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SOCIETY AND S WASHINGTON AND VICINITY D
WASHINGTON, D. C. FRIDAY, AUGUST 20, 1948 ®
Tuck Remains
Noncommittal
On Sales Tax
Fairfax Delegation
Asks Levy to Meet
School Building Needs
Gov. Tuck of Virginia today re
mained noncommittal on the pleas
of a Fairfax County delegation for
a sales tax which would aid that
county in meeting school construc
tion needs estimated at $7,500,000.
The chief executive received first
hand accounts of the Fairfax Coun
ty problems when the delegation
called on him at Richmond yester
day and supported demands that
have been made from other sections
of the State for him to call a spe
cial session of the General Assembly
to impose the sales levy throughout
Virginia.
The delegation, led by State Sen
ator Andrew W. Clarke, was given
sympathetic attention by the Gov
ernor, w’ho. nevertheless, made it
clear that the State should not be
stampeded into action.
It was recalled that at this year's j
session of the Assembly, Gov. Tuck:
sponsored a tax increase program
and labeled a sales tax as a levy toi
be imposed only “as a last resort.”!
Reaffirms Stand.
Gov. Turk reaffirmed an expres
sion he made earlier in the day at
the organization meeting of the
Commission on State and Local
Revenues and Expenditures. Ac
cording to the Associated Press, Gov.
Tuck called attention of the com
mission to the fact that "special
sessions of the Legislature should be
called only to meet extraordinary
situations which cannot await a
regular session."
After he had heard the 13 persons
from Fairfax County who left with
him a petition signed by 1,400 per
sons, Gcv. Tuck received a sugges
tion from C. B. Green, school super
intendent of Mecklenburg County,
that a State-wide referendum on a
sales tax be authorized by a special
session of the Legislature.
The fairfax delegation represent
ing a School Emergency Committee
told the Governor that in some
olaces children had to be taught in
Quonset huts and in auditoriums
partitioned off to make classrooms.
Quonset huts were in use in Falls
Church last year and will be used
elsewhere this fall.
Senator Clarke said, “The needs
are not exaggerated. * * * Some of
the buildings are fire traps. * * * We
are in desperate need of money.”
Population Gains Noted.
Some of their troubles, they said,
were brought about by sharp gains
in population, which caused a larger
school enrollment than could be met
with present facilities.
Spokesmen for the group told fhe
Governor the county had tried to
handle the matter locally, but that
a bond issue had been defeated once
and there was good reason to believe
that another try also would fail.
George T. Reeves, a member of
the Fairfax County School Board,
said architects had been asked to
figure on the county’s school build
ing'needs and said their reply
showed about $7,500,000 worth of
construction needed “in the immedi
ate future."
At one point in the discussion
Gov. Tuck pointed out that school
buildings had always been a local
problem and he was told promptly
ways of raising additional money
had been almost exhausted. On
top of this, they recalled that the
literary loan fund as a source of
money for school construction had
been depleted.
$553,000 Set Aside,
The Governor said about $535,000
had been set aside from State re
tirement fund money for the county
as a literary loan, but that this;
money was being held up by a pend- i
mg Virginia Supreme Court decision
on constitutionality of such pro
ceedings.
It is expected as much as $5,000,
000 may be made available to locali
ties in retirement system funds if •
the court upholds the constitution
ality of legislation permitting in- j
vestment of this money in local i
school bonds.
Maurice Fox, vice chairman of the
Fairfax County Board of Supervis
ors, said the population still is in
creasing and said he didn't think
the bond issue would have much
chance.
The Board of Supervisors and the
School Board already have passed
resolutions favoring a sales tax or
any other form of taxation the Gov
ernor might see fit to recommend to
relieve the situation.
Omer L. Hirst of Annandale intro
duced a number of persons who pre
sented different aspects of the
school situation to the Governor.
Among them was Harold Ward of
Fairfax County, who presented a
diiart showing population gains.
And after explaining that every ef
fort had been made to handle the
situation locally. Mr. Ward declared
‘ we are out of money."’
