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Evening star., 1941-11-24
Fairfax Red Cross
Chapter Will Hold
Disaster Institute
Special Training to Be
Given at Meetings
On December2
recial Dispatch to The Star.

Srecial Dispatch to The Star.
FAIRFAX, Va. Nov. pa disas-
ter institute, sponsored by the Fair
fax County Red Cross Chapter, will
be held December 2, it has been
announced by Mrs. Robert Owen
Lord of Mclean. chairman of the
Disaster Preparedness Committee of
the chapter.
The morning session will be held
at the State Theater in Falls
Church, where committee members
and officials of the Red Cross Chap
ter will meet for special training
under the direction of Mrs. Rita G.
Macdonald, special Red Cross dis
aster representative
Beginning at 7:30 pm. a public
meeting will be held at Fairfax
High School, at which civic officers,
the Civilian Defense Council, social
agencies and other local organiza-
tions, as well as Red Cross commit
tees, will be in attendance.
Round Table Discussion.
Mrs. Macdonald. who has worked
in every major disaster in the East
ern part of the United States since
1888, also will give instruction at
this session to those who may be
called on to conduct relief work in
case of any emergency in this area.
The meeting will include a round
table discussion.
Besides Mrs Lord. other mem
bers of the Disaster Committee in
clude Maj. Alexander Gait, jr., of
Falls Church and Chairman G..
Wallace Carper of the County Board
OF Supervisors, vice chairmen.
Subcommittee members are:
Central purchase and supply
County Purchasing Agent R. M.
Loughborough and o. G. Snyder.
Survey-Maj. Gait.
Rescue Committee-Capt. Carl r.
Mcintosh, chief of the county police
force, and John H. Carper.
Medical Setup.
Medical-Dr Ralph Beachley,
Arlington County medical director;
DR.. G. R. Carpenter, Fairfax County
medical director. and Mrs. Fannie
Lou Seamans, county nurse.
Shelter-Capt. John F. Bethune
and Mrs. John R. Eakin
Food-Mrs. L. H. Gallaher and
c. Taylor.
Transportation - Lawrence M
Proctor, Mrs. Edmund H. Parry, jr !;
Carroll V. Shreve and Mrs. Donald
Downs.
Communications P. Grow and
Mr.. Proctor.
Registration and information
Mrs. Howard Wahrenbrock, Mrs.
Ralph Segar, Mrs. George M. Voges.
Mrs. William Griffith and Mrs. H. E..
Kondrupp.
Public information-Mrs. Chan
ming M. Bolton. jr.; Earl Goodwin,
Arthur Godfrey, Richard P. Eaton
and the Rev. Paschal Fowlkes.
Evening star., 1941-11-24
Fire Races Old Chelsea
Hotel al St. Michae|s

BY the Associated Press.
ST. MICHAELS. Md, Nov. "a
Fire that ragged for several hours
early yesterday left only charred
wreckage of the old Chelsea Hotel.
landmark, and the town library.
A beauty shop also was badly
damaged in the blaze that swept
through the towns central business
section.
The fire apparently started in the
Red Cross sewing room of the
Women's Club Building, which
houses the library, and may have
been started by an oil heater, Wilson
Harrison, president of the St.
Michaels Volunteer Fire Company,
said.
Damage was estimated at about
SIS 900 by w. C. Mills, former COM
modore of the Miles River Yacht
Club.
The Chelsea Hotel was headquar-
ters for regatta visitors and yachts
men at the annual Miles River Re-
gatta. 1t was owned by H. Pomeroy
Brown.
Evening star., 1941-11-24
$50 Seized in Tavern Bruw|:
Police Net $500 on Collateral

rides in patrol wagons to police
headquarters. fill up IA pages of
docket and collect collateral.
The collateral was 50 As each un-
til the police ran out of change. Then
they boosted it TO SO.
About IT'S of the defendants
jammed Police Court yesterday
morning for the hearing. Magis-
trate George P. Welzant gazed on
the crowd and declared every one
but the two fighters innocent The
fighters paid $40 fines.
The magistrates part was easy
But police spent an afternoon pay
ing back the collateral.
Profit was the forfeited collateral
of IS persons who didn't appear
for the hearing.
Evening star., 1941-11-24
"A Persons Injured
In Traffic Crashes
In District Area
Two in Hospitals With
Skull Fractures After
Automobiles Collide

