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7 / Shirlingfon's Co-op * Department Store to Poll Area on Needs Six buyers for the co-operative de partment store under construction at Shirlington, Va., today will begin a survey of homes to determine what merchandise is in most demand by purchasers in that area. This was announced yesterday by Lester G. Ott, president of the Board of Directors of the new co-operative department store. The store has been Incorporated as the E. A^Pilene Co operative of Virginia and will be the first co-operative department store in the country, Mr. Ott explained. "These buyers will tour the area and determine what the people who shop at Shirlington want in a de partment store,” Ott declared. To Go Into Homes. He said they actually would go into homes to find- out what size curtains will be in most demand and what sfee rugs prospective customers want. It is planned to gauge the quality merchandise by the average income in the area. The store is planned for comple tion by January 1 and is expected to open March 1. Mr. Ott said *300,000 in common stock is to be sold at *50 a share. No one person will be per mitted to own more than *1,000 worth of stock, he said. Stockholders will receive an an nual dividend of about 5 per cent, according to profits, Mr. Ott ex plained, and in addition funds left over after stock dividends are paid will be used for purchase refunds to stockholders who made purchases at the store during the year. Store Leased for 20 Years. "This ‘patronage-refund’ is the most important feature of the store and is particularly pertinent in these days of high prices,” Mr. Ott said. "All moifey saved or earned through store operation, with the exception of adequate contingency and educa tional reserves and repayment of notes held by Consumer Distribution Corp. (sponsors of the store), will be paid back to the members as a savings-refund.” The new store, which has been, leased by the consumer group for 20 years, will be a three-story build ing with 52,000 square feet of floor space and 75 employes. Robert Whit son, a department store manager of 20 years’ experience from California, is to manage the new enterprise. Virginia Ban on Klan Film Protested by Producers A Virginia decision to ban the movie entitled “The Burning Cross” was protested in Washington today by a representative of the pro ducers, the Screen Guild, who said the matter will be taken to court unless the action is reversed. The film, dealing with activities of the Ku Klux Klan since World War II, was banned by the Vir ginia Board of Motion Picture Cen sors, according to Associated Press dispatches, on grounds that it is "inhuman and of such character that its exhibition may incite to crime.” The board said the sub ject “is inflammatory and not con ducive to keeping the best rela tions among various racial or re ligious groups.” Jack Cartwright, public relations director for the Screen Guild, who arrived here by plane from Holly wood yesterday, said that Virginia is the only State to ban the film and declared he believed “the real reason for the ban is because the picture tells the inside story of the Ku Klux Klan.” Mr. Cartwright planned to take the case up with the Virginia cen sors. adding that unless their action is reversed he would appeal to the courts. Mr. Cartwright said, however, that he hopes to convince'the censors that “The Burning Cross” is not as brutal as many films they have previously passed and that it only could incite the public against in tolerance. He declared it is based nn fart onH rrvntanri.As4 +Via vuiklln i is entitled to see such a picture. It was on Good Friday night, 1865,' that Abraham Lincoln was assassi nated. LOST. aSSBaDEI grown female, "Yana," vU emits Capitol: reward L. H. HARRIS. No. 1 Terrace Ct. n.e. (between 217 219 A at. n.e.)• WCYCLE. on Turkey Thicket Playground: red and white, front fender mlasing. Call Michigan 8258. Reward._—25 BRIEF CASE, dark brown leather, contain! trig music, in. cab, ylc. 4500 Cathedral ave. Reward. Ordway 0224,_ _25 BROACH, horse-shoe shaped, 35 diamonds »et in gold and platnlum, Sept. 16. nr. Sutler Hotel. Reward. Call NICHOLS CO-' MB, 03in. _ , , CLOTH BAG. white. 3x2 Inches: black stitching, containing money, lolded 2 inches square; approximately 830; reward. RA. 4543, • COCKER SPANIEL, blacx. male, named "Bourbon,” tag No. 9638. DU. 0189. . _ —23 COCKER SPANIEL (black) male, answer to the name of Bobbie”; reward SH 8301. 