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Evening star., 1942-03-23
Memorial Rites Held
Bv Alexandra K. OF {.
sy a staff Correspondent Of The Star.

By Staff Correspondent OF Inc Staf.
ALEXANDRIA, Va. March ga
special memorial service was held
yesterday by Fitzgerald Council, No.
459, Knights of Columbus, of Alex
andria. in honor Of rs members of
the Council who have died since 1t
was founded AZ years ago.
Representative Stanley of Con-
necticut was the main speaker at
Columbus home.
Lawrence w. Corbett, past State
deputy of the Knights of Columbus,
paid tribute to five members who
died during'the past year. They were
Francis T. Quinn and Claude M.
Lennon, both past grand knights
of the Alexandria Council; E. E.
Downham, James L. Powers and
Sylvester A. Breen..
Frank r. Monroe, grand knight
of the Council, presided over the
service Other speakers included r. L.
Carne, ST., secretary; Lawrence
Kersey, warden: John Pierpoint,
financial secretary; William A. De
Vaughan, chancellor; the Rev. Joseph
Leitch, chaplain, and Francis H.
Fannon.
Council members attended mass at
st. Mary's Church as part of the
memorial service. Msgr. T. A.
Rankin, vicar general of the Rich
mond diocese, celebrated the COM
muniOn,
Evening star., 1942-03-23
Rites. for Elmer. Sutton
To Be Held Tomorrow

Elmer l.. Sutton of Washington
and Port Tobacco. Md, who died
Saturday in Charleston, w. Va, will
be buried tomorrow in Cedar Hill
Cemetery. following services at 2:30
pm. in the cemetery chapel. The
Rev. Bernard Braskamp of Gunton
Temple Presbyterian Church will
ofhciate.
Mr.. Sutton, born in Indiana
County, Pa, May 81, 1863, was a
lumber operator in Pennsylvania,
West Virginia. Tennessee and North
Carolina. He was one of the "old
raftsmen," who floated timber down
the Susquehanna River to the
Chesapeake
AS member of the Laurel Fork
Lumber Co., he engineered the con-
struction of the logging railroad to
Mount Mitchell, N. c., where spruce
lumber was obtained for the manu-
facturer of airplane propellers and
ship masts for the allied nations
during the First World War He re-
tired from the lumber business IN
1928.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs.
Cora Hall Sutton, whom he married
in 1887; seven daughters: Mrs.
Leon w. Brown. Braemar, Tenn;
Mrs. William B. Caldwell. Honolulu;
Mrs. Francis T. Lille, South
Charleston, w. Va; Mrs. j. Sydnor
Bohannan, Port Tobacco: Mrs. Don
Whittier Slauson and Mrs George
j. Van der Veer of Oaklawn, Md;
Mrs. Howard P. Slauson, Washing
ton; son, Harry L. Sutton,
Charleston; a brother, Harry S.
Sutton, Oil City, Pa. and IA grand
children.
Evening star., 1942-03-23
Naval Officer,
.Hit.Run Victim,
Held
Troffic Toll Now 81;
Mother, 2 Daughters
Hurt Badly in Crash

Washington's 1912 traffic fatality
toll stood at 81 today following the
death last night of a 46-year -old
naval officer who was struck by a
hit-run vehicle near his home Sat-
urday night.
The officer, 1t. Comdr. Francis p.
Quigley, So Hamilton street NV,
died in Walter Reed Hospital of
head and internal injuries several
hours after police had arrested Cor
don M. Arion, a, of 233 UpShur
street NV, and charged him with
being the driver Of the hit-and-run
car.
Police credited the arrest of the
suspect to the alertness OF three
auxiliary policemen who were
patroling a beat near Bunker Hill
road and Eastern avenue NE. early
yesterday when they observed car
with a broken headlight. The ma
chine was being driven by Mr.. Arion.
Allowed TO Proceed.
The officers said the driver told
them he had damaged the headlight
some time before. They allowed him
to proceed after taking down his
license number. A short while later,
they stopped a motor cycle police
man and gave him the number. The
motor cycle offlcer called head
quarters and police arrested Mr.
Arion.
The auxiliary policemen are
George S. Maykrantz. 81, of 1920
Evening star., 1942-03-23
County 4-H Clubs
Plan Annual Dinner
Special Dispatch to ThA Star.

