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Tamm's Status
As Unconfirmed
Justice Studied
Legal Opinion Split
On Whether Recess
Appointment Expired
The status of District Court Jus
tice Edward A. Tamm, whose nomi
nation to the bench never was con
firmed by the Senate, was under
scrutiny today in several quarters.
Created an associate justice by
recess appointment, the former FBI
official was sworn in on June 28 and
has been serving as a jurist.
Principal question now being
studied is the length of his term
of office. How much longer he can
be paid is regarded by the Justice
Department as a separate issue.
Legal opinion on Justice Tamm's
term of office is split between the
view that he is entitled to remain
on the bench through the first ses
sion of the Eighty-first Congress,
convening next January, and the
be’.ief that his term expired when
the special session ended last Satur
day night.
All Legal Aspects Studied.
At the Justice Department, it
was learned, a study is being made
of all legal aspects of the case, in
cluding some "technical questions"
which have arisen. No details were
disclosed, but there were indica
tions that the principal question in
volved is whether it would be nec
essary for the President to give
Justice Tamm a second recess ap
pointment.
In some other well-informed
quarters, the opinion was ex
pressed that Justice Tamm's term
expired when Gongress quit, since
his recess apointment was to con
tinue through the session of Con
gress following his recess commis
sion.
Justice Tamm's commission de
clares him to be an associate justice
of District Court "until the end of
the next session^ot the Senate of
the United States.”
This phrase is the center of
study, because of apparent differ
ences of opinion as to whether the
13-day session of the Senate, which
closed Saturday night, was the “next
session” after the recess appoint
ment. or whether it was just a part
of the second session of the Eight
ieth Congress.
Pay Term Indefinite.
One Senator, who favored Justice
Tamm's nomination, told The Star
he believes the jurist may serve
without a new recess appointment
through the first session of the
forthcoming Eighty-first Congress.
The General Accounting Office
ruled recently that Justice Tamm
could be paid his $15,000 salary un
der a recess appointment, buf it'
did not specify how long this ap
pointment was to last.
In the same decision, the GAO
ruled that a judge serving in an
other part of the country might
not receive his pay. because he had
been given a second recess appoint
ment. alter Congress had failed to
confh'm him following his first re
cess commission.
The District Bar Association,
which has opposed the nomination
of Justice Tamm since it was first
sent to the Senate, is still making a
study of his case through a special
committee.
Report Due Soon.
John H Burnett, chairman of this
group, said today much legal and
technical information has been ob
tained and a report will be made
soon to the bar association.
Justice Tamm was opposed by the
District and American Bar Associa
tions principally oecause the nom
inee never had tried a case in court.
Hi.s character and his ability in
the FBI. where he had been assist
ant to the director. J. Edgar Hoover,
never were assailed.
Nominated first on February 3 by
President Truman. Justice Tamm
was the subject of lengthy hearings
before a Senate Judiciary Subcom
mittee. which voted 2 to 1 to send
the case to the full committee. No
action ever was Taken by the full
committee. The second nomination,
sent up July 29. was ignored bv the
Senate committee.
Mr. Tamm had been indorsed for
the post by Attorney General Clark.
Mr. Hoover. Chairman Bridges of
the Senate Apropriations Committee
and several others.
Man Awaits Grand Jury
In Alexandria Slaying
James McDowell. 37. of the 800
block Madison street. Alexandria,
was held for the grand iurv yes
terday on a murder charge in the
fatal shooting of Joe Elzie, colored.
31. in Alexandria June 9.
Police say McDowell, also colored,
shot Mr Elzie in a garage in the
500 block of North Alfred street,
then rode away on a bicycle Mc
Dowell was arrested In Columbia,
S. C , and returned to Alexandria
Friday.
Arlington School Board
Holds Meeting Tonight
The Arlington County School
Board will hold a special meeting
at 8 o'clock tonight at the James
Monroe School to appoint and as
sign teachers and principals.
A pre-school planning period from
September 7 through September 10,
plans for registration of pupils, re
ligious education, and tuition rates
for non-resident pupils also will be
discussed. »
| Star Movies |
Community movies, sponsored by
The Star in co-operation with the
Recreation Department and The
Film Center, are scheduled for 9
o'clock tonight. Programs of comedy,
sports, cartoons and travel shorts
will be shown at the following play
grounds and recreation centers.
