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WASHINGTON AND VICINITY
FRIDAY, JULY 30, 1948 ‘ ~
Campaign Bus
Driver Cleared
In Alexandria
Judge Holds Arrest
On Sound Truck Law
Was Unconstitutional
BULLETIN
Judge James R. Duncan to
day dismissed charges against
Daniel Cronin for operating a
political sound truck in Alex
andria without obtaining a
local $25 license. Judge Dun
can said the city ordinance was
unconstitutional, as ruled in a
recent United States Supreme
Court case.
The question of whether a po
litical campaigner must obtain a
city permit before operating his
sound bus in Alexandria was sched
uled to be taken up today in Alex
andria Civil and Police Court.
Judge James R. Duncan was to
pass on that question in the case of
Dan Cronin, member of the Roanoke
City Council, who .was arrested yes
terday for operating a mobile loud
speaker without obtaining a $25
local permit.
Mr. Cronin was operating the
truck for James P. Hart of Roanoke,
candidate in Tuesday's primary for
the Senate nomination from Vir
ginia. Mr. Hart is opposing Senator
Robertson. Both Mr. Cronin and
Mr. Hart said they believe laws such
as that under which the arrest was
made had been held unconstitu
tional by the Supreme Court.
Mr. Cronin, who won election as
tn antiorganization candidate, said
he tried to tell police the sound
truck ordinance is unconstitutional.
He said he was told it was still the
law in Alexandria to take out a $25
permit for each day a sound truck
—or bus—is operated
Police Chief Denies Politics.
Mr. Hart, who had been cam
paigning with Mr. Cronin in Alex
andria and Arlington from the bus
without interruption all morning,
saw in the arrest an attempt to
quash his “only means of reaching
the people."
Police Chief Edgar Sims said
there was nothing political about
the arrest. He declared it was strict
ly routine for police to check up on
sound truck operators to see if they
have permits, and in cases where
they found no permits to enforce
the law.
The candidate said he could not
afford newspaper advertisements or
expensive radio broadcasts.
“It just shows what one must
go through to fight the Byrd-Tuck
machine in order to stimulate inter
est in government,” Mr. Hart as
serted.
Protesting his arrest, Mr. Cronin
said the Supreme Court had ruled
on June 7 that such laws were in
valid under the Constitution because
thev affect free speech.
The Supreme Court ruling, how
ever, had to do with a Lockport
iN. V.) law which gave the city's
chief of police power to decide
whether sound trucks would be per
mitted to operate in the city. The
high court held in that decision that
“loud speakers are today indispensa
ble instruments of effective public
speech." and the Lockport law vio
lated the first amendment s guar
antee of free speech.
Mr. Cronin said the sound dus
had been used throughout the State
without interference. He added that
the privilege of using it had never
been abused.
• We have used it everywhere—
Norfolk, Richmond, Roanoke, Bris
tol, Danville—even in the sacred
stronghold, Winchester,” Mr. Cronin
declared.
Senator Byrd lives In Winchester.
Bus Decorated with Slogans.
The idea of using a bus for his
campaign headquarters came to Mr.
Hart shortly after he decided to
oppose Senator Robertson for the
Democratic nomination. He bought;
an old transit company bus and
decorated it with his campaign |
slogans. A destination sign on the'
front reads, "Capitol Hill,” and on
the sides a placard reads, 'Don't;
miss the bus.”
Mr. Hart and friends who accom
pany him on tours of the State, de
clare the idea has paid off. Since
he began, the first week in June, Mr.
Hart has touched almost every j
county in Virginia.
Mr. Hart’s supporters believe the
people are getting to know him and.
what's more, like him.
The bus stops anywhere. Along
♦he road it picks up any one who
happens to be going in the same
direction. One Saturday morning
en route to Bristol, the free-riders
had "standing room only.”
And when the campaign is over—;
whether the bus reaches the
destination as listed on the front
sign or not—the vehicle is going.
to be donated to the Episcopal!
Home for Boys near Covington, Va.,
which has no transportation at
present.
