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SOCIETY—CLUBS-RECIPES PvlUlly ^ THURSDAY, MAY 17, 1951
Parkhill Slated
For Suburban
Sanitary Post
To Succeed Bowman
In $6,400-Year Job
As Secretary
By J. B. Zatman
James B. Parkhill, a Republicai
and a member of the Takomt
Park City Council, is slated to b<
the new secretary-treasurer of th<
Was h i n g t o i
Suburban Sani
Commis
authorita
tive sources dis
closed today.
His app*'irif
ment to suo
ceed J. Dai pj;
Bowman, Dem
uwiav, n iiu 11
tired recently
is expected t<
be made sooi
by the com
mission mem
j. b. Parkhiu. bers. The jol
pays $6,400 a year.
Mr. Parkhill, 48, is married anc
lives at 44 Columbia avenue
Takoma Park. He is an account
ant in Washington.
Elected to Council Last Tear.
Born in Pittsburgh, he came t<
Takoma Park five years ago anc
•was elected to a 2-year term or
the City Council in March, 1950.
A life-long Republican, he rar
against Clayton K. Watkins foi
Montgomery Circuit Court Clerl
in last November's general elec
tion. but lost by 742 votes.
Meanwhile, it was reported tha
differences between Montgomery
County Republican leaders ove:
who should be named to thi
School Board vacancy is holdins
up the appointment by Gov
McKeldin.
In addition, it was learned thi
Governor has not yet filled thi
remaining vacancy on the Wash
ington Suburban Sanitary Com
mission because the Republicar
State Central Committee • fo:
Montgomery County has not ye
recommended anybody for thi
$6,000-a-year job.
The two part-time commis
6ioners, Raymond W. Bellamy anc
J. Norman Ager, both of whon
are from Prince Georges County
were appointed this week by thi
Governor. The third member mus
come from Montgomery County
He is the only one who is full
time.
School Board Seat Vacant.
One seat on the School Boarc
has been unoccupied since May :
when the term of Mrs. Hermar
Wilson expired.
The State Central Committe<
has indorsed G. Donald Meid oJ
near Rockville.
Other County Republicans re
portedly are backing the appoint
ment of any one of five person:
nominated at a recent county
wide convention of parent-teache:
and civic groups.
These five are Mrs. Wilson
Bryan Z. Kile, both of Gaithers
burg; Leslie M. Abbe, Rockville
Dr. Webster Sewell, colored, o
Norbeck, and Russell I. Whyte
Chevy Chase. All except Dr
Sewell are registered Democrats
With regard to the Sanitar;
Commission vacancy, one G. O. F
leader said the State Centra
Committee is waiting for R. Dun
can Clark to decide whether t
take the job.
Mr. Clark, who lives in Bethesd:
Is an attorney, and a former mem
ber of the House of Delegates.
Falls Church Sets
Rates for Tuition
Annual tuition rates for stu
dents living outside Falls Churcl
have been set at $150 for ele
mentary and $200 for junior an:
senior high school pupils by thi
city school board.
The fee would not be paid b;
pupils who may be covered by :
pupil-for-pupil exchange progran
between the city and Fairfa:
County.
At present elementary student:
living outside the city are chargee
$120, the same rate as the countj
charges for city students attend
ing Oak Street School, owned bj
Fairfax.
The Falls Church boayd agreec
to continue accepting applica
tions from non-city pupils unti
it is determined how many car
be admitted without overcrowding
city schools.
A new city high school and pri
mary school are scheduled to opei
next September.
The board approved a recom
mendation by Supt. Irvin H
Schmitt that schools open nex
fall on September 10.
Green Announces
For County Clerk
H. Bruce Green today an
nounced his candidacy for count;
clerk of Arlington, a post he ha
held since 1945, subject to th
Democratic pri
mary on Au
gust 7.
Mr. Green,
47, was ap
pointed clerk to
succeed the late
C. Benjamin
Laycock. Mr.
Green lives at
1407 North
Barton street.
No other can
didates have so
far announced
for the posi
tion. The term H- Brnce Gr**n
of office is eight years.