Special Dispatch to ThA Star.
ROCKVILLE, Md, March 23.-
Montgomery Comty's annual All
Club banquet will be held at the
Poolesville High School Thursday
night, with Miss Betty Bussard of
Germantown as toastmistress. The
speakers will include Edward Mayne.
Gladys Arnold, Betty Gloyd and
George Fry. A play will be presented
by the Germantown Club and the
Laytonsville Al Club will give
garden scene
Miss Julia Kemp, president Of the
Montgomery County All Senior
Council; Miss Edythe M. Turner,
home demonstration agent; Rufus B.
King, assistant county agent; Miss
Dorothy Cruikshank, Miss Ann Lee
Upton, William King and Merle
Howes are IN charge Of arrange
ments.
Evening star., 1942-03-23
Milk Consumers 10 Map
Fioht on Price Increase
y a Staff Correspondent of The Star.

BY a Staff Correspondent of The Star.
ALEXANDRIA, Va. March 23.-
Harold Serr. chairman Of the Aelx-
andria and Arlington Milk Con-
sumers Committee, has called a
meeting for tomorrow night to CO.
ordinate and plan consumer testi-
mony to be presented by the COM
mittee when the State Milk Com
mission convenes at II a m. Wednes-
day in the Alexandria City Council
chamber to hear the request of
producers for increased milk prices
The consumer meeting will be held
at 8 o'clock at Beverly Hills Com
nunity Church, Tennessee street and
Old Dominion boulevard, Alexandria.
Mr.. Serr said the committee
would question the need for higher
prices for producers at this time,
in view of previous increases.
Testimony also will be presented
at the hearing by the Washington
League of Women Shoppers, sew
eral Parent Teacher Associations,
nutrition experts and doctors, Mr..
Serr said.
The Maryland Virginia Milk Pro-
ducers' Association has asked for
an increase Of about a cents a
hundreweight over the prevailing
$3.50 rate for Glass milk. The re-
quest applies to the Alexandria,
Arlington sales area.
Evening star., 1942-03-23
Five Face Vogroncy Charges
In Work or Fight Campaign.
Star Staff Photo.

to JAIL" he declared, adding that an
other so or more got jobs when
they heard of our actions"
The drive is in the spirit of the
work -or-fight" law passed by the
Legislature in World War I, but that
law has not been invoked, Mr.. Smith
explained. The campaign was
prompted by a critical farm labor
situation.
"All those eligible from the so
ordered to court were sent to defense
headquarters and signed up for
some activity such as airplane spot
ting. They freed men urgently
needed in farm work and other jobs
who have been giving larce amount
of time to defense
I'm one or two cases, the idlers
we're men OF independent means who
refused to do anything in defense
work. When we forcibE brought
their real duties to their attention,
they co-operated."
The vagrancy charge carries a
maximum of year imprisonment.
Evening star., 1942-03-23
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
CENTREVILLE, Nd. March 23.-
Men must produce proof before a
deadline tonight that they have jobs
or face prosecution on vagrancy
charges in q work or fight" cam
paign by States Attorney John
Palmer Smith.
The drive already has placed more
than 100 men in farm jobs in the last
10 days in Queen Annes County. he
said
About so, described by Mr.. Smith
as chronic idlers who absolutely re-
fused to do any defense work" were
summoned to appear before Mag
istrate Melvin H. Robinson to show
cause why they were not employed.
"All but five of these have OBJ
tanned work, and If they cannot show
that they are employed by tonight,
warrants charging them with vag-
rancy will be sworn out and the
men will be prosecuted" Mr.. Smith
said.
Such men "can work or fight or 60
Evening star., 1942-03-23
Maryland W. p. A. Workers
MAY Be Shifted 10 Farms

