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Evening star., 1944-12-06
Riding Academy's
License Is Revoked
In Prince Georges
Project Held Harmful
To Home Development
PIon by Commissioners

The Prince Georges County Com
nissioners yesterday revoked an
ordinance adopted at their October
S meeting authorizing Samuel Boil
ling to operate a riding academy at
5404 Sheriff road, Chapel Oaks. The
property has since been purchased
by Edgar Robbins, 5514 Sheriff road.
The action was taken after Joseph
unger, president of the Chapel
Oaks Development Corp, presented
petition asking that the ordinance
be rescinded
In his petition, Mr.. Unger said his
firm Is constructing approximately
300 homes, representing an invest
ment Of nearly 100000, in the
area. He added that the riding
academy, which is adjacent to the
development. has become a nuisance
and health menace.
Mr.. Unger also asserted in his
petition that the operator of the
riding academy permits horses to
run at large at night, trampling
over the lawns and shrubbery Of
homeowners in the area.
u The commissioners denied a petit
ton by Otto Schlagel, owner, for
Redistribution from residential A
to commercial D of lots l and 2,
block A, Oakdale Terrace, Chillum.
A petition by 10 property owners in
the vicinity of the two lots opposing
the petition was received by the
board.
A request by the Washington
Suburban Sanitary Commission to
purchase 100000 worth of bonds
bearing ~ per cent interest, to
mature March Is, 1871, was ap-
proved. The bonds. which will be
purchased during the Sixth War
Loan Drive, will 90 into the COM
missions sinking fund.
Evening star., 1944-12-06
Two 0bservances SET
For Pearl Harbor Day

Two observances in connection
with the third anniversary of Pearl
Harbor have been planned In Alex
andria, one by st. Mary's Catholic
Church and one by the Alexandria
Boys Club.
The religious services will begin at
8 o'clock tonight with q Iridium in
honor of the Immaculate Concep-
ton, consisting of sermons and
benediction Of the Blessed Sacra-
ment tonight, tomorrow and Friday
nights. Friday is the feast of the
Immaculate Conception, a holy day
Of obligation in the Catholic Church.
In front of the altar of the Blessed
Virgin silver bowl will receive the
written names of all the men and
women in the services for whom
prayers will be especially offered
The sermons will be preached by
the Rev. j. G. Moir of the Paulist
Order.
The Boys Club ceremonies at 7::30
pm. tomorrow at the club at 4O1
North Payne street, will consist in
the unveiling of four plaques con-
tanning the names of club members
in the armed forces. Col. A. D.
Yates, Fort Belvoir quartermaster,
will speak on the significance of
Pearl Harbor.
Judge Harry r., Kennedy, presi-
dent Of the clubs Board of Directors,
will preside, and the members of
the club will take a pledge to sup
port the war effort.
The number of club members in
the service, many of whom have
been wounded, has reached several
hundred, and seven members have
lost their lives in action. They are
Harlan Amandes, Carleton King.
Samuel Meeks, Herbert Petrille and
Charles Scott of the Army; Douglas
Drake of the Navy and Joseph TuI
81 L. r.
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their utmost to advance the war
effort, Red Cross officials said it is
time frankly to state the facts con-
cerning the alarming decrease in
the number of blood donations when
the mobile unit visits Falls Church. .
On the last three visits of the
unit only l31 pints were collected
in June, 139 in August and l0l In
October, officials said. The quota
each time was 100 pints.
Omcials said county residents will
be given the opportunity to "rec-
tify their mistakes" at the next visit
OF the mobile unit to the Presbyte-
rian Church at Falls Church De-
cember ~. Appointments may be
made by calling Falls Church 2sss.
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-,
Mrs. Nolan Is Chairman
Of Red Cross Committee

Mrs. James H. Nolan has been
named chairman Of q committee to
nominate officers Of the Mont
gomery County Chapter, American
Red Cross, at the annual chapter
meeting January II.
Other committee members are
Mrs. George w. Kelley, jr.; Mrs. w.
3. Armstrong, Mrs. Wayne Birdsall
and Mrs. David e. Scun.
Maj. L. L. Dye, chapter chairman.
announced that George A. Cook and
Warren Haley have been named
delegates to the. annual chapter
delegates meeting next Wednesday
at national Red Cross headquarters
Evening star., 1944-12-06

Mr.. Watt, delegate of the Lyon
Village Citizens Association, served
as vice president during 1914. Mr..
Watt served two terms as president
of the Lyon Village Citizens Asso-
citation and has been a federation
delegate for eight years. He had
served as chairman of the fedora
tons School Committee and has
been a member of the Parks, Plan
ming and Zoning Committee as well
as several other committees. He is
treasurer of the Community Meth
odist Church.
Mrs. Simpson Vice President.
Mrs. Simpson, delegate from the
Organized Women Voters, was
elected vice president by an unani-
nous vote, as was Mr.. Fuller, a
delegate of the Arlington Forest
Civic Association.
The retiring president, Charles S.
Cobbins of the Cherrydale Citizens
Association, declined a nomination
for the Executive Committee.
Pointing to the vast increase in
Arlington's population. DR.. Meyers
proposed that the federation go on
record as favoring enlargement Of
the county's central post Office.
This was referred to the Committee
on Revenues and Expenditures.
Also. on Dr.. Meyers motion, the
federation adopted resolution
favoring immediate establishment of
a national stadium in Washington.
Committee Appointments Made.
Dr. Meyers also announced the
following Executive Committee ap-
pointments to the Constitution and
Bylaws Committee: George Fuller,
DR.. Meyers and S. A. Wood. The
committee also named Mrs. Goss,
John Kendall, Wesson Cook, Alvin
Seebode and S. w. Keesee to a
special committee to study ways
and means for raising funds for an
enlightened school program
The committee also adopted mo-
ton that the federation look into
the adytsability of obtaining voting
machines Tor the county The fed
Grafton Endorsed this action.
Other Executive Committee mo-
tions carried by the federation were
to have the Postwar Planning Com
rnittee look into county plans to
have the Revenues and Expendi-
lures Committee make a study of
purses and other county employees
salary increases.
The Executive Committee also
suggested that If any movements
are to be sponsored by the fed
Grafton that each committee con-
duct thorough investigation Of
the subject before requesting fed
Grafton action
Evening star., 1944-12-06
Former D. 6. Newsmon
To Be Ordained Here

