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Evening star., 1942-12-03
State Senator B. P. Harrison
Fills Virginia Judgeships
Appointment Follows
Appellate Courts
Recommendation
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
RICHMOND, Va, Dec. 3.-State
Senator Burr p Harrison, 38-year-
old former Commemorative attor-
ney of Frederick County, will fill
the seventh circuit and Winchester
Corporation Court judgeship va
cancies.
Gov. Darden announced Mr.. Har-
rison's appointment last night. only
a few hours after the State Su-
preme Court of Appeals had recon-
mended filling the Circuit Court va
cancy created by the recent death
of Judge Philip Williams. The un-
expired terms run to February, 1916.
Mr.. Harrisons father, the late
Judge Thomas w. Harrison, pre-
sided over the l7th circuit, composed
of Frederick, Clarke, Warren and
Shenandoah Counties, for 81 years
prior to being elected to Congress,
where he served IL years. For many
years he was law partner in VIM
chester Of the late Richard E. Byrd.
Senator Harrison was born in
Winchester July 2, 1904, and was
educated in the public schools,
Woodberry Forest and Georgetown
University. He is member of the
Episcopal Church, the Elks and Odd
Fellows and has been active in civic
affairs and State bar work.
Evening star., 1942-12-03
Youths S Temperance
Councils Will Open
Sessions Tomorrow
War and Alcohol Problem
To Be General Theme
Of Meeting in HyottsvilIe

The first annual Mid-Atlantic Re-
gional Conference of Youths Tenn
perance Councils opens three-day
session tomorrow at the First Meth
odist Church in Hyattsville, Md
Delegates from Pennsylvania, New
Jersey, Delaware. Maryland and the
District of Columbia will attend
The general theme is THE War and
the Alcohol Problem"
Keynote speaker will be Repre-
sentative Bryson, Democrat, of
South Carolina, who will discuss
Liquors Contribution to the Ma
tional War Effort" before the OPEN
ing session at 7:30 pm. tomorrow.
Panel Discussion.
A panel discussion of THE Total
Alcohol Problem" will high light the
Saturday afternoon session. Clark
Shaughnessy, athletic director at
the University of Maryland, will
give the athletes viewpoint. Other
panel members include Capt Rhoda
j. Milliken, director of the Womens
Bureau; DR.. Wendell E. Malin, presi-
dent Of the Riverdale (Md0 Leland
Memorial Hospital, at Riverdale, and
Edward B. Dunford, attorney for the
Anti-Saloon League of America, who
will act as chairman.
DR.. Charles E. Resser, president OF
the District Sunday School Associa-
ton, will be the principal speaker
at the Saturday evening session.
Closing Session Sunday.
The Rev. DR.. Warren Hastings,
pastor of the National City Chris
tian Church, will address the closing
session Sunday afternoon.
The Maryland Federation of
Youths Temperance Councils, one
of the 30 Statewide youth organi-
cations affiliated with the National
Women's Christian Temperance
Union, is sponsoring the conference.
Miss Julia E. BonDurant, presi-
dent of the Maryland federation, is
chairman of the Arrangements
Committee. Other members are
Miss Annarose Sleeth, Miss Suzanne
Davis and Ralph Dudrow, jr.
Evening star., 1942-12-03
Eiqht in Alexandria
Face BIuckout Churoes

Warrants were issued in Alexan-
dria yesterday for eight persons
charged with violations of Tuesday
nights blackout. AL except one
were cases Of persons going out and
leaving their homes with lights
burning and the doors locked. One
case involved a car with lights on
during the test.
Chief Air Raid Warden Bernard
Padgett said he expected a few
more violations to be reported to-
morrow by wardens who were late
in getting in their reports.
While no cases of lights shining
from flreplaces were reported, Mr..
Padgett issued repeated warning
for home owners to arrange to
screen fires during blackouts or to
put them out If they are visible
from the outside.
Evening star., 1942-12-03
Fire-Prevention Drive
Begun by 0'Conor
Throughout State
Hozords Aggravated
In Some Sections by
Increased Population
PS the Associated Press.

