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Evening star., 1941-02-16
|Hogerstown
| Brothers Run
Army Outfit
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated PreSs.
HAGERSTOWN, Md, Feb. 15.-
Members of Company B. 115th In
fantry, believe they have more
brothers in their midst than any
outfit in the State.
The Hagerstown soldiers began to
count when they heard some men,
bers of Company H., Westminster,
claiming honors with eight sets Of
two brothers each.
Second 1t. William T. Bussard
and other officers of the local COM
pany found in the group here q
total of nine sets-two sets Of three
brothers each and seven sets Of
doubles.
The two sets of three brothers
are:
Second 1t. David T. Mentzer, jr.,
Corpl. Daniel A. Mentzer and Pvt.
Paul E. Mentzer; Pvts. Carmel L..
Kenneth and Wilbur L. Hawbaker.
Sets of two brothers each:
First 1t. Carl J. Schlotterbeck,
Second 1t. Earl P. Schlotterbeck;
Second 1t. William T. Bussard,
sergt. Harold E. Bussard; Pvts.
Kenneth j. and Arthur c. Eberly:
Pvts. Harold G. and William E.
NOVEL;; Pvts. Carl j. and Ralph T.
Blair; Pvts. Donald L. and Richard
N. Churchey; Pvts. Jay and Ken
meth Jones.
Evening star., 1941-02-16
; Draft Calls
Monthly Seen
In Virginia
Total of 592 Men
Will Be lnducted
During March
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
RICHMOND, Va, Feb. 15.-Induc-
ton Of selective service trainees in
Virginia probably will speed up next
month to the rate Of three calls q
monitor one every 10 days-it was.
indicated at State headquarters to-
day on receipt Of the ofncial order
for the States sixth call !,
The order, sent in by Maj. Floyd
w. Ferree, assistant adjutant gen.
eral, for Maj Gen. U. S. Grant, COM
manding general of the 3rd Corps
Area, set quotas Of 480 white men
and 112 Negroes-a total Of 592-
for induction in Virginia March II.
18, 19 and 20. This confirmed un-
official advices conveyed to State
officers earlier last week.
1t will be possible TO accelerate
the selective service inductions after
March because then Camp Lee will
be ready to function as a large re-
ception center and supplement the
reception activities at Fort Meade.
Md, where all Virginians heretofore
have been sent for their introduction
to Army life. Camp Lee is due to
receive its first batch Of selectives
on March 3.
Accordingly, new plan that
probably will go into effect will clear
quota OF selectees about every
10 days. Thus, State headquarters
are expecting to be advised shortly
of another call for delivery some
time between March 81 and 81. And
three a month thereafter until the
last Of June-or as long as it takes
to fill Virginia's flrst-year tentative
quota of 9,747 men, who are due to
be in service by June 80.
Evening star., 1941-02-16
Launches
Opening Court Action
In Town Tax Sales
$50, 900 in Unpaid Levies
At Stoke in Suit Under
1887 Stute Law

officials of Hyattsville, Md, have
begun legal move-the first under
State law of 1937-seeking to re-
cover approximately S50000 in un-
paid taxes and street and sidewalk
assessments
More than that, they believe that
if they can prove the validity OF
the statute involved, they will make
town tax sales stick" The threat
of effective tax sales would improve
tax collections, they believe.
William A. Shepherd, treasurer of
the Mayor and Common Council,
filed suit in Prince Georges County
Circuit Court at Upper Marlboro,
through Attorney Bird H. Dolby.
against II individuals, estates and
companies, the county commits
sioners and the Washington Subur-
ban Sanitary Commission.
Mr.. Shepherd listed property
upon which he said taxes and assess
ments had not been paid for more
than two years and upon which re-
demption time has expired.
He asked the court to establish a
lien on the property, appoint two
appraisers, name trustee to sell
the property and enter a decree of
enforcement of the tax and assess
ment lien.
Attorney Dolby said that if the
court acts. and is upheld by the
Maryland Court of Appeals, Mary
land title companies will approve
title to persons who buy such prop
erty.
Under the old law, when tax sales
were made solely by the city treas
urer and not by the court, titles
could not be guaranteed and tax
sales were rarely effective, he said
Evening star., 1941-02-16
S3,4OO Bonds Set for Two
On Eight Traffic Charges

