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Festival Parade
At Winchester
Showers and Wind
Fail to Interrupt
Final Ceremony
By Harriet Griffiths
•«β» JiBiT Siorrviponovni
WINCHESTER, Va., May 3.—The
dty is settling back today for *
more leisurely enjoyment of the
fragrant apple blossoms adorning
the Shenandoah Valley after a
swiftly-paced, two-day festival in
' their honor.
Deserted carnival trappings and
the general debris of thousands of
persons in holiday mood on the
downtown streets are left over from
a celebration in which visitors from
all over the country participated.
An estimated 100,000 persons;
jammed the sidewalks and watched
from windows and roofs yesterday
as the grand feature parade moved
through the streets in a procession
of smartly-uniformed bands, cadet
units, drum and bugle corps and
colorful floats.
Showers Unheeded.
Intermittent showers caused the
sidewalk spectators to put their um
. brelia* up and down, or cover their
heads with newspapers, but failed
to disperse the crowd or delay the
line of march.
Despite a brisk breeze and the
light showers, Queen Shenandoah
XX—Mise Jean Cartwright Lane,
daughter of Maryland's Governor—
smiled and waved gaily to the crowd
from her pink and yellow-gold
tinseled float The 30 princesses
i of her court, gowned in green plaid,
followed in a float of snowy white.
Gen. Jacob L. Devers, commander
of the Army ground forces was
gTB.na marsnai οι uie paraae, ana
Dr. Lewie M. Allen of Winchester,
parade marshal. Mounted marshals
led each of the four divisions, which
included visiting unite from as far
•way as Miami, Fla.
School Bands in Line.
There was sunshine from time to
time, too, to brighten the colorful
uniforms of such groups as the
George Washington High School
Band and Cadet Corps from Alex
andria; Washington-Lee High
School Band and Cadet Corps from
Arlington, the Fairfax High School
Majorette Unit, Vincent B. Coetello
Post No. 15 Honor Guard from
Washington, and many others from
the area.
Winchester belles rode on fancy
commercial floats, which featured
the products of the business houses
they represented. Prom one vehicle,
four girls in green threw apples to
the cheering spectators. A little girl
turned a tiny spinning wheel on
another float, and a very young
ι pilot manned a toy airplane with
spinning propeller on a motor com
pany's entry.
Visitor· Put at 125,000.
Festival officials were convinced
that the expected 125,000 persons
had visited the city during the two
days of band concerts, pageantry,
parties and dances. The festival's
director general, Tom Baldridge,
estimated a hundred chartered buses
entered the city yesterday morning,
ν more than has ever been counted
before.
Thousands of the visitors who ar
rived yesterday witnessed a repeat
performance of Thursday'! pageant
at Handley School Bowl, despite the
damp ground and occasional rain.
The roped-off streets where the fair
operated were so jammed It was dif
ficult to move.
Winchester police were «.ssisted in
directing traffic and keeping order
by 50 State troopers,'25 officers from
neighboring cities, eight special of
ficers and 100 military policemen,
police locked up a dozen or so drunks
yesterday, and towed away some
automobiles parked in the parade
streets, but reported the festivities
in general were orderly.
Winners in Parade.
Winners in the various divisions
•f yesterday's parade were:
Class A bands, including college,
military school and municipal bands
—Fairmont (W. Va.) State College,
Mary Washington College of Fred
ericksburg and Augusta Military
Academy, Fort Defiance.
Class B. all high school bands—
Lane High School, Charlottesville;
Washington and Lee High School,
Arlington; Dallastown High School,
Dallastown <Pa.); Martinsburg (W.
Va.* High School; Warwick County
High School, Morrison (Va.).
Best uniformed marching unit—
Augusta Military Academy, Ran
dolph Macon Academy, Front Royal,
and Greenbrier Military School,
Lewisburs. W. Va.
Best drum major—Monroe (Va.)
High School; Dundalk, Baltimore,
and Elkins (W. Va.) High School.
Best drum majorette—Romney
(W. Va.) High School. Gary (W.
Va,) High School and Dundalk Sun
day School Drum and Bugle Corps
of Baltimore.
Drum and bugle corps—American
Legion. Baltimore; Harold H. Blair
Poet, American Legion, Hanover
(Pa.); Dundalk Sunday School
Drum and Bugle Corps, and Henry
Hart Post, Cumberland (Md.)
