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WASHINGTON, D. C., MAY 5, 1946.
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Washington and Vicinity
A—15
18 Communities
Vote Tomorrow
In Maryland
9 Contests Expected
In 10 Prince Georges,
8 Montgomery Towns
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Residents of eight towns in Mont
gomery County and ten in Prince
Georges will vote tomorrow for
municipal officials with contests in
prospect in nine of the elections.
In addition there will be refer
enda in Takoma Park. Cheverly
and District Heights. Elections also
*ill be held in Rockville, Gaithers
burg, Garrett Park, Laytonsville,
Barnesville, Somerset and Drum
mond in Montgomery, and in River
dale, Capitol Heights, Bladensburg,
Edmonston, Seat Pleasant, Cottage
City, North Brentwood and Fair
mont. Heights in Prince Georges.
Largest Montgomery turnout is
anticipated in Takoma Park, where
voters will choose a mayor and six
councilmen and vote on a referen
dum on two proposed changes in
the town charter.
One of the contemplated changes
at Takoma Park would set up a re
tirement system for certain town
employes. The other would reduce
discounts now permitted for prompt
payment of town taxes.
Retirement Plan Opposed.
Opposition to the retirement pro
posal has been expressed by M. C.
Taft, chairman of the Law and
Ordinance Committee of the Town
Council, and by Mrs. J. R. Heming
way of the Takoma Park branch,
Montgomery County League of
Women Voters.
Mayor Oliver W. Youngblood has
no opposition in his race for a
fourth term which will run until
June 1, 1948.
In the councilman race, two mem
bers will be chosen from the 4th
precinct, two . from the 6th, one
from the 9th and one from Prince
Georges County. The only contest
is in the 9th precinct, where there
are two candidates, John H. Nies
and William M. Jeffries, and only
one vacancy.
Other Candidates Listed.
Candidates for Council in the
other precincts are: John C. Post
and Councilman Millward C. Taft.
4th precinct; Councilman John F.
Sidell and Herman C. Heffner, 6th
precinct, and L. A. Anderson, Prince
Georges County.
In Cheverly, where those who
failed to register previously may do
so tomorrow, chief interest is a 10
point town construction program
and a proposal to increase the
general tax rate from 25 cents per
$100 valuation to 95 cents.
Both proposals have precipitated
heated discussions among various
Cheverly civic groups in recent
weeks.
Included on the 10-point program
are the proposed construction of
storm sewers, street pavements,
sidewalks, curbs and gutters, estab
lishment of a new street-lighting
system and modification of the pres
ent garbage-disposal system.
No Contests in Cheverly.
There are no contests among can
didates for offices in Cheverly.
Running for the Town Council from i
the 1st ward will be Charles Kid- I
well and for the 2nd ward, Harry j
J. Smith, to succeed Duncan Har- I
ken and William A. Link, respec
tively, who decided against re-elec
tion.
In District Heights, residents will
decide on raising the tax rate from
30 cents per $100 valuation to 75
cents, for installation of street lights
and street maintenance. Frank
Gorley, is the lone candidate for
town commissioner. Incumbent
Owen Millikin, present chairman of
the three-man board of commission
ers, is not running.
Five candidates are seeking the
four vacancies on the Rockville
Town Council while G. Lamar Kelly,
who is running for mayor, has no
opposition.
Those .running for council are
Louis J. Ryan. Frank E. Williams
*nd Oliver H. Perry, incumbents; F.
Bache Abert, for many years town
clerk and treasurer, and Leroy B
Sherman.
Four Seek Gaithersburg Posts.
In Gaithersburg, there are four
:andldates for three seats on the
Town Council. They are Charles
P. Fox, Samuel B. Briggs and Otha
Trundle, incumbents, and George W.
Marshall. Mayor William McBain
aas no opposition for re-election.
Four persons are seeking the two
'ouncil seats to be filled at Garrett
Park. Candidates are Paul Johnson,
ncumbent; Ernest Stevens, Samuel
Pdwell and William C. Young. Clar
ence Buck, incumbent, is not run
ning. Mayor Clyde Hall has no op
position. _
The three councilmen in Laytons
tille and the three in Barnesville
iIso have no opposition. Those in
Laytonsville are Gover Armstrong,
Roy W. Barber and Albert Hawkins.
The Barnesville incumbents are J.
ft. Lillard, R. S. Hays and C. C.
