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Budget of $4,328,400
Sought by Xanten
To Keep City Clean
By John W. Thompson, Jr.
Supervisor of City Refuse William
A. Xanten has asked the Commis
sioners for $4.338,400—a 37 per cent
increase over his current appropria
tion—to keep the city clean during
fiscal year 1948, it was announced
today.
Mr. Xanten's relatively modest
budget followed the record-breaking
$20,063,505 estimates of the Health
Department made public yesterday
by budget officials, more than trip
ling current funds for the depart
ment.
Both are a part of a $135,888,195
total submitted by all the depart
ment heads to the Commissioners
for the year beginning July 1.
Mr. Xanten asked for 71 new em
ployes and capital outlay money to
build a garage and shops at West
Vlrigina avenue and Mount Olivet
road N.E.; a site for a new northwest
garage replacing the present con
verted stables at Ninth and O streets
N.W., and plans to install and house
fly ash control equipment at George
town Incinerator, Thirty-first and,
K streets N.W.
Breakdown of Estimates.
Breakdown of the health estimates
was:
Department clinics, services and
administration. operating costs j
82.937,505. capital outlay $282,000:
Glenn Dale Sanatorium, operating
costs $2,266,000, capital outlay
$5,215,000; and Gallinger Hospital,
operating costs $5,458,000, capital:
outlay $3,650,000; contract payments
to private hospitals, $255,000.
Reminding the city heads that
public health can be bought. Health
Officer George C. Ruhland told them
he wants 1,267 new employes for the:
department Including Glenn Dale;
Tuberculosis Sanatorium and Gal
linger Hospital.
He proposed a $9,147,000 program'
of new buildings including a North- j
west Health Center at Seventh and
O streets n.w. and plans for a sim
ilar structure in Anacostia. Thede-!
partment now has one center in the
southwest area and there are 1.400
in the country.
Buildings at Gallinger.
Atr Gallinger, the health officer
wants to build a $2,000,000 new psy
chiatric building, a $1,000,000 struc
ture for crippled children and a
residence for physicians.
For Glenn Dale he recommends
21 capital improvement projects, of
which improvements to existing unit
A and provision of quarters for pro
fessional and other employes con
stitute the largest part. The suggest- j
ed improvements to the existing
building, it was said, will add an-!
other 272 beds to the capacity of .
the sanatorium.
Glenn Dale, located some 20 miles j
from the city, has had difficulty ob- (
taining medical and other personnel ,
because of the lack of quarters there .
and transportation problems. J
Both Glenn Dale and Gallinter f
are seeking to build up their profcs- j
aional and service staffs, the former,
asking 250 new positions and the lat- j <
ter for 680. Included are many,,
nurses, supervisors and hospital at- ]
tendants. ,
Asks for 337 New Jobs.
Exclusive of the hospitals, Dr.'
Ruhland asked for 337 new jobs to j
build up the dental division, the bu-,
reau of cancer control, public health '
nursing, maternal and child welfare;;
and the inspection services.
In the nursing division alone Dr.
Ruhland asked for 70 nurses and
13 supervisors. He asked for 25 more
food inspectors. 10 sanitary inspec- <
tors.-12 public health engineers and
18 instructors for inspectors.
Forty-eight of the new jobs would
be used to bolster the present ma
ternal and child welfare section, he
indicated.
In connection with the new
Northwest Health Center Dr. Ruh
land said the centers are ‘•well tried
and proved devices in public health”
and have more than 25 years back
of them.
The one he proposes, he said, has
the backing of the United States
Public Health Service, the District
Medical Society, the Washington
Federation of Churches and the
Federation of Citizens’ Associations.
A recent series published in The
Star outlined the health improve
ment in the southwest community as
a result of the existing center.
3,810 Cancer Patients.
In his drive to establish a cancer
bureau, the health officer said there
are 3,810 cancer patients in Wash
ington now and predicted there are
130.000 persons now living here who
eventually will die of the disease.
In the school medical program he
outlined a plan to test every three
years the hearing of every school
child. Extensive skin tests are like-:
wise planned for the youngsters.
Asking a boost for the newly
formed bureau of mental hygiene
from $4,723 to $31,625 he pointed out
that the District was second in the
Nation in the matter of draft rejects
for mental conditions.
Three-fourths of the commit
ments to District Jail are for alco
holism, he indicated in justifying the
extension of the bureau, and there
are 800 children in the schools who
should receive psychiatric treat
ment.
Washington now has an enviably
low death rate, Efr. Ruhland ob
served. but must be prepared to
spend to preserve it.
It is well to remember the maxim
which appears on the letterhead of
the New York State Department of
Health, he told the Commissioners,
“Public health is purchasable.
