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WASHINGTON AND VICINITY
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WEDNESDAY, MAY 7, 1947
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Civic Federation
Backs Arlington
Bond Issue
$6,000,000 Financing
Of Improvements in
Schools Indorsed
Support of the proposed $6,000,000
bond issue to finance an integrated
four-point program of school Im
provements was voted last night by
the Arlington Civic Federation.
At the same time the group con
deihned the County School Board
for "ignoring" the public will in pro
posing the $6,000,000 issue rather
than a $3,250,000 to $4,000,000 issue
indorsed by many organizations.
Reporting for the Committee on
Revenues and Expenditures of the
county government, Mrs. Florence
Cannon said the federation previ
ously had "emphasized its desire to
assist in providing for the financing
of an integrated four-point school
improvement program of kindergar
tens, full-day sessions for first and
second grades, reduced pupil load
per teacher and a moderate expan
sion of secondary and vocational
school facilities."
"The support of the proposed $6,
Γ,ΟΟΟ bond issue now appears to
the onlv means of securine such
an integrated program." Mrs. Can
non continued, "because each of the
lour units intfeiwhich it has been
proposed the bond isue be divided
contains part of the four-point
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Cite· Improvement Items.
"At the time the federation rec
ommended a bond issue of $3,250,000,
it was estimated that the reassess
ment of real property would provide
an additional $1,000,000, of tax rev
enue during the four-year construc
tion period, which, together with the
proceeds from the bond issue, would
have provided approximately $4,
250,000 for the school improvement
program. Also the items in the pro
posed school Improvement program,
published in connection with the
proposal for a $6,000,000 bond issue,
include more than $1,500,000 worth
of additional improvements, which,
while possibly not Immediately es
sential, will eventually add to the
value of the school facilities.
"For example," she said, "one ad
ditional school site, $209,000; site
improvements, $610,000; the Wash
ington-Lee High School gymnasium,
$400,000; the Thomas Jefferson
Junior High School shop, cafeteria
and rest rooms, $81,000; a storage
building, $50,000, and the Hoffman -
Boston auditorium, additional class
rooms, clinic and rest rooms,
$210,000."
Other JBond Issues Backed.
The federation, also on recom
mendation of Mrs. Cannon's com
, mittee, voted support of the pro
posed $5,150,000 bond issue to
finance general county improve
ment»; voted to advise the County
Board cnairman oc {ne ieaerauons
appreciation for inclusion in the
1947-% budget of itéhis requested by
the federation and voted to request
the County Board to have pub
lished in a county newspaper a
synopsis of the budget as Anally
adopted.
The letter of appreciation also
will express regret "that the $9,000
item for two public health nurses
and a laboratory technician, elimi
nated by the county manager from
the Health Department budget, was
not restored." The commvnication
will urge "that through a nsfer
of funds from contingent all A-ance,
provision be made for this much
needed personnel."
In the public utilities field, the
federation voted to protest to the
Interstate Corporation Commission
the proposed rate increase of the
Washington, Virginia & Maryland
Coach Co. (Arnold Lines) and to
ask that an investigation be made
and a hearing held before the fare
raise be allowed to go into effect.
Action on Gas Rates Asked.
Also, the group passed a resolu
tion urging the County Board and
the Çounty Public Utilities Com
mission not to delay prompt action
toward reduction in the gas rates
"either by negotiation with the
Rosslyn Gas Co. or by action lead
ing toward a proceeding before the
State Corporation Commission."
Two recommendations of the
Parks, Planning and Zoning Com
mittee, offered by Chairman Lyle
Bryant, were adopted by the fed
eration. They were that the County
-Boand be urged to create a housing
authority to take over two low
rental projects for Negroes from
the Federal Government and that
the board be asked not to consider
changes in tne zoning ordinance
until three months after a planning
consultant is on the job.
Chairman Harrison Mann of the
Legislative and Legal Action Com
mittee moved successfully that the
Good Government Committee be
discharged from circulating peti
tions for a referendum on the stag
ger system of electing County Board
members and that the matter be
returned to his committee for fur
ther consideration.
D. C. Daylight Time Indorsed.
The Federation went on record
favoring the establishment of day
light saving time in the District and
directed that a copy of the resolu
tion be delivered to the District
Commissioners during the public
hearing on the question.
The group voted to sponsor four
Barter Theater, plays, provided ar
rangements can be made. The fed
eration sponsored two plays last
season.
Ten copies of the salary scale
which the School Board expects to
use in connection with the expendi
tures for teachers' salaries next
year will be requested by the federa
tion under a motion which was
adopted at the request of School
Committee Chairman Lemuel Banks.
Dr. Ivan Booker, of the National
Education Association, urged fed
eration members to vote for a
change in, the present method of
«electing School Board members at
a referendum May 27.