27 COLLIE. BLACK; answers to name "Blackie"; strayed from 5407 Tilden rd . Decatur Heights. Md., Sat. night: no collar or tag; child's pet. Reward. Phone UN. 81*1-___—26 FRATERNITY PIN, 81gma Aloha Epsilon. near Dupontr Circle. Reward offered. Call RE. 8676,_26 KITTEN, vray. with white front and paws: Strayed from 6401 Maple ave.. Chevy Chase, Md., Tuesday; reward. OL. 5618. Kolinsky tub scarf, initials f.ljT, lost vicinity 11th and G n.w.. Wed. afternoon; reward. GE. 5437 after 6 pm.—26 POCKETBOOK, black, vie. Fla. ave. street car. containing eyeglasses, keys, other arti cles: Wednesday morning: reward. Please return to L. PAYNE. 37 Que st. n.e. DU 6ffS7. __07 POCKETBOOK, navy blue; keys and dTiv" *r s license most Important: vicinity of 14th st. and Park rd . or Arcade Market: reward. Call NO. 6611 or NO. 7850. —25 POCKETBOOK, black patent: Kresge 5 & 10. 3427 Conn, ave.: keys, driver's li cense. registration card and other papers most important to owner; keep money and return valuable papers and keys. 126 34th st s e.. TW. 8300, Ext. 768 26•* REVOLVER, Colt: official police revolver. 38-caliber: serial No. 711468: In holster; property of Metropolitan Police: vie. No. 9 precinct; raward. 3403 Lancer dr., Hyatts'tile, Md. WA. 8655, — 07 RING, carved jade in carved rose, yellow goia mounting: oetween 28on conn. ave. and Woodley rd. n.w.. or Calvert st. Ter minal sentimental value. Reward. Call CO 8097 after 6 p.m, _25 * . SCREW-TAIL BOSTON, male, white fore~ paws. sore toe right foreleg. 4025 1st st S.W., or RE. 7400, Ext. 62308. Reward _ 26* SKIRT, brown, lady's, lost in delivery Tues. evening, vicinity Union Station; 310 reward. 539 3rd at, n.c —26 WALLET, pigskin, case type, in or near Columbia Hospital between 8:30 and 11 p.m. Sept. 24: several cards containing name of owner. Finder please call OL. 3008. _ _1 WRIST WATCH, lady's, white gold. HamF ton: gold link band; Vic. 13th and F its . Sept. 25: reward. Rockville 2533. —27 WRIST WATCH, small, gold, lady's, with gold bracelet, lost in 1100 block Conn, ave.. Tuesday, noon. Reward. Call NA. 2626. ask for MI3S GAITHER._—25 2-HANULED BAG. tan leather, left on Walker Chapel bus on Mon.; reward. Glebe 2648._25 IN TAXI, Illinois pocket watch chain and Cristy knife attached; reward. Phone TW, 0606.• LOST, woman's black shoulder itrap purse, in taxi between Carlton Hotel and American University, 7:15-7:30 p.m. Tues. eve.; liberal reward. NA. 6140. FOUND. bOG, male, collie, found in Montgomery! County. WI. 3281. IRISH SETTER, large male, injured and sick, to be returned only to proven owner showing current lie»nse tag; vicinity Con tress Hgts. VI. 71427 TAf,R GLASSES, 16th and H it*. ! B.». Call NO. 3722. J » A IROQUOIS, ONTARIO.—COLLIER BURNS AFTER COLLISION—Aerial view of the Canadian collier Milverton burning in the St. Lawrence River yesterday after she collieded with the oil tanker Translake. At least 2 were killed and 10 injured in the collision, which set off a terrific explosion and Are on the coal ship. All casualties were aboard the Milverton, which became a mass of flames from oil spilling over its bow. Ten of her crew still were unaccounted for last night. All 22 aboard the tanker were safe. __AP Wirephoto. Five Zoning Petitions Approved, 12 Denied By Montgomery The Montgomery County Commis sioners yesterday announced ap-! proval of five petitions for change of zoning classification, denial of 12, while one was deferred. Hearings on the petitions have' been held during the past two months. Petitions approved were: Earle E. and Elene E. Osmond, residential A to commercial D of property on the southeast side of Del Ray avenue near Norfolk ave nue, Bethesda. Forest K. Harris and Katherine B. Hundley, residential A to commer cial D of three lots on the north west side of Auburn avenue near Old Georgetown road, Bethesda. Lawrence V. Lutes land on the south side of Thayer avenue, Silver Spring, from residential A to com mercial D. James E. Thiem, residential A to commercial D of land at the south east comer of Colesville road and Cedar lane, Ednor. C. Willard and Virginia W. Harvey, residential A to commercial D of property on the east side of Brookville road, Olney. Petitions Denied. Denied were; Dermot Nee, residential A to C of six and one-half acres on the west side of Connecticut avenue between Jones Bridge road and Rock Creek Park. Kass Realty Co„ Inc., residential -ra. KU v l/i UliCC iVU) UU TV Cfil highway and Montgomery avenue, Bethesda. Donald K. Staley, attorney for William Scrimgeour and Evelyn T Scrimgeour, two petitions for the re classification from residential A to commercial D of land at the south west corner of Georgia avenue and Penwick lane, Silver Spring. Richard A. and Clay P. Geraci, residential A to commercial D of land on the southwest side of Phila delphia avenue between Gist avenue and Gist court, Silver Spring. Kate