In his announcement, Mr
Green said that, if elected, he wil
endeavor to continue “to afforc
the citiaens who transact busi
ness with the clerk’s office courte
ous and efficient service.”
Mr. Green’s father was Com
missioner of Revenue Harry K
Green, who died early this year
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CADETS PASS IN REVIEW—Maj. Gen. Thomas W. Herren (left),
1 commanding general of the Military District of Washington,
watches cadets of St. John’s College as they passed in review
yesterday. With him are Brother Edmund Clement, F. S. C.,
president of the college, and Cadet Col. Richard Dowell.
—Star Staff Photo.
; Muirkirk Residents Lose Fight
To Block New Industrial Plant
Old clothes and new clothes,
’ damaged window shades, and even
water samples were displayed to
the Prince Georges County Com
missioners yesterday as evidence
in one of two zoning hearings in
which Muirkirk property was
sought for industrial use.
Residents of the area who op
posed re-zoning of the Mineral
f Pigments Corp.’s property to in
! dustrial use, displayed the belong
ings to show that fumes from the
plant were a health menace.
1 N. D. Scowe, company president,
' said the firm was seeking the in
; dustrial classification so that it
! could build plant facilities to
remedy any health menace au
’ thorities might find. He said the
1 plant now was operating under a
1 non-conforming use permit which
■ does not allow new construction.
! His petition was granted.
Brick Plant Allowed.
Mrs. A. S. Musgrave, who repre
sented the opponents, also served
as attorney for a similar group
comprising many of the same citi
1 zens—who opposed re-zoning of
a 19-acre tract near the Washing
ton Brick Co. in Muirkirk to in
dustrial use for warehouses. The
land is owned by John R. Clark,
a proprietor of tfie brick company.
In granting the zoning change
from rural residential to industrial
2, the commissioners said it was
“inconceivable” that the area
could be used for residences.
Claiming there is a need for
more industry in the county, and
■remarking that the Muirkirk area
I was ideally suited for it, Commis
Isioner H. Wilson Spicknall re
j marked “only 2 Vi per cent oi
'county taxes are derived from in
dustry. It should be 15 per cent."
In other zoning action at Hyatts
ville yesterday, the Commissioners
denied requests for commercial
zoning for a lot at Rhode Island
avenue and Edgewood road. Holly
wood, opposite a school site.
Danger To Children Seen.
The Commissioners denied the
zoning change because they, were
told that children would be
tempted to cross the busy through
fare to reach the store, which
probably would be built there.
The Commisioners also denied
a petition that would have al
lowed a used car lot at the inter
section of New Hampshire avenue
and East-West highway in Tako
ma Park. The petition was opposed
by the East Takoma and Park
Lawn Citizens' Associations.
An industrial classification for
a paint remover mixing company
in Berwyn heights also was de
Inied.
Capital Transit Says
Rivalry May Force It
Out of Silver Spring
’ The Capital Transit Co. may be
iforced eventually to abandon its
; service in the Silver Spring area
if a competing firm is permitted
[ to pick up an ddischarge pas
sengers in the nearby Maryland
3 community.
The warning came from Dean
J. Locke .staff engineer for the
” transit company, in testimony yes
’ jterday before the Maryland Public
Service Commission. The com
mission, meeting in Baltimore,
took undsr advisement, an appli
cation by the Oriole Motor Coach
Lines, Inc., for permission to re
move “closed-door” restrictions on
its buses along Georgia avenue and
■ Colesville road.
i At present, Oriole is prohibited
• from discharging in Silver Spring
l passengers picked up at Forest
! Glen road on Georgia avenue and
Four Corners on Colesville road.
Additional Losses Seen.
The firm recently was granted
permission by the Interstate Com
merce Commission to discharge
such passengers at its terminal on
the District side of Eastern avenue.
Mr. Locke contended continued
operation of Capital Transit serv
ice in Silver Spring would be en
dangered if Oriole’s petition is ap
proved.
“Service can be rendered only
as a part of the whole and only
as long as the whole exists,” Mr.
