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Evening star., 1942-01-14
Alexandra Council
Orders Regulation Of
Charity Soliciting
Ordinance Aimed at
'Outside Rucketeers';
Zone Changes Voted
B, a Staff Correspondent of The Star.

By a Staff Correspondent of The Star.
ALEXANDRIA, Va, Jan. 14.-1n
a move ito stop outside racketeers
who ate coming into Alexandria and
milking the citizens in the name of
charity" the city council last night
passed a resolution empowering
City Manager Carl Budwesky to
regulate and control soliciting for
charity.
The resolution introduced at the
request of Martin Greene, business
manager of the Alexandria Chamber
of Commerce, would work no hard
ship on any established charity in
the city. he said. The measure was
adopted unanimously.
The council also granted three
zening requests, denied two requests
and postponed action on another.
Zoning Changes Approved.
Requests granted were: To rezone
from CO to C-1 residential the
southern portion of two blocks
bounded by Patrick, Franklin, Co.
lumbus and Jefferson streets on ap-
plication of NJ I. Howell: to reZone
to C-1 two residential lots in Rose
mont subdivision on application OF
Armstrong Lumber Co., and to re-
zone the east side of Commonwealth
avenue between Braddock road and
Spring street from A residential to
CO residential on application of
John. P. Strauss and others.
The council denied requests of
Eppa D. Kane to rezone the north
west corner of Mount Vernon avenue
and Braddock road to Do COM
mercial; and of American Chloro-
phyll, Inc, to rezone property at
Third and North Fairfax street ex-
tended to E industrial.
Postponed at the request of the
cation Of Kate Rosenberg to rezone
the southwest corner of Braddock
road and Scroggins lane to CO
residential.
License Cut Rejected.
On motion of Vice Mayor Eugene
Simpson, the council disapproved
request to lower the bowling alley
license tax.
Set for public hearing at the coun-
ell meeting in February were a
request to rezone the 400 block of
North Henry street from C-1 to CO
residential; a request to rezone to
E industrial the block bounded by
Henry, Montgomery, Patrick and
Madison streets; and an application
to have St. Asaph street vacated
between First and Second streets.
Evening star., 1942-01-14
Adams and BixIer Appointed
To Arlington Utilities Board
Three Other Members
Continue in Office
Through Yeor

Chairman Edmund D. Campbell Of
the Arlington County Board today
announced appointment Of two new
and three hold-over members of
the county Public Utilities Commis-
sion to serve through the current
calendar year.
The new appointees are Allen C..
Adams, attorney, and w. Glen Blk
Ter, a resident of the county en-
ployed in the composing room of
The Star They succeed Frank T.
Tracy and Ellsworth F. Miner
Present members continued in Of
flee are j. Maynard Magruder. Mrs.
Alma G. Ramsay and E. N. Mon
tague
Mr.. BiXler, a resident of the
county for 18 years. makes his home
at GA South Twenty third street
and long has been active in the
jefferson Civic League and the CAL
vary Methodist Church of Arlington.
Mr.. Adams, ~, has been a resi-
dent of the county for about six
years. coming from Hopewell, Va.
He was a member of the General
Assembly from that district for four
years He has been active in bar
association and Chamber of Com
merce work in Arlington. He is
president of the First Federal Saw
Evening star., 1942-01-14
Named to PIon Convention

SANDY SPRING, Md, Jan. IA
(SpeciaD.-Dr. Eric Englund, Will
liam H. Gilpin and William w.
Moore have been named by the
Enterprise Farmers Club, to CO.
operate with committees represent
ing the Senior and Montgomery
Farmers Clubs, also Of Sandy
Spring. in making arrangements for
the annual Montgomery County
Farmers Convention here the last
Saturday In February.
Evening star., 1942-01-14
Stanley Named
As Speaker Of
Virginia House
Nominated Without
Opposition; Assembly
Opens Session Today
By ALEXANDER r. PRESTON
Star Staff Correspondent.

RICHMOND, Va, Jan. 14-With
Northern Virginia legislators ready
to give their full support, the Gen.
eral Assembly convened today to
defend it's heritage as the Oldest
legislative body in the New World
by careful attention to internal
affairs and complete cooperation in
the Nations war effort
The grimness was apparent amid
the handshakes and greetings as
Senate and House Democrats paved
the way for speedy organization in
caucus last night and election of the
Democratic nominees was mere
formality after the convening of the
6O-day 1912 legislative session at
noon.
Thomas B. Stanley. delegate
from Henry County since 1880, was
nominated for speaker without op-
position He succeeds Ashton Dovel
of Williamsburg, who retired from
the House two years ago.
Nominated by Bruce.
Mr.. Stanley was nominated by
Delegate David K E. Bruce of
Charlotte County following the elec-
ton OF Delegate E. Blackburne
Evening star., 1942-01-14
Purchase Of 80 More
Voting Machines for
County Authorized
Commissioners Act to
Take C1re Of Increased
Montgomery Population
BY q Staff Correspondent of The star.