Within natural limitations any com
munity can determine its own
death rate.”
Harpers Ferry Officer
Killed in Plane Crash
Special Ditpotch to The Star
HARPERS PERRY. W. Va . Sept.
14.—Lt. Gilbert E. Perry, jr„ 22, only
child of Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert E.
Perry, was killed when the B-25
Army plane in which he and a fel
low lieutenant were making a
routine cross-country flight to Grand
Island, Nebr., crashed Wednesday
near Belmont, Kans.
His parents were advised of the
death, but the War Department
message gave no details.
Lt. Perry, a graduate of Harpers
Perry High«School and former stu
dent at Shepherd College, was grad
uated from West Point in June.
Women Sponsor Supper
The Woman s Society of Christian
Service of the Pender (Va.) Meth
odist Church will sponsor a supper
and festival at 6 o’clock this after
noon on the church grounds.
SEEK PRINCE GEORGES FIRE POST—Delegates to the Prince Georges County 24th annual
convention of the county Volunteer Firemen’s Association last night nominated these candidates
for offices. The election will be tonight. Left to right: J. E. Sampson, Brentwood, nominee for
chaplain: F. B. Heimer, Branchville, for secretary; John M. Brown, Seat Pleasant, for president;
H. F. Kirkpatrick, Branchville, for vice president; V. A. Simmel. Cottage City, for treasurer; T. A.
Penn, Clinton, for vice president, and T. R. Richard, College Park, for vice president.
_ —Star Staff Photo.
University of Virginia
Accepts Resignation
Of Dr. Newcomb
By the Associated Press
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va„ Sept.
14.—The resignation of Dr. John
Lloyd Newcomb as president of the
University of Virginia was accepted
yesterday by the Board of Visitors
at a meeting in which it also au
thorized the appointment of a com
mittee to make an entensive survey
for his successor.
The possible appointment of form
er Gov. Darden to the office was be
ing mentioned in Richmond. Friends
of Mr. Darden pointed out he turned
down an offer for nomination to the
United States Senate and was not
placed on the university’s Board of
Visitors when a vacancy occurred
recently although he is a prominent
alumnus.
Edward R. Stettinius. Jr., rector j
of the board, made public after the!
board’s September meeting here yes
terday an exchange of correspond
ence with Dr. Newcomb in which he
expressed his wish to retire as soon
as the board found it convenient
for him to do so after his 65th birth
day on December 18 of this year.
Favors Early Retirement.
Dr Newcomb, who becomes elig
ble for a retirement allowance, said
hat for many years he has had the,
irm conviction that a college presi
dent should retire “early rather
;han late.” He said also that man
igement of the university during the
wartime period and the reconver
lon had taken its toll of his phys-!
cal strength.
Mr. Stettinius named Thomas B.
3ay of Richmond chairman of a j
special committee authorized by thej
aoard to make a survey for a suc
cessor to Dr. Newcomb.
Members of the committee, on
which Mr. Stettinius will serve as an
ex officio member, include Chris
topher p. Garnett, Arlington: Ed
ward C. Anderson, Richmond: Mrs.
Bertha F. Wailes. Sweetbriar, and
Dr. Hugh B. Trout, sr., of Roanoke.
Tuck Cites Long Career.
News of Dr. Newcomb’s retirement
brought an expression of regret from :
Gov. Tuck. “I very much regret that
Dr. New'comb is retiring,” the Gov
ernor said. “He has rendered a
distinguished and valuable service
to the university and to the Com
monwealth.”
Associated with the university in
a teaching and administrative ca
pacity since 1905. Dr. Newcomb at
that time joined the institution's en
gineering faculty. He became dean
of engineering in 1925, served as as
sistant to President Edwin A. Aider
man from 1926 to 1931. and following
Dr. Alderman’s death on April 29,
1931, served as acting president for
two years until he became president
in 1933.
He is a native of Gloucester Coun
ty. He took his civil engineering
degree from the University of Vir
ginia in 1903. He holds a bachelor
of arts degree from William and
Mary, as well as honorary degrees
from Washington and Lee, George
Washington, Duke and North Caro
lina University.
Clarke Courier Urges
Moore for House Seat
Special Dispatch to The Star
BERRYVILLE, Va„ Sept. 14 —The
Clarke Courier, published weekly
here by Stacy Lloyd, came out edi
torially today for E. Blackburn
Moore to succeed Representative
Robertson as a member of the House
from the 7th district. Mr. Robertson
was nominated last week for the
late Senator Glass’ unexpired term
in the United States Senate.
Mr. Moore was elected to the
House of Delegates from Clarke and
Frederick Counties and the city of
Winchester in 1933. and has been
re-elected since. He is aLso chair
man of the Virginia Apple Commis
sion and the Virginia Water Control
Board.