Sheriff to Broadcast
In an effort to obtain a large
turnout of both Democrat* and
Republicans in Tuesday's Virginia
primary. Sheriff J. Elwood Clements
of Arlington will- speak at 7 o'clock
tonight on WARL on “The Citizen's
Duty to Vote in the Primary.”
Church Sponsors Carnival
St. Jerome's Catholic Church of
Hyattsviile will sponsor a carnival
for two weeks starting Monday at
Forty-third avenue and Hamilton
street, Hyattsviile. Proceeds will go
toward payment of the debt of the
parish’s new school.
| Star Movies
Community movies, sponsored by
The Star in co-operation with the
Recreation Department and The
Film Center are scheduled for 9
p.m. today. Programs of comedy,
sports, cartoons and travel shorts
will be shown at the following play
grounds and recreation centers.
Barnard, Fourth and Decatur streets
N W.
Ft. Greble. Nichola avenue and Chesa
peake streets S w
Hearst. Thirty-seventh and Tilden
•treets N.W.
Housing Dnit, Seventh and Monroe
Streets N.W.
Jefferson. Eighth and H streets 8 W.
Trinidad. Holbrook terrace and Mt.
Olivet N.E.
BurrvUle. division between Haves street
•nd Bell »lace N.E
Douglass-Simmons. First and Pieree
•treets N.W
Morgan. V and Chamnlain streets N.W.
EgDdall. First and l streets 6 W.
MARYLAND STUDIES OFFER OF BAYSIDE PARK—Among the features of the 725-acre tract
offered to Maryland by William H. Labrot, Sandy Point landowner, for a State park is this
Colonial brick manor house, suggested for use as a museum for display of the State’s natural
resources.
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This is a portion of the iy2-mile-long beach on Chesapeake Bay. The area also includes
two large lakes, one of which Mr. Labrot suggests might be dredged as a harbor for small
boats.. More than half of the property, on which the State now has a 60-day option, would
be a gift, with the remainder to be purchased for $160,000.
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County Teachers Plan
3 Conferences With
Parents in August
Montgomery county parents who
want a voice in what their children
are taught in school will have an
opportunity to express their views
in three conferences with teachers
next month.
The conferences are part of the
annual workshops on curriculum
chanegs to be held throughout
August at Richard Montgomery
High School. Rockville.
School officials said they hoped
the sessions would answer many of
the objections raised by a group of
parents who advocate more empha
sis on the “three Rs.”
The Board of Education an
nounced it had obtained the serv
ices of Dr. J. Franklin Stover, dean
of education at Western Maryland
College, as workshop consultant. Dr.
Stover, described as a curriculum
specialist, was formerly associated
with the American Council of Edu
cation.
First Meeting Tuesday.
The first meeting is scheduled at
1:30 p.m. Tuesday in the school1
library and will be devoted to a
discussion of preliminary plans for
the workshop.
The second conference will be
held at 1:30 p.m. August 12, at
which parents will have an oppor
tunity to attend the committee
meetings and to participate in dis
cussions.
At the third conference, at 1:30
p.m. August 24, committee chairmen
will interpret and report on the i
work accomplished.
Sessions to Be Repeated.
For the benefit of parents unable
to attend the joint meetings during
the day, the sessions will be re
peated at 8 p.m. next Wednesday,
8 p.m. August 13, and 8 p.m.
August 25.
In addition, individual confer
ences will be arranged at the request
of any parents desiring to discuss
more fully any of the curriculum
problems brought up at the joint
meeting.
Buckingham Explosion
Burns Fatal to Woman
Miss Esther Williams, 43, Army
Department employe who was
burned critically Sunday in an ex
plosion in her Buckingham apart
ment, died last night in Arlington
Hospital.
She was burned over most of her
body and face in the explosion
which wrecked the kitchen of her
apartment and damaged the kitchen
of an adjoining unit at 349 North
Glebe road, Arlington.
Arlington police said the blast oc
curred when Miss Williams started
to light the gas range in the
kitchen. They said they were told
that earlier Miss Williams had
started to prepare a pan of food
and after placing it over a lighted
burner went into the next room to
make a telephone call. She closed
the apartment windows, police said
they were Informed, to shut out the
noise 'from the street and yard.