Hillcrest. Thirty-second arid Denver
•treets S E.
Langdon Park. Eighteenth and Franklin
•treels N E.
Rosedale. Seventeenth and Gales s reels
N E
Stoddert. Thirty-ninth »nd Calveit
•treets N.W.
Thomson. Twelfth and L streets X W.
Twin Oaks. Fourteenth and Taylor
•treets N.W.
Barry Farms T’.tn Sumner road EE
Monroe. Georgia avenue and Columbia
VOtd N.W. . „
Payne, Fifteenth and C streets 8 E
Snows Court, Twenty-filth and I «treet?
W.W.
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FREDERICK, MD.—KEY HONORED—Postmaster General Don
aldson presenting to Miss Elizabeth Key Blunt, 14, of 8000 Cus
ter road. Bethesda, an album of first-issue stamps honoring
Francis Scott Key, during exercises yesterday. Gov. Lane is
at right. —AP Wirephoto.
Funeral for Boy Killed
In Shooting Accident
To Be Held Tomorrow
Funeral services will be held at
10:30 a m. tomorrow at Pumphrey's
Funeral Home, Rockville, for 10
year-old Robert Dodson of Mont
rose, Md.. who accidentally was
shot yesterday by his best friend.
Buriai will be in Beallsville Ceme
tery.
The fatal shot was fired by Rob
ert Ertter, 14, who lives near the
Dodsons, police said. The Ertter
boy suffered such severe shock as
a result of the shooting that he
required treatment at Surburban
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ROBERT DODSON.
Hospital and was unable to furnish
a detailed account of the tragedy.
Dr. F. J. Brosehart. Montgomery
County medical examiner, issued a
certificate of accidental death.
Accident Described.
Montgomery County police pieced
together the following story of the
shooting:
The two boys were in the Ertters'
back yard, firing at a make-shift
target with a .22-calibre rifle be
longing to J. R. Ertter, father of
Robert. One shot had been fired
into the target by the older boy,
when the Dodson boy leaned over
in front of the target to see how
good a marksman his friend was.
Police said both boys were familiar
with guns.
The Ertter boy fired a second
time, accidentally shooting his
friend in the back of the head. The
shot was fired at a distance of
about 38 paces.
Young Ertter ran into his house
af'er the shooting and told an older
brother what had happened. The
brother called the Rockville Rescue
Squad, which took the injured boy
to Suburban Hospital. He was pro
nounced dead on arrival.
Boys Were “Like Brothers.”
Robert Dodson's parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Burgess Dodson, said their boy
played with the Ertter youth most
of the time.
Why, they were like brothers—
iust like two pels in a pod.” said
Mr. Dods»m, w’ho works at a Be
thesda automobile repair garage.
The dead boy was a 5th grade
student at Montrose Elementary
School. His friend was graduated in
June from Leland Junior High
School.
In addition to his parents, Rob
ert leaves three brothers, Leon. 24:
James. 23. and Donald. 3. and two
sisteis. Dorothy. 13. and Violet, 15.
Fairfax County Probes
Blaze in Empty House
Fairfax County authorities today
sought to determine the cause of a
fire which yesterday destroyed the
attic and second floor of a 15-room
house on Hunter road near Dunn
Loring.
The frame dwelling had been un
occupied since June 14 when the
owner. O. L. Mohundro. 919 North
Edgewood street. Arlington, moved
out. Mr. Mohundro said that all
furnishings had been removed and
the elettric current turned off.
Fire companies from Dunn Loring.
Vienna. McLean. Baileys Crossroads,
Annandale and Falls Church re
sponded to an alarm sounded by
neighbors.
The 16 pieces of apparatus man
aged to ksep at least four streams
of water on the building, despite the
fact that they had to fill their tanks
with water brought in relays from
Vienna and Falls Church. Lt.
| Plaugher of Dunn Loring estimated
damage at $20,000.
Youth Kicked by Horse
Reported improving
John Kenneth Beale. 16. colored.
