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Evening star., 1943-05-18
Sewers 10 Be Souqht
AT Accotink Meetinq
Proposed Sanitary District
To Be Discussed

A mass meeting to discuss the
establishment of a proposed sani-
tary district in the village of Acco-
tink, Fairfax County, will be held
at 8 o'clock tonight in the Accotink
Odd Fellows Hall. j. j. Corbalis
county sanitary district engineer
announced yesterday.
The project is being sponsored by
the military authorities of Fort Bel
voir and Federal, State and local
health authorities in an effort to
improve the sanitation of the viii
lage, which is adjacent to the Fort
Belvoir military reservation.
The Federal Works Agency has
already allocated $4,000 for the
project to construct water and sewer
lines and also will make another
ALLEGATION for the construction of a
sewage pumping station.
The water supply will be obtained
from the Fort Belvoir lines, and the
village sewer line will be connected
with the post sewerage system.
A petition will be circulated at the
meeting tonight, to obtain the re.
quired signatures of property own
ers and qualified voters. It then will
be presented to the County Circuit
Court for consideration.
While Federal funds will be avail
able for the construction cost, oper-
alton and maintenance will have tc
be borne by the county. Mr.. Corbalii
said that if the district is estab-
lished, a service fee will be assessed
against the users of the water and
sewer systems for upkeep. The
meeting will be presided over by
Andrew w. Clarke, member of the
county Board of Supervisors from
Mount Vernon district.
Evening star., 1943-05-18
School Head, Teacher
Fined After B|ackout
Lights Remained On
In HyottsviI'e High

James A. Miller, principal of
Hyattsville High School. and Elmer
K. zeller, in charge of night voca-
tional classes in Prince Georges
County, last night were given SIC
suspended fines each by Trial Mag
istrate Allan Bowie in Hyattsville
Police Court on charges of violating
the town blackout ordinance.
Witnesses testified lights were OBJ
served in Mr.. Millers Office and in
other rooms throughout the school
during the recent afraid test. The
arrests were the first made at
Hyattsville for violation of the ordi-
nance.
Mr. Miller, while admitting he
had been warned before, said he
did not believe he should be re-
sponsible for the building "a hours
day.
He said he has asked the Board
of Education to install a master
switch outside the building to be
operated by AFRAID wardens dur
ing an alarm. Such a switch has
been installed since, it was teSti-
fed.
Judge Bowie maintained, how
ever. that Mr.. Miller, as principal
of the school, was responsible for
its operation at all times and should
have seen to it that some one was
in the building to turn off the
lights.
Evening star., 1943-05-18
May Day Program Held
AT Chevy Chase College

The Chevy Chase Junior College
held its May Day celebration yes
terday. The program, made up o1
songs and dances of various coun.
tries, was given to entertain the
queen, Miss Louise Cappelen, and
her court. Among the countries
represented were China, England
Poland. Latin American countries
Finland and the United States.
The present day was portrayed by
a military drill by the members OF
the junior class. The Glee Club
was under the direction of Mary
Russell Williams, instructor in
voice, and the dances were super
vised by Patty Chadwell, director of
physical education.
Members of the queens court
were Jean Yancey and Polly Clark,
ladies in waiting; Ruth Rebsmen,
college maid; Helen Cutler, high
school maid; Marjorie Elizabeth
Donaldson and Jimmy Puryear
crown bearers, and Gladys and
Phyllis Ogsbury, heralds.
Others taking part were Mary
Hitchcock, Gloria Stauffer, Sally
Gannett, Jacquie Chambers and
Sally McGrath.
Evening star., 1943-05-18
Better High Schools
Virginia S Vital Need
Dr.. Lancaster Says
Four-Point Program
Offered in Speech
At Sweet Briur
By the Associated Press.

