WASHINGTON AND VICINITY
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 30, 1948
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Two Apartment
Projects Urged
In Montgomery
140-Unit Development
And Big Hotel Plans
Revealed at Hearing
Plans for construction of two
apartment projects at an estimated
total cost of about $2500,000 were re
vealed at hearings, on two rezoning
petitions yesterday before the Mont
gomery County Commissioners.
The requests were among seven
heard by the board in the Silver
Spring Liquor Dispensary Building.
All were fallen under, advisement.
Hoy R. Hunt, who applied for the
rezoning from residential A to C of
property on the south side of Piney
Branch road in the area bounded bv
Qld Bladensburg road and Long
Branch, Takoma Park, said he
planned to erect 140 apartment units
to cost about $1,500,000. There was
no opposition.
The second petition was filed by
Katherine E. Lord and Catherine T.
Vance, who sought the reclassifica
■ion from residential A to C and
rommerrial D of land at Forest
Gkn and Seminary road, Forest
Glen.
Apartment Hotel Planned.
Their attorney. John'R. Reeves,
presented an architect's sketch of
a proposed 100-unit apartment hotel
which he said would be built at a
cost of about $1,000,000. The proj
ect would include nine stores.
It was opposed by about a dozen
property owners in'the area on the
ground there is adequate commer
cially zoned land there. They con
tended an apartment hotel would
reduce home values and create a
traffic hazard.
Byron S. Huie, 2500 Forest Glen
road, submitted a petition signed by
110 home owners in the vicinity,
opposing the application.
Three other Requests uppi»cu.
Three other applications also met
with strong opposition by neighbor
ing property owners.
Two of the three, filed by Safeway
Stores, Inc., sought the rezoning
from residential A to commercial D
of land along Sligo avenue between
Ritchie and Mississippi avenues,
Silver Spring. Several home owners
in the area, however, supported the
requests.
The third request, filed by God
frey Godsall, asked the reclassifica
tion from residential A to commer
cial D of land at Seminary road and
Columbia boulevard. Montgomery
Hills. It was opposed by about 25
property owners.
Two other petitions heard were:
James M. Gibson, residential A
to C of about 11 acres along the
east side of Carroll avenue extended
south of Piney Branch road, Ta
koma Park.
New Hampshire Estates, Inc., res
idential A to C of about 26 acres,
adjacent to the Gibson tract.
Moxley Sues to Regain'
Post in Montgomery
An inter-party political fight was |
carried into Montgomery County!
Circuit Court yesterday.
Alvie A. Moxley of Selma filed suit
for a declaratory judgment against
the county commissioners and Wil
fred E. Dayhoff, inspector of weights
and measures, for the removal of
Mr. Dayhoff and the appointment
of Mr. Moxley to Ihe post.
The plaintiff held the inspector’s
post until March. 1947, when the
commissioners abolished the job. It
was re-created in October, 1947, and
Mr. Dayhoff was appointed. Former
ly. Mr. Moxley was Montgomery
chief of police and also sheriff.
Mr. Moxley’s suit, filed by At
torneys Robert Peter. Joseph Simp
son and Miss Vivian Simpson, alleges
the inspector's office was abolished
after he refused to resign. He said
County Supervisor Irving G. Mc
Nayr asked for the resignation be
cause he is a Democrat and the
Republicans had come into control
of the county Government.
Mr. Moxley also asks for payment
of salary he would have received if
he had continued in office, and re
quests that the commissioners be
enjoined from paying Mr. Dayhoff
further salary until the suit is set
tled. The job pays $2,530 a year.
Social Security Office
In Alexandria to Move
The Alexandria Social Security
field office was to move today from
the Alexandria Post Office Building
to the Poladian Building, 2415
Mount Vernon avenue.
* The office issues social security
account numbers and provides other
services.
Regular visits by a representa
tive of the office are made to the
following places: Arlington Post
Office, first and third Wednesday
of each month at 1 p.m. and on the
second and fourth Wednesdays at 10
a.m. at Washington boulevard and
Hudson street: Leesburg Post Office,
the last Thursday at 9:30 a.m.;
Culpeper, second Tuesday at 10 am.,
at. 303 South Main street, and War
renton Post Office, last Tuesday at
9:30 a.m.
