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Evening star., 1942-04-09
ESQ Attend VS. Annual
Father and Son Niqht'

Boys were urged last night by Dr..
Paul F. Douglass, president of
American University, to work to-
ward developing a spirit of friend
ship in the world in an address at
the 3Oth annual Father and Son
Night" at the Central Young Mems
Christian Association. The affair
was attended by about $50.
The program included a fencing
demonstration by DR.. Neil Van
Steenberg. former member of the
United States Olympic fencing
team: junior fencing match, won
by Stanley Tinkham over Emanuel
Psarakis; an intermediate match,
won by Roger Parkinson; tum-
bling exhibition; musical selections
by the Distrito brothers. including
John, 10; Joe, II, and James, 12;
entertainment by Joe King, ven-
triloquist, and group singing, led
by R. H. Gaber, boys work secretary
at. the Y. M. c. A.
L. Gordon Leech and Richard
Marsh were co-chairmen of the
program, opened with an invocation
by the Rev. H. V. Porter. A welcome
was delivered in behalf of the boys
by Walter Smith and a response
made in behalf of the fathers by
1t. E. H. Downs, U. S. N. A buffet
supper was served.
Evening star., 1942-04-09
Montgomery Farm
War Production
Program Laid Down
Agricultural BourL
Sounds Wotchword,
Conserve and Produce

A Seven-page war production
program calling for increases over
1941 in practically every type of farm
product is being distributed among
Montgomery County farmers under
auspices of the county Agricultural
War Board. it was learned today.
Using as its watchword. Conserve
and Produce the board urges farm
ers to increase production of at
least one commodity essential to
the war effort and emphasizes the
necessity of salvaging essential
materials, such as scrap iron and
rubber.
County farmers are asked to in
crease their milk production 25 per
cent over last year. A Is per cent
jump in egg production over 1941
also is requested, and farmers are
urged to attempt this goal even
though egg prices at present are not
encouraging.
Pork production should be in
creased IS per cent over l94l, ac-
cordlng to the program, even though
only a IS per cent increase was re-
quested last fall. The board ex-
planned that "the war effort can
use the extra production this year"
The number of turkeys to be sold
this year should be Is per cent
greater than the number sold during
l94l, the board stated, while a 7
per cent increase is set for poultry.
An increase Of SO per cent in can
nlng-pea acreage is urged. At the
same time, the board asks every
farm family to have a garden which
VIII produce sufficient vegetables for
the family during summer and for
canning for winter use.
Evening star., 1942-04-09
; Firemen Injured,
10 Families 0usted BY
Virginia Blaze
Old Graham House Near
Falls Church Damaged;
Woter Pumped " Miles
BY Staff Correspondent Of The Star.

By Staff Correspondent Of The Star.
FAILS CHURCH. Va, April g.
Three firemen were injured last
night fighting blaze which burned
10 families out Of their apartment
homes about 2 miles west of here
on the Lee highway, Fire COM
panies from six surrounding COM
munities responded to the alarm.
1t. Leo Fox of the Annandale Fire
Department broke his ankle when
he fell from a fire engine and was
taken to Georgetown Hospital.
Franklin Frenzel and Alfred Poole,
both of the Mclean Fire Depart
ment, suffered cuts from shattered
glass while fighting the blaze.
About 10 families occupied the
212 story frame building known as
the "Old Graham House" which
had been made into apartments.
All Of the occupants got out of the
building safely.
Hampered by lack of water, fire
men had to return to Falls Church
and attach their hose to the closest
fire plug and then run their lines
about liz miles. Five pumping en-
gines were used to relay the water
through the hose.
Evening star., 1942-04-09
John Thomas Sad|er
Dies in HyattsyiIe

John Thomas Sadier, IS. former
special claims examiner in the Pen
sion Office and resident Of Chevy
Chase, Md, for many years, died
yesterday at Sacred Heart Home
in Hyattsville.
Born in the District, Mr.. Sadler
had been a resident of Chevy Chase
for Is years, making his home on
Leland street.
Connected with the Pension Office
for more than so years, Mr.. Sadler
retired as a special claims examiner
in 1927. His wife was the late
Kathryn r. Sadler, who died in
1885.
He is survived by two sons. Ralph
B. Sadler and John D. Sadler, both
of Bethesda, and seven grandchil-
dren.
Services will be held at II am.
tomorrow at the Warner E. Pum-
phrey funeral home. 8434 Georgia
avenue, Silver Spring. with burial
in st. Johns Cemetery, Forest Glen,
Md,
Evening star., 1942-04-09
w. H. Lemmert Elected
Mayor Of Frostburg