BALTIMORE, Dec. 3.-John B.
Centrum, State insurance commits
sioner asked county commissioners
yesterday to check "all buildings of
a public or semi-public nature" for
fire hazards, to prevent disaster in
Maryland such as the recent Boston
fire
Mr.. Centrum said fire hazards
have been aggravated in some sec
tions of the State by reason of the
congestion resulting from the con-
centration of large numbers of out
of-the-State Citizens
The fire marShal's section of the
insurance department had expert
enced difficulty in checking fire
hazards throughout the State, Mr..
Centrum said, because of inability
to get gasoline and tires.
To the escounty commissioners the
insurance commissioner wrote, We
respectfully request and urge that
your board take immediate steps to
check on all buildings Of a public
or q Semi-public Mature, Including
apartment houses, night clubs. ho-
tells, theaters and halls, and to re-
port to this department any fire
hazards which your inspectors might
discover if the owners are not will
ing to Immediately correct the dan
gerous condition.
The seriousness of the situation
has been emphasized by the recent
holocaust in Boston, and all of us
certainly wish to do everything hui
manly possible to avoid duplicating
any such disaster in Maryland"
Evening star., 1942-12-03
Gen. HoIcomb Addresses
Marine School Graduates

1t Gen. Thomas Holco1nb, COM
mandant of the Marine Corps, yes
terday addressed 594 marine officers
and their guests at graduation ex-
ercises in the Marine Barracks,
Quantico, Va.
Gen. Holcomb, who recently re-
turned from an inspection trip in
the Solomon Islands. commended
the officers on their acceptance Of
"the challenge of the future"
Included in the graduating classes
were the 4th Aviation Specialist
Glass, group of veteran Reserve
officers; the 18th Reserve Officers'
Glass and the 18th Candidates Glass.
Approximately 800 candidates were
awarded their commissions as Sec
ond lieutenants.
Prominent among the specialist
group were Capt. Frank M. Chap
man, jr., husband of Gladys
Swarthout, and First 1t. Dan Top
ping, owner of the Brooklyn Dodg-
ers' professional football team.
Evening star., 1942-12-03
DC. Woman Under Bond
In Gas Rutioninq Cuse

Mrs. Ann Heavrin, 1920 Twenty
fifth street NV, yesterday was held
for the grand Jury in United States
District Court on a charge of OBJ
tanning eight gallons Of gasoline
without relinQuishing coupons. The
action followed hearing before
United States Commissioner Joseph
M. PancoaSt in Alexandria.
Testimony at the hearing, the
first of its kind in Northern Vir-
ginia. was given by the operator of
a filling station in Arlington where
Mrs. Heavrin got the gasoline on
November 18.
The operator said that after she
refused to give him coupons. he fol-
lowed her car and had her stopped
and arrested. He said Mrs. Heavrin
told him she had lost her gasoline
ration book. 4
The defendent, who entered
plea of not guilty, is being held. on
$500 bond.
Evening star., 1942-12-03
Virginia Bigamist Draws
Six-Year Prison Sentence

Sydney Wentworth, who was re-
turned to Alexandria from Boston
to answer bigamy charge, was
sentenced to six years in the Vir-
ginia penitentiary.
Wentworth pleaded guilty and was
sentenced by Judge William P.
Woolls in Alexandria Corporation
Court. The charge was preferred
by Wentworth's first wife, Mrs.
Irene Weiss Wentworth OF Alex
andria.
Evening star., 1942-12-03
Officers are Elected
By Civic Federation
OF Arlington County
Mrs. Cannon Chosen
As President Again;
Other Officials Listed

