeant also had the matter of a $250 car-repair bill. The incident also supplied some credence to a contention of the Na tional Capital Park and Planning Commission that the monument created a hazard and should have been moved long ago. It was erected in 1899. Naval Academy To Start Aviation Courses July 6 $12,000,000 Sought For Field to Permit Expanded Training By th« Associated Press ANNAPOLIS, Md., Mar. 19.—Vice Admiral Aubrey W. Pitch, Naval Academy superintendent, asserted today that although any expansion of academy functions depended on Congress, aviation courses as sep arate studies would begin July 6. The aviation department, estab lished recently under the command of Capt. Robert B. Pirie, will take over then its job envisaged by Ad miral Pitch: “Giving every mid shipman an appreciation of and a respect for air power.” Aviation subjects had been taught before in related naval study classes. In a joint interview, the admiral and Capt. Pirie, disclosed their hopes for developing the aviation depart ment. $12,000,009 Field Sought. Admiral Fitch said that a recom mendation for $12,000,000 academy air facility had been submitted to Congress or the grounds that it was “highly desirable that air facilities be made available within a reason able distance of the Naval Academy " The field proposed, Capt. Pirie explained, would be a first-class military airport with four runways and other macadamized mats for training purposes. One hangar was recommended for the first building program. "If the funds were appropriated I believe the facility could be ready for use by the summer of 1948,” Capt. Pirie said. One of the problems facing the Navy would be acquiring land, since its present holdings are not large enough for such an air facility, the officers agreed. Hopes to Reach Pilot Stage. Meanwhile, the department is going ahead with plans to give middies as much aviation training as possible. Specialized course in flight observation will be given the second class this summer. Lecture courses, using visual training aids developed during the war, will in clude organization, history and all phases of flying. jiiuuuiiiMHuuii win De continued on carrier cruises and participation in Army-Navy amphibious opera tions. Eventually, Admiral Pitch said, he hopes that training might reach the piloting stage before a mid shipman leaves the academy. "It is only in solo flying that they will learn reliance on them selves as aviators," he added, "but solo flying does not make a finished pilot. Any such training would not outmode the year’s special training •At a naval training.station. *T see in the, future aviation will expand to become the most im portant part of the Naval Academy. Bat the naval officer will be a Navy officer first and aviation will bd in any case a specialty,” the admiral concluded. Cabin John Mail, 22, Held In Shooting of Woman, 40 A 22-year-old Cabin John man was being held today in the Rock ville Jail in connection with the shotgun shooting last night of Mrs. Pearl M. Royce, 40, Cabin John, at the home of her brother-in-law, James Royce, 7000 block of Wissiom ing road, Glen Echo Heights. Mrs. Royce was taken to Suburban Hospital, Bethesda, where officials said a number of shot had lodged in her right side. Her condition was described as fair. Detective Corpl. Leo Day of the Montgomery County police force said no charges had been placed against the suspect, William Pyle, pending outcome of Mrs. Royce’s injuries. . Detective Day said Pyle told him the shooting occurred a few hours after he had had an argument with Mrs. Royce’s husband, Charles, at the Royce home. The double-barreled gun was found in the woods near the scene of the shooting, according to De tective Day. He added, although both triggers had been pulled, only one shell was fired. The other ap parently failed to explode, he said. Union Studies Wage Offer Of Virginia Power Firm By th« Associated Press RICHMOND, Va., Mar. 19.—Lead- ' ers of the International Brother hood of Electrical Workers gave close study today to a Vage offer made by the Virginia Electric & Power Co. in an effort to settle con tract disputes before April 1, the deadline set by the IBEW for a 'system-wide strike. Neither the union nor the com pany would discuss specific points of the wage offer. A union repre sentative said the wage plan was “complex” but he declined to go into details. Contract negotiations were to be resumed today with at least four international representatives of the IBEW on hand to assist the eight locals in the VEPCO system. The Virginia State Association of Electrical Workers organized yes terday in Richmond at a meeting of representatives of 18 IBEW locals in Virginia, pledged support of the scheduled strike. Legion Post to View "Music in the Sky" A