Woodworth, residential A to commercial D, one acre on the east side of Brookeville road one-haif mile south of Layhill road. N. G. Frederick, residential A to C of property at the southwest corner of Ritchie and Sligo avenues, Takoma Park. Silver Spring Decision. Robert^ E. and Helen M. Meeds, residential A to commercial D of property at Pershing and Ellsworth drive, Silver Spring. Martin Ricks, residential A to commercial D of land on the north side of Norbeck-Sandy Spring road about one and a half miles east of Brookeville road. Charles Sheffris. residential A to commercial D of land at the New Hampshire and the proposed inter county highway. Donald P. RabbiW, residential A to commercial D of land on the east side of Brookeville road near Hewitt avenue. Charles P. and Margaret E. Turner, residential A to commercial D of property at the northeast corner of Old Bladensburg and Sutherland roads. Four Corners. Action was deferred on a petition by Gordon A. O'Connor for the reclassification from residential A to commercial D of land on the north west side of Colesville road between Fenton and Spring streets. Silver Spring. Greek Rebel Surrenders Reported Cut by Amnesty ly the Associated Press SALONIKA, Greece, Sept. 25.— Gen. George Papageorgiou of the Greek 3d Army said today that since the government amnesty offer last week “there has been a noticeable decrease in the number of guerrillas coming down the mountains to sur render.” He declared in an interview that,j because of the amnesty offer made! by the new coalition government when it came to power, guerrilla leaders were terrorizing their fol lowers to prevent surrender and, that the customary number of sur renders was being reduced. Aristiadis Bassiakos, Governor General of Northern Greece, said a heavy influx of refugees in Salo nika and other large towns threat ened to present the cities with their biggest problem this winter. He estimated the number of refugees at 220,000. Cast of 'Winslow Boy' To Sail for U. S. Today ly ths Associated Press LONDON, Sept. 25.—The cast of Terence Rattigan's play, “The Wins low Boy,” was due to sail for Amer ica today for performances in Washington and Baltimore prior to the scheduled Broadway opening October 27. “The Winslow Boy” ran for 14 months in London and won the Ellen Terry statuette for the best play of 1946. The all-English cast is headed by Alan Webb, Valerie White and Prank Alienby. ji ft ■ft Suicide Crews for U. S. Planes Carrying Atom Bombs Proposed on the theory that the nation making the first atomic bomb strike in force will be the victor. Col. Dale O. Smith, USAF, has pro posed that the Air Force establish .an American version of the Japa nese “suicide” force. "One-way combat" is the name . given the proposed tactics, which | would send atom-laden planes on missions from which the bomber could not return but with crew men given a fighting chance for survival. The views of Col. Smith appeared in the Quarterly Review of the Air University at Maxwell Field, Ala. A spokesman of the Air Force Department, asked for comment today, said that as far as he knew, Stepfather Accused Again in Custody Fight Mrs. Edith Bessie Dye, former WAC who is seeking in a habeas corpus proceeding to regain custody of her 6-year-old son from her mother and stepfather, Mr. and Mrs. Clyde L. King, 300 block of Seaton place N.E., today repeated charges in District Court that Mr. King had made advances toward her. Mrs. Dye also testified on cross examination, that she had told her mother of the alleged advances and that Mrs. Kink had told her to “for get it.” Yesterday, Mrs. Dye testi fied she left the home of Mr. and Mrs. King because of the step father’s advances. Mrs. Dye, who now lives in Savan nah, Ga., was the first witness yes tciua.v aim turn nuw oxxc jcxl txxc wj with the Kings when she was work ing in Baltimore and later while serving in the WAC. She said she got out of the WAC last year and that her stepfather and mother re fused to give up the son, Edward Le Roy Dye. Mrs. Dye said, in her habeas cor pus petition, that temporary custody of the boy was awarded her in 1941 in connection with a suit she brought against her husband, George W. Dye, for separate maintenance. The maintenance suit still is pend ing, it was said. Snyder Says Germany Must Aid Recovery By th» Associated Press BERLIN, Sept. 25.