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WASHINGTON AND VICINITY Q
TUESDAY, MAY 18, 1948 *
Jo Morgan Quits
Civil Service Job
In Montgomery
Acts After Board
Restores Salary Cut,
Rescinds Criticism
In a surprise move, Jo V. Morgan,
Montgomery County Civil Service
Commissioner, today submitted his
resignation to the county commis
sioners, effective June 1.
At the same time Irving G. Mc
Nayr announced he will remain in
his post as court supervisor.
In his letter of resignation, Mr.
Morgan explained he wanted to de
vote his entire time to his new prac
tbcc
Last week, the county commis
sioners rescinded their action of
September, 1947, and restored Mr.
Morgan's salary to $4,800 a year
after having slashed it to $1,200.
Had Filed Libel Suit.
When the commissioners ordered
his salary cut, they charged him
with “dilatory service.” Shortly
afterward, Mr. Morgan filed a $50,
000 libel suit against Board Presi
dent Brooke Johns and County Su
pervisor Irving G. McNayr.
In rescinding their action, the
commissioners said they had been
I “misinformed” and that their previ
ous resolution had been "ill ad
vised.” It is not known whether the
libel suit will be dropped as a re
sult of the board's action.
| James R. Miller, who represented
( Mr. Morgan in the suit, said the
P civil service commissioner had want
I ed to resign before but felt that if
r he did so, he would be retiring
“under a cloud.”
Sauter Reconsiders Plan.
In view of the board’s action last
week, however, Mr. Miller explained,
Mr. Morgan now felt free to leave
county service. Mr. Morgan is a
Democrat and long has been at odds
with the Republican-dominated
Board of County Commissioners.
Mr. McNayr, announcing he in
tends to remain at his $7,500-a-year
post, said he will formally submit
his decision to the commissioners
this afternoon.
The county supervisor last week
had been given until today by the
board to make a decision on whether
he would accept a higher-paying
job with the New, York Port Au
thority.
County Commissioner Wesley I.
Sauter, who has opposed Mr. Mc
Nayr’s policies and has sought his
resignation, said last week he would
introduce a resolution today for Mr.
McNayr’s dismissal if the supervisor
decided to remain here.
Yesterday, however, Mr. Sauter
said he doubted whether he would
submit such a motion since he prob
ably would be outvoted.
Hyaltsville Awards
Contract for Garage
The Hyattsville City Council last
night awarded a contract for con
struction of a municipal garage and
warehouse to Kermit A. Hunt of
Cheverly on a low bid of $19,614.
Mr. Hunt's bid was one of three
submitted. The garage and ware
house is to be constructed on a city
owned lot in the 4600 block of Bal
timore avenue. Contraction is to
get under way as soon as possible
and Mr. Hunt estimated he could
complete the job in about four
months.
The Council recommended that
the Prince Georges County Board
of Commissioners approve use of the
Harry Boswell house on Forty-sec
ond street as a convalescent home.
Authorization was given for con
struction of sidewalks on Thirty
eighth avenue and Jefferson street.
Cost to property owners will be $1.50
per front foot.
The West Hyattsville Citizens' As
sociation was given permission to
sponsor a carnival in the 3400 block
of Hamilton street from June 21
to 26.
Cumberland Tax Collector's
Trial in Shortage Opens
By th« Associoted Press
CUMBERLAND, Md , May 18 —
“This is a cold, calculated crime.” j
States Attorney Morgan C. Harris,
charged yesterday as Charles F.,
Burke, jr., City Tax Collector fori
four years, went on trial in the
Allegany County Circuit court on
an embezzlement indictment.
The indictment was returned in
connection with an alleged shortage
of $8,334.78 in the tax office.
Burke elected to be tried without
a jury before Chief Judge William
A. Huster and associate Judge Joseph
E>. Mish. Associate Judge George
Henderson was also scheduled to
be on the bench but he is a patient
in Washington County Hospital,
Hagerstown, as a result of an auto-!
mobile accident Sunday.
D. Lindley Sloan, former Chief
Judge of the Court of Appeals, and
one of the defense attorneys, as
serted "Charlie Burke did not swipe
this money.” He said the special
audit "resulted from jealousy, either
personal or political, at the city
hall” and asserted the City Auditor
had not made all the reports re
quired by law.
Dog Owner Gets
Week to Curb
Pet's Chases
The owner of a dog that chases
motorcycles has been given a week
to mend his pet's ways after the
animal nipped the leg of an Alex
andria motorcycle policeman.