ROUGH ON AN OFFENDER, BUT USEFUL TO MPs—Instruction in use of the policeman’s club
is demonstrated by Pvt. Conrad Strahley, 8402 Queen avenue, Silver Spring, Md., on Pvt. Jose
Yglesias, 1753 Sheridan street N.W. First Lt. Charles E. Sagner, 215 Oakwood street S.E., is mak
ing a correction, while Pvts. Robert Turnure of 321 Adams street N.E. and David Burke, 1331
Rittenhouse street N.W., look on.
----- ■* __
The Bfownlng automatic rifle is part of the equipment of MPs, particularly when doing
duty in the forward combat areas. Here Corp. Lester C. Osti, 604 Fifth street N.E., and Sergt.
William Feeney, 233 Seventeenth street S.E., are demonstrating the workings df the gun to a
class of recruits and explaining some of the details of use in operations in the field during combat.
—Star Staff Photos.
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Execution of 2 Slayers
Postponed to Nov. 19
For Appeals Decisions
The execution of two convicted
slayers, scheduled for today has
been postponed until November 19.
The postponement was ordered by
Justice Richmond B Keech in Dis
trict Court yesterday, pending ac
tion on appeals from the coiirt’s
refusal to issue habeas corpus writs
for the two men.
The convicted men are Reginald
J. Wheeler, 26, and Jesse James
Patton, 22, both colored, convicted
of the holdup-slaying of Maurie L.
Bernstein in his drugstore in the
i 1700 block of Florida avenue N.W.
in June, 1946.
Their execution date, in effect,
already had been postponed by Dis
trict Coifrt orders, pending action
by the United States Court of Ap
peals on District Court's refusal to
issue habeas corpus writs for the
two men.
Justice Edward A. Tamm last
Monday refused to issue a habeas
corpus writ for Wheeler and on
Wednesday Justice Keech made a
similar refusal as to Patton. IJoth
| of the District Court justices, how
! ever, had ordered that the custody
!of the two men remain undisturbed,
pending an appeal.
Yesterday’s formal postponement
I was requested by counsel for the
.two men and was not objected to
by Assistant United States Attorney
, John D.f./iam*, representing the
Government. Mr. Lane told the
court he thought the postponement
! should be long enough to permit
'complete termination” of appeals
and suggested the November date.
Yesterday’s postponement was the
10th received by the two men, pend
ing various appeals and a plea for
executive clemency. AH appeals
from their District Court cqnviction
had failed and executive clemency
had been denied.
Maryland Girl, 19, Gels
Term for Abandoning Baby
Thelma Tibbs, 19, of German
town, Md.. was sentenced yesterday
in Rockville Police Court to serve
five months in the State Reforma
tory for Women, on a charge of
abandoning a minor child.
The girl, who is unmarried,
pleaded guilty to leaving her five
day-old baby girl in the woods near
the Union Cemetery, Rockville, Au
gust 1.
The baby was found later that
day bv her brother. John Tibljs, and
a niece. Thelma Jenkins, also of
Germantown.
The defendant, one of 13 children
| of Mr. and Mrs. James C. Tibbs,
told Trial Magistrate Alger Y Bar
bee she didn't have any place to
take the baby and had planned to
call her brother and ask him to pick
! up the child. The baby is being
1 cared for in a foster home.
Garrett Park Center
Construction Starts
Construction of the Garrett Park
<Md.O Community Center has been
started, it was announced today.
The project is sponsored jointly
by the Maryland-National Capital
Park and Planning Commission and
interested organizations and indi
viduals in Garrett Park.
The center will consist of two
' temporary buildings brought from
Fort George G. Meade. They will
be covered with asbestos shingles
and joined together and a fireplace
will be erected in one end. Heating
equipment and electrical fixtures
will be furnished by the planning
commission.
Old Fort Washington Exhibit
To Open to Public on Sunday
Visitors to old Fort Washington,
Md., this Sunday will have some of
its mysteries unraveled for them by
a museum exhibit that the National
Capital Parks office will open to the
public for the first time that day.
This is the first step in an inter
pretative program for this historic
fort, one of the earliest defenses of
Washington. An attendant will be
on duty at the fort museum from 9
a.m. to 5 p.m. each Saturday and
Sunday. He will be a qualified ex
pert on the history of the fort.