After completing the telephone
call, Miss Williams returned to the
kitchen and found that the food
had spilled out of the pan and ex
tinguished the flame, police said.
It was when she went to light the
stove again that the blast occurred.
Dr. W. C. Welburn, Arlington
coroner, is investigating.
Miss Williams, who had lived
in Arlington for several years, is
survived by her mother, Mrs. Mary
T. Williams, and a sister. Miss Amy
Williams, both of Dunellen, N. J.
Silver Spring Main Break
Undermines New Paving
New concrete paving on Georgia
avenue, Sliver Spring, was under
mined today when water gushed
from a broken 10-inch main at
Bonifant street.
Through traffic was not affected,
but turns cannot be made until
repairs are completed.
The Washington Suburban Sani
tary Commission said the break
occurred at 1:30 a.m. and water!
service was restored by 8 a.m.
Sanitary Commission officials were
to meet today with E'. G. Duncan,
Maryland Roads Commission engi
neer, to urge the use of quick drying
cement in the pavement replace
ment Job.
Silver Spring merchants hope to
have the paving usable by Monday
because of Shop Silver Spring Week,
beginning tomorrow in celebration
of the opening of Georgia avenue.
Youth and Girl Injured
When Car Overturns
A young man and woman were
injured early today near Great
Falls, Va.. in a car which ran off
the road and overturned.
Robert Sisk, 20, Forestville, Va..
and Miss Mary Jane Wagner, 17,
of the 4500 block of Canal road
N.W.. were admitted to Arlington
Hospital about 3 am. Mr. Sisk
was reported suffering head and
chest injuries and Miss Wagner
chest and arm cuts.
Fairfax police said they were told
Mr. Sisk, who was driving, fell
asleep. i
A. B. & W. Line Wins
2i-Cent Fare Rise
On Virginia Routes
Fare increases averaging 2‘i cents
on intrastate routes of the Alex
andria, Bancroft & Washington
Transit Co. were granted yesterday
by the Virginia State Corporation
Commission.
The increases will go into effect;
September 1. The A. B. & W. appli
cation >was heard by the SCC
Wednesday.
Similar fare increases on inter
state routes averaging 2Vi cents,
were approved on a temporary basis
| of six months by the Interstate
1 Commerce Commission Tuesday.
The ICC gave temporary approval,
pending outcome of the application
before the SCC, so that it could be
determined what the ratio of intra
! state fares is to interstate fares.
: The interstate fare increases become
: effective August 15.
Under the new fare schedule ap
proved by the SCC, intrastate rates
will go up as follows: Five-cent
fares will go up to 10-cent cash
fares, or two tokens for 15 cents: 10
cent fares will become 15-cent cash
fares, or a 7 Vi-cent token plus a
nickel.
The company told the SCC that
it was virtually impossible .to divorce
the interstate business from the in
trastate phase of the operations be
cause the same equipment and same
operators were used and the inter
state business was a continuation of
the runs within the State, in most
instances. Both the SCC and the
ICC had wanted to know whether
losses being incurred by the com
pany were the result of low intra
state or interstate fares,
i The increases granted by the SCC
land the ICC are expected to pro
duce about $95,000 net profit an
nually for the company.
Fringe Parking Bus Routes'
To Co to PUC for Approval
The Public Utilities Commission
will be asked Monday by the Capital
Transit Co. to approve proposed
routes for buses shuttling between
fringe parking lots and the down
town area.
The Motor Vehicle Parking Agen
cy's plan to provide 1.350 parking
spaces for commuters’ cars on the
edge of the business and shopping
district calls for setting up the^
shuttle bus lines for use of the mo
torists. They would be able to park
' their cars and ride the rest of the
j way downtown on the shuttle buses,
ail for the price of about 40 cents.
E. C. Giddings, vice president of
J Capital Transit, said tne company
jalso is conferring with the parking
agency, the Department of Vehicles
and Traffic and police officials on
! the proposed shuttle bus routings.
I PUC approval is needed before the
fringe parking plan can proceed.
Three lots are contemplated for
; use under the plan—one at the Mu
nicipal Center, one at Temple
Heights and one near Heurich’s
Brewery.