The dog-training order v?as im- j
posed yesterday by Alexandria Civil j
and Police Court Judge James R.;
Duncan, who continued the case for!
a week to see what success E. T.l
Schuler, 46. of 108 East Raymond1
avenue, has in curbing his dog's j
chasing of motorcycles.
Mr. Schuler is charged specifically;
with having an unmuzzled dog. The
court was told that the dog nipped!
the leg of Alexandria Motorcycle;
Policeman Charles Baber Saturday
evening as he passed the Schuler
residence. i
NEW ENVOY ARRIVES—Mauricio Nabuco, recently appointed
Brazilian Ambassador, is welcomed to his new post here by
Stanley Woodward, right, chief of the State Department’s proto
col division, on his arrival at Union Station last night.
—Star Staff Photo.
Takoma Park Council
Votes to Join State's
Retirement System
The Takoma Park City Council
last night approved the inclusion of
municipal employes in the Maryland
retirement system, effective July 1.
If all employes enter the system,
the community will contribute $3,289
to the retirement fund in the first
year of operation.
The Council also ruled that the
playground at Philadelphia. Holly
and Grafit avenues be reserved for
use of children 14 years and under,
except by special permit from City
Clerk J. Wilson Dodd. The action
was taken on request of residents in
the vicinity of the Takoma Park
Elementary School.
Fire Ladder Bid Accepted.
The Council accepted a bid of the
Seagrave Corp. of Columbus, Ohio,
to supply the town with an 85-foot
hydraulic aerial ladder truck, at a
cost of $33,750. Delivery is expected
within a year.
By proclamation, the Veterans of
Foreign Wars and its auxiliary were
authorized to sell poppies for bene
fit of disabled Veterans and widows
and orphans of veterans.
Storm Sewer Asked,
The council received a request
from the East Takoma Citizens’
Association for installation of a
storm sewer from Fourteenth ave
nue to Sligo avenue, and for re
pairs to Elston place, Hillwood
Manor.
Lt. Comdr. Rupert L. Dunn filed
application for appointment as as
sistant superintendent of public
works.
Last night's meeting was the final
scheduled for the present council,
of which Oliver W. Youngblood is
mayor. Mr. Youngblood will be
succeeded in June by John C. Post.
Cilinski to Become
Priest on Saturday
John T. Cilinski. 23-year-old son
of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Cilinski of
402 South Pitt street, Alexandria,
who is their second son to become
a Catholic priest, will be ordained
at 8 a.m. Saturday at St. Matthew’s
Cathedral.
The new priest is to celebrate his
first mass at St. Mary's Church in
Alexandria at 12:15 p.m. Sunday,
assisted by his brother, the Rev.
Julius Cilinski who celebrated his
first mass in the same church three
years ago.
The brothers always have lived in
St. Mary's parish. A sister, Sister
M. Camilla. C. S. C., teaches at St.
Peter's School in the District. There
are four other sons and daughters
in the Cilinski family.
The Rev. Joseph Leitch, assistant
pastor at St. Mary's, said the Cilin
ski brothers were the first two
members of the parish to enter the
priesthood in 22 years. The last
two also were brothers, the Rev.
John Igoe. ordained in 1924, and
the Rev. Michael Igoe, ordained in
1926.
Father Leitch said an old Polish
custom was to be incorporated into
the young priest’s first mass. His
parents are from Poland.
A reception will be held for the
new priest at 7 p.m. Sunday in St.
Mary’s Lyceum.
College to Graduate 39
EMMITSBURG. Md.. May 18 UP).
—The Most Rev. Francis P. Keough,
Archbishop of Baltimore, will pre
sent diplomas to 39 graduates of
Mount St. Mary’s College at com
mencement exercises June 2.
Democratic Club to Meet
The 19th District Democratic Club
of Riverdale. Md., will meet at 8
p.m. tomorrow in the Riverdale
Heights Fire House, 5800 Roanoke
road. Riverdale Heights.
Colorado Will Let
Nebraska Try Convict
In Slaying of Mays
Arrangements were being made
today to send a young Colorado
convict to Nebraska for trial on
charges of murdering Robert Lee
May II, member of a wealthy Alex
andra (Va.) family, and his bride
Betty last August.
Gov. Knous of Colorado was
quoted by the Associated Press as
saying he approved the transfer of
the convict to Nebraska, although
the man has served only part of a
two-year term for passing a bad
check in Colorado.
The suspect is Charles E. McClel
land, 19, a former carnival cook,
whom police said they obtained a
confession last week.
Procedure Remains in Doubt.
The procedure to be used in ef
fecting the unusual transfer re
mained in doubt. Gov. Knous and
Frank Wachob, assistant attorney
general of Colorado in charge of
extraditions, said McClelland might
be sent to Nebraska in custody of
officers from the penitentiary at
Canon City.