The annual historical tour of Fort
Washington also is slated for Sun
day. Special chartered buses leave
1416 F street N.W. at 1:45 p.m.
Persons driving private cars may
join the party at the fort.
Fort Washington is located 14
miles south of Washington on the
Potomac River and is reached via
Nichols avenue and South Capitol
atreet.
Digging for fossils in and around
Port Totten Park will be arranged
for amateur geologists from 3 to 5
p.m. Sunday. Hiking clothes are
desirable. The group will meet at
Hawaii avenue and Allison street
N.E.
A eamera stroll will begin at stop
39 on the Glen Echo carline at 9:30
a.m. Sunday. For nature lbvers, a
walk through the woodlands of
Glover and Whitehaven Parkways
will be held from 3 to 5 p.m. to
morrow. The assembly point is at
Forty-first and Calvert streets N.W.
The Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens,
now in full tropical bloom, are ex
pected to attract many visitors to
morrow and Sunday. A naturalist
will be on duty beginning at 9 am.
At the Rock Creek campfire at
8:15 p.m. tomorrow, the feature will
be a movie and a talk, "From Rio
Grande to Panama," a description
of the Inter-American Highway. It
will be presented by Edwin W.
James, chief of the Inter-American
Regional Office. Public Roads Ad
ministration. The campfire site is
at Sixteenth street and Colorado
avenue N.W.
Two Maryland Men
Die, 3 Saved as Boat
Capsizes in Potomac
Two Maryland men drowned yes
terday when their motor boat upset
| in the Potomac south of Leonard
town, Md.
Their three nearly exhausted
companions, including the son of
one of the dead men, were rescued
by fishermen after clinging more
than four hours to the bottom of
the overturned boat and a life pre
server.
St. Marys County Sheriff Willard
B. Long identified the drowned men
as George Sanford, 35, of 4527
Temple Ians, Temple Hills, Md., a
bus driver for the Washington,
Marlboro & Annapolis Co., ahd
William Henry Clifton. sr„ 42, of
Silver Hill, Md., a truck gardener.
Mr. Sanford leaves a wife and five
small children.
Rescued after clinging nearly five
hours to part of a life preserver was
Mr. Clifton's son, John Clifton,
about 18. He was reported to have
been picked up in a semi-conscious
condition several miles downstream
from the point where the boat over
turned.
T Sergt. Frank Petrasek of Suit
land Manor; Md„ and another man
identified as William G. Thacker,
Stiver Hill„. were picked up after
clinging about four hours to the
overturned boat. Sergt. Petrasek is
stationed at Andrews Field.
Sheriff Long at first expressed
hope that the two missing men had
been picked up by a fishing boat,
but conceded this morning that they
had drowned since no word was
heard from them.
The tragedy occurred before dawn
several hours after the party of five
set out on a fishing trip. The 17
foot fishing skiff capsized some dis
tance off White’s Point during a
heavy storm. The Potomac is about
eight miles wide at that point.
Sheriff Long said the boat belonged
to the Cliftons. He said dragging
would be impractical because the
survivors did not know exactly
where their boat overturned.
Coast Guard Planes, Boat
Seek Hampton Roads Men
NORFOLK, Va„ Aug. 20 WPV—j
Coast Guard planes and a picket
boat were searching Hampton Roads
tgday for D. D. Lively, Hampton
contractor, and a companion who
were believed lost with their 16-foot
outboard motorboat during a storm
yesterday afternoon.
Mr. Lively set out In his boat on
a fishing trip yesterday afternoon
and was expected to return to his
home in Hampton about 5 p.m. No
word has been received from him
since.
Hay Barn Destroyed
In $9,000 Virginia Fire
A barn full of hay was destroyed
yesterday in a blaze which started
when a gasoline-driven, hay-baling
machine caught fire on the Sandy
Point farm near Gunston Manor,
south of Alexandria.
Loss was estimated at $9,000 by
Chief R. W. Hall of the Occoquan
Volunteer iFire Department which,
with the Penn Daw Volunteer Fire
Department, responded to the blaze.