Two persons were In serious
condition in Washington hospitals
today, victims along with II others
of traffic accidents in the Washing
ton area over the week end.
Mrs. Mary L. Mcfarland. 60. of
1884 Potomac avenue Sc. was in
Providence Hospital with possible
skull fracture. suffered when the au-
tomobile in which she was riding
collided with another at Seven
teenth street and Massachusetts
avenue Sc. yesterday.
Virginia Connor. 19. of Towanda.
Pa. passenger in the other car.
was treated for cuts on the forehead
and released.
North Carolinian Hit.
The other person in a critical
condition was Thomas Whitaker,
SIS. of Raleigh, N. c., who received a
skull fracture and fracture of the
right shoulder. He was in Emer-
gency Hospital.
The automobile in which he was
riding collided with a taXicab at
New York avenue and Eleventh
street NV. early yesterday. Four
others in his car were hurt in the
mishap, none seriously. Alice Whit
taker, 56, of Zebulon, N c.. was
admitted to Emergency with frac-
ture of several ribs. Treated for
minor cuts and bruises and released
were Zebulon Pierce. 20, and Hattie
Whitaker. SO. both of Sterling N j..
and James Whitaker, 18, Trenton.
John A. Worsham, go. of 208 Four
teenth street NE, was taken to
Casualty with a compound fracture
of the left leg, suffered when struck
by an automobile as he crossed the
intersection of Thirteenth and F.
streets NE. early yesterday.
Blinded by Lights.
Also at Casualty was Ralph NJ
Curtiss, 81, of 636 I street Sc, who
received cuts on the face and head
and a possible skull fracture when
the car he was driving struck an
other in the 5000 block of Living
ston road Sc. He was in an I'M
determined condition, hospital at
taches said
Two of three Washington men
injured on the Lee Highway about
IL miles from Centerville, Va, were
admitted to Alexandria Hospital.
Melvin Murphy, %. of 509 Third
street NV, the driver, who was ad-
mitted with severe cuts on the head
and face, told police he lost control
of the car when he was blinded by
lights of an approaching vehicle,
and skidded off the road. Roy
Sprouse, 33, of 1916 Minnesota ave-
nue. Sc, was kept at the hospital
with several broken ribs, while Ray
mond Sprouse, %, of 1920 Minnesota
avenue Sc, was released after treat
ment for head cuts.
Two persons were treated at
Providence Hospital for cuts and
bruises received in an accident near
Meadows. Md. They were Helen
Pennie. 81. Wilmington, Del, and
Elizabeth Jenkins, q, of 731 Second
street NE.
Evening star., 1941-11-24
Maryland Reduces
Bond Interest $119,649
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
ANNAPOLIS, Nov. 24.-Maryland
will save $119.649 by refinancing s4,-
591 900 of State Roads Commission
bonds at lower interest, Gov
OConor reported yesterday.
The bond issue of 1887 provided a
coupon interest rate of per cent
but the refunding bonds. under a
law passed at the last Legislature
were issued at an average interest
rate of 1875 per cent.
"Inasmuch as under the 1897 is
sue, maturities of this series of the
bonds would not occur until 1851
the interest requirements would
have been S119,649 more than is
required under the new ISSUE" Gov
O'Conor explained. Bonds under
the new issue will mature over q
15-year period.
Evening star., 1941-11-24
III. 0. lie. 10 Aid
Altering Homes
For Apartments
Registration Office
In Alexandria Tells
| Of PIons There
B, Stan Correspondent Of rhs Star.