Regular service for Prince William
County will be established for the
third Thursday of each month, the
office announced.
Larger Buses Placed
On Silver^pring Run
The Capital Transit Co. today
placed larger buses on its Silver
Spring express service, Route S-9,
between Colesville road and Fenton
street. Silver Spring, and Thir
• teenth and Pennsylvania avenue
N.W.
At the* same time, according to a
company announcement, 4 minutee
has been cut from the present 33
minute running time. Departure
times remain as before, the com
pany said.
GW RECEIVES GRANT FOR NEW CHEST CLINIC—Dean Wal
ter A. Bloedorn of the George Washington University School of
Medicine receives a check for $8,500 from Mrs. C. D. Lowe, presi
dent of the District Tuberculosis Association, to establish a clinic
to study chronic chest diseases at the university’s hospital. The
presentation, made yesterday at the hospital, is one-third of a
three-year grant from the association. —Star Staff Photo.
Takoma Park Man
Convicted of Attack
On Blind Widow, 72
An all-male jury In Montgomery
County Circuit Court at Rockville
early today convicted Joseph (Dupe)
Ross, Takoma Park garbage collec
tor. of raping a 72-year-old Takoma
Park widow the night of May 12 at
her home.
The jury returned its verdict at
1:50 a.m. after deliberating about
an hour. The trial, delayed by de
fense challenges of prospective
jurors and by frequent objections to
court, procedure, lasted nearly 15
hours.
The three-judge court deferred
sentence. Conviction carries a max
imum punishment of death.
Ross. 54, colored, sat impassively
through the testimony of more than
a score of witnesses and took the
stand to deny the charge.
Confession Read Into Record.
The State's case reached a climax
when the three-judge court admitted
in evidence a confession reportedly
signed by Ross' mark (he is illit
erate), and when an expert from
the Federal Bureau of Investigation
testified that hair, fiber* and pine
needles taken from Ross' clothes
matched those found in the widow’s
bedroom.
The' statement said the defend
ant came upon the agjed woman
about 11:30 p.m. on a porch of her
house, dragged her inside the dwell- j
ing and attacked her.
The partially blind widow testified
earlier that she was putttoi eut a
a man she could fKJtweer She said
Oit was choked and rendered un
conscious and that the next thing
she could remember the man was
attacking her. She said she was
prostrate, violently ill and "so hor
rified” that she could neither
scream nor fight off the attacker.
Detection Method Described.
She said she passed her fingers
over the man’s head, neck and
shoulders, ascertaining that he was
bald, had a fringe of hair and a
deep crease at the back of his
neck.
The FBI expert, Robert E. Duck
ett, explained how he conducted
microscopic examinations of the
known specimens frdm the widow's
house, and the questioned speci
mens which came from clothing the
police said belonged to Ross. The
various specimens matched, he said.
Dr. George Preston, State com
missioner of mental hygiene, de
scribed Ross as feeble-minded but
legally sane.
His sister. Mrs. Estelle Herbert.
Takoma Park, with whom he lived,
testified she found Ross at home at
11:15 p.m. May 12 and that he re
mained there that night. The State
had placed the time of the attack
at about 11:30 p.m.
Another defense witness. Dr. Stan
ley Eldrea, a psychiatrist at the
Chestnut Lodge Sanitarium, Rock
ville. told the jury he believed Ross
w-as an imbecile.
Arlington Couple Injured
In Crash of Car and Truck
An Arlington man and his wife
were injured critically late yester
day when an automobile and a heavy
truck crashed head-on near Lynch
burg, Va., aocording to an Associated
Press dispatch.
^lr. and Mrs. John D. Hollings
worth were in Jackson Memorial
Hospital, Lynchburg, State Trooper
R. E. Ferguson told the Associated
Press. They were passengers in a
car which was traveling north on
Route 11 when it and a van which
went out of control on the wet
pavement, collided, according to the
State trooper.