If acquitted, the man would be
returned immediately to finish the
Colorado sentence on the check
charge.
The announcement by Gov. Knous
at Denver followed a conference
with County Attorney James Fitz
gerald and Sheriff William Dor
rance of Douglas County, Nebr. The
latter planned to return to their
headquaters in Omaha to prepare
extradition papers in event McClel
land refuse* to go to Nebraska
voluntarily.
The bodies of Mr. and Mrs. May,
both of whom were’ 22, were found
near Boys Town, Nebr., about 8
miles from Omaha.
Confessed Shooting Couple.
A Colorado penitentiary warden
said McClelland confessed that he
shot the couple after they had given
him a ride in their automobile. Then,
the warden said, McClelland robbed
them, dumped their bodies into a
clump of shrubbery and drove away
in their automobile.
Mr. May, whose family owns the
Alexandria, Barcroft & Washington
Transit Co., and his wife were re
turning to Alexandria from a vaca
tion with Mrs. May's relatives in
Englewood, Colo.
After learning of McClelland’s re
ported confession, R. L. May, grand
father of the slain man, said he and
Beverly C. May, the victim’s father,
probably would go to Omaha as soon
as arrangements are completed for
McClelland’s trial.
Union Leader Calls G-Men
Info Virginia Rights Case
By the Associated Press
RICHMOND, Va.. May 18.—Ernest
B. Pugh, State CIO director, says
FBI agents are investigating a un
ion charge of the violation of civil
rights of workers at a Clarksville
mill.
Mr. Pugh said yesterday the in
vestigation followed a complaint he
filed March 30 with the civil rights
section of the Justice Department,:
The CIO director said he had com
plained that Clarksville officials, j
police and citizens were co-operat
ing with the management of Colon-1
lal Mills in denying the rights of;
workers to free and peaceful as
sembly in their efforts to organize
a union.
F. A. Fletcher, agent in charge of
the Federal Bureau of Investigation
office here, said he had “no com
ment.”
Hyattsville PTA to Elect
Officers of Jthe Hyattsville High
School Parent-Teacher Association
will be elected at a meeting at 8
p.m. tomorrow at the school audi
torium.
Army Conducts Tournament
For Own Cooks at Camp Lee
By the Associated Press
CAMP LEE, Va., May 18.—The
Army, which attached a couple of
its observers to the somewhat
swanky State Chefs Tournament at
Fredericksburg two months ago,
paraded out yesterday with a cooks’
tournament of its own.
And. in case anyone has forgotten,
tire Army does these things in a
fashion all its own. For instance:
At the ultra uppity affair at Fred
ericksburg a panel of well-known
gourmets sat in judgment on the
best efforts of leading chefs from
hotels and restaurants of the State.
Taste-tickling tidbits from the
mountains and the sea were put
before them, if they tested and
frowned at an item the chef who
prepared it had the full liberty of
sulking in a corner or sobbing into
a sack of potatoes.
Could an unnerved Army cook do
that at the tournament last night?
He wouldn't have time.
"Contestants will be responsible
for cleaning and storing all utensils
and equipment used in the prepara
tion of food items immediately after
■w
1
use.’ said a written order of Gen.
Graham. The order said “Subject:
Camp Lee Cooks’ Contest.” Up in
the left - hand corner it said
“QMCLFS.”
Could an Army chef who felt
frustrated by the provender at
hand steal off to the James River
and trap a shad to prepare as a
piece de resistance?
Unh-unh.
Paragraph 7 of the general's
order said:
“All items of food required for the
contest will be furnished from stocks
; supplied by the post commissary and
will be accounted for in accordance
with paragraph 51 E, TM 10-215,
; dated 1 November. 1944, and Change
;2, dated 14 August, 1945, subject:
Separate Issues of Subsistence Items
Required for Experimental and
Training Purposes.”
The contest, beginning with a
steak dinner, was open to operating
messes on the post and their regu
laily assigned staff of food service
personnel. It ends with a luncheon
Thursday. Five prize winners will
be selected by the nine Army and
civilian judges.
Fire Code Plan
To Be Offered af
Special Session
Montgomery to Seek
Authority to Set Up
County-Wide Rules
Legislation authorizing the Mont
gomery County Commissioners to
set up a county-wide fire code will
be introduced at the special ses
sion <»f the Maryland General As
sembly which convenes next Tues
day.
Anders R. Lofstrand, jr., chair
man of the county delegation to the
General Assembly, said the proposed
bill is designed to clear up any ques
tion of whether the commissioners
have authority to set up such a
code.