BY Staff Correspondent of The Star.
ROCKVILLE, Md, Jan. 14--Suf-
fcient new 'oting machines to take
care of an estimated 5000 additional
Montgomery County CMd) voters at
the 1912 general election was as
sured today, following approval by
the county commissioners yesterday
for the purchase Of 80 machines.
The request was made by the
County Board of Election Super
visors. The board pointed out that
80 new polling places have been
established n the Is new election
precincts recently set up in the
county. Cost of the new voting
machines is expected to total about
$4,000. The county now has 12O
of the machines. Delivery of the
new machines will be made about
February l.
The commissioners also appro-
priated $500 to purchase drugs for
the 13 casualty stations and 80
first-aid stations set up by the
medical service Of the County
Civilian Defense Council. The re-
quest was made by DR.. Dexter M.
Billiard, chief of the medical service.
The commissioners also author
lied the County Tire Rationing
Board to uss the office OF the clerk
to the County Housing Authority
in the Farmers Banking & Trust
Co. here. Al the same time. County
Purchasing Agent Frank 1. Davis
was ordered to purchase the neces-
sary supple, for the board.
The commissioners received the
resignation of Miss Margaret E.
Dronenburg as c,erk-stenographer
in the groul's office here.
Evening star., 1942-01-14
G. W. u. Prepares for Education vs.. Axis
With BIockout and Afraid System
University Converted
Into Model for
Civilian Defense

