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Politics Charge
Stirs Interest in
Alexandria Race
Opposing Factions
Raise Issue of
Machine'Control
By Mary Lou Werner
Charges that both opposing fac
tions seeking election to the Alex
andria City Council are under con
trol of political machines brought
new life today to a heretofore dull
pre-election campaign.
Leroy S. Bendheim, one of five
candidates indorsed by the Veterans’
Committee for Veterans, told a
public meeting sponsored by the
Alexandria League of Women
Voters last night he thought Arm
istead Boothe or Maurice Rosenberg
was the "walking man’’ behind the
four candidates who are running
as a slate. Mr. Boothe is Alexan
dria’s representative to the House
of Delegates ahd Mr. Rosenberg is a
former member.
The four candidates are Albert A.
Smoot. Randall J. Hicks. Arthur P.
Campbell and David D. Squires.
These four issued a statement yes
terday charging that the five can
didates indorsed by the- veterans
were being backed by ”a certain well
entrenched political force which
have now assumed a new name.”
Duncan Is Named.
Mr. Smoot told reporters last
night the chief of the “political
forces” referred to in the statement
he and his colleagues released
yesterday was Judge James R. Dun
can of Alexandria Civil and Police
Court.
"We welcome the admission at
last that certain other candidates
are running as a slate,” Messrs.
Smoot, Hicks, Squires and Campbell
declared.
These four, who are known as the
at-large slate, added:
"We acknowledge the sincerity of
many of the new members of the
committee with the new name. But,
we challenge any one who knows to
deny that a certain politician who
has for years sought to dominate
City Council was a chief sponsor Of
the Veterans Committee meeting
held on Monday night, that the an-,
nouncement of the meeting to the
press came from his office, that he
attended the meeting and assigned
workers to various wards at the end
of the meeting.”
Attack Is Recalled.
"The machine is now admitting
that it is doing exactly what it at
tacked us for doing openly two weeks
ago.” the statement said. "Politicians
do not like to be forced to lay bare
to the public view their plans, their
organization and their candidates.
If our announcement has at last
smoked out the core of our opposi
tion, we are glad to have, rendered
this public service, come what may,
cost what it will.” ' '"
Mr. Smoot charged that A. B.
Clohosey, who is chairman- of the
Veterans for Veteran? ppmmittee,
probably was a new "Ed'gar feergen
of the old machine." * >?*,
Mr. Clohosey promptly replied that
the veterans committee which had
its first organization meeting Mon
day night, “is an independent, non
partisan organization comprising
members of all of the veterans or
ganization in the city and formed for
the aims and purposes announced
at the meeting.”
He said the committee indorsed
the candidacy of five men seeking
election to the four council vcancies
without their requesting the indorse
ment. He explained a sixth veteran
who Is in the council race. Randall
J. Hicks, was not indorsed because it
was felt that he had joined in a
“clique” to “seize comrol of the city
government.” In doing this, Mr.
Clohosey declared, Mr. Hicks "de
nied all the ideals for which the vet
erans fought in two wars.”
“Slate” Is Denied.
Mr. Clohosey said, “I don’t see
how indorsement of more candidates
than there are vacancies can be
construed as a ‘slate’.”
In addition to Mr. Bendheim, the
four other candidates indorsed with
him by the Veterans’ Committee
were Marshall J. Beverley, Roy
Bragg, John Worthington and C. B.
Harris.
The candidates spoke at the Alex
andria League of Women Voters fo
rum in the George Mason School.
A 10th candidate, Ernest Mankin,
also spoke. The only candidate who
was not present was John J. Ewald,
incumbent, who sent word that he
had a previous engagement.
Pour of the 11 candidates will be
chosen in the Democratic primary
next Tuesday. ,To date, no Repub
licans or Independents seek election
in the general council election in
June. If no Republicans or inde
pendents enter the race, the four
Democrast chosen in Tuesday's elec
tion automatically will fill the va
cant council seats.
$18,000,000 Record Seen
In D. C. Tax Payments
district Tax Collector Guy Pear
son thinks that, by the time re
turns finally are tabulated, Wash
ingtonians will have set an $18,000,
000 record for second-half payments
of their personal property and real
estate taxes.
