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Evening star., 1943-02-14
Clarke and Herrinq
To Seek Nomination
For Virginia Senate
Edwin Lynch to Oppose
McCundIish for House
Seat in Primary Race

Andrew w Clarke of Alexandria
and George w Herring of Prince
William and Alexandria have an
nounced they will seek the Demo-
cratic nomination for the twenty
ninth district State Senate seat in
the August 3 primary.
Mr.. Clarke is an Alexandria at
torney and member of the Fairfax
County Board of Supervisors from
Mount Vernon district, and Mr.. Her.
ring is a Prince William County
lumberman and former member of
the House of Delegates.
The district includes Fairfax and
Prince William counties and the city
Of Alexandria.
State Senator William D. Medley
Of Arlington, Democratic incum-
bent, who formerly represented the
18th district, has indicated he will
seek reelection from Arlington
County. which was made separate
senatorial district at the last session
of the Legislature and in which he
lives.
Heads Special Committee.
Mr.. Clarke. who has never held a
State Office, is chairman of State
committee appointed by former Gov.
Price to study county government.
He is former member of the Fair
fax County Ration Board and origi-
mated decentralization plan for re-
issuing supplementary gasoline cou-
pons that was put into effect in the
county last month.
Mr.. Herring, a member of the
lumber firm of Wallace and Herring,
Evening star., 1943-02-14
Nearby Areas Plan
To Use Fire Siren
Unlike Raid Alarm
Prince Georges to Hold
First Test of New
Signal Today
By J. b, ZATMAN.

In spite of an order by Brig. Gen.
John T. Lewis, commander of the
military district of Washington,
banning the use of sirens for fire
alarms, officials In nearby Maryland
and Virginia are going ahead with
plans to use them in way that will
not be confused with air raid alarms,
1t was learned last night.
While these officials maintain that
they have an understanding" with
Gen. Lewis permitting the use OF
fire sirens in nearby areas provided
they are not confused with air raid
alarms, no confirmation of this
could be obtained from Gen. Lewis
office.
If enforced strictly. Gen. Lewis
order would throw fire alarm sys-
TENS in nearby counties into con-
fusion. since under the present set
up, volunteer firemen are summoned
by sirens in the various firehouses.
In Prince Georges and Mont
gomery counties, it has been tenta-
lively decided to sound two or three
short blasts on the sirens instead of
the present series Of rising and fall
ing blasts.
First Tests Today.
j. Robert Sherwood. civilian de-
fense director in Prince Georges
County, said the first tests of the
new signal win be made on all county
fire sirens between noon and pm.
today. He added that a representa-
tive of Gen. Lewis Office will be
present to decide whether the new
signal is suitable,
Inspections will be made at the
various flrehouses by Karl A. Young,
county fire co-ordinator, and Phil
Ryan, president of the County Vol
unteer Fireman's Association.
Emphasizing that the new signal
has not yet been finally decided on.
Mr.. Sherwood said. I'VE may decide
to use only one blast lasting for
about six seconds, or two five-second
blasts. 1t all depends on what Gen.
Lewis representative will approve"
No tests have been scheduled vet
in Montgomery County although it
is believed that the final signal
selected will be the same as that to
be used in Prince Georges
Fairfax Asks Use of Siren.
Robert Walker. Fairfax County
(Va) director of civilian defense,
said request was mailed yesterday
to the commander of the military
district of Washington that Fair
fax volunteer fire departments be
allowed to use a signal consisting
of three short blasts on sirens to
announce fires.
Arlington County fire officials also
have requested that they be allowed
to continue the use of sirens in an
nouncing fires, but designated their
signal as two short blasts. Cihcials
in both counties pointed out that
fire departments have no other
means of summoning firemen.
In Alexandria fires will be an
nounced by bells, it was said. Four
of the five Alexandria fire houses
already are equipped with bells and
attempts are being made to get a
bell for the fifth house. Exhaust
whistles will replace sirens on fire
apparatus, it was said.
Evening star., 1943-02-14
BIoIock Arrest May Clear Up
Hyottsvi|Ie Bank Robbery Case
FBI Says Suspect Had Been Watched
Ever Since His Release Last October

