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Harmony in Choice
Of Delegates Seen
In Baltimore
By John V. Horner
Unless all signs fail, the Mary
land State Democratic Convention
In Baltimore Tuesday will be as
harmonious as any in history.
The Democrats’ major concern will
be the election of 28 delegates and
28 alternates—with a total of 20
votes—to the Philadelphia National
Convention July 12. Even this is
expected to be only a formality, with j
the convention putting official ap- '
proval on decisions made well in
advance of the State gathering.
Party leaders anticipate no effort
to have the Maryland delegation j
to Philadelphia instructed on the
\presidential nomination. Robert B.
fennis. Baltimore businessman, who
nr chairman of the Democratic State
Central Committee, said last night
that, so far as he' knew, this sub
ject "has not been discussed” in
party councils.
Radcliffe to Preside.
Mr. Ennis will call the convention
to order in the Emerson Hotel at
1:30 p.m. Tuesday and former Sen
ator George L. Radcliffe, veteran
Democratic orator, will take over as
temporary chairman. His subsequent
election as permanent chairman is
likely.
No major addresses are scheduled
but short talks will be given by
some of Maryland's prominent
Democrats. These include Gov.
Lane, Senator Tydings, Senator
O'Conor. Mayor DAlessandro of
Baltimore and party nominees to
the House of Representatives.
The six members of the latter
group are Representative Sasscer,
6th District: Representatives Gar
matz and Fallon, Baltimore; F.
Byrne Austin of Takoma Park. 6th
District; State Senator William P.
Bolton. 2d District, and S. Scott!
Beck, jr„ 1st District. •
Mrs. M. Alice Canoles of Balti
more, Democratic national commit
tcewoman, also is expected to speak
briefly. The national committee- j
man is Gov. Lane.
No Changes Indicated.
There are no advance indications
of changes in the party leadership
this year, so the convention busi
ness is expected to be completed
within a few hours. Such problems
as may occur will be considered and
probably solved at a preliminary
conference of the leaders, rvhich
Gov. Lane and Mr. Ennis scheduled
tomorrow night.
Each of Maryland's congressional
districts is entitled to two delegates
and two alternates to Philadelphia.
The State is allowed four votes at
large—cast by eight delegates—for
having two Democratic Senators. It
gets still another block of four votes
(and eight delegates) for going j
Democratic in the 1944 election.
These 16 delegates at-large will
be supplemented by 16 alternates.
The delegation is expected to be:
bound by the unit rule, so that the;
20 Maryland votes will be cast as
decided by a majority of those at- j
tending the National Convention. J
Prince Georges Lists
Dog Vaccine Clinics
Dr. C. J. Gibbs. Prince Georges
County Veterinarian, yesterday an
nounced the first week's schedule1
of clinics for free vaccination of
dogs against rabies.
The program, arranged by Dr. A.
I. Brueckner. director of the Live
stock Sanitary Service, College
Park, and the County Commis
sioners, will open Tuesday. Clinics
will be open for one hour only in
each of 10 towns this week. The
schedule follows:
Tuesday — Aquasco Post Office,
6 to 6 p.m.. and Naylor Post Office.
6 30 to 7:30 p m.
Wednesday—Baden High School,;
6 to 6 p.m., and Brandywine School.
6:30 to 7:30 p.m.
Thursday — Danville Community
House, 5 to 6 p.m., and Gwynn Park
School, 6:30 to 7:30 p.m.
Friday—Piscataway Post Office,
6 to 6 p.m., and Accokeek School,
6 30 to 7:30 p.m.
Saturday—Tilch’s Store, Silesia.!
6 to 6 p.m., and Van's Market,
Friendly, 6:30 to 7:30 p.m.
Class of '08 at U. of Md.
Plans Reunion Friday Night
Tire University of Maryland Class
of 1908 will hold its 40th annual
reunion with a dinner Friday night
at College Park. j
Thirteen of the 20 living members
of the class, including Dr. H. C.
Byrd, president of the university,!
are expected to attend. The original
class membership was 31.
The class, one of the most active
in university affairs since graduat-|
lng. has made numerous financial
contributions to campus projects.
One of its presentations to the uni
versity for many years was the
awarding of the 08 Medal to out
standing athletes.
w. A. s. Somerville, 01 Cumber
land, class president, will preside at
the dinner. Members of the Com-,
mittee on Arrangements include
Charles W. Sylvester, assistant su
perintendent of Baltimore schools,
chairman. Dr. R. L. Silvester and
C. A. Warthen of Washington. H. B.
Hoshall and E. I. Oswald, members
of the faculty at College Park.