BY the Associated Press.
FROSTBURG, Md, April 9-Wil-
liam H. Lemmert has been elected
Mayor OF Frostburg. The voters
went to the polls Tuesday, but the
results of the balloting were not an
nounced until late yesterday.
Mr.. Lemmert drew 1,471 votes
against LIS for his opponent, Olin
Gunnett, the incumbent. Elected
with Mr.. Lemmert was his ticket of
four councilmen. Marshall c. Skid
more, Arthur Thomas. John r
Hendley and Jesse F. Jacobs were
elected new councilmen, succeeding
the four who sought reelection on
Mr.. Gunnett's ticket.
Conrad J. Kroll, Roy Sleeman,
Walter Powell and Joseph S. Lyons
were the losers.
Evening star., 1942-04-09
Fairfax Board Urged
To Increase Hospital
Fund for |ndigents
Leader Quoted as Saying
40 Pct. of Residents Have
Only Bare Necessities
By a Staff Correspondent of The star.

BY otal1 Correspondent OF Inc star.
FAIRFAX, Va, April 9.-Forty
per cent of the residents of Fairfax
County are INDECENT persons, if in
digent" means those who cannot
afford more than the bare neces-
sites, according to Maurice w. Fox,
member of the County Board Of
Supervisors.
The definition used by Mr.. Fox
was quoted at public hearing on
the tentative county budget for 1912
by Miss Winona D. Rorbye of the
county welfare board. She stated
that disqualification should be fur
nished not only to county residents
on relief but also to those who
could not pay hospital bills because
they could afford only the necessi-
ties.
Larger Fund Sought.
The board also heard DR.. William
Chase of the disqualification Com
mittee of the County Community
Chest. Both DR.. Chase and Miss
Rorbye are seeking increase of the
proposed appropriation of $1,000 for
INDECENT disqualification to $500.
F. w. Robinson, chairman of the
county school board, told the super
visors:
If you're just going to help peo-
pile on relief, $4,000 is too much.
If you include marginal cases, it's
too little"
DR.. Chase denied he had, at
tempted to bring pressure on the
board to increase the hospitaliza-
ton appropriation.
MY only wish is that people who
need it may be sent to hospitals, -
he said. The Alexandria hospital
has been closed to our INDECENT
cases and we don't know how long
it will be before Washington hos
pitfalls will do the same"
Patients Costs Cited.
Speaking in favor of the increased
appropriation. Mrs. David L. Wing,
chairman of the County Red Gross
and headmistress of the Madeira
School. said that public health
should be the first consideration
Of a county government. Roads
and then education should come
next, she pointed out.
During the first six months of
194l, INDECENT county patients re-
ceived S10,855 worth of hospital
care, DR.. Chase said. OF this
amount, only s4,699 was contributed
by the persons themselves, the Com
munity Chest and county funds.
The hospitals were forced to make
up the difference, he declared.
G.. Wallace Carper, chairman of
the board, in response to the sug-
gestion that the county have its
own hospital, said the county could
not afford it.
The supervisors we're told at the
hearing that temporary rehabilita-
ton aid from the County Com
munity Chest no longer would be
available and that the State gen.
eral relief matching fund would be
cut from $4,000 to $500.
Evening star., 1942-04-09
Virginia Road
ProjectsFace
Postponenent
26 Per Cent Revenue
Decline Seen With
Auto, Tire Rotions
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
RICHMOND, Va. April 9.-James
A. Anderson. State highway COM
missioner, warned today that an
expected curtailment in highway
department revenue and a scarcity
of building materials will force a
postponement in some highway
projects in 1912 and change in
design plans for others.
He said revenues of the depart
ment are expected to fall back 26
per cent this year because of the
shutdoWns on automobile and tire
production.
Program Revised.
The commissioner said prospects
for increased construction and i'm
provements on the States primary
and secondary roads we're good
before the United States entrance
into the war, but that since then
the highway program has been re-
vised.
Scarcity of building materials
uuC W lllC wal CllOlt WALL SduoC
changes in design and deferment
of projects in many parts of the
State" he said.
steel for concrete reinforcement
and bridges is almost impossible
to obtain except on access roads
and strategic highways.
Hand Labor to Play Part.
Hand labor, the pick and shovel
and wheelbarrow, again will play
an important part in maintenance
Particular care will be exercised
by district and resident engineers
to see that boards of supervisors
and local officials are kept posted
as to the changing situation.
Through the boards and local Of
flcials the highway department
hopes to keep the public informed.
Further restrictions of many kinds
seem probable.
During the present year there
will be more than normal con-
struction program. for the Federal
Government is asking the highway
department to survey, design and
supervise construction of a large
program of access roads. Naturally
these roads are concentrated in the
military and naval areas"
Evening star., 1942-04-09
Alexandra Planning
Recreation Area in
-Four Mile Run Basin
City Hopes to Borrow
Federal Funds to
Develop New Park

