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l*ND GlNERAL NEWS Ftlttlflffil WASHINGTON AND VICINITY
WASHINGTON, D. 0. IDvlUTl^'^Sitti ■ • THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1946
Campbell Urges
Bond Issue Vote
Board Chairman Asks
$9,000,000; One-Third
To Improve Schools
Edmund D. Campbell, Arlington
County Board chairman, was on
record today as favoring a referen
dum in a special election early this
fall for a bond Issue of approxi
mately $9,000,000, Including a school
bond issue of about $3,000,000.
Speaking at a meeting of the
County Council of Parent-Teacher
Associations last night, Mr. Camp
bell supported proposals for full day
sessions in the first and second
grades, reduction of teacher loads
and a county-wide public kinder
garten system.
Estimating the kindergarten pro
gram will cost $750,000, Mr. Camp
bell said he favors the division of
the school bond issue in two parts,
one for approximately $2,500,000 for
necessary capital additions to school
buildings and the other for kinder
gartens.
Cites Heavy Teacher Loads.
Referring to heavy teacher loads,
he declared. “It Is not fair either
to teacher or pupil to have a teacher
trying to handle 80 youngsters in
separate morning and afternoon
sessions of the first and second
grades.”
Me aescrioea tne *3,z&o,ooo bond
Issue petition of the Citizens- Com
mittee for School Improvement as
a “remarkable movement coming
from what politicians call the ‘grass
roots.’ When 5.000 taxpayers ask
for a referendum on the subject of
a bond issue for school improve
ments or any other capital improve
ments they are obviously entitled
to a vote of the people on the matter
and I feel sure that the School
Board will see to it that the issues
are presented to the people for
their vote,” he said.
Despite the importance of public
education, Mr. Campbell continued,
the County Board has other serious
financial problems, including con
struction of an incinerator, sewage
disposal plant and courthouse en-1
largements.
“It is impossible to expand the!
necessary county personnel.” he as
serted. “because of lack of space
in which to house them.”
Urge* Street Improvements.
Pointing to the health hazards to I
county residents because of lack of
storm sewers, he said drastic street
and highway improvements are
necessary “if Arlington is to pro-'
gress in the future.”
“The County Board.” he stated,
“has in mind the possible expendi
ture of at least $2,000,000 in capital
funds for permanent paving on cer
tain of our streets and highways
and for the establishment of im
proved cross-country and arterial ;
highway routes.” i
Mr. Campbell warned against 1
“jumping overboard financially” but1
expressed confidence that county
residents can “easily and conserva
tively support any bond issue • • *
that does not exceed $9,000,000.”
Estimating the cost of such an
issue at $540,000 annually to service
the principal and interest and re-'
tire it in 20 years, Mr. Campbell;
predicted the sum would be gained
from property assessment equalize -1
tions now being undertaken by
special assessors appointed by the
Circuit Court.
District Nurse Fined
On Assault Charges
(Trom Yesterday’s Last Edition.)
1/ th* Auociattd crni
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va„ Sept.
11.—Miss Selma Sinclair of Wash
ington. was fined $25 and costs by I
Judge Jesse B. Wilson in Albermarle j
Trial Justice Court today on each of1
two warrants charging her with as
sault and battery against two pri
vate-duty nurses in a fracas August
17 at University of Virginia Hospital, j
Conflicting testimony was offered
in a 90-minute hearing as the pros
ecuting witnesses, Mrs. Alice Alle-;
gree Kern. Charlottesville, and Mrs.1
Charlotte Carter, Danville, together:
with Miss Sinclair and her co-defen
dant, Edward Dewey, of Washington,;
related their respective versions of i
just who hit who and who struck:
the first blows.
Both sides, however, admitted
blows were passed in the brief scuffle.
A charge of assault by Mr. Dewey
on Mrs. Carter was dismissed by the
court. Miss Sinclair noted an appeal
from her two convictions. In addi
tion to assault, Miss Sinclair was
charged with using language calcu
lated to provoke a breach of the
peace.
The two nurses related that the
trouble started when Mrs. Carter
was using the floor telephone when
Mr. Dewey walked up and attempted
to use it.
Mr. Dewey and Miss Sinclair were
nursing Mr. Dewey's father, Comdr.
Theodore Dewey, of Washington,
who had undergone an operation at
the hospital.