The federation indorsed Mrs. Ed
mund D. Campbell and T. Oseai
Smith for appointment to thi
School Board and voted to suppori
the $47,000 fund drive of the Arling
ton Hospital which will be held fron
May 12 to June 2.
The federation's annual banque
will be held at 7:30 p.m. May 21 a
the George Mason Hotel. Alexand
ria. Undersecretary ot Labor Keei
Johnson will speak.
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D'Alesandro Is Elected Mayor
As Democrats Sweep Baltimore
House Member Defeats
Deeley Nice by Margin
Of *4,272 Votes
•y th· Auecwtod ftm
BALTIMORE, May 7#—Demo
crats were back in complete con
trol of Baltimore City today
after Representative Thomas
D'Alesandro, 43, captured the
Mayor's chair by a 24,272 un
official majority over Repub
lican Deeley K. Nice in yester
day's municipal election.
Complete unofficial returns gave
Mr. D'Alesandro 96,161 votes against
71,888 for Mr. Nice. The victorious
candidate will succeed Republican
Theodore R. McKeldin, who was not
a candidate for re-election.
Mr. D'Alesandro rode a Democratic
tide that swept the party's entire
slate into 20 City Council seats and
the offices of Council president and
city controller.
Serving his fifth term in the House
of Representatives, Mr. D'Alesandro,
dean of Maryland's congressional
delegation, plans ,to resign his seat
May 18 or 19, after which a special
election will be held to name his
successor. When Mr. D'Alesandro
resigns, Representative Sasscer.
I Democrat, of the 5th district, will
: become dean of the delegation.
μγ. u Aiesanaro is β iormer
chairman of the Welfare Subcom
mittee of the House District Com
mittee.
C. Maryland Kelly, Democratic
nominee for City Council president,
had an unofficial total of 103,949,
far ahead of J. Edward Adkins, jr.,
his Republican opponent, who had
48,070.
J. Neil McCardell, Democrat, had
102,424 votes compared with the
48,156 credited to Republican Wil
liam F. Laukaitis in the contest for
city controller.
The office of Mayor will be va
cated May 20 by Mr. McKeldio.
Mr. D'Altesandro, a native of Bal
timore, was born August 1, 1903,
and began his political career by
winning election to the Maryland
House of Delegates in 1926.
REPRESENTATIVE
D'ALESANDRO.
—A. P. Photo,
He was re-elected in 1930. He
served a term In the Baltimore City
Council and won election to bis first
term in Congress in 1938.
The Baltimore voters rejected by
an unofficial count of 56,457 to 24,
809 a plan which would transfer
from the Governor to the Mayor
the power of appointing Baltimore's
police commissioner.
The Governor has had the ap
pointment authority since 1920.
The electorate approved by large
majorities eight loan measures aggre
gating $30,500,000 and turned down
eight loan proposals calling for
$21,500,000.
Loans approved included $20,000,000
school building, $2,000,000 school
equipment, $6,000,000 airport, $1,500,
000 library, $1,500,000 recreation,
$5,000,000 sewer and drain, $2,500,000
stadium and $1,000,000 off-street
parking.
Loans rejected included $2,000,000
building, $2,500,000 jail, $1,000,000
court house, $1,500,000 harbor, $500,
000 park building, $500,000 people's
court, $3,000,000 redevelopment and
$10,000,000 paving and bridges.
Arlington Board Votes
To Ask Referendum
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Date on Bond Issue
The Arlington County Board to
day unanimously voted to petition
Circuit Judge Walter T. McCarthy
to set a date for a referendum on
a $5,150,000 bond issue for general
improvement. The board did not
specify any date in the resolution
after they were told by Common
wealth's Attorney Lawrence W.
Douglas that Judge McCarthy un
derstood the board favors May 27,
the date on which a referendum will
be held on methods of selecting
school board members.
Board Member Ï). Freeland Chew
said that in voting to request the
referendum, he did not feel any
"obligation either actively to oppose
or support the bond issue."
Board Chairman Basil De Lash
mutt said, in his opinion, a vote
for the referendum meant the
County Board supported the bond
issj^
Board Member Daniel A. Dugan
pointed out that a proposed $6,000,
000 school improvement bond issue
also is to come before Arlington
voters. He criticized the School
Board for refusing to "listen to the
wishes of the people" and "arbi
trarily setting a bond issue at twice
as much as the people wanted."
Improvements listed In the pro
posed bqnd issue are:
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highways, $1,400,000; storm sewers,
$1,850.000: sidewalk curbs and gut
ers, *1,000.000; playgrounds, $250,
000; courthouse improvements,
$500,000; sanitary sewers, $200,000;
incinerators, $750,000, and service
shops, $150.000.
The board also adopted a resolu
tion favoring daylight saving time
for the metropolitan area of Wash
ington. It was voted to set the
official hour of business for em
ployes of Arlington County from 7
a.m. to 4 p.m. eastern standard
time, in the event daylight time is
adopted in the District.