Alexandria Health Official
Asks $60,000 in Traffic Suit
Keith Wade, Alexandria health
Inspector, has filed suit for $60,000
damages in Federal District Court
at Alexandria against three per
sons as a result of a collision be
tween a truck and his car on Route
1 in Fairfax County July 31, 1947
Named as defendants are Bern
ice F. Gautier, Clinton. N. C.. whom
the suit lists as lessee of the truck;
Mrs. J. F. Owen. Angier. N. C.,
listed as owner of the truck, and
Linwood Lee James, also of Clin
ton. who the suit charges was driver
of the truck. The health inspector
eays that as a result of the accident
he was unable to work for four
months because of serious injuries.
He also claims he has incurred a
permanent deformity in his left
irm because of the accident. The
suit asks $20,000 damages from each
«iefendant.
School Ground-Breaking Brings
CtojSl'iMf. Boyer's Efforts
rr~■■iTvl" I I • fy r~- ^ — ;
Dr. Edwin W. Broome, Montgomery County school super
intendent, is shown turning the first spade at ground-breaking
ceremonies yesterday for the new Damascus High School.
Watching are Dr. George M. Boyer, center, school trustee, and
Brooke Johns, president of the Board of County Commissioners.
—Star Staff Photo.
By a Staff Correspondent of The Star
DAMASCUS, Md., May 29—On a
hillside overlooking Sugar Loaf
Mountain. Dr, George M. Boyer,
76 - year - old family physician,
watched ground - breaking cere
monies here today for a new high
school to serve the communities of
Northern Montgomery County.
The ceremonies, attended by
members of the State Legislature,
representatives of the county com
missioners and civic groups, marked
the climax in Dr. Boyer's 40 years
of effort to improve education in
his community.
Dr. Boyer has served as a school
trustee for four decades.
Also taking part in the cere
monies was Dr. Edwin W. Broome,
county superintendent of schools.
As the ceremonies got under way,
Emerson P. Slacum, principal of
Damascus High School, introduced
the visiting dignitaries. Ruth John
son, president of the student coun
cil, remarked on classes which will
occupy the new building, beginning
this year and including the class of
1960.
Mary Jo Boyer, the doctor’s
granddaughter read a poem by the
physician, dealing with the develop
ment of education in the Damascus
area.
Brooke Johns, president of the
Board of County Commissioners,
said the new building, which will
stand on 30 acres allocated to school
purposes, will consist of two stories,
containing 12 rooms. It will acom
modate 250 students, Mr. Johns
said, and should be completed by
the fall of 1949.
The building will cost $575,000
Mr. Johns said.
Others attending included State
Senator Roy Tasco Davis and Com
missioners Oliver W. Youngblood
and Charle H. Jamison.
Quarter of Arlington
School Children Are
Outside Board Control
More than a fourth of school chil
dren in Arlington are enrolled in
schools not affiliated with the sys
tem. according to figures obtained in
a recent special census.
The other schools include public
institutions in Washington, Alex
andria, and Fairfax County, and pri
vate schools in Arlington and the
three, adjacent communities.
Tire census found 15.415 children
who live in Arlington are enrolled in
school, exclusive of kindergarten.
These, however, do not include all
the school-age children in the com
munity. Attendance is not compul
sory after the age of 16, but chil
dren up through 19 are considered
of school age.
Of the 15.415. a total of 11.321. or
73 44 per cent, attend Arlington pub
lic schools, while 4.094. or 26.56 per
cent, are enrolled in other schools.
The latter figure is broken down
into 1,265 in public schools else
where; 1,700 in parochial schools,
and 1,129 in private schools.
While the percentage of white
and colored children attending Ar
lington schools is approximately the
same, a much larger proportion of
colored go to public school else
where.
A larger percentage of white chil
dren go to private and parochial
schools.
Attendance at schools outside the
county system is greater among
children aged 6 and 7 and of 15
through 19 than it is in the 8
through 14-year-old group.
Arlington Girl Injured
In Maryland Wreck
Four persons were injured last
night in a collision of two cars on
Route 240, near Clarksburg. Md.
One of the four. Miss Anne R.