2838 Jasper road S.E.. who was
kicked by a horse yesterday, was
reported recovering at Casualty
Hospital today.
He was driving the horse, hitched
to a buggy, in the 2600 block of
Sheridan road S.E. yesterday after
noon. when the animal became
frightened. It reared and kicked
young Beale as he sat in the driver's
seat, inflicting a head injury. The
boy lives with his grandmother,
Mrs. Mary Beale. The horse is the
property of Jeremiah Montague,
2010 Jasper road S.E., police said.
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First-Day Record Set
By Key Stamp Sales at
Frederick Celebration
Special Dispatch to The Star
FREDERICK. Md., Aug. 10.—The
community that gave this country
the author of "The Star Spangled
Banner" learned today the Francis
Scott Key celebration here yester
day was responsible for history's
largest first-day sale of commemo
rative stamps.
Orators had spoken, the music had
died away and the 9.000 visitors
had departed but post office crews
remained busily engaged handling
cancellation requests from collectors
who bought almost 1,000,000 of the
3-cent issue.
The previous record sale was 650.
000 of the Thomas A. Edison com
memorative stamps. Postmaster Guy
F. Motter said orders for the Key
issue were so heavy that 85 persons
jwouid be busy another day or two
filling the requests.
Shaft Rededicaled.
Yesterdays celebration on tne
169th anniversary of Key's birth
also marked the 50th anniversary
of the dedication of a monument
erected beside his grave in Mount
Olivet Cemetery. The ceremony
was a rededication of the- shaft,
made possible bv penny contribu
tions of school children throughout
the Nation.
Postmaster General Donaldson and
i Gov. Lane, who headed the list of
S notables here to participate in the
i memorial exercises, praised the Na
| tional anthem as a "message of
i hope" and a “guide to the princi
ples for which true Americans
stand."
A hush fell over the spectators
as the song was sung by Lucy Mon
roe. whose frequent renditions have
spread her fame. She was accom
panied by the Quantico Marine
Band.
Direct descendants of Key were
present for the exercises.
Receives Album of Stamps.
To one, Miss Elizabeth Key
Blunt, 14, of 8000 Custer road. Be
thesda. fell the honor of receiving
an album of the first-issue stamps.
The daughter of Col. and Mrs. Wil
frid B. Blunt, she is a great-great
granddaughter of Francis Scott
Key.
On the guests’ stand were five
members of the committee present
50 years ago for the erection of the
Key monument. They were Miss
Mary Ott. former professor at Hood
College; J. W. L. Carty, 81. retired
banker, who sang in the chorus at
the earlier ceremonies: Mrs. Susie I.
Ramsburg. 70, who also sang in the
chorus; Miss Estelle Castle. 91, who
helped raise money for the monu
ment, and Dr. Thomas S. Eader.
Nine chapters of the Children of
the American Revolution attended
with color guards. A representative
placed a wreath on the Key grave.
From lamp posts throughout the
city hung copies of "The Star-Span
gled Banner" and the flag fluttered
from every staff. Frederick stores
devoted large window displays to
tableaux depicting Key's life.
Cabbage Head Theft Costs
Maryland Man $50 Fine
A head of cabbage cost Frank
Harding, 40, of the 4700 block of
Homer avenue, Suitland Manor.
Md.. $50 in Upper Marlboro Police
Court yesterday.
That's the amount he was fined
for petty larceny. Police said he
took a head of cabbage from a
.mail truck garden in the com
munity Saturday night. Police list
ed the owner of the cabbage as
Dr. David A. Walter, 4603 Lewis
avenue, Suitland Manor.
Trial Magistrate Alan Bowie, who
imposed the fine, freed Harding's
wife. Iva, 35. and another couple.
Wilson W. Fleetwood. 40. and his
wife. Frances. 30, of the 3100 block
of Pennsylvania S.E., on similar
charges.
Testimony revealed the four were
seen in the garden by Dr. Waiter,
who summoned a guard at the
nearby Government Census Bureau.
The guard, in turn, called Prince
Georges County police. Harding,
who was not represented by an at
torney, pleaded guilty to the offense.
Negro Leaders lonsir^r
Beach Resort in Florida
By tho Associated Press
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., Aug.