The board found this step neces
sary, instead of an outright adop
tion of daylight time, because Vir
ginia law requires official business to
be conducted on eastern standard
time.
Larcombe and Deffinbaugh
Get Silver Spring Fire Posts
Howard Larcombe and Charles B.
Deffinbaugh have been elected presi
dent and chief, respectively, of the
Silver Spring Volunteer Pire De
partment, it was announced today.
Mr. Deffinbaugh succeeds Earl
Culver and Mr. Larcombe succeeds
Dana B. Johannes, jr.
Other officers elected at the de
partment's annual meeting are Vic
tor Bender, vice president; Loren L.
Murray, recording secretary; Ran
dolph Kauffman, financial secretary;
Clay V. Davis, re-elected treasurer
for the 24th year; James Widmayer,
historian, and Charles Brandt, ser
geant at arms.
Members elected to the Executive
Board are George Brandt, Mr. Cul
ver, William J. Jouvenal, John Gib
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Arlington Girl Injured
When Struck by Bus
Ruth Anne Payne. 12, of 2720
South Lang street. Arlington, re
ceived undetermined injuries today
when struck by an A. B. & W., bus
in the 2900 block of South Arlington
Ridge road. Arlington, police re
ported.
She was taken to Arlington Hos
pital where she remained uncon
scious for more than an hour. The
hospital said the extent of her in
juries would not be known until
X-ray are made.
Police listed the driver as Ber
nard E. Dodeon. 31. of 1402 South
Randolph street, Arlington who,
they said, was not charged.
Dr. Reissig to Speak
Dr. P. E. Reissig. executive secre
tary of the Washington Federation
I of Churches, will speak at the spring
dinner of the Arlington Council of
Religious Education at 6:30 pm.
Friday at the Wilson Boulevard
ι Christian Church, 3850 WUaon
boulevard.
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Potomac Commission
Gets Plan for Single
Control Authority
By th· Auotiatcd Pre»·
BALTIMORE, May 7.—A recom
mendation that a single authority
be established to handle enforce
ment and conservation problems in
the Potomac River was up for con
sideration today by the Maryland
Virginia Potomac River Commission.
Edwin Warfleld, jr., chairman ol
the Maryland Tidewater Fisheries
Commission, who presented the pro
posal at the group's initial meeting
here yesterday, said he could not
speak for its political feasibility.
From a conservation standpoint,
he declared, a policing authority
independent of the two State com
missions would best serve the inter
ests of both States.
Challenged by Members.
But he was challenged by several
commission members who con
tended that broader .discretionary
powers should be granted the fish
eries commissions by their respective
State Legislatures.
Another suggested method of
settling differences between the two
commissions was on the basis of
technical information. Supporters
of this plan said the regulating
bodies should be authorized to make
periodic changes without referring
back to the Legislatures.
State Senator C. O'Conor Gool
rick of Fredericksburg, Va., proposed
that the joint body hear two days
of public testimony, allotting a day
in each State.
To Resume Discussions Today.
. The joint commission was sched
uled to resume discussions today.
Defending Maryland's ban on
oyster dredging in the Potomac, Mr.
Warfleld told the group's opening
session that fishermen would be
"surprised how rapidly the oyster
beds would be depleted" by dredging.
Only 48 boats, he said, were still
fishing in Maryland waters as a re
sult of depletion of oyster reserves.
He told the commission, "We are
near the end of the trail in Chesa
peake Bay."
The light 36-inch dredges per
mitted in some Virginia waters
deplete beds as effectively as heavier
equipment, Mr. Warfleld said.
Clarendon Businessmen
Invite Arnold Speaker
The Clarendon Business Men's
Association of Arlington today an
nounced it has invited a represent
ative oi the Washington, Virginia &
Maryland Coach Co. (Arnold line) tc
appear at its next meeting to pre
sent arguments in behalf of thi
firm's recent application for fare
increases.
J. Maynard Magruder was ap
pointed chairman of a special com
mittee to appear before a GeneraJ
Assembly study commission on a
proposed sales tax. Mr. Magrudei
opposed the tax as being out of date
hard to administer and because it
places a disproportionate penalty on
"the poor man."
Arlington Residents
To Discuss Bus Service
A meeting sponsored by residents
of the northwest section of Arling
ton has been called for 8 p.m
Sunday at the Washington-Lee High
School to discuss possibilities of
lowered bus fares and "generally
improved service."
Mrs. Margaret W. Mahaffey ol
the Lyon Apartments, announced
the meeting.
PTA Meets Tomorrow
At Maryland Park High
The Parent-Teacher Association
of the Maryland Park High School
Seat Pleasant, will discuss juvenile
delinquency at its meeting at 8:15
pjn. tomorrow at the school.