Drme.
A similar situation exists in
Somerset, where Mrs. Rufus Miles
ind John B. Brady, incumbents, are
teeking re-election with no* opposi
tion. Mayor Irving M. Day also
las no opposition.
There are no official candidates
n Drummond and the voters will
elect seven members of the Citi
ens’ Committee by write-in votes.
Riverdale Contest Expected.
At Riverdale, a contest is expected
or councilman from the 1st ward,
rhere both Frederick W. Weigand
nd William M. Schultz are seeking
he post left vacant by the retire -
nent from office of Walter B. Ford.
>thers who are running, without
T>position, are Harry C. Weeks, in
umbent, for treasurer: Nathan G.
IcKnew, for councilman from the
!nd ward, and Edward B. Dun
ord, incumbent, for councilman
rom 4th ward.
Three persons are candidates for
layor in Capitol Heights. They are
William H. Hutson, now serving out
be term of Mayor Alfred Donn, who
ied recently; Frank C. Ripley and
’homas A. Shaw.
Ten candidates for six posts in
he Town Council also are running,
hey include Leroy M. Nuthall, Rol
n R. Reno, William R. Rawlings,
ieorge W. Smith and Thomas Ven
emia, incumbents: Zachary T.
lynn, Giles A. Gainer, Joseph M.
are, Charles F. O’Connor and
A. Simpson. Also up for elec
r
Polling Places, Listed
For Vote Tomorrow '
In Maryland Towns
Where and when to vote
tomorrow in communities of
Prince Georges and Mont
gomery Counties:
Cheverly—American Legion Hall.
11 ».m. to 8 p.m
Riverdale—firehouse, T am, to
7 P.m
Capitol Heights—firehouse, 7 am
to 8 p.m.
North Brentwood—firehouse, 1 to
Falrmount Heights—firehouse, 7
a m. to 7 p m.
Bladensburg—firehouse, 7 a m. to
7 p.m.
Edmonston — Edmonston Elemen
tary School. 1 to 7 o.m.
District Heights—firehouse, 1 to
10 p.m.
Seat Pleasant—firehouse. 1 to 7
Cottage City—Town Hall, 2 to 8
p.m.
Rockville—firehouse, noon to 6:.'10
Takoma Park—firehouse, 6 am.
to 7 p.m.
Tuck Appoints Miller
To Succeed Lancaster
As State School Head
By the Associated Press
RICHMOND, Va., May 4.—G.
Tyler Miller, 43, Charlottesville su
perintendent of schools and presi
dent of the Virginia Education As
soclation, today
was appointed
sup erintendent
of public In
struct ion for
Virginia by Gov.
Tuck.
He will fill the
unexpired term
of Dr. Dabney S.
Lancaster, who
resigned to ac
cept the presi
dency of State
Teachers Col
lege, Farmville,
and his term of
office Will be CO- Miller,
incident with that of the Governor.
The new superintendent will assume
his duties about June 1.
Mr. Miller has had almost 20
years of experience in school work.
He became superintendent of Char
lottesville schools last July 1, after
17 years as school superintendent
for Warren and Rappahannock
Counties. He is a native of Rappa
hannock County and holds a bache
i lor's degree in electrical enginer
ing from Virginia Military Institute.
He studied education as a graduate
student at the University of Vir
ginia.
Mr. Miller's first educational work
was as assistant principal of Wash
ington High School in 1923-1925.
The next three years he spent in the
real estate - business, but returned
to schools in 1928 as superintendent
in Warren and Rappahannock.
Now rounding out the second year
of his biennial term as president
of the VEA, Mr. Miller previously
was president of District H of the
association, chairman and member
of the organization's Legislative
Committee and a member of its
Policies Commission.
Montgomery GOP Club
Hears Ploeser Tuesday
Representative Ploeser, Republican
of Missouri, will be the guest speaker
at the semiannual meeting of the
Republican Club of Montgomery
: County at 8 p.m. Tuesday in the
' Masonic Hall, Silver Spring.
All Republican candidates for
I County offices will be introduced.
I-*
jtion is Mrs. Anna J. Light, incum
bent, for treasurer.
In Bladensburg, six men are in
the field for five places on the town
Board of Commissioners. These are
Andrew F. Gasch. Josias M. Cobb
and Leonard G. Simpson, incum
bents: Owen H. Creighton, H. Edwin
Heckrotte, jr., and Vincent J. Mc
Carron. Two incumbents, James E.
