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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1950
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Eastern Shore
Takes Spotlight
In Campaign
Lane and McKeldin
Due to Swap Blows
Over Bay Bridge
By Alex R. Preston
Star Staff Correspondent
DENTON. Md.. Oct. 17.—The
Democrats came to the Eastern
Shore today. The Republicans are
due Thursday.
During much of the rest of this
week. Gov. Lane and his Re
publican opponent, Theodore R.
McKeldin, are expected to have
quite a bit to say about the
Chesapeake Bay Bridge.
Gov. Lane will take the credit
for it. Mr. McKeldin will not op
pose it but his workers have
strongly criticized the present ad
ministration for the manner in
which the project was brought
about.
Some on the Eastern Shore do
not favor a direct connection with
the populous “mainland,” prefer
ring. instead, to retain their quiet
way of life. Those who feel this
way—believed to be in the minor
ity—think that the flat truck
farming and fishing peninsula will
become just another suburb of
thriving, bustling Baltimore.
Wives to Attend Tea.
Republicans have charged the
Lane administration with paying
off “political debts” in tire deci
sion to build a bridge and the
awarding of contracts. They say,
without declaring it to be the best
plan, that adequate consideration
was not given to a proposed tun
nel beneath the bay.
The wives of the Democratic
candidates were to attend a tea
here this afternoon before the
Governor, Senator Tydings, At
torney General Hall Hammond
and Controller J. Millard Tawes
arrive later for a reception.
George Clendaniel, chairman of
the State Central Committee for
Carolina County, was in charge
of arrangements at the commun
ity house for these festivities as
well as at a county-wide rally at
the armory this evening.
Tomorrow the Democrats will
tour Dorchester. The Republi
cans, too, had arranged their
schedule to be in Dorchester at
the same time but gave way to
the Democrats. Instead, Mr. Ma
Keldin, John Marshall Butler, for
the Senate, and William Gunter,!
for attorney general, will stay in
Baltimore tomorrow. They will |
come to Wicomico Thursday and
get to Dorchester Friday. j
„ Fair Appearance Cancelled. i
Gov. Lane's party was forced to
cancel a scheduled appearance at |
“Governor's Day” at the Southern
Maryland Agricultural Fair at Up
per Marlboro tomorrow because
of the demands of the campaign
elsewhere. State Senate Presi
dent Joseph R. Byrnes will rep
resent Gov. Lane. The Demo
cratic invasion of Prince Georges
County is set for next Tuesday
with at least two rallies, at
Hyattsville and at Upper Marl
boro.
The opposing candidates may
pass one another in mid-channel
of Chesapeake Bay Thursday be
cause when the Republicans come
here the Democrats will head
back for Baltimore for a rally at
the 5th Regiment Armory that
night.
There, a ‘secret weapon wan
be unveiled. It is a recording of,
a speech by Mr. McKeldin last
year. At that time, with no ap
parent intentions of opposing Gov.
Lane, the Republican is reported
to have made some complimentary
remarks about the administration
of his present opponent.
Even last year, the Democrats
were taking out insurance. They
asked for and received a copy
of the record. They expect to
make the most of it at the rally
and are reported to have had
copies made to rebroadcast via
sound truck and other means
throughout the State.
To Continue Tour.
After the Baltimore rally, the
Democrats will ferry back across
the bay to continue their Eastern
Shore tour in Worcester County
on Friday and in Wicomico Coun
ty on Saturday. They are due in
Charles County Sunday while the
Republicans, so far, have left that
day open for a day of rest.
Mr. Butler, meanwhile, lit into
Senator Tydings in a television
address in Baltimore last night.
He referred to remarks made by
the Senator at last week’s Mpnt
gomery County rally in Bethesda.
“He tried again to blame all
the wars on the Republican Par-;
ty,” Mr. Butler said. . . . “Every
time a Democratic administration
has talked about world peace, we
have been plunged into horrible
war.”