! Locke declared. “In my opinion,
approval of Oriole s application
. will result in additional losses of
j traffic to the Capital Transit Co.
and require a further adjustment
. downward of its service.
“This could well have an effect
■ of a downward spiral in traffic on
Capital Transit lines, the logical
end result of which would be com
plete abandonment of its service
in the Silver Spring area.”
Public Necessity Cited.
The transit company recently
' dropped several of its lines in sub
3 urban Montgomery and Prince
- Georges Counties on the ground
it was losing money on them with
no prospect of increasing revenue.
Oriole’s position was explained
by Everett B. Coxen, president and
general manager of the firm. He
cited public necessity and con
venience as grounds for approving
the petition.
The application also was sup
ported by Einar Christensen of the
Silver Spring Board of Trade and
representatives of the Hecht Co.’s
Silver Spring store and the Allied
Civic Group of Silver Spring.
Maryland Flyer Killed
LAS VEGAS, Nev., May 17 (jP).
; —First Lt. Chauncey V. Van De
s banter of Royal Oak, Talbot Coun
! ty, Md., was killed yesterday in
the crash of his P-51 Mustang on
a routine flight over the desert
near here, Nellis Air Force Base
reported. Survivors include his
mother, Mrs. Marilla D. Van De
Vanter of Royal Oak.
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Oil-Street Parking
Plan Stirs Debate in
Montgomery Council
A proposed amendment to thi
Montgomery County zoning ord
inance which would require off
street parking facilities for all nev
homes, drew conflicting reaction a
a public hearing by the Count;
Council last night.
Builders and real estate mei
opposed the proposal ' while thi
League of Women oVtfers and thi
Civic Federation indorsed it.
Councilman Harold Hammond
who is sponsoring the amendment
said the off-street parking is ii
conformity with good plannini
throughout the country. It woult
make streets safer and expediti
traffic and street cleaning, hi
pointed out.
Increased Cost Cited.
Mr. Hammond’s views weri
shared by Milton A. Smith, of th<
Civic Federation, and Mrs. C. M
Derryberry of the League o:
Women Voters.
Vernon A. Briggs and Cloyd R
Graham representing the Countj
Real Estate Board opposed the
proposal from the standpoint ol
cost which they placed from $20C
to $1,000 for each parking place
The cost would deprive more
people of owning their own homes
and cut down on real estate sales
they said. *
H. I. Patterson, president of the
Bethesda Chamber of Commerce,
and Joseph L. Tilson, representing
the Silver Spring Board of Trade,
also opposed the amendment.
Sauter Sees Speedway.
Wesley I. Sauter, former counts
commissioner, said the regulation
would make speedways out of the
county streets. He questioned its
objective as a safety measure
stating that cars backing out ol
driveways are more dangerous
than cars pulling out from street
parking.
Others who spoke against the
proposal were Clark Daniel, rep
resenting the Home Builders’ As
sociation of Metropolitan Wash
ington: Cushing Daniel, represent
ing the Montgomery County chap
ter of the Homebuilders: Thomas
G. Oyster, a builder, and Page
Hopkins, an engineer.
The Maryland-National Capita:
Park and Planning Commissior
had previously filed an opinior
with the County Council ques
tioning the legality of the pro
posed amendment.
U. of Md. Homemakers
To Hold Open House
Open house will be held by the
University of Maryland’s College
of Home Economics from 6:30 p.m.
to 10:30 p.m. tomorrow. Students
in all departments will demon
strate class work. Other work will
be on exhibit.
Food will be prepared from a
master receipe and served by stu
dents during the evening. Ways
bo make work more simple will be
demonstrated, and a series of fash
ion shows will be given.
Auto Weight Tax
May Replace
Valuation Levy
Discussion Expected
In Connection With
Personal Property
A new proposal that the per
sonal property tax on automobiles
be replaced by heavier levies un
der a weight tax came to light
today.
Officials said it is likely this
question will be discussed during
joint House-Senate hearings, be
ginning today on proposals to re
peal the hotly denounced per
sonal property levy on household
effects.
The suggested change in the
auto tax, officials said, now is
pending before the Board of
Commissioners.
