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Evening star., 1941-02-25
Oldest SykesviIIe Man
To Mark Tooth Birthday
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
SYKESVILLE. Md, Feb. 25-The
oldest man in this section, James
Monroe Jones, is planning to cele-
brate his Tooth birthday anniversary
tomorrow.
In his century of memories are at
least 20 battles of the Civil War
With Company B of the 4th Mary
land Regiment he fought with the
Union Army in the campaign around
Richmond. He was in the battle
of the crater" when Gen. Grant
mined a fort in front of Petersburg,
Va, and participated in other ia
NOUS struggles.
His two brothers served with
him-William, who was killed in
Kentucky, and George, who survived
the war.
Now Mr.. Jones lives here with his
daughter May. His serene old age
he attributes to freedom from worry.
Evening star., 1941-02-25
Gill Preparing
; Montgomery
Court Bills
Change in Proportion
Of Juymen From
Areas Proposed
BY BEN III. PEARSE,
Star Staff Correspondent.

ANNAPOLIS, Md, Feb. 25.-Three
measures dealing with Montgomery
County courts, including one to
effect sweeping changes in the selec-
ton of Circuit Court juries, are being
prepared by Delegate John w. Gill
of Silver Spring, chairman of the
county delegation.
One measure would change the
proportion of jurymen to be selected
from the various election districts,
another would raise the limit for
civil cases in trial magistrate courts
from 500 to $500 and the third
would restrict practice in the
Orphans Court to persons with cer-
tain qualifications.
The present method of jury selec-
ton in the county has been un-
changed for more than quarter of
century and gives Laytonsville,
ClarkSburg, Darnestown, Potomac,
BarneSville and Damascus districts,
with populations ranging from 1853
TO 2,O79, three names each, the same
representation on the jury list as
the Bethesda district, with a popula-
ton, according to the 1910 census, of
26,1l3, Mr.. Gill exlained.
Would Change Figures.
The Rockville district. with pop-
ulation of 5995, furnishes six jurors
while the Wheaton district, with a
population of 28.877 furnishes only
five, he said. The Wheaton area,
the most thickly populated in the
county, is larger in population than
13 other counties in the State. in
Guiding Cecil, Dorchester, Garrett,
Somerset and Worcester.
Mr. Gill said that the changes he
proposed to make would raise the
present representation of the Be-
thesda district from 3 to Is and
Wheaton from 5 to 16 and cut
Laytonsville. Clarksburg. Darnes-
town, Potomac, GAINESVILLE and
Damascus from 3 each to l each;
Poolesville from 4 to 1: Rockville
from 6 to 8; Colesville from 4 to 8,
and Olney and Gaithersburg from
to 2
The effect of the measure would
be to provide closer approximation
to a cross section of the county's
population than under the present
law, drawn while the county was less
metropolitan in character, he said.
Higher Limit Sought.
The bill to raise the limit involved
in civil cases which could be tried
by trial magistrates is intended to
relieve the Circuit Court docket and
speed trial of cases, Mr.. Gill ex-
planned The maximum amount in
Prince Georges County is now $3.50
and in some counties is $500. he said,
while in the Municipal Court in the
District of Columbia, which is similar
to the trial. magistrate courts in
Maryland, the limit is 81 900 and an
increase is being considered there.
The Orphans Court, which handles
many important cases and estates
amounting to large sums, at present
has no restrictions on persons who
may practice before it. Mr.. Gill said.
His bill will set certain qualif1ca-
tions, he said.
Evening star., 1941-02-25
S2S2,S2t Welfare
Fund 10 Be Asked
In Prince Georges
SIC, ,403 County Share
Urged by Chesbro for
New Fiscal Year

