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Evening star., 1944-02-21
Virginia Bill 10 Delay
Arlington Reassessment

Members of the Arlington County
delegation in the Virginia General
Assembly explained today that while
passage OF the real estate reassess-
ment bill assures postponement until
1946 OF reassessment in the county,
adjustments may still be made.
In a joint statement Senator Will
liam D. Medley and Delegates
Charles R. Fenwick and j. MAYNARD
Magruder pointed out that under
the Virginia tax laws the Circuit
Court may. at the request of the
County Board, appoint board of
equalization of real estate assess
ment.
This board, it was explained. may
make adjustments in cases where
property was under or over assessed.
The board, however, could not in
crease assessments until property
owners had been given an oppor-
tunity to show why an increase
should not be made.
Under provisions of the reassess-
ment bill, introduced BY Delegate
Robert j. McCandlish, jr., of Fair
fax, that county would be required
to hold reassessments at least every
tenth year, but not more often than
once every four years. An amend
ment to the bill postponed the Ar
llngtOn reaSSeSSment.
Evening star., 1944-02-21
BY JOSEPH YOUNG.

General war unrest and the lure
Of high-salaried jobs in out-of town
war industries have resulted in a
record number OF broken homes
here, a United States attorneys
aide reported today in blaming
marital problems as an underlying
cause for juvenile delinquency.
Revealing that 242 nonsupport
cases have been brought to the
United States attorneys office for
prosecution during the past three
years, Sherman Westrich, grand jury
investigator in charge Of nonsup-
port cases, declared that fathers
leaving town for jobs in shipyards
and plane factories constitute the
primary reason for the increase in
the number of domestic breakups.
Nonsupport cases increased more
than 100 per cent during this pc
riod From 43 cases in 194l the
figure jumped to 103 the following
year and showed slight decline in
1943. with So cases brought in for
prosecution
The Office handles only cases
where parent leaves town and
fails to provide for his children's
support. All other nonsupport cases
are under Juvenile Court jurisdic-
ton. In addition to the cases
brought in for prosecution, hundreds
of others fail to reach court when
Evening star., 1944-02-21
Bill Mapped 10 Cover
ARLINGTON Taxi Fares

j. Maynard Magruder, Arlington
delegate to the General Assembly,
announced last night that he would
introduce a bill in the House today
to give Arlington County the right
to regulate taxi fares.
Harry A. Grant, member of the
county public utility commission,
said today there is no existing taxi
fare regulation in Arlington County.
He said the commission had put a
regulation through the county board
In January, l943, affecting the oper-
alton but not the fares of taxis.
Mr.. Magruder said his bill was a
part of the commissions program
contemplated at the time the gen.
eral ordinance was promulgated last
year. 1t will carry an emergency
clause to make its proposals effective
Immediately on signature of Gov.
Darden.
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Nearly 1917 Of Land
Taken al Quantico
Now Free Of Claims
$4,000 Acres Spread
Through Three Counties;
452 Owners Paid by Navy
BY the ASSociat presS