Bonds totaling S3,400 were set for
two brothers facing eight trafic
charges at the Hyattsville Md Jail
late yesterday.
They were captured after a wild
chase over the Washington -Balti-
more boulevard which resulted in q
series of accidents.
Somerset F. williams. 400 block
of Third street NV, was charged
with six offenses. The charges were
driving while drunk, driving without
license, exceeding a speed of 10
miles per hour, failing to keep to
the right of the center line, reckless
driving and failing to stop after a
collision. His bond was set at $4,000.
His brother, Harry E. Williams,
of Fairfax Station, Va, was charged
with permitting an unlicensed per-
son to drive his car and permitting
reckless driving. His bond was placed
at s1,100.
Maryland State Trooper William
Boiler said their coupe hit an auto
mobile at Savage, bowled over o
pedestrian at Laurel, attracted at
tention of police at Beltsville and
was halted at College Park after q
collision which slightly injured
Christopher H. Brandu of Berwin,
Md.
Evening star., 1941-02-16
DR.. McGregor to Talk
At Episcopal Seminary

The Rev. DR.. Daniel A. McGregor,
director of the department of Chris
tan education of the National
Council of the Protestant Episcopal
Churches, will speak at the Episco-
pal Seminary in Alexandria, Va,
tomorrow at and 8 pm.
For some years the National Coun-
ell has been developing a parish
educational program and aiding
clergy and lay leaders in adapting
it to local churches. Dr. McGregor
will present this program to students
and clergy at the afternoon session
and to lay leaders at the 8 pm.
session.
Evening star., 1941-02-16

Not that any one was grumbling
today more than any good soldier
IS supposed to scold the Army and
the universe and his luck. They
were taking in stride whatever mi
nor hardships there were, and
laughing a good deal about them.
But the old-timerS couldn't help
contrasting.
The wooden barracks so fresh
from saws and hammers have COM
forts no World War cantonment
could boast. They are actually air
conditioned.
Those funny looking pipes that
run the length of the ceiling carry
a uniform heat, controlled by a
thermostat, from a coai-burning
plant. in the basement-and, in
warm weather, they supply cool air.
Quite different from the old stoves
that stood at either end of the bar
racks in the cantonments of 1917-18.
You had to hug the stoves in bitter
weather, while the space in the
middle remained refrigerated.
Well-Heated Barracks Now.
And each of the new barracks has
It's own showers and lavatory. You
used to have to trudge in bitter
weather anywhere from Is yards to
good quarter of mile for these
comforts.
But young fellows are bound to
take improvements as matter of
course Doubtless any veteran out
of war of the past century would
tell a World War soldier how pam
pered he was.
Things were in pretty good shape
for the District Guardsmen when
the last of them arrived late yes
terday Some of their permanent
barracks were not quite completed,
and they had to double up some
what the first few days, but no
one minded that. Not one man had
to sleep in tent. There were
well-heated barracks for all.
And the engineers, being by trade
makers Of mountains into mole
hills, or vice versa, will do some
thing about the mud, just as other
outfits camped in this 7,500-acre
military city are doing. Already
roads are being surfaced and
graveled to dryness, and others will
be put in better shape as quickly
(see MEADE, Page B-2)
Evening star., 1941-02-16
Mrs. C|agett, Wife
OF Prince Georges
Attorney, Dies
Funeral Services to Be
Held Tomorrow in
Upper Marlboro
By a Staff Correspondent of The Star.