Artistic floats — Kiwanis Club,
Elks' Club and Plumly Lumber Co.,
all of West Virginia.
Commercial floats — Winchester ;
Cold Storage. Southern Dairies, In
dependent Pood Dealers and Repub
lic OU Co.
Arnold Bus Line Changes
12th Street Terminal Use j
The Washington, Virginia &
Maryland Coach Co. (Arnold Unes)
has announced discontinuance of
the terminal at Twelfth street and
Pennsylvania avenue N.W. during
the afternoon and evening.
The terminal will continue to be
tised in the morning by buses which
ettee iftrth on Fourteenth street
arid through Ε street for stops at
Thirteenth - and - a - half street,
Twelfth street and at Tenth street
and Pennsylvania avenue.
' m the afternoon and evening, the
stop for buses traveling over High
ly and Memorial Bridges into Vir
ginia will be on Ninth street between
Pennsylvania and Constitution ave- ■
nues. The company said it will have
"improved facilities to better handle
our pjn. traffic," at the Ninth street
location.
The stand at Twelfth and Penn
fcylvania avenue is the former
Arlington * Fairfax terminal andi
has ben used by the Arnold Linwj
Mir Moee tte no** ameer, .
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WINCHESTER.—APPLE-BLOSSOM: PARADE—Jean Gartwrlght £ane, daughter of the Govemorof
Maryland and Queen of the Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival, is shown enthroned on her
float during the parade here yesterday. Others (left to'right) grouped around her are Massie
Hawthorne, Ellen Kalback, Bobble Rlnker and Helen Brown. In front Is Imogene Mlnton.
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rèe princess wait for the e&rly .morning rain to end before
leaving their hotel.; They are (left to right) Barbara J. Darragh,
Sullins College, Bristol, Va.; Eleanor Roberts, Pennsylvania State
College, and Betty Flanders, Blackstone College.
—Star Staff Photos.
Alexandria Hospital
Room Rates Raised
Increases in room rates at Alexan
dria Hospital have been announced,
sy the Boardof Directors. They are
îflective on all admissions beginning
Thursday.
The new ward rate is $6, com
pared with t£e old rate of $5; a new
semiprivate of $7.50 as against $6,
ind the private rates are now from
(9 to $10. compared with $8 to $8.50.
The directors announced that
lursery rates both in the well-baby
îursery and' premature nursery also
lave been increased.
-The new rates are comparable
Pith those of 15 other hospitals in
Jie National Capitol area, the direc
ors said.
"It was not the desire of the hos
pital to raise rates. We have strug
gled to maintain what we thought
vas a rate within the range of the
sconomic limit of the community,"
in announcement said. "The new
•ates were approved only after every
>ther source of meeting the in
ireased costs of business were ex
hausted and a deficit operation had
secome alarming.
"As soon as the economic condi
tions which were responsible for the
increase disappear, the rates will be
:hanged downward."
Mx kod Baltimore raciory
Of $24,602 Payroll
Police here were on the lookout
today for a gang of six smooth -
working gunmen who fled with
$34,802 after a raid yesterday cm
i.' Baltimore Clothing factory five
minutes after the weekly payroll
had been delivered in an armored
car. I
Maryland State police flashed a
lookout alarm along the Eastern
Seaboard after the bandits escaped
in a sedan which they abandoned
a mile from the holdup scene.
Baltimore police said the gang
entêred the glass-inclosed pay ofBce
of the Cohen, Goldman Clothing
Manufacturing Co. in the 3200 block
of Aisqulth street in East Baltimore
at 2:15 p.m. yesterday, soon after
the payroll car had departed.
Two hundred workers watched
through the glass walls as the
bandits carried out their assign
ments with military precision, police
reported.
Three erf the gunmen aimed
machineguns at the employes, while
the,others ripped out all the tele
phone and switchboard connections
and then scooped the money into
khaki bags.
Police said it was Baltimore's
largest payroll robbery in 30-years.
Vaccinations Scheduled
A physician will be at the River
dale Elementary School from 9:30
to 11:30 &jn. Wednesday to admin
ister smallpox vaccine and diptheria
antitoxin to children beginning
school next term, it was announced
today.
Reserve Officers' Dance
Robert E. Lee Chapter, Reservt
Offices»' Association, held it» spring
dance last night at Port Myer. Tht
Anor Air Vona· Bead piayed.