SWEET BRIAR, Va, May 18.-
Extension of the high school pro-
gram to provide better vocational
education and better preparation for
college is major need of the Vir-
ginia public school system, DR.. Dab
ney S. Lancaster, State superintend-
ent of public instruction, told the
Sweet Brlar College student body
last night.
DR.. Lancaster spoke on Jefferson
as an Educator" as part of the COL
lege's observance of the jefferson
bicentennial.
Were Jefferson here today, the
speaker said, he would marvel at
the progress that has been made"
in education, but he would be
troubled" by such facts as Virginia
ranking fortieth among the States
in yearly current expenditure per
pupil, thirty sixth in average SAL
aries and thirty-nintn in the nNm-
ber enrolled in high school for each
1000 of those of 14-l7 years of age.
Jefferson would "agree with US"
~. AdliCoDsC1 SdlO, ClldG Oul llCtuS
include:
Il. A vital program with oppor-
tunities for all young people to pre-
pare adequately for work and for
citizenship, as we'll as for advanced
study
20. Well prepared and expert
enced teachers. More important
than any subjects are the person.
alities that surround the student i.
"3. Good teaching. This means
skill in stimulating interest as we'll
as insistence upon mastery 80.
a. Extension of the high school
program. Better provision for vo-
cational education and general shop
work; better preparation for COL
lege and technical schools, and
sound guidance for all pupils -.
And yet with all the shortcom-
ings of our educational system"
the speaker added, I'VE should be
encouraged by reviewing the OBJ
stacles that have been overcome
and should take heart and press
forward in an endeavor to be
worthy of Jefferson's vision of a
people free because well informed" :"
Evening star., 1943-05-18
Woman Editor Reports
Life Is Hard in NORWAY

The lot of a man in Norway un-
der the Nazi regime is hard one
but does not compare with that of
the women who, as Housewives, are
compelled to stand in line six to
seven hours each day to receive
scanty rations of Goldfish and tur-
nips, Miss Else Roed, former editor
of a women's magazine in Norway
told the Montgomery County busi-
ness women at a dinner at the Ken
wood Club last night.
The women must bolster the re-
sistence of their menfolk and con-
stantly combat the ideas taught
their children under Nazi rule, she
said.
Miss Roed's magazine was sus-
pended around the first Of the year
because she had the temerity to
wish all good" Norwegians a
happy new year.
Miss Roed was introduced by Mrs.
Alexander Macdonald former presi-
dent of the Business and Profess
sional Women's Club, which was
hostess.
Evening star., 1943-05-18
Suburban Ration Board Hours

1880 to $50 pm. Thursdays.
8 am. to noon Saturdays.
Hyattsville.
Gam. to 3 pm daily except Satur-
days.
8 am. to noon Saturdays.
Upper Marlboro.
9 am. to 3 pm. daily except Satur-
days.
9 am. to noon Saturdays.
Z to 10 pm Mondays.
Rockville.
$50 am. to $3.50 pm. daily except
Saturdays.
8 am. to noon Saturdays.
Bethesda.
10 am. to 2 pm. daily except Sat-
urdays.
8 am. to noon Saturdays.
Silver Spring.
10 Am. to 2 pm. daily except Sat-
urdays.
Evening star., 1943-05-18
Fort Myer Soldiers Cultivate
Victory Garden After Duty

Soldiers at South Post, Fort Myer,
Va, are cultivating their own Vic
tory garden and looking forward to
the day when the mess sergeant will
serve them vegetables grown in front
OF one of their barracks.
1t Is no G.. I. garden which is
now thriving almost within shadow
OF the Pentagon Building.
The men took up a collection to
purchase seeds, plants and fertilizer,
and enlisted men turned to with
shovels and hoes in a plot so feet
by rs feet.
There today will be found toma-
toes, onions, radishes, carrots, beans,
peppers, cabbage and lettuce in diff
ferent stages of growth.
All work is done by volunteers,
Evening star., 1943-05-18
Doctor Denies Hard Work
Requires More Meat
BY the Associated Press.