BY Staff Correspondent of The Star
UPPER MARLBORO, Nd, Feb.
25.-George w. Chesbro, executive
secretary of the Prince Georges
County Welfare Board, today plan
ned to ask the county commits
sioners for s7O,4O3.O3 as the coun-
tvs share in the total $685.
821.4O county welfare budget for
the coming fiscal year.
The county fund which Mr.. Ches-
bro seeks would represent de-
crease of $49436 from the 1910 allot-
ment. State and Federal funds
which are to be asked for under
the new budget total $212,418.37.
Chief increase in the Welfare
Boards new budget estimate is a
proposed appropriation of S53,13S
for general public assistance, repre-
senting an increase of S3548 over
the last fiscal year. To this ap-
preparation the county would be
asked to contribute S34,806, which
represents no change so far as the
county funds are concerned but an
increase in State and Federal con-
tributions. 1t is understood that
the general public insistence in
crease is due to rapid growth in
the county's population.
The new budget estimate includes
a proposed appropriation of S110,69O
for old-age assistance, an increase
of s1.106. The State and Federal
contribution would be $92,03167 and
the county, s18,65S.33, representing
a slight increase from the county
funds.
The Observation-Disclosures
item would, if approved, be $79,875,
a decrease of $2,O29 from the present
budget, of which ST., ,203.98 would be
contributed from State and Federal
funds and $8,67l02 from the county.
Aid to the blind would total S5,040,
with S3,276 from State and Federal
sources and s1,764 from county
funds.
Administration expenses for the
new budget are listed as totaling
$34, ,078.40, cut of $3,606.l0. To
this item State and Federal contri-
buttons would be S27 ,57472, with the
county furnishing $6,503.68, de-
crease of $926.o2 from the present
budget.
Evening star., 1941-02-25
$4,000 Fire Destroys
Store in SuitIand

Sixteen fire trucks from nearby
Prince Georges County and Wash
ington were called to extinguish a
blaze which destroyed a two-story
grocery store and apartment build
ing in Suitland, Md, late yesterday
Hundreds of motorists returning
home during the afternoon rush
hour were attracted to the scene.
C. Norris Hartman, proprietor of
the store, said the fire was thought
to have started from spontaneous
combustion in shipment of hay.
Mr.. Hartman, his wife and their
four children occupied the apart
ment above the store, but only Mrs.
Hartman was at home at the time
and she made her way out safely.
At one time firemen were endan-
gered by heavy safe that crashed
through from the second floor.
Loss of stock, the building and
personal possessions of the Hart
man family was estimated by fire
men at more than $4,000.
Evening star., 1941-02-25
Loudoun Supervisors
To Borrow $4,000 fol
Work on 7 Schools
Supplementary Looms
For Addition to One
And New Construction
Special Dispatch to The Star.

LEESBURG, Va. Feb. 25-The
Loudoun County Board of Super
visors yesterday approved supple
mentary literary fund loans of $500
for a four-room addition to the
Leesburg High School and $500
for the Loudoun County Training
School, a four-room high school for
Negroes, to be built in Leesburg.
These loans are in addition to
former loans approved by the board
which were insufficient.
The board heard Supt. of Schools
o. l.. limerick tell of increased needs
of the county for the coming year
He said the greatest need was for
transportation facilities, claiming
four new buses are required.
B. Powell Harrison, jr, represent
ing the Junior Board of Trade, told
the board his organization is unan-
imously backing the plan to estab-
lish a county health unit. A letter
was read from the Loudoun County
Medical Society favoring the project
D. c. Sands, I. w. Baker and j. H.
Mock were appointed a committee
to study a proposal to take out
$4,000 destruction insurance on the
county records.
AS a preliminary to the March
meeting of the supervisors when the
county budget will be tentatively
adopted, Clerk E. o. Russell pre-
sented to the members of the board
statements showing the financial
condition of the county.
These statements estimated the
surplus at the end of June will be
$9,91462. The estimated collections
from July l to June 80, 1912, will
be $218,888.26. The estimated dis
bursements for the year ending June
80, 1912, will be s199 ,95410.
The above figures are based on a
$105 tax rate, which is the amount
of the present levy, and allows for
no increase in schools, no increased
expenditure in any department ex-
cept $500 additional to fire depart
ments and the county's share of the
small increase in salaries of the
commissioner of revenue and the
Commonwealth attorney.
The figures are also based on the
assumption the county will receive
the same amount of A. B. G. funds
the same revenue from dog funds
and no increase will be made in the
county's share of the cost of welfare
work.
Evening star., 1941-02-25
GreenbeIt Council Backs
Bill 10 Control Fireworks

