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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-05
CAROL WALKER
 CHILD PRODIGY
Borough Resident to Play With ViOIinist VladO
 KOlitsch Saturday

Naugatuck, Nov. 5--A concert by the noted violinist, Vlado Kolitseh, will be presented at the high school auditorium Saturday afternoon, Nov. 2 at 3 o'clock for grammar school children, their parents and friends. A child prodigy, Carol Walker, daughter of Mir. and Mrs. Philip Walker, will play with the famous violinist for one number. No tickets are required. This concert will en- able all children, parents and teachers to hear MT. Kolitsch who is beginning violin classes in the Futile Music Shed next Saturday morning at o'clock. The response to the new plan for violin instruc- ton is gratifying and it is hoped many other children will apply for admission to these classes held Sat- urdays at g a. m. Applications are now being received.
 Engaged
 MT. and Mrs. Cecil H. Grant of Millville avenue have announced the engagement of their daughter, Cecily May, to Robert Dana Car michael, son of MT. and Mrs. Everett Boutwell,, of Andover, Mass.
 Miss Grant is a graduate oi Naugatuck high school and Simmons college, Boston, Mass. She is now a regional librarian in Warren, o.
 MT. Carmichael, who is employed at the local plant of the U. S. Rub- Der company, is a graduate of An dover academy and the Lowell Technical School of Engineering, Lowell, Mass.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-05

because his wife made his golf score soar into high numbers. He told the judge he tried to teach her the game as she made the rounds with
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-05

Although Japan is offering sub- stantial subsidies to Japanese who migrate to Manchuria few are ac- cepting.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-05

Bitten by . giant spider while picking flowers. Maria Estrada, aged eight, died in great agony in Con- traraR Mexico.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-05

The U. s. Bureau of Census re- ports the average number of per. sons to a family in this country is AS.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-05

Turkey vii lestablish q modern shipbuiiding yard on Pauli Island Ia tlaA Saa ns Maxpanwa.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-05
COULDN'T TEACH HER GOLF

San Diego, Cal. -(UP)- Frank Salmon was granted a divorce here
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-05
Borough Funerals
(NEA Radiophoto)

Naugatuck, Nov. 4.-Leopold Bar kowski of 68 Anderson street diec early this morning at his home Born in Poland, he came to the United States as a young man ant made his home in Westport, Mass He had been a resident of Union City for two years.
 Survivors are: his wife, Rose Stop. nicki, one son, John of Fall River Mass, four daughters, Mrs. Kisse of New York city, Mrs. Anthony Bacca of Providence, R. l., Mrs William Fitzpatrick of Providence R. T., and Mrs. Joseph SvzvoczarI of Union City.
 The funeral will take place Sat urday from the Fitzgerald funera home, 320 North Main strete. Friend may call after 1 o'clock this even ing.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-05

Naugatuck, November 5. - The funeral of Pearl T. Beers, 49 former Prospect school bus driver and native of Middlebury, who died in Ashland, N. H., Monday of self inflicted bullet wounds, was held this morning at II o'clock from the Alderson Funeral Home, 70 Central avenue, Waterbury. Rev. Oscar Locke of Oakville officiated. Burial was in Prospect.
 Beers was born in Middlebury August "A, 1893, son of James w and SeliEda (Atwood) Beers. He is survived by two sons, Pearl Albert and H. Dayton. both of Ashland and brother, Harry of Prospect.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-31
Children Usually Walk to School

Marons walking Red Cross and market and taking
chaueuring each others children back and forth
school stormy days The rest of the time the school set
walk and surprised to find they rather enjoy it.
It's longer fashionable go market by motor
unless you intend to carry home heavy parcels
Otherwise it's done by bcyce-and it's quite surprising
handlebar baskets.
Merriweather road is street of young family bcycls
riders and it's quite the thing for mother and father and the
children to wheel side by side all sorts Of outdoor aun
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-31
Libby Hecker, Parents Ride Bikes

The Richard Heckers and Libby find great fun their
bikes Libby hers for school, Mrs Hecker visiting
Red Crossing and marketing hers And they and their
neghbors will be rolling back and forth to club and beach,
Near neghbors and fellow riders Of Heckers the
John Crawford Frost Jrs and the Esmond Aves also Of
Merriweather road.
Among others you'll find wheeling about the Ponte os
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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-31
Bloomfield
Horse Show
Boxes Coins
BY THE CHAPERoN