10.—Dr. Von D. Mizell, Negro phy
sician here, said today a Negro
beach resort is being considered for
an area immediately south of Port
Everglades inlet, near Hollywood,
Fla.
Backing the project, he said, are
Joe Louis, retiring Heavyweight
Champion: Band Leader Cab Cal
loway. Singer Lena Horne, and
Dancer Bill Robinson.
Dr. Mizell said the plan hinges
on construction of a bridge to make
the property accessible. An appeal
to the State Road Department to
extend United States Route 1-A to
the property is to be made, the phy
sician reported.
A hotel, cabanas, and business and
residential facilities are planned.
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St. Elizabeths
Lifts Rate, Adds
To D. C. Deficit
$4.15 Daily Charge
To Increase District
Costs $435,000
The District’s deficit problem be
came more acute today, with re
ceipt of Budget Bureau notification
it will be charged *4.15, instead of
*3.65 per day for its patients in St.
Elizabeths Hospital.
A portion of the increase was
anticipated and budget estimates
for the current fiscal year were
based on a *3.90 charge. The new
announced figure, however, repre
sents an additional cost to the
District of about $435,000 above the
year’s total computed from the *3.90
figure.
There are more than 4,800 pa
tients at St. Elizabeths whose care
is charged to the District.
The Federal Security Agency,
which administers the hospital, had
asked a rate of $4.20 per patient
day. It cited increased costs for
food. coal, bedding, salaries and
other items as justification.
*6.682,000 Provided.
At the *3.65 rate in effect for the
last fiscal year, the District was
charged about *6.230.000. A total of
$6,682,000 was provided for this
item in the appropriation bill for
the 1949 fiscal year, beginning last
July 1.
District budget officials could not
say today how the new increase in
cost will be met. It is retroactive to
July 1.
It was pointed out the new jolt to
city finances came close behind rul
ings of the Controller General that
the District is liable for the Federal
salary increases in the cases of cer
tain Federal employes whose pay is
met by the District. A number of
Office of National Capital Parks.
National Capital Park and Planning
Commission and Zoo workers are in
this category, and District budget
men have been given indications
others may be added.
Budget Officer Walter L. Fowler
estimated several weeks ago the
District's operating deficit for the
fiscal year would exceed *1.600.000.
*2.000.000 Estimated Deficit.
Since the special session of Con
gress took no action on increasing
the city’s revenue, the anticipated
deficit has been boosted now to well
in excess of *2.000,000.
As late as last November, Dis
trict officials were talking of the
oossibility of working out a plan
that would result in a reduction
in payments for District patients
at St. Elizabeths. Hope was held,
at least, that the rate would not
be advanced.
Fearing the worst, however, bud
get officials took the *3.90 daily
charge as the probable new level
and sought funds from Congress
on this basis.
District patients at the hospital
cost the city each year more than
the amount' of all public welfare
and public assistance payments and
as much as the police department.
When District officials have
pointed out the annual per-patient
cost is two-and-a-half times the
national average for mental patients.
FSA officials have replied such a
comparison is meaningless. They
have declared the Nation’s mental
institutions as a whole are sub
standard. whereas St. Elizabeths pro
vides high-quality care and treat
ment.
Maryland Trooper Hurt
In Cycle-Car Collision
By tho Associated Presi
BALTIMORE. Aug. 10.—Kenneth
E. Tichnell, 24-year-old Maryland
State trooper stationed at Glen
Burnie, was recuperating in Uni
versity Hospital today from in
juries he received when his motor
cycle rammed into a car on Ritchie
highway near the Ritchie Raceway.
Mr. Tichnell had been assigned
to direct highway traffic near the
motor speedway Sunday. His cycle
collided with a car driven by Elmer
Blankenship of Baltimore. Injuries
included severe brutees of the left
leg.
VD Information Phone Busiest
With Sincere Calls for Help
No. 2 of a series.
By Crosby Noyes
There are moments when the
girls in the venereal disease divi
sion of the Health Department
must wonder if their new- telephone
isn t going to be quite a problem.
The new telephone is an impor
tant part of the District's drive
against gonorrhea. Its number is
Metropolitan 4600, and has been
widely publicized by newspapers
and the radio as a source of ve
nereal disease information.