CHARLESTON, w. Va, May 18.-
1t is just an erroneous American
notion that men doing hard work
should eat more meat than those
engaged in light tasks, declared DR..
w. H. Sebrell of Bethesda, Md, in
addressing West Virginia doctors
yesterday.
The belief simply is mot true
although it is widespread, he said in
speaking at the annual meeting of
the State Medical Association. He
added that many Americans eat
much more meat than is necessary"
DR.. Sebrell, chief of the division
OF chemotherapy of the National
Institute Of Health, added that the
most important civilian food prob
lem now confronting the Nation was
to "see that every worker In the war
industries Is properly fed and that
his family knows how to feed him. u
Evening star., 1943-05-18
McKe|din Becomes Mayor
Of Baltimore Today
,y the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE. May 1S.-Theodore
R. McKeldin, Republican attorney,
becomes mayor of Baltimore today
the third chief executive the Ma
tio4S seventh largest city has had
in almost a quarter of a century.
Mayor Howard w. jackson,
Democrat, who was defeated by Mr..
McKeldin in the recent city elec-
ton, and former Republican Mayor
William F. Broening, have held
office since 1919.
Mr.. Broening was defeated by Mr..
Jackson in 1923. but later returned
to the City Hall in 1927, when he
introduced Mr.. McKeldin to public
life as executive secretary. Mr..
Jackson again became mayor in
1881, serving until the present.
Evening star., 1943-05-18

with the men gardening after duty.
Men who have shown interest in
giving hand, incidentally. are
about half from the cities and half
from rural areas.
Head gardener is Pfc John SPOTS,
farmer from Lancaster County,
Pa. Pvt. SPOTS was raised on a
farm and his father still operates
l00-acre place in Pennsylvania.
Pvt. SPOTS, who says he will
have been in the Army exactly two
years tomorrow, reported yesterday
that this was his first opportunity
to do any farming since joining up.
He conided that the garden was
mot big enough" He would like
to see several acres planted in veg
etables some day.
Evening star., 1943-05-18
Montgomery Board
Names Police Heads
Under Station Law
Five Coptoins Appointed
Three lieutenonts,
Is Sereeonts, Corporo's

The Montgomery County Board of
Commissioners today appointed 5
police captains. lieutenants and
l6 sergeants and corporals. The ap-
pointments were made under the
provisions of an act passed by the
last General Assembly to set up
station commands in the county.
Earl H. Burdine, Guy L. Jones,
Leroy Rodgers and L. D. Snyder
were made station commanders,
with the rank of captain at $4,000 a
year, the maximum provided by law
Theodore F. Vollten was made
captain of detectives, at a salary OF
$4,000 year.
Charles T. Barnes and J. B. Nolte
were named lieutenants, at $4,000 a
year. Frank A. Lane also was ap-
pointed lieutenant, at $4,000 a
year, and assigned to the county
detective bureau.
Those appointed sergeants were
Roy Bodmer, James S. McAuliffe
Frank Soper, and Paul w. Watkins.
They will receive $2,700 a year.
The named corporals were George
c. Windham, Jerry Hobbs. Herman
C. Paul, William T. DeNell. Wilson
w. Payne, Leo C. Day, William NJ
Whalen, and J. B. Day They will
receive the maximum salary OF
$1,000 a year.
Detective corporals named to the
bureau were Earl U. Stearn. G.. w.
Linthicum, John P. Leahy, John A.
Berry and James NJ Anderson
Their salary will be s2,40O a year.
The board also reappointed H
Leslie Carlin as chief of police,
and reappointed all 83 members OF
the regular police force.
D. c. Barnes, Stanley A. Harding,
G. F. Hurlebaus, Robert E. Kuster,
Erwin w. Moore, George w. Price,
jr., and H. A. Turner, members of
the auxiliary police, were named
members of the regular police force,
Evening star., 1943-05-18
Montgomery Hills P-TA
To Elect New Officers

Annual election of officers will be
held at meeting of the Montgom-
cry Hills (Mdo Junior High School
Parent-Teacher Association at s
O'Clock tonight.
Owen Knight, assistant principal
of Montgomery Blair Senior High
School, will discuss plans for next
years program for graduates of the
school entering senior high school.
Miss Lynda Carver, the new prin-
cipal, who succeeds Mrs. Esthalene
Morgan, who resigned, will be pres
ent with the other teachers to hold
conferences with the parents.
Evening star., 1943-05-18
Chamber in Bethesda
Urges Enforcement
Of Hour Parking
Group Votes to Sponsor
Mobile, Blood Donor Unit
Visit on June 2o
BY Mrs. J. REED BRADLEY.