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Cancer Donations
Urged in Place of
Funeral Flowers
•y the Associated Prus
BALTIMORE, May 3.—Leaders of
the Manryland "conquer cancer"
drive heard a suggestion that money
spent on flowers for funerals of
friends and relatives be given to
the cancer campaign instead.
The proposal · was made by Dr.
Beverly C. Compton, a member of
the Medical Executive Committee
of the Maryland Division of the
American Cancer Society.
"Not only would such a gift be a
fitting tribute to a loved one," Dr.
Compton said, "but it would be a
far more effective and lasting gift
than flowers."
Virginia Welfare Group
May Meet Next Week
By th· Associated Press
RICHMOND, Va., May 3.—The
Executive Committee of the Com
mission to Investigate Welfare Ac
tivities In Virginia may meet the
latter part of next week to deter
mine the future course'of the study
group.
JnHffo f» ÏÎ Mitchell r»heirrw*«
of the commission, who has been
criticized by the two other members
of the Executive Committee for
what they called his "inertia" in
failing to push the Inquiry ordered
by the 1946 General Assembly, said
Thursday he was attempting to fix
a date for a meeting on either May
7, 8 or 9.
State Senator Edward L. Breeden.
jr., of Norfolk, vice chairman of the
commission apd a member of the
committee, said his letters to the
chairman requesting a meeting re
mained unanswered and he stated
that unless action was taken soon
by Judge Mitchell he would proceed
on his own9 Initiative to start hie
subcommittee on financial assist
ance on its job.
Silver Spring Roof Fire
Damages Bowling Alley
A fire at the Silver Spring Bowling
Alleys, at Wayne and Georgia
avenues, yesterday, damaged the
roof and attic and possibly the
second-floor alleys.
A spokesman at the establishment
said the first floor would be-badk
in use today, but the second floor
will be closed pending assessment
of damage there. The fife, of un
determined origin, destroyed a num
ber of pins and balls in the attic.
Consultant on Marriage
Due to Speak Monday
Dr. Janet Fowler Nelson, con
sul tan t_ on marriage and family life
for thé Planned Parenthood Fed
eration of America, will speak at
11:30 ajn, Monday at the biannual
trustees* meeting of the Montgom
ery County Planned Parenthood
League *i,€uburban Hospital.
The trustees' meeting is sched
uled to feegla 10:30 a.m. Dr.
Jieboti will speak on setting up a
mantaffr «ouoaelUag program.
Planes Jam Airport
As Weather Closes
Most Major Fields
The largest collection of giant
four-motored commercial planes in
the history of National Airport to
day crowded the apron and other
parking spaces at the Aip Transport
Command end of the field.
They were converted C-54s and
Constellations from Europe, South
America and South Africa that had
been forced to land here because
La Guardia Airport, New York, and
other Eastern airports were closed
down by weather yesterday.
New York was still closed today
with a 100-foot ceiling. An ATC
officer said that "we have room for
just two more planes here. This is
bigger business than we did in the
war."
The ATC terminal here is a port
of entry but the few custom officials
on hand were inadequate to cope
with the number of passengers.
Some had to wait 10 hours to get
luggage cleared. Additional inspec
tors were called in as more and
more planes arrived.
A check made by the ATC today
on the major overseas airlines
showed that they had no additional
arrivals from abroad scheduled.
In order to help relieve the crowd
ed situation, the TWA Constellation,
"Star of the Nile," was sent without
passengers to Philadelphia yesterday
afternoon. As it took off, an. air7
port attendant noticed that the noes
wheel and oné of the main wheels
werr*out of line. . ...
The plane landed safely at New
Castle, Del., however, after circling
the field there for an hour while the
pilot managed to correct the diffi
culty.
Civic Center Group
Formed in Takoma
Representatives of 22 organiza
tions in Takoma Park, Md., have
formed a permanent organiza
tion to sponsor construction of a
town hall and adopted the name
Civic Center Association of Takoma
Park.
Luke Bennett, temporary chair
man of a central committee orga
nized to investigate the project, was
elected president Thursday night.
Other officers are William Vassil,
vice president, and Mrs. Jane Lati
mer, secretary-treasurer. ν
The Executive Committee is com
posed of R. 8. Sense man, Douglas
Bradshaw and the officers.