Nursery School Planned
At Westmoreland Hills
Opening of a co-operative, non
; profit nursery school to serve the
Westmoreland Hills area was an
nounced today by Mrs. J. G. Jory,
5106 Jamestown Circle, Yorktown
Village, temporary chairman of a
group of mothers making arrange
ments for the project.
Registrations will be accepted next
Friday at 4904 Westway drive, Crest
view, where the school will be op
erated beginning September 23.
Classes will be held daily, except
Saturdays and Sundays, from 2 a.m.
until noon, with mothers volunteer
ing to serve one morning each week.
Do You Know That
Children’s Hospital care of the
underprivileged sick children
lessens the chance of your
child being injected? The
building fund campaign:
Amount needed $1,300,000.00
Contributed to date 1,031.085.23
Received yesterday .. 475.83
Still to be raised_ 268,438.94
Please send contributions to
Children's Hospital Building
Fpnd, Thirteenth and V streets
N.W.
r
HEADS JURY—Walter R.
Brauner of Mount Rainier was
named yesterday as foreman :
of the grand jury of the Prince
Georges County Circuit Court
for the October session which
convenes October 7.
FCC Grants Approval
To 2 Radio Stations
In Nearby Maryland
Applications, for licenses to oper
ate two radio stations in suburban j
Maryland today had been given
Federal Communications Commis
sion approval.
. Tri-suburban Broadcasting Corp.;
of Silver Spring was authorized to,
operate a station at 1050 kilocycles,
on 1,000 watts power and Broadcast
Management, Inc., of Bethesda, was
authorized to go on the air with 250
watts at 1,12<V kilocycles.
Both stations were limited to
daytime operations.
Another Plea Pending.
Still pending for a hearing on
September 24 is the application of
United Broadcasting Co., Inc., Sil
ver Spring, to serve the same gen
eral area as the Tri-suburban firm.
In approving the Tri-suburban
Broadcasting Corp.’s application for
authorization without a hearing, the
FCC overruled an objection filed by
United Broadcasting Co. The latter
firm is headed by Richard Eaton.
Officers of Broadcast Management
Inc., which will operate the Bethesda
area station, were listed by the FCC
as Willard E. Egolf,* 330 Brookside
drive. Kenwood, president; Parker
H. Jones, 420 Brookside drive, Chevy
' Chase, secretary-treasurer; Harold
S. Russell. Chicago, and L. D. Sim
1 mons, Tulsa, Okla., directors.
The studios and transmitter of
the new Silver Spring station, with
the call letters WGAY, will be lo
cated on Kemp Mill road between
Silver Spring and Wheaton, it was
announced by John W. Kluge, presi
dent of the Tri-suburban firm.
Covers Suburban Area.
The station Is designed to carry
its signal throughout metropolitan
Washington and surrounding Mont
gomery and Prince Georges Coun
ties.
Later developments will include
a frequency modulation station
originating from the same studios.
An FM construction permit was
given FCC approval August 31.
The station management includes
three veterans: John W. Kluge. 2720
Wisconsin avenue N.W.. president
; and commercial manager; Joseph
i L. Brechner, 6720 Conway avenue,
, Takoma Park. Md., station man
! ager. and Bernard J. Nees, 4315
; Clagett road, University Park. Md.,
vice president of the corporation,
i Other stockholders listed include
j Edward M. Warner, James M. John
i ston and Norman Burke Frost, all
! Montgomery County residents.
Butler Firm Gets Contract
For Construction of Mains
The Washington Suburban Sani
tary Commission yesterday awarded
a contract to the Leo Butler Co., of
Silver Spring, to construct 3,565 feet
of water mains and sewers in the
Oakland Terrace subdivision, near
Forset Glen, Md. Their bid of $30,
140.75 was the lowest received.
Tlie pipes, to be of 6 and 8 inch
cast iron as well as 10-inch concrete
sewers, will be placed along Plyers
| Mil) road and Brunswick avenue.
At the same time the commission
1 rejected all bids for a warehouse at
! Linden. Montgomery County. The
commission said the bids were too
high.
Fagan Named to Head
Silver Spring Rotarians
| John R. Fagan, former vice presi
! dent of the Silver Spring Rotary
Club, has been named president to
succeed the Rev. Joseph A. Hauber
The Rev. Mr. Hauber, who has
been rector of Ascension Episcopal
’ Church in Silver Spring for the
1 past eight years, is leaving Silver
Spring to take up his new duties as
professor of economics, music and
! religious history at the Jacksonville
i <Fla.) Junior College. He was pre
sented with a diamond-studded past
presidents pin at the luncheon
meeting of the club this week.