Mrs. Florence Cannon has been
reelected president of the Airing
ton County Civic Federation.
Other officers elected are Carle-
ton K Lewis, vice president; Will
liam K MacMahon, treasurer, and
Lester Conley, Albert A. Carretta,
DR.. Victor Meyers, Carl E. Huffman
and James Franklin, members of
the Executive Committee
The federation adopted a motion,
presented by Mrs. Julian D. Simp-
son of the Organized Women Voters
Club, that a special committee be
appointed to study nurseries and
day schools in the county with a
view to checking the supervision,
inspection, fire safety and preven-
tion. health and sanitation.
Mrs. Simpson stated that the
county government health, welfare
and school departments all say that
they have no jurisdiction over this
type of business and that she is
aware of one instance in which a
person known to have been in a
tuberculosis sanitorium is seeking
a place to open a nursery.
Two motions presented by the
Executive Committee were adopted
by the federation. One provides
that the Revenue and Expenditures
Committee compare the salaries
paid to teachers, flremen and po-
licemen in Arlington County with
those paid in the District of Colum-
bia and make an itemized compari-
son at the January meeting.
The other directed the Revenue
and Expenditures Committee to as
semble data on sites suitable for
baseball diamonds and other sports.
The information is to be presented
to the county board.
Other actions of the group in
cluded the adoption of a motion to
appropriate $40 to purchase a tu-
berculosis health bond and an invi-
tation to County Manager Frank
C. Hanrahan and members of the
county board to be guests at the
January meeting.
Evening star., 1942-12-03
Archbishop Approves
Homes Conversion
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE, Dec. 3.-Approval
of the Governments plan to con-
vert large houses and other prop
critics into dwelling units for war
workers has been expressed by
Archbishop Michael J. Curley, head
of the archdiocese of Baltimore and
Washington.
Archbishop Curley asked for the
hearty cooperative effort" Of
clergymen in areas where the plan
Is put into effect.
Its successful elimination will
mean larger congregations" he said,
"and an opportunity for the
churches to extend still further the
work they are doing in connection
with civilian defense, which is as i'm
portant as that for servicemen, and
thus enable them to broaden their
spiritual influence"
Evening star., 1942-12-03
Candidates File Reports
OF Election Expenses
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
ROCKVILLE. Md. Dec. 3.-Judge
Edward S. Delaplanes successful
campaign to succeed himself as chief
judge of the Sixth Judicial Circuit
Of Maryland cost him $l,523.55, his
sworn statement filed with the clerk
Of Circuit Court shows.
Other candidates at last months
election in the county to file state
ments and the amounts of their
expenditures follows: Royal H. Car
lock, successful Democratic candi-
date for the House OF Delegates,
$628.23; J. William Garrett, inde-
pendent. defeated for register of
wills, S14018; Charles M. Orme,
independent, unsuccessful candidate
for sheriff, $l40; John R. Reeves,
independent, who lost as a candi-
date for States attorney, $l93:
James w. Gill, Democrat, elected
to the House of Delegates, $3482,
and Stephen James, made a member
OF the Charter Board, none.
Today is the deadline for candi-
dates to file.
Evening star., 1942-12-03
Fairfax Board
0.K.s Buying Of
3Fire Engines
Auxiliary Companies
Of County to Employ
New Apparatus
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch TO Inc star.
FAIRFAX, Va, Dec 3.-The Fair
fax County Board of Supervisors
yesterday authorized purchase OF
three fire engines for the auxiliary
fire departments of Clifton, Baileys
Cross Roads and Dunn Loring The
new engines are designed especially
for rural fire-flghting, being equip
ped with a booster tank of approxi-
mately 500 gallons capacity.
The purchase was authorized fol-
lowing test of a new engine Of
similar design, purchased for the
Forestville Fire Department, an aux
iliary of the Mclean volunteer de-
partment. Members of the board
who witnessed the test approved the
new equipment and ordered it de-
livered to the auxiliary unit. Money
for the equipment is appropriated
from the civilian defense fund.
Authorize Four Sirens.
The board also authorized the
purchase of four AFRAID sirens, to
be installed at Legato, Chantilly,
Merrifield and Centerville, to sup
plement the 80 warning signals re-
Gently installed. Robert B Walker,
defense co-ordinatm. informed the
board that the signals were needed
to eliminate dead spots"
The board rescinded an order re-
quiring the oil heating plant in the
county building to be converted to
burn coal. The board explained
that space in the basement of the
building formerly used for coal
storage has been refitted as Office
space, to relieve the need for addi-
tional Office room in the building.
The application of Harris and
Louis Levy to rezone certain lots at
Annandale, Falls Church district,
from suburban residential to general
business was denied by the board
after the County Planning Commits
sion voiced opposition to the change.
Get Madrillon Petition.
The board received a petition from
the Madrillion Citizens Association
requesting that three streets in
Madrillon Farms subdivision be in
cluded in the State secondary high
way system.
Claims presented by three per-
sons against the county dog fund
for reimbursement of expenses in
CURED In taking the Pasteur treat
ment as the result of being bitten
by cat suffering from rabies were
held over until legal opinion as to
the validity of the claim could be
ascertained.
Evening star., 1942-12-03
ODT Bans Use of Cabs
For Mail, TeIeeroms