The purpose of the organization
is "to secure for the people of Ta
koma Park a municipally-owned and
operated civic center to be dedi
cated as a memorial to our war
veterans."
Members are to be the mayor and
City Council and representatives of
various organizations.
$550,000 Road Program
In Virginia Forest Approved
Spociat Dispatch to Th· Star
HARRISONBURG, Va., May 3.—
Supervisor R. F. Hemingway an
nounced that a forest highway
construction program which pro
vides J or an expenditure of over
$550,000 on the George Washington/
National Forest has been approved
by the Public Roads Administration
and the Forest Service. Nearly all
of the roads earmarked for improve
ment are on the Virginia secondary
highway system.
Projects on which State funds are
used jointly with forest highway
funds will be constructed by the
Virginia Department of Highways
under the direction of District En
gineer George D. Felix of Staunton.
The approved construction pro
gram includes:
Shenandoah County—Fort Valley
Forest highway T4, stabilization and
bituminous surface treatment, 13.5
miles. Estimated cost $115,000 (all
Federal funds).
Augusta County —Back Creek
Forest highway 53, grading, surfac
ing and two bridges. Estimated
cost $145,000 (all Federal funds).
Prince Georges
Gov. Lane 45-K
Sy a Staff Corrotpondmt of Th· Star
ANNAPOLIS, Md„ May 3.—The
difference in time between some
communities 6f Maryland and
the Metropolitan Washington Area
caught up with and slightly em
barrassed Gov. Lane here yesterday.
Scheduled to held a public hear
ing at the State House in Annapolis,
the chief executive was ready to
begin shortly after the session vu
supposed to at J:30-pjn., Daylight
Saving Time. -
A number of .'prince Georges
County residents, nib were to testi
fy, believing the meeting was set
tof start at 2:30 pj& Eutern Stand
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Success Will Depend
On Civic Group Aid/
Dr, Hilleboe Soys
Health officials yesterday outlined
•one of tiie plans 1er Washington's
proposed city-wide tuberculosis sur
Tf_ . κ Hffieboe. aarfstant
surgeon general of the United Skates
Public Health Service, told the Pub
lic-Health Committee of the Board
of Trade the aurveT* success de
pends on the help provided by the
District Medical Society, civic or
ganizations, radio stations and
newspapers.
Washington is different from
other places where the PuMic
Health Service has made a tuber
culosis storey, he said, in that there
is no rural population here, and
the purse strings are not held by
the people of the eity but by Con
gress.
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culty in, raising funds needed to
carry on the work, but In the Dis
trict, although meet of the money
needed ha* been put" up bar the
Publ(e Health Sendee and the
Washington Tuberculosis Associa
tion, the Health. Department 4s
without funds to pay its small share
and must rely upon Congress or
private donations,
$45,OM Is D, C. Share.
No detailed plans for the survey
in Washington have been made,
Dr. A. Barklie Coulter, director oi
the Bureau of Tuberculosis of the
Health Department, said, but it will
take about six months to complete,
and the District must raise $65,000
to pay its share.
Fifteen years ago, he said, there
were β,000 known cases of tuber
culosis in the District. Now that
has risen to 15,000, with many more
unsuspected eases here. Tubercu
losis is a preventable disease, he
said, and the time element in dis
covering the disease is a big feature
in i^ts cure.
Health Officer George C. Ruhland
said the Health Department esti
mated there were 4,000 more tuber
culosis cues here than the medical
profession had discovered.
Dr. Hilleboe, in outlining the plans
for the survey, said it was not
planned to examine children under
15 years old, instead a block-to
block survey will be made of thtf
rest of the population and every
one will be subjected to tubercu
losis tests. After these tests are
made, any one suspected of having
the disease will be turned over to
clinics and the more serious cases
given hospital treatment.
Heart disease causes about 25 per
cent of all deaths. Dr. Hilleboe said,
with cancer responsible for about
10 per cent and tuberculosis follow
ing with about 4 per cent. He said
Negroes—about 38 per cent of the
population here—produced about
two-thirds of the deaths from tu
berculosis.
ς Feeds Upon Poverty.
"Poverty and tuberculosis feed
upon each other, which i* why the
death rate from tuberculosis Is
higher in cities," he said. "Wash
ington has resources to catry art thé
work of reducing tuberculosis. If
we tackle this job now we can pre
vent a more expensive job in the
future."