The farm, owned by the Smoot
Sand & Gravel Co., is rented by
David C. Kennedy. The hay. how
ever, belonged to James P. Pullen,
according to Mrs. Kennedy.
D. C. Man Fined $140
For Drunken Driving
Fines totaling $140 were levied
against a District man in Hyatts
ville Police Court yesterday, follow
ing his conviction of driving while
drunk and reckless driving.
The man, William E. Wise of the
5000 block of Seventh place N.W.
a Washington chain grocery store
manager, was arrested on the Wash
ington-Baltimore boulevard, Berwyn,
by Maryland State Trooper Vincent
J. Castiglione on the night of
July 29.
Trial Magistrate Arthur P. Owens
fined Wise $125 for drunken driv
ing and $15 for reckless driving.
| 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.
Ft Davis, Pennsylvania and Alabama
avenues SI
Hearst. Thirty-seventh- and Tilden
streets N.W.
Jefferson. Eighth and H streets 8.W.
Kingman. Fourteenth and E street* N.E.
New York Avenue. First and New York
avenue N.W.
Truesdell, Ninth and Intraham street*
N.W.
Randall. First and I street* S.W.
Shaw. Seventh street and Rhode Island
avenue N.W.
Blow School. Nineteenth street and
, Bennint road N.E.
i Steven*, Twenty-first end L streets N.W.
Bantamweight MP Guardsmen
At Meade Learn to Toss Heavies
By William J. Wheatley
Star Staff Correspondent
FORT MEADE, Md., Aug. 20.—
Washington’s National Guard mili
tary police approached the end of
the first week of their two-week
field training period here, with hard
ened and limbered muscles and an
acquaintance with personal combat.
They are "taking their instruction
in such a serious vein that light
weights are throwing the heavies
with the ease with which a fisher
man makes a cast.
More than one-third of them are
downy-faced youths of draft age
who came into the 163d Military
Police Battalion within the past few
weeks.
Their enthusiasm for personal
combat sent two of them to the post
hospital in ambulances earlier in
the week. One of them recovered
quickly and was returned to duty.
But the other, Lt. Joseph Censabella,
601 Eighteenth street N.W., was
forced to remain in the hospital for
observation after suffering a badly
wrenched back.
Lt. Col. John B. Manley, senior
Regular Army instructor at the
camp, said the battalion has settled
down rapidly into its training sched
ule and that the men, particularly
the new ones, are taking it in, fine
spirit.
He asserted they have all their
equipment, except that, in a few
cases, the men did not have combat
Soes to fit. But the 2d Army has
ade arrangements to exchange the
boots issued to the men for those
that will fit.
Lt. Charles E. Sagner, Jr., 215
Oakivood street S.E., an in
fantry combat veteran of the Eu
ropean and Pacific theaters, showed
the trainees how to protect them
selves in personal combat. First,
he gave them exercises to limber
up their muscles, so the lightweights
could take care of much heavier
opponents. Then he told each to
choose an adversary from among
their comrades. After a demonstra
tion pair showed how it was done,
he told the group to move in. In
a flash 200-pound veterans - were
flying over the heads of bantam
weight youths.
After a hard morning of this and
a hearty lunch of chicken fricasse,
potatoes, carrots, celery, lemonade
and doughnuts, they went back into
the field for their first "gas at
tacks." Tear gas was used, but the
men were given a comprehensive
lecture prior to the “kickoff” on
how to protect themselves against
all kinds of gases.
Victor R. Hirsh, 3641 Kanawha;
street N.W., and George Cottman,
207 Vi E street N.E.. each with a
week of service, said the food had
been uniformly good and plentiful
since they came into the camp last
Sunday.
The mess Is in charge of Lt.
James H. Graham, 4306 Knox road,
College Park, Md„ and his prin
cipal assistant is Sergt. Eugene F.
Wemple, 4306 Third street N.W., a
chain store manager.
In the late afternoons the men
are urged to participate in super
vised athletics. Lt* Col. George O.
Weber, commanding the unit, has
provided three silver cups to be
awarded to each of the leaders in
volley ball, track and softball. An
honor streamer will be awarded
at the end of the encampment to
the best all-around unit in pro
ficiency during the training period.