The announcement was made in
dependently of action taken by the
Board of Directors of the Bethesda
Chamber of Commerce at a meet
ing last night in the County Build
ing, Bethesda. The board requested
the county commissioners for early
adoption of a fire code. A. J. Bar
gagni, chief of the Bethesda Fire
Department and chairman of the
chamber’s safety committee, pre
sented the resolution.
A special committee, headed by
Public Utility Agent Albert E. Con
radis, was appointed last fall by
the commissioners to draft fire
regulations in response to requests
by county fire officials.
Taxicab Regulations Included.
The delegation also will intro
duce an amendment to a 1945 law
empowering the public utility agent
to enforce taxicab regulations and
other ordinances coming under his
jurisdiction.
A suit challenging the constitu
tionality of the county’s taxicab
ordinance is pending in Circuit
Court.
Mr. Lofstrand said the delegation
also will submit legislation raising
the salaries of the chief clerk to the
Board of Election Supervisors, from
$1,500 to $1,700 a year. The job now
is held by Ward W. Caddington.
The bill also will provide for in
creases from $2,000 to $2,200 a year
for stenographers and secretaries in
the supervisors of elections office
and from $1,600 to $1,800 a year foi
clerks in the office.
A fourth bill would remove the
$5,000 limitation set by the State on
the county controller’s salary, and
would authorize the county commis
sioners to fix his pay.
Poor Bus Service Charged.
In answer to complaints from the
chamber about rush-hour service on
express buses between downtown
Washington and the District Line,
J. B. Good, director of schedules and
traffic for the Capital Transit Co.,
appeared before the meeting of the
chamber's Board of Directors last
night.
He said the 41-seat buses which
leave Tenth and E streets N.W^at
4:48, 5 arift 5; 15 p.m. carry an
average of 50 passengers. This is
less than the 65 persons allowed by
the Public Utilities Commission, he
said.
Board members argued, however,
that the company gives poor service
when nine people must stand for
45 minutes on an express bus. No
passengers are allowed to get on or
off after the bus leaves downtown
Washington.
No Relief Promised.
The company will make a special
study of the situation, Mr. Good
said, but he thought there was little
chance for relief. He also would not
promise to restore bus service be
tween Bethesda and Chevy Chase
Circle—which was discontinued dur
ing the war.
C. J. Caithness was named chair
man of a committee to plan for a
Chamber of Commerce outing in
August.
Prices and Sales Rise
On Maryland Tobacco
By the Associated Press
Prices zoomed on Maryland tobac
co markets yesterday, with most
grades bringing prices from 50 cents
to $3.00 per 100 pounds over those
of Friday.
The United States Agriculture De
partment and the Maryland State
Department of Markets reported the
downward price trend which cropped
up last week—the first of the sales
season—had been “checked."
In a few instances, prices hit $5
above those of Friday.
Sales boomed along with prices.
Offerings of the fair and second
grades increased substantially.
Some representative prices yester
day:
Heavy crop: Good cherry red. $58,
unchanged: fair cherry red, $53, up
55: low green, $10.50, up 50 cents.
Tips: Fair red, $22.50, up $3.50;
low green, $10, up 50 cents.
Seconds: Fine cherry red, $56;
[air red, $36, up $2.
Westminster Kiwanians
Plan Antiques Show
The annual antiques show of the
Westminster (Md.) Kiwanis Club
will be held in the Westminster
State Armory June 2 through June
5 from 12:30 to 10:30 p.m. daily.
The Rev. Miles S. Reifsnyder,
manager of the show, said more
;han 40 dealers from Maryland and
Pennsylvania will display a variety
>f authentic antiques. John A.
Bankert is president of the West
minster Club. Refreshments and
luncheon will be served by the ladies
3f the Ascension Episcopal Church
3uild.
Dr. Alpher to Speak
Dr. Richard Alpher of George
Washington University will speak
an “The Origin of the Elements’’
it a meeting of the Sigma Pi Sigma.
Physics Society. University of Mary
land at 8 p.m. Thursday. The meet- j
ing will be held in room 131 of the
Engineering Building.
Bomb Contest Planned
The Washington Air Derby Asso
ciation will hold a spot-landing and
a bomb-dropping contest and a
“pants-off” Derby at Lee Airport,
Annapolis, at noon Sunday. At the
same time the Seneca Aviation
Club wall hold a steak fry.
Dalstrom Takes
Stand Today at
Board Trial
Witnesses Disagree
In Testimony on
Intoxication Charge
Ivan J. Dalstrom, Fire Depart
ment superintendent of machinery,
was to take the stand in his own
defense before a department trial
board at 1:30 pm. today on charges
growing out of a collision on April
11 in prince Georges County, Md.