Peake and H. Myron Potter, have
decided against running.
No contests are slated for Ed
monston, where those up for election
are without opposition. They are
Francis R. James, incumbent, 1st
ward, and Henry L. Adams, incum
bent, 2nd ward, for councilmen.
At Seat Pleasant, there also are
no contests. Up for mayor is Van
Moreland; for treasurer, J. Theo
dore Crown: for councilmen - at
large, William F. Cleary, Antonio
Fominaya. James M. Roberts,
Charles Robertson and Joseph A.
Well, incumbents.
No Contest at Cottage City.
Likewise, there are no contests at
Cottage City, where Carl Minnick,
incumbent, is seeking re-election as
councilman from Ward Two; R. A.
Donley, board chairman, councilman
from Ward Three, and Colin Ward,
councilman from Ward Four, to suc
ceed Ralph Bailey.
In North Brentwood where Wal
lace E. Williams, incumbent, and
Raymond L. Butler, are opponents
for councilman from the Second
Ward, and Orlando G. Hobbs, in
cumbent, and Daniel M. Nash, seek
the councilman seat from the Third
Ward.
Four Candidates for councilmen
at-large are seeking the three
places in Fairmount Heights. They
are Doswell E. Brooks and James
Davis, jr., incumbents: John H.
Davis and Thornton T. Smith. In
cumbent William J. Clayton is not
running.
Elections at Berwyn Heights, orig
inally scheduled to be held tomor
row also, are defaulted to the In
cumbents under provisions of the
town charter, which permit the elec
tion to go to those already in office
if there is no opposition.
Riverfront Plans
To Be Debated
At Alexandria,
Property Owners
And U. S. Engineers
To Meet Tuesday
Development of the Alexandria
waterfront along Industrial, shipping
or scenic lines will be considered at
a public meeting arranged by the
city government and the United
States Army Engineers at 7:30 p.m.
Tuesday in the Alexandria City Hall.
City Manager Carl Budwesky said
the meeting is planned to hear from
owners of property along the Poto
mac River” and Hunting Creek, as
well as Chamber of Commerce
members and individual residents
as to what they believe should be
done in development of the region.
Calling for views of Alexandrians
is a preliminary to the public hear
ing the Federal district engineer has
scheduled for May 21 in Washing
ton. Mr. Budwesky pointed out the
Army Engineers have been directed
by Congress to make a survey of the
Potomac and Anacostia Rivers and
the tributaries to determine the most
advisable action.
Shipping Held Key Factor.
“There are people in Alexandria
who think the riverfront should be
developed for industry, while others
advocate parks wherever possible.
However, shipping has been the key
factor in Alexandria’s development
through the years and it can be
again,” Mr. Budwesky said.
“Studies have been made that
contemplate building a retaining
wall and dredging the river to per
mit boat traffic to park parallel to
the wall.
“Other persons think the wall
should not be built all along the
waterfront, but that the port should
have pier and slip developments
in order to berth ships at intervals.
"The question of what should be
done with Hunting Creek is im
portant because it is one of the
main lungs of the Potomac. We
may lose the oxidizing effect of
nature in the creek by making It
into a boat harbor. The sewer sit
uation in the Potomac may become
intolerable if that is changed,” Mr.
Budwesky explained.
Park Site Recommended.
Riverfront property between Gib
bon and Wolfe streets extending
for 500 feet into the river for fill-in
purposes has been bought by the
city from the Southern Railway for
$9,000. While its use has not been
definitely determined, a national
recreation survey recommended the
area for a park site and yacht basin.
Due for final passage on third
reading by the City Council is an
appropriation of $28,000 for pur
chase of property owned by J.
Henry Kicherer at the upper part
of Hunting Creek as a possible site
for a new sewage disposal plant
for Alexandria, which now permits
raw sewage to enter the Potomac
without treatment. Whether or not
the site will be suitable for a plant
is to be determined in a $50,000
enginering survey already author
ized by the City Council
Mrs. Ernest N. Cory
Honored by Girl Scouts
Mrs. Ernest N. Cory, commissioner
for Prince Georges County Girl
Scouts, yesterday was presented with
the Thanks Badge by Girl Scouts of
the Sixth Maryland District, in
ceremonies at the University of
Maryland.