6y = SlAu COfreSpOno0Nt Oh ms StAf.
ALEXANDRIA. Va, Nov. a.
The Alexandra Homes Registration
ONCE announced today 1t will assist
owners of homes in multi-family
zones in obtaining Federal aid to
convert their dwellings into apart
ment units.
Mrs. Ellen r. Harper, director Of
the offlce. said the Home owners
Loan Corp. has worked out the new
service to be administered by homes
registration ofdces throughout the
country to provide for defense hous.
ing.
The local office, for the last sew
eral months, has assisted newcomers
in search of apartments, houses and
rooms.
The new service was established
by Charles Palmer, defense housing
co-ordinator, and money has been
allocated by the Federal Govern.
ment under a defense appropriation
for conversion and repair Of prop
erty, Mrs. Harper said.
Communities have been urged to
accept the plan of the co-ordinator.
thereby using existing properties and
| making it unnecessary to construct
new housing units. Besides saving
critical materials, remodeling and
repairing of existing properties will
save vacant lands which may be
used in orderly city planning after
the emergency, Mrs. Harper said.
The Alexandria ONCE is now
making a survey OF the number
of units that can be created.
The local ONCE will accept ap-
plicationS from home owners who
desire to take advantage OF the
program.
Evening star., 1941-11-24
Licenses for Private
Music Teachers Proposed
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
ROANOKE, Va, Nov. 24-The
Virginia Music Teachers Associa-
ton plans to ask the General As
sembly for legislation requiring a
license from the State Board of
Education for all persons teaching
music privately within the State.
The association adopted resolu-
ton calling for such licenses at its
closing session of the 22nd annual
convention here Saturday. The re-
quest includes the recommendation
that such a law, if adopted, be made
effective two wears hence.
Evening star., 1941-11-24
Severe Drought Hits
Horrisonbure Area
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star
HARRISONBURG. Va, Nov. a.
Drought conditions in this area are
more severe in some rural sections
than during the drought of 1890
Farmers with large herds of live
stock and focks of poultry are being
hard pressed to obtain water for
them.
Springs, wells and streams which
did not 60 dry in 1880 have been
dry for months. Water is being
sold In tank truck loads.
Harrisonburg, which receives its
water from the mountains above
Rawley Springs, has had to start
pumping the emergency supply from
Silver Lake at Dayton. One reser-
.voir is being kept turned OF in case
Of IRE.
Evening star., 1941-11-24
| Kent Island Gets
Scare as Balloon
|Goes A. A.W.O.L.
By the Associated Press.

BY tne Associated Press.
CENTREVILLE, Md, Nov. "a
Kent Islanders got an explanation
today for those mysterious noises
on their rooftops--they we're in the
tail end of sort of air raid.
The explanation was an Army
barrage balloon that drifted to
earth on Frank w. Benton's farm
yesterday after soaring all the way
from Camp Davis, N. c.
Until it was found. Sheriff E. E
Coursey didn't have an answer to
reports from Kent Island of strange
noises Saturday night. Sheriff
Coursey concluded. however, that
steel cables from the balloon prob
ably dragged over the roofs of houses
and barns.
Officers at Camp Davis said the
balloon apparently was one of six
that broke loose during a storm.
A penciled card attached to it bore
the notation. &C. S Bar Bin Btl,
Camp Davis, N. c.. Battery A."
Soldiers from Camp Davis were
due here today to claim the balloon.
Evening star., 1941-11-24
.Quantico Newspaper
With Girl as Editor
Tells L 10 Marines
Mailing List Is Headache
Daphne Daley Admits
In Discussing Work
By the Associated Press.