Mr. Dalstrom is charged with
having been intoxicated and with
speeding in a Fire Department
automobile which is assigned to him.
A third charge involving intoxica
tion while on duty was dismissed
by th£ board yesterday afternoon
when doubt arose as to whether or
not the fact he was in a department
automobile at the time constituted
proof he was “actually on duty.”
Two witnesses yesterday declared
that, in their opinion, he was under
the influence of intoxicating liquors
at the time of the accident. An
other witness said that Mr. Dal
strom had taken a drug for a cold
shortly before the accident.
Board Doctor Testifies.
Dr. George Louis Weller, Jr., a
member of the Board of Police and
Fire Surgeons, testified he exam
ined Mr. Dalstrom within a very
short time after the accident and
reached the conclusion he was “un
der the influence of alcohol” at the
time of the collision with an auto
mobile which l\ad stopped for a
traffic light.
Similar testimony was submitted
by Lt. E. H. Mulligan of the Colmar
Manor Police Department, who ar
rested the defendant shortly after
the accident. Lt. Mulligan said Mr.
Dalstrom had to be helped across
the street to his car and was “un
steady” and “incoherent.”
But Dr. Walter K. Angevine, a
former physician at the District
Jail, who examined Mr. Dalstrom
the day following the accident, said
the conditions from which Dr.
Weller drew his conclusions were
not proof of drunkenness. Mr. Dal
strom told him at the time he
examined him, he said, that he had
taken a medicinal compound just
before the accident.
Three Fire Department privates
testified they had seen Mr. Dal
strom several hours before the acci
dent at the Fire Department work
shop and that, at that time, he
showed no signs of intoxication.
[These witnesses were G. V. Bu
chanan, Stanley Moran and K. N.
Ravnor.
Mr. Dalstrom was acquitted In
Hyattsville police court on charges
of drunken driving but was fined
$50 on charges of reckless driving.
2 Laurel Policemen
Resign in Dispute
Differences within the Laurel Po
lice Department have led to the
resignations of two of five police
men, Mayor Merrill L. Harrison said
today.
Another resigned about two weeks
ago for other reasons, the mayor
declared.
Mr. Harrison said the depart
ment trouble cropped up because
“everbody wanted to be chief.’’ He
added, however, that conditions had
improved since Chief Edward Brown
had been called before the Laurel
Town Council recently to discuss
the trouble.
Mr. Harrison said the latest resig
nations were those of Jacob W.
Lonas and Kenneth P. Simpson.
The resignation of D. L. Bohlman
was tendered earlier, he said. The
department normally consists of five
regular and five special policemen.
Mr. Simpson will be given a hear
ing by the town police commission
ers at 11 a m. tomorrow, at his re
quest.
Arlington Detective Chief
To Be Retired June 1
The Arlington County Pension
and Retirement Board last night
granted Capt. Hugh Jones, chief
of Arlington detectives, a disability
retirement beginning June 1.
Capt. Jones, who entered police
work 21 years ago as a special of
ficer, was injured three years later
in a motorcycle crash while chasing
a speeding car. Since then he has
had difficulty with one ankle.
His retirement was granted unan
imously by the three members of
the five-man board who attended
last night’s meeting. He was re
tired on a pension approximating
$185 a month. Board secretary Grif
fin T. Garnett said.
Riverdale Pupils to Hold
First May Day Fete
Students of the Riverdale Ele
mentary School will hold their first
annual May Day exercises at 1
p.m. Thursday on the school grounds
at 5002 Queensbury road, Riverdale.
The ceremonies, which will be
under the direction of Miss Anne
Simon, music supervisor of the
school, will include the crowning of
Margaret Zollinhofer, 12, of 5417
Quintana street, Riverdale Heights,
as May Queen. She will be crowned
by the May King, William Scott, 12,
of 4502 Riverdale road, Riverdale.
Both are sixth-grade pupils.
The entire student body of 564
pupils will participate in either the
dances or choral singing. About 15
pupils from the first to sixth grades
will comprise the queen's court. The
program will include national and
foreign folk dances and the usual
maypole ceremonies
Dr. Moreland to Address
Class at Fairfax Hall
Special Dispatch to The Star
WAYNESBORO, Va., May 18
Dr. J. Earl Moreland, 11th president
of Randolph-Macon College, Ash
land, will make the commencement
address at Fairfax Hall Junior Col
lege here on Sunday, June 6, at 11
aun., it was announced today by j
W. B. Gates, president of the school.
Miss Nancy Perry, Wynnewood,
Pa., of the junior college senior
class, will be valedictorian and Miss
Eleanor McCleary, Louisville, Ky.,
of the high school senior class, will
be salutatorian.