Crouch, 17. Arlington, who suffered
a possible concussion, w'as admitted
to Suburban Hospital, Bethesda,
The remaining three, who were
treated for minor injuries and re
leased. are:
Charles D. Walter. 23, Mt. Airy,
Md., 'who, police said, was driving
the car in which Miss Crouch was
injured; Archie O. Hood, 29, Clarks
burg. identified by police as the
driver of the other car, and his wife,
Mrs. Helen M. Hood, 23.
Police said no charges were placed
against. either driver.
Singers on Baptist Hour
The Rev. R, T. McFarlane will
lead the service on the National
Baptist Radio Hour at 9 a.m. today
and every Sunday over Station
WPIK. A group of singers from
the Nanjemoy (Md.) Baptist Church
will be on today's program.
Motor Scooters
Collide, Killing
Virginian, 27
By th« Associated Press
FRANKLIN. Va.. May 29—Hubert
Erdman Briley 21. of Route 1, Zuni,
died of a broken neck and a skull
fracture in a hospital here after
a collision between two motor
scooters.
It was believed to be the first
such death on record.
William Tyree, 18, of Franklin,
was uninjured. State Tiooper W.
G. O'Brien said Mr Tyree was
charged with involuntary man
slaughter.
Police Chief W. L. Burrow of
Franklin quoted Tyree as saying
that Mr. Briley s scooter rammed
his from the rear, causing both
scooters to go off the road.
Virginia 6.0. P. Files
Names, Instructions
Of Eleven Electors
By the Associated Press
RICHMOND, Va„ May 29 — Names
of the eleven presidential electors
selected by the Republican Party of
Virginia were certified to the State
Board of Elections today by Earle
Lutz, the party's executive director.
Mr. Lutz also certified that the
Republican State Convention had
instructed the presidential electors
to vote for the party’s candidates for
president and vice president.
The anti-Truman elections act of
the recent General Assembly re
quires that the names of electors
and the instructions given them be
certified to the board.
“Of course the Republican candi
dates would not betray their party
by not voting for the candidates of
their party." Air. Lutz wrote in his
letter of transmittal.
To Back Convention Nominee.
“However, pending a test of the
constitutionality of the Tuck anti
Truman act. it is certified herewith
that the eleven Republican presi
dential electors were instructed, if
elected next November, to vote for
the candidates for president and
vice-president nominated at the
Republican National Convention
opening in Philadelphia on June 21,”
the letter continued.
Mr. Lutz requested that the Re
publican electors be designated by
party name on the ballot in accord
ance with still another provision
of the anti-Truman elections act.
“The constitiution clearly pro
hibits the party designation, but the
Republican Party over a long period
of years has endeavored to have
this prohibition changed,” Mr. Lutz
wrote.
He added that the same treat
ment would be expected in regard
to the Republican Party's candi
date for the United States Senate.
Robert H. Woods of Pearisburg, and
for each of the Republican candi
dates in the nine Virginia Con
gressional districts.
“At least let us be consistent," Mr.
Lutz wrote.
Elector* Listed.
Republican electors certified to
the board were:
J. Everett Will. Luray, and JosepH
E. Proffit, Floyd, electors-at-large;
Valdemar Anderson. Hampton, First
District; Gerould M. Rumble, Nor
folk, Second District: Berkeley Wil
liams, Richmond. Third District;
T. Robert Cocks. Kenbridge, Fourth
District: L. R. Campbell, Independ
ence. Fifth District; S. P. Stewert.
Bedford. Sixth District; Karl Jenk
ins, Stanley. Seventh District; Mrs.
Wilma McPherson, Arlington,
Eighth district, and Roby C. Thomp
son, Abingdon, Ninth District.
8th DistrictG.O.P. Group
To Meet in Culpeper
The Republican Committee for
the 8th Virginia District will meet
at 7 pm. Saturday at the Lord Cul
peper Hotel, Culpeper, Va., Carl A.
; Marshall, of McLean, district chair -
man, announced yesterday.
The committee will elect a vice
chairman and vice chairwoman, dis
cuss campaign fund raising, and
consider an organization plan sub
mitted by the State committee. Mr.
Marshall said Charles O. Pratt of
Arlington, and Tyrrell Krum of
Fairfax, candidates for the GOP
congressional nomination in the 8th
District primary August 3, will at
tend.
Horse Show Scheduled
The annual Pony and Horse Show
of the Montgomery County Friendly
Saddle Club will be held at 1,0 am.
Saturday in the Lewisdale Ring,
Riggs and Ager roads, Hyattsville.