BY the Associated Press.
FREDERICKSBURG, Va, Feb.
2l.-Nearly 10 per cent of the land
and Improvements taken by the
Navy Department in November,
1912, for enlargement of the Quanti-
co Marine Corps training base in
Stafford, Prince William and Fau-
quier Counties is now claim free, A.
w. Embrey, jr. United States attor-
ney in charge of condemnation pro-
ceedings, announced.
Payments totaling $1,219, ,695 SO
have been made to 452 land owners
for approximately $4,000 acres of
land and buildings.
The Navy seized approximately
$4,000 acres altogether, and $4O9,-
020.59 is yet to be paid for the un-
settled claims.
The Navy took immediate pos
session of the $4,000 acres after
ousting from their homes on short
notice $50 families comprising about
1000 persons. Condemnation pro-
ceedingS were then started by the
Navy, but until these reached the
point where clear titles acceptable
to the Navy could be given by prop
erty owners, payments had to be
withheld
Many Of the property owners
ousted were poor and without money
to rehabilitate themselves. They
protested the hardship, and their
plight was presented to Federal
authorities by Senator Byrd, Demo-
crat, of Virginia While the Navy
Department promised speed in clear
ing up claims, it pointed out that
such proceedings would of necessity
consume considerable time.
The lions share of the $4,000 acres
taken is in Stafford County, totaling
about 10000 acres. approximately
$4,000 acres are in Prince William
and the other 5000 in Fauquier
County.
OF the 652 owners involved, Mr..
Embrey said, only II have failed to
accept the prices fixed by the Navy
Department. These cases must be
tried by jury before settlement, he
said.
Evening star., 1944-02-21
Two Seized in EIkton
As Drug Pedd|ers
More Than 1000 TOILETS
Taken in Hotel Roid
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE, Feb. 21.-Boyd M
Martin, supervisor of the Federal
Narcotics Bureau here. said .yester-
day that Federal agents had seized
more than 1000 narcotics tablets in
Elkton and arrested two men on
charges Of selling drugs.
Mr.. Martin said the seizure, made
by four agents from the Baltimore
and Philadelphia narcotics divisions,
was the largest made in this area in
recent years.
He added that the two men ar
rested would be arraigned here to-
day before Federal authorities.
Philadelphia agents were investi-
eating Delaware doctor believed
to have been supplying the accused
men with narcotics for several
months. Mr.. Martin said.
Mr.. Martin said the arrests were
made in an Elkton hotel yesterday
after "decoy" purchaser had
bought quantity of narcotics from
the men with marked money.
AS the buyer left the room, he
added. the agents entered, arrested
the men and seized the narcotics.
Mr.. Martin said the men had been
living in Elkton for four months
or more and were believed to have
been supplying addicts in Baltimore,
Philadelphia and New York.
Evening star., 1944-02-21
Virginia Church Refuses
To Collect Withholding Ia,
BY the Associated Press.

Ds the Associated Press.
SUFFOLK, Va, Feb. 21.-The
West End Baptist Church of Suffolk
Yesterday unanimously voted to re-
fuse to act as tax collector for any
phase of civil Government, in a
move directed at the Federal with
holding tax.
A resolution introduced before the
morning service by j. j. Pond, pea
nut company executive and deacon
in the church, included the phrase
will have no part in acting
as collection agent for any Govern
ment, be it Federal or State, and
that we will adhere strictly to the
Baptist principle of complete sep
aration of church and state"
The resolution also invited similar
action by the Virginia Baptist Gen.
eral Association, which convenes in
three-day session at Roanoke to-
morrow.
The Federal withholding tax law
requires churches to withhold a per-
centage OF the salaries of all church
employees, except ministers, who re-
ceive more than $12 per week.
The only employe of the West End
Church coming under the require
ments of the law is the director of
religious education. The pastor an
nounced that similar action had
been taken some months ago by cer-
tain Baptist churches in Kentucky
and Maryland.
Evening star., 1944-02-21
FSA 10 Conserve Funds
In Nearby Maryland

In an effort to conserve Farm Sc
curity Administration funds, DR.
Lee A. Miller, FSA supervisor for
Prince Georges, Anne Arundel and
Calvert Counties, has announced
that all new applications for loans
are reviewed to determine whether
all possibilities of obtaining ade-
quate financing through local banks
or other credit agencies have been
exhausted.
In addition, Mr.. Miller said that
the financial status of all borrowers
is being checked to determine
whether they have become eligible
for bank credit.
"FSA loan funds for the fiscal
year ending July /. 1914, will be ex-
hausted in a month or two by pres
ent demands unless more applicants
can be financed through other To-
cal credit agencies Mr.. Miller ex-
planned.
I'VE hope in this way to take
care OF every family-type farmer
who cannot qualify for regular
credit and would be prevented from
making full uses of his experience,
labor and production resources.
Farmers desiring to apply for
loans may obtain information by
writing Mr.. Miller at his office.
Clagett Building, Upper Marlboro.
Evening star., 1944-02-21
Training Curb
in Virginia
May Place Big Burden
On l944-1946 Budget
BY the Associated Press.

