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Dstrost Sunday Times, July IL, 1914
Evening star., 1941-02-07
Prince Georges Seeking
$4,000 for BOYS Club

A loan of $4,000 to help finance
its new clubhouse is being sought by
the Prince Georges County Police
Boys Club today after a meeting of
the Board of Governors.
The board, meeting in the County
Service Building. Hyattsville, au-
thorlzed its Finance Committee to
seek funds to complete the s29,562
needed to build the proposed club
house on four lots at Magruder
Park, Hyattsville.
The club has $4,000 in the bank
as the result of a drive for club
house funds conducted last year. it
was reported. Originally a $685.
clubhouse had been planned. Lack
OF funds, however, prompted the
Board of Governors to revise plans
and seek a loan.
Mayor E. M. Cover of Hyattsville
presided and announced that until
the clubhouse matter is settled. the
board will meet every Wednesday
night.
Evening star., 1941-02-07
Bethesda PIT. A. Backs
Plea for New School

Approval by the county commits
sioners of a Montgomery County
(Md) Board of Education report
recommending additional school
facilities in the area was urged
at recent meeting of the Bethesda
Elementary School Parent-Teacher
Association.
Based on increased enrolment in
the county schools the report points
out that Bethesda needs a new
school in the Bradley boulevard
area. nine additional class rooms at
the Leland Junior High School and
three additional class rooms at the
East Bethesda Elementary School, -
Cost of the entire program would
be approximately $1,000,000.
The following committee was ap-
pointed to meet with the commits
sioners to discuss the program:
James H. Bowen, Mrs. Joseph
Gardner, Arthur Hilland Mrs Allen
B. Laing, jr.; Mrs. Lendell A. Con-
ner and Ray H. Smith.
Evening star., 1941-02-07
Prince Georges Civic Groups
Back $2,OOO,OOO Bond Issue
Return of Control of Lateral Roods
To County Also Is Favored

The Prince Georges County (Md)
Federation of Citizens Associations
last night indorsed in principle the
proposed 100000 bond issue for
public improvements and asked re-
turn of control of lateral roads to
the county.
The federation withheld outright
approval of the bond issue pending
a study by its Co-ordinating and
Legislative Committee. The princi-
pal objection voiced at the meeting
was fear that additional taxes
would be disproportionate to the
improvements which include road
work, new school sites, additional
street lighting and elimination Of
dangerous road intersections.
Proponents of the bond issue said
the tax rate increase in any year
would not exceed 10 cents on each
s100 valuation and would be a mat
ter of only few dollars" to each
taxpayer.
AL Roads Officials i'm State.
The resolution to return juris-
diction over county lateral roads
was offered by John Riggles, chair
man of the Roads Committee. He
declared that AL roads officials were
listed in the Maryland manual and
s6o6 .429 was spent on salaries to
construct less than 81 miles of road
last year. He said this was insuffi-
cient IN view of the sl1 AT 900 COL
Evening star., 1941-02-07
Reduction in Virginia
One Room Schools Urged
a. tho Associated Press

BY the Associated HreSS.
RICHMOND, Va, Feb 7.-Reduc-
ton of Virginias 1925 one-room
schools. !, 1,432 of which teach seven
elementary grades, and consolida-
ton of small high schools into larger
units were recommended by DR.
Sidney B. Hall, State superintendent
of public instruction, in his annual
report to Gov. Price yesterday.
Another recommendation was that
school authorities make capital out
lays only in terms of the proposed
consolidation program and that
where facilities must be provided in
existing small high schools they be
of an emergency or temporary ma
ture only.
DR.. Hall classes as his major rec
ommendation" a plea for an in
crease in rate of pay for professional
workers in public schools as rapidly
as conditions will permit until the
proportion of total school funds
spent for instruction reaches rs per
cent.
Only 40 per cent of the public
school budget was spent for instruc-
ton last year against 55 per cent 10
years ago.
Enrolment totaled 574,875 and
average daily attendance was 494,-
023 compared with 578,066 and 473,-
OFT in 1930-31 Per capita cost of
education was $54.74 compared with
S55 50 in 1883.
Evening star., 1941-02-07