—Secretary of the Treasury John W. Snyder said today it was “perfectly clear” to him that the productive capacity of Ger many must be utilized in the re covery of Europe. Mr. Snyder expressed his views in a statement forecasting a German economic comeback “during the next several years.” The statement, issued after con ferences with Gen. Lucius D. Clay, American military governor, and his staff, declared that, although Ger many’s present financial and eco nomic condition is serious, the "foundation for recovery has been laid.” Mr. Snyder said Gen. Clay had mvited him to visit Berlin during his present trip to Europe in order to “summarize' for me Germany’s immediate financial and economic condition as well as plans and hopes for the future.” LONDON, Sept. 25 h/P}.—Authori tative Whitehall sources said todav France had expressed concern to' Britain and the United States over! the new British-American arrange- j ments for the future of the Ruhr! coal mines. The French were said to be con cerned particularly with the plan to install Germans to manage the mines and over the future of those mines in which {he French hold interests. Sacred Heart Instruction For Converts Resumes The Rev. Lawrence J. Wempe of i the Shrine of the Sacred Heart Catholic Church. Sixteenth street and Park road N.W., has resumed his weekly class for converts to the Catholic faith, it has been an nounced. Father Wempe, who last year tutored 60 persons in the religion's teachings, holds his classes at 8 pm. every Tuesday at the church.! . .4 the proposal had not reached any top-level planners in the depart ment. He pointed out that editors of the new magazine said articles appearing in it “do not all agree with established policy and doc trine and it must be made clear that articles appearing in this jour nal reflect the author’s opinions and do not necessarily coincide with, nor are they those of the Air Force or the Air University.” The proposal was made. Col. Smith said, because he would not have enough long range B-36 bombers to make normal round trips across the ocean or North Pole in case of a war in the future. The colonel believes»that the United States can get combat crews to fly one-way flights. FIGHTS FOR CHILD —Mrs. Edith Bessie Dye, former WAC, pictured at District Court yes terday, where she launched a legal battle to regain custody of her 6-year-old son Edward from her estranged husband’s parents here. Star Staff Photo. Party Set in Fund Drive For Washington and Lee A cocktail party honoring the newly appointed regional chairmen of the Washington and Lee Uni versity bicentennial fund campaign will be held by the school’s Dis trict alumni at 5 o’clock this after noon in the Congressional Room of the Willard Hotel. The Washington residents named ■ by Dr. Francis P. Gaines, president of the university, to head the drive for money in this area are Richard E. Hynson, class of 1906, and Fred P. Guthrie, class of 1911, Celebration of the college’s 200th year will begin formally this Janu ary. University heads have an- I nounced a campaign to raise $3, 000,000 during the coming year to be used to establish memorial • scholarships, new construction and increased endowment. Animal Welfare Unit to Meet The annual meeting of the Ani mal Welfare League of Alexandria will be held at 8 p.m. October 6 in the auditorium of the Virginia Electric Si Power Co. ADVERTISEMENT. j Hay Fever Mid begins In 16 minute* or double your money, beck When the miming, masting niajewi mlasrr othay fewer makes yon feel soggy and sick all over, doetars usually prescribe the fastest-eetfng medicine known for srmptomatle relief—medicine like that In Bdl-ets tablets. Bell-ets brings comfort In a Jiffy er return bottle to us for double mousy back. 60eJ • 1 Arlington School Slate Accused of Seeking to Blast Faith in System The flve-man slate nominated for the Arlington School Board by a convention of citizens’ groups was charged last night with “attempt ing to destroy the faith of the en tire community in the school system.” J. Foster Hagan, president of the Greater Arlington Association, which has indorsed a second five-man slate for the county's first popularly elected school board, made the ac cusation last night at a meeing of the GAA in the Virginia Highlands firehouse. The election will be held November 4. Commenting on last Saturday’s visit to five county schools by the rival slate comprising Mrs. Edmund D. Campbell, Barnard Joy, Colin C. MacPherson, O. Glenn Stahl and Curtis E. Tuthill, Mr. Hagan said: “I am indeed glad the opposition has at last gone out to examine the schools. It was something they should have done months before they began blasting away at some thing they were ignorant of and thereby attempting to destroy the faith of the entire community in the school system.” To Inspect Ail Schools. Mr. Hagan added that the GAA candidates—William Montgomery Smith, Ernest C. Betts, jr„ Dr. Charles M. Cake, Ralph M. Kimble and Ernest T. Gearheart, jr.