»
NAVAL ORDNANCE PLANT SAFETY AWARDS—J. H. Kunzman
(right), 117 South Fayette street, Alexandria, receives a safety
award and a letter of commendation from Undersecretary of
the Navy W. John Kenney for supervising a shop at the Alex
andria Naval Ordnance Plant, where torpedoes are made, for
five years without time lost due to accidents. Presenting the
award and letter is Mrs. Imocene Laughter, 182 Chinquapin Vil
lage, another plant employe, while Capt. V. R. Roane, com
mandant, watches. Capt. Roane presented safety awards to 50
other shop supervisors and seven chauffeurs.—Star Staff Photo.,
A„ B. & W. Takes Over
Fairlington Route of
Arnold Line Tomorrow
All bus service between Washing
ton and the nearby Virginia com
munities of Parkfairfax and Fair
lington will be operated by the
Alexandria, Barcroft & Washington
Transit Co., beginning tomorrow,
when the Arnold Lines of Arlington
relinquish its routes in the area.
The change was approved by the
Virginia State Corporation Commis
sion and the Interstate Commerce
Commission. The Arnold Lines,
which operates as the Washington,
Virginia and Maryland Coach Co.,
proposed the shift as an economy
measure, along with route changes.
All become elective tomorrow.
Fairlington service will be supple
mented during morning rush hours
with six additional express trips and
during the evening rush hour with
10 express trips. This service will
be from North Fairlington to Shirley
highway and thence non-stop to
Memorial Bridge, from Memorial
Bridge to the Washington terminal.
There will be no change in the
Parkfairfax - Washington express
service.
Non-rush hour service on the
Fairington line will start at Twenty
eighth and Columbus streets, on Co
lumbus to Twenty-ninth street, to
Buchanan, to Thirty-first street, to
Abingdon, on Abingdon across ®¥r;
ley highway to Thirty-sixth street,
then over Wakefield, Thirty-fourth,
Utah, Thirty-sixth, Stafford and
Thirty-second streets to Parkfairfax,
and regular route to Shirlington
rotary and thence non-stop to Me
morial Bridge.
The A., B. & W. route from down
town Alexandria to Washington
through Parkfairfax will be as fol
lows: From the Alexandria terminal
to King street, to Washington street,
north on Washington to Powhatan
street, left on Powhatan to Monroe
avenue, right on Monroe to South
Glebe road, left on Glebe road
through Parkfairfax to the Shirling
ton rotary, to Seminary road, back
to South Glebe road to Eighteenth
street, then to Quincy street, along
Quincy to Sixteenth street, then to
Edgewood street, then over Thir
teenth and Highland streets and
Columbia pike to the Navy Annex
and the Pentagon, and from there
to the Arlington Farms Cafeteria,
over Memorial Bridge to Twelfth
and Pennsylvania avenue in the
District,
Extension of the Parkfairfax line
will improve service between points
in North and South Arlington and
Alexandria. A., B. St W. riders
wishing to go to points on Arnold
lines will be able to make connec
tions at Columbia pike and Fillmore
street.
44 in Virginia Accused
Of False Benefit Claims
By the Associated Press
WARSAW, Va„ May 18.—Forty
four persons in Lancaster and
Northumberland Counties have been
charged in misdemeanor warrants
with making false statements to
obtain State unemployment com:
pensation benefits.
Trial Justice Robert H. Chilton
will hear 22 of the cases at Lan
caster today and the other 22 at
Heathsville tomorrow.
W. P. Smith, chief investigator
for the fraudulent claims division of
the State Unemployment Compen
sation Commission, said some cases
involved persons who had come
down to the Northern Neck of Vir
ginia to work in oyster packing
houses duriig the winter and off
season in fishing in their home
areas. In addition to fishermen the
accused included residents of the
two counties, Mr. Smith said.
On April 17 similar charges were
heard against 17 employees of a
Colonial Beach packing house. The
accused were fined twice the amount
in their warrants and instructed to
repay the money obtained by fraud
ulent statements.
Alumni to Hold Dinner
Washington area alumni of the
Medical College of Virginia will
meet for cocktails and dinner at 6:30
Thursday at the Washington Golf
and Country Club, Dr. C. P. Ryland
announced today. College officials
and prominent alumni from other
places will be on the program.