By Staff Correspondent OF The Star.
UPPER MARLBORO. Md. Feb.
15.-Mrs. Elizabeth Lansdale Sasscer
Clagett, 73, wife of T. Van Clagett,
prominent Prince Georges County
attorney and mother of LanSdale G..
Clagett, member of the Maryland
House of Delegates, died yesterday
at her home here.
Funeral services will be held at
II am. Monday at Trinity Church
with the burial in the church ceme-
terry.
Mrs. Clagett was the daughter of
DR.. Frederick and Mrs. Rosalie
GhiSelin SaSscer of Upper Marlboro.
She was born at Kingston Park,
the family home here, where she
and Mr.. Clagett made their home.
Mrs. Clagett attended private
school in Upper Marlboro and
studied at Brooks School in Balti-
more. She married Mr.. Clagett in
1908.
Mrs. Clagett was active in the
affairs of Trinity Church and was
formerly treasurer of the Ladies
Aid Society. She was an aunt of
Representative Lansdale G. Sasscer.
Survivors include two brothers. DR..
Reverdy Sasscer and James S S-<Sass-
Ger, both of Upper Marlboro; an
other son, T. Van Clagett, jr., and a
grandson, T. Van Clagett Sd.
Evening star., 1941-02-16
Arlington Recreotionol
Problems Under Study

Fletcher Kemp, Arlington County
(Va) school superintendent, revealed
yesterday a study is now being con-
Quoted by DR.. NJ P. Nelson of the
National Education Association in
an effort to solve recreation prob
lens in the county.
Assisting in the six-week study
will be Maj. Eliot v. Graves. State
supervisor of the Virginia Depart
ment of Instruction. The County
School Board will consider the rec
concentrations of the report.
Evening star., 1941-02-16
Hunrohun Will Address
Non-Portison League

Arlington County Manager Frank
c. Hanrahan will speak on What
the Average Citizen Should Know
About the County Budget" at an
open meeting of the newly formed
Arlington County Non Partisan
League, Tuesday, pm, at the Lyon
Park Community Center, Frank In
gram, temporary chairman, an
nounced yesterday.
Mr.. Ingram will report on the
aims and progress of the league.
Brief reports on voting rights, trans
portation, schools, taxation. health
and welfare, housing are being pre-
pared by the chairmen of subcom-
mittees.
Evening star., 1941-02-16
More Police Patrols
Urged 10 Cut Traffic
Deaths in Maryland
Increase in Fatalities
Over Year Ago Alarms
Sofety Officials
Star Staff Photos.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associat ted Press.
BALTIMORE, Feb. 15-The need
for more State police to work for a
reduction in Maryland's automo-
bile death toll and the traffic haz-
ards to pedestrians in Maryland
were stressed in statements issued
here today.
The fatality rate will remain
high and perhaps even go higher
unless the 1000 miles of State
maintained roads get 24-hour po-
lice supervision. The present State
police force is inadequate for this
purpose said John P. Rostmeyer
Baltimore Safety Council director
Commissioner of Motor Vehicles
w. Lee Elgin said the Ill per cent
increase in January deaths over
January, 1910, "menaces the lives
and safety of every person in the
State quite as much as an uncon-
trolled band of gangsters at night
The State police must be en-
larged to permit patrolling of all
roads which bear any considerable
amount of traffic"
s. Killed in Month.
The Maryland Traffic Safety
Committee announced results of q
survey showing that pedestrian
deaths during January increased
1913 per cent in the State as com
pared with that month in 1910.
OF SIS persons killed in traffic
accidents last month, the com
mittee said % were pedestrians
Thirteen pedestrians were killed ir
January, 1910.
Baltimore City, with IA pedestrian
deaths last month, showed a 5s
per cent increase over January
1910, when 9 were killed.
The counties, however. showed
the worst record. with Is killed ir
January, compared with only fol
that month year ago-a 275 pei
cent increase.
Alarming Increase.
The committee asserted that
Maryland traffic accidents in 194C
land continuing through January
of this year" had been increasing in
alarming numbers and that last year
was "the worst accident year Mary
land has experienced in three years,
with SAL persons killed and 10,23O
injured"
While the country as whole had
6 per cent increase over 1899,
Maryland had a % per cent increase
over 1899 and only rs per cent less
than. the all-time high Of 585
deaths in 1887"
The report said Maryland's traf-
fic death rate of 29.6 persons killed
per each 100000 population was
higher than 80 other States.
Evening star., 1941-02-16