A fashion show of garments mad«
by students ef the eighth and ninth
grade home economics class will be
given.
Barcroft Boosters to Meet
The Barcroft Boosters' Club will
meet at 8 p.m. Tuesday, at the hom<
of Mr. and Mrs. T. R. Dowling, 4C1!
South Third street, Arlington.
Prince Georges
Road Inventory
Meeting Called
County, Town Officials
To Determine Share of
State Vehicle Revenue
By Charles McAfar
A conference between town offi
cials and tiie Prince Georges County
commissioners will be held at the
County Service Building, Hyattsville,
at 8 ρ .m. Friday to conduct an in
ventory of all roads and streets
within the county.
This was announced yesterday by
the county heads during their wçekly
meeting at Upper Marlboro.
In letters to leaders of all in
corporated areas in the county re
questing their presence at the con
ference, the commissioners explained
that information obtained from the
towns would be used as a basis for
determining their share of State
motor vehicle revenues.
The survey wa$ requested by the
Maryland State Roads Commission
to comply with provisions of a meas
ure adopted this year by the Gen
eral Assembly in connection with
distribution of State funds, the com.
missioners said.
Town authorities were instructed
to contact County Engineer Arthur
W. Tayman concerning requirements
and information necessary to com
jjiete uic «ιveilwi y.
Meanwhile, the commissioners yes
terday opened bids from contractors
for five new construction and road
improvement projects in the county,
totaling more than $400)000.
Award Due Within Week.
Acceptance of the bids was de
layed, subject to a study of them by
the County Engineer's Office.
Two of the projects call for the
widening, surfacing and partial in
stallation of curbs and gutters on
sections of Addison road, near Seat
Pleasant and Maryland Park. Only
bidder on one stretch, approximately
2 miles in length from Forty-ninth
avenue to the George M. Palmer
highway, was P. L. Houser of College
Park, who submitted a bid of $93,555.
The James Gibbons Co. of Relay,
Md„ was low bidder, with a proposal
of $117,680, on the second portion,
from Central avenue to Walker Mill
road: One other bid was submitted
on this project.
The E. Stewart Mitchell Contrac
tors of Baltimore were low bidders
among Ave estimates for resurfacing
and improvement of all county
roads. This bid was for $115,260.
The same company also submitted
the low bid of $23,403 among four on
street improvements to Special Im
provement District No. 22 at Chapel
Oaks.
Bids of $21,220 and $28,020, sub
mitted by the John D. Sheetz Con
struction Co. of Halethorpe, were
lower than two others for construc
tion of two bridges on St. Thomas
Church road across the Matapon!
Councilman Harry r. smnn or tne
3d ward, was appointed deputy clerk
to the county commissioners, suc
ceeding the late Mayor E. Murray
Gover of Hyattsville.
Mr. Shinn, who Will hold office
in the County Service Building,
Hyattsville, effective May 15, will
receive an annual salary of $2,400
until July 1, when it will be In.
creased to $2,800.
Five-Day Work Week Ordered.
Other appointments include those
of Mrs. Betty M. Tayman of Chev
erly as clerk to the county police
commissioners at $1,200 annually,
succeeding Edward A. Puller of
Hyattsville, who resigned, and Wal
ter Souder of Brentwood as jailer
of the temporary lockup in the
County Service Building, Hyattsville.
Mr. Souder, whose salary will be
$1,800 annually, effective July 1,
succeeds the late George Wiseman
of Hyattsville.
Mrs. Tayman Is the wife of Nelson
Tayman, a civil engineer with the
War Department and not related to
County Engineer Tayman.
The commissioners also ordered
all county employes on a five-day
week basis for the summer months,
effective May 31. Under the plan
hours of business will be changed
from 9 a.m. to 4 pjn. daily to » a.m.
to 4:30 p.m„ with Saturdays off,
starting June 2. County employes
will be off both May 30 and 31 as
a result of the new order, it was
disclosed.
The commissioners announced
Prince Georges County will change
over to daylight saving time the
same day as Washington If the Dis
trict adopts it.
Richardson New Principal
Of Falls Church High School
Howard R. Richardson, assistant
superintendent of schools for Alex
andria, has been appointed principal
of the Palls Church High School by
the Fairfax County School Board.
He will succeed M. R. Bruin, who
submitted his resignation because of
ill health. Mr. Bruin has been prin
cipal since the school opened in 1945.
The appointment was announced at
the County School Board's meeting
yesterday.
The board was informed by Com
monwealth's Attorney Hugh Marsh
that the county has taken title to a
tract at Hollin Hall in Mount
Vernon District on which a new
elementary school will be con
structed.
School Supt. W. T. Woodson said
the new school will have a capacity
of 500 students.
Class for Veterans to Open
A class in salesmanship for vet
erans receiving on-the-job training
will begin at 7 pjn. tomorrow at
Washington-Lee High School,
Arlington, school officials announced
today.