The award is the highest accorded
by the Girl Scouts. Long active in
scout work, Mrs. Cory, a College
Park resident and wife of the State
entemologist, has been county scout
commissioner for the last three
years.
The award was presented by a
delegation composed of Brownie
Scout Sally Bender, Troop 50; Inter
mediate Scout Patsy Perry, Troop 30,
and Senior Scout Martha Jean
Crawford, Troop 8. The Sixth Dis
trict includes College Park, Berwyn
and Beltsville. Md.
Veterans Committee
To Meet in Arlington
Three American Veterans Com
mittee members will address the
new Arlington branch of the Wash
ington chapter at 8 p.m. Thursday
at the Arlington County Courthouse.
Speakers will include Chat Pater
son, national legislative representa
tive, who will discuss the group’s
stand on important bills before Con
gress; J. Robert White, former
chairman of the Washington chap
ter and one of the delegates to the
national convention, who will speak
on convention plans, and Truman
Keesey, field secretary for Virginia,
Maryland and the District of Col
umbia, who will talk on organization
of the Arlington branch.
Fairfax School Offers
Music Fete Thursday
“America’s Music’’ will be the
theme of the Spring Music Week
program of the Fairfax Elementary
School, to be held in the school at
8 p.m. Thursday.
Mrs. C.. G. Gilbertson and Mrs.
R. E. Feagans, assisting the faculty
in directing the program, announced
that voluntary, donations will be
accepted for the joint benefit of the
student body and the Town of Fair
fax School and Community League.
Weather Man Shines
wasmngtonians may have been
all wet yesterday but the weather
man wasn’t as he rounded out a
week of perfect guessing by calling
for rain—which came.
Rumors that his weather machine
had broken down with the indicator
stuck on "Wet Weather" proved
unfounded as he confided that better
weather was in sight for today and
tomorrow.
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The reascri for the break in the
weather, reliable sources indicate,
is because the weatherman and his
office gang have a picnic coming up
on Wednesday and bureau regula
tions forbid damp weather from
ruining the frolicking of the help.
With yesterday’s win, the weather
man takes a big lead in this 30-day
series to determine if he really can
outwit the elements as he has been
claiming since the invention of his
peculiar way of making a living.
The Standing.
Won Lost Pet.
Weatherman.10 3. .769
The Forecast.
From 7 p.m. Saturday to 7 a.m.
Monday, cloudy and continued cool
today, clearing in afternoon and
j^ight. Fair and wanner Mondy^,
BOYS FOUND AFTER 19 HOURS—Warmed by hot water bot
tles and blankets in Casualty Hospital last night, Walter Jones,
4, left, and “Tony” Lafoon, 2, right, were under treatment for
exposure after they apparently had spent Friday night and
yesterday morning in rain-soaked woods and fields off Living
ston road S.E. Howard Jones, shown comforting his son, had
conducted a search for 19 consecutive hours. Shown bending
over their son are Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Lafoon.—Star Staff Photos.
Falls Church Property
Valuation to Rise 20%
In New Assessment
Property valuations in Palls
Church and the Palls Church mag
isterial district will be increased
approximately 20 per cent as the
result of a county reassessment of
real estate now under way, it was
learned yesterday.
The county reassessment board
said it was trying to equalize thei
valuations and as a result some j
owners will find their property as-!
sessment increased more than 20
per' cent.
Board officials said that within
the past three days a number of
property owners had come to the >
courthouse to examine the new fig
ures.
examination or the boards work,
showed that on the larger unim-1
proved acreages in Falls Church, the
board had, in most cases, consider-,
ably increased the valuation. Town!
officials are interested in the re-;
assessments since the higher valua-j
tions will permit them to float a
larger bond issue under the Vir
ginia Constitution's 18 per cent lim
itation on bonds.
This increase, they say, will be im
perative as it will no more than
offset the increased costs of street
improvement. Recent street bids
have shown that costs for paving
are up from 40 to 60 per cent over
1940 prices.
The board said it will proceed
to the Mount Vernon magisterial
district next, and that a public hear
ing will be held after work is com
pleted.
The board said it was not able to
do as thorough a job as it would j
like because reassessment of the
entire county must JSe completed by
December 31. It was explained that
the effects of the reassessment first
will be felt by taxpayers when they
pay their bills in December, 1947.