Later, he added: “It seems that
Senator Tydings just will not face
up to the fact that he can’t hang
the war blame onto Republicans.
... For 16 of the past 18 years our
administration has had absolute
control over our foreign affairs,
both in Congres and by Presiden
tial veto.”
Kensington Youths Held
In Burglary and Larceny
Two Kensington youths w'ere
held for action of the grand jury
in Bethesda Police Court, after
waiving preliminary hearings yes
terday, on charges of burglary and
larceny.
Paul Safford, 18, of 116 West
Everett street, and Richard Aud
ridge, 20, of 25 West Everett
street, were charged with taking
a 38-caliber revolver, a 22-caliber
rifle, a watch, and $10 in cash
from the home of Horace E.
Troth, a neighbor, 23 West Everett
•treet, October 12. J
AMERICA FOR A BIRTHDAY GIFT—A new country is a birth
day present for Gerhard Gentil Perkins, 11 today, pictured with
Airline Sewardess Joan Fox after his arrival from Mainz, Ger
many. Formerly Gerhard Gentil, he is the son by a former
marriage of Mrs. Edgar Y. Perkins, 727 Silver Spring avenue,
Silver Spring. She and Capt. PerkinS, U. S. A., retired, were
married here in 1948 after a courtship in Germany and Capt.
Perkins is adopting Gerhard. Already playing football, Gerhard
promises to learn English in two months. He will enter Silver
Spring Intermediate School in February. —AP Photo.
McKeldin and Lane
Step Up Attacks as
Race Enters Stretch
By the Associated Press
With general election day just
three weeks away, Maryland’s
Republican and Democratic can
didates for Governor have started
to take their best roundhouse
swings at one another.
Theodore R. McKeldin, Repub
lican candidate, said in a radio
television speech last night that
Gov. Lane's promise to call a
special session to cut the sales
tax if he is re-elected was “a
brazen, coldly calculated piece of
political trickery.”
Gov. Lane, at a Democratic
rally in Bel Air, criticized Mr. Mc
Keldin’s administration as Mayor
of Baltimore from 1943 to 19*f.
Tax Diversion Charged.
“We gave him (McKeldin)
$1,250,000 from State racing
revenue and authority to impose
special taxes in Baltimore,” Gov.
Lane said “Yet the tax rate in
his administration was among the
highest in the history of the city.
“The Baltimore schools were
not improved, the roads were full1
of pot holes and the city’s share
of gasoline taxes from the State
was diverted to purposes other
than the repair of streets.
“In 1945, the Maryland Legis
lature passed a resolution plead
ing with Mayor McKeldin to re
pair Hanover street so that the
citizens could drive their auto
mobiles to the State Capitol in
Annapolis.”
Lane Proposal Attacked.
Mr. McKeldin asserted that Gov.
Lane’s promise to issue a special
session call November 7 was a
move that “every one will recog
nize ... as the last desperate
effort of a candidate who . . . now
senses impending defeat.
“He should have said he would
do so even if defeated.” the Re
publican declared, “if he were
sincerely interested in the people
of Maryland, instead of trying to
get himself re-elected.”
The platforms of both parties
call for a raise in the exemption
base of the sales tax from its pres
ent 14 cents to 50 cents. Both
urge that all foods—wherever con
sumed—be exempt from the 2 per
cent tax, as well as soaps and soap
powders. Sales of food consumed
outside the home are now subject
to the tax.
Frederick Court Fines
'Joyriding' Students $50
By the Associated Press
FREDERICK, Md., Oct. 17.— j
Magistrate Edward J. Smith yes-)
terday fined Donald Robert Burns.
jr„ and Douglas Alan Newton $50
apiece for unauthorized use of a*
automobile.
Burns is 19 and from Middle
town, Pa.; Newton is 17 and from
Yonkers, N. Y. Both are fresh
men at Gettysburg College.