Senate Action
Put Off Week on
Gun-Toting Bill
Keyifuckian Blocks
Passage, Asking Time
To Study Measure
By Don S. Warren
Senate action on the House passed
bill designed to put a crimp on
Illegal gun-toting in the District
now is expected to be sought some
time next week.
Passage was blocked yesterday by
Senator Cooper, Republican, of Ken
tucky, a member of the Senate
District Committee, who told re
porters he favors the objectives of
the measure but wants further time
for study.
He said he wants to consider the
Implications of the bill in the
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the Constitution, which safeguards
civilian rights against unreasonable
searches and seizures. ■·> ·
Explains Interest in BOL
Senator Cooper indicated his In
terest in the measure was stimulated
by the Monday decision of the
United States Supreme Court in
the Harris case, involving a question
of search and seizure. After ready
ing the statutes, with reference·!»
the high court decision, however,
he said he believed the decision
did not touch circumstances in the
jun-toting measure.
The bill, one of several crime
deterrent measures proposed last
year as a result of the extended
tabors of the special Hebert sub
committee of the House District
Committee, Would permit police,
without warrants, to make arrests
and to search persons they have
reason to believe were illegally car
rying concealed weapons..
After 'the Kentucky Senator de
layed action yesterday, during a
call of the consent calendar in the
Senate, several conferences were
held. Out of them cam» à tenta
tive suggestion for an amendment
to the measure to make the illegal
carrying of concealed weapons a
felony, instead of leaving it a mis
demeanor.
Would Amend Statute.
As now written, the bill would
amend the dangerous weapons
statute by addlne a nroviso that
"arrests, without a warrant and
searches and seizures pursuant
thereto, may be made for violation
of this section, by police officers,
as in the case of a felony, upon
probable cause that the person
arrested is violating this section at
the time of the arrest."
The House District Committee,
in favorably reporting the bill, de
clared it had deliberated as to
whether carrying of concealed weap
ons should be made a felony.
"We have come to the opinion
that the possibility of punishment
under present legislation is sufficient
and will serye as an adequate déter
rant if the present obstacle to suc
cessful · prosecution Is eliminated,"
the cfainMtfee aSdcer '
The» present- law prescribes a
maximum punishment of $1.000 or a
year in Jail, or both, under the mis
demeanor classification. If the
offense were made a felony, the
punishment would haye to be raised
to at least a year and a day of
confinement.
Passage of tt^e bill as it was writ
ten in the House was urged by
United States Attorney George Mor
ris Fay. His position indicated the
sanction of the Justice Department.
The measure was indorsed by Jus
tices of the District Court, judges
of the Municipal Court, the District
Commissioners and Corporation
Counsel Vernon E. West, among
others.
Award Won by Student
At Washington-tee High
Allen Lee Bowman, Washington -
Lee High School senior, has won
first prize In a chemistry contest
conducted by William and Mar>
College, it was
announced to
day
The award,
conferred after
State-wide com
petition, carries
with it a $300
annual scholar
ship for three
years.
Allen, 16, who
is the son of
Mr. and Mrs.
John P. Bow
man, 3143 Lee
highway, Arling
ton, previously *ii«n u «·»■·■.
had been accepted by the Virginia
Polytechnic Institute, Blacksburg.
Before winning the scholarship,
the youth took second prize in a
State-wide spelling contest at Char
lottesville
Silver Spring Lions
Nominate Simpson
William R. Simpson was nom
inated for the presidency of the
Silver Spring Lions Club at a dinner
meeting lut night at the Indian
Spring Country Club.
Mr. Simpson is an attorney with
the National Capital Housing
Authority, The present president is
Hirry B. Balr, Officers will be
elected next month.
B'nai B'rith Dance Put Off
A dinner dance and installation
ceremonies scheduled By the B'nai
B'rith Women of Montgomery
County for tonight at the Washing
ton Aviation Club has been post
poned until May 14 because of the
death Friday in New York of Henry
Monsky, international president of
B'nal B'rith.
Candidate Says Election Date
Set at Landover Hills Is Illegal
Mr. Pugh Is president of the Land
over Hilk Citizens' Association and
seeks the office now held by Mayor
William Zundel. Mr. Zundel could
not be reached for comment.
Town Attorney Jerrold V. Power*
confirmed the provision of the char
ter and said he would not give an
opinion on the effect of an election
held Tuesday, but assumed that set
ting the election for the wrong date
was an ovenighV ·*.
απ election οι town omcials οί
L&ndover Hills, Md., set lor next
Tuesday, is contrary to the towns'
constitution, Bruce Pugh, candidate
for Mayor, said today.