D. C. Area Convicts
Among 10 Paroled
ty the Attociotad trtu
ANNAPOLIS, Md„ Sept. 12—Ten
paroles, all with a favorable recom
mendation from the State director
of parole and probation, were
granted yesterday by Gov. O’Conor.
The names of those from the
Washington area are:
Joseph C. Evans, serving an inde
terminate sentence of not more than
two years in the State Reformatory
for Males, Montgomery County Cir
cuit Court, perjury.
Floyd O. Jones, 15 years peniten
tiary, Montgomery County, criminal
assault.
James Smith, five years peniten
tiary. Charles County, assault and
robbery with dangerous weapon.
Enles Junior Little, two years.
Mouse of Correction, Charles Coun
ty, larceny.
Baltimore Bar to Hear Clark
BALTIMORE, Sept. 12 (IP).—The
Baltimore Criminal Justice Com
mission yesterday announced At
torney General Clark had accepted
an Invitation to speak at a dinner
meeting at the Belvedere Hotel here,
•September 34. •
Train Riders Unaware of Radio
Clearing Potomac Yards Line
-—— - ± .....'
E. K. Jett, a member of the Federal Communications Com
mission, rides in the cab of an engine at Potomac Yards to
watch George H. Bayliss, engineer for the Richmond, Fred
ericksburg & Potomac Railroad, use the new radio system dem
onstrated yesterday. _ —Star Staff Photo.
By Harry Lever
as ine special train stood mo
j tionless near the north end of Po
tomac Yards, many persons aboard
! die not realize that occurring be
fore their eyes was an actual prac
tical application of a radio-com
municating system they had seen
demonstrated only a few hours be
fore.
In front of the stalled train, and
on the same track, stood a halted
freight whose electric engine had
broken down. Seeing what had taken
place, an official of the special con
tacted a control center further!
along the line by the new radioj
and the center dispatched a Diesel!
engine to the scene.
The Diesel coupled onto the stalled i
freight, moved it onto a siding, and
the special rolled on its way down
the cleared track.
End of Test Period.
Marking the end of a period ofi
tests which were climaxed yester
day, the very-high-frequency radio
j system links all major control points
! in Potomac Yards, which handles
6,000 cars daily as one of the three
| largest railway classification centers
in the world
Federal Communications Commis-!
' sioner Ray C. Wakefield, who was
among the guests on the special,
suggested immediate installation of
similar systems in railroad yards
j throughout the country, after see
ing the demonstration.
For the big show, C. F. McCarty.
Potomac Yards manager, selected
Engine No. 45. All shined up, this
black-and-silver “yard goat” proudly
puffed 10 miles from one end of the
yard to the other, pulling two
coaches containing the 125 guests'
behind her. j.
She had a mobile radiotelephone
in her cab. and with a similar system
in the leading coach, crewmen on
the ground and in signal towers
maintained constant clear com
munication with the train and con
trol points.
Maximum Efficiency.
The innovation permits maximum
efficiency in railroad yard operation
by allowing for greater managerial
control of a large operation and
greater co-ordination between the
yardmaster and crews. It also per
mits complete communications cov
erage of the entire yard from any
control point, and an instantaneous
and direct communication link from
the conductor or locomotive engineer
to any control point.
Besides allowing for stepped-up
operation, the communications sys
tem is said to provide an increased
safety factor. Officials pointed out
that “wild cars” can be reported
quickly to all control points and all
crews operating within the yard the
instant they are observed. Acci
dents also can be reported imme
diately.
A main obstacle overcome In con
nection with the installation in
volved the antenna. Finally, a mo
bile antenna, known as the “fire
cracker” type and only 11*4 inches
high, was developed. Perched in the
engine cab, it permits a safe clear
ance of 14 inches and has proven
satisfactory.
In addition to Commissioner
Wakefield, guests included FCC
Commissioners Paul A. WAlker and
E. K. Jett, many railroad executives,
Army transportation officers and
:ivic leaders.
WomanFoundSlashed
To Death in Baltimore
Commission House
•y Hie Associated Free*
BALTIMORE, Sept. 12.—The body
of Miss Constance Catanzaro, her
throat slashed from ear to ear, was
found last night In the large re
frigerator of a produce commission
house and police said some money
was taken from an office cash
drawer.
The body was found by Patrolman
Edward Mrozinski and the company
manager, Vincent Brocato, who had
been summoned to the building when
the policeman found the front door
unlocked.
