Evening star., 1941-11-02
Committees Selected
For Defense Council
In Prince Georges
Headquarters Opened in
County Service Building
At HyottsviIIe

Committee personnel Of the
Prince Georges County Md De-
fense Council was announced yes
terday by Mrs. Daisy F. La Coppi-
dan of Mount Rainier. county chair
man and vice chairman for Southern
Maryland of the State Council.
Mrs. La Coppidan said the county
council had established headquarters
in the County Service Building at
Hyattsville, with the secretary of
the council, Mayor E. Murray Cover
of Hyattsville. in charge.
The council functions under the
general direction of Gov. O'Conor.
Isaac S. George. executive director
OF Maryland and Alfred Moves,
Southern Maryland chairman. Other
officers are John w. Lepper of Brent
wood. vice chairman. and J. Robert
Sherwood of Mount Rainier, treas
urer.
An advisory committee includes
Representative Lansdale G. Sasscer,
Dr.. H. c. Byrd, president of the
University of Maryland; Frank B.
Smith. Harry Morris. Thomas E.
Jones, Maryland Secretary of State:
Robert M. Watkins and Judge
Charles C. Marbury.
Other Committees.
Housing-Mr. Smith, chairman:
Perry Boswell. Leo w. Dunn. Arthur
Carr and A. H. Seidenspinner.
Police services-County Police
Supt. Arthur w. Hepburn. chief, and
Sergt. Ralph Brown and Corp. John
Dent. also of the county police force.
Air raid control center-Robert
Forrest. warden. and DR.. Ray A.
Vawter. chief deputy warden.
Fire fighting-Karl Young. chair
man: William Tierney and Phil
Ryan.
Communications-Capt. Leland H.
Cheek. chairman; Robert A. Maurer,
jr.:: E. j. Taylor and A. F. Felter.
Public relations-L. Harold Soth-
oron. chairman: William A. Carson.
Louis B. Arnold, Frank M. Hall,
Adrian Fisher. Byran Hobbs and
Judge Walter l.. Green.
Public works and utilities-Harry
R. Hall. chairman: 1t. H. Clay
Whiteford and Capt. Cheek.
Resources-State Land Commits
sioner Henry w. Cord, chairman:
Elmer Hickman, Lawrence Walker
and Clarence Bowman.
Observation-Disclosures Orem, jr.,
chairman: Perce Wolfe. Leonard
Dyer, Judge T. Van Clagett and I. N.
Goodwin.
Emergency Service.
Emergency service. food. etc
Emanuel F. Zalesak, chairman; Ber-
nard J. Nees. G. Hodges Carr, Mar
tin Casey and Benjamin R. Sher-
wood.
Medical services-Dr. John M.
Byers, county health officer. chair
man; DR.. Paul C. Van Malta, DR..
James I. Boyd. DR.. James G. Sas-
seer and Dr.. Leslie H. French.
Publicity-Edward A. Fuller,
chairman: Shelby B. Smith, William
Moore, Samuel A. Wyvill Steele Nc
Grew, G. Bowie McCeney and Glen
NJ Hearin.
Finance-Mayor James L. Russell
of Brentwood, chairman; Mayor
William c. Wedding of Riverdale,
Mayor John N. Torvestad of Col
mar Manor, Charles H. Stein, chair
man of the Berwyn Heights Board
of Town Commissioners. Roy S.
Braden, Greenbelt community man.
ager, and Mayor Sandy Palmer
Baker of North Brentwood.
Power and light-John H. Webb,
chairman; w. r. Collins and E. S.
Milligan.
Civilian armament-Samuel H.
Harvey, chairman: 1t. Col. Ceasar L.
Aiello, adviser; Merritt Barton, An
drew Takitt, j. H. Doffort and Paul
P. Smith.
Trafflc-Mayor Floyd B. Matthias
of Mount Rainier. chairman; John
S. White, Andrew F. Gasch and
Mayor William H. McGrath of Seat
Pleasant.
Map-John NJ Walton, chairman;
Ben Dyer and County Surveyor
Thomas E. Latimer.
Legislative-Mr. Sasscer, chair
man; L. Harold Sothoron, John S
White, Ralph w. Powers, Lansdale
G. Clagett, Robert Forest and Oliver
Metzerott.