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Yesterday at a conference in Bal timore, conferees of the three agen cies were in accord on a plan whereby the State commission would assume the obligation of ob taining rights of way for necessary widening of streets and the county would reimburse the State for that portion of the work. Tnemmler Plan Approved. The conference also resulted in agreement on three other road pro jects including approval of the so called “Tuemmler plan” for handling traffic at the intersection of Georgia avenue and Colesville road. Silver Spring. With respect to the Bethesda project, the conferees drew up a resolution which is to be brought before the commissioners at their meeting Tuesday. The measure implements the agreement and ‘is design^ to expedite the improve ment by formally authorizing the right-of-way work to be done at'the county’s expense. Th# wiHonina wnrlr on WixflAnsin Avenue would extend from East West highway to Glenbrook road. Property to be condemned is on the east side of the avenue. Repayment to the State is to be made by deductions from the coun ty’s share in motor vehicle and gas tax revenues, the agreement stipu | * lates. ' Revision of the treatment for the Silver Spring intersection, now be ing constructed, was named the “Tuemmler plan” because it was prepared by Fred W. Tuemmler, former director of planning for the I Maryland National Capital Park and Planning Commission. The plan was indorsed by Silver Spring civic groups and businessmen «s being an [ improvement over one originally suggested by the State roads body. River Road Project. The Roads Commission agreed to take over improvement of River road west of Piney Meeting House road as a State project and to obtain necessary rights-of-way. The com missioners already had agreed to re imburse the State for condemnation •oats. The commission agreed to recom mend to Rockville town officials ap L proval of a State-installed traffic ft control light at Washington street F and Montgomery avenue in that f town and to prohibit parking for 200 feet north of Montgomery avenue. Montgomery County officials who met with the roads body were Com missioners Brooke Johns and Wes ley I. Sauter, County Supervisor Wesley I. Sauter, Washington I. Cleveland, D. Grant Mickle, Harold Himmnnrl nnri Stenhen James of the Safety Board. Willie R. Burchett Rites Set Tomorrow Funeral services for Willie Rich mond Burchett, 41, civilian worker at the Naval Ordnance Plant, Alex andria, will be held at 2 p.m. tomorrow at Fort Myer Chapel. Burial will be in Ar lington Ceme tery. Mr. Burchett died Tuesday at Alexandria Hos pital of burns he received the pre vious week, when he was hurt by an overflow of a caustic soda tank. He lived Mr. Burchett, at 4303 South Sixteenth street, Ar lington. Mr. Burchett was bom in Pres tonburg, Ky., and went in the Navy in 1922. He was a chief gunner and spent most of his Navy career on sea duty. From 1927 to 1930 he was stationed on the President’s yacht, the Mayflower, and dining World War II he was an instructor at the Mine Warfare School, Yoi ' town, Va. He was retired October 17, 1946, and worked a year as guard at the Smithsonian Institution be fore he went to work with the Naval Ordinance Plant. Survivors are his widow, Mrs. Grace Stonebumer Burchett; a daughter. Miss Barbara Ann Burchett; his mother, Mrs. Rosa B. Layne; five brothers, John H., Marion, Thomas and David Burch ett, all of Harold Ky.; Wade Arthur Burchett at Pearl Harbor, and four sisters. Mrs. Clarence Watkins, Ar lington; Mrs. Hattie Mae Wright, Cincinnati; Mrs. Molley Belcher tnH Mrs Mlnnlp Mprrltt. hftt.h nf Prestonburg. York Imperials Make Up 20% of Virginia Apple Crop ■y the Associated gross RICHMOND, Va., Jan. 1.—Produc tion of York Imperial apples in com mercial counties in Virginia during 1947 topped all other varieties and amounted to 20 per cent of the total yield of 5,010,000 bushels. The Virginia Co-operative Report ing Service said today total York production during the year was 1, 353,000 bushels. Winesaps were next on the list with a yield of 676,000 bushels and accounted for 13.5 per cent of the total apple production, which was only 40 per cent of the 1946 total of 12,975,000 bushels. Staymans produced 511,000 bushels of the total; Delicious (red and gold), 742,000 bushels; Grimes Gold en, 326,000 bushels; Albemarle Pip pins, 276,000 bushels, and Ben Davis and Ganos, 251,000 bushels. / In 2 Suitland Gaming Raids $20,000, Truckload Of Equipment Also Confiscated Fourteen persons were arrested and almost $20,000 confiscated in gambling raids yesterday on two Suitland (Md.) places, Prince Georges County police reported. Maj. Ralph W. Brown, superin tendent of the county police, said the top