It has been recommended by
Traffic Director George E. Keneipp
and by some other officials.
Valuations Protested.
There have been recurring pro
tests in recent years over the
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biles. These have come primarily
over the basis of valuation placed
on a car after it has been used
for a year or so. The District
assessors follow a used-car mar
ket "blue book,” which brings
violent protests from owners of
old cars.
Under Mr. Kneipp’s plan, offi
cials said, a car owner would pay
a flat annual charge, higher than
the present weight tax, since the
personal property levy would be
dropped. This would replace the
present system where there is a
flat weight tax plus a sliding levy
for personal property, depending
on the age of the car. The property
rate is $2 per $100 valuation.
Would Triple Weight Tax.
The proposed plan calls for a
flat rate of $15 for cars weighing
up to 3,500 pounds and $23 for
heavier cars. At present the lighter
cars have a weight tax of $5 and
the bigger ones $8. How much
extra the car owners now pay on
personal property depends on the
blue book value.
Many District officials and civic
groups have been urging repeal of
the personal property levy on
household effects because it is said
to be inequitably applied and dif
ficult to enforce fairly.
Three bills were to be considered
j today by the House-Senate joint
[District fiscal subcommittees to
this end. Two of the bills call
for other revisions of the District
tax laws.
School Gym Barracks
To House Servicemen
Week-end barracks for service
men will be set up by the Armed
Services Hospitality Committee in
the Jefferson and Banneker Jun
ior High School gymnasiums from
June 16 until September 1.
TVin 13aav/4 _a . j
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permission yesterday, in answer
to a request by Mrs. Henry Grat
tan Doyle, head of the commit
tee. The schools were used for
servicemen’s lodging also during
, the last war.
The committee is seeking $1,500
' from the United Community Serv
ices of Washington to purchase
( 100 double-decker beds. It alsc
‘ has 250 cots available for use il
.needed.
The lodging subcommittee alsc
was informed that the National
Presbyterian Church will open a
[ lodging and social center for serv
, ice personnel at Eighteenth and
j N streets N.W. on July 4.
, Mrs. William Galvin, executive
[ secretary of the hospitality com
mittee, reported that the Wash
ington Baseball Club has made
available a daily .quota of 300
tickets for use of service person
nel here. They entitle enlisted
members of the armed forces in
uniform to admission for a 50
cent service charge.
The tickets will be distributed
through the various military in
stallations and a few will be held
by the committee for visitors.
Arlington Jaycee-Aides
To Hold Benefit Dance
A square dance will be held
Saturday by the Arlington Jaycee
Aides to raise funds to help dec
orate the new Anderson Orthope
dic Hospital, which is scheduled
for a formal opening the first
week in June.
The Jaycee-Aides are wives of
members of the Arlington Junior
Chamber of Commerce. The dance
will be at 8 p.m. in the Stratford
Junior High School.
Scouts Plan 'Cub Fair'
Cub Scout Pack No. 220 will give
a “Cub Fair” from 1 to 4 p.m.
Saturday at the Alta Vista School,
Bethesda.
The Star’s television station ha:
solved one of the perplexities oi
the still youthful industry by set
ting up housekeeping in a big new
home.
By gradual stages the station
has converted the Chevy Chase
Ice Palace, 4461 Connecticut ave
nue N.W., and now is conducting
all its operations there.
With the walls of its downtown
studios fairly bulging, WMAL-TV
went house hunting and found
the Ice Palace met the peculiar
requirements almost to a T(V).
And besides, there was space
for a much-needed auditorium for
audience-participation programs.
With no interference from pil
lars or walls, the TV studio de
signers would divide the space as
they pleased. High ceilings met
the needs' of technicians,”' con
cerned with a multitude of lights,
and there was ample space for
microphone and camera move
ment.
It all added up to two large
studios, called “working studios”
by those in the trade, an audi
torium seating 195 persons, con
trol rooms and offices.
Even the building’s mezzanine
where spectators once watched
gliding skaters, worked in per
fectly for control rooms, an an
nouncer’s studio and sponsor’s
viewing room, overlooking thetwc
large studios.