Mr. Hollingsworth was said to
have suffered head, arm and knee
injuries Mrs. Hollingsworth suf
fered a pelvis fracture, internal and
head injuries, it was reported.
Two Members Added
To Area Rent Board
Appointment of two new members
of the Rent Advisory Board for
Montgomery and Prince Georges
Counties, Md., was announced
today. Area Rent Director Walter
R. Heath also said that three pres
ent members have been asked to
continue.
The new members are Robert W.
Probey, Chevy Chase, and James R.
Miller, Rockville. Three present
members are Mayor Harry A. L.
Barker, Riverdale; S. Walter Bog
ley. Bethesda, and E. F. Zalesak,
College Park.
Important Notice
The telephone number for THE STAR is now STERLING
5000. “
Telephone traffic at THE STAR increased to a point
which demanded additional trunk lines to provide prompt
and efficient service to customers. These trunk lines were
available immediately on the new STerling exchange.
So. to call THE STAR for any reason—remember.
STERLING 5000.
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P. D. Cooper Resigns
County Post to Head
Worcester Schools
Paul D. Cooper, supervisor of con
struction of Prince Georges County
schools, will relinquish that post,
effective July 31, to become superin
tendent of schools in Worcester
County, Md.
At 35, Mr. Cooper will become
one of Maryland's youngest school
superintendents. He became a high
school principal when only 29 years
old.
Mr. Cooper's resignation was an
nounced yesterday by Prince
Georges County School Supt. G.
Gardner Shugart. It was accepted
Monday night at a special meeting
of the County Board of Education.
Schmidt Named Assistant.
Mr Shugart also announced the
appointment of William S. Schmidt,
40, supervisor of instruction for the
county for the past two years, as
assistant superintendent of schools,
a post which has remained vacant
for two years. Thomas S. Gwynn,
jr., 34, principal of Oxon Hill High
School for nearly two years, was
named to succeed Mr. Cooper.
Another appointment to an out
side office was that of Wilbur Hoop
engardner, principal of the Bla
densburg Junior High School, as
junior high school supervisor of
Washington County, Md. That
county’s school superintendent, Wil
liam E. Birsh, was the last assistant
superintendent in Prince Georges
County' . ■ .
Schmidt 4 t nty.
Mr.'ilttunidt :ounty
tour years ago i., and
served tor two pal at]
Oxon High Scl rradu*
ate of Frankli] 1 Col
lege and obtained his master’s de
gree from teachers’ college at Co
lumbia University. He also has
taken graduate work at the Univer
sity of Pittsburgh and at George
Washington University. He and
his wife and one child live at 2813
Crest avenue, Cheverly.
Mr. Cooper’s successor, Mr.
Gwynn, will take office July 1. He
was graduated and also obtained
his master’s degree from the Uni
versity of Maryland. Duftng the
war he served 6Vi years in the Army
and was released as a lieutenant
colonel. While in tehe service, he
was supervisor of instruction of the
technical training schools at Camp
Lee, Va. Before the war he was
a teacher for four years at Upper
Marlboro High School. He and his
family, including two children, live
at Clinton.
Fenwick Rejects Proposal
To Seek State Party Post
State Senator Charles H. Fenwick
of Arlington today turned aside a
suggestion that he be a candidate
for State Democratic chairman with
the comment that "no one who
might have any political aspirations
for a State-wide office for the next
four years should he chairman.”
Senator Fenwick refused to elab
orate on that statement, but laid
down “certain prerequisites’’ he feels
the new chairman should have, and
declared he intends to do all he can
to see that a person who meets them
is selected.
His statements were made in re
sponse to an indorsement by the
Arlington County Democratic Com
mittee for the State post.
Clinical Center
Personnel May
Get Housing
Construction to Start
On Big Bethesda
Health Project Soon
By Harold B. Rogers
Housing may be provided for some
of the personnel of the new $40,
000,000 Clinical Center of the Na
tional Institute of Health, near Be
thesda.