George Washington University
will carry on its classes-which
begin at 8 am. and run through to
II pm.-regardless of what the Axis
powers may attempt to do to the
Capital.
Arrangements are being COM
pleted rapidly to carry on blacked-
out classes at night, and soon 1t will
be possible to pass the cluster of
streets so near the downtown dis
trict and not see a gleam of light
anywhere, while professors 60
serenely on with their lectures.
Already the blackout equipment
covers the hall of government. and
In few days it will be extended to
the other campus buildings.
For George Washington takes its
civilian defense seriously and has
tackled it with the precision of its
physics department.
Heavy Canvas Shades.
The classroom windows are being
equipped with shades of heavy,
dark-green canvas. These shades
have been tested. A 500-Watt spot
light was placed behind the ma
terial, and not a shred of light
trickled through. The thick canvas
also would afford some protection
from flying glass.
The new shades are not bad
looking, and they can be lowered
as quickly as any others-merely by
releasing the anchor ropes.
Charles E. Merry. business man
ager of the university. is its chief
air raid warden. He also is chair
man of the Defense Committee for
the entire West End. Mr.. Merry
seems to have taken the equivalent
of a Phi. D. in civilian defense, and
he has formed a bang-up organi-
zation, which might serve as a
model for communities.
He and his 26 deputy wardens
and their IS assistants have or
ganized the school for AFRAID pre-
caution that reaches every one and
covers every structure.
Linked to Warning System.
The school switchboard is kept
open "a hours day 1t is hooked
to the central communications sys-
tenn of civilian defense. so that the
various stages of an AFRAID alarm
would be flashed to the university
instantly. The sizable defense
force would be mobilized on the
precautionary yellow" signal, and
would take stations. awaiting the
red" or actual raid signal.
The schools bell system. which
reaches throughout administrative
and class room buildings and DOR
mitories. is synchronized, and would
repeat the air-raid signals-fve
short rings for the alarm and three
long ones for the an-clear.
Each building has designated
places for raid refuge, usually on the
second and third floor corridors.
The entire university community
Of 900 is taking part in the defense
program-faculty. students. staff,
and other employees, including jani-
Evening star., 1942-01-14
Mail Delivery Expected
In Falls Church April |
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Sp0Cl3i DlSp2LCu 10 ne StNT.
FALLS CHURCH. Va. Jan. IA
Falls Church is expected to get its
long sought house-to-house mail de-
livery by April l, it was learned to-
day.
The problems of suitable quarters
for an enlarged town post Office and
house numbering are being met.
The Town Council Monday night
voted 5000 for the numbering, and
Mayor B. N. Gibson has submitted
an offer to build and lease to the
Post Office Department the neces-
Sary structure. The lease would be
for 10 years.
A post Office inspector has made
a survey, and all other conditions for
instituting house-to-house delivery
are apparently satisfied, Mayor Glib
son said
The service would be climax in
a fight that began years ago for a
central Falls Church post Office and
house-to- house delivery. The prof.
ect got as far as appropriations
and finished plans for the building
when defense preparations side
tracked it. Postal officials are un-
willing to predict when or whether
the central post Office will be
erected.
Evening star., 1942-01-14
Family Inherits Estate
Of Arthur L. Smith
Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
ROCKVILLE, Md, Jan. 14.-The
will of Arthur L. Smith of Lay Hill.
Md, which has been admitted to
probate here, bequeaths real estate
at Clarendon, Va. to his daughter,
Mrs. Irene F. Tullis, for life and di-
rects that it is to 60 to her children
after her death.
Mr.. Smiths adopted son. James
A. Smith, was left 500 and Mrs.
Mamie E. Smith, his widow, will re-
ceive the residue. She is named
executrix. The value of the estate
is not stated.
The will of Robert E. Vierling Of
Silver Spring also has been admitted
to probate. 1t leaves his entire
estate to his widow, Mrs. Helen o.
Vierling, and names her executrix.
Evening star., 1942-01-14
New Maryland Roads
To Be Limited 10 War
Jobs, Official Says
Only Eight Projects
Listed; Cut Expected
In Stote's Revenue
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE, Jan. 14-Estimated
loss of as much as one third in
Maryland's auto licensing and gas
oline tax revenue is expected to limit
the States 1912 highway construc-
ton to defense projects.
Ezra B. Whitman, State Roads
Commission chairman, said yester-
day that such projects as the pro-
posed Washington dual
lane highway would have to be
shelved for the duration of the war.
'Of course, we have no accurate
way of predicting just how much
our average s17,O00,OO0 in funds will
be cut off," he said, but tire ra-
tioning and the end of production of
private automobiles is going to be
heavily reflected by decreased in
come from auto licenses and gasoline
taxes.
Mr.. Whitman listed eight roads
proposed for immediate construction
by the roads commission, the Wal
and Navy Departments and the
Public Roads Administrations:
l. A dual-lane North Point high
way to speed traffic to Sparrows
Point steel mills and shipyards.
2. A road from Piscataway to La
Plata. providing a direct route from
Washington to the Morgantown
Bridge and easier access to naval
establishments at Indianhead and
Dahlgren, Va.
3. An access road from the new
Philadelphia road to Aberdeen Prov
ing Grounds.
4. A similar road to Edgewood
Arsenal
s. Improvements to Baltimore's
Eastern avenue leading toward the
Glenn L. Martin Middle River plant
6. Fairfield-Curtis Bay area i'm
provements.
7. Improved access to Fort George
G. Meade from Washington boule-
ward at Laurel.
8. Improved access to Fort Meade
from Waterloo.
Evening star., 1942-01-14
County Farm Bureau
Opposes Price Fixing
And Daylight Saving
Wage Control and
120 Per Cent Of Purity
Sought by Producers

By Staff Correspondent Of The Star.
ROCKVILLE, Md, Jan. 14-The
Montgomery County Farm Bureau
directors opposed daylight saving
time and control of farm prices at
their annual meeting yesterday, at
which James D. King of German
town was reelected president for
the coming year.
The resolution on price control
declared against any legislation
which does not provide for control
of inf1ationary wages comparable to
control of industrial and farm
prices, and further urged that no
farm prices be fixed until they
reached l2O per cent of parity and
then not without the approval of
the Secretary Of Agriculture.
The dtrActer4 IN opposiDes day.
light saving tine. pointed out That II
was often impossible to do farm
work during the early morning
hours.
Other officers chosen at the meet
ing are w. w. Hodges. Comus, vice
president; Ulysses Grifnth. 4th, Lay
louisville, secretary-tr and
Mrs. Myra Jones of Dickerson. as
sistant secretary-treasurer. Men,
bers of the Executive Committee will
be William J. Hines. Brighton; L. C..
Burns, Olney; Wilson c. Poole,
GAINESVILLE, and Douglas Diamond
and Mrs. Ward Fulton, both Of
Gaithersburg.
O.. w. Anderson. county agricul-
tural agent. announced campaign
to salvage all scrap iron, on farms in
the county to aid in the defense
program will be started this week.
Farmers will be urged to order need
ed spare tractor and machinery
parts early to facilitate factory
schedules.
Evening star., 1942-01-14
Robert 7. Atkinson Quits
As Alexandra Warden
Nv n Staff Correspondent of The Star