—"are people who have kept themselves informed about the schools and have enough faith in them to send meir own cnuaren to them. At the completion of Saturday’s tour the candidates said they would inspect all of Arlington's 31 public schools prior to the election. Three of the GAA slate. Dr. Cake, Mr. Kimble and Mr. Gearheart, ad dressed the meeting as did P. Pree land Chew and Harry W. Cup pett, County Board members who are running for re-election with GAA indorsement. Records Attached. As Mr. Chew and Mr. Cuppett were speaking at Virginia Highlands, their records on the County Board were being attacked at a meeting of the Arlington Better Government League at the Lyon Park Community House in another section of the county. The Better Government League has indorsed T. Oscar Smith and Mrs. Florence Cannon for the two County Board seats. At the league meeting, Mr. Chew’s record was attacked by Daniel A. Dugan, County Board member; Har ley M. Williams, league chairman; Mrs. Charles E. Planck, former presi dent of the Arlington League of Women Voters, and others. Meanwhile, it was revealed that she Arlington Citizens’ Committee lor School Improvement has turned so doggerel verse in the campaign to sleet the convention’s flve-man slate. A notice of a Citizens’ Committee neeting at 8 p.m. today at the Ar ington Forest Methodist Church jegan with the following: Better schools for girl and boy. Vote for Campbell. Vote for Joy MacPherson, Stahl and Tuthill, too! A vote for them is a vote for you. John M. Stewart and Mrs. Lucy jr. Bussey, incumbents, are running is independents, in addition to the swo five-man slate. Maryland Probation Board Studies Sutton Case Today ly tha Associated Prats ANNAPOLIS, Sept. 25.—The State Board of Parole and Probation had >efore it today the request of Albert 3. Sutton for commutation of a life sentence imposed in 1934 after a Montgomery County slaying. Board personnel said they exoect :d the hearing room in the State Dfflce Building to be packed when ;he board began consideration of Button’s plea for release from the Maryland Penitentiary. Sutton was sentenced for the mur ier of Allen B. Wilson, route agent or the Washington Times-Herald. New, More Powerful Atomic Pile To Be Constructed at Oak Ridae By *ho Associated Pros* Plans for a new atomic chain re actor pile at Oak Ridge “several times more powerful” than the one now operating at the Tennessee plant were announced today by the Atomic Energy Commission. A member of the commission staff said the pile will open new oppor tunities to explore some of the "many things about the atom that still are a mystery to science.” The plans were disclosed in an announcement that the control of the Clinton Atomic Laboratories at Oak Ridge will be taken over by the University of Chicago under a four-year contract. Since July, 1945, the laboratory has been operated by the Monsanto Chemical Co. Fourteen Southern universities, including Catholic University, all of them members of the Oak Ridge In stitute of Nuclear Studies, will co operate with the University of Chi cago in research at the Clinton Paroles for Four Aides Of Al Capone Probed By tho Associated Press CHICAGO, Sept. 25.—More than a dozen witnesses were summoned to testily today as a congressional subcommittee started an investiga tion into the paroles from Federal prison of four of one-time members of Al Capone’s gang. The four Chicago men, Paul Ric ca, Philip d’Andrea, Charles Gioe and Louis Campagna, were released from Federal prison August 14 after serving the minimum three years and four months of 10-year sen tences. They were convicted in New York in 1944 on charges of conspiring to extort more than $1, 000,000 from the motion picture industry. After their release, Representa tive Busbey and Church, Illinois Republicans, demanded an investi gation. Mr. Busbey, a member of the sub committee, said he has made re npfltpfi HpmfcnHc that th« Tsiof Department disclose circumstances which led the Federal Parole Board to release the four men. On the subcommittee’s roll of witnesses were four men who were freed and the names of 36 per sons who were listed as having made representations to the Parole Board on their behalf. Mr. Busbey said the subcommittee planned to call all members of the parole Board. Strike in Finland Delayed HELSINKI, Sept. 25 (^.—Fin land’s Trade Union Congress yester day postponed until Saturday a threatened general strike in order to give the government a chance to make a new oiler of higher wages. Informed sources said the govern ment had proposed a general 10 per cent increase which the Congress rejected. BERLITZ SOth Tear—French. 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