BY G Staff Correspondent of The Star.
GREENBELT, Md, Feb. 25.-A
resolution favoring adoption of a
bill now pending in the Maryland
Legislature which would regulate
the use and sale of fireworks was
approved at meeting of the Town
Council here last night
Adoption of the resolution grew
out of a suggestion by the Society
for the Prevention of Blindness
which urged the Council to indorse
the Statewide measure.
The resolution pointed out that
Greenbelt has a law prohibiting use
of fireworks
The Council also voted to request
the Farm Security Administration to
turn over 81 acres in the northern
part of the Greenbelt area to the
town for use as a cemetery. There
have been IA deaths among residents
of Greenbelt since the community
was opened, in 1887, the Council said
Evening star., 1941-02-25
Mrs. Amelia Wilmer, 81
Dies in la Plata

Bys Staff Correspondent of The Star.
LA PLATA, Md, Feb. 25.-Mrs
Amelia Somerville Wilmer, 50,
mother of State Senator Joseph A.
Wilmer of Charles County, died
yesterday at her home here.
She was the widow of the late
Pere Wilmer and the daughter of
the late Maj. William B. Matthews
and Mamie D. Matthews of Charles
County.
The funeral will be held tomor-
row at 2 pm at Christ Church,
with the Rev Curtis Draper Off
ciating. Burial will be in the church
cemetery.
She is survived by two sisters,
Mrs. w. B. S. Chapman and Mrs
Edith M. Blunt, both of Charles
County; two brothers, John
Matthews of La Plata and William
B. Matthews of Atlanta, Ca; eight
children, Senator Wilmer, Mrs
Ernest F. Mechlin of Washington
Mrs. Robert Davis, Los Angeles
Calf: Mrs. F. Hill Hamilton, Bruce
M, Pere, Hugh R. and Lemuel Will
mer, all of Charles County, and II
grandchildren.
Evening star., 1941-02-25
Family Escape Fire
Descending Rope
OF BedcIothing
Visitor and Chauffeur
Burned in BIoze at
Army Officers Home

Two persons were burned early
today when the family of Maj.
James H. Higgs, reused by the bark
ing of a dog, improvised a rope from
bed clothing and swung to the
ground from the second-floor porch
of their flaming residence, at 4444
Linnean avenue NV.
The Air Corps major and his wife
were awakened shortly after l am.
by the barking of their Irish setter,
Duke, in the basement. They
smelled smoke in their SecOnd-f1o
bedroom, and investigation showed
the stairs we're blocked by flames.
Children Awakened.
Mrs. Higgs grabbed some bed
clothing while her husband aroused
the children in another room. Mar
garet, Is; James II: Louis, 9, and
Maj. Higgs' brother, Norman, Sc, Of
st. Louis, a guest.
Norman Higgs was painfully
burned. it was said. when he went
to the head of the staircase to see
if the family could escape that way.
All of those on the second floor
went to the porch. Mrs. Higgs, who
had picked up a blanket and quilt
to keep the children from catching
cold, helped tie the bedclothing into
a rope. They fastened the rope to
a railing and all members of the
family descended safely.
Chauffeur Burned.
Meanwhile, the chauffeur, Howard
Nelson, colored. and his wife, a
maid in the household. fed from
their basement bedroom after seeing
to the safety of the dog.
The chauffeur was under treat
ment for burns and cuts at Emer-
gency Hospital today.
Norman Higgs was taken to
Georgetown Hospital, where his con-
dition was described as not serious
Evening star., 1941-02-25
Three-County
Prison Farm
Again Asked
Junior Chamber at
Alexandria Seeks to
Remedy Jail Evils
Ry staf Correspondent of The Star.