motion picture, “Music in the Sky,” will be shown at a meeting of the Billy Mitchell Post, No. 85, American Legion, at 8 p.m. tonight in the Masonic Hall, Lee highway and Oakland street, Arlington. The groups will discuss arrange ments for the Arlington County parade March 30 and plans for its banquet to be held soon. Twenty five new members will be inducted. Lakeland Man Fined $250 James Witt, 26, colored, Lakeland, Md., was fined $250 and costs on four traffic charges yesterday by Trial Magistrate Alan Bowie in Hy attsville Police Court—Driving while under the influence of liquor, reck less driving, operating a vehicle without the consent of the owner and driving without a permit. h UNO OFFICIAL HERE—Trygve Lie, secretary-general of the United Nations Organization, is shown on arrival with members of his family at National Airport late yesterday. In the pic ture are (left to right): Mrs. Lie, Mr. Lie and their daughters Matte, 15, and Gurie, 20. Mr. Lie will see President Truman and Secretary of State Byrnes tomorrow. —AP Photo. Shangri-La Leaves U. S. for Rendezvous Wifh Atom in Pacific By W. H. SHIPPEN, Jr. NORFOLK, Va„ Mar. 19.—The carrier Shangri-La and her “ghost” squadron slipped down a foggy channel and out through the Vir ginia Capes last night, bound for Operation Crossroads in the Pacific. Theta was an eerie mysterious quality about the hulking flattop as she faded into the mist with blinker lights flickering and flight deck loaded with a swarm of “drones” and “queen bees” which are to ex plore new horizons of atomic power. A group of newsmen who visited the Shangri-La before she sailed watched the carrier in her dark bat tle dress pick up a bow wave and head across waters where the late Gen. Billy Mitchell and his bombers demonstrated for a previous genera tion the force of another revolu tionary weapon. • Experienced Men Aboard. But the Shangri-La, unlike the ships of another day, carried men experienced in every phase of mod ern air war and alert to the poten tialities of entirely new develop ments. Many of the Navy's most advanced scientists, technicians and special-duty pilots were aboard to insure efficient operation of the Hellcat “ghost” squadron during the atomic bomb tests at Bikini, begin ning May 15. The squadron consists of some 30 Grumman fighters equipped to fly without pilots in test areas where atomic radiation, heat and turbu lence might prove fatal to human beings. An equal number of “queen bee” Hellcats will control the “drones” from the air after they are catapulted from the Shangri-La to collect scientific data and photo graph the explosions with automatic cameras. At least eight "Mines," each ac companied at safe distance by two control planes, will fly at varying levels through the atomic cloud i after leaving the Shanori-T.n nt. a distance of from 20 to 30 miles from the explosion. Some Planes May Be Lost. Rear Admiral R. P. Briscoe, com mander of the operational develop ment force of the fleet, said that several of the drones may be lost because of turbulence, heat or ra diation effect on controls. Pilots in the "queen bee” planes, upon losing sight of their drones in the cloud, must head them off on the other side if possible and steer them to a landing on Roi Island, more than 100 miles away. At the same time they can call on the aid of the Shangri-La’s radar-tracking crews to locate “strays.” Army and Navy sections of the joint task force are working out an elaborate traffic control pattern to prevent conflict between the Navy’s Hellcat and the Army’s Flying Fortress drones. Flotatfon gear has been fixed to air scoops and other recording instruments on the Navy drones in the event they fall into the ocean. Helicopter to Be Used. The Shangri-La, veteran of the Pacific war, also is carrying four helicopters to fly technical observers into the test area as rapidly as safe approaches are indicated by radia tion recording instruments carried in the rotary wing craft. The heli copters will be used to pick up in struments and automatic cameras installed on ships and shore sta tions. Perhaps the busiest men at the tests will be the “queen bee” pilots, who must maneuver their own high speed fighters and steer the drones on separate radio channels for each control—throttle, flaps, landing gear, brakes and elevators. On losing sight of their “ghost” planes, the pilots will throw the strays on automic gyroscopic con trol and try to overtake them. This is often difficult, because the robot brain is apt to work out 1 more efficient throttle and carbu retor settings than can be devised by a harried human in a cockpit loaded with gadgets. Fairfax Court Dismisses Freight Car Robbery Case The Fairfax County Circuit Court yesterday dismissed two charges against Clem E. Suthard