Deadline for the payments was
last midnight. About 3,200 persons
appeared at payment stations in the
District Building yesterday to add
about $1,400,000 to the municipal
coffers, Mr. Pearson estimated.
Mail returns will have met the
deadline if they were postmarked
before midnight. Persons who
failed to pay in time face a pen
alty charge of 1 per cent a month
Receipts tabulated by Tuesday
night totaled $16,641,372, Mr. Pear
son reported. In the past, the total
of semi-annual payments on these
taxes have averaged around $12,000,
000. . j
Weekly Boating Page
In The Star Tomorrow
Beginning tomorrow. The
Star will renew its weekly page
of boating and fishing news. .
Follow this feature in the
Sports Section every Friday for
news of water front activities
on the Potomac River and
A Chesapeake Bay. m
Doctors See Rider
Hurt in Telecast,
Then Treat Him
By, th« Auocioltd Press
BALTIMORE, April 1.—Things;
were quiet last night, so accident
room doctors at Maryland General
Hospital went to. their recreation
room to watch a telecast of a rodeo
being held here.
They saw one of the performers
tossed off a horse. Shrugging their
shoulders, they switched off the tel
evision set and returned to dpty.
Less than five minutes later Lee
Duhaims of Pueblo, Ariz., was
brought in for X-ray and treat
ment of a shoulder injury. He was
the performer who fell.
| The hospital is flist a few blocks
from the rodeo site.
Tuck Expected to Sign
200 Bills Passed at
’Constructive Session'
By Alex R. Preston
Gov. Tuck of Virginia, was ex
pected to sign into law today virt
ually all of the bills, exceeding 200
in number, approved at Tuesday’s
“constructive session” of the Gen
eral Assembly.
Several local laws applicable to
Northern Virginia communities were
among a score of measures given
his approval yesterday.
Among State-wide measures signed
was the “anti-Truman” bill which
was introduced at the Governor’s
request to change the State’s presi
dential and vice presidential elec
tion laws.
The measure, whose chief patron
was delegate E. Blackburn Moore of
Winchester and Clarke County and
included as a sponsor Delegate Arm
istead L. Boothe of Alexandria, was
considerably toned down from the
Governor's original proposal to
keep President Truman’s name off
the ballot if he is renominated.
Permits State Ticket.
The law, which becomes effective
June 29, provides that ballots shall
carry the names of political parties
as well as candidates and electors.
It will permit the Virginia Demo
cratic Party to put up its own ticket
If the State Democratic convention
fails to ratify the national party
ticket. The candidates of the Na
tional Democratic Party, as well as
of the Republican Party, are assured
a place on the ballot, however.
Also approved yesterday, the As
sociated Press reported, were two of
the more controversial pieces of
legislation of the recent regular ses
sion. One clamps a Statewide ban
on the sale or possession cf most
kinds of fireworks but exempts
small firecrackers, Roman candles,
pinwheels and other relatively
harmless devices.
The second is a mild version of
wnat was intended to be a strong
annexation law. As finally enacted,
this law instructs 1 courts ^con
sider the best interests of coun
ties and of . residents In. areas, in
volved when they pass on ,'nnexa
tion petitions brought by cities.
$39,009 for Bay Survey.
Also signed by the Governor was
a House bill providing for a care
ful hydrographic and biological
survey of the Chesapeake Bay and
its tributaries. The measure ap
propriates $30,000 to finance the
study but sponsors hoped that
Maryland would chip in $30,000 and'
the Federal Fish and Wildlife
Service another $30,000 to permit a
more extensive investigation.'
Among other bills approved was
one by Mr. Moore which will exempt
out-of-State apple growers, prin
cipally frof the West Virginia pan
handle and Western Maryland sec
tions, from paying a Virginai tax on
their product when they ship into
the Old Dominion for packing and
crating.
Other Measures Signed.
The following measures also were j
signed:
To raise the salary of the mem- j
bers of the Arlington County Board
from $1,200 to $1,800 a year each,
sponsored by Delegates J. Maynard
Magruder and George Damm of
Arlington.
The Magruder-Damm bill author
izing a referendum on whether the
Arlington School Board shall issue
bonds to erect an athletic stadium
and requiring approval of the
County Board before the debt is
incurred.
The Boothe bill authorizing the
City Council to make contributions
to the Alexandria Bicentennial
Commission.