Dr. Hilleboe said that close to 90
per cent of the discovered cases of
tuberculosis could be taken care of
in clinics. He proposed to take a
sample tuberculosis test about a year
after the survey was completed to
see what progress had been made.
Edward K. Funkhouser, executive
secretary of the District of .Colum
bia Tuberculosis Association, also
spoke of the need for raising the
needed money for the survey. He
was a member of the committee
that, investigated the need for a
survey here and was appointed
chairman of a subcommittee which
will try to obtain the funds neces
sary for the District to pay its
share.
P. H. Ken worthy, chairman of the
Public Health Committéê of the
Board of Trade, presided at the
luncheon.
Mrs. Wells fo Take Oath
As Clerk to Trial Judge
Mrs. Genevieve H. Wells, former
member of the Maryland House of
Delegates and active Democratic
Party worker in Montgomery County,
will be sworn in Monday as clerk
to Trial Magistrate Designate Wil
liam Wheeler, also to take office
Monday.
Mrs. Wells, who lives at 8419 Piney
Branch court, is believed to be the
first woman In the county to be
come a clerk to a trial magistrate.
Chairman of the United Demo
cratic Women's Clubs of Maryland,
Mrs. Wells will succeed the present
clerk, Fred W. Heine. Judge Wheeler
will preside in the Silver Spring
Takoma Park Police Court area.
Boy, 14, Gets Probation
In Truck Crash Deaths
ly th· Associated Prw·
RICHMOND, V»., May 3.—Judge
J. Hoge Ricks of Juvenile and
Domestic Relations Court has placed
Robert M. Toney, jr., 14, driver of
a small truck In which two of his
teen-age playmates were killed and
seven others injured on April 2, on
six years' probation in the custody
of his father.
The court ordered that during the
probation the boy may not legally
drive an automobile or a Rotor
cycle. The boy's father, Robeit M.
Toney, sr., 43, was fined 1500 and
costs when the court found him
guilty of contributing to his son's
delinquency.
Time' Gives
linute Wait
ard Time, as in their county, did
not appear.
The Governor, who postponed
starting the meeting for nearly 45
minutes, was reminded that al
though he signed measures author
izing- Prince Georges and Mont
gomery Counties to advance their
clocks one hour, both are awaiting
final action by the District of Co
lumbia before making up their own
minds. Then, at 3:30 pjn., D.8. T.,
the missing Prince Georgians
showed up. ,··
Hearings ate scheduled before the
District Commissioners in Washing
ton nest Wednesday to decide
whether to adopt fast tin· in the
Nation's Capital,
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G. W. CROWNS MAY QUEEN—Marme Winterfleld, 1905 Kalo
rama road N.W, was crowned George Washington University
May Queen by Fremont Jewell, president-elect of the Student
Council; last night in f Usner Auditorium, Lynn Matteson of
Strong Hall is attending the quèen. Hie queen and her attend
ante were selected bya group of veterans at Walter Reêd
Hospital.' . t ' : ι·-· ' —Star Staff Photo.
Historic Homes Open
For Tours Beginning
In Maryland Today
As the 10th annual Maryland
House and Garden Pilgrimage got
under, way - today in St, Mary's and
Harford Counties, the itinerary of
historic homes to' be open to the
public tomorrow in Charles County
was announced.
The pilgrimage will feature sepa
rate counties each day and will end
with Anne Arundel County on May
13. Proceeds are to be used-by the
Federated Garden Clubs of'Mary
land to maintain the Hammond
HarWood House in Annapolis, now
used as a museum.
The- American Automobile. Asso
ciation- or the county chairmen can
supply tickets for the tours. Miss
Louis Matthews, La Plata, and Mrs.
Foster M. Reeder, Mount Victoria,
are Charles County chairmen,
A luncheon will be served tomor
row at the Little House in Weet
Hatton for the benefit of Christ
Episcopal Church at Wayside. From
Washington, motorists should leave
by. Route 5 to T. B. and then con
tinue to Waldorf on Route 301.
Green pilgrimage arrows direct the
motorist to Oak; Grote, thé 'first
point on tW teur. >**<*»·,··...··
Following is the list "Of &*&* ft
the Charles County tour.
Oak Grove—Unusual stairway.