in con nection with the robbery of an R. F. & P. freight car at Lorton, Va., last November. The action was recommended by Commonwealth Attorney Hugh B. Marsh immediately after the grand jury returned indictments against Suthard charging him with breaking and entering a freight car and tam pering with air brake machinery. A joint indictment was returned against Gilbert L. Follin, Harry K. Caton and John N. Kelly on charges of housebreaking. The three men, held by the Arlington County police, are accused of entering the home of S. F. Everett at Belle Haven and stealing jewelry and other articles valued at $1,500. Col. Morton to Speak Col. Harold S. Morton, U. S. A., will give a talk on the radio-proxim- i ity fuse at 8 o’clock tonight before the Brotherhood Club of the Pres byterian Church, Takoma Park. 4 Club Gaming Case Jury Dismissed; Retrial April 3 Trial of three men charged with setting up a gaming table in the Trojan Club, 1700 block of Massa chusetts avenue N.W., resulted in a hung jury late yesterday at District Court. Justice Jennings Bailey dismissed the jury, which had deliberated ap proximately three hours. Justice Bailey set April 3 as a date for re trial. The three defendants are Joseph B. Walling, 49, whose address was given as the 1700 block of Mas sachusetts avenue N.W., president of the corporation which is said to have run the club; Charles R. Warde, 52, of the 2100 block of Massachusetts avenue N.W., and Byron M. Jones, 34, colored, door man. Maryland OPA Head Urges Firm Stand on Inventory Hoarding Leo H. McCormick, Maryland OPA director, last night called for a firm stand against "sharp operators” who have been withholding goods from the market, adding that they "can not be permitted to force the Nation into bankruptcy.” In addressing a meeting of Mont gomery and Prince Georges County Price Control Board members, OPA employes and residents at Silver Spring, Mr. McCormick declared: "We must decide on a future of prosperity and security and support the Government’s anti-inflationary measures, or stand by and see in flationary dynamite blow us into economic disaster.” *» ’ ‘ Need to Continue Control^ He said that be had taBred with "hundreds of businessmen" who "want price and rent controls con tinued until they can be lifted with safety.” “New fiscal policies, reinstituted priorities, wage controls are on the way now. to help relieve the hard pressed flanks of OPA’s price con trol,” he said. “We have already seen a beginning of that easement in building materials and in fabrics. “It is to be hoped that selfish, greedy groups who have indulged in the hoarding of inventories will be prevailed upon to release those goods for the benefit of their fellow Amer icans, particularly for the benefit of returning servicemen, who are des perate for the necessities of life after spending years out of their country, away from their families, fighting for the ‘American way of iff* ’ Time to Insist on Action. ‘‘Hoarders of inventory have near ly made that phrase a mockery, to their everlasting shame and dis grace. ‘‘It’s time to wake up—to jog the short memories of these sharp op erators, to remind then; that we nave just barely finished a very cost ly, bloody battle for our very lives. “They canrffct be permitted to force the Nation into bankruptcy and a fate worse than that suffered by the enemies so recently routed on the battlefield.” Alexandria Court Names Woman Probation Aide The appointment of Mrs. Mabel Charlotte Fox of 3623 Gunston road, Parkfairfax, as probation officer of the Alexandria Juvenile and Domes tic Relations Court was announced yesterday by Judge Marion West. Mrs. Fox is the first probation officer to serve the court since the resignation of Miss Clara Norfleet four months ago. Judge West said that he expects to appoint a male probation officer as soon as an ac ceptable candidate applies and ade quate quarters are obtained for the court, which is functioning in Judge West’s private offices in the Burke and Herbert Bank Building. Mrs. Fox attended Flat River Junior College and Missouri State Teachers’ College. She served for seven years as assistant to the matron at the Masonic Children's Home in St. Louis. She also taught for one year at Irondale, Mo., and was a case worker with the State Social Security Commission in St. Louis for almost two years. PTA to Meet Tomorrow The Montgomery Blair High School Parent Teachers Association will meet at 8 pm. tomorrow in the school gymnasium, Silver Spring. Takoma Park Council Orders Razing of Old Spring House The old spring house in Takoma Park was ordered tom down by the Town Council last night, but its stone will be used for building | columns for a new cover over the spring. The improvement will be made when funds become