Miss Catanzaro, 43, was a book
keeper, and half owner of the pro
duce building. Mr. Brocato told
police she was engaged to be mar
ried in two weeks to Guy Brittain,
Baltimore meat dealer.
The body was lying face up. De
tective Lt. Prank Schmidt said that
in addition to the throat wound
i there was a deep gash on her skull
above the left ear.
Police found a bloodstained ba
; nana knife with an 8-inch curved
blade on top of some.fruit crates on
the second floor. On the third floor
of the three-story building was the
empty cash drawer, with some
papers strewn on the floor. Miss
Catanzaro’s purse containing $150
was found in the first floor office.
Near the first floor refrigerator
where the body was found was a
bloody crowbar.
The house, in the produce district,
opens for business around 1 a.m.,
and by noon workmen usually have
left for the day, Mr. Brocato said.
Miss Catanzaro worked alone in
the afternoon and usually finished
around 2:30 or 3 p.m., the manager
said.
There was no estimate of the
money believed missing, but Mr.
Brocato said $5,100 was taken to
the company’s main office in a
nearby building earlier in the after
noon.
Veteran Gets Four Years
For Death of Patient
ly the Associated free*
| WESTMINSTER, Md„ Sept. 13.—
James E. Weicht, 24-year-old Army
[veteran who worked a week as an
attendant at Springfield State Hos
l yesterday was sentenced to
the State Reformatory for Malee for
; an indeterminate term not to exceed
four years in the death of an elderly
patient.
Sentence was pronounced by Chief
Judge James E. Boylan, jr., who
earlier found that Weicht used “more
than necessary force" in subduing
J. Franklin Miller, 88, Hagerstown,
in a scuffle with the patient over a
safety pin. Weicht was convicted
of manslaughter.
Children of Liberty
Elect Alexandria Man
fty Hso Associated Prats
RICHMOND, Va., Sept. 12,-May
nard Robey of Alexandria jvas
elected National councilor of the
National Council. Sons and Daugh
ters of Liberty, in their convention
here yesterday.
. The members decided to meet la
Atlantic City in 1947. I
D. C. Traffic Signals
To Be Reshuffled,
Keneipp Discloses
Disclosing that the city’s system
of traffic signals now is under in
tensive study, George c. Keneipp
today explained that the survey was
aimed toward replacing lights at
intersections where they are more
badly needed and at repairing and
retiming lights at their present
locations.
In reviewing the growing prob
lem. he assured the city that the
traffic situation was under study
with corrective measures being
taken as rapidly as possible.
Pointing out that the traffic de
partment does not have money for
additional lights, he said that,
should the survey warrant, some
signals would be removed
"No lights will be installed or re
tained,” he declared, "unless condi
tions meet the requirements.”
Lights to Be Set Up.
Speaking yesterday before the
Mita Club at the Lee Sheraton
Hotel, Mr. Keneipp announced,
however, that nine triffic lights
would be placed at the following
dangerous intersections:
Seventeenth and C streets N.E.,
Seventh and R streets N.W Third
and D streets N.W., Georgia and
Eastern avenues N.W.. Eighteenth
and P streets N.W., Thirty-fourth
street and Banning road N.E., Mount
Olivet street and Bladensburg road
N.E., Ninth and P streets N.W., and
Twelfth and C streets S.W.
In explaining the delay in some
of the work, Mr. Keneipp pointed
out that all electrical work in con
nection with traffic signals was done
under contract by the Potomac Elec
tric Power Co., which has been un
able to get critical materials, par
ticularly cable.
The traffic survey, under the di
rection of Wallace Braun, deputy
director of vehicles and traffic, is
not in full swing because of a lack
of personnel.
“We don’t want the public to think
we are doing nothing,” he stated.
“Revising and correcting the traffic
system requires a great deal of
study from many angles.”
More Help Approved. '
He pointed out that the survey
work now is limited to four traffic
engineers and six traffic enumer
ators, but that additional engineer
ing help has been approved and that
when existing vacancies on his staff
are filled, the work can move for
ward more rapidly.
Mr. Kenelpp said he was answer
ing a challenge of a newspaper edi
torial which stated there are too
many traffic lights here which slow
up traffic, and asked why something
wasn’t done about it.
Mr. Kenelpp agreed that “un
necessary lights anywhere are a
waste of the taxpayers’ money, de
lay traffic and cause congestion,”
but also pointed out he had received
just as many complaints that there
are not enough traffic signals and
safety signs.