A survey will be made Of rs acres
of park land in the Four Mile Run
Basin for proposed recreation area
as the outcome of conference yes
terday between Carl Budwesky,
Alexandria city manager. and Hugo
W. zWolter, executive director of rec
~reation services for the District De-
fense Council. -
The proposed recreation area
would cost $2 ,0OO. 900, 1t was said. Mr.
Budwesky indicated itwould contain
large administration building,
swimming pool, bowling alleys, dance
floor and golf driving range.
Employees in Alexandria Engineer
ing Department will make the sur
vey. Mr.. Budwesky said. A topog-
raphical map also will be prepared,
he said.
AS now planned, the recreation
area would be financed by the city
of Alexandria with borrowed Fed
eral funds.
The recreation center will serve
the entire Metropolitan Area" Mr..
ouQNcShy ucCldIeU. IL Is IlOl III
tended solely for either Alexandria
or the District"
About 4 acres of the proposed
site are in Arlington County, ac-
cording to Mr. Budwesky. He said
yesterday that he has not conferred
with county officials about the
project, but he does not think that
they would object to it. The re-
mainder of the land is in Alexan-
dria.
The Four Mile Run Basin area
was suggested by Mr. Budwesky. He
said the basin itself could be con-
verted into a lake in the center of
the proposed park.
He is not certain that the Alex
andria City Council will approve the
plan because of the large ex-
penditure involved However, taxes
on it would accrue to Alexandria,
Mr.. Budwesky pointed out
Another conference between Mr.
Budwesky and Mr. Wolter will be
held on completion of the survey
of the site.
Evening star., 1942-04-09
HiIIwood Will Establish
Two First-Aid Stations
Special Dispatch to The Star.

special DlSpatch to The Star.
FALLS CHURCH, Va, April g.
Plans for establishing two first-aid
stations IN HillWood have been COM
pleted by Hillwood Citizens Asso-
clatlon, Miss Clara M. Cherry, Sec
retary, announced.
The stations will be located in
the homes of Mr.. and Mrs. J. H
Mccarthy and Mr.. and Mrs. T
Swami Harding, both on Hillwooo
avenue. These homes were selected
because they are stone with base.
ments accessible from the outside.
Emergency equipment needed has
been outlined by Capt. A. r. Thomp-
son and benefit bingo party will
be held at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs Mccarthy at pm. April II
to raise funds.
The Nominating Committee has
proposed the following slate of Of
flcers for the association: K. C.
Beede, president; Mrs. w. P. Birch
mire, vice president; Miss Cherry
secretary, and Mr.. Mccarthy, treas
urer. Additional candidates who
have been nominated from the floor
are E. G. KnouSe and w. P. Birch.
mire for president and vice p-esi-
dent, respectively. Members of the
Nominating Committee are I. M
Avery, Mrs H. B. Myers and Rob-
ert w. Nav.
Evening star., 1942-04-09
Kidnapping Admitted,
Prisoner Gets 10 Years
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
MARTINSBURG, w. Va, April 9.
Edward Montgomery Dellinger of
Jerome, Va, pleaded guilty yester-
day to kidnapping a 15-year-old girl
and to a Mann Act violation and
was sentenced to 10 years on the
first count and years on the second.
The sentences imposed by Federal
Judge W. E. Baker are to run con-
currently.
Assistant District Attorney Wayne
T. Brooks told the jury that Del
linger and three boys persuaded the
girl to go riding with them at War
densville, w. Va, and that she was
taken to a camp in Virginia Two
of the boys were brothers of Del
linger.
The girl testified Dellinger and
the boys pulled her into the car.
Evening star., 1942-04-09
New Sirens 10 Give
Virginians Adequate
Warning Of BIaokout
Alexandra Council and
Arlington Board to Meet
In Liehtproof Chambers