lected by the State in gasoline taxes
and Federal grants.
Endorsement was given the bill
providing for creation Of special tax
ing areas in unincorporated districts
to enable residents to obtain public
Improvements. These services could
be obtained through assessments to
be levied and collected by the county
commissioners. The improvements
would be authorized on petition of
a majority of the property owners
affected, similar to the plan now in
force in Montgomery County.
Building Inspection Urged.
Legislation providing for the
establishment of countrywide
building inspection system was ap-
proved by the federation.
Army engineers have prepared a
budget totaling s50O,0O0 for flood
control work in the Anacostia valley.
it was reported by Fred w. Cast,
chairman of the federation's Park
and Waterways Committee. Mr..
Cast said it was hoped to get the
budget before the current session
of Congress. He also reported that
House of Representatives has voted
100000 under the Capper-Cramton
Act to enable the Park and Planning
Commission to buy land for park
development in the University. of
Maryland area. OF this amount,
approximately s65 900 is a gift.
Walter F. Mulligan, president,
presided.
Evening star., 1941-02-07
RiverduIe Club Backs
Meeting Tonight

An open meeting to discuss legis-
lation affecting Prince Georges
County will be held at 8 o'clock to-
night in the auditorium of the River
dale School, under the auspices of
the Riverdale Women's Club, Mrs.
T. E. Woodward, president, an
nounced today.
Mrs. w. P. Starr, chairman of the
clubs Legislative Committee. will be
in charge of the meeting. The
county's delegation to the Legisla-
ture, T, Howard Duckett, member
of the Maryland National Park and
Planning Commission and counsel 10
the Washington Suburban Sanitary
Commission; DR.. Horace Flack of
the Legislatures legal staff. and
Mrs. Nelson Tayman, legislative
chairman of the Prince Georees
County Federation of Women's
Clubs, are expected to attend the
meeting.
Evening star., 1941-02-07

BY the Associated Press
ANNAPOLIS, Feb. 7.-Routine
proceedings of the Legislature yes
terday include the following:
SENATE.
Convened at 1900 pm.
Bills Introduced.
IS B sI9 tsy Phippsl-rrohibitine
Chesapeake Bay and ID tributaries. ' '"' g
S: b. FL (By Kimblsl-Dxtending
sion. Judicial Proceedinss.
ing obsolete Calvert e coGnty immisfsson
law. johnson, Dorsey Wilmer.
s; B; 213 tBy Gorfne)--specifyins
life insurance. policies. Insurance and
S. B. 214 By Pe.er)-Reuuiring pay
ment of motor vehicle taxes in Gathers
burg before licenses are issued. Judicial
s. B., sie By Gorfne)-Establishing
and motor service wagons. Judicial Pro-
S. B. PIT (By Davis)-Providins sick
leave and vacations for certain county
roads employes. Finance;
s. 3, 21s IBy J. W. Johnsonl--Repeal-
Johnson 6orsey wimsr
Went into executive session.
Adjourned at 2:06 pm. until noon
today.
Evening star., 1941-02-07
County Appeals Provided
In Maryland Tax Report
By the Associated Press.

DS IHc ASSOClhteO FIeSS.
ANNAPOLIS, Md, Feb. THE
final report of the Rawls Tax Revi-
sion Commission, revised to meet OBJ
jections of county leaders, has been
made public.
The final version of the report pro-
videS that the boards of county COM
niSsioners may hear all appeals from
the assessments or may appoint a
subsidiary board to hear such ap-
peals. Previous drafts had provided
that appeals be made directly to the
State Board of Tax Appeals, and
county commissioners would have
had no power to redress grievances
made to them by local property
owners.
The present plan provides that a
chief assessor for each county would
be appointed by the State Depart
ment of Revenue and Taxes from a
list submitted by the Boards of
County Commissioners.
Appeals from the county commits
sioners or local appeal boards would
be made to the State Board of Tax
Appeals, with a further right of ap-
peal to the Circuit Court on ques-
tions of law.
Another recommendation is that
the State change its fiscal year to
begin on July instead of October
/. as at present.
Evening star., 1941-02-07
Berwyn Heights Official
Denies Charter Plans