Social Problem Survey
Started in Arlington
Arlington County’s social prob
lem and welfare program survey was
started yesterday, following agree-:
ment on the outline to be followed1
in the study.
Part of a similar movement;
throughout the Washington Metro- j
politan Area. Arlington's program is
sponsored by the Community Coun
cil, under the chairmanship of Dr.;
B. H. Jarman, former director of in
struction in county schools.
Purpose of the study is to discover
and examine all present social prob-1
lems and recommend any necessary;
I action to solve them, it was said.
Committee chairmen appointed in j
Arlington are Miss Carolyn Moran,:
| family welfare; Thomas W. Phillips,
community organization, and Mrs.
Ruth Phillips, recreation.
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Montgomery Hills PTA
To Hold Country Fair
A Country Fair, sponsored by the
Parent-Teacher Association of the
Montgomery Hills Junior High
School, Silver Spring, will be held
Saturday from 5 p.m. to 10 pjn. at
the school.
There will be movies every half
hour, hobby and art shows, a
greenhouse display and dancing.
Two performances of a Gay Nine
ties Revue will be given by the
eighth and ninth grade students.
Outdoor amusements include pony
rides and archery and horseshoe
games.
Washington's Unpaid Salary
Asked to Restore Boyhood Farm
By the Associated Press
RICHMOND, Va., May 4.—The
George Washington Boyhood Home
Restoration, considering means to
launch its drive for funds to restore
the Perry Farm in Stafford County
as a national shrine, came up with
this idea today:
Let George do it.
Of course, it would be an indirect
gift from Mr. Washington but the
first funds sought are those that the
first President earned in office, but
never received.
It’s that matter of $3,908 that the
Treasury Department is carrying a
bit self consciously on its books with
no apparent legal way to pay.
Edward H. Cahn, restoration pres
ident, noted the Treasury’s dilemma
and penned forthwith to Treasury
Secretary Vinson the following:
“I noted with considerable interest
to date a newspaper story to the
effect that the United States Treas
ury still owes George Washington
some of his salary.
“According to the article attend
Boys Lost AIJ Night in Woods
Are Suffering From Exposure
The two little boys from Halley
terrace S.E. who apparently spent
Friday night in the cold, wet woods'
behind their homes, were in Casualty
Hospital last night under treatment
for exposure. Their condition was
described as “fair."
Lost for 19 hours after they
wondered off with their tricycles
Friday afternoon, Clyde A. "Tony”
Lafoon, jr„ 2 and his companion,
Walter Jones, 4. colored, were found
in an open field at noon yesterday
only 200 yards from Livingston road
S.E. They were lying under a clump
of bushes, sobbing.
Two Bolling Field soldiers, Pfc.
Robert Madiel and Pfc. Fred R.
Dreyer. found the bewildered young
sters in an area already combed
VEPCO Arbitrators
Plan Parley June 7
By th« A*.sociot«d Pr*»*
RICHMOND. Va.. May 4—Wil
liam M. Hepburn, dean of the law
school of the University of Alabama,
today set June 7 for a meeting* of
the flve-man arbitration panel
which will decide the two issues
still In dispute between the Vir
ginia Electric & Power Co. and the
International Brotherhood of Elec
trical Workers. ,
In a telegram to company and
union representatives, he suggested
a preliminary meeting among the
arbitrators on June 6, with the for
mal hearing to begin at 9:30 am.
June 7.
J. C. McIntosh of Arlington, inter
national representative of the IBEW
and one of the union appointees to
the panel, said today the date sug.
gested by Dean Hepburn "is entire
ly agreeable to us—wer'e ready any
time.
The IBEW spokesman reported
that legal formalities are proceed
ing on schedule for an election
among technical and clerical work
ers of the power company, to deter
mine whether they wish to be repre
sented by the Independent Utility
Workers Union, the present sole
bargaining agent, or by the IBEW.
A meeting this week among repre
sentatives of the company, the two
unions, and the National Labor Re
lations Board failed to see agree
ment on membership of a bargain
ing unit. The company and the
UWU asked a single bargaining unit
comprising both technical and elec
trical workers, and the IBEW asked
two units—one for technical, and
the other for clerical employees.
A formal hearing will be neces
sary before a trial examiner to set
tle this point.
Alexandria Eagles Lodge
To Install Officers
New officers of Alva Aerie No. 871
of the Fraternal Order of Eagles,
Alexandria, will be installed at the
Eagles’ Hall, 1015 Cameron street,
[June 5, it was announced yesterday
by the secretary. Edward I. Young.