By q StAf1 correspondent OF Inc star.
ALEXANDRIA, Va, Jan. IA
Resignation of Robert T. Atkinson,
chief afraid warden for Alexan-
dria, was announced today by Gard
ner L. Boothe, chairman of the
Northern Virginia Regional Defense
Council.
Mr.. Atkinson. who is an electrical
engineer with the Procurement Divi-
sion, lives at 1924 South st. Asaph
street. He gave as his reason for re-
signing that "the job is too big to
be handled the way it has been
handled. It required somebody's S
full time"
Mr.. Atkinson, who has lived in
Alexandria since September. also
stated that there was no co-ordi-
nation, despite the co-ordinator." j"
Carl Budwesky, Alexandria city
manager. is defense co-ordinator Tor
Alexandria. Mr.. Budwesky could
not be reached for a statement.
Mr.. Boothe said that he expects
appointment of a new chief warden
by Mr.. Budwesky within - hours.
Mr.. Boothe has the right to approve
or reject the candidate.
Evening star., 1942-01-14
Herd Improvement Units
Will Meet in Foirfux
spe cial DispA ch to The Star.

Special Dispa ch to The Star.
FLORIS, Va, Jan. 14-Ths an
nual dairy day sponsored by the
three Fairlax County Dairy Herd
Improvement Associations will be
held at tn. local school tomorrow,
beginning st 10 am.
County agricultural Agent j. E.
Beard announced the following
speakers: r. w. Dickson Of Virginia
Polytechnic Institute, who will speak
on THE V,lue of Dairy Herd I'm
provement Work in the Present
Emergency B. B. Derrick of the
Maryland-rirginia Milk Producers
Association who will lead a discus
sion on local milk market conditions,
and a representative from the
United Staes Department of Agri-
culture.
Evening star., 1942-01-14
O. r. Mills Found Dead
Along Rockville Pike
Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
ROCKVILLE, Md. Jan. 14.-Owen
Forest Mills, 60, lifelong resident OF
Rockville and Gaithersburg, was
found dead Sunday near Autrey
Park, Rockville pike. presumably a
victim of heart attack.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs
Mary j. Mills, and eight children
ranging in ages from 4 to % years
all of Rockville. He also leaves 2
sisters and 3 brothers.
Funeral services were held this
morning at the funeral home of
w. Reuben Pumphrey, Rockville
The Rev. John w. Rosenberger, pas
tor of the Rockville Methodist
Church, oficiated and burial was
In Forest Oak Cemetery, Gathers
burg.
Evening star., 1942-01-14
Robert H. KimbuII Dies:
Retired Lumber Dealer

Robert H. Kimball, 68, retired
lumber dealer, died suddenly of a
heart attack Monday at his home at
I Manor circle, Takoma Park. Md.
Born in Wake, N. c., Mr.. Kimbau
was a graduate of Wake Forest Col
lege. He spent most of his life In
North Carolina.
Besides his widow, Mrs. Maud P
Kimball, he is survived by two sons,
Robert Edison Kimball of Silver
Spring and Millard Pierce Kimball
of Arlington, Va. A sister, Miss Ava
Kimball of Marion, S. c., also sur
wives.
Funeral services we're to be held
this afternoon at the S. H. Hines
funeral home. with burial In Cedar
Hill Cemetery.
Evening star., 1942-01-14
PrinceGeorges
Clears Way for
Big Apartment
1,500-Unit Project
Will Be Built on
University Lane

The way was cleared today for
construction of a l,500-unit apart
ment project on the Leander Nc
Cormick- -Goodhart estate at New
Hampshire avenue extended and
University lane with the rezoning
yesterday of the Prince Georges
County portion by the county COM
fnissioners from residential "A to C
to permit apartments.
The Prince Georges County tract
consists of 86 acres Similar action
will be sought from the Montgomery
County commissioners, who have
jurisdiction over the remaining 60
acres in that county. The project,
which will be built by the Defense
Homes Corp, a subsidiary Of the
Reconstruction Finance Corp, al
ready has the approval of the
Maryland National Capital Park
and Planning Commission.
The Prince Georges commissioners
yesterday accepted the bid of Y. E.
Booker & Co. of Washington for
purchase Of 100000 worth of Met
ropolitan District general improve
ment bonds.
The bonds, dated December I,
1941, were part of an $80O,O0 issue.
the remaining $500,000 of which is
to be offered this year.
Following protracted discussion,
the commissioners agreed to accept
the Booker Co. bid regardless of the
fact that it was not the lowest be-
fore them.
Lower Bid Conditional.
John Nuveen g. Co. of Chicago had
presented a bid which. according to
the commissioners, was lower by
1888. This bid, however, was con-
ditional on agreement on the part
Of the commissioners that if the
bonds were not delivered to the pur-
chasing company within 10 days,
and if the Federal Government
should impose a tax on municipal
bonds before delivery, the cost Of the
tax must be borne by the seller
rather than by the purchaser.
The board postponed to January
81 a hearing originally scheduled
for yesterday on the county air
raid alarm system. E. F. ZaleSak,
chief AFRAID warden of the coun-
ty. and Karl Young, county fire
defense co-ordinator. who were to
have reported on the need for
sirens and other equipment in the
county, informed the commissions
ers they had not yet completed
their survey.
Cost Estimate Accepted.
The commissioners were advised
by residents of Hampshire Hnolls,
section 2. designated last year as
a special improvement district, that
the estimated cost of proposed i'm
provementS was $356.55 for street
maintenance and $19625 for street
lighting. The estimate was ac-
cepted.
Acting on the petition of Is citi-
zens, the commissioners established
Dillon Park as a special improve
ment district
Another petition for rezoning ap-
proved by the board was submitted
by Abraham Benson and Gertrude
Schrler, II lots in Greater Capitol
Heights, residential A to COM
mercial D.
Evening star., 1942-01-14
Tomato Contest Won
By Womun Grower
nv the Assocuted Press.