The disclosure yesterday by the
Federal Bureau of Investigation that
it has rearrested Gordon Blalock
of Washington On charge of par
ticipation in the daylight robbery
Of the Prince Georges Bank and
Trust Co. at Hyattsville Septem-
Der 25, 1941, may be the beginning
of the cases final chapter.
The FBI said Blalock was ar
rested near Laurel on an indictment
returned February 8 by a Federal
grand jury. He had been arrested
previously in October on a charge
of conspiracy in the s52,616 holdup
of two of the banks messengers,
but was released week later.
He is the fourth man to be
charged with completely in the rob-
berry. Hilliard Sanders, William Leo
Keefe and John Maynard Ray were
convicted last year and sentenced
to long prison terms.
E. A. Soucy, special agent in
charge of the Baltimore FBI Office,
said his agents had continued the
investigation Of Blalock ever since
his release.
Employed as Timekeeper.
When apprehended, Mr.. Soucy
said, Blalock was employed as a
timekeeper with a construction COM
pany near here. He added that
FB1 files disclosed Blslock had been
sentenced to the Atlanta Peniten-
tiary in 1923 for mail robbery at the
same time Keefe was confined there
T, Barton Harrington. assistant
United States Attorney, who
handled the Governments cases
against the three previously con-
victed, is slated to prosecute Bla-
lock
Evening star., 1943-02-14

entire rationing system in the Dis
trict was working short-handed.
Mr.. Norman joined national OPA
as steel conSultant. In November
194l, he became executive assistant
to the regional director of Region
2, and served in that post until
his appointment as rationing chief
here. His duties as a regional officer
comprised liason work between local
Offices in the District, Maryland and
Delaware, the regional office in New
York and the national OPA.
1t was during this time that Mr..
Norman became associated with
Mr.. Thompson, who was executive
assistant to OPA Leon Henderson
before he became District OPA di-
rector.
Mr.. Moorman was born in Roa-
noke, Va, and came to the District
in 1907 He was educated in public
schools here, and from 1919 to 1926
was associated with the Congoleum-
Nairn Co., both here and in Eng
land. During this time, he also
served for two years as assistant
general manager OF British Con-
goleum, Ltd.
In 1926, Mr.. Norman entered the
contracting business in Washington,
continuing until he joined the OPA.
He fills the post left vacant by the
dismissal of L. P. Steuart several
weeks ago Mr. Steuart was relieved
of his duties by former OPA Direc-
tor Whitney Leary at the request
of Mr.. Henderson. About 10 days
later. Mr.. Leary resigned
Mr.. Norman lives at 1922 Twen-
ty-eighth street NV.
Evening star., 1943-02-14
Arlington Sheriffs Retirement
Ends 81 Years as Law Officer
Howard B. Fields
Sow Department
Grow From ; Men
BY JAMES BIRCHFIELD.