Staunton Police Investigate
Woman's Fatal Injuries
By the Associated Pres*
STAUNTON, Va., April 1.—Police
here today are investigating circum
stances surrounding the death of a
44-year-old Staunton woman.
Mrs. Arlene Hudson Hevener died
after receiving "extensive brain in
juries and burns on the abdomen
and thighs, Dr. R. P. Bell, jr„ alter
nate city coroner, said last night.
She died last night in King’s
Daughters’ Hospital where she was
taken Monday night.
Dr. Bell has ordered an autopsy.
He also recommended the investi
gation now being conducted by Po
lice Chief E. Jj. Bragg.
No further details of the death
have been revealed by officials or
members of the Hevener family.
Virginia's SCC
Refuses Probe
Of Two Papers
Commission Finds
It Lacks Power to
Conduct Inquiry
ly Hit Auotiattd Prtis
RICHMOND, Va„ April 1.—The
State Corporation Commission has
decided it is without authority to
conduct an investigation of Rich
mond Newspapers, Inc., as directed
in a resolution of the House of
Delegates.
The commission advised Gov.
Tuck and the clerks of the House
and Senate of the decision in a
letter yesterday. The SCC said the
investigation was not within the
orbit of the general jurisdiction of
the commission which, therefore,
would have to consider that it was
constituted a committee by the
House for the purpose of making the
Investigation.
“This being the case, it is essential
in our opinion to consider at the out
set the extent of our-authority to
conduct such an investigation,” the
SCC said. "In dealing with this
problem, we iffust recognize that
this resolution is not a direction of
the General Assembly of Virginia,
which under section 40 of the con
stitution of Virginia possesses the
legislative power of the State, but
is rather a mandate of a single
branch thereof, namely the House
of Delegates.
Resolution Quoted.
"It is also true that the resolu
tion directs an investigation and
report to be made after adjourn
ment sine die of the House of Dele
gates.
“In view of these facts and after
an examination of authorities bear
ing upon the question presented, we
are clearly of the opinion, which
opinion appears to be supported by
the overwhelmiiig weight of au
thority, that insofar as the resolu
tion, aforesaid, attempted to be op
erative after the adjournment of the
General Assembly, it is without
force and effect and, accordingly, we
are powerless to comply with its
direction.”
Delegate Samuel Swanson of
Pittsylvania, offered the resolution
to the House after the two Rich
mond newspapers had criticized
legislative action editorially. Both
the Times-Dispatch and the News
Leader were critical of the House
voting its members an extra $300
per member as an expense allow
ance as well as various other
measures.
Resolution Fails.
An effort was made tc rescind the
resolution in the Assembly's “con
structive session” Tuesday, buf
there was no quonftn. ;
Assistant Attorney General Wal
ter Rogers had no official comment
and indicated there would be none
from the attorney general’s office
until Representative Alnaohd, Demo
crat, of Virginia, takes the oath of
office as attorney general.
Representative Almond lias an
nounced he would resign from'
Congress about the middle of April
to become attorney'general of Vir
ginia. He was elected at the re
cent session of the ‘General As
sembly.
County Robbery Suspects
Returning From Indiana
Montgomery County detectives
were expected to return from Indi
ana today with two suspects in the!
assault and robbery last Friday of
John W. Beall. 39 a carpenter, of
j Germantown.
Mr. aeall, according to detectives,
| was assaulted in Clarksburg by two
! men whom he had given a lift in
his car and was robbed of his wallet
containing (40.
The suspects, both of whom live
in Washington, were picked up last
Sunday in Jeffersonville, Ind., on1
drunken driving charges. They have'
waived extradition.
It was the second time in the
last nine months that Mr. Beall has
been assaulted and robbed. The
first, according to detectives, oc
j curred last July when two men, who
were staying at Mr. Beall's home,
hit him on the head and took a
radio and shotgun.
The men now are serving terms
of 2>4 years each in the Maryland
House of Correction for that rob
bery.
Cherrydale PTA to Give
Minstrel Tomorrow
The Cherrydale Parent-Teacher
Association will present its second
annual minstrel and variety show
at 8:30 p.m. tomorrow and Satur
day in the Arlington Recreation
Center, 3700 Lee highway, Arling
ton.