WMAL-TV began moving'outoi
its cramped downtown quarters
last October. It televised
program from a temporary groat
in the new quarters, monitored
Naturalization Court
Bars Distribution of
How-to-Vote Booklet
The Arlington County League
of Women Voters has been re
fused permission to distribute its
pamphlet on how to vote to new
citizens being sworn in at the Fed
eral Court at Alexandria.
This was revealed yesterday at
a conference in the Justice De
partment auditorium, held in con
nection with the Sixth National
Conference on Citizenship.
Mrs. George Vietheer, 1325
South Twenty-third street, Ar
lington, president of the Arlington
League, asked District Court
Judge James W. Morris, who was
presiding, how her organization
should go about getting this per
mission, which had been refused.
Joseph B. Malloy, chairman of
the District Bar Association’s
Naturalization Committee, said
mat, 11 me league appnea lor
permission through the Immigra
tion and Naturalization Service, it
probably would be allowed to dis
tribute literature, “just like the
DAR.” The Daughters of the
American Revolution have played
a leading role in making a patri
otic ceremony of the court
procedure of swearing in the new
citizen.
Difficulties in making a cere
mony of the procedure were dis
cussed by speakers from Phila
delphia, New York, New England,
Chicago and Kansas City. It was
pointed out that, in the larger
cities, where there are weekly
naturalization proceedings in the
courts, it is difficult to get the
judges to give the time and to
get organizations to do the work
of arranging ceremonial pro
grams.
Salisbury Fireman Dismissed
After He Charged Debauchery
By the Associated Press
SALISBURY, Md., May 17.—A
paid member of the Salisbury Fire
Department has been dismissed for
making public sensational jottings
from a little black book he kept
about alleged goings-on at the fire
house.
Mr. Hawkins, a paid member of
the department for nearly four
years, said he would demand a
public hearing on his dismissal.
The 75-man Salisbury department
is made up largely of volunteers
but it has 12 full-time employes.
The Hawkins charges were
made in a 10-page report he made
to the City Council. He said all
the information in the report came
from notes he has made since
November, 1947.
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Some of the charges:
Women are at the firehouse at
all hours of the day and night,
many times drunk.
Members and outsiders were al
ways gambling at card*. He cited
one game which started on Satur
day afternoon and didn’t wind up
until the next Monday morning.
So much drinking by depart
ment members that sometimes he
was the only one available to
answer alarms.
Supplies, such as gasoline and
soap, frequently disappear.
One of the telephone lines is
used to operate a taxi service,
with as many as 50 calls a day.
He was ordered once to let a
building burn down.
Mr. Hawkins said the 12 paid
members have become completely
demoralized.
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Ice Palace Becomes Studio for WMAL-TV
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Here’s an intimate shot of what it’s like on set at WMAL-TV’s new Connecticut avenue
studios. This was made during the Tailwaggers show (6:45 p.m. Monday), with Representative
Claude I. Bakewell of Missouri (left) as guest of Mrs. William Arnold and Bryson Rash, con
ductors of the program. The children are Robin Stephenson and his dog Coffy and Robin
Hughes, riding the donkey.
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Looking over the shoulders of the producer and engineer,
this is a control room view of the show. —Star Staff Photos.
and relayed to the transmitter at
American University from a
remote pickup truck outside.
By February, Studio B was
for occupancy and no4w both
studios and the auditorium
has Its
storage of
the studios
from any of
eontfpl^ rooms where pro
ducers, directors and other tech
nicians watch monitor screens.
Elaborate new Kliegl lighting
and scenic facilities brighten the
studio effects.
WMAL-TV was the first station
in the country on the high band
(above channel 6). It went on the
air October 3, 1947, and three
months later became the Nation’s
first station to schedule programs
every day of the week.
Mothers Jailed
For Failing to Send
Children to School
| Two Prince Georges County
mothers were sent to jail yester
day for violating the Maryland
school attendance laws.
Trial Magistrate W. Britton
Moore of Hyattsville Juvenile
Court sentenced Mrs. Louise
Walton, 34, colored, Deanwood
Park, to three days for failure
to have her child in school. Mrs.