Solution to this problem, Mr.
Kenelpp feels, lies in the survey of
the 938 city intersections, based on
volume and type of motor and pedes
trial traffic.
There are more than 75,000rtraf
flc signs in the city, he Added,
Board Approves
Parking Meters
For Bethesda
Operation Begins
October 1; 5-Cent
Type to Be Used
Installation of approximately 250
5-cpnt parking meters in the Beth
esda business district today had the
formal approval of the Montgomery
County Commissioners.
Although most of the meters al
ready are in place, the ordinance
adopted yesterday by the commis
sioners provides that their opera
tion will not become effective until
October 1. An additional 50 meters
will be Installed later. The ordi
nance also provides that any vehicle
parked overtime for more than 30
minutes may be towed away by
police with the costs to be assessed
against the car owner.
The meters, which will restrict
parking to one hour along Wiscon
sin avenua. between Bradley boule
vard and the Bank of Bethesda and
along Old Georgetown road to the
vicinity of Wilson lane, will be in
operation every day except Sunday.
Parking will be restricted from 8
a m. to 6 p.m. except in front of
the Bethesda post office, where the
hours will be from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Motorists to Benefit.
Commissioner William H. Prescott
said the 5-cent meters are consid
ered preferable to the 1-cent ma
chines because the latter require
more ‘'policing.-’ He emphasized
that their installation is designed tc
speed up traffic and alleviate con
jgestion rather than sell parking
i space.
According to county Supervisor
Willard P. Day, approximately 75
per cent of the motorist* using the
meters will benefit from unused time
paid for by previous parkers.
He also pointed out that the 5
cent meters will benefit merchants
in the area since motorists using the
machines “will not be forced to
rush out every few minutes to put
more money in as they would be if
the meters were of the 1-cent type.”
Board Notified of Petition.
The. County Charter Committee
notified the board in a letter of its
action Monday in filing a petition
with the Board of Election Super
visors asking that the question of a
charter board be placed on the bal
lot in the November 5 general elec
tion.
The committee also told the com
missioners in its letter that the
latter may nominate members of a
proposed charter board not less than
40 days before the election. The
committee has until 20 days before
the election to announce it* nomi
nees. The commissioners took the
matter under advisement.
James W. Gill appeared before the
board to urge favorable action on a
patition to rezone from residential A
to apartment house use a 108-acre
tract of land fronting on New
Hampshire avenue about half a mile
south of Hillandale.
Prince Georges Action Cited.
Pointing out that the Prince
Georges County commissioners have
approved such zoning for 16 acres
of the land which are located in
that county, he asked that the
Montgomery County board take
similar action. He also requested
the Board to inspect the property
before announcing its decision. A
hearing on the petition was held
about three months ago.
Declaring that the land is unsuit
able for anything except apartment
house use because of its topography,
Mr. Gill said it is planned to build
1,700 units on the site. He added
that priorities have been obtained
and construction can start imme
diately if the petition is approved.
The board deferred action in re
sponse to a request by the Maryland
National Capital Park and Planning
Commission, which asked for time
to present a land use plan of the
area. The commission said it hoped
to have the plan ready within two
weeks.
The board authorized the installa
tion of 100-candlepower lights at
Inverness drive and Clifford avenue,
along Inverness drive east of Clifford
avenue and at Inverness drive and
Encoree avenue, Bethesda, at a total
annual cost of $43.75.
C onstruction Bids Sought.
Forest Walker, clerk to the board,
was instructed to advertise for bids
on the construction of a concrete
sidewalk on the north side of Be
thesda avenue from Wisconsin ave
nue to the Baltimore & Ohio Rail
road, Bethesda, and construction of
concrete curbs and gutters along St.
Andrews lane, Silver Spring.
Mrs. Dorothy M. Kurtz, executive
secretary of the County Welfare
Board, reported that the board has
decided to increase its food alloca
tions to foster homes for children.
The increases, according to Mrs.
Kurtz, are from $25 to $30 a month
for children over 3 years of age
and from $30 to $35 a month for
children under 3. She said the
Increases were necessitated by the
rising cost of living.
She also said that unless State
matching funds are available, the
board will face a deficit of more
than $7,000 by June 1, 1947.
The commissioners apiroved the
following Welfare Board allocations
for September as requested by Mrs.