RICHMOND, Feb. 2l.-Curtailing
of the Army Specialized Training
Program in Virginia colleges, affect
ing most of Virginia's institutions
OF higher learning, may play havoc
with the States budget.
Legislative officials, fearful of a
devastating effect" on the State
supported colleges, are prepared to
tear up whole sections of the 1944-
46 budget, only Saturday cohsidered
slightly more than a week away
from being finished product.
Gov. Darden already has begun
conversations with Senate leaders
looking toward emergency State aid
to the affected colleges.
Fearful that the Army's action
may be followed by similar move
on the part of the Navy, the State
officials are known to be studying
the possibility of assuming virtually
the full support Of the institutions
for the duration.
1t was estimated last night that
elimination of the program would
cost the State approximately $780,
900. Should the Navy withdraw its
training work, the results would
be considerably more costly.
Despite this, it was learned, the
Governor is determined to make
ample provisions in the budget for
any such emergency, and he was
reported ready to increase State aid
to the institutions of higher learn
ing even at the expense of already
approved items in the appropriation
bill.
Evening star., 1944-02-21
Some Public Housing
Called Cheaper Than
Private Construction
Labor Leader Replies
To Recent Charges
Of Realty Service Head

Claims that Government agencies
have built housing for low-income
families at less cost than private
builders were made today by Harry
C. Bates, chairman of the Housing
Committee of the American Fedora
tion of Labor.
Mr.. Bates statement, contained in
a letter to Chairman Burton of the
Senate District subcommittee in
vestigating housing conditions here,
was in answer to an attack on public
housing made before the subcommit-
tee last Monday by Hal S. Nickel,
president of the Realty Service Co.
Citing Mclean Gardens and Fair
lington as examples, Mr.. Nickel had
charged that public housing here
has cost about twice as much as
comparable dwellings built by pri-
vate builders.
In replying to Mr.. Nickel today,
Mr.. Bates wrote Senator Burton
that Mclean Gardens and Fairling-
ton, propects of the Defense Homes
Corp, are luxury developments, so
different from the normal type Of
public housing that any comparison
is unfair, and can only serve to
confuse and miSlead."
The type Of housing the National
Capital Housing Authority would
build here under its proposed slum
reclamation program would cost only
a fraction as much as these develop
mentS, Mr.. Bates said.
The national average cost of low
rent housing built before the war
for low income families was S4,284
unit, Mr.. Bates asserted. Even
under war conditions he added, the
national average cost per unit of
permanent housing built by the Fed
eral Public Housing Authority for
war workers has been S4,560.
THE costs of publicly built perma-
nent propects compare favorably
with costs of private builders and
are. in fact, somewhat lower" he
said.
Evening star., 1944-02-21
.Six-Man Panel Named
To Consider Steel WAGES
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
An attempt by the United Steel
Workers of America. CIO, to break
the Little Steel" formula has
drawn nearer a showdown with
appointment by the War Labor
Board of panel of six to consider
the case.
Those appointed are David L. Cole,
second regional board in New York,
as panel chairman, and N. P. Fein-
singer, director of WLB's disputes
division, public members; Hugh
Morrow, vice president of Sloss-
Shef1eld Steel, Birmingham, Ala,
and Edwin D. Bransome, president
Of Vanadium Corp, New York, in
dustry members; John Despol, San
Francisco, and Stephen Levitzky,
Pittsburgh, labor members.
Hearings soon will begin here, the
board said, on the question of pro-
cedure.
The steelworkers. through their
president, Philip Murray, have asked
for fiat wage increase of II cents
an hour and other benefits for all
members. Any increase at all would
carry the steel wages beyond the
terms of the Little Steel yardstick,
under which general wage boosts are
limited to Is per cent above the wage
level of January. 1941.
Evening star., 1944-02-21
Johnson 10 Address
Jewish War Veterans