! by lfle hSSOCldIeQ freSS.
QUANTICO, Va. Nov. 24.-A trim
brunette girl in her twenties is
telling it to the Marines each week
from Paris Island to Pago Page
and Pensacola to Iceland.
She is Miss Daphne Daley. editor
and co-oWner of the Quanticc
Sentry, "the newspaper for United
States Marines" whose circulation
is as far-f1ung as units of the
Marine Corps itself. And she's tell
ing the Marines just about every
thing that concerns Marines-from
the sergeant'S wife at Quantico
whose first attempt at roasting a
chicken was success. in spite of the
fact that she left the craw inside
| to the fact that number of COM
missioned officers were in line for
promotions.
Regional Editors at Bases.
Miss Daley is the boss of the
! siX-column weekly Marine paper
and shares ownership with Mrs.
c. NJ Payne who serve as business
manager. Correspondents at Marine
posts all over the world send their
material to the Sentry and in ad-
dition there are regional editors at
the big bases at San Diego and
Paris Island, S. c.
The paper is now sending 100
copies weekly to Iceland in addition
to its old subscribers at Pearl Har-
Dor, Hawaii; Samoa, Shanghai. St.
Thomas and the bases in the con-
tinental United States.
THE mailing list is quite a head
ache Miss Daley said.
The Sentry, with all the effort il
requires, is but a sideline for the
Daily-Payne combine.
They came to Virginia from Fort
Smith. Ark-Miss Dailey's home
in 1896 intent on buying a weekly
newspaper in Virginia. Their first
stop was Bowling Green, in Caroline
County down the road from Guam
tico, and the Caroline Progress was
for sale.
Are Crusading Editors.
Terms were agreed upon and the
Caroline Progress from then on has
appeared with Daphne Daley, edi-
tor" on its masthead.
The cusading spirit of what the
townsfolk were won't to call them
newspaper Wimmin" Immediately
won for the progress the nickname
DALEY Payne" But their efforts
bore financial fruit and in 1910 Miss
Daphne Daley received the Lee
Editorial Award of Washington and
Lee University for her successful
efforts to spur reorganization of the
County Health Department.
The same year they bought the
Caroline Progress them newspaper
wimmin" acquired the Marine Sen
try. The naval chaplain who
founded the paper was detached for
sea duty.
He offered it to u.s." said Miss
Daley, land we snapped it right
up."
Evening star., 1941-11-24
Rockingham Pleads
For New Fire Truck
Special Dispatch to The Star.

opcSi1i bASbAtsi W hN 0taf.
HARRISONBURG. Va, Nov. 81
The Rockingham County Board of
Supervisors ordered q new fire truck
in June to replace one that has been
used eight years and now the super
visors are trying to get the o. p. NJ.
to allow the manufacturers to de-
liver the truck December as sched-
uled.
The board has filed data with the
o. P. NJ. citing the necessity for
having fire truck in a large county
like Rockingham, which embraces
800 square miles.
An added reason for the delivery
OF the truck. the board says, il the
expansion of the poultry industry
in carrying out the food for defense
program. Brooder houses rank high
as fire hazards.
Evening star., 1941-11-24
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE, Nov. 24-The police
department had a profit of about
5000 or more today, but it came
the hard way.
They arrested two men for staging
a dance-floor fight in a tavern.
They came back later and ar
rested every one present-250 per-
sons counting two fan dancers.
Reason. a lieutenant explained, was
because of continued complaints of
disorder and "diSrepect shown to
policemen
Specifically, a patrolman said the
crowd made certain birdlike
noises"
1t took six hours to give the $50
Evening star., 1941-11-24
Virqiniu Board Meets

RICHMOND, Va, Nov. "a (R-
The State Compensation Board
planned to meet here this afternoon
to hear requests for 1912 allowances
from a number of commonwealth S
attorneys. treasurers and commits
sioners of revenue who had not pre-
viously presented their needs to the
board
Evening star., 1941-11-24
Economics Club Elects

LA PLATA, Md, Nov. "a (Spe-
ciaD The Glasva Home Economics
Club has elected Miss Louise Spald-
ing president Other officers are !:
Vice president, Anna Steinhauser;
treasurer, Jean Simpson; secretary,
Ethel jackson, and sergeant at
arms, Betty Cooksey.
Evening star., 1941-11-24
Grid Player in HospituI

Robert Geldner, 20, Of 73 U street
NV, injured yesterday in a foot
ball game at Magruder Park,
Hyattsville. Md. was brought to
Casualty Hospital by the Bladens-
burg Rescue Squad. Hospital au-
thorities said today that his con-
dition was much improved.
Evening star., 1941-11-24
Dr.. Corbett to Speak

LA PLATA, Md, Nov. "a. (Spe-
ciaD DIR. Roger B. Corbett, director
of the University of Maryland Ex-
detrimental Station, will be the guest
speaker at the annual meeting OF
the Charles County Farm Bureau
tomorrow afternoon.
Evening star., 1941-11-24