Report on House Bill
Urges Old Age Bureau
Building at Suitland
Construction of one or more Fed
eral buildings at Suitland, Md„ to
house the Bureau of Old Age and
Survivors’ Insurance of the Fed
eral Security Agency, now in Balti
more, would be authorized by a bill
now before the House.
Should the project be carried
through, about 4,000 Federal jobs
would be brought back to the
Washington area.
The bill, reported by the House
Public Works Committee with ur
gent recommendations for passage,
calls for use of necessary funds
out of the Federal Old Age and
Survivors’ Insurance Trust Fund. A
limit of cost of $9,500,000 is fixed
for the construction.
Spokesmen for the Social Secur
ity Administration and the Public
Buildings Administration strongly
urged passage of the bill, the com
mittee report shows. They crit
icized conditions in the old building
on the Baltimore water front, and
stressed the need for housing the
bureau in or near the National
Capital.
Move Would Pay Cost.
Chairman Dondero of the Housp
Public Buildings Committee, in his
report on the bill, declared that
because of the rent and extra casts
of operating the bureau at Balti
more the new building would pay
for itself here in 16 years.
Costs in Baltimore now, he
pointed out, include $500,000 a year
in rent, $283,000 in extra pay to
night workers required by a two
shift base of operations, and $300,
000 for additional supervisory work,
required because of the two shifts.
The trust fund, which already
meets the rent and cost of opera
tions in Baltimore, would pay for
the cost of new construction here
under the new bill.
The fund was reported as having
a surplus now of more than $8,000,
000,000.
Arthur J. Altmeyer, commissioner
of the Social Security Administra
tion, was quoted as saying the bu
reau “is the largest insurance in
stitution in the world, beyond ques
tion, several times over.” He said
it now has about 90,000,000 indiv
ual accounts established for the
potential beneficiaries under the
Old Age and Survivors’ Insurance
System.
Building Here Too Small.
Originally intended to be housed
in the Social Security Building at
Fourth street and Independence
avenue N.W., the bureau, Mr. Alt
meyer said, is now too large to be
accommodated there. That struc
ture now contains the Federal Se
curity Agency, Social Security Ad
ministration, United States Public
Health Service, Office of Education,
and “certain other Government ac
tivities.”
W. E. Reynolds, commissioner of
Public Buildings, was quoted as hav
ing told the committee: “The space
situation in Baltimore is extremely
bad. I know of no worse case hardly
in the United States. It i? extremely
difficult to understand how they can
get their work done.”
Federal officials long have en
deavored to bring the bureau back
to Washington but so far have been
unable to find space. While the
pending legislation does not name
Suitland as the site for the pro
posed new structures, it is known
that the nearby Government-owned
area in Prince Georges County,
purchased years ago, is intended to
be used. Already in operation out
there are Federal buildings for the
Census Bureau and the Hydro
graphic Office of the Navy. The
Government owns more than 500
acres in the area.
|Taxable Basis Exceeds
2 Billion in Baltimore
By the Associated Press
BALTIMORE, May 18.—Balti
more's taxable basis has passed the
(2,000,000,000 mark, the Commission
on Governmental Efficiency and
Economy reported yesterday.
The city’s taxable basis, the com
mission said, amounts to (2,0524)54,
229, of which (513,570.000 is in in
tangible personal property.
The total value of property on
which taxes may be assessed stands
at about (82,000,000 above valua
tions on which last year’s taxes were
levied.
Toppling Bricks Kill Youth, 18,
In Latest of Family's Tragedies
MANASSAS, Va., May 18.—A top
pling chimney near here yesterday
caused the death of Ward Snyder,
18, climaxing a series of tragedies
which have saddened the household
of the late Mrs. Dave Wright in the
last year.
Mrs. Wright was burned fatally
last Wednesday in a fire which de
molished her home, near Aden.
Only the chimney of the house re
mained. Young Snyder, son of Mr.
and Mrs. William Ward Snyder of
Aden, was helping to clean up the
debris from the blaze when the
chimney fell. Bricks struck his
neaa. Killing mm almost uisumuy.
At the time of her death last week,
Mrs. Wright had Just returned from
the hospital with an infant son.
Her daughter. Mary, was acci
dentally killed last fall by gas fumes
from a defective heater in a car.
Residents of the area have rented
and furnished a house for remain
ing members of the Wright family.
An older daughter is caring for the
new baby.
The Snyders operate a dairy farm
near the Wright home. Ward was
one of eight children in the family.
Puneral arrangements have not yet
been completed. I
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Gobbel Resigns
Manager's Post
At Greenbelt
Council 'Amazed'
At PHA Move to
Amend Charter
James T. Gobbel last night an
nounced his resignation, effective
July 19, as town manager of Green
(>elt.