Strict and immediate enforcement
Of the one-hour parking ordinance
for the business district of Wisconsin
avenue was requested last night by
the Bethesda Chamber of Commerce
at meeting in the Bethesda County
Building. Police officials had pre-
viously indicated their willingness to
enforce the ordinance provided a
majority of the business men de-
sired such action.
The group voted to sponsor the
June 20 visit of the Mobile Blood
Donor Unit to the Christ Lutheran
Church in Bethesda in cooperation
with the Bethesda Branch of the
Red Cross. Yves Sauter was named
chairman of a committee to COM
plete arrangements.
Service Flag to Fly.
The community's service flag will
be erected on the triangular park in
front of the Bank of Bethesda. Phil
Schaefer, flag chairman, announced.
Dedication services are planned for
June IA.
Committee chairmen were an
nounced by E. E. Bass, new presi-
dent, as follows: Commercial devel-
opment, Carl Bachschmid; public
utilities, Sam Stonebraker; civic de-
velopment, Stanley Everhart; safety
A. j. Bargagrii; welfare and educa-
ton, Thomas w. Pyle; publicity
Mrs. j. Reed Bradley; roads, streets
and bridges, Clarence Keiser: legis-
lation and legal action, John R
Reeves: membership and attend
ance, William P. Allen.
Twenty-six new members were
voted into the chamber. 10 v. Nor
gan, Scout commissioner for the
Greater Washington area, spoke on
scouting as a character building
agency and asked the chamber to
sponsor troop. His suggestion was
referred to Mr.. Pvle's committee for
future consideration.
Transport Committee.
Mr.. Stonebraker was named
chairman of Transportation Com
mittee which will encourage the use
OF the Kenwood-Bradley boulevard
bus in order to assure its retention
Mr.. Stonebraker will speak before a
number of citizens associations re-
garding the matter.
Mrs. Ethel Taylor was named first
assistant secretary and Ed Warner
second assistant secretary of the
Bethesda business group. Action on
the revised bylaws will be the first
order of business at the June meet
ing.
Evening star., 1943-05-18

Defeating Washingtons largest
and most complete USO club at
Eighth street and Pennsylvania ave-
nue. NV. in ceremonies last night,
Senator Burton, Republican, of
Ohio declared that depth of spirit
is important to the fighting man
and that USO clubs are vital in
maintaining that spirit.
The new club, which was opened
officially last night by the Saliva
ton Army, will provide accommoda-
tions for 100 servicemen along with
numerous game and recreation
rooms. 1t will be under the direc-
Evening star., 1943-05-18
Arlington.
9 am. to $3.50 pm. daily.
y <4 IN yNToIroeIo1-r

d.1l. W o.oU pIIl Odlly.
to 10 Wednesdays.
Gasoline, tires, miscellaneous COM
modities, Monday, Wednesday and
Friday.
Fuel oil, ration books / and 2,
Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday
Price-control division always open.
Alexandria. JAZZ
Gam to pm. daily except We'd
nesdays and Saturdays.
9 am. to pm. Wednesdays and
Saturdays.
7::30 to $50 pm. Wednesdays.
Ration books / and issued Mon
days and Fridays only.
Fairfax.
$50 am. to 4 pm. daily except
Thursdays and Saturdays.
$50 am. to ! pm. Thursdays and
Saturdays.
Evening star., 1943-05-18
Recipe for SoIvoging
Soup Proves Difficult
By the Associated Press.

oy tne ASSOclateo PRESS.
BAL LT1MORE, May ia frantic
reStaurateur called Baltimore's
Enoch Pratt Public Library yester-
day to report he had spilled a box
of salt in his days batch of soup
containing "a lot of good ration
points"
The library's answer to his what
can 4 do?" was:
"Cut raw potatoes in the soup, boil
for five minutes, remove the pota-
toes and the soup will be desalted."
The library did not say where he
might find the potatoes.
Evening star., 1943-05-18
Deputy Sheriffs Named