lIey call III IIluO, 40 llley COIn-
mented a sergeant from the regu-
lars. with service stripes halfway
up to his shoulders. "Shucks. they
don't know what the word means
those kids. What if they'd had to
make camp at Pontenezan?"
He referred to debarkation camp
of the A. E. F. at Brest, France,
which became notorious, even leg
endary for mud - where, it was
said, the duckboards had to rest
on foundations high as the Pyramids
to keep from sinking out of sight.
Why, at Fort Meade, shifted the
sergeant, the ground was just little
stained.
AS for the slight chill in the air
and the minor difficulties which the
engineers from Washington were
/ encountering on their first full day
of settling down to a year of Fed
eral training, we'll
This here's downright luxury"
the sergeant snorted. Wed have
thought we were at the Ritz-Astoria
| if we'd had all this comfort!"
Only Tents in Those Days.
There was one soldier who could
contrast this scene and the last time
the District National Guard went
away for long tour of duty in the
Federal forces-that time in IT
when the Yanks were coming. He
was the commanding officer, Col.
John w. Oehmann. When America
declared war, he commanded Com
pany E of the old Sd District In
fantry. The regiment went first to
Camp Greene, Charlotte, N. c., then
to Camp Mills on Long Island N. Y.
There were no heated barracks-in
fact, there we're no barracks for
those Guardsmen, only tents.
BY the time the D. C. men got to
Camp Mills, ready to go overseas.
it was late fall merging into the
coolest winter in two decades. There
were stoves in the tents, but, since
| there was no coal or wood, they
were neither ornamental nor useful.
There were never blankets enough,
and the boys slept in heavy march
ing order, wearing everything they
owned. Sometimes a sleety rain
came up at night, flooding the tents
and leaving bits of equipment
frozen in hard by morning. The
Sd Infantry was merged into two
National Guard regiments from the
Pacific Northwest, helping to fill
them to war strength-the 161st and
162nd Infantry-though Col. Och
mann was transferred to the Field
Artillery.
Old Timers Remember.
1t was below zero that Decem-
Der midnight in 1917, the 41st Di-
vision, including the District men,
broke camp and crawled aboard the
transport waiting at Weehawken.
Col. Oehmann didn't tell me all
that. But know it's true, because
I was there, a member of an outfit
from the State Of Washington
which, by the hazards of war, was
welded with troops from the city OF
Washington.
Evening star., 1941-02-16
Gov. Price to Address
Blue Lodqe Meeting

BY staff CORRESPONDENT Of The Star.
ALEXANDRIA, Va, Feb. Is
Gov. Price will speak at the second
annual National Blue Lodge meet
ing of the Masons of District No 54,
A. F. and A. NJ, Friday in the
George Washington National Ma
sonic Memorial.
The grand master and officers of
the Grand Lodge of Virginia will
attend and more than 20 grand
masters from other States have
accepted invitations to be present.
The first such meeting was held
in the memorial temple here last
year. All members of the craft are
invited.
Evening star., 1941-02-16
PEI Owners Press Probe
OF Cat and Doq Deaths

The death of at least nine dogs
and a cat in the Maryland Park and
Seat Pleasant Md areas recently
has resulted in the former owner of
two dogs having a chemical analysis
made to determine if poison is be-
ing spread, it was learned last night.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Pohl, 818 VAL
ley street, lost two dogs last Mon
day and expect chemical analysis
report on the contents of the Stom-
ach of one of the dogs tomorrow.
They said neighbor has joined with
them in offering a reward to anyone
furnishing information leading to
the arrest and conviction of the per-
son or persons responsible for
poisoning the animals.
Residents have reported the
deaths to Prince Georges County po-
lice who are investigating.
Evening star., 1941-02-16
Groveton Citizens Study
Sanitary District Plan
Special Dispatch to The Star