They admitted taking the car
from Hood College campus here;
late Saturday and abandoning it
after it crashed into a pole near
Thurmont, Md. State police
picked them up uninjured. The
parents of the boys offered to pay
the car owner for his loss.
Marlboro Fair Opens
With Coronation of
Queen Tomorrow
Coronation of a queen and a
United Nations pageant presented
by 250 school children will feature
the opening day of the Marlboro
Fair tomorrow.
Miss Sylvia Ferguson, 17. daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Fer
guson. of Meadows, Md.. will be
crowned as queen in ceremonies at
1 p.m. She is a senior at the Fred
erick Sasscer High School, Upper
Marlboro.
The pageant will follow the
coronation and will be presented
from an especially constructed
stage in front of the Marlboro
Race Track’s 4,500-seat grand
stand.
Participants will include pupils
from the Frederick Sasscer High
School, the Upper Marlboro Ele
mentary School. Gw'ynn Park High
School and the Brandywine Ele
mentary School. Commemorating
the fifth anniversary of the U. N„
the pageant will include songs,
dances and costumes of the various
member nations.
Luncheon for Officials.
Another highlight will be a
luncheon for Maryland and Prince
Georges County officials at noon
in the race track’s dining hall,
Representative Sasscer, Democrat,
of Maryland will be among those
present. Gov. Lane, originally
slated to attend, will be repre
sented by State Senate President
Joseph R. Byrnes.
Tomorrow’s program opens with
the judging of Devon beef cattle,
starting at 9 a.m. Hereford, Aber
deen Angus and Shorthorn beef
cattle also will be judged during
the day.
In addition, tomorrow is Club
Exhibits’ Day. featuring special
entries and displays by member
units of the county's Federated
Women’s Club.
Other Programs Slated.
Last minute preparations were
under way today, as Southern
Maryland farmers brought their
prize livestock and foodstuffs to
the fairgrounds. Poultry judging
and rating of all exhibits other
than livestock also was to take
place today, although the fair
grounds are not open to the gen
eral public.
Dairy cattle judging will feature
Thursday’s program. On Friday,
draft horses, swine and 4-H Club
livestock will be judged. Friday
also will be Children’s Day. The
fair will end Saturday with the
horse weight-pulling contest and
a parade of dairy and beef cattle
at 1 p.m.
Daily tobacco stripping demon
strations also are scheduled at
11 a.m. and 2 p.m.
Exhibitors will be competing for
some of the approximately $22,
000 in prize money being offered.
This year’s fair is the 57th annual
one.
Glenview Citizens to Meet
The Glenview (Md.) Citizens
Association will meet at 8 o'clock
tonight in the Church of the
Atonement, 10609 Georgia avenue.
Dr. Yester Blumenthal, chief of
the George Washington University
Hospital Headache Clinic, will
speak.
Judge Suspends 30-Day Term
In 2-Cent Theft, Gives 25 Cents
A 23-year-old Washington man,
convicted of petty larceny involv
ing the theft of only two pennies,
might have been in jail today had
it not been for a sympathetic
Prince Georges Police Court judge.
William Mack Porter, colored, of
the 400 block of New Jersey ave
nue N.W., was found guilty at
Hyattsville yesterday by Trial
Magistrate Robert W. McCullough.
Judge McCullough gave Porter
a 30-day sentence to the county
jail, then suspended it. Learning
that Porter had no money with
him, the judge asked how he was
going home.
“I’ll walk,” Porter replied.
“Here’s a quarter,” Judge Mc
Cullough answered, reaching for
his pocket. “You’d better ride.’
Porter was arrested early Sun
day at the Mount Rainier bus
terminal. Town Policeman Albie
Osborne testified he saw Porter
take 2 cents from a newspaper
rack there. Porter pleaded not
guilty, contending he had been
drinking and picked up the coin
holder to shake it. He said he did
not recall taking any money.