Those elected are: Thomas A.
Burns, worthy president; John J.
Kelley, vice president; Fred Kapp,
chaplain; George E. Poole, con
ductor; Ashby Poole, inside guard;
Charles McBlair, outside guard;
James S. Jones, treasurer, and Mr.
Young, who is beginning his 14th
year as secretary. The retiring
worthy president is Vincent M.
Miles.
A special Mother’s Day program
; is planned by the aerie' at 2 p.m.
next Sunday.
the First President never received
$3,908 which he should have been
paid back in 1797 ... It appears
that the Treasury still is wonder
ing what to do with the $3,908, as
the period in which any of Wash
ington’s heirs might file has long
since elapsed.
"It occurred to those of us who
are just starting a Nation-wide drive
to restore Washington’s boyhood
home at F*ry Farm that the Treas
ury of the United States might
well get the drive off to a flying
start by contributing the amount
of salary still due the First Presi
dent. Our plans for restoring this
historic home, where Washington
lived for 10 years as a boy, call for
the construction of a memorial
chapel, and for the building of a
shrine to the youth of the entire
Nation . . .”
Senator Byrd and Representative
Bland of the 1st Virginia district,
members of the Restoration’s board
of directors, were asked to hear a
hand in the matter. j
thoroughly by scores of searchers
Friday night and early yesterday.
At the hospital, neither boy was
able to give a clear account of what
happened after they were last seen
at First and Elmira streets S.E. Fri
day afternoon, but police expressed
the belief the children had spent the
night in the rain-soaked woods.
Police details, volunteer soldiers
and sailors, neighbors and the fran
tic parents of the two children
scoured the area in the course of the
long search. It had been feared the
boys had fallen into rain-swollen
Oxon Run, a shallow creek near the
Maryland line.
Clyde is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Clyde A. Lafoon, 4321 Halley ter
race, and Walter's parents are Mr.
and Mrs. Howard Jones, 4618 Halley
terrace S.E.
Riverdale Plans to Buy
Two New Fire Trucks
The Riverdale (Md ' Volunteer
Fire Department expects to receive
two new fire trucks this year, it
was learned yesterday.
A contract has been signed be
tween town officials and represent
atives of the fire department which
specifies that one truck be pur
chased through funds raised by the
firemen at public functions or by
subscriptions and the other by the
municipal government.
The vehicles will have 750-gallon
pumps, 1.200 feet of 2>4-inch hose
and 600 feet of 114-inch hose, and
aluminum ladders. Both will be of
the semi-inclosed cab type, with
220-horsepower motors. A 3.000-watt
built-in automatic lighting plant
will be installed in the one pur
chased by the firemen and pro
vision also will be made for future
installation of two-way radios.
It was announced that Chief
James F. Ronchi, 37. of the fire de
partment also had assumed similar
duties as chief of the 22-man Naval
Receiving Station Fire Department,
succeeding J. H. Beahn of Hillcrest,
who is retiring. He was deputy
chief for the past seven months and
a Navy fire fighter for four years.
Silver Spring Group Urges
Cleanup of Sligo Creek
Calling for action to clean up Sligo
Creek, the Silver Spring Chapter of
the Izaak Walton League has
adopted two resolutions and asked
persons knowing of pollution to in
form the County Health Department
or deputy game wardens.
One of the resolutions requests
the Montgomery County Health De
partment to make a weekly analysis
of the water. The findings should
be made public, it said, and warn
ings posted if necessary.
The, second measure urged the
Washington Suburban Sanitary
Commission to prevent seepage into
the creek from the county dump by
piping the small streams that run
through the dump and empty in the
creek. '
It was noted that Sligo Creek is
comparatively short and flows
through a much-used park and close
to two public schools.
Heirlooms in Alexandria
Remain on Display Today
Because rain yesterday lowered at
tendance at the annual tour of his
toric Alexandria homes, the show
of Alexandria heirlooms, held in
conjunction with the tom- at the
‘‘Lafayette House,” 301 South St.
Asaph street, will be continued today
from 2 to 6 pun.
The tours, sponsored each year
by the Woman’s Auxiliary of St.
Paul’s Episcopal Church, Alexandria,
usually attract about 3,000 guests,
but yesterday less than 2,000 visited
the 10 private residences and the
church.