By the Associated Press.
Taxicabs may not be used to de-
liver kilograms or to carry mail
from a business firm to post office,
the Once of Defense Transportation
has ruled.
ODT also announced that OPP
orators of commercial vehicles who
have applied for certificates OF war
necessity but have not received them
viii be allowed to continue operating
vntil January without certificates.
Evening star., 1942-12-03
New School Hours
For Fairfax County
Effective Monday
District Trustees Asked
To Cooperate in Plan
To Shorten Bus MILEAGE
Srecial Dispatch to The Star.

srecial Dispatch to The Star
FAIRFAX, Va, Dec. 3-Class
hours in the Fairfax County schools
will be changed again Monday, when
pupils will report for classes at $50
am. instead OF 8 am. Glasses will
close under the new schedule at
$50 pm.
The change was authorized by
the County School Board after pa
irons had requested later opening
hour, because pupils in many sec
tions are forced to leave home be-
fore daylight in order to board
school buses.
Seeks Less Mileage.
In an effort to comply with new
ODT regulations. curtailing school
bus mileage, the board requested
school trustees from each district
to cooperate with Supt of Schools
Wilbert T. Woodson and w. T. Car
rico, transportation director, to
shorten present bus routes.
Supt. Woodson reported to the
board he has received no applca-
tions from women for positions as
bus drivers. Employment of women
to relieve a man shortage was re-
Gently authorized by the board.
New Teachers Named.
The board announced appoint
ment Of several teachers, including
Miss Alice E. Hatch, Mount Vernon
High School; Mrs. Mary B. Green
and Mrs. Carmen M. Weller, part
time teachers at Fairfax High
School, and Mrs. Barbara j. jackson,
Vienna Colored School.
designations of H. D. Gasson and
Mrs. H. D.. Gasson, teachers at
Mount Vernon High School, and
Mrs. Luz de Selenia Bishop, Fairfax
High School, were accepted. Mr..
Gasson has been commissioned a
lieutenant in the Naval Reserves.
Evening star., 1942-12-03
Public Can't Get
Away From OPA
| Even While 1t Sleeps

By the Associated Press.
A job is open for the fel-
low who always wanted to make
q career Of testing bedsprings.
In this case, the springs are
wooden. developed by the up
holstered furniture industry as
a substitute for steel springs,
but the Once of Price Admin
istration ruled today they could
not be sold to the sleeping pub
i, lie generally until they are
tested and approved.
Care will be taken to guard
against approval of creaky or
noisy wood springs" OPA said,
and those likely to break down
quickly, those likely to warp,
and those without adequate re-
silence and sustained comfort.
Evening star., 1942-12-03

Senator Harrison had been in
dorsed for the judgeship by lawyers
from various parts Of the circuit
and in Winchester, but the name Of
Richard S. Wright, jr., of Wood
stock, president of the Young Dem
ocratic Clubs of Virginia, also had
been advanced by Shenandoah at
torneys in connection with the
vacancy.
Evening star., 1942-12-03
Vera Cruz to Spend
Six Millions on BUILDINGS

Vera Cruz has started to build it
self into greater city. Total money
to be poured into the historic port
in the immediate future will be
nearly $6.000,000. The construction
started with a rush after union labor
difficulties had been overcome and
large sums allotted for public works.
Vera Cruz, oldest settlement in
Mexico, relied on shipping for its
prosperity, neglecting to build up
the back country or to promote fac
tories. 1t took little heed of the
morrow as long as notables came and
departed and shipping flourished.
Among the new works will be ship
building ways. e~--..
Evening star., 1942-12-03
10-Room House Burns
Near Sandy Spring, Nd.