Lillie Cooper, 42, colored, also
Deanwood Park, went to jail for
failure to pay a $25 fine.
A similar sentence imposed on
a colored man last week was the
first case that county lawyers
could remember in which a per
son was jailed for the offense.
Six other parents also were
found guilty of similar charges
yesterday.
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence E. Prid
geon, colored, Chapel Oaks, were
fined $25 each. Given suspended
sentences were Mr. and Mrs.
Keene Langhorne, East River
dale. and Mr. and Mrs. Arthur
W. Ferguson, Edmonston.
'American Day' Program
Slated in Alexandria
“I Am An American Day” will
be observed at- 4 p.m. Sunday
in Ficklin School at Alexandria.
Jennings Randolph, assistant to
the president of Capital Airlines,
will speak on ‘‘The Challenge of
Citizenship.”
A chorus made up of representa
tives from all the glee clubp in
Alexandria elementary schools
will sing. Special recognition will
be given to persons who have be
come citizens within the last 12
months.
Worker's Arm Severed
In Sand Drying Machine
A construction worker today lost
his left arm when he became
tangled in a roller on a huge sand
drying machine at a southeast
construction compnay.
Police identified the injured
worker as Sylvester Walker, 28, of
Lothian, Md.
He was rushed to Gallinger
Hospital
Mr. Walker is employed at the
MCGuire & Roth Construction Co.,
1404 First street S.E.
Revenue Office to Close
John W. Ferguson, Fairfax
County Commissioner of Revenue,
has announced that after tomor
row, his branch office in the
Groveton police substation will be :
closed until further notice. 1
Arnold Buses Crash;
13 Persons Treated
For Minor Injuries
Thirteen persons were slightlj
injured when two Arnold Line:
buses collided at North Wash
ington boulevard and Harrison
street, Arlington, this* morning
A total of 80 persons were on both
buses.
Six of the injured were treated
at Arlington Hospital for minoi
injuries and released.
Arlington Policeman William H.
Corsini said both buses were travel
ing east on the boulevard when
one crashed into the rear of the
other.
Mr. Corsini said a bus driven bj
Marvin Milton Sweeney. 31, of 3821
Wilson boulevard, struck the left
rear of the other bus, operated by
Marvin Linwood Gibson, 42, of
4334 North Fairfax drive.
Mr. Sweeney said he was thrown
from his seat by the impact, which
came w’hile he had one hand on
the wheel and was making change
w’ith the other. The badge on his
cap was punched into his forehead
so that he had to pull the metal
out but the injury was not serious.
Mr. Sweeney also suffered a cut
right hand.
He was charged with reckless
driving and ordered to appear in
County Court for a hearing at
9:30 a.m. next Thursday. Mr.
Gibson was summoned as a mate
rial witness.
Those treated at Arlington Hos
pital and later sent home were:
Mrs. Jessie Smith, 58, 819 West
Great Falls road, Falls Church;
Mrs. Dorothy Sterling, 41, 1804
North Tuckahoe street; Mrs. Alta
Hancock, 44, 1512 North Ohio
street; Mrs. Jimmy Dast, 25, of
5711 North Washington st.rppt
Mrs. Grace Walther, 40, of 6238
North Second street, and Mrs.
Ruth Barclay, 39, of 6216 North
Twenty-second street.
Oxon Hill Club to Present
Benefit Minstrel Show
The Oxon Hill (Md.) Lions Club
will present a minstrel show at
8:15 p.m. tomorrow in the new
Oxon Hill High School.
Proceeds will be used to help
build a new Methodist church in
the community. The old one was
destroyed by fire last February.
Blandford Moore is in charge of
the show.
Choir Benefit Operetta
The junior choir of Woodside
Methodist Church will present a
benefit operetta “The Nightingale”
it 7:15 pun. tomorrow and 2 p.m.
Saturday in the church hall, 8814
Georgia avenue. Silver Spring.