The unit has a total of 300 men
in camp, 22 of whom are officers.
A third of the enlisted personnel
are new men, one-third combat
trained veterans and the remainder
have come into the Guard at vari
ous periods since its activation in
October, 1946.
Health Department Hit
Anew in Alexandria
The Alexandria Health Depart
ment today was accused of a “do
nothing'’ attitude for the second
time in two weeks.
Today’s criticism came from City
Councilman-elect Marshall J. Bev
erley, who accused health officials
of ignoring pleas to do something
about a swamp near Colonial ave
nue. He said the swamp was a
breeding place for mosquitoes and
snakes. One snake was killed yes
terday in the 1000 block of Colonial
avenue near a spot where a 3-year
old child was playing, he said. Mr.
Beverley said he did not know if
the snake was poisonous.
Dr. W. Lewis Schafer, pity health
officer, could not be reached this
morning to find out if he were aware
of the swamp, or if the condition
came within the scope of his de
partment.
The councilman-elect said he
would support Mayor William Wil
kins, “and any other councilmen,”
in action to see that Alexandria has
"more capable and efficient health
management.”
Last week the Health Department
was criticized for permitting an open
sewer to exist although it had been
reported to health authorities two
years ago. Meanwhile, State health
officials are surveying the health
department as requested by the
city council.
Arlington Man Admits
Passing Bad Checks
Robert G. Owens, 27, of the 4200
block of Wilson boulevard. Arling
ton, was given a six months sus- j
pended sentence on each of four
charges of passing bad checks to
which he pleaded guilty yesterday:
in Arlington County Court.
Owens, a linoleum installer, was
convicted recently of similar charges
in the District, according to Arling
ton authorities.
Boy, 14, Commilted
At Parents' Cost
Parents of a 14-year-old East
Riverdale <Md.) boy were directed
in Prince Georges County Juvenile
Court, Hyattsville, yesterday to pay
*30 monthly toward his support at
the St. Mary's Industrial School,
Baltimore.
The boy was committed to the
institution yesterday for an inde-j
terminate period by Trial Magistrate1
Arthur P. Owens for the unauthor-!
ized use of an automobile. He was
arrested Sunday morning.
At the same time the parents
were acquitted of a charge of con
tributing to the delinquency of a
minor when Judge Owens ruled that
such a charge, if prosecution were
warranted, should have been brought
against them by the Army.
During a closed court session yes
terday, the couple admitted they
had signed an affidavit when the
boy was 13 stating he was 17. He
served in the Army for eight months,
until his age was discovered when
he became involved in an auto theft
case. He was returned to civilian
life a few months ago. according to
Roy D. Bright, county parole and
probation officer.
The practice of assessing parents
for the support of children while
in State institutions has been fol
lowed by juvenile courts in the
county whenever there is an indica
tion that a lack of proper parental
supervision has contributed to the
juvenile offense. Mr. Bright declared.
Virginia Engineers to Meet
An organization meeting for the
first Virginia Chapter of the Na
tional Society of Professional
Engineers will be held at 8 o’clock
tonight in the Radio Building,
Arlington. The new group is to
be known as the Northern Virginia
Society of Professional Engineers.
'Order of the Horse-Collar'
Suggested as Honor Award
The "Order of the Garter” may
have its Bethesda counterpart in
the "Order of the Horse Collar.”
Montgomery County Commission
er Wesley I. Sauter, a member of
the Bethesda building firm of
Sauter <fe Gingery, already has the
horse collar—a padded affair given
him as a joke at a recent outing
of the Bethesda Chamber of Com
merce.
It started him thinking. Why not
have the chamber award the collar
annually to the Bethesda resident
who has worked the hardest—a
wheelhorse, so to speak—to put the!
community on the map?
“I visualize the award as similar
to the Oliver Owen Kuhn Trophy
given each year by the chamber to ■
the person or group making the
mo6t concrete improvement to Be
thesda,” Mr. Sauter said yesterday.
“In fact, I think I’ll call it the
Wesley I. Sauter Trophy."
Mr. Kuhn was the late managing
editor of The Star.