Old kitthen with original crane.
Once property of Lord Baltimore.
Owners, Mr. and Mrs. George
Barnes. ■ ' . -
Araby (before 1730)—Built on
series of terraces and dôminates
the whole countryside. Mantels
and shell cupboardsespecialiy betau
tiful. Doors are of curly maple.
Woodwork is of solid walnut. Own
ers, Vice Admiral and Mrs. Frank
Jack Fletcher. V .
ν Havre de Venture (1743)—House of
Thomas Stone, who Is buried here.
House of great interest to architects.
Two aprons extend to flanking
wing?, placed on an arc of a circle.
Owners, Col. and Mrs. Peter Visher.
Rose Hill (1730)— Interior famous
for its wide hall, beautifully carved
mantels and woodwork. "Washing
ton's bedroom," kept for the gen
eral's use whenever he visited here.
Magnificent boxwood. Owner, Mrs.
Carlos- Grevenberg. Residents, Mr.
and Mrs. H. D. Case.
Chimney House—The only re
maining house of the ghost town of
POrt - Tobacco. Used to - be an old
ofltee in Civil War days. Huge
chimneys at each end give it its
name. Residents, Mr. and Mrs.
inonus β. κ. Muaa.
La Grange (1760)—Large brick
ends and great outside chimneys
characteristic of Charles County.
Finely proportioned rooms and
beautiful stairway. Owners, Mr. and
Mrs. James W. Wills.,
The Mann our οf Truman's Place
(1665)—Original land grant by Lord
Charles Calvert to Nathaniel Tru
man. Much of the original house
still standing. Beautifully restored
in 1940. Owners, Mr. and Mrs. Philip
Smith.
Mount Air (before 1740)—This
house has one of the m6et expan
sive views on the Potomac River.
Doors or solid walnut fitted with
carpenter locks. Exterior of thick
brick walls covered with clapboard.
Interior beautifully decorated with
carvings. Boxwood maze. Owner,
Mrs. G. C. Pegram.
Keechland—Beautiful modem
house furnished with lovely an
tiques, situated on a high bluff
above the Potomac Rlvër. Owners,
Mr. and Mrs. W. Carlyle Turner.
Mount Republic (1793)—Walls 2%
feet thick, large squat* rooms, mas
sive walnut stairway. Beautiful front
and rear doors with identical fan
lights. Owners, Mr. and Mrs. Ken
nedy Hanson.
Yat ten—Built and owned for
many years by the Hungerfordfamlly
ο1 Charles County. Located on Wi
comico River. Beautifully restored.
Now owned by Comdr and Mis;
Jewett Orth. .
West Hatton (1790)—Built by
Major William Truman Stoddert,
has remained continuously In the
family. Central portion.particularly
attractive and has been copied many
çhyrmtny architectural de
tails. Owners, Mr. and Mrs. Poster
Reeder.- ·
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Silver Spring Viaduct ν
Is Open for Week End -
' The 80ver Spring viaduct of the
Baltimore & C8Uo Railroad, which
was closed to trafic yesterday, will
be reopened today far the week end,
Montgomery County police an
nounced. It will be closed again
Monday and remain dosed until a
new overpass is constructed.
Traffic from Washington will 'de
tour up Burlington to filifo avenue
and back' to Georgia avenue. Traf
fic to Washington will folia* the
Cast-West highway until It cuts
Into Georgia avenue about two
Mock· aast et the underpass. '
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Dredging in Potomac
Is Election Issue,
Oystermen Warn
Special Dlipatch to TV« Star
COLONIAL BEACH, Va., May «.
—Virginia oyster dredgers are less
concerned at the prospect oi facing
trial in Maryland courts than Tide
water candidates are disturbed
about the right answer to the area's
$β4 political question, according to
JohnE. Mayo, secretary of the Po
tomac River Oystermen's Associa
tion.
Legislation passed at the last
session of the Maryland General
Assembly authorizes oyster conserva
tion authorities of that State to
bring violators, of either jurisdiction
to-trial in Maryland courts. A com
pact between the two- Common
wealths, signed in 1785, provided
that offenders be tried in courts of
their own State.
The political poser, Mr. Mayo
said, is "Are you for or against legal
dredging in the Potomac River?"