Fund Reduction
Curbs Maryland
Park Acquisition
Planners Criticize
Budget Bureau Step
As 'Short-Sighted'
An economy cut of approx
imately $120,000 ordered in the
1951 appropriation for Natinal
Capital Park and Planning Com
mission was revealed yesterday
as seriously hampering a pro
gram to include lands of five
small Maryland stream valleys
in the metropolitan park system.
I Planning officials criticized the
Budget Bureau directed cut in
an already reduced land purchas
ing appropriation as “short-sighted
economy.'* About $80,000 of the
reduction will be absorbed by the
Maryland program, with the re
maining $40,000 loss suffered b>
the District.
Resultant delays in acquiring
or taking up options in the Mary
land valleys, officials said, would
handicap them in a close race
against rising land values and en
croachments by private real estate
operators.
Areas Affected.
The areas affected by the cut
in land-purchase funds under
the Capper-Cramton Act are: Sli
go Creek, with one unit each in
Montgomery and Prince Georges j
Counties: Northwest Branch and!
Paint Branch in Prince Georges;
and Little Falls and Rock Creeek
in Montgomery.
The reduction will have less
effect in the District and can be
more easily absorbed, it was ex
plained. The projects that will
suffer from the defense savings,
however, have not been agreed j
j upon. There seems to be little i
worry over them.
John Nolen, jr„ director of
planning, said the cut in the
Maryland program, on the other
hand, constitutes a serious prob
lem.
“All these projects are in critical
subdivision sections of the coun
ties,” he said.
"Some of the valleys—par
ticularly Rock Creek and Sligo
Creek are being completely sur
rounded by subdivisions. Every de
lay is going to cost the Federal
Government and Maryland more
money in the end.”
Projects Restudied.
Taking the $80,000 reduction
into account, there remains a little
less than $400,000 in the amount
voted for valley land purchases in
the 1951 budget. NCPPC, however,
has a carry-over of nearly $500,
000 from last year which can be
applied. The amount is not suffi
cient.
Officials explained that the
valley projects must be acquired
as complete units and not piece
meal. Mr. Nolen'said all the six
projects (there being two in the
Sligo Valley) must be restudied,
in view of the slash in funds, in
order to set new taking lines.
There is always the threat of
acreage being bought up by private
developers and subdivided, he ex
plained.
Two-thirds of the money ad
vanced by NCPPC to Maryland
agencies for the valley lands would
be repayable to the United States
on an 8-year loan basis. The loan
is interest free. The other one
third is a contribution by the
Federal Government.
Spicknall Gives Up
Hyattsville Post
The Hyattsville City Council
last night accepted “with regret”
the resignation of its president,
H. Wilson Spicknall, effective
November 1.
Mr. Spicknall, who lives at 4319
Madison street, explained he is
moving to the adjoining com
munity of University Park.
He is serving his third four
year term and is the oldest
council member in point of serv
ice. He will be replaced as chair
man of the city’s Post Office Com
mittee by Mayor Caesar Aiello.
At the same time, Mr. Spicknall
announced that T. Hammond
Welsh, a member of the Prince
Georges County Board of Com
missioners, has agreed to serve on
the committee, which is seeking
to have the proposed central post
office for the county’s suburban
area established in Hyattsville.
In other business, the council
was told the city is getting new
handles for parking meters, to
eliminate mechanical troubles.
Tons of Logs Fall on Man
About to Unload Truck
Special Dispatch to The Star
HUGHESVILLE, Md., Oct. 17.—
Leslie H. Carter, 27. of West Lex
ington, Va., was injured last night
when he was caught beneath tons
of logs which rolled off a truck he
was about to unload at Mason’s
Siding near here. #
State police and volunteers
worked nearly a half hour with a
bulldozer to extricate the injured
man. He was taken to Gallinger
Hosiptal in a State police ambu
lance. His condition today was
described as fair.
Witnesses said the accident oc
curred when Mr. Carter fastened
a chain around the logs.