Sheriff Howard B. Fields of
Arlington County, who will not seek
reelection this fall because the
State Compensation Board approved
less money for his office than he
requested, can look back on 81 years
as law enforcement officer in
Washington and Virginia.
Arlington born. Sheriff Fields
first put on the badge of an officer
when the sheriffs Office had force
Of only three men. He has watched
the force grow to % policemen and
three deputies in county which has
jumped from less than $4,000 to
100000 population.
Seated in his Office at the Airing
ton Court House, his stiff -brimmed
hat and handle bar mustach giving
him the look of a Texas Ranger.
Sheriff Fields emphasized that he is
quitting the sheriff's post because
Il want to-" He doubted that ANY
one can put me out" His plans for
the future include farming his five
acres. and possibly renting a larger
tract of land.
Took Office in 1916.
Mr.. Fields first became sheriff in
Arlington in 1916 after serving for
IL years as deputy under Sheriff
William H. Palmer. He was de-
feated in 1919 by A. C. Clemmens,
but was reelected again in 1923 and
has served continuously as sheriff
since then. From 1920 until he was
reelected, he served as deputy
United States. marshal in Washing
ton
Musing over his experiences as
sheriff, Mr.. Fields said he could di-
vide the cases he's handled into
three varieties-the notorious, the
gruesome and the funny ones.
One of those which received the
widest notice in the press, he said
was the Mary Baker case. AL
though Mary Baker was murdered
on Government property. Sheriff
Fields said. he was in on part of
the investigation. He said prob
ably one reason the case got such
wide publicity was that the mur-
derer was never found
"It was one of the unsolved muir
ders,' he said. They always seem
70 whet the public's imagination.
One Man Acquitted.
OF the many suspects grilled by
police in the course of the Mary
Baker murder investigation, only one
was brought to trial.
Detectives had sought for weeks
Evening star., 1943-02-14
Five From Nearby States
Reported Missing in Action

-Four Virginians and one Mary
lander are among 10 American SOL
diers from 35 States who are missing
in action In the African, South Pa
ciflc and Southwest Pacific areas, the
War Department disclosed yester-
day.
Pvt. Ernest F. Shrewsbury, brother
Of Mrs. Mary Johnson of Baldwin,
Md, Is missing in the South Pacific.
Two Virginians missing from the
Southwest Pacific are Pvt. James T.
De Witt, son of Mrs Eunice E. De
Witt of Cooper Hill, and Sergt. John
F. Ratliff, son of Mrs. Eta Ratliff
Of Vanssnt.
TWO other Virginians are missing
after African operations. They are
Staff Sergt. Otho C. Hundley of Call
lands, whose mother is Mrs. Annie
Wright Hundley, and Technical
Seret. Alfred E. Montgomery of Rose
Hill. His next in kin was given as
Elondous Montgomery of Rose Hill.
Presumed to be prisoners of war,
the ITO named include 7 officers and
D enlisted men missing in Africa,
4 officers and II enlisted men miss
ing in the South Pacific, and IA Off
GERS and 50 enlisted men missing in
the Southwest Pacific.
Evening star., 1943-02-14
Moormon Will Tighten Links
In District Rotioning Setup
New Chief Promises
innovations and
Improvement

A promise that loose links" in
me Districts rationing organiza-
tior would be tightened up "as time
goes on was made yesterday by
Heath c. Moorman, as he took up
his duties as chief rationing officer
for the District.
Mr.. Norman, whose appoint
ment was announced Friday by
Robert K. Thompson, District OPA
director refused to be more specific
in defining these loose links" but
he said he did not believe any ma
jor changes were needed in the
District system.
He also declared there would be
some innovations and improve
ments" in the setup within the next
few weeks. Chief of these, he said,
would be plan to provide for
closer cooperation among the Dis
trict and nearby communities in ad-
ministering rationing programs.
I'VE are going to try to achieve
more uniformity in the methods
used by the various rationing boards
included in the Metropolitan Area"
he said. I'VE hope to do this by
meeting with representatives of
boards in Prince Georges and Mont
gomery Counties in Maryland and
Arlington and Fairfax Counties and
Alexandria in Virginia. Such meet
ings will be held several times a
month"
Capitalization Plan Dropped.
Mr. Norman, who has been as
Sociated with the national and re-
gional Offices of OPA since May,
l94l, said the proposal to combine
the operations of all the boards in
the area into centralized organiza-
tion definitely had been abandoned.
Nevertheless, the need for closer
coordination among the rationing
authorities here and in nearby COM
munities still exists" he said
The new rationing chief said he
was agreeably surprised to find the
Is area rationing boards in the Dis
trict were functioning efficiently.
Il visited three boards at random
on Friday" he explained, "and
discovered that, despite the food of
mail that comes in, they all are
getting their replies out on a three
day basis. 1t takes the national
office about three weeks to answer
letter"
Mr. Norman said he does not
contemplate making any changes in
personnel at the present time, ex-
cept to add to his staff If he pos
sibly can. He pointed out that the
Evening star., 1943-02-14
Ration Board Cancels
Gas Books Of Drivers
Ignoring Summons
Arlington Group Acts
To Force VioIutors to
Attend Hearings