Kurtz:
Old-age assistance, $1,292; aid to
dependent children, $1,555; aid to
needy blind, $87; general public as
sistance, $2,160; boarding home care
for children, $2,435, and adminis
tration. $1,084.52.
and each of them must be checked
for legality, legibility and right
placement.
Relative to the subject of light
synchronization which Mr. Keneipp
said has frequently been criticized,
he contended synchronization only
works in a city, such as New York,
planned on the block system.
The traffic director said he felt
Washington has adopted the ideal
system, "a flexible progressive sys
tem,” baaed on automatic traffic sig
nals, timed to favor traffic conditions
at certain hours of the day, such as
the early morning and late afternoon
rush hours.
Mr. Keneipp was introduced by
Mrs. Louise R. Stambough, Zonta
program chairman. Miss Francis
Powell Hill, president, presided.
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FLYER ESCAPES DEATH IN CRASH—Wreckage of a private airplane which crashed last night
in a field off Kenilworth avenue about a mile south of Bladensburg. —Star Staff Photo.
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Civilian Flyer Hurt
As Plane Strikes Wire
'Near Newton Village
A 28-year-old Baltimore man was
j in serious condition at the Prince
i Georges General Hospital today
! after his small cabin-type plane last
i night struck an electric wire and
crashed in a field off Kenilworth
avenue, about a mile south of Blad
I ensburg.
The pilot, identified by police as
Marvin M. Weinberg, was alone in
the plane. He was taken to the hos
pital by the Bladensburg Rescue
Squad. Hospital officials said he
suffered a fractured arm and head
injuries.
Prince Georges County Policeman
'Adam Lindsey said relatives of the
injured man told him Mr. Weinberg
was flying home from Philadelphia
and apparently became lost.
Mrs. Paul Kidwell, 4900 Newton
street, Newton Village, about half
a mile from the scene of the crash,
said she ran out of her house when
she heard the plane at a low alti
tude.
She said she saw It circle the
area about four times with its
landing lights on before it crashed
approximately 100 yards off Kenil
worth avenue. The plane did not
catch on fire, she said.
Policeman Lindsey said hf was
unable to question Mr. Weinberg
because of his injuries.
Potomac Electric Power Co. of
ficials said the plane knocked down
about 500 feet of “neutral” wire,
which carried no current.
Arlington Collects $15,000
in $50,000 Hospital Drive
A report from the residential so
licitation group in the Arlington
Hospital $00,000 fund drive, sched
uled Saturday, is expected to bring
contributions near the half-way
mark, it was declared today by John
F. Phelan, campaign director.
More than $15,000 already has
been collected. Mr. Phelan said, with
the bulk coming from the advance
and business solicitation units,
headed by Lawrence W. Douglas and
Charles Olmstead, respectively.
The campaign in residential sec
tions is being made by 1,500 volun
teers directed by Mrs. Harry W.
Hard. The campaign will continue
through September 23.
Yorktown Again
Too Much for
Cornwallis
By th« Associated Press
YORKTOWN, Va., Sept. 12— A
second Lord Cornwallis had a little
trouble in Yorktown yesterday.
The descendant of the Lord Corn
wallis. who was forced to surrender
to Washington's army at Yorktown
to end the Revolutionary War, be
came indisposed on a visit here and
had to cancel all engagements for
the day.
The Britisher blamed rich food
and fatigue and not historical
memories for his sudden illness.
Torpedo Plant Notifies
Ex-Employe to Move
The Naval Torpedo Station In
Alexandria has issued a directive to
residents of its housing project.
Chinquapin Village, who are no
longer employed at the station, that
they must vacate apartments to
make way for returning veterans
having re-employment rights.
Families facing eviction, however,
can remain in Chinquapin Village
until housing is found in Govern
ment projects in Arlington. Those
failing to move when other suitable
quarters are provided will be evict
ed, it was stated. The project is on
King Street road.
The station also has reclaimed
half of the units at its Cameron
Valley housing project on Duke
street, to make provision for re
turning ex-service men re-entering
the plant. The other half of the
units at this project are alloted by
Fort Belvoir to Army persomael and
their families.
Boy, 5, Struck by Car j
Near Fairfax, Dies
Howard Ward. 5-vear-old son ofj
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Ward of near
Fairfax, died at Alexandria Hospi
tal last night of injuries received
when he was struck by an automo
bile on Route 236 about two miles
east of Fairfax earlier yesterday.
