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Evening star., 1944-04-09
League Wants Great Falls
Scenic Beauty Preserved

Opposition to any development
program that would in any manner
mar the natural beauties of the Po-
tomac River in the Great Falls
area and plea for early consumma-
ton of plans to preserve and en-
nance the scenic beauties of the
river basin are voiced in a resolu-
ton adopted by the Community
League of Takoma Park.
The measure urges that the pro-
]ected George Washington highway
on the Virginia side of the river
be started as soon as possible and
that the construction of a similar
parkway and road paralleling the
river on the Maryland SHE up to
Great Falls be considered.
Any project, such as the proposed
plan to build dams for power de-
velopment, which might tend to de-
stroy the beauty of the area was
opposed. A copy of the resolution
will be sent to the National Park
and Planning Commission.
Representative Sasscer, replying
to a letter urging his interest in a
proposal to build a national stadium
on 138-acre tract owned by the
Federal Government at the inter-
section of New Hampshire avenue
and University lane, said he was
much in favor of such a project.
Evening star., 1944-04-09
Nurses Aides 10 Receive
Caps in Prince GEORGES

The first group of Red Cross vol
unteer nurses aides to complete
training under the sponsorship OF
the Prince Georges County Chap
ter, American Red Cross, will receive
their caps and certificates at 8 pm.
Friday at the Prince Georges Gen
eral Hospital near Cheverly.
The class, which consists of six
members, must give at least $50
hours of service each year at the
hospital in order to remain in the
Nurses Aide Corps. Another class,
consisting of 80 prospective nurses
aides, is now meeting from 7 to 10
pm. Monday through Thursday.
j. Robert Sherwood, county civil
ian defense chief, will present the
certificates DR.. John M. Byers
county health officer, is chairman of
the committee in charge of the ex-
ercises. Other members are:
Mrs. Perry o. Wilkinson, chair
man of the Red Cross Nurses Aide
Committee; Mrs. Preston E. Blum
don, chairman of volunteer special
services; Mrs John K. Keane, chair
man of the Civilian Defense Council
volunteer office; Mrs. Edna Treasure
superintendent of nurses at the hos
pital, and Mrs. Cynthia Walker, in
structor of the class.
Evening star., 1944-04-09
Fort Meade Mental Patient
Dives 10 Death Under Truck

A mental patient in the Fort
Meade Md Post Hospital yester-
day escaped from his ward drove
off in an Army truck, and after a
tWo-mile ride committed suicide
under the wheels of trailer truck,
State police reported.
Maryland State Trooper c. D.
Smith identified the man as Pvt.
Robert F. Haggardt, "a, of Twin
Falls, Idaho
Trooper Smith said the soldier
somehow escaped from his ward
and got the truck. He got off the
post and travelled about a half mile
on Jessups road before stopping
at the approach of a bus operated
by William Townsend, colored, Bal
tlmore. When Mr.. Townsend saw
the soldier, he SWerved off the roaC
to avoid striking him and the
soldier climbed back into the truck
and drove off before the bus driver
could get out.
Farther down the road, accord
ing to police, Pvt. Haggardt again
halted his truck and awaited the
approach Of a heavy vehicle oper-
ated by 62-year- old John L. Hill
colored, Baltimore. Waiting until
the latter trucks front wheels were
abreast of him, Pvt. Haggardt dived
face downward under the rear
wheels, police said. He was killed
instantly,
Evening star., 1944-04-09
Arlington Civic Group!
Aid X-Ray Program
Red Cross Home Nurses
Assist TuberIosis Fight