Personal Tax Returns Due
In Mails Tomorrow Night
Today is the last chance Wash
ington residents will have to take
their personal property tax forms
to the District Building without in
curring the 20 per cent penalty pro
vided for late filing.
Tax Collector Guy Pearson point
ed out, however, that the law pro
vides the tax form must be filed in
July. Tiie District Building is closed
tomorrow, but all forms mailed be
fore midnight tomorrow will be ac
cepted without penalty.
Those taking their returns to the
District Building must turn them in
at Room 215 between 8:15 ajn. and
4:45 p.m. The bills will be mailed
in August, and the first installment
is due in September, Mr. Pearson
said.
There is a 1 per cent a month
penalty for failure to pay the tax. he
said. The law provides a $1,000 flat
exemption on household furnishings,
with the rest subject to the tax. No
exemption is provided on jewelry.
Gov. Lane Creates
Exclusive Post of
'Bay Admiral'
8y •the Associated Press
ANNAPOLIS, July 30.—Kentucky
has its colonels but they can't com
pete with Maryland’s Chesapeake
Bay admirals for exclusiveness.
That's the honorary post which
Gov. Lane created when he com
missioned Gov. Duff of Pennsylvania
as a bay admiral.
Gov. Lane points out that “Ad
miral” Duff, as the sole holdei of
the title, belongs to a far more ex
clusive fraternity than Kentucky
cdlonels.
“Kentucky can’t have admirals,
for it doesn’t have'one .drop of salt
water in the entire State,” he said.
Gov. Lane said he’s reserving the
right to appoint all future bay ad
mirals. If you’re interested, apply
direct to:
Gov. William Preston Lane, jr„
State House, Annapolis, Md.
Map showing location of the bayside park which may be
established within the area of the proposed airport at Sandy
Point.
Airport Controversy Focuses
On 725-Acre Labrot Tract
A 725-acre water-front tract on
Chesapeake Bay has become the
focal point of Maryland's two-year
dispute over the proposed Sandy
Point Naval Academy Airport.
Maryland now has a 60-day option
on the acreage and State surveyors
are inspecting it for development as
a park.
But the Navy also has a Congress
approved plan to take over the same
area, for construction of the airport.
All that is lacking is the necessary
$12,000,000 appropriation.
■ The park project is the proposal
of William H. Labrot, -wealthy land
owner, who has offered to make a
gift of more than half the park
acreage to the State. For the re
maining 325 acres he would charge
$160,000.
Has Mile and a Half of Beach.
Mr. Labrot wants the tract devel
oped “by the best talent available”
into Maryland's foremost recreation
area.
Features suitable for such develop
ment include a mile and a half of
beach, two large lakes, one of which
Mr. Labrot suggests dredging as a
harbor for small boats. Adjacent
'marshes could be filled in to provide
parking lots, according to his plan.
The bulk of the area consists of
undeveloped woodland and cleared
fields. On the property, formerly
the Bay Side Stock Farm, are the
Sandy Point Manor House, built in
1736, and two large horse barns
still in use by Mr. Labrot.
As an example of early Colonial
architecture, the house might be
converted into a museum. The
grounds include boxwood-lined |
walks, towering trees' and spacious
lawns.
Suggests Road to Highway.
“What better setting could there
be,” Mr. Labrot asked, “in which
to exhibit to the thousands who
would be attracted here, the things
nature has provided to make Mary
land great in material wealth?”
To provide access to open areas
within the park, Mr. Labrot has
suggested building a road to con
nect with Ritchie highway, which
would be the main artery to the
area. Existing paths through the
woods might be converted into bridle
paths.
Robert Moses, New York park en
gineer, is recommended by Mr.
Labrot for the task of planning the
new development,, which he would
have supervised by a five-member
board appointed by Gov. Lane.
As chairman of the Park Board,
Mr. Labrot would like to have the
Governor appoint the president of
the Federated Garden Clubs of
Maryland, and two members should
,be nearby property owners, in his
vIgw.
It was the residents of the neigh
boring area who organized deter
mined opposition to the Sandy Point
airport proposal when Naval Acad
emy officials began pushing it two
years ago. Mr. Labrot was among
the leaders of the opposition.