Silver Spring Kiwanis
Elects New Officers
The Rev. Philip C. Edwards has
| been elected president of the
^Kiwanis Club of Silver Spring.
Others elected included Aubrey
L. Thomas, vice president; Joseph
Saunderson, treasurer; Dr. Peter
N. Lombard, J. Finley Cheston,
Chris A. Ebeling, jr., Henry C.
Johnson, Wheaton; Richard T.
Kreuzburg, George I. Shefts and
Charles M. Marsteller, directors.
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TAILS YOU WIN!—Dr. William Mann’s proud tenant is this African green chameleon with a
10-inch tail, the only one of its species now available for Zoo ogling here. Along with it, as '
gifts from a trader, came a python and a puff adder. —Star Staff Photo.
Indicted Pair Accused
Of 'Endangering Life'
Of Third Defendant
Two men indicted by an Arling
ton grand jury yesterday—one for
armed robbery and the other as
an accessory in the March 13
holdup of Mrs. Blight Lee, 2700
South June street—were accused
today of “endangering the life” of
a third man indicted for armed
robbery.
Lee admits that he is a former
gambler. His wife, Mrs. Mar
guerite Lee, was robbed of $86.
Joseph G. Lewis, 29, of the 1500
block of Park road N.W., was in
dicted for armed robbery, and his
brother, Paul C. Lewis, 36, of the
3700 block of South Third street,
was indicted for being an acces
sory. The third man, indicted for
armed robbery, is George W.
Kiley, 26, of the 300 block of Ridge
road S.E.
$20,000 Bond Sought.
Yesterday Arlington Common
wealth’s Attorney Denman T.
Rucker asked that $20,000 bond
be set for each of the Lewis broth
ers. In court this morning, Mr.
Rucker said Kiley was ready to
plead guilty and that “he has co
operated with our office to the
fullest extent.’’
Washington Attorney James J
Laughlin, representing the Lewis
brothers, opposed Mr. Rucker’s
recommendation for the amount
of bond.
Circuit Court Judge William D.
Medley said that excessive bail
should not be required. He set
bond at $5,000 each. No date was
set for trial.
Asks Higher Sum.
Another Washington attorney,
William Basil Calomeris, counsel
for Kiley, asked Judge Medley to
increase the amount because “if
these men are free on bond it will
further endanger my client's life.”
Also indicted by the grand
jury yesterday was an Arlington
builder, Lucian M. Downing, who
was charged with grand larceny.
Mr. Downing was charged on a
warrant sworn out by Herman
L. Croom of 2 Ashby street. Alex
andria, who said Mr. Downing ac
cepted $3,000 from him to build a
house but never began construc
tion. Mr. Downing also faces 13
civil suits amounting to $12,700.
The jury did not indict Pfc.
Lewis D. Wertenberger. 25, of Fort
Myer, who was charged with man
slaughter in the traffic death of
Pfc. Albert A. Rawls last August.
Indicted in Jewel Theft.
Joseph De Marco, 30, of New
York City, was indicted for grand
larceny in the theft of jewelry
from the home of an Arlington
woman September 7.
Two men were indicted for rob
bery of the Burr Heishman filling
station. 1503 Lee highway, July 28.
They are Clyde E. Williams. 18,
and Earl L. Huffman, 24. both of
the 1200 block of Fourteenth street
N.W.
Three Falls Church youths
charged with robbery waived a
hearing before the grand jury and
pleaded guilty. They are William
A. Monch. 19, of Route 2; Charles
E. Goldsmith, 21, of the 600 block
of North street, and Joseph J.
Catte, 21, of the 200 block of West
Greenway boulevard. Probation
reports will be received by the
court December 18.
Rep. Smith, Tyrrell Krum
To Speak in Arlington
Representative Smith, Demo
crat, of Virginia, and his Repub
lican opponent in the November
7 election, Tyrrell Krum, will
speak at a meeting of the Arling
ton League of Women Voters at
8:15 p.m. Thursday in the Arling
ton Unitarian Church.