House Unit Due
To Act Thursday
On St. Elizabeths
Committee to Decide
On Direct Admission
For Hospital Patients
The bill to permit direct ad
mission of mental patients to St.
Elizabeths Hospital, by-passing Gal
linger Hospital, will come before
the House District Committee for
approval at its next session Thurs
day.
, Already indorsed by the Miller
subcommittee on health, education
and recreation, the measure has
been widely recommended to re
lieve the congestion of Gallinger’s
psychiatric facilities.
Also ready for action by the Dis
trict Committee, indicating House
action at the next District day,
June 14, if not earlier, are many
other bills.
Hospital Grants at Issue.
One would authorize government
grants to private hospitals here
which did not join in the Washing
ton Hospital Center to be built on
the Naval Observatory grounds.
The measure would amend the
Hospital Center Act of 1946.
A controversial fair trade prac
tice bill to establish price control
over the District liquor business
has been the subject of hearings
by a House District judiciary sub
committee but no decision has been
reached. A session is scheduled for
early this week, to act on the meas
ure before the full committee con
venes Thursday.
Opponents charge that enactment
of the measure would result In an
increase in liquor prices, by elimi
nating cut-rate sales.
Hearing Set on Damage Bill.
A public hearing has been sched
uled by the Beall subcommittee of
the House District Committee for
10 a.m. Wednesday on a bill to set
up claims against the District for
damages connected with the widen
ing of Eastern avenue.
Among many other measures
awaiting District Committee action
are those to permit the District
to kill weeds on private property;
increase pensions to widows and
orphans of police and firemen;
broaden the field of investments by
insurance companies; remove the
$10,000 limit on damages for wrong
ful acts; grant licenses without ex
amination to craftsmen who have
been in business for five years; ad
just fees for issuance of barber
registration certificates; and require
physicians to be citizens of the
United States before receiving li
cer
2,
Honoring Father Rakowski
More than 2.000 parishioners and
clergmen of the Washington and
Baltimore archdioceses are expected
to attend a solemn high field mass
at noon today at the Mount Cal
vary Catholic Church, Forestville.
Hie occasion is the 25th anni
versary of the ordination of the
Rev. Peter P. Rakowski, the church’s
pastor. Father Rakowski, who will
be celebrant of the mass, also will
be honored at 5 p.m. at a recep
tion at O’Donnell’s Farm, Forest
ville.
Two boyhood chums of Father
Rakowski in Baltimore will be
among the four priests partici
pating in the mass. They are the
Rev. Thaddeus Skrzynski, pastor of
St. Charles Borromeo, Catholic
Church, Pikesville. Md„ who will
be deacon, and the Rev. Joseph
Webjr, pastor of St. Mary's Star
of-the-Sea parish. Indian Head,
who will deliver the sermon. The
Rev. Edward Luckett of Holy Com
forter Church, Washington, will be
subdeacon and the Rev. Charles
Nelson, of St. Peter's Church. Wash
ington, will be master of ceremonies.
About 50 other priests also will
attend.
Shriners to Dedicate
Rooms at Alexandria
Imperial Potentate Karl Rex
Hammers, Pittsburgh, and W. Free
land Kendrick, chairman of the
board of the Shriners’ Hospitals for
Mr. Hammeri.
crippled cnn
dren, will hefid
the list of fra
ternal dignitar
ies at the dedi
cation Wednes-<
day of Shrine
rooms in the
George Wash
ington National
Masonic Memo
rial, Alexandria.
The program
will begin at 2:30
p.m. with the
official opening
of the Shrine
rooms. A band
concert will be held at e:au p.m. At
7 p.m. the annual spring ceremonial
of Almas Temple here will begin at
the Hotel Statler.
Bishop ireton Will Bless
Arlington Crypt Thursday
The Most Rev. Peter L. Ireton,
Bishop of Richmond, will bless a
crypt dedicated to our Lady of Fa
tima at 11 a.m. Thursday at Mis
sionhurst, 4651 North Twenty-fifth
street, Arlington.
Missionhurst is the American
Central House of Immaculate Heart
Missions which constructed the
crypt and prepared a statue of Our
Lady, modeled after the original
statue at Fatima, Portugal, which
will go in the crypt.
The blessing will be followed by
solemn benediction of the most
blessed sacrament.
Tick Fever Symposium
Set at Arlington Hospital
The medical staff of Arlington
Hospital will conduct a symposium
on Rocky Mountain spotted fever in
the County Health Department
auditorium at 8 pm. Wednesday.