Revocation of gasoline ration
books will be the penalty imposed
on persons falling to answer a sum-
mons to the pleasure driving viola
tlon hearings of the Arlington Ra-
tlon Board, members said yesterday.
following a Friday night hearing
when the principals in four cases
failed to appear. This revocation
Will remain in force, it was said.
until those summoned appear before
the board.
OF IA other cases on Friday nights
docket, three were penalized, two
were carried over to tomorrow night
and nine were dismissed.
A B book. which the board said
was uniustifiably in his possession,
was taken from H. S. Mckinley,
822 North Daniel street. who was
found guilty of letting a motor run
idle on a District street.
Loses Four Coupons.
G. Edward Hacking, 1921 North
Fifteenth road, found guilty of
pleasure driving in the District, lost
four B coupons.
Everett Jeffers, 1914 North Seventh
street found guilty of pleasure driv-
ing in the county, lost his "A" book.
Eugene Henly, 1900 North Lexing-
ton street, and Raymond Byers, 1925
North Tuckahoe street, we're re-
summoned for further hearing to-
morrow night.
The hearing will be the first speed
violation session. The third pleasure
driving hearing, for which eight
cases already are scheduled, is slated
for FRIDAY
Evening star., 1943-02-14
Bethesda a-Chevy Chase
Walton LEAGUE 10 Meet

A discussion of proposed new game
laws for Maryland and the compile
ton of plans for mortgage-burning
ceremony will high light the supper
meeting of the Bethesda Chevy
Chase Izaak Walton League Wednes-
day evening at the Columbia din
ing room.
Recently elected officers and
committee chairmen include Earl
l.. Milkwick, president; Frederick A.
Allnutt, vice president; Hank Sims,
secretary-treasurer; George Huber,
chairman of the Fishing and Stock
ing Committee; Royal H. Carlock,
legislation and pollution; Charles
Sydnor, house and entertainment:
Nelson Oliver, membership; Walter
Young, hunting and game: A. F.
Prescott, constitution and bylaws;
E. Z. Hamilton conservation; T. o.
Nichols, clubhouse, and Edward H
Post, publicity.
Evening star., 1943-02-14

for more than six years as clerk of
the Stafford County Circuit Court
and as memcer of the Board of
Supervisors of that county.
House Contest Seen.
A Democratic contest for the
House of Delegates nomination In
Fairfax County also was in prospect,
with the indication that Delegate
Robert j. McCandlish, jr., would be
opposed by Edwin Lynch, 30-year-
old farmer and real estate dealer Of
Annandale.
Mr.. McCandlish, young Fairfax
attorney, defeated John A. K. Dono-
van, Democrat, of Falls Church in
a special election last February af-
ter Delegate Richard Farr, Repubh-
can, died on the opening day of
the legislature.
While only one incumbent, Char
les H. Powell. member of the Board
Of Supervisors from the Falls Church
District, has formally announced for
reelection, it was understood the
other county officers, all Democrats,
Evening star., 1943-02-14
II New Buses
| Go on Virginia
Line Tomorrow

Twelve new 36-passenger buses,
authorized recently by the Off1ce of
Defense Transportation, will be
placed in operation tomorrow in
nearby Virginia, officials of the Ar
nold-operated bus line said last
night.
The II new buses are a part of 20
originally requested by the Arnold
company. Their purchase was au-
thorized by ODT to relieve con-
gested conditions on Arnold routes.
Arnold officials said the buses will
arrive tomorrow morning from the
factory in Kent, Ohio. and will be
placed in operation the same day,
after license tags have been OBJ
tanned.
Evening star., 1943-02-14