James Catterton will be the inter
locutor. Performers will include
Cleve Topley, Chester Pask, the five
Koemer sisters. Barbara Heinbuch,
Bill Bell, Sandra Brown and Bar
bara Mosley.
During an intermission in the 90
minute show refreshments will be
sold. All proceeds will go to PTA
projects.
Bethesda-Chevy Chase Groups
Asked to Support 'Y' Cottage
An appeal xor support oi organi
zations in the Bethesda-Chevy
Chase area has been fttade.by Mrs.
John H. Werner, chairman of the
Operating Committee of the "Y”
Cottage, 8410 Wisconsin avenue,
Bethesda.
The cottage, a Community Chest
agency, was set up through, the ef
forts of residents of the community
to take over functions of the BSO
which *was discontinued December
31.
Officials of the agency claim,
however, that their allotment from
the Community Chest is not enough
to permit them to do everything
they would like to do.
They have asked civic organiza
tions and other groups to sponsor
any of the following projects:
Sunday night suppers for person
nel at the Naval Medical Center,
Bethesda: volunteers for ;ervice at
the cottage, underwrite free coffee
at an annual cost of $300, pay f<£
newspaper suDscnptions at a cost of
$4.83 a month, pay the $5 monthly
cost of publishing Wits and Bits, the
agency's monthly publication; pro
vide a place and an orchestra for
a dance, ana furnish prizes for
games and provide refreshments.
In addition to furnishing recrea
tional opportunities for servicemen
and young adults in the eree, the
agency also permits teen-agers to
use its facilities if they are organ
ized and have a sponsor.
Equipment in the cottage includes
two pianos, two kitchens, two radios
and several hundred books. There
also is a grill in the rear yard for
barbecues.
The cottage is open from 9:30
a.m. to 11 pm. weekdays and from
noon to 10 p.m. Sundays. It is
operated by a committee comprised
of representatives from the com
munity, the YMCA and the YWCA.
Miss Polly Bullard, executive di
rector for the Montgomery uaty
WHO’D EVER GUESS IT’S DUPONT CIRCLE?—It’s hard to be
lieve that only two weeks ago traffic was swirling around this
northwest island known as Dupont Circle. Since then it has
become a beehive of activity as preliminary ^vork is begun .on
the $3,750,000 underpass. Two years from now the place will be
restored to some semblance of a circle. The above scene was
made from a rooftop, looking north on Connecticut avenue.
—Star Staff Photo.
Silver Spring Board
Favors $3,000,000
For County Schools
A recommondation that the Mont
gomery County commissioners issue
$3,000,000 in bonds for school con
struction after July 1 and that the
tax rate be raised to meet the added
debt was approved last night by the
Silver Spring Board of Trade.
The measure is a,modification of a
resolution approved last week by the
Board of Difectors or the trade
group which urged the commission
er, to proceed immediately wfth the
sale of the school bond issue. The
issue already has been authorized by
the State Legislature.
Last night’s action followed talks
by County Supervisor Irving G. Mc
Nayr and Richard E. Cafpehter, as
sistant superintendent of education
in charge of buildings and mainte
nance. . ' : 1 J\
Report by McNayr.
Mr. McNayr reported on his re
cent conference with Moody's In
vestors’ Service of New York, which
recommended that no bonds be is
sued until after July 1. Pointing
out that a $2,800,000 bond issue for
schools and roads was authorized by
the commissioners last fall, Mr.
McNayr said Moody’s recommended
that if the county's credit rating is
to be upheld, a $5,000,000 indebted
ness should not be undertaken in
one year.
Fred L. Lutes, president of the
Montgomery County Bankers’ As
sociation. agreed with this view.
Mr . Carpenter predicted that
“either this year or certainly in the
next two years, there will be an ad
ditional enrolment of 4,900” in the
schools.
Temoorary Buildings Seen.
The Board of Education, he said,
is modifying plans to cut expenses.
He warned that still further re
trenchments might be necessary
and that buildings of a semitempor
ary type may have to be erected
unless additional financial help is
given.
The group approved two proposed
changes irt* the by-lays for a flat
membership fee of $25 annually and
to drop members who have not paid
their dues by March 31, 1949.