The girls in the office take turns
answering the dozens of calls that
have been coming in every day
since the telephone was installed.
Thev make notes of the callers'
queries, give them information when
they can. and pass along medical
questions to their bosses. Drs. S.
Ross Taggart and A. Truxton
Morgan.
Generally the operation has run
fairly smoothly, but an occasional
call has stopped them cold. There
was the man, for instance, who.
when the girl answered the phone
with “Venereal disease information
—can I help you?" demanded to be
told how far it was to Ottawa,
Canada.
Gagsters Add to Calls.
Then there was the gentleman
with the anxious voice who wanted
to know whether there was more
chance of catching venereal disease
here than in Reno. Nev., and another
who said he had been reading the
gonorrhea figures for the District
and had decided he had better move
elsewhere.
. An added complication is that the
'number seems to be the latest
favorite of telephone gagsters. who
leave messages for their victims to
call it. The conversations resulting
from these pranks have done little
to advance the campaign.
The vast majority of calls, how
ever, come from people who really
need help. Many of them say they
recently read of the symptoms and
treatment of venereal disease In the
Health Department pamphlets or In
the newspapers and wish to make
an appointment for an examination.
Indicative of the fact that the
jpainphlets are arousing wide public
interest are numerous requests for
additional copies. The Army has
inquired whether some of the 500.000
copies printed could go to them for
distribution to troops quartered in
the neighborhood.
Prospective patients are urged to
consult private physicians for treat
ment and are referred to the Medi
cal Bureau if they do not have
physicians of their own. It has
happened occasionally that persons
suspecting they were infected have
said they were ashamed to go to
their own doctors to be treated.
Curious on Costs.
Queries about the cost of treat
ment are common. Many callers be
lieve wrongly that it is an expen
sive proposition, and some have
complained of oeing overcharged bv
private doctors. One woman said
her physician had demanded $175
for the treatment, to be paid in ad
vance. She asked to be referred
elsewhere.
To these people, the workers at
the information center explain that,
althought they have no control over
the fees a private physician may
charge for examination and treat
ment. the penicillin used is supplied
free of charge by the Health De
partment to all physicians who re
quest it for use in treating venereal
disease.
Those who cannot afford to be
treated privately are directed to
one of the District's two public
health centers, where examiation
and treatment are free. The South
west Health Center is located at
Delaware avenue and I street S.W.,
and is open from 9 am. to noon.
Monday through Friday. The Polk
Health Center is at Seventh and P
streets N.W., and is open from 11:30
am. to 3 pm. and from 4 to 6:30
pm.
Tomorrow: Venereal disease edu
cation and youth.
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LEARNING THE “LIFESAVING JUMP"—Students in the Red Cross learn-to-swim program prac
tice the “lifesaving jump," enabling a rescuer to jump in the water and yet not lose sight of the
swimmer in trouble. Instructor Robert Langmack (extreme right) is shown checking his young
pupils at the McKinley High School pool. _ —Star Staff Photo.
Hyattsville Accused ;
Of Misleading Action
On Parking Meters
The Hyattsville City Council was
accused last night of ‘•misleading”
a group of businessmen by deciding
to install parking meters.
One who protested, John F. Lil
lard. sr„ asserted the meters were
approved without knowledge as to
whether a lot he donated for public
parking would have relieved traffic
congestion. He 'declared the lot
has not been used because 'the city
failed to improve Hamilton street
and an alley, which are access
routes.
Promise Denied by Maym-.
Tire area was prepared for park
ing facilities by the Hyattsville Pro
fessional and Businessmen s Associ
ation. he said, with the understand
ing that the necessary improve
ments to the street and alley would
be made.
The council cited congested traffic
in deciding July 19 to install the
meters. Mayor Caesar Aiello de
nied that the city had promised
permanent improvements on Hamil
ton street or the alley. He said if
there had been a misunderstanding
it was unintentional on the part of
the city.
Representatives of six meter com
panies showed the Council their
products last night and the Council
is expected to choose one of them
at a meeting Monday.
Zoning Plan Changed.