Members of the Young Women’s
League of the church arranged the
antique show this year. *
Kensington to Choose
Candidates June 3
The annual town caucus for nomi
nation of candidates for the Kens
ington municipal election June 3
has been set for 8 p.m. liiay 20 at the
Kensington Armory.
Candidates will be named for
Mayor and for two vacanies on the
town council. Col. Clarence V.
Sayer, mayor for the last four years,
has announced he will seek re-elec
tion. Howard S. Bean and R. E. Pol
lard, incumbents, also have said they
will be candidates for re-election to
the council.
Shifts of Army Units
Now Fill Pentagon
Almost to Capacity
By Nelson M. Shepard
Recent moves of Army units from
downtown buildings to the Penta
gon, have filled its 2.044,038 square
feet of office space almost to capa
city, but officials said yesterday the
War Department hopes to vacate
eight remaining buildings leased
from owners by December,
This can be accomplished, it was
believed, through the process of
Army demobilization which will re
lease space now occupied in the
Pentagon by units ordered discon
tinued or reduced in personnel.
A Pentagon survey revealed yes
terday that by the end of this week,
when more units are moved into it
from the Munitions Building, the
huge headquarters building will be
accommodating approximately 29,
500 employes. This would compare
with a V-E day peak of 31,500, the
records showed.
45 Buildings Still Used.
Even so. officials said, the War
Department still has space in 45
buildings in the immediate Washing
ton area as against 51 in May a year
ago. This brings up the oft-heard
question, when can the Pentagon
ever be able to fulfill its original
mission of housing all War Depart
ment activities in Washington under
one roof? The answer is: No one
really knows now.
The War Department in the last
three weeks has vacated, or is in the
process of vacating five leased build
ings downtown and has made con
siderable headway for a month in
moving Army units from the Muni
tions Building. As space becomes
available these units are being
moved into the Pentagon. Event
ually the Veterans Administration
will take over the entire 534,139
square feet of Munitions space.
Approximately 69,000 square feet of
office, record and storage space have
been released in the five buildings
just vacated. The premises are 1624
I street N.W. formerly occupied by
suboffices of the Office of the Secre
tary of War; 1401 K street N.W.. the
Tower Building, where a unit of the
Army Service Forces occupied 9.650
square feet, and the old Hill & Tib
betts Building, which was occupied
by a unit of the Stragetic Services.
Other buildings are those at 1216
Twentieth street N.W.. also occupied
by the Strategic Services, and 300 I
street N.W.. in which the Finance
Office and the Office of the Secretary
of War occupied 41,178 square feet.
The latter building, however, will
not be completely vacated until Sep
tember.
8 Buildings To Be Vacated.
Officials said it is ‘hoped'' the
Army will be completely moved out
1 of the Munitions Building by De
cember. How soon the buildings
- recently vacated, or so slated, may
■ become available to Washington
firms or professional men now seek
ing office space is problematical.
Government departments will have
priority on them if additional Fed
j eral space is required.
The eight buildings which the
War Department hopes to vacate
by the end of the year are the
following premises:
801 Channing road N.E.. 300 I
i street N.E., 60 Florida avenue N.W.,
i 2 New York avenue N.W., the
Fowler warehouse in Rosslyn, Va.:
4809 Bethesda avenue N.W. and
4813 Bethesda avenue N.W. Some
are devoted almost wholly to
records and storage of supplies and
equipment.
The last official census of the Pen
tagon gave 26,500 personnel six
months ago, the lowest level since
the building was filled. Officials
said it would be impossible to ac
commodate more than 32,000 with
out sacrificing comfort and effic
iency.
The individual desk space for the
40,000 War Department personnel
now in Washington ranges from 70
to 97 square feet. Before the war
the Government Usually tried to
figure op 100 square feet per person.
The average Pentagonian occupies
93 square feet of desk space and in
the Munitions Building it was said
the figure now is 74 square feet.
Books Books Books
Be sure to read the Book Section
in today’s Sunday Star.
Section C, Page 3
Noyes Resigns,
Causing Shifts
In County Jobs
J. P. Stadler Selected
As Commissioner
In Montgomery
A major shakeup in Montgomery
County officials affecting the
County Commissioners, Board of
Education, Board of Assessment*
and Juvenile Court judgeship was
announced last night.