Churches, civic organizations and
business firms will participate in the
chest X-ray drive to be launched by
the Arlington tuberculosis Associa-
tion this week as part of a national
campaign to aid in the early dag
nosis of tuberculosis.
Sixty women from Red Cross
home nursing classes throughout
the county will assist in operating
mass X-ray equipment at four To-
cations in the county.
Business firms will distribute lit
erature explaining the campaign
and will urge their employees to have
chest X-rays made. Talks on be-
half of the drive will be made at
meetings of parent teacher associ-
ations and civic groups.
In addition, Norbert Melnick
chief of the county Bureau of Sani-
tation, will ask the heads of all
beauty and barber shops and food
handling establishments to inform
their employees of the Health De-
partment request to have x-rays
made if they did not do so during
the last year.
Declaring that tuberculosis can
advance to serious stage before its
presence is suspected, DR.. Ralph
Beachley, health officer, emphasized
that chest X-ray sis the only way
to make sure you do not have the
disease"
Locations where equipment will be
Installed and periods it will be avail
able to the public are as follows:
Jubal Early Homes, sol South
Twentieth street, tomorrow, 10 am
to S pm, and to 8 pm; Carver
Homes, Thirteenth and Queen
streets, south, 8 to pm, and 7 te
8 pm.
Washington-Lee High School
4035 Thirteenth street, north, Wed.
nesday, to 5 pm, 7 to 9pm.
Clarendon Health Center, Ills
North Hudson street, Thursday, II
am. to pm; Friday, to 8 pm;
Saturday, 10 m. to IL noon.
Evening star., 1944-04-09
Maryland S Plane estedChicks
Hatch in Time for Easter

One hundred and fifty-seven
baby chicks have made their Easter
debut at the University Of Mary
land from eggs flown to California
and back by air before incubation
to determine the effect, if any, of
air travel on the Matching quality
of the eggs.
DR.. Morley A. JUL, head of the
poultry department at the uni
versity, and DR.. Robert Phillips,
who aided in the test, said the ex-
pertinent indicates that barcmetric
and temperature changes do not
influence hatchability, and that air
transportation may safely be used
to rehabilitate the poultry stocks
of occupied countries.
Working in cooperation with the
American Air Lines, Inc, DR.. JUL
and DR.. Phillips sent Is dozen eggs
by air to California, where they
were placed on another plane and
returned to Washington. They then
were placed in an incubator, along
with test Matching of the same
number that had been stored under
optimistic conditions at the Uni
versity.
Evening star., 1944-04-09
Mrs. Mark EIdredoe
To Give Talk on Indio

Mrs. Mark Eldredge. Silver Spring
VIII give an Illustrated lecture or
india as Seen by Our sServicemen'
AT an open meeting of the Silver
Spring Branch of the American AS.
sociation of University Women a,
pm. Tuesday at Jessup Blair Com.
munlty House. Head of the Ameri.
can Group of the International AS.
ISOLATION of University Women il
lndia, Mrs. Eldredge lived there II
years.
MRS. Harold P Morris, president
OF the Silver Spring branch, has in.
Vioeo all persons interested in India
to attend.
Evening star., 1944-04-09

During the 81 hours of fight the
eggs were subjected to temperature
changes from 48 degrees to 70 de-
grees, and to attitudes as high as
$4,000 feet.
DR.. Phillips said 157, or 88.7 per
cent Of the eggs shipped by air
Matched, while 1862, or 91.5 per cent
of the control group produced
chicks. These tests, he added, prove
the feasibility Of using air trans
portation for taking eggs to Euro
pean countries as they are freed
from the German occupation.
This experiment marks the first
time that strict laboratory pro-
cedures have been possible from
the beginning to the end in max
ing shipment of this kind" DR..
JUL said. .
He explained that in order to
get Matching eggs to such countries
as Greece, Poland, Czechoslovakia
and Yugoslavia it will be necessary
to use airplanes, since eggs must
be incubated 10 days after they
have been laid to obtain better
results.
Evening star., 1944-04-09
Virginia U. to Receive
Gen. BoIivur's Portrait
Py the Associated pres,