Chester Petranek, director of the
newly organized County Symphony
Orchestra, spoke on needs for more
facilities for music-minded people
of the county.
Arlington to Observe April
As Cancer Control Month
Arlington County Manager A. T.
Lundberg yesterday proclaimed
April as cancer control month and
requested county residents to assist
the local chapter of the Virginia
Division, American Cancer Society.
Mr. Lundberg noted that 97 Ar
lington residents died last year from
cancer and that the State Health
Department estimates 395 persons
now living in the county are suffer
ing'from the disease.
William G. Hamilton, chairman
of a campaign to raise $15,000 to aid
in cancer control, appointed Jack
R. Jones, Arlington real estate deal
er, as chairman of the Special Gifts
Committee. Headquarters are at
the County Health Department, 1800
North Edison street. Volunteer
workers may call Mrs. Betty Hough
ton, executive secretary, at Owens
4000.
Montgomery B'Nai B'rith
To Have Panel Tonight
The Montgomery Lodges of Bnai
B'rith.will sponsor a panel discus
sion of social and housing discrimi
j nation at 8:15 o'clock tonight in the
Jewish Community Center. ,
Herman Edelsberg, legal counsel
for the Washington office of the
Anti-Defamation League, and Leon
Sachs, director of the Baltimore
Jewish Council, will lead the dis
cussion.
Arlington Democrats to Meet
The Arlington Democratic Club
will meet at 8:15 o’clock tonight at
the Lyon park Community House.
The Arlington delegation to the
General Assembly will discuss the
recent legislative session, president
ir™1 “*■' 4
Maryland Allows Old Auto Tags
If 1948 Application Is Made
Maryland motorists who failed to
display their 1948 license tags be
fore last midnight’s deadline will
be permitted to operate "their auto
mobiles if they can prove they have
applied.
State police were instructed yes
terday to pass those who have not
received new tags from the Depart
ment of Motor Vehicles, provided
the motorists show canceled checks,
money order receipts or check Stubs
as evidence of application. - -
'"’Tracks returning to Maryland
from other States will be.permitted
to proceed to home stations^ tfce
department announced. - -
Approximately 1,750 persons ob
tained their tags in the .last-min-,
ute rush at the County Sdrvice
Building, Hyattsville, apd the1
County Court House, Upper Marl
boro, yesterday. The Hyattsville
sale total to date is 8.500 tags and
the Upper Marlboro total about
7.000. Sales will continue from 8:30
a.m. until 4 p.m. daily, County
Treasurer James B. Bland said yes
terday. —
The office of County Treasurer
John B. Diamond in Rockville, only
distribution point in Montgomery
County, reported today, that ap
pf^slmittely: 13,500 tags have been
sold to date.* including approxi
mately 1,400 yesterday.
W. Lee Elgin, Stride commissiorier
ofr'”ht©tor vehicles, estimated tire
1948-49 registrations will exceed
600.000. Last year there were 571,
OpO. New registrations for 345,812
caftr ’atready have been issued in
Baltimore. • , -
Marylanders Approve
UMT, Poll Shows
A majority of Marylanders ap-;
prove universal military training,!
according to a public opinion poll
just completed by 200 Maryland
hign school students.
The survey covered more than
1,500 Maryland citizens and was
preparatory for the Young Men’s
Christian Association model legisla
ture in Annapolis, April 22, 23 and
24, when the poll-takers will act on
model legislation.
Questions disclosed that a major
ity of Marylanders approve such
measures as establishment of State
junior colleges, annual physical ex
aminations for all school children,
annual sessions of the State Legis
lature and a year’s military training
for all able-bodied men.
Montgomery County model legis
lators who participated in the poll
and who will attend the model ses
sion next month represent three
county high schools. Montgomery
Blair High School will be represent
ed by “Senator" Robert Rodeffer,
“Delegate” Donald LaShley and
"Delegate” Richard D. Walker.
Bethesda - Chevy Chase High
School will send three “Senators”
and eight “Delegates.” The former
are: John McD. Corn. Peyton
Fletcher III and John Ray Nelson.
The “Delegates” are George Yost,
Howard Wickham, Samuel A.
Towne, jr.; Robert J. Taylor, C.
Mackall Ricketts, Martel Ricketts,
Jerry Caswell and David Parkinsbn.