The town of Berwyn Heights.
Md, has taken no part in efforts to
obtain a charter for several sections
of the Berwyn area, Charles H.
Stein, chairman of the town COM
missioners, said today, in reply to
reports that representatives of the
town had been to Annapolis seeking
legislation for that purpose.
Mr.. Stein said the commissioners
had been approached on the legisla-
ton sought by Berwyn and nearbv
communities, but that no action had
been taken on the charter and those
with whom he had talked were un-
favorably disposed. A
Berwyn Heights has been incor-
porated for IS years and operation
under its present charter seems to
be satisfactory, Mr.. Stein said. He
plans to call meeting of the COM
missioners to act on the proposal,
but anticipates no change, he said.
Evening star., 1941-02-07
Rv w II SHIPPEN Ir.

The engineers may not be all ths
Army's brains, but they're q big
part of its ingenuity.
That's the tradition anyhow-one
which meant toll, perspiration and
some perplexity yesterday for zoe
Reserve officers newly summoned t1
active duty at Fort Belvoir, Va.
Building pontoon bridges and rig
ging elaborate hoists with timber
rope and blocks, the Reserve officers
found it hard to believe that only
fortnight ago they were sales
men, contractors. clerks and busi-
ness executives in civil life.
The 200, summoned to the third
instructors course at the expanding
post January 81, broke no speed
records when they constructed q
100-foot section of pontoon bridge
into Accotink Bay yesterday after
noon. but when they got the bridge
in place it held a lotion Army
truck.
Learn BY Doing.
The Reserve officers-flrst and
second lieutenants and captains
are supplying the manual labor for
tasks which they will direct when
they complete the training course
on March l. Fort Belvoir is being
expanded as an engineer replace
ment center and with its completion
the last of March will house some
$4,000 enlisted men and $50 officers
When the replacement center is
in full operation it will train 5000
selectee troops as engineers every
three months.
The third class of Reserve Off
GERS in training here will be di-
vided, with a few exceptions, as in
structors between Fort Belvoir and
the engineer post of Fort Leonard
Wood in Missouri. The class was
gathered at Fort Belvoir from 40
States and the District of Columbia
The cadet officers range in age
from 81 to 40. The majority sre
graduates of engineering schools and
all have received previous engineer
training, mostly in the r. o. T. c.
Directed by Sergeants.
Regular Army sergeants were put
ting the cadet officers through their
Evening star., 1941-02-07
Measures 10 Tighten
Montgomery Tax
Collections Urged
Exemption Cut to 500
And Yearly Personal
Return Studied

Two additional measures for
tightening tax collections in Mont
gomery County have been sub
mitted for consideration by the
Caucus Committee of the United
Democratic organiZa ton. which
meets Monday in the courthouse at
Rockville. it was learned today.
One of the proposals submitted
by county official would reduce
the personal property exemption
from $500 to s100 to bring it in line
with the exemption allowed in
Prince Georges County and equalize
taxes levied by the Washington
Suburban Sanitary Commission and
the Maryland-National Park and
Planning Commission.
Yearly Return Urged.
The other would require a per-
sonal property tax return every
year instead of only years In which
a general reassessment Is made
Under the present system. personal
property returns are scheduled only
every five years and may be post
poned longer. That made in 1889
was the first in IL years.
The first proposal is the result
OF complaints received from resi-
dents of Prince Georges County,
who pay a tax on personal property
in excess Of s100 valuation. Mont
gomery County has a $500 exemp-
ton, the same as the State. The
difference makes the tax bill higher
for Prince Georges County resi-
dents on a personal property assess
ment equal to those in Montgomery
County, it was explained, because
the sanitary and Park and Planning
Commissions levy the same tax in
both counties.
Base Remains Same.
The purpose Of the annual return
is to provide more accurate basis
for estimating tax returns on per-
sonal property. Under the present
system, the personal property tax
base, now more than $4,000, 900,
remains the same for the entire
period between general reassess-
ments. set by law at five years.
However, during that time some
residents move away, cutting down
the amount the county actually will
receive. This might be compensated
for or even overshadoWed by in
creases in the personal property Of
other residents, but no provision
exists for adding this increase to
the tax rolls until the next reassess-
ment year The result is that
revenues from personal property
taxes are usually lower than an
ticipated, situation which could
be righted by requiring an annual
return, it was explained.
Evening star., 1941-02-07
Plans Made to EnIoroe
Fairfax County BuiIdino
Special Dispatch to The Star.