"This," he adds, "is a proper ques
tion for any candidate with Oeneral
Assembly aspirations. Any who will
not answer it," he continued, "or
who 'weasels' around it, does not
deserve the vote of any oyâterman
or <qf any member of their families
or their friends."
Registrations for the coming elec
tions,Mr. Mayo said, ara "the heav
iest in history. Oystermen who have
paid poQ taxes for years but have
never registered, are doing so" this
year," he said. .
■ Virginia' riVermen have not aban
doned efforts-to legalize dredging in
the Potomac, Mr. Mayo asserted.
Mr. Mayo said he had asked C.
O'Oonor Ooolrick, chairman of the
Maryland-Virginia Oyster Study
Commission, to grant his organisa
tion a hearing on the question. -
New Voting Precinct
Is Created in Fairfax
An order creating a new voting
precinct in low Fairfax County
adjoining the city of Alexandria,
has been entered by Circuit Court
Judge Paul E. Brown.
The latest voting district, to be
known as Groveton Precinct, «will
be the 26th in the county artdywill
embrace a portion of the présent
Gum , Springs and Pulmans pre
cincts, in Mount Vernon magis
terial district.
The carder provides that the vot
ing place shall be the Penn-Daw
Pire Department House.
Demand for an adiditional voting
center In that portion of the county
was made by a number of citizens
earlier in the year, who pointed out
that the present precincts serving
the area are not easily accessible
to many of the people and that
creation of another precinct would
facilitate voting. ι
The court order also provides
that the County Electoral Board
shall appoint a registrar. Judges
and'clerks for the precinct.
Byrd Backs Restaurants
In Hitting U.S. Policies
Sy th» Associated Press
RICHMOND, Va, May 3 —Sena
tor Byrd, Democrat, of Virginia has
written the Virginia state Restau
rant Association that he "entirely
agrees' with statements made by
the association in a letter to Prési
dent Truman criticizing administra
tion policies said to be-helping to
keep food prices high. /
Senator Byrd wrote, TI will do
what I can with respect to these
matters, you njay be assured."
R. L. Walker, executive secretary
of the association, said yesterday
he also had received telegrams from
a number of restaurant organiza
tions in other States congratulating
the Virginia association.
The association plans to send a
delegation to Washington to confer
with Secretary of Agriculture An
derson. ; -i ■ ■
In the letter to President Truman
the association said it "would ap
preciate the opportunity to join
wholeheartedly" in the President's
price reduction appeal but declared
restaurants cannot reduce prices "so
kmc as governmental agencies con
tinue to support movement· which
preclude their reducing operating
coets." .
Hospital Study Is Resumed
RICHMOND, Va-, May 3 UP).—A
legislative commission studying hos
pital and medical needs in Virginia
returned its study here yesterday.
The commission, headed by Stite
Senator J. D. Hagood of Clover, is
charged with a general study of the
neea for hospitals and health cen
ters with particular emphasis on
prepayment medical care plans for
rural aa well as urban rsstrtenta.
J V Λ : ,
Pupils'Bus Bill
Studied by Lane
Governor Presides
At Two-Hour Hearing
On County Measure
By Chart* A. McAIm*
Star Correipondont ·
ANNAPOLIS, May J —Got. Lane
today waa considering arguments
si both sides before deciding wheth
er to sign or veto a bill adopted' by
the State Legislature which would
permit Prinee Georges County pan»- -
chial school pupils to ride county
school buses.
Dm Governor, who heard ante
than two hours of testimony fi*'
and against the measure at a pub
lie hearing yesterday in the State
House here, also was expected to
consider a 'revenue bill affecting.
Montgomery County at a hearing
scheduled today.
The revenue bill, which wss pest-,
poned from yesterday, would «m·
power the county commissioners to
assume taxing powers similar to
those exercised by the State. Testi
mony 011 a similar measure fer Bai·
timoré city is to be heard at the
same .time today,
Had Indicated Veto.
Gov. Lane previously had indl·'
cated his intention of vetoing the
revenue measures. The Montgom
ery County hearing was requested
by State Senator Roy Tasco Davis,
and Delegate Anders R. Lofstrand.·
both Republicans, of that county. '
Meanwhile, it was announced by
the Governor's office that no hear-',
ing dates had been set yet in con·:
nection with signing of another bill -
to permit pari-mutuel betting on '
midget auto races in Prince Georges
County or of a second revenue
measure authorizing the Montgom
ery County commissioners to impose
a snecial tax of net. mm* tii»* κ
per cent, on rents.