Lincoln High School will be repre
sented by "Delegate” Edward Nor
ris. ' _____
Two Alexandria Cafes Face
License Loss After Hearing
Two Alexandria restaurants were
charged with selling beer to intoxi
cated persons at a beer license rev
ocation hearing in Alexandria yes
terday.
Alexandria policemen' and an ABC
inspector told ABC Hearing Officer
John N. Sebrell, jr„ that the Post.
Grill, 400 block of King street, and
the Majestic Cafe, 600 block of
King street, had sold beer to persons
who were intoxicated. The Ma
jestic Cafe also was charged with
not keeping proper beer sales records.'
Mr. Sebrell is to study the testi
mony and recommend to the State
ABC Board whether or not the two
licenses should be revoked.
Episcopal Church Elects
Officers in Clinton
Christ Episcopal Church of Clin- i
ton, Md„ has named the following
officers: Senior warden. J. Frank!
Dent: junior warden, Dennis W,l
Stephenson: secretary. James L.
Thcmas; delegate to the diocesan
convention. A. P. Lund, and delegate
to the Southern convention, Mrs.
Annie D. Thomas.
Vestrymen elected are Mr. Dent,
Mr. Stephenson, Mr. Thomas, Mil
lard E. Schultz, Charles Mullikin.
Guy L. Schultz, Ramond Luskey and
William M. Carroll._
Parish Sponsors Dance
A dance sponsored by the Parish
Committee of St. Mary’s Church,
Piscataway, Md., will be given at 9
pm. Saturday at the chiuOh hall.
33 Arlington Scouts
To Be Honored
Thirty-three Arlington County
Boy Scouts will be honored for
meritorious achievement at cere
monies in the new Arlington Metho
dist Church at 8 p.m. tomorrow.
Participating <in the ceremonies
will be Dr. J. F. Kendrick, Arlington
Boy Scout activities chairman: Paul
Hiil, representing the Arlington
County Kiwanis Club; Bernard Joy,
chairman of the Arlington County
School Board, and the Rev. Mr.
Joseph Johnston, pastor of the
church.
Palms above the eagle rank will
be awarded to Walter Campbell,
James I. Maloney, George C. Ger
ber, John E. Darr, A. H. Tillson and
Don Messer.
The following will receive eagle
badges: Gordon Amoth, Duane
Holrh, Wayne Holm, Hulon Warlick,
Leslie Durloo and Leroy Ritchie, jr.
The rank of life Scout will be con
ferred on Ray Ivie. Duane Crowther
and Gene Grabman.
The rank of star Scout will be
conferred on the following: Robert
McMurrer, Charles Clagett, Rich
ard Alley, John Ailes, Edward Arm
tfruster, Dor. Portch, William Hauss
mar., Phillip Kautt, William L.
Matthews, Heston Heald, Norbert
Melnick, jr.; Charles Sitkin, Alan
Davitt, Andrew P. Sullivan, Law
rence Ayers, William Tiney, jr.;
Daniel Leach and James Goins.
Citizens Group to Meet
In Arlington Tonight
The Madison Manor Citizens'
Association will meet at 8 o’clHck
tonight at Westover Baptist Church,
Arlington.
The following officers have been
elected by the group: C. Leroy Groff,
president: Capt. Frank Morong, vice
president; Lt. L. W, Benjamin, jr.,
secretary, and Albert Smigel, treas
urer.
Church to Dedicate Annex
The First Christian Fellowship
Church. 218 East Monroe avenue,
Alexandria, will dedicate a newly
completed annex at a service at
8 p.m. tomorrow. The addition will
be used for young people’s work and
Bible classes.
Falls Church Dance Planned;
Falls Church Post, Veteran^ of
Foreign Wars, will sponsor a dance
from 9 pm. to midnight Saturday in |
Odd Fellows Hall on West Broad!
street.
Convention Delegate
Candidates File in 2
Maryland Counties
Boards of Election Supervisors in
Montgomery and Prince Georges
•aunties were busy today filing the
candidacies of democrats and Re
publicans for the State convention
delegations.
Mjdnight is the deadline for filing.
Delegates will be chosen in the party
primaries May 3, when nominatons
also will,be made for the House of
Representatives.