special Dispatch to The Star.
FAIRFAX, Va, Feb. Faced
with an overcrowded condition in
the county office building, the Fair
fax County Board of Supervisors
has authorized County Purchasing
Agent r. M. Loughborough to con-
suit with Carneal, johnson g. Wright
OF Richmond relative to a proposed
enlargement of the building.
The board approved an ALLEGATION
OF $500 to the Falls Church Volun-
teer Fire Department William G.
Cunningham of Devonshire Gar
dens appeared before the board on
behalf of the town fire department.
The supervisors referred to the
County Finance Board a suggestion
from Dr.. Lennig Sweet that county
sinking funds might be invested to
return a larger interest than is now
paid By banks.
Evening star., 1941-02-07
Chevy Chase View Cuts
Town Tax Rate in Half

The Citizens Committee of Chevy
Chase View, Md, last night cut the
town 10-cent tax rate in half at its
annual meeting in the home OF
Thomas Jackson.
The cut was the first since the
special taxing area was established
and will save the 500 residents an
average of about 81 each, based on
the assessed valuation of approx
mately $1;O00,00
The committee expects a surplus
of about $1;700 at the end of the
current year, principally due to re-
ceipt of pro rata share Of gasoline
taxes and q share in the State
income tax receipts. Members OF
the committee are Ralph Z. Engel,
chairman; Mr.. jackson, George
Crossette, DR.. Percy Powell and
First 1t. John p. Griffee.
Evening star., 1941-02-07
Short-Course Club Elects
Mrs. Granville Kinsey
Dispatch to The Star

special DlSpatch to Tne star.
ROCKVILLE, Md, Feb. Mrs.
Granville Kinsey of Gaithersburg
was elected president of the Mont
gomery County Rural Womens S
Short Course Club at an organiza-
ton meeting here yesterday.
Mrs. Arthur L. Smith, Lay Hill,
was named vice president; Mrs.
Harvey Selby. Gaithersburg secre-
tary. and Mrs. Lewis F. Hobbs,
Colesville, treasurer.
Mrs. J. B. Ely and Mrs. Ora Null
lican, both of Gaithersburg, we're
named to prepare a constitution
and bylaws. Mrs. Hobbs, Mrs. Ed
ward Peter and Mrs. H. Mercer
Naylor, all of Colesville, were ap-
pointed members of the Finance
Committee.
The meeting was held in the
Office of the county home demon
stration agent in Rockville and was
conducted by Mrs. Arthur L. Smith.
One of the projects of the short
course clubs that are being formed
throughout the State will be to
establish a clubhouse for rural
women on the campus of the Uni
versity of Maryland.
Evening star., 1941-02-07
Man Seriously Injured
In Bedford Plant BIust
3y the ASsociated A pres,