Ry the Associated Press.
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va, April
8.-A portrait of Gen. Simon Boil
var, the liberator of South America
will be presented to the University
of Virginia Thursday as a gift from
Gen. Isaias Medina. President of
Venezuela
The presentation will be made by
Dr. Diogenes Escalante, Ambassa-
dor from Venezuela to the United
States, as the University of Virginia
celebrates the 201st anniversary of
the birth of its founder, Thomas
jefferson.
Fernando S. Bolivar. nephew and
adopted son of the liberator. was
a student at the University of Vir-
ginia in 1927, and his portrait is
to be presented to the university
at the same ceremony.
Evening star., 1944-04-09
Plan
Gets Swift Response
In Montgomery
Droft Board Unit Reports
Several Offers to Take
Families of Inductees

Immediate response to a share
the-home plan sponsored by the
newly organized service aid council
of Montgomery County Selective
Board No. 2, designed to help solve
the problem of care for children
of servicemen whose wives must
work, was reported yesterday by
William F. Carlin, president of the
council.
Though the plan was announced
just three days ago a number of
persons already have offered to
share their homes with families of
inductees, Mr.. Carlin said, the coun-
ell has suggested that wives of
servicemen might overcome financial
difficulties by a share the home ar
rangement whereby one wife would
work while the other remained at
home to care for the children.
The council is setting up a file of
persons who wish to share their
homes and of those who would like
to move in with another family. All
arrangements, however, are to be
made by the persons concerned, it
was stated.
Until permanent headquarters are
secured, interested persons are asked
to call Mr.. Carlin at Shepherd 1919.
Persons filing by last night included: /:
Takoma Park-Registered nurse
with one child will share home with
wife of inductee with one child, and
wife of inductee, who leaves April 26,
will share home with wife of in
ductee with one child. Silver Spring
of inductee working every
day, one child, will share home with
wife of serviceman with one child.
Brookside Manor-Wife of Navy
man, with one child, will share home
with wife of inductee with two chill
dren. Silver Spring-Woman own
ing seven-room bungalow and who
has two children will share home
with wife of inductee with baby
under 2 years between now and
June /, and will share with another
wife with baby after June /. Wood
side Park-Wife of serviceman, with
three children, will share home with
wife of inductee with one child.
Mr.. Carlin emphasized that the
council is not charitable organiza-
ton and that all families of service
men are urged to contact the group
for aid and advice. He added that
all services are confidential.
Evening star., 1944-04-09
Win St. Johns Scholarships

H. Prentiss Childs, son of Mr.. anc
Mrs. Marquis Childs, Somerset, a
senior at Bethesda Chevy Chase
High School, and Henry T. Wensel
jr., son of DR.. and MIS-. WenSel
Chevy Chase, were awarded scholar
ships at St. Johns College, An
napolis, by State Senator Thomas
Earle Hampton. following competi-
tive examinations conducted last
week by the County Board of Edu-
cation.
Evening star., 1944-04-09
Bible Class to Mark
31st Anniversary

The Mems Bible Glass of the
Mount Rainier Christian Church
Will hold its 3lst anniversary ban
quet Tuesday evening at the church.
1t has been announced.
This years banquet, dedicated to
the l16 men and women of the
church now in the armed services
Will be addressed by DR.. J. Warren
Hastings, pastor of the National
City Christian Church. Gurney F.
Thompson, president, will be toast
master.
Evening star., 1944-04-09
|Voters' League Plans
Meeting on Friday

A special meeting of the Mont
gomery County League of Women
Voters will be held at noon Friday
at the Hot Shoppe, 1890 Georgia
avenue, Silver Spring, Mrs. Frank
r. Garfield, president, said yester-
day.
Mrs. Garfield said proposed
changes in the national leagues by
laws and proposals for the leagues
convention in Chicago April 25 to %
will be discussed
Evening star., 1944-04-09
Young Asks Nearby
Counties 10 Handle
Own Disease Cases
Appeals for Cooperation
In Reducing Burden
On GoIIinqer Hospital