The robbery, the largest on
record involving a bank in the
Washington area, occurred shortly
after the bank opened. Three ban
dts armed with a double -barreled
shotgun and pistol held up two
messengers of the bank and escaped,
going in the direction of Washing
ton. The messengers were driving
from the bank to the office
of the Washington Suburban Sani-
tary Commission. about five blocks
away and less than half a mile
from the Prince Georges County
Police Substation, when the bandits,
in another car, forced them to the
curb, and seized two money satchels,
one containing $4,000 pay roll
for the sanitary commission.
Afterthought Adds to Loot.
An afterthought by one of the
bandits raised the total loot to
$52,616. Two of the robbers had
seized the satchel containing the
pay roll from the lap of one of
the messengers in the front seat
Of their car. The holdup men were
running back to their own machine
when the third bandit. waiting at
the wheel, yelled:
Look in the back seat"
One of the men turned back and
looked in the rear of the messenger S
car, where another satchel contain
ing s36616 and two non-negotiable
cashiers checks totaling s75, 200 had
been placed. He snatchd it and
jumped into the bandits car just as
it started off toward Washington.
The entire action took place In
only two or three minutes and with
In block and a half of the heavily
travelled Baltimore boulevard,
jammed at the morning rush hour
Evening star., 1943-02-14
Six Aiexondrions Lose
Gasoline Coupons

Six persons in Alexandria lost
gasoline coupons for speeding or
reckless driving convictions Friday
night, and one offender who did not
appear after being summoned twice
was reported to Richmond.
The board heard the cases of three
taxi drivers who had been con-
victed of reckless driving, and dis
posed of the other cases without
summoning the offenders.
Victor Reilly. 1104 King street, a
driver for the Victory Cab Co, lost
his ration privileges for 80 days as a
result of reckless driving charge
The board did rot act in the cases
of John P. Sho.es. 5l1 Oronoco
street, and George W. Abbott, 902
Franklin street, substitute taxi
drivers, who did not own cabs or
ration books. Both had been con-
Victed of reckless driving and Alb
bolts driving permit had been re-
voked by State police.
Vernon Beach, 210 South Alfred
street, was reported to Richmond
when he failed tc appear.
Five persons were penalized as
follows: George M Francis, 1l2 East
Walnut street, four A coupons for
speeding; George Pavluska, 3le
South Washington street, four B
coupons with no renewal until the
book expires, for speeding; Ralph j.
Hamman, 2311 Mt. Vernon avenue,
B book revoked for speeding; Joseph
Hamilton, 1905 Poltner road, B book
revoked for 30 days for reckless
driving; Eugene F. Thomas, 902
Enderly drive, foui A coupons for
speeding.
Two taxi drivers were reported to
the board by military authorities at
Fort Eustis as having driven passen-
gers to the camp from Alexandria at
a charge of $40 each. They will be
summoned to appear Friday to
answer for having driven over the
25-mile limit set by the Office of
Defense Transportation, and in one
case for operating taxi with pas
senger car tags.
Evening star., 1943-02-14