Fire last night destroyed a To-
room frame house on route 20 about
2 miles south of Sandy Spring. Md
The house was being remodeled
and was unoccupied at the time.
Douglas Farquhar, chief of the
Sandy Spring Volunteer Fire De-
partment, said the dwelling be-
longed to Mrs. M. M. Telford of
Washington.
Mr.. Farquhar said the flames,
famed by a high wind, threatened
to spread to nearby woods.
Evening star., 1942-12-03
Memorial to War Dead
Planned at MARYLAND u.

The Student Government Associa-
ton OF the University of Maryland
revealed today that plans are under
way to erect memorial on the
campus in honor of students who
have lost their lives in the present
war.
The memorial is to be IL feet high
and IA feet wide. 1t will have a
concrete base and cost approxi-
mately $1,000 The memorial will
be a glass plaque, chosen because
of the scarcity of metal.
Evening star., 1942-12-03
Virginia to Suspend
YuIetide Inductions

RICHMOND, Va. Dec. 3 (P.-Col.
Mills F. Neal, State director Of
selective service, said yesterday no
registrant will be ordered for induc-
ton on Christmas eve or Christmas
Day, and no man already inducted
will be ordered to report to the
reception centers at camps on these
two days.
Evening star., 1942-12-03
Influence Cases Rise

RICHMOND, Va, Dec. (P.-
The State Health Department said
yesterday that 344 new cases Of in
fluenza had been reported in Viz
ginia last week, a sharp increase
over the preceding week, when i57
cases developed. - :. ~.
Evening star., 1942-12-03
Nearby Youths Win
National 4-H Awards
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, Dec. 3.-Winners of
college scholarships in dairy pro-
duction and demonstration contests
at the 2lst national All Club Con-
gress were announced yesterday.
Sectional winners include George
W. Edmundson and Conner F. Yates,
both of Culpeper, Va, $780, and
Edwin Callary. Is. Jarrettsville, Md,
and Charles Smith, 16, Whitehall,
Md, $100.
Evening star., 1942-12-03
Maryland Guard Won't
Mobilize for BIuckouts
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE, Dec. 3.-Brig. Gen,
Dwight H. Mohr commanding Of
ficer of the Maryland State Guard,
announced yesterday that officers
and men of various Guard and Min
ute Men companies will not be mo-
bilized in the event of future air
raid alerts and blackouts.
Instead. Gen. Mohr said, guards
men will stand by at radios or other
means of communication and await
orders from battalion commanders
and battalion staff officers.
Evening star., 1942-12-03
Christmas Seol Sunday

BALTIMORE, Dec. 8 tP.-Gov.
O'Conor has proclaimed December
to be Christmas seal Sunday, VIII
liam B. Matthews, managing direc-
tor Of the Maryland tuberculosis
Association said today.
Evening star., 1942-12-03
Scouts to Receive FIuq

Public presentation of an Ameri-
can flag to Boy Scout Troop No. 70
Of the Salvation Army will be made
at 8 o'clock tonight by the Daughters
of the American Revolution at the
troops meeting hall at tbs I street
NE
Evening star., 1942-12-03

The following seven, inducted
into the Army November 81, will re-
port to the Reception Center, Fort
Meade. Md, tomorrow:
Paige. Otis N. Barnes. Griffin, jr.
Brown, Douglas WASHINGTON, E. c.
Bush, John D. Baker, Joseph
Randall, Warren L.
The board also announced that
the following registrants have been
summoned for physical examina-
tions at 6 pm. tomorrow in the Fair
Evening star., 1942-12-03