Fred W. Tuemmler, Prince
Georges County director of plan
ning for the Maryland National
Capital Park and Planning Com
mission. informed *the Council that
an area on the east side of the
Baltimore-Washington boulevard in
Hyattsville would remain residen
tial according to a master plan now
before the county commissoiners.
The area originally was to be re
zoned under the new plan for in
dustrial use but residents protested.
The Council decided not to hire
professional planning experts to
map public improvements for Hy
attsville. Cost of the survey would
be $7,000 and councilmen who op
posed it described that as an un
necesary expense at this time.
Lane Urges Attendance
At Farm Restoration
By the Associated Press
ANNAPOLIS. Aug. 10 —Gov. Lane
has proclaimed August 18 "Maryland
Conservation Field Day" and urged
attendance at a Frederick County
demonstration that day.
The demonstration, on the farm
of Mrs. Nellie Thrasher, calls for a
complete restoration project in one
day by 500 volunteers.
Children Lose Fear of Water
Through Swim Class Games
Screaming children splashed out
of the water, seeking to evade
the “Shark."
But the screams were of laughter,
and the “shark" was a swimming
instructor who was playing one of
a half dozen games the Red Cross
recommends to teach children not
to be afraid of the water.
This game, “Beware the Shark,"
was being played in the McKinley
pool last week. It also was being
played in eight other Washington
pools, where the annual Red Crass
swimming lessons are being taught
during July and August.
The District Red Cross, the Dis
trict Recreation Department and
Government Services. Inc.-, are co
operating to provide Washington
children a free “10-foot lease on
life."
"Study of drowning fatalities show
that almost all occur wdthin 10 feet
of some safety spot,” reports Daniel
A. Leonard, Director of Safety
Services for the Red Cross here.
“An ability to swim just a little—
and an absence of panic—would
have saved many lives."
After the children have been
taught not to get frightened in the
water, they are taught to float, and
then to reiax and breathe naturally
Here other games are employed
Next comes instruction in the
human stroke. It is better known
as the “dog paddle.” This stroke is
the only one taught to beginners,
and some students can propel them-■
selves in the water after two or
or three lessons.
After this moment, when each
Child finds he is "water-borne" and
can splash along by himself, the
student is taught a simple dive.
Elementary rules of safety round
out the beginner’s instruction. Then
he must qualify in a test to be eligi
ble. for a beginner's certificate.
To pass the test, the learner must
be able to swim 30 yards, to float
and to dive.
“Thirty per cent of the pupils
pass the first test after five one-;
hour, lessons,” says Mr. Leonard.
Classes are in session five morn
ings a week. The pools are able to
accommodate 100 new registrants a
week, but enrollments have been far
below capacity. So far, about 1,200
children have passed the test.
Full information about this op
portunity to learn to swim can be
obtained bv calling the District Red
Cross Watei Safety Service, Hobart
6800.
“There still is time for hundreds
of Washington children to avail j
themselves of thus free instruction,"!
Mr. Leonard urges.
“No child should drown‘because
he lacks a ’10-loot, lease on life.’” j
School Officials Meet
Attorney on Charges
Of Red Textbooks
Charges by a Chevy Chase at
torney that some Montgomery
County textbooks contain Commun
ist propaganda will be taken up in1
detail with school authorities with j
a view to "corrective measures."
This was decided at a closed meet- j
ing in Bethesda last night between
the attorney. Franklin C. Miles, and
representatives of the Board of Edu
cation and the county commission
ers.
At the same time, according to
Commissioner Wesley I. Sauter. Mr.
Miles agreed to withdraw the
charges with reference to the Rugg
books and the Bruner-Smiih series
after it was pointed out they are
not being used regularly in the
school system.
Scheduled to be discussed with
school authorities, however, is the
Building America series.
While Mr. Sauter refused to dis
close details of last night's meet
ing, he said all matters were dis
cussed in a spirit of co-operation.
He added that the next move would
be up to the Board of Education.
Those attending the meeting be
sides Mr. Miles and Mr. Sauter, were
County , Commissioner Oliver W.
Youngblood, Mrs. Curtis Walker,
and James W\ Bill, members of
the Board of Education: County
Supervisor Irving G. McNa.vr and
the superintendent of schools, Dr.
Edwin W\ Broome.