If « hearing is to be held on the ;
auto racing bill it probably will be
on Tuesday, the Governor's office
reported. The American Automo
bile Asociation opposes the measure.
More than tS persons, most bf
them residents of Prinee Georges
County, crowded the Senate cham
ber* yesterday to present their
views on the school bus 0111.
Objections Vetoed. '
Principal objections voiced by op
ponent* were that It **ould "violate
the freedom of the church and
State" and would constitute an "al
liance" between the two.
Hie Rev. Roy H. Stetler, Jr., pf
Cheverly, president of the Prince j
Georges County Ministerial Associa- ""
tion, said the bill, if signed, "will
be the opening wedge for further '
.grants to come."
Holton R. Small of Kyattsville de
scribed the measure as "unscrupu- .
lous and misleading," adding Jt
would require additional buses and
personnel to transport parochial ,
school students.
Charles S. Longacre of Takoma
Park, associate secretary of the Re
ligious Liberty Association, told th·
Governor his group was opposed to ;
all kinds of State aid,to religious in- f.
stitutions, asserting "we cannot af- '
ford to form a financial alliance Of 1
the church and State."
Among others who protested were
Elder Russell Quackenbush, pastor
of the Review and Herald Memorial
(Seventh Day Adventlst) Church,
Hyattsvllle, and Elmer K. Rogers of
Washington, a representative of Dr.
Edgar Cordell Powers, inspector
general for the Supreme Council
of the Scottish Rite of Maryland.
Pointa to Other Comités.
Speaking on behalf of the bill,
H. Winshlp Wheatley, jr., of Hy
attsvllle, former State's attorney of
Prince Georges County, pointed out .
that six Maryland counties—Balti
more, Anne Arundel, St. Marys, «
Frederick, Howard and Montgomery
Counties — already had similar
measure* authorized for them bf
the Legislature in the past 10 year*. '·
Presenting one petition, contain- »
ing more than 2.200 signatures, ο rig.
inally submitted to the county legis
lative delegation, and a second, com- '
piled sirice Wednesday night con
sisting of more than 2,500 names, Mr.
Wheatley added the issue also was
decided by the Maryland Court of
Appeals in 1938 when it directed
Baltimore County to transport pari}· -
chial school pupils.
Mr. Wheatley explained the Mil
reads, "all children of non-profit
school* In Prince Georges County
not receiving State aid are entitled »
to transportation in buses estab
lished by the County Board of Ed
ucation for transporting children to
public schools."
Adding that parents of these pu
pils "get no benefits from the taxes
they pay," Mr. Wheatley said It was
not an issue that the "State support
Ktit tViat U
ente of the children."
Provides No New Route·.
The measure would provide for bo I
new routes, he said, but would per-J
mit parochial school students to ride
on existing school bus lines front a
"point nearest their homes to 'a
point nearest their schools."
Other proponents- included Mrs.
Marie T. Victory. Maryland 8tate
regent of the Catholic Daughters of
America: Mrs. Randolph 8. Alien of
Hyattsville, State vice regent, CDA,
and chairman of the group's leg
islative and Public Relations Com
mittees: John L. Baumann, prov
ident of the Bowie town. commis
sioners; Prince Georges' Delegation
Chairman Perry O. Wilkinson of
Hyattsville; Delegate T. Raymond
Burch, Berwyn, and State Senator
L. Harold Sothoron, University Park.
Before concluding the lengthy aec
sion, Gov. Lane informed those pres
ent his "approach to the questieç
would be purely one of conadene
and what is a matter of law."
Arlington Firm Wins
Safe Driving Award
The Arlington Safety
trophy for the fleet with the
accumulation of safe driving
has been awarded the Nolaad
plumbing supply arm,'
William K. MaeMahon of the ι
contest announced today.
The Noland Co.» fleet rail 487,1
miles from April, 1M6, to
1947, to pass the record of 401 j
miles accumulated by the
sional School fleet from May,
through March, IMS, previous f
er of the cup.
MocClinchie AVC Elect
Robert C. MacClinehie, 3064
Abingdon street, Arlington, has 1
elected chairman of the :
Parkfairfax Chapter at the
can Veteran·' Committee.. David
Hake et 33M Mârth* Curtis