Alfred D. Noyes, president of
the Board of County Commission
ers, resigned to become Juvenile
Court judge, a post left vacant
Wednesday by the resignation of
Frank B. Proctor.
Julias P. Stadler was selected to
succeed Mr. Noyes on the County
Board.
Two Named to Board.
James W. Gill and Mrs. Dur
ward V. Sandifer were named to
vacancies on the Board of Educa
tion.
F. Kinsey Metzger announced he
would quit as president of the Board
of Education to take a post on the
Board of Assessments.
All of the changes were recom
mended by the Democratic State
Central Committee of Montgomery
County or the County Commis
sioners. Most of them will require
appointments "bv Gov. O’Conor.
Mr. Noyes sent his resignation.
' effective tomorrow, to Gov. O’Conor
with a request that he be named
to the vacant Juvenile Court judge
1 ship.
Mr. Noyes has served as chair
man of the Co»nty Committee on
Juvenile Delinquency, and stated
in his letter that he has “a par
ticular and unusual interest in the
problems of young people.”
A practicing lawyer in the county,
Mr. Noyes has served on the county
Welfare Board and previous to that
with the Indian Service of the De
partment of the Interior in Oregon.
Commissioner Candidate.
Mr. Stadler had been a member
of the Board of Education but re
cently resigned. He‘ is a candidate
for the Democratic nomination for
County Commissioner from the
Eastern Suburban District in the
primary June 24. During the war
: he served on three OPA boards.
He is a builder and a director of
the Hyattsville Building Associa
tion.
The county commissioners are ex
pected to elect a new president at
their meeting Tuesday.
Mr. Gill is chairman of the Mont
gomery County delegation in the
General Assembly, but is about to
resign that post. He also is an
! attorney and has been active in
Parent-Teacher Association work.
Mrs. Sandifer was indorsed by
Mr. Stadler as his successor when
. he left the school board. She is a
I past president of the State and
( County League of Women Voters.
An engineer and architect, Mr.
Metzger has worked for the Fed
. eral Government in past years. As
, a member of the County Board of
Assessments, he would be paid a
salary of $5,000 a year and his term
would run indefinitely. He has
■ been indorsed for the post by the
■ county commissioners.
Presbyterian Women
To Meet at Bethesda
The Woman's Auxiliary of Po
i tomac Presbytery. Synod of Virginia,
will meet Thursday and Friday at
the Bethesda Presbyterian Church.
Several speakers, including the
Rev. Balmer H. Kelly of Union The
ological Seminary, who will conduct
three studies in the Book of Isaiah,
, will be heard during the two-day
annual session. Mrs. Joseph H.
Beard. Presbyterial president, will
preside and Mrs. Ralph Jennings,
president of the Bethesda Auxiliary,
will make the-welcoming address.
The Fellowship dinner, with Miss
Callie Hull presiding and Miss Ear
lene White as speaker, will be held
at 6:30 p.m. (Thursday. An evening
service, in which the Rev. J. Blan
ton Belk will discuss "Evangelism.”
will follow the dinner.
On Friday, Dr. J. B. Bisceglia will
speak on Home Mission work. Other
speakers will include Miss Louise
Davidson, Bethesda: Mrs. Donald W.
Richardson, president of the Wom
en's Auxiliary. Synod of Virginia;
Mrs. Alexander Maitland, Mrs.
Francis R. Crawford and Mrs. Locke
White. *
Catholic Charity Group
To Elect Officers
The Prince Georges County
Catholic Charities, a Community
Chest agency, will elect officers at
, its annual meeting at 8 p.m. Tues
, day in the Church of the Ascension,
Bowie.
The present slate of officers will
be nominated for re-election by
, i Bernard Taymans. chairman of the
; nominating committee, it was an
nounced. They include J. Francis
[ Summers, president; Mrs. Mary
! Fainter, first vice president; Irene
i A. Connor, second vice president:
I Margaret Walton, secretary, and
Charles V. Joyce, treasurer.
Glenmont PTA to Hear
|Junior High Program
A. K. Stoner, principal of Ken
sington Junior High School, will
discuss the program of junior high
schools in Montgomery County be
fore the Glenmont Parent-Teacher
Association at 8 p.m. Thursday at
Glenmont School.
Preschool health examinations
and enrollment for children who
will enter kindergarten or first
grade in the fall will be held at the
school from 9:30 to 11 a.m. Wed
' nesday.