Increased AFRAID sirenes are eX-
pected to give Virginia residents a
better warning when their communi-
ties participate with Washington in
the half-hour total blackout some
time between 9 pm. and Il 80 pm.
Tuesday. -. =
The Alexandria City Council will
meet at 7:S0 pm. in chambers that
have been completely lightproofed
for several weeks.
In Arlington, the County Board
will meet at pm in the Circuit
public hearings on the budget sub
mitted by County Manager Frank c.
Hanrahan. The windows of the
courtroom will have been blacked
out by that time, county officials
said.
Installation of Is air-raid sirens
has been completed in Alexandria,
City Manager Carl Budwesky. civil
ian defense director. said. The sys-
tenn is designed to be heard in all
parts of the city.
In Arlington two sirens were in
stalled yesterday, making six added
to augment the seven county fire
department sirens. Ten more warn
ing devices are on order, but the 13
now in use are expected to be ade-
quate to warn the most densely pop
ulated areas.
While the AFRAID and all-clear
signals in Alexandria are the same
as those for the District, the Airing
ton County signal will be a series of
rising and falling tones from all
sirens simultaneously TO ra period of
two minutes. The all-clear will be
given in Arlington by one prolonged,
high-pitched tone on all of the
sirens for approximately one minute.
Evening star., 1942-04-09
Virginia Tag DeadIine
To Be Strictly Observed
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
RICHMOND, Va, April 9-Only
five days remain in which to pur-
chase 1912 license plates for motor
vehicles before the April IS deadline.
C. F. Joyner, jr., assistant director
of the division of motor vehicles,
reminds motorists.
I'VE are anticipating the biggest
last-minute rush in the history Of
license plate sales in the State" Mr..
Joyner said yesterday.
There will be no extension of the
deadline, he warned, and any per-
son operating a vehicle with 1941
tags after Wednesday will be sub
ject to arrest. Motorists who pur-
chase their 1912 license plates and
whose tires wear out before the year
ends may obtain refund on their
tags, paying only for the number Of
months they use them.
Evening star., 1942-04-09
Maryland Court Denies
Reurgument to Bennett

By the Associated Press.
ANNAPOLIS, April 9.-The Mary
land Court of Appeals yesterday
overruled the motion of Charles w
Bennett, former Wicomico County
treasurer, convicted of misfeasance
for reargument of several points in
troduced recently when he appealed
for new trial. The Appeals Court
upheld the convictions of Bennett
and five former Wicomico commits
sioners which resulted following dis
covery of a county fund shortage.
Bennett contended the final 3 of
30 indictments brought against him
were not considered by the appellate
bench in their true" nature and
that the court affirmed his convic-
ton by taking the position he ap-
pealed because of a denial of his
right to rely" on the convicted COM
missioners.
Evening star., 1942-04-09
Ralph CIorkson Dies;
Painter, Art Patron
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
ORLANDO, Fla, April 9.-Fu-
neral services for Ralph Clarkson,
81, widely known portrait painter,
who died Sunday, are being held
in allegiance pending word from
relatives, mortuary officials said
last night.
Mr.. Clarkson, a winter visitor here,
was former president of the Chicago
Municipal Art Commission and had
been a member of the American art
jury to the Paris exposition in 1900
and a governing member of the
Art Institute of Chicago.
He was the founder of the Friends
of American Art, a member of the
advisory committee of the Tiffany
Foundation of New York and a
member of the American Society
of Portrait Painters.
Evening star., 1942-04-09
Labor HOUSING
IsProb|em al
New Air Base
Cedar Point Naval
S Project to Require
1000 Workers
BY CLAUDE A. MAHONEY.


Navy officers and civilian contrac-
tors responsible for constructing the
new air base at Cedar Point, Md,
face a problem that approXimates
in some phases, the building of a
foreign outpost.
Although the few laborers and the
approximately so skilled carpenters
engaged in preliminary work there
have been drawn primarily from the
st. Mary'S County area, some of
them have been forced to take
rooms in LeonardtoWn hotels and
In private homes,
The Central Labor Union expects
to provide up to 1000 workmen for
the construction job which probably
will require at least two years. The
site is approximately IS miles from
Washington. too far for expedient
daily transportation of men, even
without tire restrictions. So the
men must be housed near the spot,
and several plans are being worked
out to care for them. Due to
scarcity of population there, the men
must come largely from Washington.
Families to be Evacuated.
Development of the tract, esti-
mated variously from 1000 to 10000
acres. will force evacuation of $50
families to other locations. One
housing plan embodies temporary
use of the homes evacuated for
workmen.
The Cummings Construction Co.
of Baltimore, which is building the
base, also is negotiating with the
Navy on the possibility of building
a barracks for the bases enlisted
men first, to house the workers while
the base is built But Navy specifi-
cations for the air center have not
been completed and definite location
Of permanent buildings has not been
determined. Labor union officials
point out, too, that the quarters for
workmen must be adapted for
winter occupancy and thus cannot
be too much of a temporary nature.
The Navy is withholding details
of what the field will be when COM
pleted, and asks that it be referred
to only as a base" or aviation
facilities" But its location at the
mouth of the Patuxent River is
enough to make it a valuable con-
tribution to the Nations Eastern
defenses. President Roosevelt, ask
ing its appropriation, called it
flight test center"
Cemeteries Affected.
Numerous difficulties have attend
ed the development of the site for
naval use. In addition to the re-
moval of the families, being han
died by the Farm Security Admins
tration. churches and cemeteries
were found to be in the way of the
improvements. Every buried men,
Der of the Cedar Point Methodist
Church is to be moved, and even
bodies in its old churchyard are to
be taken from the town of Pearson
to new resting place beside the
Ebeneezer Church at California,
Nd.
ST. Nicholas Catholic Church,
originally scheduled for removal,
now is reported to have been spared
because of its location. Instead, it
Is rumored, the church will be
equipped with dual altar for naval
use by both Catholics and Protes-
tants. This would be a repeating
of tradition, for in st. Marys County
in olden days both faiths worshipped
in the 1876 State House.
Many famous and valuable estates
also are in path of the development.
They include grounds that are rich
in history of the earliest days of the
Lords Baltimore in the county.
Evening star., 1942-04-09
Moritz PetzoId Dies
In Silver Spring at IS