H Brooks Perring was elected vice
president to succeed Mr. Fagan.
PAC Foreign Ideology
Controls Democrats,
McKeldin Charges
By Associated Press
LA PLATA, Md., Sept. 14.—1Theo
dore R. McKeldin, Republican can
didate for Governor, charged yes
terday that “the Democratic party
is no longer Democratic, but a patty
controlled by CIO-PAC foreign
ideology.’'
Mr. McKeldin was one of the
speakers at a rally signalling the
opening of the GOP election cam
paign in Charles County.
He also leveled criticism at the
Democratic party's foreign policy
and declared that “Poland—the first
to resist Germany—was sold out at
Yalta by Roosevelt, Churchill and
Byrnes.”
D. John Markey, the republican
candidate for the United States
Senate from Maryland, another
speaker at the rally, attacked the
present national administration for
what he called its "extravagance,”
and said taxpayers could not expect
a lower rate unless control of Con
gress changed hands.
George C. Doub, the Republican
candidate for attorney general, and
Edward A. Glenn, the party's can
didate for the fifth district House
seat, also spoke.
Meanwhile, W. Worthington Mil
stead. chief judge of the Charles
County Orphans’ Court, yesterday
became an independent candidate
for the Charles County Board of
Commissioners. He was elected to
his Orphans’ Court post as a Re
publican.
His last-minute entry Into the
race for county commissioner was
accomplished when he filed a peti
tion signed by 500 registered voters
and the candidacy was certified by
the board of election supervisors.
The Charles Courtty Board of
Election Supervisors yesterday
warned 1,846 of the , county’s
7,580 registered voters it would
strike their names from the lists for
failure to cast ballots In the past
five years unless they appear to pro
test before October 15.
The board at the same time or
dered the removal of names of 70
persons known to be dead. The su
pervisors said the names to be
stricken were about evenly divided
between Republicans and Demo
crats.
U. S. Funds May Be Asked
For 3 European Nations
Congress may be asked next year
to grant funds for relief in Austria,
: Italy and Greece after the end of
j the UNRRA program.
Acting Secretary of State Clay
,ton said late yesterday it appears
| now these three European countries
: will continue to need assistance.
He' indicated the administration
j may urge the aid as an outright gift
1 rather than a loan, saying the prob
i abilities are that it will require con
gressional action. Loans could be
made by the Export-Import Bank
without reference to Congress..
New Officers Inducted
By Winchester Moose
Special Dispatch to The Star
WINCHESTER. Va., Sept. 14.—
Winchester Lodge, No. 1283. Loyal
| Order of Moose, was instituted
1 Thursday night, when a class of 76
new members was initiated by a
Martinsburg <W. Va.) degree team.
The charter was presented by
Robert Irwin of Baltimore, regional
director. William Battaile was in
stalled as governor, and M. E. Roys
ton, jr., secretary. The lodge has a
membership of 125.
Pharmacists Offer Prize
A Taylorcraft custom-built plane
: is th% prize which will be raffled
i off by the District Pharmaceutical
Association in its drive to raise $10,
000 for the construction and main
tenance of a pharmaceutical labora
tory at Children’s Hospital.
The raffle will begin next Thurs
day, and drawing to determine the
prize wanner will take place De
cember 5.
Forty Fire Companies
Take Part Today in
Branchville Parade
A parade to include units from
approximately 40 fire companies
from Prince Georges County and j
other nearby Maryland areas will
feature today’s program at the 24th
annual convention of the County
Volunteer Firemen’s Association in
Branchville.
The line of march will form at
1:30 p.m. at Rhode Island avenue on
the new Greenbelt road. It will
proceed on the Greenbelt road to
the Baltimore bouvelard. south to
Amherst road, east to Dartmouth
avenue, north to College avenue,
west to the boulevard and north to
Branchville.
Nomination of officers marked the
opening business session last night
in the Berwyn School. John M.
Brown, Seat Pleasant, was nomi
nated for president to succeed
George Rheinbold, Cottage City.
Others nominated are:
Frank Di Vencenzo, Hyattsville;
Henry Kirkpatrick, Branchville; J. P.
Ronchi, Riverdale; T. R. Richards,
College Park, and T. Alan Penn,
Clinton, for vice president; Floyd B.
Heimer, Branchville, for secretary;
V. A. Simmel, Cottage City, for treas
urer. and James E. Sampson, Brent
wood, for chaplain. The last three
are incumbents.
Delegates from the approximately
26 fire companies in the county were
welcomed last night by Mayor Wil
liam A. Duvall of College Park. The
group voted to hold its 25th anni
versary convention in Hyattsville.