Totals to date IS "a
In November, Beware Of:
l. The hours between 4 and 8
pm. Six Of the nine trafnc VIC
tins in November last year were
killed within this two-hour Pc
riod.
2. Crossing q street at some
point other than . crosswalk.
Three pedestrians lost their
lives In November. 1910. while
doing this.
3. Inclement weather. Three
fatal accidents occurred last
November while 1t was raining
or misty.
Evening star., 1941-11-24
D. e. Lawyer Buys Estote

LA PLATA, Nd, Nov. "a (SpeciaD
-Chicamuxen, the estate of Mr..
and Mrs. Thomas N. Lawrence, has
been sold to Irville L. Rush, WASH
inKton lawyer.
Evening star., 1941-11-24
Gorden Club Convention

COLONIAL BEACH, Va. Nov. "a
B.-The Virginia Federation OF
Garden Clubs will hold its 1912 con-
vention here May 1921, Mayor W.
D. williams said today.
Evening star., 1941-02-20
Boy, 10, Killed Riding
Bike He Delighted in
As Christmas Gift
Used Vehicle to Sell
Magazines After School;
Driver Is Freed

Riding on his bicycle, Christmas
gift, 10-year-old George H. wilmer,
jr., of 1855 North Nelson street, Ar
lington, Va, was fatally injured late
Yesterday when he was hit by an
automobile at Eleventh and Stat
ford streets.
The bicycle had been the boys fa-
vorite possession, his father said,
and since January 81, his birthday,
he had used it in selling magazines
after school hours. An only child,
he was a fourth grade student at
Thomas Nelson Page School.
The accident occurred yesterday
as he pedaled from friends home.
He was pronounced dead soon after
the Arlington Rescue Squad hur-
ried him to Emergency Hospital.
Driver Freed Pending Quiz.
Police said the driver of the auto
mobile was Jasper Harrison, 20, of
615 North Piedmont street, Airing
ton, and that he was released with
out charges pending a hearing. DR..
w. C. Welburn, coroner, declared he
had not yet set time for the in
quiry.
Margaret Ryter, 48, of 1704 Lanier
place NV. was released from Emer-
gency Hospital late yesterday after
noon after she had been treated for
lacerations received when struck by
motor cycle while crossing the
street at Seventeenth and L streets
NV.
Glenn Grogg, 16, of Germantown,
Md, received minor cuts when the
bicycle he was riding collided with
taxi at Seventeenth: and H streets
NV. He was treated at Emergency
Hospital and released.
Struck by an automobile at Nine
teenth and o streets NV, Edith
Blahney, 16, colored, of I'LL P street
NV, was treated at Freedmen's
Hospital for cuts and possible ankle
fracture. She was taken home after
treatment.
Phillip Givinson, 10, of 1121 Rob-
inson street NV. was released from
Providence Hospital after treatment
for minor injuries received in the
collision of his automobile with a
District refuse truck at Ninth and
Z streets Sc.
Evening star., 1941-02-20
Mrs. J. N. George Dies
Of Heart Attack

Mrs. J. M. George died suddenly
yesterday after heart attack at the
home of her daughter, Mrs. j. l..
Stinson, BOG Holly avenue, Takoma
Park, Md, where she had made her
home for the last 10 years.
Services will be conducted tomor-
row at 2:30 pm. in the Takoma Park
Presbyterian Church. The body will
be taken to Kincardine, Ontario,
Canada, where Mrs. George was
born, for burial Monday.
Mrs. George came to the United
States when child. Besides her
son-in-law and daughter, Mr.. and
Mrs. P. L. StinSon, and a grandson,
Jack Stinson, IA, she is survived by
four sisters, Mrs. M. L. Macdonald
and Mrs. E. S. Ward of Winnepeg,
Canada; Mrs. G. w. sHuddleston,
Detroit, Mich, and Mrs. Mary Alex
ander, Oak Lawn, Ill, and three
brothers, Angus McLennan of Calu-
met, Mich; Ross McLennan of De-
troit, and Murdock McLennan Of
Orlando, Fla.
Evening star., 1941-02-20
Fairfax Bank BaIks
At Handling County
Sinking Fund Bonds
Interest Held Too Low
To Justify Risk in
Guaranteeing Payment
Special Dispatch to The Star.