Police listed the driver as Har
mon B. Franklin, 40, Fairfax, who
was charged with reckless driving
and released on personal bond. Po
lice said Mr. Franklin hit a tele
phone pole in an effort to avoid
striking the child.
Justice Campbell Will Retire
From Virginia Tribunal Oct. 1
Mead of Supreme
Court of Appeals
Is 72 Years Old
(y the Associated Press
RICHMOND, Va., Sept. 12.—Chief
Justice Preston Campbell of the
Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals,
now 72 years old, yesterday an
nounced his decision to retire Oc
tober 1.
Justice Campbell, at his home
in Abingdon after presiding at the
court session in Staunton this week,
called Gov. Tuck by long-distance
telephone to announce his decision
and to state that a formal letter
was being placed in the mails.
Justice Henry W. Holt of Staun
ton will automatically be elevated
to chief justice of th-> court by
reason of seniority.
The vacancy on the seven-man
court will be filled by an interim
appointed by the Governor. The
appointee will serve until 30 days
after the convening of the 1043 ses
sion of the General Assembly when
a judge will be elected to fill the
remainder of Justice Campbell’s
term, which runs until 1951.
Buchanan Likely Choice.
While Gov. Tuck had no comment
on his possible appointee, a num
ber of persons on Capitol Hill said
Judge A. C. Buchanan of Tazewell
would be a likely choice.
A member of the court since 1924
and its chief justice since 1931,
Judge Campbell has written hun
dreds of opinions and participated in
thousands of cases before the State’s
highest tribunal.
His decision to retire came as
a surprise in most legal circles,
although some of his intimate
friends had known for months that
he waa contemplating the action.
Dissent Drew Wide Attention.
Vigorous physically as well as
mentally, Justice Campbell has car
ried his full duties as a member
of thf court.
He drew widespread attention in
February, 1946, with a vigorous
opinion dissenting from his col
leagues in the majority decision that
the General Assembly had the power
to limit the scope of a constitutional
convention to soldier voting in sub
mitting a referendum to the people.
Asserting that he had no intention
of entering on “a political discussion
of the question Involved,” he said:
“I feel Impelled, however, to state
that as a father of three sons who
volunteered for foreign service short
ly after Pearl Harbor, two of them
now serving their country in the
Pacific area and the eldest of whom
while discharging his duties as a
bombardier on a B-24, was tailed in
CHIEF JUSTICE CAMPBELL.
—AP Photo.
action in the European area on May
23, 1944, I have no fear whatever
that I will be charged with disloyalty
to our service men and women.
He added that as one of two State
officers affiliated for 50 years with
the dominant State political organ
ization he also had no fear of being
termed an "organization baiter.”
Joined Court in 1924.
Justice Campbell, a member of a
family with a brilliant record in the
legal profession since the Revolution,
was elected a member of the court
in 1924 to succeed Judge Joseph L.
Kelly of Bristol, and became Chief
Justice in 1931 at the death of
Justice Robert ft. Prentis. Prior to
his election he had served for 10
years as judge of the Smyth-Wash
ington Circuit Court. He was the
first chief justice to preside over
the court sessions in the new $1,500,
000 Supreme Court-State Library
Building adjacent to Capitol Square
when it was opened in 1940. '
He liked to tell that he became a
lawyer at the age of 13, his first
Case coming by accident.
He was born In the old family 1
home in Abingdon on January 24, 1
1874, And was educated at Abingdon
Male Academy and in law at the j
University of Virginia. In 1912 1
Hampden-Sydney College conferred
the degree of LL. D. on him.
Justice Campbell is the son of
Dr. Edward M. Campbell, surgeon
on the staff of Gen. J. E. B. Stuart,
and was named for his uncle. Judge
John Preston White, for many years
chief Justice of Texas.
Justice Campbell is an elder in
Sinking Spring Presbyterian Church,
Abingdon, and for a long time
taught the men’s Bible class there.
His wife is the formewdiss Louise
Elwood Howard of Lynbhburg.
Meat Supply Dwindles
Here as Warehouses
Report Scant Receipts
Record low levels of slaughter cat
tle deliveries in Chicago and other
packing centers were reflected here
today in a continuing decline in
the meat supply in warehouses and
retail store counters.
Meat industry spokesmen said
carload shipments yesterday and
those expected for later today were
far below the ordinary midweek
quantities, which are comparatively
smail in any event. Fewer than 10
carloads reportedly came In yes
terday and today.