Guest speakers will include Drs.
Charles Armstrong, chief of the di
vision of infectious diseases. Na
tional Institute of Health: Harold
Jeghers, professor of medicine,
Georgetown University Medical
School: W. A. Browne, chief of
communicable diseases, Virginia
State Department of Health, and
Lt. Col. Robert H. Holmes, path
‘ ologist, Army Institute of Pathology.
a
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NURSE CORPS COLLECTS PORTRAITS OF CHIEFS—Shown with two of the portraits of
women who have headed the Army Nurse Corps are (left to right) Lt. Col. Ida Danielson,
chief nurse at Walter Reed Hospital; Maj, Gen. George C. Beach, commanding general of the
Army Medical Center, and Col. Julia O. Flikke, retired, who was superintendent of the corps
at the beginning of World War II. Col. Flikke inspects her own portrait, while Col. Danielson
holds a likeness of Capt. Dora E. Thompson, retired, superintendent during World War I.
—Star Staff Photo.
Bing Crosby Picks Miss Roch
As G. W/s Most Beautiful Girl
Selects Photograph
From Score.Submitted
V
By Campus Sororities
Miss Elizabeth Roch. who was
graduated from George Washington
University last week, has been
selected as its most beautiful girl,
the school announced yesterday.
Miss Roch’s photograph was se
lected by Bing Crosby over a score
of others submitted by various
campus sororities. Her picture will
be featured in the 1948 “Cherry
Tree,’’ the university yearbook.
She is the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. H. C. Roch of Houston. Since
her graduation she has been em
ployed in the nursing office of the
George Washington University Hos
pital and is living at 620 Twenty
first street N.W. She is a member
of the Alpha Delta Pi Sorority. Miss
Roch tied for third place in a simi
lar contest in 1946.
Runners-up this year were Miss
Cynthia F. Leppart, 1306 Euclid
street N.W. of Delta Gamma Sor
ority; Miss Marion Cummins, 2745
Twenty-ninth street N.W. of Phi
Beta Phi Sorority, and Miss Eliza
beth King, 7423 Blair road N.W. of
Kappa Alpha Theta Sorority.
This year’s “Cherry Tree” is dedi
cated to the late Abram Lisner.
member of the university's board of
trustees for 27 years who donated
the house and property where Lis
ner Library now stands. Mr. Lisner
also made provision in his will for
the construction of Lisner Audi
torium. _
MISS ELIZABETH ROCH.
On a historical theme, the year
book contains pictures of early
buildings here accompanied by his
torical sketches.
Editor in chief was Miss Mary
Olga Longley. a member of the
junior class, whose home is in Pasa
dena. Calif.
Memorial Ceremonies
To Be Observed by 4
Prince Georges Towns
Parades and ceremonies com
memorating Memorial Day will be
held in four Prince Georges County
communities today and tomorrow.
In Laurel community organiza
tions today will pay homage to
the war dead of the town. A
parade will form at 1:30 p.m. at the
Laurel Armory and there will be
exercises at 3 p.m. at the Laurel
American Legion Post headquar
ters.
Participants will include mem
bers of the Legion post and its
auxiliaries; the Laurel Volunteer
Fire Department . and Auxiliary;
Battery C, 224th Field Artillery, of
the Maryland National Guard;
Lions Club, Boy Scouts, Cubs,
Brownies and Girl Scouts.
The parade will include a visit
to the Ivy Hill Cemetery, where
two wreaths will be placed, one by
the Legion and the other by the
Fire Department. Two more wreaths
will be placed on the War Memorial
at the Legion Post Home. Prin
cipal speaker will be Kent R. Mul
likin, former floor leader of the
'Maryland House of Delegates.
The Snyder-Farmer-Butler Amer
ican Legion Post of Hyattsville, will
conduct simple rites at the Peace
! Cross in Bladensburg at 1:30 o'clock
■ this afternoon. The commitee in
charge of the program is headed by
Orion R. Butler, past commander of
, the post.
i Parades and exercises are slated
for tomorrow in Seat Pleasant and
(Upper Marlboro.
The Seat Pleasant parade will be
gin at 10:30 a.m. and will conclude
with ceremonies at 11 at the Seat
Pleasant War Memorial at Roosevelt
avenue and Field street. Taking
part in the program will be members
of the My Maryland Post, American
Legion, and the Strawn-Turner
Hartman Post, Veterans of Foreign
Wars, both in Seat Pleasant; the
Seat Pleasant, Capitol Heights and
District Heights Volunteer Fire De
partments: scout groups of the
area, schoolboy patrols, the Elks'
Band and a detachment from An
drews Field.