Paul w. Brennan, George B. De
Forest, Upton B. Mackall, jr., and
Fletcher c. Paddison have been ap-
pointed by Sheriff Robert w. Farmer
special deputy sheriffs for Mont
gomery County. All have taken the
oath.
Evening star., 1943-05-18

ton of Maj. Lisle Shackelford OF the
Salvation Army.
Others who participated in the
dedication program included Col.
John D. Langston, chairman of the
Selective Service Planning Council; !;
Granville Guide, president of the
Washington Board of Trade; Brig.
Gen. Charles H. Dodd of the SAL
vation Army and Col. Edmund Hoff-
man, also of the Salvation Army.
Several musical selection were
presented by George A. Myers. Brig.
Gen. Albert L. Cox presided, DR..
John Rustin read the invocation
and Chaplain Stanton w. Salisbury,
U. S. N, delivered the benediction.
Evening star., 1943-05-18
Womon Hurt in BIost

Mrs. Jessie Mitchell, 43, of Route 2,
Alexandria, was in a serious condi-
ton today at the Alexandria Hos
pital from burns received last night
when gas stove exploded In her
home, hospital attendants reported.
Evening star., 1943-05-18
Utility Gets Tux Refund

The Treasury announced today re-
funds in income and defense taxes
amounting to $36,893 to the vir-
ginia Public Service Co., Alexandria.
Evening star., 1943-05-18
laWRahoniing
&.kRemiindersa

Blue coupons, Book 2-Those marked
G, H and j are good for rationed
canned goods and remain valid
through May 81.
Red coupons, Book 2-These can be
exchanged for meats, butter, mar
garine, fats and oils, cheeses and
canned fish.
Stamps marked E, F, G and H
are good now and can be used
any time before May 81.
Stamps lettered j become valid
next Sunday MAY 23) and will
then be good through May 81.
Sugar-Stamp No. II in Book l is
good for pounds through May 81.
Coffee-Stamp No. % is now valid
for l pound through May 30.
Fuel oil-No. coupons are valid for
10 gallons through September 30.
Gasoline-No. 5 A coupons are good
for gallons each through July 81.
b and G coupons, good for 3
gallons each, expire on dates in
dicated in individual books.
Shoes-Stamp II in Book l is good
for one pair of shoes through
June Is.
Evening star., 1943-05-18
Prince Georges Board No. |
Calls 36 for Induction

Prince Georges County Draft
Board No. l at Hyattsville an
nounced today that SO registrants
have been ordered to report at 7
am. at the boards Office in the
County Service Building before
leaving for the Army induction
Evening star., 1943-05-18

Detailed rationing information tDin
be found each ,ceek in The Sunday
Star.
Evening star., 1943-09-11
Woman Dies, Hurt
In Nearby Accidents

A pedestrian was killed and two
other persons were injured, one seri-
ously, in traffic accidents last night
In nearby Maryland and Virginia.
An unidentified woman was in
5ured fatally when she was struck
by an automobile on the Baltimore
boulevard at College Park, accord
ing to Prince Georges County police
In the same accident, Charles W.
Archer. Is, suffered scalp ruts Ind
was admitted to Casualty Hospital
Police did not know mis- address.
The driver of the car, identified
by police as John w. Magill, 80, of
Suitland, was charged with man.
slaughter and released under 81 200
bond.
Harry c. Zimmerman, IS, of Gum
Springs, near Alexandria, suffered
q possible fractured skull when he
was struck by an A. B. g. w. bus at
King and Pitt streets in Alexandria
He was taken to Alexandria Hospital
where his condition was described
rs serious.
John w. Craig, Alexandra, identi-
fed by police as the driver of the
bus, was charged with reckless driv-
ing and released on his personal
bond,
Evening star., 1943-09-11
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Personal Property
Set al $1,261,0O0

