Evening star. [volume], August 18, 1948, Image 9

About Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972

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County Weighs Offer
Of Brokers for Bonds
In Absence of Bids
Prince Georges County commis
fioners today hoped to overcome
yesterday’s failure to receive com
petitive bids for the purchase of
$650,000 in bonds by completing ne
gotiations for their sale with either
of two brokerage firms.
The firms, one in Baltimore and
the other in New York City, submit
ted tentative proposals to the com
missioners yesterday after the 11
a.m. deadline passed without any
bids being offered.
Punds obtained through the sale
of the bonds are slated to be used
for continuing street construction
within the metropolitan district' of
the county and towards erection of
a new building, near Magruder Park,
Hyattsvilie. The latter structure
would house Jointly the Prince
Georges County office of the Mary
land-National Capital Park and
Planning commission and the coun
ty engineer’s office.
Agreement Expected Today.
Tentative proposals were present
ed by the two brokerage firms dur
ing a closed session with the com
missioners at Upper Marlboro. Wil
liam A. Carson, chairman of the
Board of Commissioners, would not
reveal details of their offers, pend
ing an agreement expected to be
reached some time today. Both of
the firms' proposals were the same,
he reported.
The board chairman refused to
speculate as to the reason for no
bids being submitted, but said he
did not believe the maximum in
terest rate of 3 per cent, as set by
Maryland law, was a factor.
A total of 650 bonds, each with
a par value of $1,000, had been of
fered for sale. They would be pay
able semiannually and would ma
ture consecutively over a period of
25 years, starting in 1949.
Mr. Carson said the commissioners
would consider the matter further,
following their monthly zoning
hearings today at the County Serv
ice Building, Hyattsvilie. During
the zoning sessions, 16 aplications
for comercial zoning and three for
apartment use were to be considered.
Besides today's session, the com
missioners also announced they
would meet tomorrow for the third
straight day to hold routine hear
ings at Upper Marlboro on tax as
sessments against new buildings of
the county: After the tax hearings,
the commissioners, sitting as a po
lice board, also will interview candi
dates for the county police force,
who passed the recent written ex
aminations.
Survey Ordered.
In othei*action, the commissioners
instructed County Engineer Arthur
W. Tayman to make a survey and
prepare specifications for proposed
street and storm drainage con
struction in Special Improvement
District No. 31. Boulevard Heights.
Installation of additional street
lights in Special Improvement Dis
trict No. 1, which is comprised of
the Aovndale, Avondale Terrace,
North Woodridge and Volland Ter
race subdivisions, also was author
ized.
The Boulevard Heights’ action
was authorized after a large delega
tion of residents from the area had
occupied a major portion of the
commissioners’ time yesterday re
porting their need for such im
provements.
A resolution vesting the right to
issue licenses for outdoor advertis
ing with the Maryland-Washington
regional district of the county with
the Maryland - National Capital
Park and Planning Commission also
was adopted. A portion of the fees
charged for such licenses will be
returned to the county, the com
missioners w'ere informed.
Acceptance of the Bowie Rescue
Squad as an active unit of the
county's fire department and res
cue squad system also was approved
by the commissioners. Similar ac
tion was taken earlier by the County
Volunteer Firemen’s Association.
A dance permit for an eating
and drinking establishment at 4008
Central avenue. Capitol Heights, was
granted Alice Jane Beach.
Poles Push Rebuilding
WARSAW, Poland «P).—Kazi
jmierz Rusinek, Minister of Labor
and Social Welfare, says Poland had
spent $240,500,000 to aid Poles in
war-devastated sectors. Special at
tention has been given to the prov
inces of Lublin, Warsaw, Kielce and
Blalystok. Mr. Rusinek says more
than 200,000 farmsteads were ruined
by the war in these provinces.
Many kinds of tropical trees show
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Colosseum to Be Used
For'Religious Drama
By Catholic Youth
•y the Associated Press
ROME. Aug. 18.—After centuries
of Silence and gloom, Rome’s Colos
seum will soon shine again with
lights and glamour.
The old Roman circus, where
5,000 wild animals were killed in a
100-day series of inauguration cele
brations in the year 80 AX>.. unden
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the Emperor Titus, has survived
earthquakes, destructions and cen
turies of wars, invasion and foreign
pccupetions.
Two centuries ago Pope Benedict
XIV, to protect the building against
demolition, consecrated the interior
to the Passion of Christ, "referring
to the frequency with which the
blood of martyrs had flowed there;”
"The Sacred Mystery,” a religious
drama by. Pedro Calderon de La
Barga, a 16th century Spanish au
thor, will feature a convention of
Catholic youth in the collosseum.
Many technical and artistic prob
lems had to be solved before the
19-centuries-old monument could be
onsidered for the show.
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In September over 300,000 Cath
olic young men and women will
come to Rome. Their pilgrimage is
considered as a mass rehearsal for
the 1950 Holy Tear celebrations.
The Colosseum measures 573 yards
in circumference and the long di
ameter of its elliptical structure is
205 yards. Its height is 157 feet.
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