By the Associated Press
BALTIMORE. March 23.-A pro-
posal that all w. P. A. projects in
Maryland be deferred and all avail
able w. P. A. workers be employed
on farms until the harvest season
ends was presented to officials of
that agency today by farm leaders.
Crop planting now is beginning
and farmers already feel the labor
shortage, according to Thomas Roy
Brookes, Maryland grange master.
In Frederick County, meanwhile,
three road projects have been
ordered discontinued April 2 50 w.
P. A. employees could be freed for
farm work.
County Engineer Roger H. Willard
said it was agreed when the work
started last fall that the projects
were to be discontinued in the
spring to make workers available
for farming.
Mr.. Brookes and Philip c. Turner,
Maryland Farm Bureau president,
were among farm leaders conferring
today with Harry D. Williar. w.
p. A. director.
Evening star., 1942-03-23
Planting Of Trees Urged
On Unsuitable Farm Land
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
c. F. Winslow, extension forester
for the University of Maryland. said
yesterday that 10000 acres Of State
farm land here were being retired
from production every year.
He asserted the retirement was
caused by unsuitability of land for
cropping purposes, changes in cul-
tivation practices and a need for
more intensive farming methods.
I'm most cases this means a defi-
mite loss in income to the farmer
which could be made up at least
partially by planting the land in
trees" Mr.. Winslow said, adding
that the best time to plant trees
was March and April.
He added the landowner should
select the variety of tree best suited
to local soil conditions. Loblolly
pine grows well on water logged
mountain soil, he said, and white.
Scotch, table mountain and jack
pines do well on moist, well-drained
soils.
Evening star., 1942-03-23
Montgomery Leads State
In Christmas Seal Sale

Montgomery County led all other
Maryland counties in the sale of
1941 Christmas seals, the Maryland
tuberculosis Association reported
today in releasing final returns on
the sale
The amount raised in Montgom-
cry was $40, ,482 76, which represented
a 1916 per cent increase over the
1910 sale. The sum was over II
cents per capita.
Prince Georges County turned in
the greatest percentage increase of
any other county, with a total of
$5,l36, an increase of 46.7 per cent
over the previous years sale. The
amount was 512 cents per capita.
Baltimore County turned in $9,921
while Baltimore city raised $685.
O6650. The total State figure was
$118,295 %, an increase over 1910 of
215 per cent, or per capita return
of ga cents.
Returns from other counties in
cluded Anne Arundel, 81 4.4O494; CAL
vert, $2531 Charles, S464 4.93; Fred
erick. $1,931.83, and st. Marys,
$171.10.
Evening star., 1942-03-23
Capital Is Seen
Needing Bigger
Water Supply
100000 Gallons
More Daily Held
Required Here

With Washington's water con-
sumption keeping pace with the
accelerated wartime growth in pop
ulation, an increase of 10000, 900
gallons in the daily capacity of the
Dalecarlia pumping station will
be needed during the 1943 fiscal
year, Maj. Gen. Eugene Reybold,
chief of Army engineers, estimated
today in his annual report.
That amount is in addition to the
10000 ,0OO- gallon reservoir now un-
der construction at the Mcmillan
plant to guard against a shortage
of purified water for Washington
and Arlington County in case of a
severe drought. The new McMil-
Ian reservoir, authorized recently,
will not be in use until after June
80, the end of this fiscal year.
The maximum daily consumption
of water for Washington and Ar
lington County. which depends on
the Districts supply. is now 153,-
100000 gallons, and the average
daily consumption is 112,600,000
gallons. Based on population of
723,000 in the District, at the time
the report was prepared, and IT,
600 in Arlington, the average per
capita daily consumption for both
areas is 142 gallons.
.S505,723 Spent for Operation.
Washington's daily consumption
alone was 1O8,44O,630 gallons, or
$50 gallons per capita. The aver
age daily amount of water fur
nished to Arlington users was A.
159,370 gallons, for which the Gov
ernment was paid.
AS usual, the Federal buildings in
Washington represent the largest
single user of water, accounting for
IS per cent of the total. They con-
sumed an average daily of 14,464 ,054
gallons, or nearly four times as
much as the 77000 residents of
Arlington County.
The cost of operation and main
tenance of the water system for
the 1941 fiscal year was $505, 1928
with an additional s68,616 for re-
placements.
New Intakes Needed.
New work estimated for the 1943
fiscal year calls for expenditures
of $648,930 for general operation,
salaries and equipment; 100000 for
completion of the Mcmillan Reser-
voir, and s530,O00 for requirements
at the Dalecarlia, Mcmillan and
Georgetown plants.
The most important item is
$4,000 for the installation of a
third high pump of 10000, ,0OO- gallon
capacity in the Dalecarlia station.
New intakes will have to be built
eventually at Great Falls. Md, and
preliminary modification of the di-
version work is estimated to cost
$5O,0OO.
Among improvements and addi-
tions authorized for the fiscal year
ending June 30, next. was a filter
system at Dalecarlia, a new booster
pump at Mcmillan and replacement
of the filter-control equipment at
Mcmillan.
Evening star., 1942-03-23
Harry 0urand's S Funeral
To Be Held Tomorrow