Two District Area Drivers
Fined $100 for Speeding*
Fines of $100 each were levied
against two District area men in
Hyattsville Police Court yesterday
for speeding in excess of 70 miles
per hour.
One of the men. John Gordon
of 4600 block of Benning road S.E.,
also was fined $25 by Trial Magis
trate Henry H. O'Neill for disorder
ly conduct. He was committed to
the county jail at Upper Marlboro
for a total of 65 days on the two
charges for failure to pay his fine.
Prince Georges County Policeman
Adam J. Lindsey arrested Gordon
Saturday, after chasing him for
2 miles along the George M. Palmer
highway, near Seat Pleasant.
The second man, Chief Pharma
cist's Mate Joe Walter Cloud, 23,
of the 4600 block of Lewis avenue.
Suitland Manor, Md.. paid his fine,
after Maryland State Trooper Ern
est H. Hudgins testified he arrested
the speeding motorist on the Wash
ington - Baltimore boulevard at
Beltsville July 31.
Funeral Services Held
For Mrs. Creamer, 90
Spatial Dispatch to Tha Star
MARTINSBURG, W. Va., Aug. 10.
—Funeral services were hald today
for Mrs. Annie Elizabeth Creamer.
90. oldest resident of the Bardane
community, who died of burns re
ceived when a kitchen stove ex
ploded at her home.
A son. G. Howard Creamer, with
whom she lived, found her un
conscious in the kitchen and carried
; her to the porch but she lived only
a few minutes. The son believes
she may have been attempting to
refill an oil stove while it was
lighted.
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Falls Church Council
To Discuss City Plans
With Incoming Group
The incoming Falls Church City
Council, which takes office Septem- j
ber 1. will meet Friday night to
consider the effect of the town's
transition to a second-class city. |
Falls Church becomes a second
class city Monday, as authorized by
the Fairfax Circuit Court. The out
going council at a meeting last night
agreed it would be advisable to hear
recommendations from the incoming
council in connection with the
transition. The incoming council
includes a newly-elected Mayor. I
Albert Orme: two new councilmen
and four incumbent councilmen.
The incoming council Friday may
recommend immediate enactment of
legislation it feels necessary due to
the new status of the town, and may
suggest persons for appointment to
the offices of City Treasurer and
Commissioner of Revenue which
automatically are created when Falls
Church becomes a city. A number
of applications have been received
for these positions, town officials
said.
Town Attorney La Rue Van Meter
told the council the two offices of
Treasurer and Commissioner of
Revenue must be set up within 30
days after Falls Church becomes
a city. He said the salary of a
treasurer for a city the size of
Falls Church usually is about $4,200
a year, and about $5,540 for Com
missioner of Revenue. The State,
he explained, pays a third of each
of these salaries.
Another effect of the transition
will be a changeover of the Falls
LChurch street system from State
to city control. Town Manager Roy
Dunn reported the State would pay
the city $4,000 annually for main
tenance of primary roads, and $300
per mile for secondary streets.
Mr. Van Meter ana Mr. Dunn
conferred with State officials in
Richmond last week.
Arlington Chest Merges
With Community Council
The Arlington Community Chest
and the Arlington Community
Council iast night merged into one
organization to be known as the
Arlington Community Chest and
Council.
The merger, in the making since
March, was effected as an economy
measure.
J. Harold Stehman, former Chest
president, was chosen president of
the consolidated group. Other offi
cers are: Haskell Jacobs, vice presi
dent: George F. Duborg, treasurer,
and Mrs. John F. Cady, secretary.
Mrs. Annie Belcher. Benjamin
Lilywhite, Hugh McGrath, Edmund
Campbell and Mrs. Paul Myatt were
selected as Executive committee
members at large. _
Transit Fare Hearings
Begin in Baltimore
Sy th« A«»ocioted Pr«j«
BALTIMORE. Aug. 10—Hearings
on the Baltimore Transit Co. petition
for a five-cent fare increase opened
here today before the Public Service
Commission.
The company contends it is losing
money and wants to increase its
ten-cent bus and streetcar fares to
15 cents. It also wants to Issue j
tokens at two for 35 cents.