Klisiewski, Richard F.
Alexander. H. T.
Noble, Lewis A.
Norris, Raymond z.
Hill, Edwin D.
Makely, George w.
Gillian, Joseph K.
Wilcox, Francis
Lopes. Charles j.
Wright. Hubert
RAIDER, w. c., jr.
Rem, Thomas o.
Beard. William L.
Matthews, Francis B.
Pearson, Vernon
Keener, Ezell
Feaganes, Everett. N.
Minor, Stanley L.
Walker, Donald P.
Devlne, James r.
Faulk. Grover A,
Bevis, Edward r.
Blankenship, B. F.
Evening star., 1942-12-03

Lane. Warren E.
Bailey, Albert B.
Judd. Robert l..
Simms, Clyde e.
Trail. Merle c.
Seymour, w. E.
Atkeson, Henry B.
Mullen. William l..
Bennett, John f.
Weigel, Wendall r.
Earman. Millard K.
Hough, Charles A.
Elwell. Albert l..
Mckenzie, Wallace F
Alexander, Calvin L
Cooper, Lawrence E.
Raines, Vanderbilt
Wooster, Mack A.
Erskine, George w.
Mills, John L.
Brown, Edwin L.
Maley, David s.
Limerick, Clifford A
Gornpr T,tliap r
Evening star., 1942-12-03
81 Fairfax Men Start
Army Life Tomorrow
AT Reception Centers
47 to Go to Comp Lee,
J to Fort Meade;
Board Sets Exums
Special Dispatch to The Star.

SptCIdI DIopdCCN 70 Tic oIdl.
FAIRFAX, Va, Dec. 3-The Fair
fax County Selective Service Board
announced today that the following
At members of the Enlisted Reserve,
inducted into the Army on Novem-
ber 20, will report to the Reception
Center, Camp Lee, tomorrow, after
cnr1a Yalatirao 1d-da1 IL, cti,ro CT
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-11-12

Mrs. Scott is a tricky but ac-
curate player. At most tables
South made four hearts easily
on today's hand, but at the table
where Mrs. Scott sat West, her
play hopelessly confused the
declarer. After taking the first
trick, she continued by leading
the three of clubs, hoping to give
declarer the impression that
East had the deuce and had
started an echo with the four
spot. Declarer decided to pin
her hopes on the trump finesse.
She went up with the king of
clubs, cashed the king of hearts
and led for a finesse of the Jack.
When that lost and Mrs. Scott
cashed the queen of clubs, then
led the seven of spades, declar-
er decided to hope for the dia-
mond break. She took the ace
of spades, led another trump -
and was thereby set one trick.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-11-12

The Washington farm lobby
meaning not the farm bloc in
Congress, but the paid, kept fix
ers and wire pullers for the or
CARNATIONS of big farm opera
tors as opposed to the small
farmers and tenant farmers -
has apparently started a cam
paign for the scalp and hide of
Secretary of Agriculture Claude
r. Wickard.
The technique which the farm
lobbyists are employing is an
old one to Washington, consist
ing chiefly in spreading the
rumor that Wickard is about to
resign or be kicked out.
It can be stated authoritative
ly that there isn't a word Of
truth in this whispering cam
paign, but the motives behind
the effort to have Wickard dis
credited present an interesting
bit of background on how this
farm lobby-the most powerful
in Washington-seeks to achieve
its ends. In their effort to sab
otage Wickard the big farm or
CARNATIONS are trying to make
out that he is the man who
should be blamed for the DEM
ocrats' setback from the farm
states in the recent election.
Wasn't it a farm protest vote?
Weren't the farm policies ap-
proved by Wickard? These two
rhetorical questions asked by
the farm organization people are
supposed to clinch the argument
that Wickard should be the
goat.
AS a matter of fact Secretary
Wickard had foreseen that the
administrations wartime farm
policies might have a few po-
litical repercussions, and the in
side story is that as far back as
last summer the Department of
Agriculture sent a memoran-
dunn to the White House sug-
costing that in dealing with CELL
ings on farm products every eff
fort should be made to step up
food production for Army and
Navy, Lend Lease and United
Nations requirements. BY pay