The charter states that "on the
second Wednesday of May of each
odd-numbered year regular biannual
elections shall be held for the elec
tion of a Mayor, treasurer and Coun
cilman as their rwpçettye terms of
Harry F. Byrd, Jr., Announces
Candidacy for Virginia Senate
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àenaror s aon tnrers
Race in 25th District;
Moore to Run Again
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WINCHESTER, V»., May 7.—
Harry F. Byrd,' jr., éditer of the
Winchester Evening Star, announced
today that he will be a candidate
far the Democratic nomination for
the State Senate from the 25th
senatorial district to succeed Sena
tor Burgees Nelson of Mount Jack
son, who will not seek re-election.
Mr. Nelson recently announced
that private business affairs will
make it Impossible for him to be a
candidate.
The district includes the city of
Winchester and the counties of
Shenandoah, Frederick and Clarke.
PabUsbes HarrUonburj Daily
Mr. Byrd, a son of United States
Senator Byrd, also is publisher oi
the Harrisonburg Dally News-Rec
ord. He has been associated with
the Winchester and Harrisonburg
newspapers since 1935.
A veteran of World War Π, he
served four years In the Navy, par
ticipating in campaigns of the Cen
tral and Western Pacific, and was
cited by the Secretary of the Navy
for "outstanding performance of
duty." , . ' ■*.'; '
Mr. Byrd attended Virginia Mili
tary Institute and the University of
Virginia. For the past 12 years he
has been A member of the Winches
ter Democratic Committee and In
1940 was elected to the Democratic
State Central Committee to succeed
the late W. E. Carson Of Front Royal.
He was re-elected in 1944.
Mr. Byrd is a director of the Shen
andoah Valley National Bank, a past
president of the Winchester Rotary
HARRY F. BYRD, Jr.
. —A? Photo.
Club and a member of the Elks, Odd
Fellows, Woodmen of the World, Na
tional Press Club, American Legion
and Veterans of Foreign Wan.
He is married and has two son*.
Moore Announces Candidacy.
Yesterday E. Blackburn Moore,
member of tbe House of Delegates
from the Clarke-Frederick-Winches
ter district, announced he will be a i
candidate for renomination in the
Democratic primary, August 5. Mr.
Moore has been a member of the
House since 1933.
He is tbe author of the Water
Control Act,, passed in 1946, and
is chairman of the House Commit
tee on Confirmations. He is also
a member of the powerful Privi
leges and Elections Committee and
of tbe Finance and Federal Rela
tions and Resolutions Committees.
Prince Georges Plansl
Drive for $25,000 to
Start New Boys' Clubs
Route, Sop Changes
In D. C. for 2 Virginia
Buslines Ordered
Route and stop changes for two
Virginia bus. lines serving the Dis
trict will take effect Saturday under
orders Issued yesterday by the Dis
trict Public Utilities Commission to
Improve traffic conditions, following
abandonment last month of Cap
ital Transit Co.'s service to the
Pentagon Building
One order establishes slightly dif
ferent routes for the Washington,
Virginia & Maryland (Arnold) lines,
whose terminal is on the west side
of Ninth street, 210 feet north of
Constitution avenue.
Arnold buses coming into the Dis
trict over Highway Bridge will fol
low Fourteenth street to Ε street
N.W., move east on Ε street and
Pennsylvania avenue to Ninth street
N.W., and follow Ninth street south
to the new terminal.
Two Stops Eliminated.
Outbound, the Arnold buses will
proceed from the Ninth street ter
minalsouth on Ninth street to Con
stitutg&gavehue, west on Constltu
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on Twelfth street to Madison drive,
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teeie^filSf and· Highway Bridge.
AÀoèl buses' entering the District
over Memorial Bridge will follow
Twenty-third street to Constitution
avenue, go east on Constitution ave
nue to Fourteenth street, north on
Fourteenth street to Ε street and
east on Ε street and Pennsylvania
avenue to the Ninth street terminal.
Going out, these buses will go
from the Ninth street terminal south
to Constitution avenue, west on
Constitution avenue to Twenty
third street, south on Twenty-third
street to Lincoln Memorial Circle
and over the bridge.
Former Arnold bus stops on
Twelfth street south of Pennsyl
vania avenue and on Constitution
avenue N.W. west of Ninth street
will be eliminated. However, a stop
will be placed on the south side of
Pennsylvania avenue N.W., east of
Tenth street.
New A.B.&W. Terminal.
"Another order will establish an
additional terminal for Alexandria,
Bar croft & Washington Transit Co.
buses on the west side of Twelfth
street N.W., 242 feet south of Penn
sylvania avenue.
From the new terminal, Α. Β & W.
buses will follow new alternate
routes over Highway Bridge. Com
ing in, they will follow Fourteenth
street north to Ε street N.W., move
east on Ε street and Pennsylvania
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on Twelfth street to the new ter
minal.
Going out, from the new terminal,
they will go south on Twelfth street
to Constitution avenue and thence
over the regular outbound Highway
Bridge route.