This was disclosed by Dr. Leon
ard A. Scheele, surgeon general
of the Public Health Service, dis
cussing the future of the big project.
Construction is ' expected to start
on the center itself some time this
summer or fall, after bids are asked
for the first part of the job next
month.
The housing for personnel, how-!
ever, will come later, he predicted.
It'may provide dormitory space,
with some light housekeeping
apartments, with sitting rooms and
kitchenettes. About 2,000 employes
are expected, including 1,500 en
gaged in research.
Not a General Hospital.
The Clinical Center, including
laboratories, will have a hospital
of about 500 beds for patients with
diseases under scientific study. But.
Dr. Scheele pointed out, this hos
pital will not be a general hospital
for patients from this Metropol
itan Area. Patients will be drawn
from all over the United States on
the basis of problems under study
at various times.
On the staff. Dr. Scheele pre
dicted, there probably will be some
graduates from the three teaching
hospitals here who would serve as
resident physicians. They would
gain valuable experience as resident
physicians and also would be of
assistance to the great institution,
he explained.
The three teaching hospitals from
which these residents would be
drawn are George Washington Uni
versity, Georgetown University and
Howard University.
No Segregation.
There will be no segregation at
the new Clinical Center, according
to Oscar Ewing, Federal Security
administrator.
Mr. Ewing and Dr. Scheele em
phasized that the Clinical Center
will havr special facilities for wel
fare of patients because "many ol
the patients will require an exten
sive period of hospitalization be
cause of the long-term nature of the
illnesses under treatment."
Among such facilities will be
medical psychiatric social service,
psysieal and occupational therapy
and rehabilitation services. To pro
vide for the spiritual needs of pa
tients there will be a chapel for
religious services of all faiths. The
altar will be a nijur-pgiH affair oij a
revolving-platform so Shat it mayjbe
turned about for use of Brotestaht,
Catholic, Jewish or other religious
beliefs* {{*'*' | j
Laboratory -Services.
The center, essentially for treat
ment of cancer, heart disease and
mental disease, also will have hos
pital facilities for patients of the
new National Institute of Dental
Research and "patients with infec
tious and tropical diseases. A sepa
rate building is to be constructed
later.
Laboratory services will occupy
about two-thirds of the center. The
first contract to be let by Public
Buildings Administration will be for
the foundation, basements and first
floor of the center. Other construc
tion jobs for a heating and power
plant will follow'. The entire project
will require about three years.
The Clinical Center site, opposite
the Naval Medical Center on the
Rockville pike beyond Bethesda, is
to be enlarged eventually to about
320 acres. It already contains head
quarters of the National Institute of
Health, the National Cancer In
stitute and other buildings. Addi
tional land now under negotiation
for acquisition includes the Wood
mont Country Club and the Peters
estate.
Miss Joan Montague
Wins County Scholarship
Miss Joan Montague, 2709 Chev
erly avenue, Cheverly, Md., who was
graduated two weeks ago from
Bladensburg High School, has been
named winner of the Prince Georges
County girls’ scholarship -to Wast
ern Maryland College at West
minster.
Selection of Miss Montague for
the four-year scholarship, which in
cludes both tuition and board, was
announced yesterday by the County
Board of Education. . 1
MYSTERY OF THE MONUMENT—Both of the two big photos are supposed to showHhe top
of the Washington Monument, the cornerstone of which was laid 100 years ago this July 4th.
But in one, the topmost stone is a single block, while the other photo shows it as many
smaller stones. Circular photo shows temporary structure erected over the top at the time
the Monument was completed in 1885. ____
Capstone Provides New Mystery
As Monument Nears Centendry
The Washington Monument,
which is celebrating the 100th anni
versary of its "birth" this week end,
is turning . oul to be a thing of
mystery.
First there was the question of
the cornerstone, laid July 4. 1848.
Nobody knows just where it is.
Now it appears there is confusion
aver the capstone, as illustrated in
the accompanying pictures. The
capstone was set on December 6,
1884. The original capstone itself
was a 100 - ounce aluminum tip
which topped the last great stone
block.