The three candidates for the
County Board, Incumbent Daniel
A. Dugan, Democratic Nominee
Fred Bach and Independent Jacob
Bechtel, also will speak.
Cow Gives 18,851 Pounds
Of Milk in Year's Test
With 762 pounds of butterfat
and 18,851 pounds of milk test
ing 4.0 per cent to her credit,
B. D. I. Genion Arbor, registered
Holstein-Friesian cow owned by
Dairy Division, Beltsville, has
completed a 365-day production
test in official Advanced Registry.
Testing was supervised by the
University of Maryland, in co
operation with the Holstein-Fries
ian Association of America.
Fairfax Citizens to Meet
The Federation of Fairfax
County Citizens Associations will
meet at 8:30 p.m. Thursday in the
Annandale (Va.) School.
Chamber Survey Puts
Virginia 39th in
School Spending
By the Associated Press
RICHMOND, Va., Oct. 17.—
A survey made by the United
States Chamber of Commerce
placed Virginia 39th among
the States in the amount
spent per pupil for education
last year.
The Virginia average for
current expenditures, includ
ing debt service but not capi
tal outlay, was $137, against
a national average of $206
Judges to Tour Area
Alexandria Is Seeking
To Annex From County
A judges’ tour of the 7.5 square
miles that Alexandria seeks to
acquire from Fairfax County was
the first order of business as trial
of the city’s annexation suit j
opened today in Fairfax Circuit
Court.
The county and city jointly
rented a bus to transport the
three annexation judges, attorneys
for both sides and other court
officials over almost every road
in the area Alexandria wants.
Besides acquainting the judges
with the disputed territory, the
tour giyes both sides an oppor
tunity to point out things they
believe support their cases.
city hays it Needs Area.
Alexandria claims it needs the
area which lies mostly to the west
of the present city boundaries.
Fairfax County claims the ter
ritory is rural and should re
main so.
Horace Edwards, Richmond at
torney. who represented Falls
Church in an annexation suit
against Fairfax County three
months ago, is the principal at
torney for Alexandria. Others on
the city side are City Attorney V.
Floyd Williams, William W.
Koontz and Armistead Boothe,
who represent two large property
owners in the annexation area.
McCandlish Directs County Case.
Robert J. McCandlish, who sue- !
cessfully helped defend Fairfax
County in the Falls Church case,
is directing the county’s case.
On his side, also, are Common
wealth’s Attorney Hugh Marsh
and James Keith, who represents
a group of property owners in the
annexation area.
Judges hearing the case are Paul
E. Brown of Fairfax, Walter T.
McCarthy of Arlington and Jeff
Walter of Accomac.
1,200 School Patrolmen
To Tour FBI Next Week
Twelve hundred safety patrol
children from Montgomery County
schools will tour the Federal
Bureau of Investigation next week
under the auspices of the county
police department and the board
of education.
About 240 boys and girls will
visit the FBI each day.
The school patrol, directed by
Sergt. C. O. Seek and serving 73
schools in the county, has had a
perfect safety record since school
opened. *
Candidates to Speak
The Rosemary Hills Citizens’
Association will hear the opposing
candidates for the Montgomery
County Council seat from the
fifth district, Robert T. Snure,
Democrat, and Harold F. Ham
mond, Republican, at 8:30 p.m.
Thursday in the St. Paul's Meth
odist Church, Grubb road and
East-West highway, Silver Spring.
Greenbelt City Council
Protests on Reported
School Bus Reduction
Prince Georges County school
authorities today were asked to
explain reported curtailment of
school bus service for upper grade
students in the Greenbelt area.
The Greenbelt City Council de
cided to investigate when a dele
gation of citizens complained last
night that pupils of the Greenbelt
High School had been told by the
faculty that starting Monday no
free bus service would be provided
for them.