Rys star Correspondent of The star
ALEXANDRIA, Va, Feb. 25-
Proposals for establishment of q
prison farm to be jointly main
tanned by Alexandria and Fairfax,
Arlington and Prince William Coun-
ties were made last night by mem
bers of the Junior Chamber Of
Commerce here.
The proposal followed charges by
Howard Gill. assistant to the direc-
tor of the Bureau of Prisons, Justice
Department, that the Alexandria
City Jail is unfit for human occu-
pancy."
Complementing the report Of the
penologist was that Of the Special
Jails Committee of the junior
chamber. which recently completed
an investigation,
State Delegate Maurice L. Rosen-
berg. author Of the prison farm
move, said he had already attempted
TO have the State Legislature con-
slider bills for establishment of such
an institution. He told the cham
ber three such bills had been de-
feated in the legislative assembly
since 1884. However, he said he
believed concentrated action OF
the four jurisdictions might carry
through the proposal.
Recommends Work.
Mr.. Gill said condition Of the
City Jail had long ago prompted
Federal authorities to permit no
Government prisoners to remain
there more than seven days.
Tn Virginia there are l24 jalls'
Mr.. Gill said. only six jalls in
the entire State stand approved by
the Federal Government as suit
able for the incarceration OF prls-
oners. The 118 other institutions
of which Alexandria is one-are not
fit for human habitation."
He told the chamber only two
meals a day were served in the jail,
both consisting of the same food
eggs, bread and coffee for break
fast: beans and fatback for sup
per-every day"
He said sanitary conditions were
poor, lighting and ventilation bad
and exercise permitted prisoners
only once a week.
He recommended the prisoners be
given some sort of work TO DO,
charging that the city even pur-
chases split wood for fuel from out
side sources rather than have the
prisoners occupied.
New Building Asked.
Committee Chairman Edmund
Coles report asked erection OF a
new jail building. This report was
adopted by the junior chamber,
with the advice of Mr.. Gill included
in the record.
Copies of the data will be for
warded to other civic groups with
requests for cooperation in the i'm
pending campaign for prison re-
forms.
Conferences between Alexandria
reform advocates and representa-
tives of Fairfax, Arlington and
Prince William Counties may be
held in the near future on the pro-
posal for establishment of regional
prison farm.
The Alexandria Jail, in the City
Hall Building, consists of 20 cells,
with dormitories for white and COL
ored. male and female prisoners. 1t
is operated under supervision Of a
jailer and two assistants paid on q
fee basis.
Report of the committee will be
submitted to the judge Of the Cor
poration Court here.
Evening star., 1941-02-25
Steamer Sails With Food
For Spain and Leahy
By til Associated Press.

BY If6 ASSOCldlbu EIebo.
BALTIMORE, Feb. 25.-The
steamer Artigas sailed from Balti-
more yesterday with 1,700-ton re-
lief cargo for Spain and AZ tons of
staple foodstuffs consigned to AM
bassador William D. Leahy at Vichy,
France.
Admiral Leahy's consignment had
been on the pier since February l,
when another mercy ship" the Cold
Harbor, sailed for Spain and Fra1i e.
The Cold Harbor's operators refused
to take it aboard, saying the vessel
was permitted to carry relief sup
plies only.
The Artigas also picked up some
500 tons of relief supplies represent
ing an "overshipment" left behind
by the Cold Harbor Evaporated
milk and whole wheat flour made
up the bulk of the Artigas' relief
cargo.
Admiral Leahy's consignment will
be unloaded at Vigo, ferried to Va
lencia and Marseilles by coastal
steamer and thence to Vichy by rail
or truck.
Evening star., 1941-02-25
Bundles for Britain
Headquarters Moved