BLOOMFIELD Open Hunt will
- sponsor its. eighth annual
Detroit Spring Horse Show June
IL. 13 and Ia, with participants
from all over the United States
and Canada descending upon the
Hills for the event.
Wen aware of the urgency OF
the times. the horse show COM
mittee, headed by William o.
Bridge. is making this charity
affair with proceeds going TO the
Army and Navy Recreation
League.
Even the awards sound
patriotic note-war bonds being
given instead of trophies.
The list of boxholders is al
ready beginning 10 lengthen,
though many have hardly had
time enough between shows to
file a request.
Reservations have been made
for:
Elliott sloeum Mich S John L. . Lp yet.
Everell y. Fisher Frank W. shuell
Warren g. Booth Walter o. Briggs Jr.
Charles u. Pierce A. A. Clark
Graham J. Graham John J. Hettchs
c. Henry Bull.
Also by;
Mrs. Laura Butler Higbie,
George d. Garner, Mrs. Hugh
Barclay, DR.. j. S. Leszynski.
William G.. Lerchen, Mrs. James
A. Blackwood. Clarence f. Otter,
Morgan d. Douglas, John l..
Morley and K. J. Anderson.
Colony Town Fete
Military and colorful to the
Nth degree will be the annual
outdoor fete at the Colony Town
Club, Tuesday afternoon, June
9-from the curtain-raiser drum
mer dance by Noel Baker and
other patriotic numbers by Eve
lyn Livingston Smiths dance
group, to the bugle and drum
corps from the naval armory
which will accompany the UNI
furling of the colors of the
United Nations.
Another dramatic feature of
the program will be a fashion
parade of models showing the
entire variety of uniforms worn
by American women in war serv-
ices. Nurses aid, Red Cross,
Gray Lady. motor corps, can
teen worker-on through the list
to the WAC, petticoat army,
and civilian air patrol.
Mrs. Otto Rumpel, general
chairman, states that while the
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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-31

for the duratonther wheels propped on the
floor Others taken only for long journeys for
emergencies.
Meantime bankers and brokers' business heads and
industrial executives going back and forth to work
sharing their others the trips
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-31
Crosse Pointers Cut Down
Driving, Share Rides,
Take Bicycling Seriously
BY FRANCES OWENS

. ROSSE POINTE won't mind the tire and gasoline
shortage half so much you might think.
r For thing-most of the cars In that
fashionable section will last a long, long time.
Many of them have been tucked away in snug
La gaceta., 1942-07-17

dejen abajo, en- cualquier salon
clio.
Asi Sc hizo.
Pope habia sido conducido a
.su alcoba, y le echaron en- la ca
ma.
FL deSdichado parecia pr6xi-
mo a caer EN- un ataque de cpl
lepsia, tai era su excitaci6n ner-
,Viosa.
En- cuanto a Otamendi, aun-
que no estaba nj siquiera heri-
do parecia aplastado por ell pc
$50 de un dolor moral mucho mas
horrible que el que lie habria pro
ducido la herida de una bala DIES
garrando sus carneS.
Parecia muerto, con sus ojoS
entornados.
La Servidumbre comenz6 a
lprodigar sus cuidados al doctor
sin saber a ciencia cierta 10 que
habia ocurrido entire su amo Y
este desconocido.
La gaceta., 1942-07-17

Dona Angeles atendia a su
yerno, auXiliada a su vez por ell
mayordomo v algunas mujeres.
Guido, ell ch6fer de la villa,
que era tambien italiano, acudi6
deSde los garages a ayudar a
suS ccmpaheroS.
Nadie c%omprendia 10 que ha-
bia pasado.
La eSposa de Pietro Cenci, a.
provechando un inStante EN- que
Pepe comenzo a quejarse, Y pa
recia mejorar, sali6 de la alco-
ba, baj6 corriendo las escaleras,
sin querer utilizar ell ascensor
de la casa v Sc dirigi6 al salon
clio donde estaba Otamendi ro-
deado de Servidores de la finca.
al verse frente a frente del
seductor de su hija, doha Ange-
les tuvo que contener Sus iras Y
suS lccoS deseos de escupir en-
ell rostro al cinico Y malvado.
Pero ell chico y malvado ape
La gaceta., 1942-07-17