Mr. Sauter qaid he plans to sub-;
mit the proposal at the chamber s
next meeting September 6. If it is!
approved, he added, he plans to
have a plaque placed inside the{
horse collar on which the names1
of the winn'ers can be inscribed.
He said he also hopes to havej
a small pin made in the shape of j
a horse collar which the recipient'
could wear while In possession of
the collar. , '
A
Farm Remade in Day
Comes Through Fine
In First Heavy Rain
By th« Associated Press
JEFFERSON, Md„ Aug. 20.—The
terraces, drainage ditches and pond
installed onVMrs. Nellie Thrasher's
farm seem to have come through
their first big test.
It rained hard almost before the
bulldozers and scrapers, steam shov
els and terracers had pulled away
from the job of making over her
hilly fields in a one-day soil con
servation show Wednesday.
A checkup showed they had dons
their work well.
The new' one-acre pond near the
barn lots was wrell filled with water
after more than an inch of rain.
Most of the water which seeped
into the pond behind the 150-foot
earthen dam thrown up by the bull
dozers in less than eight hours will
be pumped out in order to remove
the heavy silt deposit.
Because it was only the day be
fore that the terraces were installed
and the ditches dug, runoff water
after the rain was laden w’ith silt.
The next time, water reaching the
pond should be fairly clear. The
retaining wall will have packed
down firmly enough to hold it.
The quick filling of the pond to
Almost normal level demonstrated
the effectiveness of two diversion
terraces gouged out on the slopes
of, one field—the field used for the
speakers’ stand at ' Wednesday's
demonstration.
Designers of the one-day overhaul
project had feared a heavy rain
might wreck some of their work,
particularly the erasing of deep
gullies which had made the steep
upper pasture almost useless.
It rained hard for 15 or 20 min
utes Wednesday night, then tapered
off into a long steady shower. But
the gully fills still were in place to
day.
The 53-year-old widow showed
signs of the strain of Wednesday’s
demonstration.
‘‘I have given my last interview,'’
she said.
Woman Sitting on Sidewalk
Is Injured by Army Truck
An Alexandria woman was in
jured last night when struck by an :
Army truck while she was sitting in j
a chair on the sidewalk in front of |
her house.
Mrs. Mary P. Knight, 39, of 603
South Washington street, was taken
to Alexandria Hospital where it
was found she had a broken kneecap
and head injuries.
Police gave the following account
of the accident: The truck, operated
by Eugene Robertson, 21, colored,
of Port Belvoir, attempted to pass
a car on the right. The truck col
lided with the car and then careened
onto the sidewalk, striking Mrs.
Knight. The car was driven by Al
beric Z. Daigle, 33, Woodley Hills,
Virginia.
Robertson was charged with reck
less driving and speeding. No
charges were made against Mr.
Daigle.
Old Chapel In Port Tobacco
Made Information Center
Spociol Dispatch to Th« Star
PORT TOBACCO, Md„ Aug. 20—
A deserted little chapel, last vestige
of the historic Charles County
Courthouse at the former county
seat here, has been reopened, after
many years, as an information cen
ter for persons interested in the
restoration of this 300-year-old
town.
The information center is being
operated and staffed by members of
the Society for the Restoration of
Port Tobacco, a group of more than
150 formed last winter to encourage
rebuilding of the town.
Armed with some old drawings
and a map, the society hopes to see
the town restored; but it wants the
reconstruction to be made by indi
viduals who will live there.
Maryland Tax Office Set Up
In Downtown Washington
An office to help Marylanders
pay their sales and income taxes
will be opened Monday in rooms
901 and 902, International Building,
1319 F street N.W.
Maryland State Controller James
J. Lacy, in announcing opening of
the office, said it is expected “to
facilitate the payment of taxes from
business firms and individuals of
Montgomery, Prince Georges and
Frederick Counties."
The stall of the Washington office
will be composed of personnel from
Annapolis and Baltimore who have
been working in the vicinity of the
District.
County Unit Approves
Bethesda Apartments
Built by Eugene Casey
Construction of a $200,000 apart
ment house in Bethesda by Eugene
B. Casey, wartime presidential aide
who recently served five months in
jail for evasion of income taxes,
today had the approval of the Mont
gomery County Board of Building
Appeals.