Funeral services for Harry
Ourand. A. Takoma Park police
man, who died Saturday night IN
Sibley Hospital after an illness OF
several weeks, will be held at 2:3O
pm. tomorrow at the Warner E.
Pumphrey funeral home, Silver
Spring. Burial will be in st. johns S
Cemetery, Olney, Md.
Born in Takoma Park, Off1cer
Ourand was a craftsman with the
War Department during the first
World War. He was an automobile
salesman in Washington for a num-
ber of years and for IS years was
constable in the Montgomery County
police force.
He was appointed town policeman
last year after serving two years as
clerk in the police station at Takoma
Park. He lived at 108 Holly avenue.
Besides his widow Mr.. Ourand is
survived by a son. Ward. and two
daughters, Gloria and Audrey.
Evening star., 1942-03-23
Arlington Churches
Will Hold Special
Lenten Services
Union Rites Planned
Wednesday Evening
AtCentruI Methodist

Special lenten services for Arl-
ington County churches were an
nounced today.
The Litany and sermon THE
Sixth Word From the Cross will
be delivered by the Rev. Edward H.
Pruden of the First Baptist Church,
Washington, at St. Georges Protes-
tant Episcopal Church, Ninth and
Nelson streets at pm. Wednesday.
The Rev. Henry j. Miller, rector,
will celebrate holy communion at
l0:3O am. and childrens lenten
service at 4:30 pm.
Sermon Topics Selected.
The Rev. Carl F. Yeager will
speak on The Church Through the
Ages" at the Resurrection Evan
gelical Lutheran Church at 8 pm.
Thursday. Services will be held at
36O8 Wilson boulevard.
The Kingly Christ" will be the
sermon topic of the Rev. George }.
Grewenow at Arlington Faith Luth-
eran Church, Lee boulevard and
JdCkSOll SUICCO do y PIN w
Union Services Planned.
AT the Westover Baptist Church,
Patrick Henry drive and Washing
ton boulevard, the Rev. Perry l..
Mitchell will talk on The Great
Multitude" at 7:45 pm. Wednes-
day.
Union lenten services will be held
at the Central Methodist Churcs,
Fairfax drive and Stafford street
at 8 p.p. Wednesday with Ballston
Raptist, Wilson Boulevard Chris
ton. Central Methodist, Ballston
Presbyterian and Mount Ohvet
Methodist Churches participating
The Revs. Franz G. Borbe, Ira r.
Harbaugh, Harry w. Craver. Linus
L. Strock and Charles L. De Long
will take part in the services.
Evening star., 1942-03-23