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Tax Parley Mirs
Talk in Virginia
Of Extra Session
Commission Studying
Problem Plans to
Meet Next Week
By th* A»ociat*d Pr«»
RICHMOND, Va., Aug. 10—A
I decision of the Legislative Tdx Stud?
Commission to convene here next
week has aroused speculation on
the possibility of a special session
of the Virginia General Assembly
to consider tax problems.
State Tax Commissioner C. H.
Morrissett disclosed yesterday that
the new 21-member Commission on
State and Local Revenues and
Expenditures will meet at 11 a m.
August 18 in the Capitol, in line
with Gov. Tuck’s recent request for
an early start on its work,
i There were indications that the
Governor had in mind the question
I of new revenue for schools, particu
larly for construction of school
buildings.
Work Speeded l'p.
The General Assembly resolution
which created the study commission
directed a report not later than
November 15. 1949. Ordinarily a
commission of this kind would not
begin its work until fall at the
earliest and probably not before
next spring
Gov. Tuck declined to comment
on the possibilities of a spepial ses
sion in the winter or spring. He
also withheld remarks on the week
end conference of educators at
Fredericksburg, which proposed a
meeting between the Governor and
a group representing laymen and
school people to discuss the State
school situation.
It was learned, meanwhile, that
four plans for revenue-raising are
being discussed at the Capitol and
probably will be consdiered by the
study group.
The group's chief assignment is
to recommend ways and means
whereby Virginia counties and cities
can erect new school buildings. The
localities have said they cannot
meet construction needs out of cur
rent tax sources. In several in
stances. voters have rejected bond
issues for school buildings.
Backed by 13 Counties.
Thirteen Virginia counties, plus
the city of Bristol, now have in
dorsed a sales tax to provide that
money.
A 2 per cent general retail sales
tax has been proposed, coupled with
a simultaneous reduction in the
lowest State income tax rate. Under
the 1948 revision of income tax laws,
Virginians are to pay 2 per cent on
the first $3,000 of net income. These
tax revenues go entirely to the
State's general fund.
Another proposal being discussed
today would provide for a State
bond issue of about $20,000,000. to
create a pool from 'which Virginia
localities could borrow for school
construction.
A third scheme under discussion
is that proposed during the 1948
General Assembly under the Yates
Irvine bill. This would call for a
retail sales tax limited to a two-year
period, with all proceeds turned over
to the localities.
Wholesale Tax Discussed.
A fourth plan discussed is that
advocated by Delegate Robert
Whitehead of Lovingston for a sales
tax administered at the wholesale
level.
It was expected that the tax study
commission would be divided into
subcommittees, with principal at
tention directed first at finding out
exactly what the localities need in
the way of new revenues. Once a
picture has' been obtained of State
and local taxes and revenues, the
commission can begin work on the
second part of its assignment, to
‘ make such recommendations as it
deems proper to bring about im
provements in Virginia’s tax system,
its expenditures and general fiscal
policies.”
Clarke County Adds Voice
To Call for Special Session
Spaciol Dispatch to Ths Star
WINCHESTER. Va.. Aug. 10 —
Clarke County has Joined the list
of Virginia counties petitioning
Governor Tuck to call a special
session of the General Assembly to
consider a 2-cent sales tax for
schools.
A resolution adopted by the
Clarke County Board of Super
visors also suggests a fund from
which counties ar.d cities may bor
row for capital expenditures and
repayment of the loans from pro
ceeds of the sales tax.
An estimated $700,000 is needed
in Clarke County for improved
school facilities.
Henry C. Morris Estate
Aids Many Institutions
The will of -Henry C. Morris. 80,
Washington and Chicago attorney,
made large bequests to charitable,
educational and civic groups and
left the remainder of the estate,
estimated at $320,000. in trust to
his widow, Mrs. Gertrude Morris,
2737 Devonshire place N.W.
Mr. Morris died July 25 at Ogun
quit. Me. His will, filed for probate
in Chicago' yesterday, bequeathed
$10,000 to the Municipal University
of Akron, Ohio, and $5,000 to the
American Society of International
Law for a lecture course on foreign
affairs.
After the death of Mrs. Morris,
the remainder of the estate will go
to 18 welfare and educational groups.
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