On that day one of the few news
papermen who stood on the top
platform — the whole thing took
place in a howling gale—was Ru
dolph Kauffmann, then a reporter
for The Star and later its managing,
editor and vice president.
Invited by C«l. Casey.
Mr. Kauffmann. who used to get
around town on a high-wheeled
bike, had become a good friend of
Thomas Lincoln Casey, the colonel
of Army Engineers who was in
charge of the Monument's comple
tion. So Col. Casey invited him to
attend the ceremonies.
For many years, one of Mr. Kauff
mann's favorite stories was about
the climb down the rickety ladder
from the Monument's apex to the
windows and safety inside. The
superstructure at the Monument's
tip is shown in the circular photo,
taken at the time of the Monu
ment's completion in 1885.
Col. Casey is the man standing
at the ieft in the top photo, ac
cording to Mrs. Handy Evans of
the L. C. Handy Studio, which has
the original negative of the top pic
ture. The picture certainly looks
like other photos of the colonel.
The mystery appears when you
compare the top photo with the
GROUND BROKEN FOR AGED HOME UNIT—Shown at ground-breaking ceremonies yesterday
for Cassell Hall of Asbury Methodist Home for the Aged, Gaithersburg, Md., are (left to right)
Mrs. Herman M. Wilson, wife of the superintendent of the home; Mrs. M. L. Sentmyer, 97, mem
ber of the home; Walter H. Davis, president of the board of trustees; Dr. Karl P. Meister, execu
tive secretary of the General Board of Methodist Hospitals and Homes; William H. Van Sant.
97. member of the home; Bishop Charles Wesley Flint, presiding over the Washington area;
Mrs. Walter H. Davis; Mrs. A. W. Mears, president of the home guild, and the Rev. Herman M.
Wilson, - —Star Staff Photo.
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similar one below it, taken by a
Btfar photographer in 1935, wheh
the Mpnument was being cleaned as
a public v/orks project. The group
of workmen beside the American
flag are sitting on the top of
the scaffolding which enveloped the
Monument at that time.
Difference in Top.
But a quick glance is enough to
show that, in one picture, the top
most Monument stone is a single
huge block. In the other, the top
photo, the tip appears to be made
up of some two dozen smaller
stones. Besides, the top photo wasn't
taken in December, Judging from
the clothing worn by the workmen.
Finally, the circular photo shows
that there was a wooden super
structure erected over the entire tip
of the Monument to hoist the last
stone into place. No such structure
appears in the top photo.
The question then, is: If it isn't
the Washington Monument, what is
it? For years this picture has been
printed as one taken at the top of
the Monument.
Maybe some Washingtonian can
supply the answer and end the
mystery before the 100th annivers
ary of the cornerstone laying comes
around -this week end.
Show Tonight to Benefit
Slain Policeman's Family
A benefit show to provide funds
for the widow and two children of
Pvt. Charles F. Caldwel. slain Prince
Georges County policeman, will be
held at 8 o’clock tonight at the
Cheverly (Md.i Theater.
According to George M. Jones,
chariman of the Ticket Committee
for the special event, the fund is
expected to be increased by more
than $2,000. Tickets cost $1, with
special sponsor tickets seling for $5
each. All proceeds of the show will
be given to the fund by the theater
management.
A stage show with Bill Brundige.
Station WOL sports director, as
master of ceremonies, will be pre
sented, along with a motion picture,
'Green Grass of Wyoming." Mem
bers of the Washington Redskins’
football team also wil make an ap
pearance. Pvt. Caldwell was an
equipment manager for the Red
skins. He was killed while trying
to make an arrest in Dean wood
Park, Md., on June 12.
Direct Alarm to Foil
«r v:' • t9XC tsUiCJCnj
jail Escapes Ordered *
By Prince Georges
A better alarm system for the
Prince Georges County jail at Up
per Marlboro was in prospect today,
as a result of a decision to provide
a direct communications telephone
between the jail and the county
courthouse, which houses the police
station and sheriffs office.