The increasing shortage is still
far from “famine” proportions here,
a retail store spokesman said. But
there is little of the variety of cuts
which were available in recent
weeks and the supply houses no
longer bulge with meat.
The District OPA office reported
that “only two or three” complaints
of over-ceiling charges have been
reported here since the new ceil
ings on meat became effective this
week. None was received this morn
ing, a spokesman said. The com
plaints concerned reported charges
of 10 to 30 cents above ceilings and
are still under investigation.
Few Laid Off Jobs.
So far as could be determined
from a spot check, few if any lay
offs m wholesale or retail meat es
tablishments have occurred here
during the three days since OPA
retail ceilings went back on meat.
Poultry continues plentiful here,
and most kinds of canned and
processed meats can be obtained,
an official of an association of inde
pendent retailers said.
Two of the largest supply houses
said they had "no way of knowing”
whether shipments will increase in
the near future. They said only 2,000
cattle reached the Chicago stock
yards yesterday, as compared with
a peak of more than 19,000 several
weeks ago.
The Agriculture Department, the
Associated Press reported, noted
that the East is getting most of* the
meat available from packing cen
ters but “it isn't getting much.”
Smaller Packers Closing Down.
L. M. Wyatt, head of the produc
tion and marketing administration's
live stock branch, said the bulk of
the cattle available is merely mov
ing through the major terminals.
Record low runs were causing the
close or curtailment of many small
er packing plants.
Observers in the Chicago area
were quoted as saying that the trend
of most available meat to the East
might indicate that a black market
is developing in this section of the
country.
The National Association of Re
tail Meat Dealers predicted that
half of the Nation's 60,000 retailers
may be closed part time next week.
A spokesman for a chain store
organization here said he doubted
that many layoffs would be neces
sary at the retail level in Washing
ton because most of the meat is
sold at stores which handle other
foods.
Dr. Myers Plans to Retire
After 35 Years as Pastor
The Rev. Dr. Horwood P. Myers,
pastor of the Clarendon Methodist
Church for the past four years,
has announced that he would retire
from the ministry because of ill
health about October 15.
During his 35 years in the min
istry, the Rev. Mr. Myers has served
churches at Richmond, Norfolk,
Lynchburg, Charlottesville and Dan
ville and as secretary of missions
at Nashville, Tenn.
During his ministry at the Claren
don church, 657 new members have
been admitted, the church now hav
ing 1,240 on its rolls. The build
ing indebtedness in the last four
years has been reduced from $98,000
to $45,000.
Alexandria Directory Puts
Population at 72,000
Publication of the Classified Direc
tory and Buyers’ Guide for Alexan
iria by the Alexandria Chamber
>f Commerce this week brought a
jopulation estimate of 72,000 for the
:ity compared to the 1940 census fig
ire of 35,523. Hie city covers an
urea of 7.88 square miles.
A totgl of 8,825 automobiles were
eglstered and telephone installa
ions reached 18,600 last year, the
>uide reported.
Hie city has a 1946 school budget
>f $779,019 for 10 elementary schools
tnd two public high schools, accord
ng to the Guide which lists the
tity's property tax at $2.50 per $100
iased on 50 per cent of the valuation.
Scout Camporee Slated
For Alexandria District
Boy Scouts of the Alexandria Dis
trict will hold a fall camporee at
Dripping Springs, near Belle Haven,
n Fairfax County this week end.
Parents may attend the camporee
Saturday afternoon. Religious serv
ers will be conducted on Sunday
noming.
W. K. Bennett wiU serve as
:amporee director. ”
Junior, Senior
Highs to Return
To9a .Time
Board Raises Wage
Of Night Teachers;
Other Steps Taken
By Henry A. Mustin
Junior and senior high schools in
the District will return to a 9 am.
starting time this fall under a di
rective issued yesterday by the
Board of Education which can
celed the wartime opening hour of
9:30 am. for these institutions while
making a number of other important
decisions.
Other actions of the board, at its
first meeting since June, included:
1. Raising the pay of some 200
white and colored night school
teachers, principals and assistant
principals, approximately 14 per cent.
2. Appointing one principal and
six assistant principals to Junior and
senior high schools.
3. Establishing tuition rates for
non-resident pupils on the same
basis as last year.
4. Setting up a veterans high
school center for colored, with head
quarters at Armstrone Hieh School
School Lunch Program.