BY the Associated Press.
BEDFORD, Va, Feb. 7.-One man
was seriously injured and three
others slightly hurt yesterday when
an unexplained explosion shook a
section of the Virginia Rubatex Co.,
which has a contract with the Gov
ernment for gas mask parts.
Letcher F. FAIRIES, %, of Bedford
was the most severely injured, suf-
fering a badly mangled left leg and
foot.
The explosion occurred in a steam
table in a section of the manufac-
turing plant, destroying the piece of
equipment and doing some damage
to the walls and roof.
Evening star., 1941-02-07
Maryland Assembly Routine
Measures Introduced and Passed
At Yesterdays Session

gts5s TFsass5eT5 ss5 Wiys ;nd HSS.e Means nv re-.
auest,1ro IS 20" suthofize e Motor yehicl. Com:
to Issue Ways and csns Means plates
hibit persons 18 or younger from enter
Ing licensed liquor establishments. Tenn
s made Bs 70 byass ei
tive associations; Corporations: :, ~,
prohibit Il ceft.in Gs icy mosor yehiees
from sna state r0sdfs
H. B. aS4 (By c. S. Houck, jr)--To
include Frederick County among counties
Scholarships ea1D.z
voters in Anne Arundel courts; Elections.
ration5LTo To authorize County Commission
ers to enter into contracts for disposition
Of land purchased At sale for, for State s.,.a ana
county taxes. Baltimore county oeiesa-
H. B. es7 tBy Baltimore County Dele
sation)-To increase county sherin's al
II. B. Eos tBy Robinson and ssynes,-
t. to sTsss dest3e dsfend.nts At
II. B. $50 (By Observation-Disclosures
Pe2Ple Ho Bs BstiRSTs City sEoh1
killing Of deer in Anne Arundel County
for 10 years. Fish and Game.
Resolutions Introduced.
H. j. r. Z CBy jacksonville provide
for flood lighting for State House dome.
Public Buildings.
By c. s. Houck, jr.-Reduestins Lesisll-
in STATE. Ways and Means
Adjourned at 3 pm. until 1880
pm. today. e.
Evening star., 1941-02-07
Beautifying Of Upper
Potomac River Asked
In Forestry Bill
New Measure Provides
Checkup on Goithersburg
Auto Tax Payments
By JACK ALLEN,
Star Staff Correspondent.


ANNAPOLIS, Fec. 7.-Beautifica-
ton Of the upper reaches of the
Potomac River by the State forestry
department is the aim of a bill
which reached the Senate Judicial
Proceedings Committee today.
The measure would authorize the
Upper Potomac Commission to lease
or otherwise convey its holdings to
the forestry agency for such purpose.
Presented by Senator Robert Kim
BILE of Allegany County, it appeared
in the State Assembly along with a
group of proposals to enact, amend
or repeal local statutes of Montgom-
cry, Anne Arundel and Calvert
/ Counties.
The Montgomery bill would re-
quire that State automobile license
{ applications of Gaithersburg resi-
dents be perforated to show pay
ment of the municipalities personal
property tax on cars before the Mo-
tor Vehicle Commission could issue
/ tags.
Follows Policy Elsewhere.
Senator Robert Peter of Montgom-
cry sponsored the proposed law,
which conforms with the policy fol-
lowed in counties and municipalities
throughout Maryland. Gathers
burg's automobile property levy be-
came effective subsequent to the As
sembly's last session.
Under the Kimble bill the river
| commission and the forestry depart
ment would be permitted to enter
| into agreements for conveyance or
lease of lands which the commission
has acquired or may hereafter ac-
quire
The agreements may provide, the
bill states. that such property shall
be planted in trees by the forestry
department and that lands shall be
maintained in a forest cover for
protection OF the water shed
Localized Oyster Law Asked.
Senator Louis N. Phipps of Anne
Arundel County introduced a bill
to prohibit dredging for oysters on
the Three Sisters and Hollands
Point bars in Chesapeake Bay and
also between those bars and the
west side of the bay
The Anne Arundel delegation in
troduced House measure to revise
the law requiring that the county's
entire Board of Election Supervisors
elf hcfuyooY, q M ond 10
Tuesday in April in the year of any
national or local general election to
receive registrations.
Under the suggested change, one
member of the majority party on
the board and one member of the
minority party would sit to receive
registrations between 9 am. and II
noon and again between l and pm.
on the second Tuesday of each
month both during election and off,
election years.
Delegate James O. Atwell of Anne
Arundel also introduced bill to
outlaw killing or hunting deer in
that county for 10-year period
beginning June /, 1941. A fine of
500 would be imposed for each
violation.
Senator J. w. johnson of Calvert
County introduced two bills to repeal
long -obsolete Calvert laws, one pro-
viding for the appointment of an
immigration commission for the
county and the other dealing with
stock holdings in the Baltimore &
Drum Point Railroad Co., now nom
existent.
Evening star., 1941-02-07
Muscles Strain, Brows Fucker
As Engineers Learn by Doing
Reserve Officers Put Through Poces by
TuctfuI Sergeant at Fort BeIvoir