The parade this afternoon will be
preceded by a softball game at 11
a.m. between the Berwyn Heights
and Bladensburg Volunteer Fire De
partments for the championship of
the County Firemen’s League.
After the parade, prizes will be
given to the company coming the
longest distance, the company mak
ing the best appearance and th#
best-appearing ambulance. Awards
also will be made in tug-of-war and
•hookup contests.
A dinner will be held at 5:30 p.m.
at the Branchville Firehouse, fol
lowed by a memorial service at 7:30
p.m. at the Berwyn School and elec
tion of officers at the final busi
ness session at 8 p.m. There will
be dancing afterwards.
Gen. Connolly to Succeed
McCabe in Surplus Post
Brig. Gen. Donald H. Connolly
soon will succeed Thomas B. McCabe
as foreign liquidation commissioner
to direct the disposal abroad of re
maining surplus Army and Navy
property that cost the United States
about $1,800,000,000.
This was announced late yester
day by Acting Secretary of State
Clayton, v/ho said Mr. McCabe plans
to resign in a few days to return to
his prewar position as chairman of
the board of the Federal Reserve
Bank of Philadelphia and president
of the Scott Paper Co.
Mr. Clayton said that during the
17 months Mr. McCabe has headed
the liquidation office, overseas sur
pluses costing approximately $5,700,
000,000 have been disposed" of, at a
return of $1,250,000,000.
Gen. Connolly, formerly command
ing general of the- Persian Gulf
Command, has been Mr, McCabe’s
deputy for several months.
Veterans to Have Chance
To Buy Surplus A
Veterans and other priority hold
ers will hate an opportunity to buy
aircraft ranging from cargo gliders
up to four-engine transports, the
War Assets Administration an
nounced today.
The powered aircraft will be sold
in special sales beginning Monday.
Thirty-two Douglas two and four
engine transports, ,50 light trans
ports and personal type aircraft and
150 PT-26 primary trainers will be
available. Prices will vary from $990
to $2,800. depending on the condi
tion of the individual plane.
The gliders, 232 in number and
located at four Army installations,
will be disposed of at $75 each. The
sales begin September 25. At pre
vious sales veterans used their
priorities to buy the entire lot of
1,171 gliders offered.
Maryland Democrats
Offer Record on Pledges
By th» Associated Press
BALTIMORE, Sept. 14.—The
leadership of the Democratic party
in Maryland was on record with a
detailed statement today maintain
ing that the Democrats had carried
out in full or in part all their
election promises since 1938.
The party released for publication
a tabulation of planks in its 1938
, and 1942 platforms, with statements
on performance in connection with
each plank. This was offered as a
"warranty of fulfillment” of the
current platform.
The party candidate for Governor
is William Preston Lane, jr.
Gov. O'Conor, who has headed
the State administration since 1938.
;is running for the United States
Senate.
Man, 65, Found Dead
Near Four Corners, Md. .
A 65-year-old colored man. identi
fied by Montgomery County police
as Charles Jinkins, 1300 block of
Morris road S.E., was found dead
early today on Old Bladensburg road
near Four Corners, Md.
Police said the man was fully
clothed and there were no signs of
violence. They said he apparently
died only a few hours before he was
found. The cause of death has not
been determined, pending a coroner's
i autopsy.
Teacher, War Objector, Quits
After Virginia Legion Protest
By tht Auociatad Prtu
MARION. Va., Sept. 14.—A Mar
ion High School mathematics and
physics teacher, the chairman of the
Smyth County School Board and a
clerk of the board resigned their jobs
yesterday after an American Legion
post drafted resolutions protesting
the employment of the teacher, a
conscientious objector during World
| War II.
Tlie resolution, drawn up by a
committee headed by Virginia’s Lt.
Gov. L. Preston Collins, declared the
Legion Post "unanimously disap
proves the exercise of the discretion
on the part of our school officials
which sanctions a policy permitting
the employment of a conscientious
objector.’* The resolution asked for
the resignation of Evan Hollings
worth and requested the school
board to “refrain from the employ
ment” of any persons classified as
conscientious objectors.
In an open letter. Mayor B. L.
Dickinson of Marion, who also is
chairman of the county school
board, tendered his resignation, de
fended the employment of Mr. Hol
lingsworth and declared “I cannot
and will not enter into a political
fight against the leaders of the vet
erans’ organizations."
Immediately after Mr. Dickinson's
resignation Mr. Hollingsworth’s wife
resigned as clerk of the school board.
Smyth County School Supt. Rav
Buchanap said he was in full agree
ment with Mr. Dickinson, adding “I
regret very much that the American
Legion post has chosen to make the
school system a battleground over
this issue.”