Lane Hints at Tax Reduction
As Surplus Exceeds Estimates
By the Associated Press
BALTIMORE, July' 30—Gov.
Lane wants to know whether Mary
land's $20,000,000 budget surplus—
which exceeded the original esti
mate by nearly $10,000.000—is an
accident that occurs once in a life
time or “whether it will be a con
tinuing thing.’’ He hinted at a pos
sible tax reduction.
“I have asked the Board of Esti
mates, in the light of their expe
rience, to make estimates for the
coming year," the Governor said
yesterday.
State Controller James J. Lacy
said he had called a meeting of the
board for August 10 at the Gover
nor's request “to consider the whole
financial picture,”
The $20,473,515.04 surplus was $9,
970,677.96 more than the original
estimate and more than $5,000,000
greater than a revised estimate
made last March.
Last year's estimates also said
the surplus would be $2.322,529.24,
with revenues estimated at $56,000,
000 by June 30, 1949.
Gov. Lane said he wants revised
estimates to see whether the State
can afford any tax reduction. He
asked to have preliminary figures
by September 1.
Panel Named to Handle
Construction Contracts
A three-man panel of District
Engineering Department executives
has been named by the Commis
sioners to handle all contracts for
construction, thereby relieving the
city, heads of detail in connection
with letting contraots.
The contracting officers named are
Archie G. Hutson, director of-con
struction; H. C. Whitehurst, director
of highways, and Harold A. Kemp,
director of sanitary engineering.
Named as alternate contracting
officers, to serve during disability
or absence of the others, are: Merrel
A. Coe, municipal architect: J Jf.
Robertson, deputy director of high
ways, and Ellwood Johnson, deputy
director of sanitary engineering.
All the appointments are effective
immediately.
Beetle Season Reported at Peak
With Corn Crop Chief Target
Japanese beetles are at the peak
of their destructive season in nearby
Maryland, Dr. George S. Langford,
entomologist of the Maryland State
Extension Service at College Park,
said yesterday.
The beetles will start falling off
rapidly after August 10 until the
frost, Dr. Langford predicted.
Before. 1948’s multitude of beetles
caU it a day, they’ll probably inflict
as much damage to crops and plant
life as they did last year, Dr. Lang
ford said. Com crops now appear
to be the principal target of attack
for the insects, he reported.
On com alone, 1947 beetle dam
age amounted to approximately
$250,000 in Montgomery County.
About half that amount of damage
resulted In each of Frederick, How
ard, Carroll and Washington Coun
ties, Dr. Langford said. These five
counties constitute the most affected
part of the State, he added.
Prince Georges County last year
reported a more serious infestation
than in 1946, particularly in the
southern part, but damage did not
run as high as the five other coun
ties, the entomologist said.
Montgomery, which also had a
more serious infestation in 1947
than the previous year, reported
that trap records of the county in*
dicated the worst spots were around
Ashton, Brooke ville, DawsonvUle,
Gaithersburg, Olney, Poolesville
and Rockville.
Dr. Langford said beetle lnfest#>
tion is worse this year in the West
ern Shore counties than those on
the Eastern Shore of the Chesa
peake Bay. In the latter area, the
peak has been passed, he said.
Dr. Langford said infestation by
beetles in metropolitan areas “prob
ably is not as bad as last year.” He
said use of beetle traps and the ac
tive fight against beetles are re
sponsible for the decrease.
Lane Calls on State
To Plant Tree Farms
And Save Waste Land
By the Associated Press
WELCOME, Md., July 30.—Gov.
Lane urged Maryland farmers
today to turn tree farmers and help
nurse 400,000 acres of waste land
back to productivity.
This amount of land which past
neglect has made useless for farm
ing of any sort "is shameful in a
State the size of Maryland,” the
Governor said.
His speech was prepared for de
livery at the dedication of Mary
land's first “tree farm”—a 1,278-acre
pine stand in this Charles County
community.
Certificate Awarded
Tree Farmer P. H. Gladfelder of
Spring Grove. Pa., pvnei of the land
and president of a paper and pulp
company, was awarded a certificate
from the Governor for good forestry
management.