Mr. Casey was released last March
from the Federal reformatory at I
Petersburg, Va.
Work on the 60-unit apartment
project, to be at Clarendon road and
Elm street, had been held up as a
result of the refusal by the Mary
land Park and Planning Commission
to grant a building permit.
The commission claimed Mr. Casey
had not provided sufficient rear j
yard space and off-street parking
facilities.
The commission's action was sup- j
ported by the Board of Zoning
Appeals after residents of the area
appeared at a hearing July 29 to
oppose approval of the project until
off-street parking was provided.
Yesterday, however, the Board
heard testimony that the off-street
parking requirements had been com
plied with. At the same time, the
board waived provision for a 9-foot
rear yard, thus clearing the way
for issuance of the building permit.
Boafd Chairman John Sadler said
a group of residents of the area, who
appeared at yesterday’s hearing,
favored the board’s action on the
ground that the project would serve
as a buffer between single family
homes and commercial establish
ments. Mr. Sadler said the land has
been zoned for apartment house use
for some time.
21 Interviewed for Jobs
On Prince Georges Police
Candidates for the Prince Georges
County police force were interviewed
yesterday at Upper Marlboro by the
county commissioners.
Sitting as an ex-officio Police
Board, the commissioners inter
viewed 21 candidates whb were suc
cessful in the written examinations
conducted July 15 at the County
Service Building, Hyattsville.
The candidates now will be sub
ject to physical examinations to be
given by a doctor appointed by the
commissioners, Commissioner Nor
man H. Collins, chairman of the
Police Board, declared.
No decision has been made yet on
the number of men who will be
appointed or when, Mr. Collihs an
nounced. At present, the force
numbers 37 men, including Police
Supt. Ralph W. Brown.
Dewey-Warren Leaders
Listed in Arlington
The Arlington Dewey-Warren
Club today announced the selection
of the following precinct chairmen:
Joseph Pridham, Cherrydale; Law
rence D. Batson, Courtland; Mr.
and Mrs. Robert Ballenger, Glen
car lyn; Carmelo Bernardo, Bar
croft; John Gard, Arlington Forest;
Mrs. Frank Murphy, Arlington;
Frank Myer. Aurora Hills, and
George M. Rowzee, jr„ Fairlington.i
Other precinct heads will be
chosen at a meeting at 8 p.m. Tues
day in the club headquarters, 1738
Wilson boulevard.
Annual Supper Planned
The Wesley Grove <Md.> Method
ist Church will sponsor its annual
fried chicken and country ham
supper at 4 p.m. tomorrow on the
lawn of the Woodfleld Hall. In
case of rain the supper will be
served in the hall.
Arlington Vote
On School Bond
Issue Planned
Court to Be Asked
To Order November
Referendum
The Arlington County School
Board plans to place the question
of a bond issue for school construc
tion before the voters in a referen
dum at the November general elec
tion.
The decision was made at a recent
executive session of the School
Board to discuss school sites, it was
disclosed today by Board Member
Colin C. MacPherson. who spoke in
the absence of the board chairman
and vice chairman.
Plans for a bond issue to finance
Junior high and elementary school
construction have been under con
sideration by the board for some
time.
Court Request Necessary.
The board, under Virginia law,
must request Judge Walter T. Mc
Carthy of the Circuit Court to order
a referendum.
A referendum on bond issues
totaling $6,000,000 was submitted to
the voters in May, 1947. The
referendum presented the question
in four sections and all but one—
$1,776,000 for elementary schools—
were defeated.
The board employed Mrs. Art
Brown, a former president of the
county PTA council, to assist in
preparation of material for public
information on the proposed bond
issue. Mrs. Brown, wife of an
associate editor of Nation's Business,
will assist Edward J. Braun, school
consultant. She will work on a
part time basis.
Assistant Principal Resigns.
The resignation of Frank Kavalier,
former assistant principal at Wash
ington-Lee High School, was an
nounced by the School Board today.