Pefetti peleara hoy con ell zurdo Fem
Bryan Sc batir5 con ell soldado Goes

Jim Downing Sc mostraba a.
yer satisfecho del programa que
esta noche presentara en- ell par
que Cuscaden.
Ell popular empresario y obre-
70 de los a~stilleros, tiene la Sc
guridad de que al pGblico gusta-
ra Ell match entire AL Fern, el
soldado zurdo de West Tampa,
ly Matt Perfetti, otro soldado y
veterano gladiator.
Fern manif2Vt6 anteayer que
vencera a su adversario por mo
caut", pero otra cosa opina ell i
taliano.
AL triunfador Sc le ofreceran
Ipeleas con los mejores p1giles
de su categoria.
Red Bryan, Ell de Ia mandlbu-
la de hero, tendra de contrario
a Roger Goss, otro veterano de
la profession.
Derrot6 Bryan, dando una
demonstration se|nacional, a Chi
no Gispert, en- ell mas %interesan-
La gaceta., 1942-07-17

Angeles, el mayordomo Y varias
mujeres llevaron al marques
hacia la villa, subiendo por uno
de aquellos caminos enarenados.
que alumbraba po6tica y miste-
rioSamente la luna.
I'll infeliz caminaba como a.
gobiado por ell peso de su cri-
men.
Mieutras tanto, el ch6fer Y O.
tros Servidores de la finca ha-
bian rgcogido a Otamendi. que
permanecia con los ojos cerra-
dos y estaba livido como un
muerto.
AT doctor 10 subieron haSta la
villa en- brazos.
Pero dona Angeles, que va
habia calculado que entrarian a.
qui tambitn al. Gmuerto2.., O
al herido.., Ne orden6, al des-
Igaire, a Giuseppe:
-Vaya usted Y olga que no
SUDAN aqui a csc senior. Que 10
La gaceta., 1942-07-17

Entonces lie dijo, hacienda un
leve gesto con la diestra:
-Venga listed conmigo un
instante.
lie gui6 hasta ell despacho del
marques.
La mujer, en- estos momentos
solemnes, en- estas circunstan-
Gas angustiosas, echaba mano
dc todas sus fuerzas, de TODD su
poder de disimulo y de ~resisten-
cha, sabiendo que de su sereni-
dad dependia, tai vez, que ell
ncmbre de su hija v de su YER
no no voNieran a mancharse de
nuevo con ell lodo horrible de O.
tro escandalo.
Una vez en- ell despacho. ella
misma cerr6 la puerta de la
gran pieza de trabajo de Pepe,
tras encender varias luces.
Sc acerc6 luego a la mesa, y a
abriendo su escarcela enorme,
extrajO varies libletes de Banco
La gaceta., 1942-07-17

Ell segundo y no hizo NADIA nota-
Allen.
Hernandez, ell catcher de los
Cubs, di6 un hits en- dos wees
al bate.
Joe Medwich pogo dos hits en-
el segundi Y no hizo NADIA nota-
bic en- el primero. Lou Novikoff,
el "ruso loco" aport6 cuatro "ji
lctes," en- siete wees.
Brooklyn DC, 8h, 2e; Chicago
&c, 14h, lie.
Brooklyn &c, Oh, Zoe; Chicago
lie, IN, lie.
La gaceta., 1942-07-17
DEPORTES
LIGA AMERICANA

Dej6 Bonham en- 7 ''hits' a
los Indios de Cleveland, mien-
tras los Yankees disparaban II,
hacian g carreras y obtenian su
Quinta victoria consecutive.
'Bonham alcanz6 su d6cimo ext
to en- la temporada.
Red Ro'fe reapareci6 en- la Ii
nea de combate y descarg6 un
cuadrangUlar y dos hits. Pega-
ron "~jonrones," por los "maltra
tados,' 0ris Hockett y Les File
ming. L. correspondi6 la derro-
ia a Harder, re'evado mas tar
de por Milnar.
Cleveland sc, III, 2e; n. York
Sc, 11h, lie.
La gaceta., 1942-07-17
-Esta muy bien, sehora.

-Esta muy bien, sehora.
All, una orden, terminan-
tel
Olga la sonora.
listed, Guido, Guide de que.
bajo ningdn pretexto. salga de
aqui, este senior, quiero deeir.
de este saloncillo. lSaben uste-
des?
Este tranquila Ia sonora.
Doha Angeles abandon6 ell sa-
loncilo, mientras algunas mule
res de la servidumbre volvian
trayendo frascos y cajas del bo-
tiquin de Ia villa.
En- el hall, estaba aun ell cb6-
fer que habia traido a doha An
geles.
Ri hombre comenzaba a impa
eientarse, a temer verse envuel-
to en- algln proceso, en- alg7in e.
candalo.
Dona Angeles lie adivin6 Ia
ansiedad en- ell rostro.
La gaceta., 1942-07-17