Commissioner Young appealed to
nearby counties last night to estab-
lish their own facilities for handl-
ing contagious disease cases to take
some of the burden off Gallinger
Hospital which, he said, is already
overloaded
Il feel that it is time for these
communities adjacent to Washing
ton to take steps to provide facili-
ties for caring for such patients on
their own and not depend on WASH
ington to do it for them" he said.
The almost complete lack of iso-
lation wards in nearby Maryland
and Virginia was brought out dra-
matically last Sunday night when a
physician in nearby Maryland was
forced to bring 3-year- -old girl,
suffering from scarlet fever and
measles, to Gallinger, where he was
delayed 80 minutes before the child
could be admitted. The nearest IA
cilities in Maryland were in Mount
Sinai Hospital in Maryland.
Couldn't Handle Epidemic.
Mr.. Young pointed to the fact
that Gallinger was the only hospital
in this area equipped to care for
contagious diseases. The facilities
there, he said, were insufficient to
care for a serious epidemic, sven If
1t were confined to the District
alone.
While he recognized the need
that existed for secluded hoapitali-
zation of patients In outlyir.a areas
from time to time, he said me did
not feel this responsibility should
be borne by Washington taxpayers,
except from humanitariars stand
point.
Commissioner Young SAID the
construction of hospitals ir adjoin-
ing areas had done much tb allevi-
ate the strain on local institutions,
but that nothing had beaa done
to care for contagious disease cases.
Suggests Federal Aid.
If these communities feel that the
responsibility for handling patients
with communicable diseases belongs
to the Federal Government he said,
because of the demand for war
workers in this area, appe9is should
be made to- Federal authorities for
money to assist the cdlinties in
setting up adequate facilities.
Hospital and health of1cials here
have pointed out that CSallingers S
facilities should be confined to the
use OF District residents, under the
congressional act which sets up the
appropriation These officials pre-
viously have criticized nearoy COM
munities for having faileG to es-
tablish proper facilities.
The three hospitals buIs during
the past year in Cheverly Bethesda
and Arlington do not have isolation
wards except for the care ed patients
who are found to have contagious
diseases after they enter he hos
pitals for other ailments. The only
place for patients with c)mmuni-
cable diseases, outside ofi.tiallinger
Hospital, is in Alexandria City Hos
pltal, where two rooms cat be used
for isolation treatment.
Evening star., 1944-04-09
CoIored Child Care
Center to Be Opened

A colored child care center will be
opened this month at the Jerusalem
Methodist Church, Rockville, Md,
1t was announced yesterday.
Financed by Lanham Act funds
and operated under the supervision
of the county schools, the center
will be under the direction of Mrs.
P. L. Moore, who will be assisted by
Miss Dorothy Washington and Mrs.
Edward Davis. 1t will be open from
7 am. to pm. six days week.
Evening star., 1944-04-09
Eight From D. c. Area
Finish Officer School

Eight men from Washington and
vicinity were among members of the
officer candidate class graduated
yesterday from the CamY' Lee (VaD
Quartermaster School. Those from
Washington are:
Carroll F. Tyler, jr.. 948 Rhode
Island avenue NV; Jol1r H. Earle,
l445 Otis place NV. ard Milton
Harold Blick, 1442 ParkTood place
NV.
Three Of the graduates are from
Arlington. They are Richard D.
Wells, James E. Thigpen and Joseph
E. Clements.
The remaining two arc Harry H.
Mcdowell. Alexandria, and John F.
Darrow, Chevy Chase.
Evening star., 1944-04-09
Montgomery Blair High
Alumni Unit Formed

Organization of the Montgomery
Blair High School Alumni Associa-
ton, Silver Spring, has been effected,
with graduates of the class of 1943
acting as the charter class and
sponsors Of the group.
Temporary officers, elected to
serve until June l. when permanent
officers will be chosen. are Frank
Miller, presiding chairman Mary
Grace Winterble, corresponding
chairman, and Joan Foley, financial
chairman.
One of the organization major
projects will be making plans for a
victory ball at the close of the war
Evening star., 1944-04-09
Elks to Elect H. B. Lemon

The Alexandria Benevolent Pro-
tective Order of Elks has elected
H. B. Lemon exalted ruler, and he,
with the other newly elected off,
GERS, will be installed tomorrow night
at ceremonies conducted by John
Schafe, deputy grand exalted ruler
The new officers include William
Barbour, leading knight; j. w. Ba-
ber, loyal knight; George Grimm,
election knight; E. w. Downey, sec
retary; Herman Friedlander, treas
urer: George Lunsford. tiler, and
Howard Carter, trustee.
Evening star., 1944-04-09
Man Wounds Himself:
Held in Draft Case
BY the Associated Press.

