Evening star., 1941-08-27
County 10 Ask
100000 for
New Hospital
Prince Georges
Officials to Act
Today With P. W. A.
g, q Staff Correspondent of The star.


UPPER MARLBORO, Nd, Aug.
27.-William A. Carson, president
of the Board of Commissioners OF
Prince Georges County, and Waldo
Burnside, attorney for the commits
sioners, will file application today
in Richmond, Va, with C. T. Wick
ers of the regional. P. w. A. office
for a Federal grant of 100000 to
be used in construction of county
hospital.
At the meeting of the board here
yesterday the commissioners passed
over the problem of the 100000
bond issue for the same purpose
which they have been authorized to
issue by the State Legislature. A
motion introduced by Commissioner
John r. Beall eliminating any hos
pital construction for this year was
defeated, three to two.
Commissioner Theodore Siehler
was the only one to support Mr..
Bealls motion, those voting against
it being Commissioners Carson, Har-
ry M Bowen and Leonard Dyer.
Drs. Leslie D. French and Aaron
Deitz of the County Medical Society
urged the board to apply for Federal
funds for the hospital.
Rehearing Granted.
The commissioners granted new
hearing on the proposed rezoning
of the Heitmuller tract at Thirtieth
street and Queens Chapel road.
Mount Rainier, on a plea of Arthur
H. Seidenspinner, who said he had
additional evidence to present. At
last Tuesdays meeting the requested
rezoning from residential A to resi-
dental C was denied. The new
hearing will be held September at
Upper Marlboro. The petitioners
requested rezoning to permit the
erection of large apartment house
and a row of detached houses.
The commissioners postponed
hearing on the rezoning Of the lots
at Thirty sixth street and Bunker
Hill road, Mount Rainier, until
october %. Leo Dunn, representing
Mrs. Clara Connor of Hyattsville,
who filed the rezoning request as
owner of the property, obtained a
postponement until September 8
early yesterday morning.
About IL o'clock Is citizens and
property owners of the surrounding
neighborhood arrived to protest the
requested rezoning. 1t was said that
the hearing was scheduled for 1880
m. Louis Lebowitz and r. c. Nc
Mahon, chairman of the citizens
committee from the area, declared
that the postponement granted Mr..
Dunn was unfair and that the
commissioners should hear their
arguments and render decision,
regardless of it.
Granted Postponement.
When this was unsuccessful. Mr..
Lebowitz secured a postponement
until October %. His group came
with a petition of 81 names which
they said represented the unanl-
nous opinion of property owners
surrounding the lots in question.
Mr.. Dunn told the commissioners
he was not ready to present his side
of the case when he asked for a
continuance.
Also continued to September 8
was a hearing on the requested re-
zoning of the Gibbs and Kossacks
addition to Takoma Park from re-
sidential A to residential C. The
Maryland National Capital Park
and Planning Commission has rec
commended denial of the request.
Mr.. James Phillips, owner of the
land. asked for the continuance
Ralph A. Nash, representing citi-
zens of Riverdale Heights, presented
a petition of AZ signatures asking
that the area be designated spe-
cial Improvement district. The COM
missioners gave their tentative ap-
proval, routine in such matters. and
Mr.. Nash will attempt to obtain a
petition bearing the names Of 5
per cent of the citizens of the
affected area for a hearing Sep
tember 16.
A carnival permit for the Hillside
Volunteer Fire Department was
granted for September 1-6.
Grover G. Aderholdt of Silesia,
Md, was granted license to
operate an inn with dancing more
than once a week.