The ceremonies will include dedi
cation of a new flagpole and flag
at the monument in commemora
tion of the late Mrs. Mary Augus
tine, a charter member of the VFW
post Ladies’ Auxiliary. Among the
wreaths to be placed at the monu
ment will be one presented on be
half of the Seat Pleasant Elemen
tary School Parent-Teacher Asso
ciation honoring former students of
the school who died in action.
The presentation will be by Ronald
F.' Crown, captain of the school's
safety patrol. William H. McGrath,
member of the House of Delegates,
is in charge of the program.
The Upper Marlboro parade, spon
sored by the Marlboro American
Legion Post, Volunteer Fire Depart
ment and Lions Club, will start at
10 a.m., with the marchers forming
a half-hour earlier at the Marlboro
High School.
State Senator L. Harold Sothoron
will be the speaker at ceremonies at
the World War I Monument in front
j of the Prince Georges County Court
House after the parade.
A
Fauquier County Plans:
Warrenton Parade to’
Mark Memorial Day
Special Dispatch to Tht Star
WARRENTON, Va.. May 29 —
Fauquier County will observe
Memorial Day tomorrow with a
parade of patriotic and service
organizations in Warrenton under
the sponsorship of the John D.
Sudduth Post, No. 72, American
Legion.
The ceremonies will be concluded
at the Warrenton cemetery. The
Rev. W. P. Burns. Presbyterian
pastor, will conduct brief services
at the Confederate monument there
and a rifle squad from Vint Hill
Farms Station will fire a salute.
Memorial Day services will be
conducted at Bealton tomorrow
afternoon by the Rev. L. W. Griggs,
and W. Murray Black. Warrenton,
will speak at services at 10:30 a.m.
Monday in the Remington cemetery.
Services honoring war dead will also
be held Monday at Catlett by the
Rev. W. E. Pollard, and at Mt. Holly
by the Rev. C. J. Ashley.
Thayer Heads V. F. W.
J. Powell Thayer, World War II
veteran of 41 months’ service in
Alaska and the Pacific, has been
elected commander of the newly
formed Veterans of Foreign Wars
post here.
Other officers are Thomas W.
Thompson, jr., senior vice com
mander; Richard Shepherd, junior
vice commander; E. Wayman
Carter, quartermaster; E. J. Faulk
ner, post advocate; James S. Gul
ick, chaplain; Douglas E. Saunders,
surgeon, and Howard Orndoff,
Theodore Portnoy and Frank W.
Terry, trustees.
Seventh District Inspector O .E.
Tarbell, Harrisonburg,and Adjutant
Quartermaster W. I. Woodell, Staun
ton, Installed the officers. Forty
three members have enrolled and
the post set a quota of 70 to be
reached bv September 30. Meetings
will be held the first and third
Tuesdays of each month.
Field to be Lighted.
The Warrenton High School Ath
letic Fund Committee voted this
week to proceed with plans to order
equipment for night lighting at the
school athletic field. The com
mittee has raised more than $8,000
of its $15,000 goal, with pledges for
$800 additional.
It was also decided to incorporate
the group as a non-stock, charitable
organisation under the name of
W. H. S. Athletic Fund, Inc. Ray
mond L. Pearson was elected presi
dent. John R. Bener and Thomas
W. Thompson, jr., vice presidents,
| and William Snyder, secretary
treasurer. The officers and Upton
| Richards will serve as directors.
It is planned to have this group
operate the field after lights are
installed, with a percentage of the
gate receipts turned over to it to
provide for additional work.
County Democrats Meet.
Fauquier County’s Democratic
convention will be held June 11, at
the Warrenton Court House, to elect
delegates to the state convention
July 2, in Richmond.
The county is entitled to nine
delegates, and candidates for the
position were advised by Henry L.
Baxley, county Democratic chair
man, that they must file with him
I on or before June 7 to be eligible.
A
Army Nurses Exhibit
Portraits of Chiefs
At Medical Center
Officials of the Army Medical
Center and guests yesterday in
spected the first of a collection of
portraits of women who have head
ed the Army Nurse Corps at a tea
given by members of the Corps.
i The exhibition was timed to co
incide with the birth anniversary of
Florence Nightingale, pioneer nurse,
this month.