State and national forestry of
ficials were on hand for the cere
mony.
To be eligible, the “tree farmer”
must turn at least five acres into
a tree stand, agree to protect it
from fire and excessive grazing and
follow’ certain thinning methods
apnroved by forestry officials.
Since Maryland farmers own more
than 80 per cent of the State's
woodlands, they should copy Mr.
Gladfelder’s example, Gov. Lane
said.
Easiest Work, He Says,
j "Gov. Lane said tree farming Is
the easiest work in agriculture and
' pays back cash income for the wood
plus furnishing “the best insurance
there is against soil erosion.”
The Governor said new laboratory
uses for wood have put it in com
petition with steel as a strategic
material.
The tree farm movement is spon
sored nationally by the American
Forest Products Industries. Inc., and
by. tb* Depart***!** of State F«**W*
and Parks and the county forestry
boards. ._
Sentence of Youth Who Got
Life at 15 Is Cut to 25 Years
Sy *h« Associated Press
ANNAPOLIS, July 30—A con
vict sentenced as a boy of 15 years
to life imprisonment for first-degree
murder has had his sentence com
muted to 25 years, the Secretary of
State’s office announced yesterday.
Gov. Lane, on recommendation
of the State Parole Board, reduced
the sentence of John E. Bachelder,
20, of Baltimore. Eight others were
paroled and one pardoned.
Bachelder, who three others, was
convicted of murdering 67-year-old
Joseph Skirman of Baltimore about
six years ago when the “gang of
hoodlums” was rolling the man for
his wallet and watch chain. The
boys said the aged man fell and
broke his head in the scuffle.
Others paroled include:
John A. Long, sentenced October
27, 1947, by the Prince Georges
County Circuit Court to two years
in the House of Correction for
housebreaking, larceny and receiv
ing stolen goods.
James Wills, colored, sentenced
October 27, 1947, by the Prince
Georges Circuit Court to two years
in the House of Correction for lar
ceny and receiving stolen goods.
Parking Survey Planned
By Arlington Chamber
The Arlington Chamber of Com
merce has named a special commit
tee to make a comprehensive survey
of customer and off-street vehicular
parkinginff in co-operation with
county authorities.
Ray L. Miller is chairman of the
study group. Other members are
Thomas E. Sebrill IIII, vice chair
man >• Ed win T. Holland. W. Borrell
Stone, Homer G. Bauserman. Fred
N. Windridge and E. J. Willett.
D. C. Masons Plan Picnic
The Association of Worshipful
Masters of District Masonic Lodges
will holtTa picnic with their families
tomorrow at Mason Beach, Deale,
Md. William C. Tendick, master of
Arminius Lodge, is chairman of the
Arrangements Committee.
Aerial'Grab Bag'
To Push Shopping
In Silver Spring
A tbtal of 2,000 yellow balloons,
of which 125 will contain certificates
ranging in value from 25 cents to $5
each, will be dropped from an air
plane over Silver Spring and
Northwest Washington tonight and
tomorrow. „ „ .
This aerial version of the grab
bag ' is intended to publicize the
second annual Shbp Silver Spring
Week, beginning tomorrow and con
tinuing through August 7.
The certificates may be redeemed
at any store participating in Shop
Silver Spring Week.
The first drop of 500 balloons is
scheduled for 7 o'clock tonight and
the remaining 1.500 will be dropped
between UJO a.m. and 12:30 pm.
tomorrow. Sponsor of the stunt is
the Retail Merchants Division of
the Silver Spring Board of Trade.
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Planners Take Steps
To Acquire 4 Maryland
Tracts for Parks
By Nelson M. Shepard
Initial steps for the acquisition
of four more small stream valleys
in nearby Maryland suitable for
park development were disclosed
today by Maj. Gen. U. » Grant III,
j chairamn of the National Capital
Park and Planning Commission.
Located within the Metropolitan
j Area, these attractively wooded
! valleys would be saved from com
mercial exploitation by including
them within the program mapped
out for acquisition under terms of
the Capper-Cramton Act of 1930.