j. Fred johnson. jr.. former ma
tional vice commander of the Amer
lcan Legion, will speak before the
Washington post of the Jewish War
Veterans of the United States and
the Ladies Auxiliary at $3.50 pm.
tomorrow at the Jewish Community
Center, Sixteenth and @ streets NV
The two groups will install newly-
elected officers. The post officers
are: Irwin M. Gensberg, COM
mander; Philip Stearns, senior vice
commander; M. David Dubb, Junior
vice commander: Abe Miller, ad-
jutant, and Oscar Dodek, quarter
master.
The auxiliary officers are Mrs
Mary Silverberg, president; Mrs
Celia Gensberg, senior vice presi-
dent; Mrs. Sylvia Weinstein, Junior
vice president; Mrs. Jeanne Warsaw,
recording secretary; Mrs. Anne
Felker, corresponding secretary, and
Mrs. Ray Orlove, treasurer.
Evening star., 1944-02-21
Naval Transport Named
For Arlington County

A naval transport has been named
Arlington in honor of Arlington
County, Va, the Navy announced
today.
The name was recommended by
the Office of Chief of Naval Op-
erations and the selection was ap-
proved by Assistant Secretary of the
Navy Ralph A. Bard.
The Arlington, completed last Feb
ruary, was formerly the merchant
man Fred Morris and was operated
by the War Shipping Administra-
ton until the Navy took it over.
1t is being converted to a troopship
at the shipyard of the Bethlehem
Steel Corp, Hoboken, N. J.
Before being taken over by the
Navy, the Arlington had designed
speed OF IA knots and an overall
length of Alt feet. It was built as a
cargo ship for South. American
trade.
Evening star., 1944-02-21

B. Jessup. with whom she played
in the Wightman Cup matches at
Wimbledon in 1924. Miss Browne
ranked with Mrs. Jessup. the for
mer Miss Marion Zinderstein, among
the top woman players in the Ma
ton for several years.
A native of California, Miss
Browne won the national tennis
title in 1912, 1913 and 1914. She was
later a prominent figure in anna
teur golf tournaments.
zone of the first American Red
Cross workers to reach Australia in
the summer of 1912, Miss Browne
was the first white woman to cross
the Owen Stanley Mountains in
New Guinea. She was formerly a
field representative of the Govern
ment's physical fitness division.
Evening star., 1944-02-21
PenneII Exhibition Of Prints
To Award $1,000 in Prizes

Archibald MacLeish, librarian of
the Library of Congress, announced
today that IS prizes totaling $1,000
will be awarded in the second Ma
tional Pennell Fund exhibition of
prints to be held at the Library
galleries from May l to July l.
Representatives of the National
Gallery of Art, the Corcoran GAL
lery, the National Collection of Fine
Arts and Phillips Memorial Gallery
will select the prints to be exhibited.
1t is expected from 400 to 500 prints
will be shown.
The standing committee for print
purchases under. the Pennell Fund
will award prizes-five of 500, 10
of $50 and 20 of $50.
Printmakers may enter hand
made prints in any technique in
black and white or color issued since
March l, 1943. Drawings, photo
graphic prints or those colored after
printing are not eligible.
Application for entry may be made
with the Fine Arts Division, Library
OF Congress. Entry cards should
be returned by March Is.
Evening star., 1944-02-21
1OO% Rise in Nonsupport Cases
Blamed for Delinquency Here
Many Men, Lured Away for High Pay,
Desert Families, u S. Attorneys Aide Says