PAGES yesterday, but discipline was
tempered with tact. Many of the
trainees wore captains bars on
their coats, and the regular SER
geants addressed them as Sir
and Gentlemen" while ordering
them to pull this rope or shift that
bale.
The expanding post is a beehive
of activity, spread over thousanos
of acres on the rolling Virginia
hills
Miles of new cantonments are un-
der construction, and new arrivals
are pouring in daily to fill the COM
pleted buildings.
Training areas are being equipped
for the manifold activities OF the
engineers.
Yesterday the cadet officers were
refreshing their memories on some
of the fundamental rigging and
tackle methods employed by the
engineers. The sergeants made
them rig "gin" poles for hosting
weights, along with tripods and
"A" frames made Of heavy timbers
do any of you men know how
to lash an "A frame?" the sergeant
asked
Volunteer Speaks Up.
A scholarly looking man stepped
forward Il do, sergeant" he said
proudly. He got the job. The tim
bers we're heavy. the rope long and
unwieldly, and the knots both nu-
merous and intricate. The scholarly
looking gentleman began to per-
spire freely. He laid aside his hat
and then his leather Windbreaker.
Why" he muttered to himself
cant learn to keep my mouth
shut? That was the last thing my
wife told me before I left home!'
When the Reserve officer finished
the job. the Regular Army sergeant
said:
"All right. gentlemen; step ur
and look this over. Are you agreed
it's secure and topped off with q
Glove hitch?"
The gentlemen nodded their
heads, somewhat dubiously.
We'll, maybe it is, gentlemen, but
let's try again shall we?"
They did
Evening star., 1941-02-07
Kiwonis Club Leader
Rops Leuse-Lend Bill

Opposition to the lease-lend bill,
which he characterized as "out- Hit
lering Hitler in the demand for
power" was expressed by J. Ran
dali Cation, jr., former Kiwanis dis
trict governor, International trus-
tee and Alexandria attorney, speak
ing to members of the Alexandria
Kiwanis Club yesterday.
Mr.. Cation spoke in a program
arranged by Kiwanis President
John Barton Phillips.
Evening star., 1941-02-07
Annapolis Capitol Dome
May Serve as Beacon

By Staff Correspondent of The Star.
ANNAPOLIS, Feb. THE flood
lighted dome of the State House
may serve as a guide for mariners
in Chesapeake Bay if legislation
authored by Delegate Elmer Jack
son, jr., of Anne Arundel County
is enacted.
Mr.. Jackson's resolution points
out that the dome of Maryland's s
capitol building is so beautiful
that it should be Illuminated for
at least four hours after dark
so that it may be visible by night
as well as by day.
The measure specifies that the
proposed lights should be of sufn-
cient power" to make the dome
visible from the channel Of Chesa-
peake Bay.
Evening star., 1941-02-07
Wurdemun Will Filed

ROCKVILLE, Md, Feb. 7 (Spe-
ciaD.-Albert o. Wurdeman, Elmer
c. Wurdeman and Bertha E. Gray
share equally in the estate of their
mother, Mrs. Elizabeth K. Wurde-
man of Silver Spring, under the
terms of her will, which has been
admitted to probate in the Orphans
Court here The instrument names
Albert O. Wurdeman executor. The
value of the estate is not indicated