The portraits on display included
those of the late Dr. Anita New
comb McGee, organizer of the
Army's first nursing staff in 1898,
and the late Miss Isabelle Mclsaac,
third in the list of Corps directors.
Three Paintings by Gholson.
Others were of Col. Julia O.
Flikke, retired, superintendent at
the beginning of World War II;
Capt. Dora E. Thompson, retired,
superintendent during World War
I; Col. Florence A. Blanchfleld, re
tiied, superintendent at the close
of World War II and the early
postwar days, and Maj. Julia Stim
son, who was superintendent when
relative military rank was granted
to the Corps.
The portraits of Capt. Thomp
son, Miss Mclsaac and Col. Flikke
were painted by Samuel Creed
Gholson. He painted Miss Mclsaac's
picture from a photograph and used
members of the corps as models
for coloring, they said.
The picture of Col. Blanchfleld
was done by John Johansen, painter
of the Versailles treaty signing.
To complete the collection the
corps must obtain portraits of Mrs.
Dita Kinney, first nurse to head the
Corps; Miss Jane Delano, for whom
the quarters in Delano Hall were
named and who founded the Amer
ican Red Cross Nursing Activities,
and CoL Mary G. Phillips, present
chief.
Gen. Beach Hails Portrait.
The portraits are being hung in
the main launge of Delano Hall.
Maj. Gen. George C. Beach, com
manding Army Medical Center,
commended the project, asserting
the portraits depicted "very promi
nent nurses in tjae Army who have
done a most marvelous job.’’
Among the guests received by Lt.
Col. Ida W. Danielson, chief nurse
at Walter Reed, was Col. Flikke.
who retired in 1943 and lives in
Takoma Park.
Progressives Oppose
Higher Pepco Rate
Opposition to the 10 to 15 per
cent rate increase request of the
Potomac Electric Power Co., which
would result in more than $3,000,
000 annually in additional revenue,
was voiced yesterday by the Mont
gomery and Prince Georges County
Committee of the Progressive Party.
The committees, whose members
support Henry A. Wallace for Pres
idpnt, also asked the Public Utilities
Commission to postpone its hear
ing, scheduled for June 7, on the
ground opponents would not have
sufficient time to prepare their
arguments.
Hie company said the higher rate
is needed to meet the rising costs
of labor and material.
Undergraduates Elected
At Western Maryland
Two students from the Washing
ton area have been elected at West
ern Maryland College to under
graduate offices.
Elizabeth Amos, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Aubrey E. Amos, 307 Ad
dison road, Seat PleaSant, Md„ was
elected vice president of the Stu
dent Government. Ralph G. Smith,
son of Dr. and Mrs. Ralph Smith.
1607 Allison street N.W., was elected
president of Gamma Beta Chi fra
ternity.
Retired Pastor, 82,
To AttendHis60th
Methodist Parley
An 82-year-old retired Methodist
minister from Kensington, Md., will
attend his 60th Methodist Confer
ence Tuesday at American Univer
sity.
The conference will be the 164th
Baltimore Annual Conference of the
Methodist Church, which is to be
attended by Methodists from the
District and Maryland. It will open
at 2 pm. Tuesday in the Metro
politan Memorial Methodist Church.
Nearly blind, the Rev. Ulysses ‘S.
A. Heavener has not missed a Meth
odist State conference since he first
attended one 60 years ago. The con
ferences he has attended include
some in both Virginia and Mary
land, where he served as pastor.
The retired minister received his
master's degree at American Uni
versity at the age of 60 and shortly
thereafter received his doctor of
divinity degree from the Lincoln
Memorial University in Tennessee.
Although he retired a number of
years ago, during the war he was
called to preach in Glen Echo.
L
Planners Back
2 Zoning Pleas
In Montgomery
Oppose Three Others
Asking Land Use
For Apartments
The Maryland-National Capital
Park and Planning Commission yes
terday recommended that the
Montgomery County Commissioners
deny three petitions for apartment
house and commercial zoning and
approve two others which also seek
apartment house use of land.
A special recommendation was
made in the case of a sixth petition
for the rezoning of three lots on
the east side of River road near the
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad from
residential A and commercial D to
Industrial E.
In acting on this requests filed by
Abe and Irving Miller, the commis
sion proposed that one lot remain
in commercial D classification, that
the second be rezoned from residen
tial A to commercial D and that
the third be changed from residen
tial A to industrial E. A hearing
will be held at 2:30 p.m. June 15
in the Bethesda County Building.