man caught in the simul taneous raids was Abe Plisco, more widely known as William (Jewboy) Dietz, 40, who was charged with promoting a lottery. Police said Dietz has long been active in Dis trict area gambling. The police Ipaded a five-ton truck ■ with equipment taken from 4232 i Main avenue, Suitland, jfchich, they said, was occupied by Dietz. The ' other raid was at the Suitland Rid ' ing Academy, 4436 Suitland road. Released Under Bond. All of those arrested were released under bond of $1,000, and their 1 hearings were set for next Thurs ’ day. The county officers described the . two raided establishments as the ‘ clearing houses for runners han dling numbers tickets. Maj. Brown said the police had ordered them closed and that the operators had ! been warned they would be raided ; if they did not comply with the , order. Track Franchise Ban At Marlboro Urged Unless It Rebuilds ly tht AtsociaUd Pr«» BALTIMORE, Jan. 1.—A sugges tion-that the Southern Maryland Agricultural Fair Association be de nied its Marlboro race track fran chise unless it rebuilds the plant was forwarded to Gov. Lane today by the State Racing Commission. “If it does not provide an adequate plant for its meetings and hold a first-class agricultural fair, the Legislature might well consider whether it should be permitted to continue to enjoy its franchise, ’ the commissioners said in their annual report. “The commission does not believe it should continue to sanction meet ings at the Marlboro track in definitely, unless the plant is re built.” < It said the association “enjoys a monopoly granted by the Legisla ture,” but that the track is in a “dilapidated conditipn.” The 1947 license, withheld by the commission pending certain im provements, was granted to avoid working a hardship on the horse men and the State ■ and because building restrictions “might to some extent have contributed to the fail ure of the Marlboro management to make urgently needed improve Dr. Stuart Is Honored By Potato Association Dr. William Stuart of Takoma Park, Md., has been honored by the Potato Association of America for "outstanding work” in the field. Dr. Stuart is with the Agriculture Department here. Dr. Stuart and Dr. C. P. Clark, Riverside, Calif., have been respon sible for much of the primary in vestigations of potato diseases which started almost 30 years ago, accord ing to Marx F. Koehnke, retiring president of the association. The two men were honored at a meeting of the association in Chicago at which E. L. Newdich, Augusta, Me., was elected president. New Record Bureau Begins Operation at Police Department The Metropolitan Police Depart ment's newly streamlined Communi cations and Record Bureau began partial operation today as the de partment completed arrangements for its full-time service starting at 8 a.m. Wednesday. ; JV1HJ. 431 UWU 9«JU U1C I ttlUUifc pttl bj . found a .38-caliber revolver at . Dietz’s place. The confiscated | equipment included adding ma chines, books and envelopes, i The police listed those arrested and charged with permitting a lot . tery as the following; Percy May, 46, meehanlc, 18 Woodland avenue, Takoma Park, 1 Md.; Edgar Julius Behrle, 51, clerk, 304 Thirty-fourth street S.E.; Harry 1 Portner, 35, clerk, 1702 Lanier place N.W.: George Earl Bading, 35, of 1368 Euclid street N.W.; Henrietta 1 Elizabeth Lebau, 38, clerk, 822 ’ Fourth street N.E.; Clara Leola ; Osborne, 32, of 1135 W street SB. Also Reuben Schwartz, 33, of 1417 ; Whittier street N.W.; Arnold J. : Lusby, 26, of 5703 Suitland road, ’ Suitland; Horton S. Grinder, 48, of I 718 C street N.E.; Soe B. Fauver, 40, 'of 115 Duke street, Alexandria: , Leonard D. McKay, 43, of 631 Eighth street N.E.; Harry Gordon, 38, of 51 Missouri avenue N.W., and Abe Hutt, 45, of 4&00 South Dakota avenue N.E. 36 Arrested So Far. Police said Schwartz was the "No. 2’’ man to Dietz in Prince Georges County gambling. The arrests bring to more than 30 the number of persons booked since a general crackdown on gambling was started in Prince Georges Coun ty in September. Last month Cir cuit Judges Charles C. Marbury and John B. Gray warned from the bench that they proposed to impose heavy penalties on all gamblers con victed. A similar court warning has been issued from judges in Montgomery County, where recent violators have drawn maximum or near-maximum fines and sentences. Participating in the raids with ; Maj. Brown were Lt. Charles L. Thomsen, Corpl. Richard A. Pear son, Corpl. Earl J. Huber, Lt. R. C. Sines, Corpl. Edwin C. Cissel and'' Pvt. Charles F. Caldwell. State's Attorney A. Gwynn Bowie and his assistant, Hervey G. Ma chen. accomnanied the raiders. Supt. Robert J. Barrett expressed great hopes for the modem method of dealing with crime complaints. "There