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HJSLP FOR SUFFERING CHILDREN—A check for $52.50 raised
by the George E. Killeen Unit, No. 25, of the American Legion
Auxiliary was presented yesterday to Children’s Hospital. Left
to right are: Mrs. Marguerite Buscher, chairman of the Child
Welfare Committee of the auxiliary unit: Miss Mattie Gibson,
superintendent of the hospital, and Mrs. E. M. Quinn, president
of the auxiliary unit. —Star Staff Photo.
Maryland Mapping j
Forests, Spotting
'Rural Fire Plugs'
By the Associated Press
ANNAPOLIS, Md., Sept. 14.—The
State Department of Forests and j
Parks is adopting a new technique |
in forest fire fighting—mapping haz-j
ardous areas, and incidentally spot- i
ting its “rural fire plugs."
Assistant State Forester H. C.
Buckingham, in charge of fire con- 1
trol, said today the department had
completed its work in Charles
County and was moving ahead in
Anne Arundel and Calvert Counties.
The "rural fire plugs.” a war-time
development Hitherto kept quiet, are j
water holes located to aid in stra- i
tegic fire fighting.
They are cencrete pipes 3 feet in
diameter and 4 feet deep, in moist
places or over springs and wells
where water accumulates.
Can Hold 200 Gallons.
They were set up during the war
to help safeguard .areas of military |
value. They can contain as many j
as 200 gallons of wrater which “will;
go a long way towgrd fighting a
forest fire.” Mr. Buckingham said, j
These plugs are being spotted on:
maps by special crews of depart- j
ment workers. The maps include no- j
tations of types of forest and brush j
growth, availability of water, and:
the easiest means of access to any
point.
Besides Anne Arundel, Calvert and
Charles Counties, the mapping will i
be done in Prince Georges, St.
Marys, Howard, Baltimore and
Montgomery.
Plan to Include Whole State.
Although the work in these coun
; ties, comprising the State's most
I hazardous fire areas,,is expected to
be completed by next spring, the
department plans eventually to in
I elude the entire State.
Mr. Buckingham noted that when
I an area was mapped, a warden see
ing smoke rise at any particular
point would know immediately the
i nature of the fire fighting problem
there. The warden will be in a posi
i tion to summon the best aid and
! co-ordinate the fire fighting forces
in the area, thus cutting fire losses
i by an early effective attack.
Sfationmaster Killed |
At Brandywine,
' Clarence Outten. 57, Pennsylvania
Railroad sfationmaster at Brandy
I wine, Md., for the past 26 years,' was
killed yesterday when struck by a
j freight train in front of the station.
Dr. James I. Boyd,'!Prince Georges
County coroner who issued a certifi
1 cate of accidental death, said Mr.
Outten apparently slipped under the
wheels as he was walking along the
tracks.
Mr. Outten, who was born in Dela
ware, had worked in various capac
ities for the Pennsylvania Railroad
for 40 years. He was a Mason and
a member of the Episcopal Church.
He is survived by his widow. Mrs.
Carrie Outten, and three daughters,
Mrs. Robert Cranford, Indian Head;
Mrs. Gertrude Latimer. Brandywine,
and Mrs:. Hary Hyde, Waldorf.
Funeral arrangements have not
been completed.
Civilian Absentee Vole
Is Favored by Lane
By th* Associated Press
BALTIMORE, Sept. 14.—Absentee
balloting for Marylanders — civilian
as well as military—was favored
yesterday by William Preston Lane,
jr.. Democratic candidate for gov
ernor.
Mr. Lane said he took this stand
| in a letter replying to a petition
from a group of students at Harvard
University Law School, all Mary
land veterans. The ex-servicemen
| said they found they could vote
| away from home while in'uniform
but not after their return to civilian
life.
The petition asked Mr. Lane for
remedial legislation in the event of
' his election.
Under Maryland's present tem
porary absentee voting law, voting
by mail is limited to those persons
in nor under the jurisdiction of the
armed forces.
Horace H. Edwards Takes
Oath as Richmond Mayor
By the Associated Press
RICHMOND.' Va„ Sept. 14.—
; Horace H. Edwards yesterday took
the oath of office as Mayor of Rich
mond, succeeding the late Mayor
j William C. Herbert, who died last
| Sunday.
Tlte Richmond City Council elect
ed Mr. Edwards, who had been city
j attorney, to fill the unexpired term.
He was chosen by a vote of 24 to 3.
Mr. Edwards, in his inaugural
speech, said he was not going to re
sign his post as State chairman of
the Democratic party because he
could see no conflict in the two of
fices. If a conflict does arise, he
said, he would correct it "by appro
priate resignation.”