The move was authorized yester
day by the county commissioners,
who also ordered that the pay tele
phone now in the jail be removed
immediately. The new phone, when
tfte receiver is lifted, automatically
will ring both the police and sher
iffs office and will be the only com
munications with the outside.
Prisoner Calls Banned.
Such action was recommended by
Deputy Sheriff R. Earle Sheriff yes
terday in the temporary absence
of Sheriff T. Ward Martin.
Five prisoners broke out of the
two-story jail last Wednesday night,
when one of them grabbed a jailer
after being. permitted to make an
outside telephone call on the pay
pnone. In the future no calls will
be permitted by prisoners, the com
missioners . directed.
The jail is under the jurisdiction
of the sheriffs office. Ten prison
ers, including a 17-year-old girl,
have escaped -from the jail in the
last seven months. Two of those
who escaped last week still are at
large.
Wrecked Telephone.
Last week’s escape might have
been thwarted if a direct communi
cations system had been installed.
Mr. Sheriff reported. As it was the
escapees pulled out the receiver
before leaving, making the phone
useless. Any similar move in the
future would warn police, Mr. Sher
iff added. The direct system also
was included in recommendations of
the county grand jury in April.
The commissioners suggested to
Mr. Sheriff that jailers in the future
be provided with written instruc
tions on their jobs and that no
prisoners be allowed out of their
cells except when police guards are
present.
Nam^d Tufts Trustee
Everett J. Boothb.v, vice president
and general manager of the Wash
ington Gas Light Co., has been
elected an alumni trustee of Tufts
College. Medford. Mass.
Theatrical Methods to Increase
Church Attendance Criticized
Ministers who use “theatrical
practices” to bring worshipers into
their churches were criticized today
by Miss Mary E. Walsh. Columbia
Union Conference Bible instructor,
as contributing to "the same con
ditions today that prevailed in the
world before the downfall of ancient
Babylon.” <
Miss Walsh, speaking at the bien
nial meeting of the Potomac Con
ference of the Seventh-Day Ad
ventists at Sligo Church, Takoma
Park, declared that “when churches
today resort to dancing out portions
of the Scripture to attract people
to the Bible and to the churches, it
sounds very much like ancient
Babylon. And God said that when
the nations drink from the cup
of Babylon they were mad.
A drive to double the present;
church membership of 6,000 in the
Potomac Conference within the
next two years was planned at the
meeting today. The conference
also plans to campaign for the
opening of many branch Sabbath
schools throughout the area in the
next two years.
Approximately 500 young people
from the Washington area are ex
pected to attend the Youth Con
gress for the Columbia Union to be
held August 26 to 29 at Philadel
phia, it was announced today. The
Columbia Union of the denomina
tion consists of Seventh-day Ad
ventist church in Ohio, Pennsyl
vania, Maryland. New Jersey. Dela
ware. Virginia, West Virginia and
the District of Columbia.
Elder N. S. Ashton, pastor of Sligo
Church, will speak at 8 p.m. today
on "The Power of the Gospel." '
Sauter Restored
As Police Official
In Montgomery
Board's Action
In Eliminating Job
Found to Be Error
Montgomery County Commis
sioner Wesley I. Sauter has been
reinstated in the police commis
sioner job from which he was ousted
last March 25, when the county
commissioners ordered the $1,200
a year post abolished.
The action was taken by the
board yesterday as an outgrowth of
charges against a county policeman
of drinking while on duty.
P. Barnard Welsh, attorney to
the commissioners, explained that
when the county heads voted to
eliminate the office, they acted un
der a 1939 law which made appoint
ment to the post permissive.
Yesterday, however, he added,
while studying the act setting up
the Police Trial Board, which must
hear the charges against Policeman
Paul O. Federline, he found the
board must include the police com
missioner. x
Amendment Disclosed.
He said further study of county
laws disclosed the 1939 law had been
amended in 1943. making appoint
ment of a police commissioner
mandatory.
Mr. Sauter, who also receives
*1.800 a year as commissioner for
the western suburban area, will be
given retroactive pay to March 25.