is nothing more modem or efficient that we know of in any police department,” Maj. Barrett declared. It was explained that under the new recording and reporting system all complaints must be recorded on the Police Department No. 253 "com plaint” form. The information then will be forwarded to the records bureau and to the precinct where the crime occurred. Every complaint received from any source, whether in person, by tele phone "or in any other manner,” must be recorded on form 253, Maj. Barrett said. All the complaints will be num bered and originals will be filed on an index form wipch will constitute the public record of the complaint. The investigating officer in all cases involving crimes must file a complete report in quadruplicate. The original and two copies will be sent to the records bureau within 24 hours and the other copy will be' retained at the precinct where the report was made. Next Tuesday the entire per sonnel of the Communications and Records Bureau will move into the fourth floor quarters at the Munici pal Center Building. Persons wish ing to report crime or needing po lice service will telephone a new number, EX. 2060, starting Wed nesday, and the call will be given to one of 12 complaint clerks who will write the instructions and pass ments,” the report said. The report showed that 1947 bet ting dropped 6.3 per cent at Mary land’s four one-mile tracks and 10.63 per cent at the five half-mile tracks. This decline was "moderate” and probably will not drop further if present economic conditions con tinue, the commission predicted. Wagering at the one-mile tracks totaled $95,178,632 in 1947, compared to a record $101,582,856 in 1946. At the half-mile tracks, the betting de clined from $16,953,904 in 1946 to $15,151,474. State revenue from the mile tracks increased $748,951 under the new tax system and increased $288,891 from the half-mile tracks, the report said. Maryland Welfare Rolls Increase Except for Blind By the Associated Press BALTIMORE, Jan. 1.—Public wel fare assistance to the needy blind was the only category of the Mary land State Department of Public Welfare in which there was no in crease during the past year. Hie department, in "a year-end report, said the largest increase was for dependent children. Last month 5,313 families were receiving assist ance by this means, while in Novem ber, 1946, the total was 4,409. The rate of increase for all per sons, however, was less marked in the last two months of this year, the report showed, and department officials said this may indicate a lAvWtno' off neriod is aDDroachintc. Fairlington Picketing Continued After Clash Striking maintenance employes of Fairlington, large Arlington apart ment development, continued picket ing today, following a clash yester day between pickets and nonstriking workers, Arlington police reported. The clash, which a spokesman for the Fairlington management termed a “riot,” occurred near South Wood row street^ and Thirty-first road, according to residents. Arlington police said no one was arrested and no one was reported injured as a result of the affray. Meanwhile, officials of Local 82, Building Service Employes (AFL), reported yesterday that 16 employes of the trash collection firm that has taken over during the walkout have joined the union and left their jobs. Nathiel Smith, operator of the Super Service Trash Co., the firm 1 which has been handling the re 1 moval work, denied that this had : occurred, however. Charles E. V. Prins, public rela • tions spokesman for the Fairmac C vp.. which owns Fairlington, said l a i ’1 crew of trash collectors was ■ on me job yesterday and that the ! work was continuing today. He said he knew nothing of any walkout - among the collection firm employes. t -— UlvUi l/u tu Ktic ust?| Two new radios costing $1,900 have been installed for use by two dispatchers who will alternate with calls to radio cars. More than $1, 000 has also been spent for other new equipment. Man, 70, Freed in Slaying OjF Daughter's Suitor By the Associated Press STAUNTON, Va., Jan. 1.