available. Meanwhile, A. P. Bell of the Dis trict Health Department, told the Council the United States Public Health Service has requested that a nety analysis be made of the spring waters. A. L. Sullivan of the Maryland State Food and Drug Commission, forwarded an analysis of the water to the Council, which showed no segage contamination. He said he “would not draw too many con clusions” from this analysis, taken last month. eH said in the past several years a number of samples from the spring of questionable purity have been reported. The Takoma Park Historical So ciety recently reported the band stand has no historic value. The society favored razing the structure and constructing a stone terrace over the spring to make It useful. Luke J. Bennett, president of the Community League of Takoma Park, presented a port on the condition of town thoroughfares and was com mended by the council for -the ac curate information embodied in the report. The council returned to the Mary land National Park and Planning Commission without recommenda tion the following requests for re zoning: Charles B. Ullom, from residence A to residence C, lots in Gibbs & Kosack’s subdivision, and Elmer and Anna Snook, from resi dence B, lots ni the Cunningham subdivision. Adventist Students Get Cafeteria Nearing Today Dr. Benjamin G. Wilkinson, presi dent of the Washington Missionary College at Takoma Park, said that he will meet later today with rep resentatives of students who have boycotted the college cafeteria since Sunday. He said that “a very few” of the men and women students of the Seventh-Day Adventist institution had maintained that servings were too small in the vegetarian cafeteria and prices too high. “In no cases does a student ever pay over $30 a month for food,” he added, “and some are able to keep their bill down as low as $11. An average full-course meal is 60 cents or less.” He said prices have not been: changed in some time, and he! doubted any need for changes exists. Public Works Program Seen Necessary by Fall A Government public works pro gram may have to be established by fall to help offset inflation, Dr. Dewey Anderson, secretary of the Senate Small Business Committee, told the Independent Trade Asso ciation of Prince Georges County last night. He added there had been a marked shift' westward in the country’s' population and spoke of mounting; unemployment in at least one Cali fornia city. Although war contracts benefited large corporations, Dr. Anderson asserted, they did not greatly aid small business, which now must have governmental aid to pull through the postwar slump. Small business, he said, must or ganize from the roots if it is to make its influence felt in high places, he declared. A good sign ofi increasing attention being paid1 small business, he pointed out, is the fact that various large univer sities are establishing courses fop small business study, whereas for merly all training had been for posts in large corporations. -—.. Alexandria PTA to Hear Debate on Conscription Military conscription will be de bated at the meeting of the Maury School PTA in Alexandria tonight. Maj. Gen. Pedro A. del Valle, in spector general of the United States Marine Corps, will argue in favor of conscription and Dr. Aaron J. Brumbaugh, vice president of ‘the American Council on Education, will take the negative. Federal Action Needed to Put Virginia Under Daylight Time Should Washington change over to daylight saving time this summer the Metropolitan area within Vir ginia will find it impossible to con form unless Federal law supercedes legislation passed at the recent ses sion of the General Assembly. The law, designed to change ex treme Western counties of the State from Central Time to Eastern Time, also would have the effect of pre venting any State subdivision from adopting another time unless ordered by Congress. Oyer the last week end, it was reported that a drive already is A under way in the District for day light saving time this summer. The Park and Recreation Committee of the Washington Board of Trade, the Federal Recreation Committee, the District Recreation Board and the recreation secretary of the Council of Social Agencies, have gone on record in the last 10 days in favor of an extra hour of daylight. It would require special legislation to put new time in effect in the i District, however, and the position of the President, Congress and the < Bureau of the Budget has not been i made public. i ♦ ■1 4 Youths Held In Assault Face More Charges Second Attack Laid to One; Police Say AH Admit Robbery Series The list of crimes attributed to four Huntsville (Md.) colored youths, charged with criminal assault on a lF-year-old Seat Pleasant (Md.) girl early Sunday, continued to grow to day. One of the four was