Ey the Associated Press.
BRISTOL, Va.-Tenn.. April O.
Charged with feloniously and will
fully wounding himself in the left
foot to render himself disabled for
military service, James Robert Hill
man. Is, was bound over to the
April term of Federal District Court
in Abingdon. Va, opening Monday
when arraigned here today before
United States Commissioner r. H
Crabtree.
Hillman, resident of Nicklesville
is alleged to have shot himself in
the foot with a pistol at his home
at Twin Springs, near Nicklesville
the night of February Ia
Evening star., 1944-04-09
Citizens to Fill Three Posts

Three posts on the Chew cb.se
view Cltlzens' Committee will be
lhleo at an election at 7 pm. Tues
Gay at the Kensington Junior High
School, 1t was announced yesterday
Canoloates are r. w. Berry. j
Stealey Elms, F. R. Funkhouser
e. 2. Laug, r. M. Mcnamara. A. H
scott, E. L. Stock, jr., and Fayette
S. Warner.
Evening star., 1944-04-09
Montgomery
To Sell 500
Tracts for Taxes
Rockville Plans
For Town Election
Are Mapped
Special Dispatch to The Star.

ROCKVILLE, Md, April S.-Ap
proximately 500 pieces of Montgom
cry County real estate will be of
fered for sale at public auction her,
at 10 a. m, Monday for non-paymen
of State, county or municipal take!
for the current tax year, it wa!
stated today by the county treas.
urer, John B. Diamond.
Although property in incorporated
towns on which town taxes are il
arrears will be included for the frs
time under new law, fewer parcels
than usual will be on sale, Mr. Dia-
mond said.
The sale win take place at the
courthouse here. Two auctioneers
will be required Two years are al
lowed for redemption of property
thus sold, the purchase money bear
ing 6 per cent interest from the date
of sale to time of redemption
Heretofore. the interest rate has
been 10 per cent.
Election Plans Mapped.
Rockville will choose a mayor and
all four members of the town coun-
Gil to serve two years in the towns
biennial elections May /. The polls
will be at the fire department build
ing and will be open from noon to
$50 p m. with Mrs. Lucie G. How
ard, Mrs. Charles G. Holland and
Mrs. Mamie E. Benson judges.
Under the town charter, candi-
dates must file certificates of candi-
dacy with Town Clerk F. Bache
Albert not less than 10 days before
May l. 1t is also required that each
certificate bear the signatures of at
least Is registered voters.
The incumbents are Mayor Doug
las M. Blandford and Councilmen
G. La Mar Kelly. William A. Linthi-
cum, Oliver H. Perry and Frank E.
Williams
Clarksburg All Organized.
The Clarksburg All Club has been
organized with l6 members and the
following officers: Jane Warfeld,
president; Peggy Lancaster, vice
president; Phyllis Kern, secretary;
Lois Wilkerson, treasurer; Grace
Smith, song leader. The new or
ganization will meet the afternoons
of the first and third SATURDAYS of
each month.
Sunday Evening Program.
The pastors of all Rockville area
churches have been invited by Mrs.
j. S. Yuill, canteen director, to meet
with her at 1890 am. Wednesday
to consider a cooperative Sunday
evening program for all young peo-
pie of Rockville and vicinity for
whom "teen-age canteen' was
opened here last Saturday.
Mrs. Yuill taught at Teachers
College, Columbia University, New
York, last year and has been di-
rector of the Parents Cooperative
Play Center.
Help in Tax Estimates.
Internal Revenue Bureau experts
will be at the Montgomery County
National Bank, Rockville, Tuesday.
Wednesday, Thursday and Friday
to help taxpayers make out their
income tax estimates for the current
year. There will be no charge for
the service.
Homemakers' Club to Meet.
The annual spring meeting of the
Montgomery County Council of
Homemakers' Clubs will be held at
Gaithersburg April 27, probably at
the high school gymnasium, it was
stated at meeting of the Executive
Board this week.
Evening star., 1944-04-09
Warehouse al La PLATA
Burns; Loss Put al $4,000
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star
LA PLATA, Md, April 8.-The
E. j. .O'Brien g. Co. tobacco ware
house, located on the outskirts of
town, was destroyed by fire early
yesterday, with an estimated loss of
S50000.
Fire department officials said most
of the tobacco already had been
shipped from the warehouse. They
said only about IL hogsheads were
destroyed by the flames.
1t was understood that the COM
pany, whose headquarters are in
Louisville, KY, will rebuild the
warehouse.
Evening star., 1944-04-09
Vice Presidency
For Byrd Called
Aim Of 0'Conor
Governors Proposal
Assumes President.
Will Run Again
By the Associated Press.