BY the ASS0cllted Press
Marylano's lotion tomato club
contest for 1941 yielded an all-time
record for contestants to aim at in
the future
Top winner in the contest, in
which awards were given to growers
having produced 10 or more tons to
the acre, vas Mrs. Rowens Tull Of
whitman, who grew 2116 tons of
tomatoes to the acre on 6.92 acres.
Certifica es and gold watches
were presented to Mrs. Tull and
three otheis by University of Mary
land President H. c. Byrd at the
annual canning crop school yester-
day.
Evening star., 1942-01-14

many enrolling for various courses
and volunteering for the numerous
tasks which the defense setup re-
quireS.
DR.. Donnell B. Young is faculty
head of the university defense COM
mittee of IA and Robert Geran rep
resents the students. Under the
building wardens are these squads:
First aid. floor warden, fire. mechan-
ical service, utility, blackout, rescue
and evacuation.
Like the hall of government. the
downtown George Washington Hos
pital and its adjoining medical
school have completed blackout ar
rangements.
A defense headquarters for the
West End has been set up in uni
versity building at 2027 H street NV.
Evening star., 1942-01-14

ings & Loan Association of Airing
ton.
The Count' Public Utilities Com
mission has oeen active during the
last year in obtaining a reduction
of gas rates and in pressing for a
connection between Northern Vir-
ginia and Washington power COM
panies to minimize current "black-
outs" in the county.
Evening star., 1942-01-14
Two HyottsviIIe Bandits
To Be Sentenced Jan. u

BY the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE, Jan. 14-Hillard
Sanders and William Leo Keefe,
convicted of robbing two Hyattsville
bank messengers of S52,616 in a
holdup September 25, are to appear
before Judge w. Calvin Chestnut
January % for sentencing and final
action on an appeal for new trial.
Judge Chestnut yesterday post
poned sentence to enable counsel to
produce several witnesses defense
counsel said would testify Sanders
was in Florida the day Of the holdup.
Evening star., 1942-01-14
ENGINEER Dies at Throttle

PHILADELPHIA, Jan. IA (R.-
Engineer George De Long, 60, OF
Jersey City, N. j.. collapsed and
died at the throttle of the Balti-
more & Ohio Railroads New York
Washington express last night, but
Fireman Edward Updegrove, also Of
Jersey City. brought the train safely
into suburban Wayne Junction Sta
ton.
Evening star., 1942-01-14
}. N. Mogruder Takes
County Democratic Helm

Democratic party affairs in Ar
lington County will be in charge Of
J. Maynard Magruder, vice chair
man of the County Democratic
Executive Committee. during the
absence Of the chairman, Charles
R. Fenwick. who is a member of
the Virginia Legislature
Mr. Magruder. who will be avail
able at his Office. 280l Wilson boule-
ward during the day. said every
member of the committee is par
ticipating in national defense work.
Evening star., 1942-01-14

tors. The training courses are well
under way.
Many First Aid Classes.
In first aid there are classes for
students. faculty members, secre-
taries and janitors The janltors
alone have AZ enrolled in first-aid
and flre-fghting classes. The fire
school, with 180 students and about
so secretaries, starts Monday. Glasses
in first aid and war gases are going
on.
Twenty -one faculty members have
qualified as instructors in first aid,
which means they have completed
the most advanced courses.
The 600 students at George Wash
ington are taking a leading part in
the work OF protecting their school,