accused in another criminal assault case and all four were said to have admitted five or six robberies. A 20-year-old colored girl who lives in the 700 block of Sixty seventh avenue, Fairmont Heights, Md., partially identified one of the youths as the man who stabbed, robbed and assaulted her at 6 a.m. March 3 near her home, police said. The girl picked Charles Ross, 20, from a lineup of seven men as the man who assaulted her, according to Policemen Charles Caldwell and Lee Pumphrey. tone Said the man grabbed her as she walked to work, stabbed her in the neck, took a dollar from her billfold and assaulted her two blocks from her home. Ross would not confirm or deny the charge. Admit Prince Georges Robberies. The youths admitted they com mitted five or six robberies in South ern Prince Georges County in the last few months, police said. One of the youths, Raymond Washing ton, 16, also has admitted he killed Mrs. Annie Jones, 61, of Landover, Md., last February 7. Also held in the assault on the Seat Pleasant girl are Willie Tay lor, 15, and Walter Ross, 21. Washington Detective Sergts. George Cooper, August Helwig, Al bert Embrey, John L. Sullivan and Otto Fuss questioned the four youths on a number of criminal as sault cases and robberies committed in the District in recent months. Talk Freely With Reporters. Police said Washington’s record shows he was arrested in the Dis trict recently on juvenile delin quency charges. The prisoners talked freely with reporters last night, making no ef fort to deny their guilt in the attack on the Seat Pleasant girl. All four will be arraigned April 1 in Marlboro Police Court. Engineering Building Work to Start Soon Prince Georges County Engineer Arthur Tayman announced today that construction of the proposed county Park and Planning Commis sion and Engineering Building in Magruder Park, Hyattsyille, would start as soon as possible. He said he hoped .htorfc on the excavation and foundation would begin within a montla 4fter the architects for the builds Jleported they had progressed to such a stage that construction could begin as soon as priorities on materials are received. Under present plans, he declared, the new building will be a two-story structure of Georgian Colonial de sign. He said the building would contain approximately 5,000 feet of floor space when completed at a cost of $60,000, which would be contributed by the Maryland Park and Planning Commission and the county commissioners. When completed, the Park and Planning Commission will occupy the first floor and the county engi neer’s office, now housed in the ! County Service Building, Hyatts | vUle, would take over the second ! floor, he said. The proposed site | is located near Fortieth place and Hamilton street, Hyattsville. Attorney Is Fined $20 For Being Late to Court / Robert Bains, Silver Spring attor ney, was fined $20 by Judge Stedman Prescott for failing to respond when his case was called in Montgomery County Circuit Court today. The case, involving a damage suit by Spencer P. Bose, Silver Spring, against Burnie Rowe, Avenel, was called at the opening of court at 9:30 am. Mr. Bains, attorney for Mr. Bose, was absent, however. When the attorney entered the courtroom 20 minutes later Judge Prescott asked him why he was late. He said he thought court convened at 10 o'clock. The judge then im posed the fine. Mr. Bose won a verdict of $235.45 in Trial Magistrate’s Court at Silver Spring for damages to his car when it collided with a bull owned by Mr Rowe. Mr. Rowe then appealed the case to the Circuit Court 10,000 Expected to Parade In Arlington March 30 More than 10,000 members of vet erans, military and civic groups are scheduled to participate in the two hour parade in Arlington March 30. sponsored by the Arlington War Me morial Association. Assembly point will be at Wilson “T81! and North Randolph street. The line of March will fol low Wilson boulevard through the mam business section in Clarendon The reviewing stand will be at North Highland street and Wilson boule vard and the parade will disperse near the courthouse. Among the units participating will be a detachment of military police from Port Belvoir, sailors from the Potomac River Naval Command and Marines from Quantico. The parade is being held in con nection with the association’s drive to raise $368,000 for a war memo rial. 3 D. C. Residents Finish Hopkins Medical Course ..T*® men and one woman from the District graduated today in the last war-accelerated class at Johns Hopkins Medical School. They are Moulton Kinsinger Johnson, who trained under the Navy program; Games Kenneth Palmes, Army, and Margaret Cath erine S wanton. This brings to an end the three year wartime program. The regu lar four-year term will be recumad In September. f