Headquarters of the Alexandria
(Va0 Bundles for Britain have been
moved from Mrs. Lewis Cheeseman' s
home to the Silhouette Shop in the
George Mason Hotel.
Information and material may be
obtained at the headquarters Mon
days, Wednesdays and Fridays from
10 am. to pm. Other Bundles for
Britain headquarters in the vicinity
are at the home of Mrs. j. w. Love,
sol Russell road, and at Mrs. Henry
Carriers bookshop, 216 Prince street.
Among those working for the Or
ganization are 13 Girl Scouts of the
South Washington Street Methodist
Church. They are making afghans
for AFRAID victims, directed by
Mrs. Charles Lancaster, troop leader.
Evening star., 1941-02-25

DR.. Younger is head of the me-
chanical engineering division of the
university's college of engineering
He came here in 1888 from Cali
fornia Tech. The medal will be
presented to him at the society S
annual banquet at Kansas City
June 18.
DR.. Younger designed and super
vised construction of the world S
first high-speed, all-metal, wing,
motors-in- wing, transport in
1890. He also has done work on
the technical aspects of substrato-
sphere pressure, wing vibrations and
other technical phases of aeronaut-
ical engineering.
Evening star., 1941-02-25
Make Hoods Deems List

FREDERICK, Md, Feb. Is (Spe-
ciaD Three girls from Washington
and vicinity were recently honored
at Hood College by having theil
names appear on the deans list
They are Miss Ethel Libbey, 30l7
Rodman street NV; Miss Peggy
Lincoln, 1924 Decatur place NV,
and Miss Alice Powick, Chevy Chase
Md. This list is composed of stu
dents who have achieved a high
academic standing.
Evening star., 1941-02-25
Maryland Pensioners
Get $4,000 Monthly

BY the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE, Feb. 25.-G. r.
Parker, regional director for the
Federal Security Board. released a
report yesterday stating that re-
tired Marylanders are receiving ap-
proximately $4,000 each month
under old-age provisions of the So
cial Security Act.
Workers who have elected to re-
tire at the age of IS or after will
receive monthly payments the rest
of their lives, the report explained.
In addition to payments to retired
workers, it listed an average monthly
payment of $23,764 to families and
survivors Of Maryland workers.
Evening star., 1941-02-25
DefenseCounci|
Plans Work in
North Virginia
FivefoId Program
Is Announced at
Fuirfux Session
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
FAIRFAX, Va, Feb. 25.-A FIVE
fold program to be developed by the
Northern Virginia Regional Defense
Council was announced today at the
groups organization meeting here.
Gardner l.. Boothe, Alexandria
attorney, who was designated by
Gov. Price as chairman of the coun-
Gil, said the program would include
housing, sanitation, food, traffic
and recreation projects.
The regional council covers five
counties and the city of Alexandria.
Former State Senator John W.
Rust of Fairfax was elected vice
chairman of the council, and Mrs.
Marion L. Ramsay of Arlington
was named secretary. The chair
man will later appoint an executive
committee of five members to act
between meetings of the council.
Councils Duties Explained.
Hugh Pomeroy, director of the
Virginia State Planning Commis-
sion, explained briefly, the function
ing of the other regional councils
that have been formed in the State.
He said the principal duties are
those of facilitating defense activ-
tiles and helping to handle problems
of local government which result
from these activities.
Brig. Gen. j. A. Anderson of Lex
ington, State co-ordinator of the
National Defense Council, pointed
out three particular tasks that will
confront such councils. First, he
stated, they will further the pro-
gram of national defense, see that
men are returned to their homes in
as good or better condition than
when they entered military service
and keep down the shock" of ma
tionai defense.
A. NJ Faure from the Norfolk
Hampton Roads area said that his
council has a full-time office in
Norfolk and has set up budget of
approximately $4,000 to handle the
work in that area.
Many Officials Attend.
Among those attending the con-
ference today were Francis Pickens
Miller, member of the House of
Delegates from Fairfax County;
former State Senator Frank l..
Ball of Arlington, G. Wallace Car
per, chairman of the Fairfax County
Board of Supervisors; Freeland
Chew, chairman of the Arlington
County Board; Mrs. Elizabeth B.
Magruder, member of the Arlington
Board; Frank c. Hanrahan Airing
ton County manager.
Charles R. FenWick, member of
the House of Delegates from Ar
lington County; E. C. Gibbs of
Mount Vernon Harry P. Davis,
Mayor of Manassas Maurice Rosen-
berg, member of the House of Dele
gates from Alexandria; Mayor w. T.
Wilkins of Alexandria, Burns N.
Gibson, Mayor of Falls Church; w.
c. Tiffany of Warrenton.
Thomas w. Phillips of Arlington
c. e. Cloe Of Triangle. president of
the Prince William County Cham
Der of Commerce: L. w. Trenis.
member of the Fauquier County
Board of Supervisors; Daniel C.
Sands. jr., member of the Loudoun
County Board of Supervisors; j.
Murray Taylor, chairman Of the
Prince William County Board of
Supervisors; w. S. Francis of Ham,
ilton. William Hill Brown, jr., of
Manassas, and James U. Kincheloe
of Fairfax.
Evening star., 1941-02-25
300 Trucks Overloaded