tie bout del programa de la Sc
mana pasada.
Para Buster Carroll, ell 40
sill" de Jacksonville, fu5 selec-
cionado aver Max PiXley, s9.da.
do del campamento Drew.
Carroll espera coEqlistar la
victoria Y lentsmenta ir recupe-
rando su buena forma.
En- las otras peleas participa-
ran All Stintson y Tino Alfonso,
y Jack Shoe y Charley Sanga.
Downing esta procurando en-
contrar pdgiles latinos, de mo-
do que ell pdblico de Ybor City y
West Tampa quede satisfechO.
La gaceta., 1942-07-17

Con sus fuertes bataz0s pro-
dujo Chef Laabs las cinco carre-
ras de su novena, derrotando a
los Atl6ticos.
Laabs dispar6 dos quadrangle
lares Y un hit" Judnich aport6
un tr.0ey. Pitcher ganador:
H~ollingsworth.
San Luis SC, Oh, De; Filadel-
fla 1c, III, De.
La gaceta., 1942-07-17
LIGA NACIONAL

Carl Hubbell retorno aver a sus
0uenos dias Y dai6 a los Piratas
IN cua.ro hits, derrotandclos.
La Gnica carrera del Pitsburg
Sc produjo en- ell noveno, con un
tribey de johnny Barrett y un
"jilote" de Fletcher. Butcher
cargo con la derrota. Alfonso L6
PEI no bate6 de chit" en- tres
wees.
New York &c, 8h, De; Pitts
burg lie, 4h, lie.
La gaceta., 1942-07-17

Los "Esquivadores' no llega-
ron a la "goma" en- los nueve e.
pisodios del primer juego, pero
'levantaron vapor' y ganaron ell
segundo.
Schmitz fue 81 pitcher CANA
dor, en- ell inicial, ayudado por ell
catcher McCullough. Curt DAYS
perdi6 Ell primero J Fleming el
segundo.
La victoria lie correspondi6, en-
La gaceta., 1942-07-17

Once 'terap6uticos" descarga
ron los Rojos contra A pitchers
de los Braves, 3iendo Early ell
"vapuleado."
La victoria lie correspondi6 a
Riddle, que reemplaz6 a Wander
Nicer y a su vez fue relevado
por Beggs. lombard pogo cua-
tro hits y Fernandez dos.
Boston &c, 14h, De; Cincinna-
ii 7c, 11h, lie.
La gaceta., 1942-07-17

Los Medias BlancaS de Chica-
go batearon seis "jilotes' con-
ira NeWsome y dos lanzadores
de relieve y a~notaron tres carre-
ras. Con seis hits, los Medias Ro
jas solo pudieron anotar dos We
ces. Sc le acredit6 ell triunfo a
Ross, reemplazado en- los ulti-
mos innings por Haynes.
Chicago &c, Oh, lie; Boston q
Oh, lie.
La gaceta., 1942-07-17
Ell CINCINNATI O3TUVO 2
JARDINERCS DE LAS ME-
NORES
Craft, Turner y Abreu afecta-
dos por ell csmbio

Craft, Turner y Abreu atecta-
dos por ell csmbio
Cincinnati, julio 17.-Los Ro-
jos de Cincinnati r~cforzarcn a.
yer sus jardines con la adluisi-
sion de Eric Upton, de q a.
nos, axfutbOlista de Duke, que
viene bateando con I'm prone
dio de mas de 800, y de Francis
Kelleher, de &c, que Ell a1o pa
sado pogo 81 "jonrrones' e i'm
pulse 125 carreras.
Por los servicios de Upton, ell
.Cinci cedi6 a Harry Craft V en-
tregara una cantidad de dinero;
por los de Kelleher, fueron tras-
pasados ell pitcher Jim Turner
y Jose Abreu y ademas Sc dara
una suma en- metalico.
Upton vestira hoy ell unifor-
me de los Rojos, descartando ell
de los Blues de Kansas City.
En- 10 que va de temporada y
jugando con ell Newark, Kelle-
her Eeva bateados % cuadran-
gulares y ha impulsadc 81 ca
rreras. Su promedio al bate es
de 292. All Cinci Sc agregara ell
venidero domingo.
Craft es un excelente jardine-
70, pero al bate es muy d6bil.
Su promedio annual no pasa de
250.
Turner actu6 como pitcher
"taponador" en- los amos 1899 y
1910, pero su efectividad Sc des-
vaneci6 ell ano pasado.
La gaceta., 1942-07-17