GROVETON, Va, Feb. 15.-Pro-
posal to establish sanitary district
in the Groveton area is to be studied
by local citizens.
A committee including Harold C..
Woodall, w. F.. P Reid, former
member of the County Board of
Supervisors; Park Dodd, M. r. Davis
and John McCleary has been ap-
pointed to prepare further plans for
the organization of a citizens group
to back the proposed project.
The committee is scheduled to
hold a preliminary meeting at the
home of Mr.. Dodd on West Oak
street Friday evening and a general
meeting has been set for March 6
in the school.
Evening star., 1941-02-16
Red Cross Sponsors
First Aid Course
Special Dispatch to The Star

Special Dispatch to The star.
FALLS CHURCH, Va, Feb. 15.-
Free first-aid lessons, sponsored by
the Falls Church Red Cross, are
being given from 3 to 5 pm. in the
State Theater each Thursday.
A new shipment of wool and sew
ing materials has been received and
will be made available to volunteers
at the theater lobby on Tuesdays
and Fridays from 2 to S pm.
The local headquarters has ap-
pealed for donations Of remnants
Of knitting woods which may be
converted into clothing by the knit
ting classes.
Evening star., 1941-02-16
O'Conor Says Bill Saves
Employers $1,000, 900
BY the Associated Press

by tne ASSOCIATED PreSS.
ANNAPOLIS. Feb. IS. - Gov.
OConor estimates Maryland en-
ployers were saved s1,0O0,0O0 by q
legislative bill signed yesterday con-
flrming an executive ruling.
The ruling deferred collection Of
unemployment compensation taxes
on that portion of wages in excess
of $4,000. Payment only on the first
$4,000 Of an employees wages is re-
quired by Federal law. and the pres
ent action makes Maryland law
conform.
Evening star., 1941-02-16
Herndon Will Consider
End of Rail Service
Special Dispatch to The Star.

oPeVIdI DIspdtCh 70 Inc Star.
HERNDON, Va, Feb. 15.-Mayor
Russell Allen Lynn has called a
special meeting of the Town Coun-
Gil February "a, at 8 pm, in the
Municipal Building, to consider the
question of a discontinuance of the
passenger service by the Washing
ton & Old Dominion Railroad. The
Mayor said final hearing on the
question will be held at q meeting
in Richmond, Va, March 5.
Evening star., 1941-02-16
Nearby Areas
Prepare Bills
For Legislature
Montgomery Beer
Proposal to Be
Offered
Nv BEN H. PEARSE.

Nearby Maryland leSlSIdIOIS Pe
pared to intensity their efforts this
week as the 41941 session passed the
halfway mark and the first Mon
day night meeting since It's opening
January was set for tomorrow.
The first major local bills Of Mont
eomery County's legislative program
we're being whipped into final form
over the week end and will be given
their first reading in the House TO-
morrow or Tuesday.
The Prince Georges delegation,
which already has several bills in
the House legislative mill, including
the $4,000, 900 bond issue for Wash
ington Suburban Sanitary Commis-
sion reservoir and the Bladensburg
town charter bill, is expecting to
introduce several more bills, among
them the proposed school bond issue.
A new building budget for a sum
ranging somewhere between $415 900
and s500,000 was tentatively agreed
on last week by the Board OF County
Commissioners and the Prince
Georges County Board of Education,
and a bill is now being drafted by
attorneys for the School Board.
Hearings Sought on Bills.
Meanwhile, Delegate Ralph w.
Powers, chairman of the Prince
Georges delegation. announced that
hearings had been requested on four
of the bills introduced to date, those
relating to a 50 bounty on foxes,
extension of the regional park dis
trict to include those parts of Kent,
Lanham, OXon Hill and Spalding
election districts not now included
in the Metropolitan Area; the ST.
100000 Patuxent River reservoir bill
and the Bladensburg charter bill.
Hearing dates will be set within
the next few days, Mr.. Powers said.
One of the first bills slated for
presentation by the Montgomery
delegation is the controversial beer
measure, extending the county liq-
uor monopoly to include wholesale
distribution of beer in the county.
Revenue estimated as high as $780,
900 would be devoted to road work
in the county, according to present
plans.
Other Bills Prepared.
Other bills about ready for pres
entation include one changing the
date of finality for tax rolls in the
county from January l to June 80
to permit inclusion Of construction
completed during the spring
months; one establishing a perma-
nent board for continuous assess
ments similar to that in effect in
Baltimore; a revised bill to permit
construction of the Whites Ferry
road from general county revenues
without issuing bonds. and another
to enable all parts of the suburban
area to share in the refund Of State
income taxes. The county receives
a Is per cent refund on income
taxes paid by residents and incor-
porated towns and special taxing
areas are allotted half of the coun-
tvs share.
Delegate James w. Gill, chairman
of the Montgomery delegation, said
the county legislative program was
further advanced at the halfway
mark two years ago, but that more
than 100 local bills were introduced
at the 1899 session, while less than
25 we're contemplated this year.
No hearings have been requested
on any of the proposed legislation
announced in advance. he said, and
expectations are that the tradition
al last-minute jam will be avoided
next month.
Evening star., 1941-02-16
Pastor to Be Installed