’ Each party will nominate seven
delegates in each county.
In Montgomery, Democratic can*
didates for delegate are CJharles W.
Prettyman, Rockville; Blair Lee III,
Silver Spring; Robert W. Beall,
Bethesda; Mrs. Irene Brungart,
Takoma Park; Jerry T. Williams,
LaytdnSVille; Mrs. Elizabeth Asay,
Bethesda, and Mrs. Anna H. Roach,
Ch?vy Chase.
Four GOP Candidates File.
Four Republican candidates have
filed. They are Frank R. Long,
Kensington; Mrs. Cerna S. Towne,
Chevy Chase; Mrs. Ruth Bits. Ta
koma Park, and Romeo W. Horad,
Silver Spring.
In Prince Georges six women have
filed for the Democratic convention
delegation and one vacancy still
remains, according to James B.
Berry, clerk of the county Board of
Election Supervisors.
The Democratic delegate aspir
ants are Mrs. Nora R. Bollinger,
Brentwood: Mrs. Cordelia Brown,
Takoma Park; Mrs. Mary C. White,
Colmar Manor; Mrs. Betty L. Tay
man, Cheverly; Mrs. Lillian R.
Kutsch, Ardmore, and Mrs. Myrtle
B. Andre, Oxon Hill.
On Republican List.
Seven who have filed for the Re
publican State delegation are Mrs. I
Annette P. Fisher and Mrs. Lois A.;
Gallimore. Bladensburg; Paul D.'
Johnson, Mount Rainier; W. Leroy;
Armstrong, Laurel; James T. Sut
ton, Fairmount Heights; J. Bfyant
Morrison, Seat Pleasant, and Sid-;
ney A. Moore, Brandywine.
The election supervisors an
nounced that daily registration of
Prince Georges voters will continue
from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Mondays
through Fridays until April 27,
county-wide registration day. The
registration is held in the office of
the election supervisors at the
courthouse, Upper Marlboro.
Brannaman to Address
Baltimore VFW Dinner
Ray H. Brannaman. national com
mander of the Veterans of Foreign;
Wars, will be the principal speaker
at a banquet and dance at 7 p.m.
tomorrow at the Emerson Hotel.
! Baltimore.
i Other speakers will be Dr. H. C.
Byrd, president of the University ;
of Maryland, and Mayor Thomas!
D'Alesandro of Baltimore. Depart-;
ment Comdr. Charles B. Buscher of
Silver Spring trill preside at the
banquet.
Fairfax Driver in Crash
With Cycle Officer Fined
C. S. Mackey, jr„ 22. of Fairfax,!
yesterday was fined $50 and co6ts
for reckless driving by Fairfax Trial j
Magistrate Harry T. Carrico.
Mackey was arrested several weeks
ago after he collided with a motor
cycle policeman, Roland Heath. Mr. >
Heath suffered a broken rib in the!
collision. j
Maryland Income Tax Laws
To Be Enforced, Lacy Warns
By the Associated Press
'BALTIMORE, April 1. — 8tate
Controller James J, Lacy said to
day he planned to “enforce vigor
ously” the State income tax provi
sions and to “prosecute those indi
viduals who wilfully refuse to file" a
return.
In a brief statement discussing:
policy of his division regarding the ;
income tax, the controller said:
“May this be public notice to those j
individuals who intentionally fail to
carry their share of the cost of State
government that they must and will
suffer the resulting Mmsequences.”
V7 \
Penalty for wilful failure to file a
return, he recalled, is a *500 fine, six
months imprisonment, or both.
The deadline for returns is April
15.
The State income tax law is ap
plicable to both residents and non
residents. The former are defined
as those domiciled in Maryland on
the last day of the taxable year or
those who maintain a home within
the State during six months of the
year. Nonresidents are liable only
on income earned within the State.
Federal employes performing duties
in the State also Are subject to
State income taxes. £
Sasche Enters
%
Race for House
Against Sasscer
Glen Burnie Lawyer in
5th District Contest; j
Byrne Austin Files I
BULLETIN 1
ANN APOLIS (£”). — George
Sasche, Glen Burnie attorney,
today announced his candi
dacy for the 5th district Dem
ocratic nomination to the
house to oppose Representa
tive Sasscer of Upper Marl
boro.