Fy the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Sept. 11.--An inter-
mediary accounting of the estate of
the late Brig. Gen. Cornelius VAN
derbilt disclosed yesterday that his
personal estate is valued at $780,
600, exclusive of interests in trusts
and real estate, and that several
claims have been filed against the
estate.
Muriel Lodge Paterson of Water
mill, N. Y, otherwise unidentified
declared in claim that she had an
agreement under which she was to
receive $3.50 a month for life for
services rendered before November
4, 1912. The services were not de-
scribed. Gen. Vanderbilt died in
March, 1912.
Declaring the payments had not
been made, she asked $6,750 from
the estate and sought a reserve OF
1925 900 to insure continuance OF
payments during her lifetime.
The accounting papers, filed In
Surrogate Court by the Central Han
over Bank & Trust Co., as executors
showed that her claim was re-
jected by the executors, who noted
that she had instituted suit against
the estate but that no summons OF
complaint had been filed.
The estate of Gertrude Vanderbilt
Whitney, Gen Vanderbilt's sister
filed claim for loan of $265, $50, of
which $15000O now has been paid,
the accounting showed.
A claim for $40, 500 also was filed
against the estate by Mrs. Grace
Vanderbilt, widow Of Gen. Wander
bilt.
A hearing on the accounting Is
scheduled for October /. g.
Evening star., 1943-09-11
Masons 10 Celebrate
15Ofh Anniversary
OF Founding Tonight

Federal Lodge, No. l, of the Free
and Accepted Masons of the Dis
trict, will celebrate the 150th an
niversary of its founding at
o'clock tonight in Almas Temple,
1915 K street NV.
The program will include cards,
dancing and speeches by John
Clagett Proctor, who will present a
Short Historical Sketch of Early
Washington" and Carl H. Claudy,
most worshipful grand master of
Masons in the District.
Federal Lodge, Oldest in the Dis
trict. collaborated with Alexandria
Lodge, No. %, in the ceremony of
laying the corner stone of the Capt.
tol, and these two lodges conducted
the funeral of George Washington.
The lodge was founded September
IL, 1893, and chartered as Federal
Lodge, No. l, by the Grand Lodge
Of the District on February 16, 1911.
The Federal Lodge has had among
its honorary members Presidents
Andrew Jackson and Theodore
Roosevelt. 1t has also numbered
among its members Admiral Rich
ard E. Byrd, explorer; ]. Edgar
Hoover, chief of the FBI, and the
late Daniel c. Roper, former Sec
retary of Commerce.
Present officers are Roy L. James,
worshipful master; Floyd T. Trus-
colt, senior warden; Franklin D.
Sauf1et, Junior warden; Writ B.
Furr, secretary; Oscar E. Carlton,
treasurer; Edgar N. Peterson, senior
deacon; William J. Chisholm, Junior
deacon; Fred S. Hardin, senior
steward: Robert S. Scott, junior
steward; George L. Russell, mar
shal; John L. Bateman. chaplain,
and Walter F. Hewett, tiler.
Evening star., 1943-09-11

B. Kozak of Carbondale, Pa, radio
gunner aboard one of the bombers
which raided the Ploesti oil field in
Rumania; Ernie Pyle, war CORE
spondent; Mrs. Lucian Truscott
great great granddaughter of
Thomas Jefferson and wife of Maj
Gen. Truscott; Mrs. Nick Craw
whose husband, a colonel, was the
first officer to fall in North Africa
Mrs. H. c. Harlow, mother of two
sons decorated for heroism, and
Willie Henderson, caretaker OF
Monticello.
| The Treasury also announced
plans for a series of refugee -spon-
sored War bond auctions of original
manuscripts. music scores and art
works as part of the bond drive
The auctions were suggested by
Physicist Albert Einstein, Writers
Emil Ludwig, Thomas Mann and
Franz Werfel; Movie Star Elizabeth
Bergner, and Opera Singer Lotte
Lehman. They asked nearly zoe
fellow refugee artists, the Treasury
said, to contribute material to be
sold to the highest War bond bid
ders