Chillup place NE: Ivan r. Perez,
%, of 4306 Thirteenth place NE,
and Virgil F. Taylor. IS, of 1923
Ninth street NE.
Comdr. Quigley was struck as he
crossed the street at North Capitol
and Hamilton on the way to a gro
Gerry store. Police said Arion told
them he had driven down the street
where the accident occurred and
that he had felt "a bump against
the car somewhere in the vicinity.
Held in $1,000 Bond.
Arion was held under $1,000 bond
for action of the coroner. No time
has been set for an inquest.
A native of Atlantic City, Comdr
Quigley had been a resident of
Washington more than Is years. He
was serving as an appraisal engineer
with the Federal Power Commission
when called to active duty in the
Navy recently. He served as a sea-
man in the last World War and was
a member of the Reserve Force.
Comdr. Quigley is survived by his
widow. Mrs. Marie Quigley; two
children, Suzanne, II, and Laurette,
IS; a brother, Robert j. Quigley
and a sister, Mrs. Howard Mis-
sion, jr.
A Washington mother and her two
daughters we're injured seriously
last night in a collision between two
automobiles on the Baltimore boule-
ward near Laurel, Md.
D. C. Mother, Daughters Hurt.
The victims, who were taken to
Casualty Hospital by the Branch
vile Rescue Squad, were listed as
Mrs. Vera Goertz, IS, Of 1720 Min
nesota avenue Sc, and her daugh-
ter Eleanor, IL, both Of whom may
have pelvis fractures, and another
daughter, Mary, 8, whose injuries
included a compound fracture Of
the right leg and conclusion.
Mrs. Goertz' husband Philip was
listed as the driver of the car in
which they were riding.
A report on circumstances of the
accident and Identification of the
other machine involved in the mis-
hap were not Immediately available
from Maryland State police.
James Hall, SO, Of 1904 North
Fifth street, Arlington. suffered only
slight bruises last night when, ac-
cording to Alexandria police, his car
ran off a road near Alexandria and
plunged into the waters of Wilson
Run. He was given emergency
treatment at Alexandria Hospital
and released.
Evening star., 1942-03-23
Harold Vanderbilt
BUYS Historic Estate
Near Woodstock, Va.
Dunmore Mount Airy,
Is Sold for Between
100000 and $250,W

BY the Associated Press.
WOODSTOCK, Va. March 23.-
Dunmore Mount Airy. historic estate
near Mount Jackson, has been sold
to Harold S. Vanderbilt. sportsman,
of Manalapin. Fla. it was learned
here yesterday.
The purchase price was reported
to be between 100000 and $3.50 900
and was one of the largest real estate
transactions involving private in
dividual ever made in Northern Vir-
ginia, attorneys here said.
The first owner Of the estate was
Taverner Beale. first sheriff Of Dun
more, now Shenandoah County. His
son-in law, william Steenbergen,
built the present mansion house in
1899. The estate was purchased by
John G. Meem of Lynchburg in
1841 and descended to his son.
Daniel Kelleher of Seattle, Wash.
bought the place in 1909 and Mrs.
Kelleher, on her husbands death,
decided it to Dunmore Mount Airy,
Inc. from whom Mr.. Vanderbilt
made the purchase.
The estate includes 1000 acres OF
land, herds of livestock and water
rights on the site of the Mount
Jackson municipal system.
Evening star., 1942-03-23
FIonnoeon Assured
denomination to House

By the Associated Press.
BRISTOL, Va, March 23.-More
than enough support to insure the
denomination of Representative
Flanagan by the Democratic party
in the ninth district we're contained
In pledges on record today from
mass meetings in q number of
counties.
Pledges for support Of Mr.. Flan-
nagan at the district convention in
Bristol March % came from the
counties of Wise, Washington, Rus
sell, Smyth, Dickinson, Buchanan
and Bland. Other mass meetings,
including ones at Bristol and Taze-
well, will be held next week.
Evening star., 1942-03-23
Mrs. Mary E. Watkins
Funeral Rites Held

Special Dispatch to The Star.
DAMASCUS, Nd, March 49,
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary
Elizabeth Watkins, 68, who died at
her home here Friday after long
illness, were held at the home yes
terday. The Rev. Stephen Galley
Of Montgomery Methodist Church,
Clagettsville, ofnciated. Burial was
in the church cemetery.
Mrs. Watkins is survived by her
husband, James H. Watkins; three
daughters, Miss Gladys Watkins,
Damascus; Mrs. Charles E. Stanley,
Damascus, and Mrs. Bertha C..
Brown, Washington; four sons, Win
fred, Mount Airy; Russell and
Irving B.. both of Damascus, and
Lonza, Baltimore; sister. Miss
Rena Hilton, Washington, and two
brothers, Harry P. Hilton, Balti-
more, and Ray Hilton. Clagettsville.
Mrs. Watkins was lifelong resi-
dent Of Damascus district.
Evening star., 1942-03-23
Army Day Indorsed
By Admiral Kinq