Mr. Gobbel read his statement at
♦he regular meeting of the Town
jouncil, which unanimously ac
cepted it "with regret.”
He has been associated with town
operations for the last 13 years
since the Federal Housing "experi
ment” was still in the planning and
construction stage.
His resignation came as the sec
ond surprise development of the
meeting, in which council members
also were notified that the Public
Housing Agency is working to amend
a section of the town charter to
submit to a special session of ihe
Maryland General Assembly next
Tuesday.
Council Surprised.
The council expressed amazement
that PHA had given only two days’
notice that it was initiating a char
ter change when such action nor
mally is up to the town itself.
Noting that the amendment deals
with the "serious” matter of the
town's boundaries, Councilman
Frank J. Lastner recalled that PHA
only recently assured the council
that it would take no major steps
without first consulting the body.
“Here we have less than 48 hours
notice to study a proposal which
requires close, careful scrutiny. It
can't be done- in that time,” he de
clared.
Mr. Gobbel, who reported he had
been called to PHA offices five hours
before the meeting, said that he had
been unable to learn from officials
the meaning of the sudden move.
Councilmen, however, felt that
“something is in the wind” regard
ing the sale of Greenbelt by the
Federal Government.
Sale is Rumored.
Rumors of the impending sale
have been current in the town for
nearly a year, but Councilman
David Granahan said he had been
assured by a PHA official earlier
this month that no sale is planned
until next January or February.
(“But now things suddenly seem
to be happening very fast. I feel
suspicious of all the sudden rush
by PHA to get things done,” Mr.
Granahan declared.
Councilmen agreed that the State
Legislature should be told in ad
vance of any contemplated sale
and that PHA should be notified
that the council wants further in
formation. Members also said the
council should consult the Com
munity Housing Corp., which ha*
been dickering with the Govern
ment for possible purchase of the
nearly 2,000 housing units on a co
operative-ownership basis.
Arlington Man Held
On Fraud Charges
A hearing for Roy Philip Perrv,
38. of the 3800 block of North Ninth
street, Arlington, who was arrested
yesterday on a charge of receiving
money under false pretenses, will be
held in County Court at 9:30 a.m.
Friday.
Perry, who was released under
$500 bond, was arrested by Arlington
and State police. Although police
did not disclose details of the
charges it was recalled that State
Police Supt. C. W. Woodson had
ordered an investigation of the
activities of a man and woman who
allegedly solicited Northern Virginia
merchants for advertising.
Col. Woodson said Saturday night
that the investigation was ordered
after numerous complaints about a
couple representing themselves as
agents of a State government de
partment in soliciting advertising.
Col. Woodson said that police had
questioned the woman.
The couple were said to have told
businessmen that they represented
either the State Police or Gov.
Tuck’s Highway Safety Committee.
Neither the State Police nor the
Highway Safety Committe are so
liciting advertising, through agents •
or otherwise.
Miss Stringer Awarded
Advanced Scholarship
Miss Lucille H. Stringer of Wash
ington. has been selected by the
University of Illinois Graduate
School as one of 171 recipients of
fellowships and scholarships for
advanced study during the coming
academic year.
Miss Stringer, who lives at 3218
Cathedral avenue N.W., was grad
uated in February, 1946, from the
College of Business and Public Ad
ministration at the University of
Maryland, the latter school reported
today. She was a member of Kappa
Delta Sorority and graduated with
honors.
Benefit Parties
Aid Arlington
Hospital Drive
When efforts to obtain house-to
house solicitors failed, Fairlington
area workers in the 485,000 cam
paign for Arlington Hospital de
cided upon a unique substitute to
raise funds.
Mrs. Rufus Jasper, area chair
man, and three assistants organized
a series of 17 benefit card parties,
proceeds of which will be devoted to
the campaign. The first was given
yesterday by Mrs. Jasper. Others
will be held by the following Fair
lington residents:
Mrs. William Shaw, Mrs. Benja
min Groundwater, Mrs. Arthur
Vieregg. Mrs. Everett Nor berg, Mrs.
Clarence Castle, Mrs. A. W. Tenney,
Mrs. Jesse Coop, Mrs. Chester Wil
son, Mrs. Edward V. Condon, Mrs.
Robert Day, Mrs. Jean Jaquette,
Mrs. Robert Workman, Mrs. William
Henderson, Mrs. O. Gordon Delks
and Mrs. Everett Butler.
Mrs. Jasper asked that others who
wish to give benefit card parties
communicate with her. She sai£
the community also is being so
licited by mail from the campaign
office, and that several contribu
tions have already been received.
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