an adjustment is effected between
the parties after a hearing.
A siZable percentage of children
involved in these cases get into
trouble" Mr.. Westrich said. The
children are the principal victims
When the father leaves, the mother
usually has to go to work, leaving
the children without parental super
vision. Naturally, many of these
children get into trouble"
Many men are glad of the oppor-
tunity to leave home and forget
about their obligations, Mr.. West
rich said Although most of the
fathers in these cases earn high
wages as war workers, many make
no effort to send any of the money
home, he said.
Mr.. Westrich blamed war nerves
for existing conditions. He listed
intoxication and mental illness as
other major factors in causing home
breakups
In all cases, an effort is made tt
reach the father and persuade him
to contribute his share of support
II he fails to comply, he is usually
indicted on nonsupport charge
The offense is a statutory misde.
meanor and the defendant can b.
removed from other States to tn,
District to stand trial A total O
As cases have been presented to tn,
grand. jury and 1876 cases have beer
adjusted satisfactorily.
Evening star., 1944-02-21
Capt. Holloway Awarded
Legion Of Merit Medal
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Capt. James L. Holloway, jr., OF
Arlington has been decorated with
the Legion of Merit award for ex-
ceptionally meritorious conduct in
service, the Navy Department an
nounced today.
Capt. Holloway, who makes his
home at 924 Twenty-sixth street
South, Arlington, is As, and native
of Fort Smith, Ark. His citation
was as follows:
For exceptionally meritorious
conduct in the performance of out
standing services as commander of
a DD-DE shakedown group from
March to November, 1943.
Responsible for the detail opera :
tlonal, administrative and material
problems incident to initiating the
program of this command, Capt
Holloway has built up an efficient
organization, turning over to the
fleet competent, seagoing vessels and
thoroughly indoctrinated person.
mel 4 ="
Evening star., 1944-02-21
Silver Spring Urged
As U. S. Studium Site

A proposal that Silver Spring be
chosen as the site for a national
stadium is among recommendations
to be presented by the Silver Spring
Board o. Trade at a meeting OF
the Montgomery County Postwar
Planning Committee February % at
Bethesda, it was announced today
Directors Of the trade group also
have decided to recommend i'm
provements planned in the Balti-
more & Ohio Railroad viaduct on
Georgia avenue and erection of q
proposed three-way traf1ic light sys-
TEN at Colesville road and Georgia
avenue.
Admiral Adophus Station was ap-
pointed to act on behalf Of the
group at the meeting.
Evening star., 1944-02-21
lsHRshonmiq
@Remmiders@

Canned and Frozen Foods, ETC.
Stamps K, L and M in Book No. 4
valid through March 20.
Meats, Fats, Etc. - Book No. 8,
stamps v, w and x valid through
Saturday. Stamps Y and z good
through March 20. Spare stamp
in Book No. 4 good for 5 points
of pork through Saturday.
Points for Fats-Your meat dealer
will pay two ration points for
every pound of waste kitchen fats
you turn in.
New Ration Tokens Starting
February 81. blue and red tokens
will be given in change on ra-
toned sales involving green,
brown, red and blue stamps. Each
token is worth one point; red for
meat, butter, ETC.; blue for proc
essed foods.
Sugar-Book No. 4. Stamp 80 valid
for pounds through March 81.
Book No. 4, stamp 10 good for S
pounds for home canning through
February %, 1945.
Shoes-Stamp No. 18 In Book No. 1
and stamp l on the "airplane"
sheet Of Book No. 3 valid for an
indefinite period.
Gasoline-No. ga coupons good for
3 gallons through May 8. B, B-l, G
and C-1 coupons good for 2 gall
longs each. These coupons will
expire on date indicated on indi-
vidual books. b. and ca cou.
pons in books issued since De-
cember l are good for S gallons
each.
Tire Inspection Deadlines-For A
coupon holders, March 81. For b
coupon holders. February %.
Fuel Oil-Period No. 3 coupons good
through March 13 Period No. 4
coupons valid through September
80. Nos. 3 and coupons good for 10
gallons per unit. Period No. 5
coupons may be exchanged for
No. As and used now If holder has
100 gallons or less in No. cou-
pons. According to the District
OPA, consumers in this area
should not have used more than
10 per cent Of. their total yearly
f""l oil rationssss of Fe'-~,,--v ii.
Evening star., 1944-02-21