The school is situated about a
mile from the center of the com
munity. Outlying sections of
Greenbelt are as far away as 2
miles from the school. No public
transportation is available to the
center, it was pointed out.
W ill Consult Superintendent.
Mayor Elizabeth Harrington ex
pressed concern over the situation.
City Manager Charles T. McDon
ald and City Counsel Ralph Pow
ers assured the council they will
consult County School Supt. G.
Gardner Shugart today.
One parent told the council last
night of reports that there was
"some talk” among students of
a "strike by the student body
should bus service be discontinued.
Gov. Lane has commissioned
Mr. McDonald as civil defense
director of Greenbelt. Mrs. Har
rington announced. He has been
serving temporarily in 'that ca
pacity since, his nomination by
the council last month.
A budget allotment of about
$260 annually was approved for
the position of art class instructor
in the Recreation Department.
The council discussed new leave
proposals for city employes. These
include provisions for a 30-day
maximu mannual leave accumula
tion and 60 days’ sick leave, and
two weeks' military leave for mem
bers of the National Guard or
Organized Reserves.
British Comments Cited.
Copies of the “Town Planning
Review” quarterly, published by
the University of Liverpool. Eng
land, were distributed among the
council for study of a 60-page
treatiese detailing the physical and
sociological setup of Greenbelt.
A New York architect, Clarence
Stein, writes in the article that
the community is "exceptionally
well-planned for healthy living.”
although it characterizes the city
at one point as “a dormitory city
serving Washington.”
The author further likens the
“attractive flowing curves” of the
city layout to the formal lines of
the classic Crescent in Bath, Eng
land, and compares the Green
belt shopping center to “char
acteristic European medieval
market places.”
Two Youths Sent to Prison
For Prince Georges Thefts
Two Colmar Manor youths'
were sentenced to prison after
they pleaded guilty yesterday in'
Upper Marlboro Circuit Court to
charges of auto larceny and I
breaking and entering.
They are Edward E. Boswell,
18. and William A. Fletcher, 16.
Both gave their address as 3600
block of Thirty-ninth avenue.
Fletcher had waived Juvenile
Court jurisdiction.
Judge John B. Gray, jr., sen
tenced each to an indeterminate
term, not to exceed two years, in
the Maryland Reformatory for
Males.
They were charged by Mount
Rainier police with the theft of
an auto in Mount Rainier last'
May and the theft of $7 in cash;
and $5 in candy from the Cameo
Theater in Mount Rainier last
February.
Widening of Georgia Avenue
Scheduled to Start Thursday
Work on the long awaited
widening of Georgia avenue be
tween Colesville road and Glen
mont, Md,, will start Thursday.
At that time, State Roads Com
mission workmen will begin in
stalling storm sewers along the
first section of the $3 million
project between Colesville and
Seminary roads. Completion is
expected next summer.
Assistant Attorney General
Joseph D. Buscher said rights of
way for all except two properties
an the east side of Georgia avenue
in the first section have been
obtained. Condemnation proceed-.
ings for the two tracts were to be
filed today in Montgomery County
Circuit Court, he added.
He explained the east side will
be widened first so that the road
can proceed on the other side.
Bids for the second section, from
Seminary road to Viers Mill road,
will be opened by the commission
next Tuesday.
Plans call for widening Georgia
avenue from 40 to 78 feet. It will
be a dual highway, with two 12
foot traffic lanes and one 10-foot
parking lane on each side and a
10-foot raised strip in the center. :
The county plans to build 10-foot '
sidewalks on each side. ]
Officials to Begin
Work on Plans
For Civil Defense
D. C. Area Experts
To Seek Methods
Of Mutual Help
Top officials of Washington and
its neighbor communities tclay
planned to come to grips with the
job of developing a civil defersa
plan for the Metropolitan Area.
The long-awaited meeting is
aimed at working out methods of
providing mutual aid on all fronts
—from fighting fires to caring for
casualties.