—Sev enty - year - old William Clarence Spitler, who said he was provoked into killing his daughter’s suitor, John Helmick, 22, with a shotgun, was acquitted of a murder charge by a jury in Augusta County Circuit Court yesterday. The elderly farm worker ad mitted firing the shotgun that dropped Helmick on the Spitler front porch about midnight on Feb ruary 26. The defendant told the court he was provoked into the act because he believed his daughter and Helmick were having improper relations. Because of limited funds, the average grant has been reduced, although living costs have risen, the department added. Recipients now are receiving about 15 per cent less than what the department deems the minimum for adequate sub sistence. Alexander Firm Buys Arlington County Dairy Sale of the Arlington County Dairy to the Alexandria Dairy Products Co. was announced yesterday by officials of the Arlington Arm. The sale did not include the Ar lington plant at Wilson boulevard and North Danville street, officials said. The dairy has been operating in the county since 1925. ’ LOOT TAKEN IN GAMBLING RAID—Numbers slips, money, telephones and adding machines were confiscated yesterday when Prince Georges County police arrested 14 persons in two Suit land (Md.) gambling raids. Detective Richard Pearson, holding a pistol that was seized, looks ; over the equipment with (left to right) Supt. Ralph W. Brown, Pvt. Charles Caldwell and Detec tive Bari J. Huber. —Star Staff Photo. ; - ' 0 t '• - ■ ■ « ■ The opening of the New Year also was marked by several traffic accidents, one of the worst of which was at South Capitol and Nichols avenue S.E. Here Pvt. P. J. Gallahan of No. 11 Precinct inspects the wreckage of a car which was hit head-on by a truck at the corner. Three persons were injured. The driver of the truck, Gordon Mumford, was charged with driving while drunk and failing to give right of way. D. C. Medical Society To Probe Charges Against Institutions The District Medical Society this month will set up a Committee on Medical Care in Public Institutions to investigate reports it has received from Representative Miller, Repub lican, of Nebraska that medical standards in many of the institu tions are unsatisfactory. Representative Miller, who is a physician, made his charges in a guest editorial he submitted at the society’s request for the January edition of Medical Annals, its monthly publication. Broad Inquiry Planned. Theodore Wiprud, executive sec retary of the society, said speoiflc findings of the Nebraska legislator could not be revealed until the art icle is published late this month. It was understood, however, that Dr. Miller is sharply critical of the operation of some public institutions here. ine scope ox uie meoicai society investigation will Include all insti tutions where medical care is pro vided. This is expected to include public homes for children and the aged, as well as the municipal hos pitals. The committee will confer with District Health Officer George C. Rhuland and other Health Depart ment officials, under whose direc tion the supervision of medical facilities is carried out. They will also discuss the situation with the District Commissioners, it i* ex pected. Ruhland Seeks Gilbert Snccessor. At the same time, Dr. Winfred Qverholser,. superintendent of St. Elizabeths hospital, revealed Dr. Ruhland had asked him for sugges tions as to a “qualified” successor to Dr. Joseph L. Gilbert, Galllnger Hospital psychiatric chief, who has been ordered to devote full time to his duties as District alienist by the District Commissioners acting on the advice of Budget Officer Walter Fowler. Dr. Overholser pointed out, how ever, that there are “practical diffi culties" In finding a “qualified” suc cessor, most important of which is obtaining a higher salary classifica tion for the job. “The task would be much easier if there would be a reallocation of medical position grades at Galllnger, to boost salary levels,” he said, adding “you can’t get good psychi atrists cheap unless you are lucky.” Members to Be Designated. Dr. Miller’s analysis of the Wash ington medical scene was presented to members of the executive board of the District Medical Society at their last meeting, and the board approved his suggestion that they set up a committee to make their own investigation of the conditions he described. The doctors who will make up the membership of the special commit tee have not yet been designated. Representative Miller began his medical practice in Nebraska in 1919, and is a past president of the State Medical Association and for mer State health director. Wachter to Present Anti-Pollution Report By th« Auociatad Prttt ANNAPOLIS, Jan. 1.—Frank C. Wachter, a member of the Maryland Water Pollution Control Commis sion, will report on proposed anti pollution regulation at a meeting of me cummissiun danumj a at oam more. The session will be held at the office of Robert H. Riley, head of the Department of Health. Mr.' Wachter will report on an opinion of the Attorney General’s office dealing with a proposed rule to outlaw new sources of pollution. Paul W. McKee, executive secre tary of the commission, will discuss the cannery antipollution program the commission is pursuing. Canneries throughout the State have been requested to prepare to cease polluting streams by cannery processes during the 1948 season. Questionaires have been sent the various canneries to provide infor