5. Clearing the way for continu
ance of the school lunch program
by authorizing signature of an
agreement with the Agriculture De
partment under which the board
will administer the program accord,
ing to Federal dietary specifications.
6. Arranging for discontinuance
of use of five portable classroom
buildings at Armstrong High School
by shifting classes which used them
to three other schools nearby.
7- Launching an investigation of
the high school equivalency certifi
cate system by ordering the boards
of examiners to determine whether
issuance of the certificates to non
veterans is Jeopardizing the educa
tional system.
Cancellation of the wartime open
ing hour for Junior and senior high
schools, which is expected to bring
about 40,000 pupils back to a 9 a.m.
to 3 p.m. routine, was strongly
recommended by Superintendent of
Schools Hobart M. Corning.
Dr. Corning Explains.
®r- Coming told the board return
ing the junior and seojor high pupils
to a time par with other day scholara
would maintain the “quality and ex
tent of educational services to pupils”
as well as permit many high school
boys to work after school hours.'
The half hour earlier starting time
was pushed through in March, .1942,
to ease the burden on war-strained
streetcar and bus lines. Its discon
tinuance was vigorously opposed by
transit company officials and by th#
Department of Vehicles and Traffic.
Heading the list of appointees was
Arthur Storey, a teacher of general
science and mathematics at McFar
Iland Junior High School since 1937,
iwho wa* promoted to the prin
; cipalcy of that school.
Harold H. Henegar. temporary
i assistant principal of Taft Junior
High, became assistant principal of
the school: David S. Teeple, social
studies teacher at Alice Deal Junior
High, assumed the assistant prin
cipalcy of Kramer Junior High: John
M. Fletcher, aviation instructor in
the senior high schools, became
assistant principal of Eliot Junior
High; James W. Suber. chemistry
teacher at Calvin Coolidge High, waa
named assistant principal of Wood
row WUson High; Frank A. Stutz,
general science and mathematic*
teacher at Alice Deal Junior High,
was elevated to an assistant prin
cipalcy at that school, and William
W. Rogers was upped from acting
assistant to assistant principal of
Roosevelt High School.
Lt. Col. William E. Barkman and
Lt. Col. Henry o. Atwood were pro
moted to head the respective whit*
and colored departments of military
science and tactics. Both had served
as professors in these departments.
As department heads they will re
ceive a yearly salary of $4,350.
Nonresident Tuition.
Nonresidents tuition rates were
re-established at $300 a year for
teachers’ colleges. $160 for senior
high schools, $170 for vocational
high schools, $110 for junior high
schools, $70 for elementary schools,
$7 for summer schools and $11 for
night schools.
The inereased pay rates for night
school teachers guarantees begin
ners $2.60 per class and $5.20 per
diem. Those with four to six years’
experience will receive $2.85 per
class and $5.70 per diem, while those
with seven or more years behind
them will receive $3.10 per class
and $6.20 per diem.
High school principals, on a per
diem basis with the same experi
ence requirements, will receive $9.85,
$10.85 or $11.85. By the same
formula, elementary school prin
cipal* will get $7.55. $8.55 or $9.55,
and assistant principals, $5.20,
$5.70 or $6.20.
The question of whether teachers
at the M. M. Washington Voca
tional High School are to be blank
eted under the increased pay seal*
recently given other high school
instructors remained unfinished
business.
Colored Veterans Center.
Establishment of the colored vet
erans center headquarters at Arm
strong High School followed the as
sertion by Dr. G. C. Wilkinson, as
sistant superintendent in charge of
colored schools, that an anticipated
enrollment of 500 veterans would
overtax the old system. To date,
colored veterans have been absorbed
into regular high school classes.
Under the center system, veterans
will continue to utilize the- various
colored high school facilities, but
will be in separate classes to be held
from 3 p.m to 8:30 pm. They will
register at Armstrong. Working vet
erans may attend night school, and *
some few may be admitted to reg
ular classes, registration permitting,
Dr. Wilkinson said.
The probe of the high school
equivalency certificate system was
instigated by Dr. Robert A. Maurer
following board approval of some
two score recipients of the certifi
cates. Query developed the fact
that fully half of them were non
veterans.
The board also pronounced the
Turner School at Anacostia avenue
and Grant street N.E., ready for the
fall term and arranged to inspect
the Thomas School at Alabama ave
nue and 8tanton road S.E., at 11
am. Friday with a 'Mto to certifying
it for use this fall. *