Mr. Kavalier, who had served as
assistant principal for three years,
was not reappointed but was given a
teacher’s contract for the coming
year.
Mr. Kavalier, school authorities
said, resigned to teach in the Port
land, Oreg., school system.
Maryland Labor Session
Backs Truman and Austin
By the Associated Press
CUMBERLAND, Md., Aug. 20.-e
The Western Maryland Labor Unity
Conference has indorsed the election
of President Truman and asked its
member union locals to back F.
Byrne Austin for Maryland’s 6th
District Congressional seat.
C. E. Stutzman, conference chair
man, urged delegates last night to
support Mr. Austin, Montgomery
County Democrat, for the post now
held by Representative Beall, Re
publican.
Mr. Stutzman scored Representa
tive Beall as an opponent of labor.
‘‘His record is pitifully inadequate,'*
he told AFL, CIO and Independent
railroad and machinists union
delegates.
‘‘With working families reaching
a crisis every week at the food
market, we need immediate action.
* • • Representative Beall sat In
Congress until two weeks ago and
remained deaf to their needs," he
said.
Morrow Again Appeals
Gambling Conviction
By »h« Associated Pres*
ANNAPOUS, Aug. 20—William
E. Morrow. 52, of Riverdale, Md,
who was sentenced to a year in
jail after being convicted of gam
bling in Montgomery County, haa
filed a second appeal.
Morrow, sentenced June 23 by
Judge Charles W. Woodward, also
was fined $1,000.
He was originally convicted in
December; 1947, but the decision was
reversed by the Court of Appeals.
At the second trial, ordered for
the submission of new evidence,
Morrow again was sentenced to Jail
and fined.
His motion to have his trial moved
to some other county was turned
down the day before the second
trial.
He said he could not “have a fair
and impartial trial" in Montgomery
County, partly because Washington
newspapers had referred to him as
a “kingpin, big-shot gambler."
Death of Riverdale Man
Is Listed as Suicide
A certificate of suicide has been
issued in the death yesterday of
John S. Reynolds, 51, of 5313 River
dale road. Riverdale, Md„ who, po
lice said, swallowed a quantity of
acid.
Dr. Join T. Maloney, deputy
medical examiner for Prince Georges
County, issued the suicide certifi
cate after performing an autopsy.
Mr. Reynolds recently had been
released from the Bethesda Naval
Hospital where he received treat
ment for a nervous ailment, his
wife told police. He was a retired
radio repairman.
Pvt. Baker, Wounded on Duty,
To Be Radio Police Reporter
Pvt, Wallace L. Baker, the Prince
Georges County policeman who was
wounded at the same time a fellow
policeman was shot fatally while
making an arrest on June 12, will
begin an extra-curricular activity
as a radio police reporter, start
ing Monday. »'
Pvt. Baker, a member of the force
since July, 1946, will supplement
his police work—with full sanction
of county officials—with a twice
weekly broadcast over Radio Sta
tion WBUZ-FM.
The new program, to be heard
for five minutes on Mondays and
Fridays, starting at 6:25 p.m., wills
feature news of various police ac
tivities, safety drives and informa-!
tion on State laws.
Radio is a new field for Pvt.
Baker, who came to the county as!
a child from Harrisonburg, Va. The
police program is his own idea.
When duty conflicts with his broad
casting schedule, Pvt. Baker will
call upon another member of thei
I
force, Corpl. Roland Sweltzer of
Laurel.
Pvt. Baker, who is 24, returned
to duty about three weeks ago,
after recovering from gunshot
wounds received while making an
arrest in Deanwood Park, Md. Pvt.
Charles L. Caldwell was slain dur
ing the same shooting. Two per
sons, Thomas Hall, 51, of that com
munity, and his daughter, Janie
Leeta Hall, 20, still are awaiting
action of the county grand Jury
on murder and attempted murder
charges in connection with the
shootings.
In his new broadcast. Pvt. Baker
hopes to devote mucH time to school
boy patrols and their safety pro
grams. Other news will Include
missing persons' reports and any
other information of interest to the
public.
Pvt. Baker, the father of three
small children, lives with his wife
and family at 6308 Kilmer street,
Cheverly Manor.
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