Gen. Grant identified the streams
as follows: Oxon Run and Paint
Branch an extension of the Ana
; costia River, both in Prince Georges
County, and Little Falls Branch and
Willett Run. in the general neign
' borhood of Cabin John, Montgomery
County.
The Federal group discussed
ways of amending the basic agree
ment under which Capper-Cram
|ton Act lands have been acquired
i since 1930. Meeting with them
yesterday afternoon were J. Bond
Smith and Warren Buckler, legal
representatives of the Maryland
! NCPPC.
Working on Loan Plan.
Only Federal funds made avail
able out of the $1,500,000 requested
for the stream valley park program
was a mere $159,000, included in
the current Independent Offices
Appropriations Act. The four
streams in question will be added
to the planning map of the Merto
politan Area for future purchase.
The new agreement under whicn
the Maryland Commission cart bor
row Federal funds and €tie amounts
required for each of the park de
velopments, are being worked out.
Gen. Grant also revealed the
for a playground abutting Mitchell
Park on S street west of Twenty
third street N.W. Held by the
Alien Property Custodian, the play
ground is part of a plot formerly
owned by the German Embassy.
The 47,816 square feet to be pur
chased is little more than an acre.
The District Recreation Board has
been operating it under a permit
from the Alien Property Custodian.
Proceeds of the sale will go to
wards the payment of claims of
American citizens against Ger
many.
The planning commission also ap
proved a request of the Recreation
Board to change the Paik View
Playground and the Blow School
Playground from white to Negro
use. The former is located near
Soldiers’ Home; the latter, on Ben
ning road extended.
Parkway Extension Discussed.
Earlier in the day, the Federal
planners were guests of the Arling
ton County Planning Board at a
luncheon meeting held at the
Washington Golf and Country Club.
Discussed at the meeting were
plans to extend the George Wash
ington Memorial Parkway beyond
Lorcum lane toj^ie Arlington-Fair
fax boundary.
Enroute to the meeting, the plan
ners inspected the new duhl unit of
the parkway, which extends from a
point above Key Bridge, opposite
the Three Sisters Islands, up Sprout
Run to Lorcum lane and Lee high
way. It is costing *500,000 to grade
i the Sprout Run project. It should
! be completed before winter.
The Virginia Legislature appropri
ated *125,000 at its last session to
pay Virginia's share of the cost of
extending the George Washington
Parkway to the Arlington-Falrfax
line. This problem also was dis
cussed at the session with Arling
ton planners.
Gen. Grant said the meeting de
veloped "accord” in discussing the
new zoning regulations proposed for
Arlington County. He favored simi
lar adoptions in the District of
a regulation providing for “density
restrictions” in the use of land. By
that the number of families occupy
ing a lot can be limited.
The planning commission was to
close its monthly session this after
noon. _
D. C. Man Forfeits $304
In Drunk Driving Case
Collateral totaling *304.35 was
forfeited in Hyattsviile Police Court
yesterday by a Washington man
who was arrested for driving while
drunk and for exceeding 70 miles
an hour on the Washington-Balti
more boulevard at Muir kirk last
Saturday.
Henry Hollie, 20, colored, a me
chanic of the 4600 block of Hunt
(dace N.E., posted *101.45 each on
charges of drunken driving, exceed
ing 70 miles an hour and reckless
driving by operating his car across
the center white line of the road
He was arrested by Maryland State
Trooper Vincent J. Castigllone.
Carwile Files in Senate Race
RICHMOND, Va., July 30 </P).—
Howard H. Carwile, Richmond at- j
torney, lias filed notice thgt he will j
be an independent candidate for
the Senate from Virginia. His i
petition carried 367 names, 17 more
than required by the State Board;
of Election, 1
Planning Group
Studies Highway
To Monticello
Single Sewage Plant
For Nearby Virginia
Put Up to Committee
Committee* of the Northern Vir
ginia Regional Planning Commis
sion today have under study the
proposed Monticello Memorial high
way.
They also have uftder considera
tion the possibility of a single sew
age treatment plant for the Arling
ton-Alexandria-Fairfax area.