MARTINSBURG, w. Va, Feb. IS
(SpeciaD The Rev. Julian T.
Owen, who has been serving as a
pastor in the Stephens City VaD
section, will be installed as pastor
of the Presbyterian Church at Fall
ing Waters, Tomahawk and Hedges
vile, this county, tomorrow.
Evening star., 1941-02-16
BIodensburg Seeks
Funds for Fire House

The Bladensburg, Md, unit of
the Prince Georges County rescue
squad is conducting a drive for
funds for addition to the Bladens-
burg firehouse.
The addition is necessary, says
Clarence B. Gasch, chief OF the
unit, to accommodate the new fire
truck which has been ordered.
Contributions may be sent di-
rect to William F. Gasch, treasurer
of the Bladensburg unit, at 46 Mary
land avenue, Hyattsville.
Evening star., 1941-02-16
Make February Safer

In February Beware OF:
/. Crossing streets carelessly
in rainy weather, particularly at
night. The four pedestrians
killed in February, 1910, were
struck In wet weather, three
after dark.
2. Crossing a street at q point
other than a crosswalk or cross
ing against a red light. The
former cost two lives in Febru-
ary. 1910; the latter, one. The
fourth pedestrian was struck by
a hit-run motorist at an uncon-
trolled intersection.
OF the four pedestrians, three.
were so years Of age or older.
The nth February victim was q
truck driver killed in q collision
with an automobile.
Evening star., 1941-02-16
Rigors of Old Days Recalled
As 127st Engineers Enter Camp
Call 1t Mad, Do They?' Says Sergeant;
But Youths Take 1t All in Their Stride
BY CARTER BROOKE JONES,

FORT GEORGE G MEADE, Md, Feb. 15.-The wind knife
sharp of the north The mud WE'LL things which
need not be recounted here
But when the fellows of the 21st Engineers District of
Columbia National Guard grumbd little soldiers always
have and undoubtedly always will occasional odim stand
ing by little about the temples taking grizzled look
would mutter into his conemptuousy
Evening star., 1941-02-16
Will Aid on Tax Returns

Deputy collectors of internal rev.
enue will assist taxpayers in making
out their Federal income tax re-
turns tomorrow and Tuesday at the
Prince Georges Bank & Trust Co.,
Hyattsville, Md.
Evening star., 1941-02-16

Ao'oi 'oA ooe "00
New Benefits Explained.
The other example shows how the
person dependent mainly upon small
unearned income benefits from the
changes:
Mr.. 3D." Old Law.
Unearned income, $500, tax
able at 6 per cent t-- $4,000
Earned income, none, tax
able at ~ per cent