ANNAPOLIS. April 8.-Maryland
State House attaches and Demo-
lcratic party leaders fully expect
Gov. O'Conor to support Senator
Byrd, Democrat, of Virginia for the
vice presidency, though Maryland's S
chief executive SO far has not for
mally committed himself.
The Governor repeatedly has sug-
gested to Democratic party leaders
that the Virginia Senator be prof
fered the nomination for second
place, assuming that President
Roosevelt will run for a fourth term.
Gov. O'Conor freely states he be-
lleves Senator Byrd represents the
principles and policies of millions
OF voters of both parties" and that
Democrats who are not in SYM
pathy with all New Deal under
takings will rally to the Byrd
standards"
Recent Proposal Cited.
The Governors suggestion of SEN
ator Byrd for vice president re-
portedly followed a recent proposal
that the Maryland delegation of 16
to the national convention 90
pledged to Gov. O'Conor as a
''favorite son."
The latter recommendation was
made by William Curran, Baltimore
long connected with Gov. O'Conor's
political activities. State Demo-
cratic leaders subsequently said
there was great deal of support
for such move.
Because of his post as member
OF the Executive Committee of the
Governors Conference, and because
he Is a past president of the Council
of State Governments, Gov. O'Conor
is in a good position to beat the
drum for Senator Byrd.
Economy Fight Stressed.
THE fact that he (Senator Byrd)
has waged a relentless fight for
economy while his own party was
in power has stamped the campaign
with sincerity and courage, Gov.
O'Conor holds.
Gov. OConor is known to feel
that with postwar programs await
ing final determination, it is i'm
perative that the presidential ticket
include an experienced executive
who has stood for conservatism. At
the moment, this seems to point to
Senator Byrd.
Whether an effort will be made
to pledge the Maryland delegation
to Senator Byrd has not been de-
cided, but it appears likely.
Regional Meeting Planned.
PETERSBURG, Va, April 8 Or
Remmie L. Arnold, chairman of the
Virginia Draft Byrd for President"
Committee, and several other Vir-
ginia businessmen will attend the
regional meeting Monday at Green's
boro, N. c.
Edward f. Burke, former Demo-
cratic Senator from Nebraska, will
sound the keynote speech before
representatives from Virginia. West
Virginia and North and South Caro-
lima. 1t is expected that State COM
mltteeS will be named.
Evening star., 1944-04-09
Bethesda OES TO Meet

Naomi Chapter, No. %, Order of
Eastern Star, Bethesda, will meet at
g pm. Wednesday at the Masonic
Hall, when past matrons and pa
irons will be awarded special honors,
it was announced today by Mrs.
Virginia Lee Sager, worthy matron.
Evening star., 1944-04-09
Town Election Slated
May ] in RiyerduIe

RlVerdale Md residents last
night were urged to register for the
towns biennial election for town
treasurer and councilmen from the
first, second and fourth wards. 1t
will be held May l.
The registration books will be
open from to 9 pm. April 20 and
27 at the firehouse.