Los Phillivs anotaron una ca
rrera en- ell decimo, ~desempata-
rcn ell desafio y ganaron. Hug
hes fue ell pitcher ganador y
Moore ell derrotado.
Filadelfia &c, Oh, De; San Luis
&c, 10h, 2e.
La gaceta., 1942-07-17

Zuber cedi6 ell campo a Ale
jandro Carrasquel, Ell venezola-
no, Y a este Sc lie otorg6 el exito.
Detroit SC, 9h, &c; Washing
ton &c, 5h, 2e.
La gaceta., 1942-07-17

mas Sc daba cuenta de 10 que o.
curria a SUI alrededor.
lLo habian echado en- un "chai-
Sc Tongue y permanecia inm6-
vii, boca arriba, livido bajo la
luz blanca de dos lamparas.
Los criadoS lie habian algeria
do de ropa, buScando en- vano en-
su cuerpo la huella de heridas o
de golpes.
FL doctor no esta5a herido,
la sonora Cenci contempl6
durante un ratio a aquel hon.
bre, que era para ella el mas o.
diado de la TERRA.
- Quiere la sonora que Sc a.
wise a un doctor el
mayordomo que habia baiado
con ella.
ri No, de ninEin mo3ol-re-
puso dOna Angeles. Cuidenlo
ustedes; haganle volver en- 81.
Y luego, me laman.
La gaceta., 1942-07-17

I'm batazo de hit de George
Case, en- el decimo, hizo entrar
a E~stalella, que Sc hallaba en- la
tercera base, y los Senadores
ganaron el desafio.
AnOt6 Estalella dos carreras,
en- Ell curse del partido, mas no
bate6 de hit"
La gaceta., 1942-07-17
ST senior

ST senior
Compre la pintura B.
L. P. Solamente Sc ven
de en- King-G Greco Hard
ware Co., 8a. avenida y
! Gale Is.
La gaceta., 1942-07-17

Sc SOLICITA una camarera
inteligente. que liable ingl6s y
espanol. No as para un Joint.
Sueldo y propinas Informan en-
est2 -edacciGt
La gaceta., 1942-07-17
Ia Gace.a Folletin No. 1856
TONIC rERCBRO
LA MUCHACHA
DE LA GALE

loco, lie empuj6 hacia la entrada
de Ia Quinta.
Por 10 demas, por suerte, en-
este instnte aparecieron varios
criados de Ramo Florido, Giu-
scope, Guido, algunas doncellas.
-5Que pasa?
-lQu6 ha ocurrido?
-IPero es el senior?
Doha Angeles cort6 los comen
tarios, ordenando:
II Ayldenme ustedes a lie
varlo arriba!
o.
Sc hizo q silencio.
Entonces, como sc lleva a un
hombre herido de muerte, dona
Evening star., 1942-04-15
Blasts of Shotgun
| And Dinner Horn
| Warn Fairfax

John T. Blincoe, member of the
Fairfax County (VaD Board of
Supervisors and air-raid sector war
den at Burke, reported that COM
munity's blackout test a thorough
success, even though it was without
sirens or other regulation alarm de-
vices.
When Mr.. Blincoe received the
AFRAID alarm signal he carried an
antique dinner horn out into his
front yard and pulled himself blue
in the face trying to warn his neigh
borS.
Then he got his double
shotgun and let go with couple of
blasts.
Finally Mr.. Blincoe picked up a
hammer and beat a tattoo on large
circular mill saw which hung on a
nearby post.
The all clear was signaled in like
manner, but most of the house lights
stayed out because, he said, it was
bedtime anyway.
When asked if residents of the
community had any advance notice
of the nature of the warning devices,
Mr.. Blincoe replied.
No, but all that noise probably
scared the living lights out of
them
Evening star., 1942-04-15
Commuter Service
On W. & 0. D. 10
Ross|Yn Sought
Show-Couse Petition
Filed TO Obtuin Trains
From Purcellyille