Additional candidates announced
overnight for congressional nomin
ations in the 5th and 6th districts
of Maryland,‘assuring spirited party
contests in the
counties contig
uous to Wash
ington.
With the filing
deadline at mid
night tonight, at
least 33 Mary
landers are in
the running for
House nomina
tions through
out the State.
P. Byme Aus
tin of Takoma
Park, a whole
sale and retail
distributor Of Mr. Austin,
fire fighting equipment and auto
mobile accessories, announced he
would seek the Democratic nomina
tion for the H|use from the 6th
district.
Seeks G. O. P. Nomination.
L. J. H. Herwig. Annapolis at
torney, filed with the secretary of
State at Annapolis a certificate of
his condidacy for the Republican
nomination for Congress in the 5th.
Mr. Herwig is the fourth to de
clare for the nomination to run
against Representative Sasscer.
Democrat, of Upper Marlboro. The
others are Prank E. Vanderhoof,
Suttl^nd, who is in-the advertising
and publishing business; Edwin A.
Glenn, Suitland. and C. Maurice
Weidemeyer, Washington and An
napolis attorney. Mr. Weidemeyer
has received the GOP organization
indorsement.
Neither Representative Sasscer, in
the 5th, nor Representative Beall.
Republican, the 6th district incum
bent, has opposition within his own
party.
Mr. Austin becanje the third Dem
ocrat to seek nomination as Mr.
Beall’s November deponent. The
others are Dawson J. Horine. yred
erick County farmer,'and Thomas
O’Connell. Forest Glenn attorney,
who has been an investigator for the
Senate War Investigating Commit
tee.
Secretary to Byron. ,. y
Mr. Austin has been active Both
in State and 6th district Demo
cratic affairs. Between , 1938 and
1941 he was secretary of the late
Representative William D. Byron,
who was killed in an airplane
crash. He has been zoning officer
for the Maryland-National Capital
Park and Planning Commission and
| clerk to the Montgomery County
Board of Election Supervisors. He
was a delegate to the Democratic
State conventiop of 1946.
Todey is filing deadline for State
party convention delegates who will
be elected in the May 3 primary, as
well as for the House candidates.
Candidates for any offices have un
til Saturday to withdraw from the
races.
Arlington Junior Chamber
Plans Safety Slogan Contest
The newly formed Arlington
Junior Chamber of Commerce, in
co-operation with Arlington County
schools, will sponsor a student safety
slogan contest during April.
Open to elemenary, junior high
and high school students living in
Arlington County, the contest offers
$200 in cash awards contributed by
Arlington merchants.
Each of the three divisions offers
first, second and third cash prizes
of $50, $10 and $5,
The Arlington County Safety
Council will Judge the contest. Win
ners will be announced May 10.
Referendum to Be Held
On Bond Issue in Vienna
A referendum will be held in Vi
enna. Va., May 4 on a proposed
$500,000 bond issue for construction
of a water and sewer system.
Judge Paul E. Brown of Fairfax
Circuit Court yesterday granted a
referendum petition filed by town
officials. C. Arthur Thompson,
I Lloyd E. Wright and Bernard Up
! ham were designated officers of the
| election by Judge Brown.
50 Artists to Exhibit
In Silver Spring Show
Over 50 Montgomery County art
ists are participating in an exhibit
by the Kensington Sketch Class art
exhibit which opens tomorrow at
the Hecht Co., Silver Spring.'
The exhibit will include painting*
and pencil and charcoal sketches.
They will be on display through
April 10.
West Faces Fruit
Problem in Bottle
Of Rock and Rye
Corporation Counsel Vernon E.
West has a new problem on his
hands.
This time it’s rock and rya
| bottles.
As practically every one knows,
integral parts of rook and rye are
the orange slice and cherry in each
bottle. The trouble is that thesa
non-alcoholic ingredients displace
about two ounces of alcoholic liquid
in a half-pint bottle—at least that’s
the discovery of J. Thomas Kennedy,
District superintendent of weights,
measures and markets.
Mr. Kennedy ran into this situa
tion while he was going around to
Hquor stores, looking for short
measure bottles. He believes that,
if a half-pint of rock and rye must
contain the fruit, the bottle should
be large enough to hold an extra
two ounces of liquid. £