Three stopç will be added. They
will be on the east side of Fourteenth
street S.W., south of Adams drive;
on the east side of Fourteenth street
N.W., 80 feet south of the Labor
Department underground parking
garage, and cm the south side of Ε
street N.W., east of Thirteen and
One-half street.
Capital Transit Hearing Pot Off.
The Public Utilities Commission
postponed from May 13 until June
3 a hearing on the Capital Transit
Co. request for permission to sub
stitute buses for streetcars on the
Rosslyn-Benning line east of Fif
teenth street N.W.
The delay was requested by transit
company officials to give them time
to prepare additioml testimony.
The PUC on March 5 ruled against
proposed change but on April 15
agreed to re-open the case.
Plans {or the Prince Georges coun
ty Boys' Clubs' campaign to raise
$25,000 between May IS and June 15
were outlined last night by the clubs'
Board of Directors at a meeting in
the County Service Building, Hyatts
ville.
Louis B. Arnold, president, an
nounced that Assistant Attorney
General T. Lamar Caudle would
speak at a dinner at the Prince
Georges Golf and Country Club at
7 p.m. May 15 to open the campaign.
Besides Mr. Caudle, Representa
tive Sasser, Democrat, of Maryland
and other political, civic and re
ligious leaders have been invited to
attend the dinner, Mr. Arpold said.
J. C. Lewis of Hyattsvllle will
head the Campaign Committee.
"We expect the support of all
county residents," Mr. Arnold de
clared, "and as a result of the cam
paign, hope to open clubs in every
section of tfte county."
Jim Meade, former University of
Maryland atfo Redskin football'star,
who now is executive director of
the Boys' Clubs, reported that clubs
already are in operation at College
Park, Beltayille, University Park,
Calvert Hottles, Laurel, Ardmore,
Oxon Hill, Capitol Heights, Lanham
and Falrmount Heights, with two
others, at Camp Springs and Bowie,
scheduled to open this week.
In addition he disclosed that clubs
would be started within the next
month at Upper Marlboro, Landover
Hills and North Brentwood.
Mr. Meade also reported that two
leagues—one for boys 8 to 13 years
old and the other for boys 13 to 16
—will start competition Saturday in
baseball, softball, volley ball and
horseshoe pitching.
Alexandria Red Cross Unit
Discusses Veterans' Aid
Veterans' benefits are being dis
cussed today at a Claims Institute
sponsored by the Home Service
Department, Alexandria Chapter.
American Red Cross, in Christ
Church Parish Hall, Alexandria.
Representatives from District and
nearby chapters' home service de
partments have been invited to
submit questions on their particular
problems.
Prancis Hertiig, Veterans' Admin
istration Red Cross Held director,
presided at the meeting, assisted by
S. H. Parkins, National Service Life
Insurance authority of the V. A.
regional office.
Scheduled to participate In the
program are Prank Grayson, na
tional director of claim service, and
Col. Harry P. Thompson, adminis
trator of service to veterans, Amer
ican Red Cross, and Mrs. Luc lie Me
Adoo, training specialist; Miss Eve
lyn Webb, home service field repre
sentative, and Rexford Shaffer, di
rector of claims service, all of the
Eastern area Red Cross.
Alexandria Boys' Arrest
Solves Series of Thefts
Two boys, 11 and 12 years old, have
been arrested by Alexandria police
in connection with a sefies of re
cent housebreakings and thefts from
automobiles, police announced to
day.
Detective Lt. Russell Hawes said
articles valued at about S300 had
been recovered as a result of the
arrests. He added that the boys
had admitted the thefts and have
been released in the custody of
their parents pending a hearing.
Most of the articles recovered by
police were found In and around the
boys' homes and In shrubbery near
the Alexandria Library according
to the detective.
They included three pistols, two
boxes of bullets, two commando
knives, and jewelry stolen last
Sunday from the home of Navy
Capt. W. J. Marshall, 009 Queen
street, Lt. Hawes said.
Chest X-Rays Offered
In Arlington Friday
A program of chest X-rays for
persons who missed a survey made
last month will be offered by the
Arlington County Tuberculosis Asso
ciation in co-operaetion with the
Health Department from noon to 9
pm. Friday at the County Health
Department, 1800 North Edison
street. t
The X-rays are free to barbers,
beauticians, food handlers, school
personnel and persons unable to
pay. For others the charte is 75
cents for adults and 36 cents for
children. - - 1
NEW MAYOR—Dr. Edward A.
Salloom. a dentist, who was
elected Mayor of Cheverly,
Md, Monday.
Board Considers
Taxicab Bureau
In Montgomery
Zone Systems Urged
For Suburban and
Rural Sections
Proposal for creation of a Mont
gomery County Taxicab Bureau and
establishment of zone systems In
suburban and rural areas are being
studied today by the county com
missioners.