OpCSldl DISpdICL W AAc oldls
FAIRFAX, Va, Feb. 20.-Com-
monwealth's Attorney Paul E. Brown
had under study today report to
the Fairfax County Board of Super
visors saying the National Bank of
Fairfax is unwilling to continue in
vestment of county sinking funds,
coupled with an obligation to guar
antee payment in full of bonds in
which such funds may be invested.
The bank is principal depository for
the sinking fund.
Bank authorities, by resolution,
informed the county the net yield
to the bank is disproportionate with
the risk assumed in guaranteeing
payment. The investment of such
funds is limited to Government
and municipal bonds which, it was
pointed out, carry low interest rates.
County Purchasing Agent R. M
Loughborough and DR.. G.. R. Car
penter, county medical director, were
asked by the board to study the
possibility of locating trash dump
for the county buildings. 1t was
suggested the town of Fairfax might
purchase an incinerator, and then
the county could work in co-opera-
ton with the town.
The board approved a salary
scale for the clerks Of the new
county zoning administrator, the
Board of Planning Appeals and the
county Planning Commission. The
clerk of the administrator will be
paid $720 a year; the clerk to the
appeals board, 5000 a year, and the
Planning Commission clerk, $3.50 a
year. However, it was agreed that
if one clerk was able to handle all
three jobs the annual salary should
be set at 500 month.
E. Russell White, who was ap-
pointed zoning administrator by the
board earlier in the day, submitted
his resignation as a member of the
Planning Commission, which he has
headed as chairman since its crea-
ton in 1898. The supervisors
named T. j. Stockton of Burke to
take Mr.. Whites place on the
Planning Commission and also rep
resentative from the latter body
to the new Board Of Zoning Ap-
peals.
Evening star., 1941-02-20
Road Survey Results
To Be Discussed
By.Park Planners
Extension Of Parkway
Through Zoo Among
Major Subjects

The National Capital Park and
Planning Commission, which opened
its monthly meeting this morning,
was to consider results of a COM
prehensive survey of future high
ways and parkways in the vicinity
of Rock Creek Park, the Zoo and
Rock Greek and Potomac Parkway.
The study was made by the Office
of National Capital Parks and the
District Highway Department.
One of the major items discussed
in the survey, it has been learned,
is extension of the Rock Greek and
Potomac Parkway through the Zoo
and out into Maryland.
Disagree on Route.
1t has been learned also that a
difference of opinion exists regard
ing this extension of the Rock Greek
and Potomac Parkway. Some Off
cials desire to see it follow the course
of Rock Creek itself, while others
feel 1t should be divided in the
vicinity of Blagden avenue NV, one
part running up the west side and
one up the east side of the park
The latter group maintain this
should be done to preserve the CEN
tral section of the park, along the
creek, in as natural a state as pos
sible and not have it used by mo-
torists merely wishing to enter or
leave the city.
Also said to figure in the survey
are a number of new high level
bridges to provide routes for cTcss-
town traffic without interfering With
park users and the proposed Tort
drive.
The survey was authorized by
Congress in the 1910 District of
Columbia appropriation bill and
$4,000 was provided to finance 1t.
Land Acquisitions Studied.
The commission opened it's meeting
today with consideration of a num-
ber of land acquisitions for the Dis
trict's park, parkway and playground
system. John Nolen, jr., the COM
missions director of planning, was
to report on progress made by the
staff and the United States engi-
neers' Office for the Washington area
on a survey of future water supply
for the entire Washington area, in
cluding sites of future reservoirs.
He also was to report the extent
to which national defense housing
projects are being co-ordinated
with the plans of the commission
for the city as whole.
Capt. H. c. Whitehurst, District
director of highways, was to lay
before the commission plans for the
widening and repaving of Pennsyl-
vania avenue Sc. from Eleventh
street to the new Sousa Bridge
Funds are available for this project.
Mr.. Nolen said yesterday the plan
did not contemplate cutting down
any trees.