Among the three petitions op
posed was one for commercial use
of about four acres on Wisconsin
avenue between the Naval Medical
Center and Glenbrook Village. Be
thesda, to permit erection of an
apartment hotel.
Held Undesirable.
The commission contended there
is sufficient commercial zoning along
Wisconsin avenue as far as Chest
nut street and that its extension
would be “undesirable.”
A hearing on the petition, filed
by Samuel Kushner. is scheduled
for 3:30 p.m. June 15 in the Be
thesda County Building.
Also recommended for disapproval
is a request by the Bannockburn
Heights Improvement Co., through
its attorney, Walter W. Dawson, for
apartment house use of approxi
mately 57 acres between Massachu
setts avenue extended, Goldsboro
road and MacArthur boulevard.
Declaring that the tract is sur
rounded by single-family neighbor
hoods. the commission added:
"The large amount of already
zoned apartment sites opposite the
Army Map Service Plant on Sanga
more road * * * which are as yet
undeveloped emphasizes the lack of
current local public need to increase
the amount of apartment zoned
property.”
Old Georgetown Road Plea Opposed.
The third petition which the
county commissioners were asked to
deny is for commercial use of
property at Old Georgetown road
and Del Ray avenue, Bethesda. The
request was filed by Leo I. and
Dorothy M. Donovan.
Hearings on the latter two peti
tions will be held at 2:40 and 3:40
p.m., respectively, June 15, in the
Bethesda County Building.
Approval was recommended for
the following petitions:
Vernon M. Dorsey, residential A
to C for land on the south side of
Chevy Chase drive between Offutt
lane and Bradley boulevard, Beth
esda.
Thomas E. Hampton, residential
A to C for property in the same
area.
Hearings on the two requests are
scheduled for 2:50 and 3:20 p.m,
respectively, June 15, in the Beth
esda County Building.
Sf. John's Lists Plans
For Graduation Week
Commencement week exercises at
St. John's College, Annapolis, will
begin at 8:30 p.m. Thursday with
the presentation of George Bernard
Shaw's play, "Androcles and the
Lion.”
The King William Players will
perform in Iglehart Hall. At 5 p.m.
Friday the second commencement
week event will be the seniors' re
ception for the faculty and staff at
Great Hall. A second performance
of the Shaw play will be given at
8:30 p.m. Friday and an Informal
dance will be held at 11 p.m. Friday
at the Boat House.
Class day exercises will be held
at 11 a.ip. Saturday under the Lib
erty Tree on the campus. Other
events Saturday will include a fac
ulty-senior baseball game, 3 p.m.;
the president’s dinner for the senior
class at 7 p.m., and the final ball
at 10 p.m.
The baccalaureate service will be
held in St. Anne's Church at 5 p.m.
next Sunday. The president's re
ception for seniors and their guests
will be held at 6 p.m. Sunday at his
home.
Simon Kaplan. St. John's tutor,
will deliver the commencement ad
dress at 11 a.m. Monday.
Arlington Lions to Present
Horse Show Next Sunday
The Arlington Lions Club will pre
sent its 5th annual horse show com
mencing at 1 p.m. next Sunday in
the Ballston Stadium. Proceeds are
to be used in the club's sight con
servation and aid to the blind pro
grams.
For the first time, the Arlington
| show will feature a Western horse
j class which will be an exhibition of
breeds raised for ranch work. Most
of the entries in this class will be
1 Palominos.
The usual hunter, jumper, pony,
saddle, five-gaited and fine harness
classes also are provided in the 15
categories. Championship trophies
are offered for the hunter. Jumper
I and fine saddle horse divisions,
j other class winners will receive cash
; prizes.
Judges for the show will be Thom
as J. Trodden, Jr. of Washington;
Norman Haymaker of Berryville,
Va„ and Earl B. Crall of Lebanon,
Pa.
Son Sues for $100,000
In Port Deposit Crosh
The son of a woman who was
killed in the crash of an Eastern
Air Lines plane at Port Deposit,
Md., a year ago filed a $100,000 dam*
age suit yesterday in Federal Dis
trict Court at Alexandria
Sanborn Chrysler, of Quantico,
Va„ names Eastern Airlines, the
Glenn L. Martin Co. and Douglas
Aircraft Co.. Inc., as defendants in
the suit. The suit says his mother,
Mrs. Gurney Chrysler, was one of
53 persona who lost their lives in
the crash.
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