Moritz Petzold, IS, of 1926 Noyes
drive, Silver Spring. died yesterday
in the Washington Sanitarium after
an illness of several weeks.
Born in Dresden, Germany, Mr..
Petzold came to this country with
his family more than so years ago,
settling in Peoria, Ill. He moved
to Washington in 1914 and has been
a resident of Silver Spring since
1925.
Surviving are son, Robert L.
Petzold, with whom he made his
home, and daughter, Mrs Lillian
M. McLearen, of Clinton, Md.
Funeral services will be held at
2 pm. tomorrow at the Warner E.
Pumphrey funeral home, Silver
Spring, with burial in Rock Greek
Cemetery.
Evening star., 1942-04-09
Southwest Volunteers
Pledge Cooperation

Pledges of cooperation between
auxiliary policemen and afraid
wardens were expressed last night at
a meeting of tre two groups in the
Southwest area at the fourth pre-
cinct police station.
Those who stressed the fact that
both groups of volunteers were
working for the same goal were
Harry Wender, president, of the
Southwest Citizens Association and
chairman of the areas Defense
Committee; John T. Rhines, presi-
dent of the Southwest Civic Associa-
ton; Robert Hull, deputy air-raid
warden for the area, and Dewey H.
Mayo of the fourth precinct.
Evening star., 1942-04-09
Slick Tires Will Pass
Virginia Inspection
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
RICHMOND, Va. April 9.-Un-
less the fabric in front tires is show
ing or there is blowout patch or
boot which interferes with safe
steering. slick tires will not be a
barrier to an official 20. K" in the
semi-annual inspection of motor
vehicles beginning April "a, Col.
Marion S. Battle said yesterday.
The director of the State Division
of Motor Vehicles said the 1850
official station mechanics had been
advised of the ruling. which came as
an aftermath of the Government
rationing of tires
The inspection period has been
extended from 81 to 38 days and
will continue from April "a through
May.
Evening star., 1942-04-09
Deputies Appointed
To Protect Airport
Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
ROCKVILLE, Md, April g.
Special deputy sheriffs for the
Congressional Airport 8 'ounds on
the Rockville pike at Halpine have
been appointed by Sheriff Leslie
Carlin as follows:
Wayne G. Dasher, Talmage G.
Fink, Milton G. Hite, Idon Marion
Hodge, Arthur c. Hyde, E. Mes.
Hyde, Walter Jones, Thomas C.
Kensler, Edgar I. Knapp, Curtis Nc
Kay and Richard Murphy.
They were named at the request
of Arthur c. Hyde, president of
the Congressional School of Aero
nautics, "in order to comply with
the requirement of the Federal
Civil Aeronautics Administration -
Evening star., 1942-04-09
Maryland U. GIee Club
Gives Concert Before Toul

The University of Maryland Glee
Club presented concert last night
in the universitys agriculture audi
torium.
Carol Hutton, Baltimore BARI
tone, who was graduated from the
university in 1940 was the featured
soloist. He was said to be the first
alumnus to participate in a glee
club concert.
The program was directed by
Prof. Harlan Randall, who sang a
solo part in one of the numbers.
The group leaves today for its an
nual tour of Southern Maryland
and will visit Denton, Cambridge,
Snow Hill and Preston.