Admiral Ernest J. King. COM
mander' in chief of the United
States Fleet, has indorsed Army day
in q letter sent to the commander
in chief of the Military Order of the
World War, the organization which
sponsors the celebration throughout
the country.
Speaking for the officers of the
Navy" Admiral King wrote, Il ex-
tend to the Army best wishes for
the success of Army day. and as
well, for the success of their under
takings in the common effort We
are all making"
Evening star., 1942-03-23
New Officers Elected
By Health Association
Nv the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
RICHMOND, Va, March 23.-The
Virginia State Association of Health,
Physical Education and Recreation
elected officers at a one-day meeting
here Saturday devoted largely to
discussion of health in relation to
the war.
New officers are Miss Martha
Barskdale of William and Mary
College, president; Miss Harriet
Baker, Portsmouth, secretary-treas-
urer, and M. B. Blair, member of
the Board of Directors. A. B. Doran,
George Washington High School,
Alexandria, was reelected vice
president.
Miss Barskdale succeeds Lawrence
T. Ludwig, University of Virginia,
as president.
Evening star., 1942-03-23
School Variety Show
Winners Are Announced

Prize winners for the best perform
ance in the fourth annual variety
show at Montgomery Blair Senior
High School in Silver Spring in
clude:
Grand prize for the best an-round
performance, Charles Ryan. master
of ceremonies; dancing, Imogene
Fletcher; instrumental, Mary Ann
Mitchell, Alden Emery, Harold Day
and Charles Cook; skits, Eloise. John
and Norman Inglehart, Eddie Kulda
and Dorothy Perkins. A special
prize was awarded to Jan Bien, who
played seven different instruments.
Judges we're Mrs. Dorothy Murray
of The Evening Star. Byron Sedge-
wick and Harry c. Peacock.
Evening star., 1942-03-23
Bible Round Table
On Radio Toniqht

"The Church's Responsibility to
Our Service Men" will be the topic
of the Bible round table discussion
at I o'clock tonight over Radio Sta
ton WWDC.
Taking part in the broadcast will
be Clinton N. Howard, editor OF
Progress Magazine; DR.. Oscar F..
Blackwelder, pastor Of the Church
of the Reformation, and Repre-
sentative Guyer Of Kansas.
Evening star., 1942-03-23
Rites to Be Held Today
For Mrs. DetwiIer

Mrs. Roberta Lee Detwiler, 70,
who died Saturday at her home in
Herndon, Va, was to be buried this
afternoon at Chestnut Grove Gene
tery, Herndon, following funeral
services at 2 pm. at st. Timothy's
Episcopal Church.
Mrs. Detwiler, widow Of DR.. Ben
jamin DetEiler. dentist, had lived
in Herndon for about 50 years. She
was an active church worker and
member Of the Herndon Home In.
terest Garden Club.
She is survived by q sister. Mrs.
Annie Head Of Washington; a son,
DR.. D. L. Detwiler Of Herndon, and
two daughters, Mrs. Donald Callar
Of Staunton and Mrs. Beulah An
derson. Herndon.
Evening star., 1942-03-23
6. <. Wilson Reelected
Accokeek Fire Head

G. E. Wilson was reelected presi-
dent and Henry Claggett, treasurer
of the Accokeek MD Volunteer
Fire Department at its March meet
ing. Both are serving their 10th
terms
Other officers named were S. H.
Conley, vice president; Harry Ritter.
secretary; Hilton Conley, assistant
secretary; Bruce Smith, chief = Gene
Shade, assistant chief; Howard
Skinner, superintendent of machin-
cry: r. E. Minifee, captain; Wake
field Wilson, lieutenant; Lawrence
Gates. sergeant, and Earl Hennings,
fire marshal,
Evening star., 1942-03-23
Arnold Made Major

ALEXANDRIA, Va, March q
(SpeciaD John s. Arnold, former
chief Of police here and an Army
ofncer since January 1, 1941, has been
promoted from captain to major fol-
lowing completion OF q nine-week
course at the Army's Command and
General Staff School, Fort Leaven-
worth, KAns. He has been assigned to
the washington Provisional Brigade.