RICHMOND, Va, Feb. 25 lP.-
The State Highway Department said
yesterday that two weighing parties
working with State police during
the month ended February Is found
309 freight trucks violating the
IS, ,O00- pound load limit imposed by
Virginia law.
Evening star., 1941-02-25
Make February Safer
In February Beware OF:

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 a 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
we're so years of age or older.
The fifth February victim was o
truck driver killed in a collision
with an automobile.
Evening star., 1941-02-25
Lions Club Dinner

ROCKVILLE, Md, Feb. Is (Spe-
ciaD.-A dinner at the Manor Club,
Norbeck, tonight will feature the
annual celebration of charter night
by the Rockville Lions Club. Will
liam A. Daniel is chairman Of the
committee in charge.
Evening star., 1941-02-25

for outstanding
contributions to
aviation.
The selection
was made by the
Board of Honors
and Awards of
the American
Society OF Me
chanical Engi-
neers. The med
al is awarded
every three years
by the society
and the citizens
of ST. Louis for
meritorious serv-
ice in aeronaut-
iool apoiOenrinp
Evening star., 1941-02-25
Bills introduced d.
Bills Passed.
(Rllles suspended }

s. 3. rs by Funk)-Relating to ap-
pointment of Frederick Road Board mem
bers.
Adjourned at 1853 pm. until 1876
pm. today.
Evening star., 1941-02-25

The 10 teams in the National
Professional Football League played
before 10000 fans irs tS40.
Evening star., 1941-02-25
DR.. Younger Of U. Of N.
Receives Aviation Medal
b, the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
DR.. John E. Younger of the Uni
versity of Maryland faculty was an
nounced yesterday as the recipient
of the Spirit of St. Louis Gold Medal
Evening star., 1941-02-25
Assembly Routine
Maryland Legislature
Proceedings

9, the Associated Press.
- ANNAPOLIS, Feb. 25.-Routine
proceedings of the Legislature last
night included the following:
SENATE.
Convened at 8:07 pm.
Recessed at 8:12 pm. until $50
pm.
Reconvened at 8:27 pm.
Bills introduced.
S. B. 3O2 (By Phipps)--creating Bev-
erly Beach roads and taxing district.
Phipps, Lindsay, Wolfe.
Went into executive session.
Bill Introduced.
S. B. 3O3 (By NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
payment of license fee before collection
Adjourned at 8:43 pm. until noon
today.
HOUSE.
Convened at $40 pm.
Bills introduced.
H.B. 419 (By Conlon)-To authorize
the Public Service Commission to issue
temporary orders decreasing utility rates.
H. B. 40 tBy conlon)-To authorize
State insurance commissioner to issue ad-
ditional regulations to prevent loss OF
life fF2n Efs gy q Teaaie
fore making loans on property, to submit
fingerprints of pledger Judiciary.