A petition asking the State
Corporation Commission of Virginia
to cite the Washington g. Old
Dominion Railroad to show cause
why passenger service should not
be restored by the line between
Purcellville and Rosslyn has been
filed with the commission by the
Committee for Emergency Trans
portation for Northern Virginia.
The committee requested the
commission to hold its hearings in
the area involved rather than ir
Richmond. 1t claims that it has q
petition with several thousand
names to be presented at the hear
ingS.
A QUESTIONABLE distributed II
residents of the area pointed out
that with the tire and automobile
shortage which the country faces
for the indefinite future, the ques-
ton of transportation to and from
Washington becomes vital to 8
number of residents of the coun-
ties of Arlington, Fairfax and Lou
doun.
Chairman OF the committee is
John S. Brookes. jr.. Vienna, Va
Serving on the committee are John
H. Rust. Mayor of Fairfax; J. T. j
Davis. Mayor of Vienna, and T
Thomas of Vienna is secretary.
Evening star., 1942-04-15
Schools Make Plans
To Register Men and
Rotion Sugar
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
ROCKVILLE, Md. April 15-All
Montgomery County school children
will be fingerprinted for war time
identification purposes under the
sponsorship of the Federal Bureau
of Investigation, the County Board
of Education announced today.
The board was advised of the pre-
iminary plans for registration by the
schools of men between the ages Of
As and IS on April Is. 26 and q and
sugar rationing for the trade on
April 28 and 20 and for the public
on May 4. 5, and 7. The policy of
attempting to conduct the registra-
tionS without closing the schools was
concurred in but it was agreed it
might be necessary to curtail sessions
on some of the dates.
Albert w. Walker, F. K. Metzger
and Julius P. Stadler were appointed
a committee to award contracts on
bids for towels, fuel, tires. paint and
other school supplies for next year.
The board approved appointments
of the following teachers: Charlotte
White. Takoma- Silver Spring Junior
High School; Emma Upton, Glen
Echo Elementary School, Mrs.
Anna c. Fineran, Woodside School:
Mrs. Dorothy Engle, Alta Vista
School; Mrs. Adelaide w Fulmer,
East Bethesda School, and Mrs.
Tremearne, Chevy Chase School
New boilers were ordered for the
Takoma Elementary, Gaithersburg
High and Glen Echo Elementary
Schools.
Evening star., 1942-04-15
Alexandria City Council
Relones Two Tracts
ny a staff Correspondent Of The Star

ny Staff Correspondent of The Star.
ALEXANDRIA, Va. April Is
The Alexandria City Council, meet
ing last night In the BACKED -out
Council chamber. approved two re-
soning applications,
Waverly Taylor, Inc, was the petit
toner in both cases. Changes ap-
proved were to rezone a triangular
plot at Clifford and Commonwealth
avenues from A residential to d.
commercial and to rezone property
at Clifford and Washington avenues
near the Washington g. Old Domin-
Ion Railroad from A residential to
C-l residential
Proposed annexation of a strip of
land in Fairfax County, scheduled
to be discussed last night, did not
come up for consideration.
A public hearing on a rezoning
application by the Braddock Light
& Power Co, scheduled to have
been held last night, has been post
poned until 7:30 pm. April 81.
The company is seeking to have
the so-called "Peverill tract" in
Northeast Alexandria re5oned from
A residential to E industrial The
company. subsidiary OF the Po-
tomac Electric Power Co. intends 10
build a power plant there.
Evening star., 1942-04-15
Four Fires in Fairfax
Believed Due 10 Arson

Members of the Annandale Fire
Department today said they believed
arson was responsible for a series
Of fires in two vacant houses and
two fields in Fairfax County last
night.
They answered a call to house
on Columbia pike about a mile
east OF Annandale as they returned
from an earlier field fire. They had
received the call too late, however
and the house was destroyed be-
fore they arrived.
When they returned from the
Columbia pike house fire, an alarm
was received for a field fire near
the Arlington County line. The
Falls Church Volunteer Fire Depart
ment was called for aid.
After the second field fire was
eXtinguiShed and at about am
an alarm for another vacant house
on Sleepy Hollow road, near Falls
Church, was received, The fire.
men were unable to save the build
ing after fighting the flames fol
two hours.
Evening star., 1942-04-15
Servieemen May Renew
Auto Permits on Return

Members of the armed forces who
are absent from Virginia during the
period Of automobile driving per-
NIT renewal, April to June 30, may
renew their permits Immediately ON
their return to the State without
the usual requirement of another
examination. Charles r. Fenwick,
member of the House of Delegates
from Arlington County. announced
today.
Mr.. Fenwick obtained an opinion
from the Division of Motor Vehicles
and TRAFFIC in response to queries
from service men and their families.
The examination will not be re-
quired If the service men submit
statement to the division stating
they we're absent from the State
during the renewal period. /