mation for the commission. The commission will also receive at the meeting a report on the State-wide stream inventory. Montgomery Approves Bids For Two School Additions The Montgomery County Board of Education yesterday announced approval of two bids totaling ap proximately $97,000 for additions to the Colesville and Alta Vista ele mentary schools. The bid of the Carter-Turner En gineering Co., Talcoma Park, calls for the addition of one classroom, a kitchen and sanitary facilities to the Colesville school at a cost of $49, 378. Also accepted was the $47,749. bid of the Kamp & Heck Co., Bethesda, for two classrooms, a library and a teachers’ lounge at the Alta Vista school. New Year’s eve turned into a solemn occasion for Mrs. Mumford (left) of 1526 Good Hope road SJE. as she watched her husband, the truck driver in the accident at South Capitol and Nichols avenue as he was removed to a waiting ambulance. He was taken to Gallinger Hospital. With Mrs. Mumford is a friend whose name was not learned. Girl Freed When Police Fail to Find Man's Body •y th# Associated Press BALTIMORE, Jan. I.—A young Baltimore girl who insisted she shot and killed a man during "target practice” was ordered released by Baltimore police yesterday. A two-day search for the body of the alleged victim proved fruit less and no charge could be sus tained against 18-year-old Shirley Ann Horn berg. Miss Homberg went to police voluntarily, telling them she had banged away at some empty cans on the Pulaski highway near Balti more. A man approached and. she told police, she shot him. She gave no reason. Construction Recprds Set in Prince Georges, » Montgomery in 1947 Building construction in Mont gomery and Prince Georges Counties hit an all-time high in 1947, with the issuance of 9,747 permits valued at $73,345,828. This was disclosed yesterday in an unofficial end-of-the-year check of building permits issued during the past year by the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Com mission and officials of the two counties. 1 A true comparison with permits in former years, officials pointed out, is a rather difficult problem because of inflated costs in present-day con struction. Of the permits, 5,339 were Issued Oil and Gasoline Users Assured D. C. Faces No Serious Shortages Fuel oil and gasoline users were assured today that there are no serious shortages in the Washing ton area but they were warned that “panic buying” ' or waste would cause real trouble. Supplies have been below nor mal here, according to industry rep resentatives and the District divi sion of the American Automobile Association. January allocations by distributors to Ailing stations and other dealers tomorrow should re move whatever “spot shortages” existed here earlier this week, they said. “So far as we have been advised, no garage affiliated with otr asso ciation has rationed gasoline to customers,” the District division of AAA reported. “While supplies under present circumstances run low at the end of each month, they have not dropped to a point where our garages have found it neces sary to limit sales, nor are they likely to if there is no run on sta tions.” Baltimore Supplies Low. • In Baltimore the supply picture was grimmer, although fuel oil in dustry spokesmen said they saw no need for rationing. Mayor D'Alesandro Issued a proc lamauon last nigni, declaring.mat “only the strictest economy will avert cold homes, sickness and dis tress." He said Baltimore, “alant with other cities on the Eastern sea board, faces an acute fuel oil short age which may well develop into ar oil famine.” - The Mayor and Charles B. Lucas president of the Oil Heat Institute agreed, however, that a 15 per cent cut in consumption would tide the Baltimore area over the winter. Consumers in the Washington area were urged some time ago to save from 10 to 15 per cent in their normal fuel oil use, a representa tive of the Merchants and Manu facturers’ Association recalled today. Motorists Cautioned. The AAA also Cautioned motorists “to adopt conservation practices, keep to lower speeds, avoid jack rabbit starts and unnecessary use of the car.” Noting that the gasoline situation is “tight” in many sections of the country, the District AAA declared: “There is no rationing by Govern ment nor is there likely to be for a long, long time. Rather, the Gov ernment has definitely indicated that the oil industry and consumers will be given full opportunity for voluntary action to speed supplies and curtail consumption on a vol untary basis.” J. Thomas Kennedy, District di rector of weights and measures, said yesterday he would rep art. Monday afternoon to the Commissioners on a fuel oil survey being made by a committee of which he is chairman. He said the survey had not disclosed any acute shortage to date. County Will Go 15 Days Without Health Oflicei % Prince Georges County will be Without an official county health officer for 15 days, starting today. The more than two-week laps* is due to the effective date of the appointment of Dr. Thomas S. Englar, new health officer of the county, who is scheduled to take office January 15. 