Heishman Elected Head
Of Frederick Agency
Special Dispatch to The Star
WINCHESTER, Va.. Sept. 14.—J
j L. Heishman yesterday was elected
j chairman of the Frederick County
; Agricultural Conservation Agency,
succeeding the late Ernest M. Funk.
He had been serving as vice chair
man
] Roland Fisher was elected to take
i the place vacated by Heishman. and
| H. S. Williams, an alternate, became
!a regular member. Mr. Heishman
| has been a member of the board for
13 years, serving as a field super
visor.
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Briggs School Set
For Occupancy by
Aeronautics Agency
The old Briggs Elementary School
on New York avenue near Twenty
first and C streets N.W.. now owned
by the Government, will be occu
pied next week by the National
Advisory Committee for Aeronautics
to house its office of aeronautical
intelligence.
i The old school building was used
by the Military District, of Wash
ington during the war. It was an
nounced last week that the finak-40
Army and civilian personnel in the
structure w ere transferred to the
Pentagon.
Capt. John S. Oppenheimer, who
is handling ‘'evacuation” matters for
the military district, said the build
ing was turned back to the Public ]
Buildings Administration for even
tual return to the District Govern
ment. However, the building had
been sold by the District to the
Federal Government in April. 1942.
for $71,354, and John L. Nagel,
deputy commisisoner for real estate
of the PBA. said there had been noi
request on the part of District Gov
ernment to regain the old school.
Mr. Nagel said the building had;
been assigned to the National Ad-;
visory Committee for Aeronautics,
which needed additional space for
the overflew from the old Leiter
mansion at 1500 New Hampshire;
avenue N.W., on Dupont Circle,1
which is the ' committee's head-1
quarters.
John F. Victor)-, the committees*
executive secretary, said the per
sonnel of the office of aeronautical
intelligence will move into the for
mer school next week after painting
has been completed.
The intelligence office. Mr. Victory
said, is the Government's depository
for scientific and technical data on
aeronautics, collected from all parts
of the world, and the center for the
analysis and dissemination of that
data. The information now is being
furnished.
The committee is acquiring new
knowledge at a faster rate than dur
ing the war, and is faced with a big
problem in supplying the informa
tion which cannot be disclosed to
those interested, according to Mr.
Victory.
Mr. Victory added the committee
has been hampered in the past by
the lack of space to house necessary
personnel it was authorized to em
ploy. ____
Ercoupe Altitude Record
Set by Plane During Test
An altitude record of 21.500 feet"
has been set by an Ercoupe plane,
the Engineering & Research Corp.
iof Riverdale. Md., manufacturers of
the sport type monoplanes, an
nounced today.
The record, which is about 3,000
feet below the existing light plane
altitude mark, was established about
two weeks ago at Wheeling, 111. The
pilot reported that it took nearly !
two hours of constant climbing to
reach the record height, about one1
hour of which was required for the'
last 3.500 feet.
Officials at the. company said that
the pilot, Fulton M. Moore, intends j
to strip the plane of certain acces
sories within the next week and
attempt to establish a world's alti
tude record for small aircraft.
$2,500 Raise for Byrd
Urged at Maryland U.
By the Associated Press
ANNAPOLIS, Md., Sept. 14 —Gov.
OConor’s office announced yester
day that the University of Mary
land Board of Regents has recom
mended the salary of Dr. H. C.
Byrd, university president, be in
creased from $15,000 per year to
$17,500.
In a letter from Board Chairman
William P. Cole, jr.. to the Board
of Public Works, it was cited that
the salary for the post has remained
! stationary since 1926.
The letter said that the presi-!
dent of the university received no
perquisites, such as a house, com
parable to any other university
president.
The Governor's office said the
recommendation would be taken up
at the next meeting of the Board
| of Public Works.
1300 Civilians to Lose 4
Naval Academy Jobs
fty the Associated Press
ANNAPOLIS. Md.. Sept. 14.—The
Navy disclosed yesterday that Naval
Academy civilian personnel would
be reduced 25 per cent. Discharge
: notices were sent to approximately
1300 employes.
The Department of Public Works
I will be affected most, with about
240 persons discharged. *
In Washington, however, Repre
sentative Sasscer, Democrat, of
Maryland, said there was a possibil
ity the reduction order would be
rescinded since 5 per cent of the
Navy Department appropriation
might be transferred for such pur
poses.
Crossing Crash Hurls
Woman From Auto
By tl i Associated Press
SALISBURY, Md.. Sept. 14 —Mrs.
George P. Gordy of Salisbury suf
fered head lacerations and a slight
concussion yesterday when she was
thrown from her car in a crossing
collision with a southbound Penn
sylvania passenger train.