Later, Board President Brooke
Johns, who led the move to elimi
nate the office, reiterated his belief
it should be abolished.
Federline, 31, who has been sus
pended pending a hearing before
the Police Trial Board, is accused of
drinking on duty last Friday ir
Gaithersburg.
He joined the force last January
7. Prior to that, he tvas on the force
from July 21. 1941, to September 3,
1943, when he resigned to join the
State police. He lives in Bethesda
Resignations Accepted.
In other business, the board ac
cepted the resignations of Police
man Leroy Mullinix and Lewis E.
Peeck, an employe of the county
engineer’s office. Mr. Peeck said he
was leaving because the county had
failed to increase his salary.
Mr. Sauter announced he would
attempt to have the State Roads
Commission set aside funds next
year for the installation of warn
ing signals at the Jones Bridge
road railroad crossing, where three
men were injured June 7 when
their car was struck by a Baltimore
& Ohio freight train.
He said he had been advised by
the railroad that State Roads Com
mission funds used for contributing
to the cost of installing warning
signals at railroad crossings have
been exhausted.
He added railroad officials in
formed him they would be ‘ glad"
to co-operate with the State in
putting up the warning signals
when State funds are available.
v A request by the General Confer
ence of Seventh-Day Adventists
from the personal property tax of
i the organization's Department of
Purchase and Supply was denied,
in accordance with the recommend
ation of the County Assessment De
partment.
Road Petitions Rejected.
Also rejected were petitions to
improve Wehawken and Wapako
neta roads, .Glen Echo Heights.
After receiving a petition signed
by about 200 Rockcrest residents
urging the board to co-operate with
the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad in
building a new bridge over the rail
road tracks at Agnew drive, the
commissioners promised they would
“do everything passible” to expedite
•‘he project.
Balfour O. Lytton. who presented
the petition, said the present span
has been condemned as unsafe by
the railroad and the State Roads
Commission and was closed last
week to vehicular traffic.
Favorable action was taken on a
petition to build concrete sidewalks,
curbs and gutters on both sides of
Rosedale avenue between Kentucky
avenue and Pearl street, Bethesda.
Estimated cost is $6,875.
All county employes will be given
a day off next Monday since July 4
falls on Sunday.
Suit to Evict Veteran
Ends in Mistrial
A suit to evict a war veteran from
the Cameron Valley housing project
in Alexandria ended in' a mistrial
yesterday when the jury became
deadlocked after an hour's delibera
tion.
! The Alexandria Housing Authority
j sought to evict John M. Webster
j from the home he rents at Cameron
| Valley. The Alexandria Civil and
Police Court decided in his favor
last winter. The Corporation Court
jurv yesterday heard the Housing
Authority’s appeal from the Police
Court decision.
Spokesmen for the Housing
Authority contend the development
is for the exclusive use of civilian
and military personnel attached to
Fort Belvoir. The action to evict
Mr. Webster was taken at the re
quest of Fori Belvoir authorities
after his discharge from the service.
Although other quarters were found
for Mr. Webster and hts family at
the Shirley Homes in Arlington, he
testified they were unsuitable.
Judge William P. Woolls indicated
the case would be set for retrial in
September. Attorney Stanley King
represented the Housing Authority
and Leroy Benheim represented Mr.
WeDster.
| Star Movies |
Community movies, sponsored by
The Star, the Recreation Depart
ment and the Film Center, are
scheduled 9 o’clock tonight. Pro
grams of com. fy, sports, cartoon
and travel shorts will be shown at
the following playgrounds and rec
reation centers.
Edaewood, Third and Evarts streets N E
Livingston, Third and Livingston streets
S E.
Palisades. Dana and Sherrter places
N W
Sherwood, Tenth and G streets NE
Takoma. Fourth and Van Buren streets
N W
Virginia Avenue. Ninth street and Vir.
ginla avenue 8.E. _ „ _
Bundy. Fourth and O streets N W „
Crummeil. Galiaudet and Kendall
streets N.E, . _ _
Lincoln, Sixth and L street* SE
Rose Park, Twenty-seventh and ■
streets N.W.
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