1U riuiuc VJCVX gCo VUU1HJ, to Perce L. Wolfe, county building inspector for the Park and Planning Commission. The total value of the permits through November was $27, 893,269, with another estimated $2, 000,000 in permits being issued in December, Mtr. Wolfe said. The amount is a new high in the county. Area Record' Set. Another record was established in the eastern suburban area of Mont gomery County, where the issuance Of 2,875 permits was valued at $30,835,163. This is more than double the 1946 figure of $12,813,000 worth of con struction. The area comprises Silver Spring, Takoma Park, Wheaton, Colesville and Kensington. Although a complete breakdown of the permits was not available, officials in the building Inspector’s office said about 2,300 permits were Issued in the eastern area for single family homes, representing an esti mated value of about $23,000,000. An additional 10 permits were issued for apartment projects totaling $6,000,000. The remaining permits were for miscellaneous construction, including 13 stores, two warehouses and improvements to existing build ings. Bethesda-Chevy Chase Area. In the western suburban area, which includes Bethesda and Chevy Chase, 1,273 permits were issued for $10,580,260 worth of construction. This compares with 816 in 1946 for $5,666,121 worth of construction. Of the 1,273 permits last year in the western district, 834 were for single-family homes, costing $9,430,650. A total of about 260 building permits were issued in the rural area during 1947, representing $1,051,275 worth of construction. No breakdown of the types of con struction was available, nor could figures for 1946 be obtained. The same situation was true at the Prince Georges County build ing inspector’s office. Bigger 1948 Forecast Building development in Prince Georges County was 26 per cent of the total in the entire metropol itan Washington area, Mr. Wolfe declared, lit represents about $2,000,000 more than in the Dis trict, according to statistics of the Commerce Department, Mr. Wolfe said. , Construction in the county will Increase even more in 1948, T. Howard Duckett, county banker and attorney, predicted yesterday. TVi/tVatf aeiimatA^ fViaf aK/dif Dr. Englar, for eight years health officer of Albemarle County, Va. and of the city of Charlottesville will succeed Dr. John M. Byert whose resignation was effective yesterday. Actually, the county has beer without a health officer since De cember 18 when Dr. Byers went or terminal leave. Dr. Byers, whc lived in Hyattsville, already hai moved to Baltimore where he Ac cepted a position in the Maryland State Department of Health. According to personnel of th( County Health Department, Hyatts ville, Dr. Byers will be in charge o: tuberculosis work in the State. H< had been health officer of the count] for seven years. Fire in Chair Burns Alexandria Woman Mrs. Virginia Hughes, 30, of 41 East Monroe street, Alexandria, suf fered burns of the face and bod: early today when a lighted cigarett set lire to a chair in which she ha fallen asleep, Alexandria police re ported. Mrs. Hughes was treated in Aler r andria Hospital, where her conditio > was described as good. ’ Reckless Driver Fined $75 Frank Lee Bryan, Jr., of 409 Ea I Clifford avenuW, Alexandria, yeste t day was fined $75 by Alexandr . Civil and Police Court Judge Jan* i R. Duncan on charges of reeUai II driving and abusive languagi ImrrUa was arrested Tuesday. />• $75,000,000 will be spent on apart ment construction in the county alone during the coming year. A good portion of this already has the approval of or Is pending be fore the Federal Housing Admin istration, he explained. 1 No estimates were available fat 1948 in Montgomery County. T. B. Junction Church Destroyed by Fire The Union Bethel Church, T. B Junction, Md., was destroyed* earl; today by a fire which started in th chimney flue, Prince Georges Coun ty firemen reported. Firemen from companies at For estville, Clinton, Accokeek am Upper Marlboro were hampered b: lack of water in fighting the blase No estimate of loss was avaflabh f«r the^btftMag^wmm , y ' 2 Badly Injured As Truck Hits Auto Head-on Driver Held in Crash On South Capitol St.; Doctor, Nurse Hurt Three persona were injured, two seriously, in an automobile crash at ' ** South Capitol street and Nichols*' avenue shortly before midnight last night The Injured were: Miss Elizabeth Parcell, about 30. of 2314 Nineteenth street N.W., > identified as a nurse at St. Eliza beths Hospital. Doctors this morn- ' \ ing said she suffered head injuries and is not expected to live. Dr. Arnold Namrow, about 24, an Intern at St. Elizabeths, in serious condition at Casualty Hospital with head injuries and cuts about the face and body.' Gordon Mumford, 20, of 1526 Good Hope road S.E., in fair condition at Gallinger Hospital with face cuts and a possible fracture of the ribs. Police said Mumford. driving a truck north on Nichols avenue, made a left turn into South Capitol street and struck the front end of a passenger car driven by Dr. Nam rnw in vhinh Mixc Parr.