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Mass Sickness
Cause Sought at
2 Service Posts
Illness of 400 Men
At Arlington Farms,
Meade Not Linked
Army and Air Force medical
authorities today still sought the
cause of sudden illness which
felled more than 400 servicemen
at Fort Meade and Arlington
Farms here .yesterday.
Apparently, the source of the
mass stomach ache was food
poisoning, but there was no con
nection between the two. Each is
under separate command and
neither had the same breakfast
menus.
12 Stricken on Train.
Fort Meade's reception center
mess hall had 384 cases of upset
stomach—95 of them hospitalized.
In addition, a dozen recruits who
had left Meade after breakfast
yesterday morning enroute by
train to Indiantown Gap, Pa.,
were stricken. One had to be re
moved from the train at Philadel
phia.
At the Air Force installation
in Arlington Farms there were 64
cases, and hospitalization was or
dered for about 50.
Most of the victims probably
will return to duty today, and
norm nmvmrnJ 4 m /m i r. AnnJI
tion, authorities said.
Hash for Breakfast.
At Meade the morning meal
consisted of browned beef and
potato hash, toast, milk and cof
fee—served cafeterial style in a
combined mess hall able to serve
several thousand men an hour.
Almost 3,000 men were fed yes
terday’s breakfast.
At Arlington Farms in nearby
Virginia, where the Air Force
quarters most of its Pentagon en
listed men, the menu consisted of
•dry and hot cereals, fried eggs,
J grilled ham which had been
Icanned, toast and butter, grape
fruit segments, rolls and milk.
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5 Alexandrians Seek
2 School Board Posts
Five persons have been nomi
nated for two vacations that will
occur on the Alexandria School
Board July 1.
School Board members whose
terms expire on that date are
John P. Strauss, who has said he
will not accept re-appointment,
and Charles Tomlin wrho an
nounced he will not seek re
appointment but will serve if
asked to do so.
Nominations for the vacancies
may be submitted until Tuesday
to a committee of the City Coun
cil headed by Leroy S. Bendheim.
| Additional nominations may be
jmade in person at the City Coun
cil meeting Tuesday night.
Mr. Bendheim said his com
mittee will screen the candidates
and make a recommendation in
June.
The five persons whose names <
have been submitted to the com
mittee thus far are Jack Batchel
ler, real estate and insurance
I man; Ray Gallagher, insurance
iman; Mrs. Virginia Acton, for
mer school teacher; Ross Pope,
| accountant and attorney, and
Robert Clifton Howard, a food
broker and a past president of
the Maury School Parent-Teacher
Association.
4 Falls Church Candidates
To Speak Tonight
The two candidates for the of
fice of Falls Church city attorney,
Incumbent LaRue Van Meter and
Attorney Lytton H. Gibson, will
speak at 8 o’clock tonight in the
Madison School.
The meeting is under the spon
sorship of the Women’s Inde
pendent Political Society. The
public is invited.
Two of the 15 candidates for
|City Council in the June 12 elec
tion also are scheduled to speak.
They are Samuel J. Dennis, a
former councilman, and Francis
A. Wagner, former president of
the Falls Church Chamber of
Commerce.
At 8 o’clock tomorrow night,
also in the Madison School, all
the council candidates will be
presented at a meeting of the
Greater Falls Church Cittizens’
Association. Mr. Van Meter and
Mr. Gibson are also on the pro
gram.
Seven councilman will fea
elected. The city attorney race is
the first since a new charter made
the post elective.
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Parking Lot Owners
Warned on Special Taxes
j Montgomery County officials to
|day warned businessmen in Silver
j Spring and Bethesda that they
must lift all restrictions on their
parking lots if they want to be
exempted from special parking
taxes.
The county has received dozens
of applications from merchants
for such exemptions on the ground
they provied their own off-street
parking facilities.
Several of the applications,
however, involve lots which are
inaccessible, or made available on
a limited basis only for customers,
or occupied by used cars, a county
official pointed out.
Under the county’s public park
ing lot program in the two com
munities, county-owned lots are
maintained by a special tax on
commercial properties in the area.
University Park Fair
The University Park School
will hold a parent’s get-together
and community fair tomorrow
night at the school in University
Park, Md.
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