The proposais, drafted by special
committee appointed in March by
Commissioner Wesley I. Saut», were
made public at a meeting of the
board yesterday In Rockville. Ap
proximately 260 cabs would be af
fected.
Mr. Sauter announced that a pub
lic hearing on the proposed taxicab
ordinance will be held at 1:30 p.m.
May 23 in the Betheeda County
Building.
Under the recommendations, the
Taxicab Bureau would be headed
by an inspector or supervisor with
one or more field inspectors.
License Few Provided.
Expenses of the bureau would be
paid by a *5 license fee for each
taxicab operator and an annual reg
istration fee ranging from $50 to
$1,000 for each vehicle.
The committee also called for a
"fair and reasonable" zone system
with uniform rates in the Bethesda
Chevy Chase and Silver Spring
areas, and tn Rnrtrvill» ·«/( τ»*"»»
Parli. Another «one system, with
rates based on mileage, would b·
set up for rural areas.
Opposition to taxi meters was
voiced by the committee on the
ground that they are virtually un
obtainable.
In addition, the committee pointed
out that when available, the meter*
would cost approximately $300 per
vehicle and their installation "would
result in considerable depreciation
and needless loss to the owner·."
Driver Restrictions Urged.
Another recommendation would
require applicants for taxi cab op
erators' permits to be at least 21
years old and "of good moral char
acter." ·
The transfer of registration cer
tificates from one person to another
would be prohibited, except in hard·
ship cases.
Finally, the supervisor of the
Taxicab Bureau would be author
ized to limit the number of taxicab·
in the county, if such action is be
lieved desirable "in the best Interests
of the public and the taxicab in
dustry/'
The Taxicab Committee is headed
by former Trial Magistrate Blnar
Christensen and includes Paul Tag
gart, Harrison Barnes, C. M. Hick
man and Robert Wells.
The commissioners decided to ac
cept the bond of Mrs. Genevieve H.
Wells, former Democratic, member
of the General Assembly from \f«ilt·
gomery County, as Trial Magistnte
Court Clerk in Silver Spring.
The commissioners first dis
proved the bond en the advty» of
their attorney, T. Barnard wish,
who ruled that the board was em
powered to name clerks to the three
countv trial magistrat** imHw a
1945 act of the Legislature.
Decision Reversed.
They later reversed themselves,
however, when Mr. Welsh said a
new law passed at the 194? session
of the General Assembly gave the
appointment power to the trial mag»
titrates.
Approximately 25 county resi
dents, headed by Mrs. Madge Hahn
Longley, director of the County
Health Fund, urged the board to
approve Health Department requests
for a health center in Rockville, two
additional rural nurses, an increase
of $600 a year in nurses' salaries and
expansion of tuberculosis clinie fa·
cllities.
Speakers included Bernard Cas
sell, representing the Crippled Chil
dren Committee of the American
Legion; Mrs. Pelix Spurney, Ken
sington Health Center; Mrs. Dexter
Bullard, president of the County
Mental Hygiene Society and a mem
ber of the County Tuberculosis As
sociation : Mrs. PGad Morehouse,
County Health Fund, and Mrs. Ste
phen C. Duvall, County PUBlie
Health Lay Council.
The commissioners accepted the
resignations of John S. Matthews,
assistant engineer in the county en
gineer's office; John C. Russell, an
employe in the supervisor of elec
tions office; Dorothy Vane, a public
health nurse, and Policeman Ernest
F. Lee.
The board heard protests by prop
erty owners to proposed real estate
assessments for about two hours.
William F. Carlin. Silver Spring
real estate man, was among those
filing protests.
Falls Church Lions Club
To Equip Playgrounds
The Falls Church Lions' Club will
furnish equipment for school play
grounds this summer, John A. K.
Donovan announced today.
The club, Mr. Donovan said, has
given the high school several pieces
of equipment. He said that mer
chants and businessmen also have
helped in obtaining equipment.
A party sponsored by the Lions'
Club will be given at Odd Fellows
Hall, West Broad street. May 29.
The receipts will be used for play
grouna items.
Arlington Women's Clubs
Hold Meeting Tomorrow
The Federated Women's Clubs of
Arlington County will meet at 1
pjn. tomorrow in the Lion Park
Clubhouse. Pershing drive and Pill
more streets, for the annual club
institute.
Mrs. Ieonie Gilbert, ehalnnaa of
the 4th District Women's Club, will
report on the recent State conven
tion at Roanoke.
Speakers will Include Miss Willa
Norrls of the Young Women'·
Christian Association. Miss Betty
Howton of the Virginia Cancer
Foundation and Miss Martha God
win, executive secretary of the Ar
lington Community Council. Mrs.
G. W. Jordan, president, will preside.
School Ploy at Alexandria
Students at St. Agnes School,
Alexandria, will present "The
Tempest." by Shakespeare, at I
o'clock today.