Doctors at Peninsula General Hos
pital said her condition is not seri
ous.
Mrs. Gordy Is a sister of David J
Ward, former Representative from
Maryland's 1st district.
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Patent Office Starts
Return of Divisions
To D. C. on Monday
The Patent Office announced to
day that starting Monday it will
begin the return of its 36 divisions
In Richmond to temporary building
No. 7 at the Washington National
Airport.
Eight divisions will be returned
here next week and the remaining
28 units will be returned here start
ing the week of September *8, with
all divisions expected to be moved
from Richmond by October 10.
The divisions have been in Rich
mond since 1942 when a large part
of the Patent Office staff was moved
there as a war measure. Patent
Office officials has asked that the
units be returned here to enable
the agency to do its work more
efficiently, pointing out that the
Patent Office was handicapped in
its operation because of its scattered
divisions.
Eventually, Patent Office officials
expect that all the units will be
housed under one roof in the Com
merce Department Building Al
though officials concede that the
return of. the 36 divisions to the
airport building will greatly aid the
| Patent Office s work, they stress that
i full efficiency cannot be attained
I until all the units are in the Com
\ merce Department Building.
Secretary Wallace has promised
| that as soon as space conditions
permit, the units will be housed in
the Commerce Department.
Boone Named Commander
Of Maryland Air Group
By th« Associate Press
BALTIMORE. Sept. 14—John
Marshall Boone, Baltimore invest
ment banker and veteran of both
World Wars, was named commander
of the Maryland wing of the Air
Force Association at a meeting of
the Squadron 1 Executive Commit
tee here.
Joseph B. Browne, assistant vice
president of the Union Trust Co.,
Baltimore, was named secretary
treasurer.
The newly formed wing will co
ordinate work Of seven squadrons in
the State besides the Baltimore unit;
at Middle River, Hagerstown, Cum
berland, Frostburg, Easton. Mc
Henry and Riverdale. Maryland is
the third State to organize a wing
under the national organization, of
which Lt. Gen. Jimmy Doolittle is
president.
Mr. Boone served in the European
African-Middle East theater with
the 92d Bomb Group of the 8th Air
Force. He is governor of the Balti
more Stock Exchange and a city
recreation commissioner.
Three Virginians Held
In Mutilation of Boy, 5
By Iv Associated Prest
WASHINGTON, Va . Sept. 14 —
Rappahannock County authoritiet
said yesterday three young men
j from the Woodville vicinity were
being held in the Fauquier County
| Jail “on a technical charge of muti
lation” in connection with injurie*
i to a 5-year-old boy.
Commonwealths Attorney Georg*
H. Davis named the three as
Charles Stevens Jenkins. Robert
Jenkins and Pres Thornhill’ who
were arrested by Sheriff James M.
Lillard.
Mr. Davis said the mother of th*
child reported to Mrs. Clelia Miller,
superintendent of public welfare in
Rappahannock, that the boy had
been mutilated. The boy was treated
at the Front Royal Community Hos
pital and released.
The Commonwealth's attorney
said a hearing date for the three
would be set after completion of the
investigation. Sheriff Lillard re
ported the men, all in their 20 s,
denied having had any part in the
incident.
Langley Boarding School
Application Granted
Tire Fairfax County Board of
Zoning Appeals, in special session
yesterday, granted the application
of Mrs. Helen W. Martin to open
and operate a private boarding and
day school at Langley.
The application first came before
the board at its August meeting,
and resulted in a 2-2 tie. when a
number of residents in the Langley
area voiced objection to the pro
posal.
Yesterday. W. H. Walker, board
member, changed his vote and voted
in favor of granting the applica
tion. At the first meeting, Douglass
S. Maekall, jr., Zoning Board mem
ber who was interested in the prop
erty on which the school will be
located, died suddenly while the
board was considering the applica
tion after he had disqualified him
self from acting in the case.
B'nai B'rith to Meet
The B’nai B'rith women of Alex
andria will hold their first fall
meeting at 8:15 p. m. Monday at
the George Mason Hotel, Alexandria.
Mrs. Shirlye Hayman. newly elected
president, will preside.
Only One Try
Another in a series of jogs for
lagging memories regarding Dis
trict traffic laws.
This parking space has attracted
the interest of two motorists. Does
it go to:
1. Car “B,” because its driver saw
the space first?
2. Car “A,” because it is about to
back into the space?
3. Whichever moves the fastest?
Answer 2 is correct. Section 13,
paragraph <c>, of the traffic and
motor vehicle regulations states:
“When the driver of a vehicle de
sires to park at the curb when there
is room enough for only one car
between two other cars, he shall
drive up parallel with the car ahead
of the space and back cautiously
Into the parking apace.”