The matters were referred to the
newly appointed committees at the
regular August meeting of the com- '
mission last night in the Fairfax
Trial Justice Courtroom. Both had
been discussed last week at a meet
ing of the commission's Executive
Ccmmittee.
W. M. Johnson, a member from
Prince William County, moved that
the highway proposal be studied by
the Committee on Highways and
Transportation. The projected
highway from Washington to
.Thomas Jefferson's home, near
Charlottesville, Va.. already has in
dorsement of the Boards of Super
visors of Fairfax and Prince Wil
liam Counties.
Consolidated Plant Suggested.
Study of the sewage treatment
plant was suggested in a letter from
Edwin R. Cotton, executive secre
tary of the Interstate Commission
on the Potomac River Basin Mr.
Cotton told the planning group his
organization believes the possibility
of a tricommunity plant should be
considered before the various mu
nicipalities go ahead with plans to
construct individual plants. Arling
ton is the only community in the
area that already has a plant
Consideration will be undertaken
by the Committee on Water Supply
and Sanitation.
On recommendation of the Ex
ecutive Committee, the following
committees were named:
Highways and transportation—
Le Roy E. Peabody, Alexandria:
Basil M. De Lashmutt, Arlington:
T. J. Stockton, Fairfax, and Theodore
Ritter. Prince William.
Water supplv and sanitation— -
Everett A. Hellmuth, Alexandria:
Weldon T. Ellis, jr„ Arlington:
Arthur I. Shaffer, Fairfax, and Ed
ward C. Knouse, Falls Church.
Schools and Parks.
Regional jails and prison farms—
A. Remigius Lash, Alexandria; Mr.
De Lashmutt, C. Lacy Compton,
Manassas, and Samuel L. Myers,
Palls Church.
Regional parks—Mr. Ellis, Mr.
Myers. Mr. Knouse and Dr. C. Wal
lace Hook, Manassas.
Schools—Mr. Shaffer. Mr. John
son, Sherman Wells, Falls Church,
and Dr. Hook.
Hospitals and health—Mr. Stock
ton, B. W, Brunt, Prince William;
Mr. Wells, and Warren W. Cole
man, Manassas.
Finance—Mr. Le Lashmutt. Mr.
Hellmuth, Mr. Knouse, Mr. Shaffer
uand Mr. Coleman.
The Planning Commission voted
to omit the regular August 36 meet
ing and hold the next meeting on
September 23.__
Kimble Opposes Rule
Curbing Crime News
Sy th« A»iocio)«d Pr#*»
CUMBERLAND, Md„ July 30
State Senator Robert B. Kimble,
Republican, of Allegany County
last night said he would consider
introducing legislation to end a
Baltimore City Court curb on the
publication of crime news, "were It
not that I understand a measure of
that nature Is already being pre
committee of the Maryland
Court of Appeals has recommended
that the Baltimore rule be made
State-wide. If adopted next Sep
tember as "Rule 9,” it would limit
the publication or broadcast of
news concerning Maryland criminal
cases. Reports of the accused per
son's statements or actions between
the time of the arrest and the trial
would be forbidden, as would tak
ing pictures of him while in cus
today without his consent.
Mr. Kimble said he understood a
measure to prevent application of
the Baltimore rule to all of Mary
land, and to end it in Baltimore,
would be offered by a group of
legislators from Washington County.
,He said he opposed any court
move that would hinder the freedom
of the press. He added, "I believe
the court has exceeded its consti
tutional and legal authority. • * *
The most important point is wheth
er the courts have the power to
prohibit the public from getting
the facts, of any case."
W. E. Wine New Rector
Of VPI Visitors' Board
By the Associated Press
BLACKSBURG. Va.. July 30.—
William E. Wine of Parker yester
day was elected rector of the Vir
ginia Polytechnic Institute Board of
Visitors at the annual meeting in
Burruss Hall.
Mr. Wine succeeds the late Col.
James P. Woods of Roanoke, who
served from 1943 until his death
last July 7.
The new rector has been a mem
ber of the Board of Visitors since
1943. when he was appointed to fill
the unexpired term of Robert O.
Moss, then rectqr, who died June
24 of that year.
Mr. Wine, a native of Rockingham
County; was graduated from VPI
in 1904.
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