*11 vac a. passenger. The car, police said, was almost entirely wrecked, with the dashboard pushed almost against the front seat. Drunken Driving Charged. Accident investigation unit of ficers charged Mumford with driv ing while drunk and failing to yield the right of way. Ambulances arrived to remove the Injured from the scene as bystand ers milled around, noisely welcom ing in the New Year. Police said several cars this morn ing were found "wrapped around trees" and reported a number of other minor accidents. None, they said, resulted in serious injuries. In one, Mrs. Kathleen V, Foltz, of Gaithersburg, Md., was treated for head and body cuts at George town Hospital, suffered when sho fell from a car going north on Wis consin avenue near Tenley Circle ' at about 2:15 a.m. She apparently fell out, police said, when the right front door of the car came open. Rockville Couple Hurt. A Rockville couple was injured early this morning when their auto mobile hit a pole cm Route 29, Sil ver Spring, police reported, while Bethesda police said a .Washington man was hurt in a similar accident on Western avenue. Joseph Pander, 6L and Mrs. Lou ise Pander, 80, w<§e admitted to the Montgomery County General Hospital at Sandy Spring. Mr. Pander was said to have suffered an arm fracture and Mrs. Pander a possible knee fracture. Three persons were hurt, two of them seriously enough to be hos pitalized, in an accident on Route 29 near Cloverly, according to Sil ver Spring police. Police said the accident occurred when an automobile driven by ID va! Daa Wa/I«* Oil i aK^nn utmt/tlr the ear of Mrs. Catherine L. Hurle baus, 49, of 2 Watkins Street, Chevy Chase. Mrs.* Hurlebaus’ automobile was halted on the highway after having been hit by another car which did not stop, police said. Car Crashes Into Tree. Mrs. Hurlebaus was admitted to Montgomery County General Hos pital suffering undetermined in juries. Mr. Peabody was admitted to'the same hospital with head in juries and possible rib fractures. Clarence E. Fling, 78, an occupant of Mrs. Hurlebaus' car, also was treated at the hospital for minor injuries, police said. Edward H. Wichers, 22, of 3703 Albemarle street N.W., suffered a jaw fracture and a dislocated hip early today when his car crashed into a tree near Chevy Chase Circle, Bethesda police reported. Mr. Wichers, who was admitted to Suburban Hospital where his con dition was described as fair, said his car was forced off the street by an- . other automobile. The accident oc curred at Western avenue and Oliver street. Williamsburg Trustees Act To Complete Restoration •y th« Associated Press WILLIAMSBURG, Va., Jan. 1.— The trustees of Colonial Williams burg have authorized resumption of the building program in inticipatloq of completing the physical restora tion interrupted by the war. Kenneth Chorley, president ol the organization forn>ed by John D. Rockefeller, jr., said completion of the project would take from five to 10 years and would cost more than $10,000,000. The immediate work authorized by the Board of Trustees will cover work scheduled for the next two years. Construction Is expected to start within the next two weeks, according to Mr. Chorley. The restoration of this city that was the capital of Virginia before the Revolutionary War was begun by Mr. Rockefeller 20 years ago. Home in Ashes, Prospect Tells D. C. Broker A prospective purchaser informed ' a Washington real estate broker yesterday he could not buy the broker’s 10-room home near Fred ericksburg, Va., for a very good 8, reason. The house, built 125 years ago, t had been destroyed by Are. t Sheriff Maxey K. Blaydes of Spot 1 sylvania County said the destruction - of the old home was an unsolved mystery. When the prospective purchaser n went to Inspect the house owned by R. J. Riddell of Washington, he found only ashes. Sheriff Blaydes , said a neighbor, L. E. Craver, had it seen no sign of Are. Mr. Craver be •- lleved the place was destroyed « Christmas eve, when be and his « family were away. • The sheriff said he has been as > able to Ond aay cos who amiM about tbs Mass. n