Some idea of the variety of
problems on just one angle of
civil defense came yesterday when
more than a score of experts con
ferred on plans for an emergency
welfare service. This service
; would cope with feeding, clothing,
housing and rehabilitating the
lost and homeless after a bomb
ing.
Suggestions Considered.
Here were some of the sugges
tions offered:
Pre-school children should ba
registered, fingerprinted and dog
tagged so they could be identified
and sent to other relatives if they
lost their parents in a bombing.
School teachers, ex-census takers
or block wardens might do the
registering.
Families could make advance
j arrangements with friends in oth
! er parts of the city so they could
i double up if one or the other be
| came homeless.
Mobile canteens should take on
I the job of feeding refugees as
well as rescue workers until mass
feeding arrangements are set up.
; Griffith Stadium was suggested as i
I one of the scenes where soup and
! coffee could be dished out.
Paper Plates Recommended.
{ A supply of paper plates and
cups should be stocked by the city
to avoid the dangers of dysentery
from insufficient washing of eating ,
utensils. Families might well sup
ply themselves with mess kits.
With other cities so close by, it
would be unnecessary as well as
expensive to collect stockpiles of
clothing here when they could b«
trucked in quickly from undam
aged areas.
Suggestions for housing the
homeless ranged from building
dormitories to using the schools
and churches. Engineer Commis
sioner Gordon R. Young, who pre
sided over the conference, est
imated it might cost $1,000 per
{person to build dormitories with
{necessary utilities. He obviously
preferred the idea of doubling up
in private homes and apartments.
Assigned to Study Problems.
Assigned to work out solutions
| to the welfare problems under
•Welfare Director Gerard M. Shea
! were:
Mrs. Clifford Davis, who head
j ed the War Hospitality Commit
| tee’s information service in World
| War H. She will work on a set
{up to register the lost and home
{less and supply information to
{anxious relatives.
Hugh Duffield, Washington gen
eral manager of Sears Roebuck
& Co., and chairman of the cur
rent Community Chest Federation
campaign, who will work on
| emergency clothing, assisted by
{Herbert J. Rich, shoe store pro
prietor and clothing chairman for
the District Red Cross Disaster
Committee.
L. Gardner Moore, manager of
the Shoreham Hotel, and Mrs.
Hugh H. Harstin, chairman of
the District Red Cross canteen
; service, who will work together
on emergency feeding.
Alfred Risser, jr., chairman of
the District Red Cross Shelter
Manager Committee, who will
head the emergency housing
study.
Miss Eulene Hawkins, District
Red Cross home service director,
who will go into other welfare
problems, including the question
of giving small sums to the refu
gees.
Alexandria Houses Burn,
Families Escape Safely
Two frame houses in the 500
block of Oronoco street, Alexan
dria, were damaged yesterday in
a fire believed to be caused by an
oil stove.
Firemen said the blaze started
at 512 and quickly spread next
door. The interiors in the rear
portion of both houses were
burned out and the rest of the
structures was badly damaged by
smoke and water, Fire Chief Ber
nard Padgett said.
Colored families living in the
two houses got out safely, the
chief said. At one time, the
flames threatened the entire row
of eight houses, but the No. 1
Truck and Engine Company and
the No. 4 Engine Company con
fined the flames to the two build
ings.
Electrical Contractors
Ask Change in Code
The Prince Georges County
Electrical Contractors’ Association
has asked the Maryland Consoli
dated Gas and Electric Co. for
permission to use “unarmored’*
service cables in installation work.
The association, which met last
night in the American Legion
Hall, Mount Rainier, contended its
members have been unable to
comply with present electrical
provisions because of lack of ma
terials.
Robert E. Lee PTA to Meet
William S. Harris, a member of
the Arlington School Board Con
struction Advisory Committee,
will discuss the proposed bond
issue to be voted on November 7,
at a meeting of the Parent
Teacher Association of the Robert
E. Lee School at 8 p.m. tomorrow.