his stock Enclosures. Police re-
sponded to call for aid and saved
him from possible injury when they
opened fire on the snarling dogs,
killing three. 1t was the fifth raid
on livestock in the area since Friday,
18th precinct police said. The killers
have accounted for more than 80
rabbits and chickens.
William Scatter, 3218 Central ave-
nue. NE, was awakened at dawn
yesterday by a commotion in his
rear yard. Four dogs were attack
ing chickens in coop, he told po-
lice. Aiming himself with a club
he hastened to drive the dogs of,
but was himself cornered by the
animals, who turned on him. AS he
beat them of with the club his wife
telephoned police.
Animals Mangled.
Mr.. Scatter still was battling the
dogs when they arrived, police re-
ported. The officers fired on the
dogs, killing three. One escaped.
Inspection of the stock inclosure
discovered four rabbits and six
chickens mangled and torn, police
said
Police 1t. c. F. Dwyer, attached to
the sixth precinct, who lives at 2949
Carlton avenue NE, in the same
area as the Scatter residence, re-
ported that 10 rabbits in pens in
the rear of his home had fallen
victims to the killer dogs Saturday
night, police said.
Police to Shoot.
Capt. Walter Storm of the 18th
precinct ordered patrolmen and
police scout cars to be especially
vigilant and authorized killing of
wild dogs whenever they attack do
mestic animals.
Since Friday, Capt. Storm said to-
day. wild dogs have raided stock
pens of three other Northeast resi-
dents. Mrs. James Bouton of 2857
Monroe street NE. reported one
rabbit killed; Neal Bragaw of 1888
Myrtle street NE, II rabbits
slaughtered, and Mrs. Edna Thomp-
son, 3050 Vista street NE, reported
3 rabbits killed.
Capt. Storm said wild dogs had
overrun the thickly wooded areas
bordering the Eastern Branch of the
Anacostia River several years ago.
They grew so bold and ruthless, he
said, that several large eogs were
killed and partly eaten. A campaign
of determination by police decimat-
ed the packs. he declared, and the
new attacks are the first serious re-
currence.
Evening star., 1944-02-21
Federal Power Aide
Assigned 10 Help PUG
In Pepco Rate Inquiry
c. W. Smith Appointed
As ConsuItont in Case;
Moy Be Witness

Charles w. Smith, chief of the
Bureau of Accounts, Finance and
Rates of the Federal Power Com
mission has been made available to
the District Public Utilities Com
mission in a consulting capacity,
in connection with the PUG in
vestigation of rates of the Potomac
Electric Power Co.
In announcing this today the
FPC said Mr.. Smith would act in
consulting capacity" and that
he might appear as a witness in
formal hearings on Pepce rates,
which start next Monday.
In its request for assistance, the
PUG asked that the FPC staff men,
Der be made available as a con-
sultant in the following matters:
Il. To review with us the past
depreciation policies of the Potomac
Electric Power Co.
2. To advise us in the formula
tion OF views as to the adequacy OF
the existing depreciation reserve In
the event it is determined that q
deprecated rate base be used as a
basis for future adjustments.
3. To assist us in establishing
fair and reasonable provisions fol
depreciation expense in the future
In letter acceding to the request
Chairman Leland Olds stated:
We shall be glad to cooperate
In, ~
your letter, to the extent that thi,
can be done without prejudice tc
the efficient and proper conduct OF
the affairs Of this commission, anc
subject to the further understanding
that the commission shall be REIN.
oursed for the compensation ane
expenses of its experts who may bt
used as witnesses, as provided ir
- the Federal Power Act"