for the murder gun, thought by bal
listics experts to be a .32-caliber re-
volver, when Herbert M. Campbell,
an Arlington real estate dealer,
brought Spanish type revolver to
the District Attorney declaring that
he was sure it was the weapon used
by the killer.
Mr.. Campbell first said the gun
had been placed in his desk drawer
by an itinerant painter, but later
admitted the gun belonged to him
and had never been out of his pos
session. He was accused and
brought to trial.
During his trial. Maj Calvin God
dard. Chicago ballistics expert, testi-
fed that he was sure Mary Baker
had been killed with Mr. Camp
bells gun, but in the face of con-
flicting testimony by his own bsllis-
tics experts. plus the defendants
alibi, Mr.. Campbell was acquitted
Mans Throat Cut.
Il guess one of the most gruesome
murders I ever saw" Sheriff Fields
said, was the time a woman cut
hel husbands throat in a room
where they were butchering hogs.
when I got there the man who
had been murdered was lying on a
table in the midst of half dozen
hogs. All were stretched out with
their throats cut.
The humor of Sheriff Fields fun
niest case, he said, was provided
mostly by the lawyer who repre-
sented two women, each of whom
was charged with murder
"A man had been found with his
neck broken" the sheriff said, land
his wife and stepdaughter were
brought to trial for his murder. The
wife was tried first and testimony
showed that she had been a model
wife, pointing toward the STEP
daughter as the guilty one.
The lawyer then got the daugh-
ter's trial postponed until another
term of court, and when she finally
was tried before another jury it
was proven that she, too, had been
model of obedience
Sheriff Fields doubted that he
would become lonesome for the
sheriff's office after he gives up the
post next year. 1t will be pretty
lestful, he said. after 81 years, to be
able to do little farming.
Evening star., 1943-02-14
Montgomery Ministers
To Meet Tuesday

The Montgomery County Min
listers Union will meet at II am.
Tuesday at the Christ Lutheran
Church, BOIL Old Georgetown road,
Bethesda, Md
The Rev. Clarence w. Crawford
of Calvary Baptist Church OF Wash
ington will speak on Let the Light
Shine" Lunch will be served to
those making reservations at the
Columbia Dining Room.
Evening star., 1943-02-14
Liquor Rationing Site
In Arlington Changed

Registration for liquor ration
books in Arlington County will be
at the ABC store at the corner Of
Highland street and Fairfax drive,
North, instead of at the Clarendon
Flrehouse, as previously announced
ABC officials said yesterday.
The change was made when It was
found there was insufficient space in
the firehouse.
Alexandria registration will con-
tlnue to be at the Armory Hall in
the 200 block Of South Royal street
and at the Potomac Clinic at $500
Mount Vernon avenue.
Registration is under direction OF
the Virginia Protective Force anc
VIII be held from s to II pm. to.
morrow and from 7 to IL pm. Tues.
DAY through Saturday.
Evening star., 1943-02-14
Bethesdo-C Chase
Rotary Club to Meet

DR.. Raymond M. Ham. head of
the division of chemistry at the
National Institute of Health, will
speak on The Sulfa Drugs" at the
weekly luncheon meeting of the
Bethesda Chevy Chase Rotary Club
Tuesday.
The observance of the 10th ami
versary of the clubs charter on
April n will include a dinner party
for the wives of members and an
address by Clinton Anderson, for
mer president Of Rotary Intcrna-
tlonal now Representative from
New Mexico.
Evening star., 1943-02-14

will run again in November. Can
didates must file go days before the
primary.
Officials Listed.
Present county officials include
Lewis M. Coyner, treasurer; John
M. Whalen, clerk of the County
Court; Paul E. Brown, Common
wealth's attorney; James U. Kin
cheloe, commissioner of revenue, and
E. P. Kirby. sheriff.
In addition to Mr.. Powell, those
expected to seek reelection to the
Board of Supervisors are G. Wallace
Carper. chairman, Providence dis
trict; John T. Blincoe, Lee district;
D. w. Buckley, Centerville district,
and Morris w. Fox, Dranesville dis
trict. No candidate to succeed Mr..
Clarke from the Mount Vernon dis
trict so far has announced.
Evening star., 1943-02-14
Donor Unit to Visit
Woodside Methodist

Under the auspices Of the Silver
Spring branch, Montgomery County
Chapter, American Red Cross, the
mobile blood donor unit will visit
the Woodside Methodist Church
from am. to 100 pm. Wednesday.
Persons wishing to contribute
blood are asked to call the blood
donor chairman. Mrs. John C.
Keele, or any one Of the following
members of the committee: Mrs.
Walter Arnold, branch chairman;
Mrs. william J. Widmayer, Mrs.
William Dahl, or the Takoma Park
chairman, Mrs. Frank Nickols.