The Rev. Herbert Costain, the
new pastor of st. Andrews Parish,
Leonardtown, Md, and All Saints
Parish, Oakley, will be among min
listers to be ordained by the Right
Rev. Angus Dun, Bishop of Wash
ington. December 81 at the WASH
ington Cathedral.
Mr.. Costain, former Washing
ton newspaperman. was graduated
July 20 from the Alexandria Theo-
logical Seminary and has been
serving at the two St. Marys Coun-
ty parishes since that time.
A native of England, Mr.. Costain
came to this country about II years
ago, making his home here. He
served as assistant at the Church
of the Epiphany here until going to
st. Marys County.
Evening star., 1944-12-06

Hospital nor the Alexandria Hos
pital could provide care for the girl.
He said that an application for Fed
eral funds. to provide isolation fa-
cilities at the Alexandria Hospital
still Is awaiting action.
In April, Commissioner Guy Ma
son pointed out that Gallinger Hos
pital was so overcrowded that con-
tagious disease patients from outside
the District could not be admitted
even II the District ruling excluding
them were amended. He added that
Virginia and Maryland localities
have no funds to pay for the treat
ment Of such patients.
IN reporting the ease, Dr.. Podol-
nick recalled that there has been
no death due to diphtheria reported
Evening star., 1944-12-06
Judge Marbury Named
Chief Jurist Of New
Maryland Court
Appellate Work to Rest
In 5 Jurists Devoting
Full Time to Subject
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
ANNAPOLIS, Md, Dec. 6.-Gov.
O'Conor announced yesterday the
appointment of Chief Judge Ogle
Marbury of the present Court of
Appeals to be chief judge of the
appellate tribunal to come into
being January / under the consti-
tutional amendment Bond plan)
adopted last month by the voters.
The new court eventually will con-
sist Of five members who will de-
vote their full time to appellate
work. One of the two Judges to
represent Baltimore City has not
been appointed.
To Get Additional Judxeship.
The Governor said he would also
designate Chief Judge Marbury, who
lives at Laurel, to be Judge Of the
Second Appellate Judicial Circuit.
Under the new amendment,
Maryland is divided into four ju-
dicial appellate circuits-Baltimore
City, the Eastern Shore, Southern
and Central Maryland and Western
Maryland. The present court Is
made up Of the chief judges of
the seven judicial circuits as they
are constituted at present and the
appellate members sit in trial courts
in addition to carrying on appel
late work.
For time after the first of the
year, the new Court of Appeals will
consist of seven members. On the
expiration of the term of two of the
present, members. no successors will
be appointed.
Judges Who Will Sit.
The sitting judges will be Stephen
r. Collins of the first district; G. Gus
Grason, Judge Marbury and Ridgely
P. Melvin, all of the second district;
Edward s. Delaplaine of the third,
and William l.. Henderson and new
judge to be appointed from the
fourth Baltimore City district.
In making the announcement of
Chief Judge Marbury's appointment,
Gov. O'Conor said:
He has given such satisfaction in
the performance of his work on the
States highest court that I intend
that he should be continued as the
chief judge of the new court. -
will also designate him as the chief
judge Of the second appellate judi
cial district"
Chief Judge Marbury is a graduate
of the Johns. Hopkins University,
class Of 1902. The appointment will
take effect January 10.
Evening star., 1944-12-06
Brighter War News Reported
Slowing Fuirfox Blood Gifts

Favorable war news is resulting
in decrease In blood donors, Fair
fax County Red Cross officials
pointed out today in calling on
county residents to ''look at the
long casualty lists accompanying
these encouraging reports" before
deciding that blood Is no longer
needed.
There is no excuse for prospec-
tive blood donors simply to fail to
show up on blood-donor day." ON
cials said. They are robbing the
men ut the front Of their chances
for life"
Declaring It has been proved the
people Of Fairfax County wish to do
Evening star., 1944-12-06
Hospitals Bor Diphtherio Victim
For Lack of IsoIution Facilities

A 19-year-old Vienna (Va.) girl
who has been suffering with diph-
liberia since Saturday has been un-
able to find disqualification closer
than Richmond because of the lack
of isolation facilities in nearby Vir-
ginia hospitals, 1t was learned today.
DR.. Nelson Podolnick, Fairfax
County health officer, In disclosing
the first case of diphtheria reported
in the county in three years, said
emergency facilities had to be ar
ranged at the patients home, al
though disqualification, II possible,
would have been preferable.
The health ofncer said that . re-
cent ruling by the District Commis-
sioners prevented the patient being
brought to a District hospital. He
Evening star., 1944-12-06
W., N. & A. Lines Seeking
ice Permit for New Route

Hearings started today before
the Interstate Commerce Commits
sion on an application Of the Wash
ington, Marlboro and Annapolis
Motor Lines, Inc, for a certificate
Of public convenience and neces-
sity to authorize extension of the
lines route from Silver Hill, Md,
to Allentown, in order to provide
service to Camp Springs, situated
between the two towns.
The carrier also is seeking au-
thority to extend its line from
Silver Hill to Temple Hill. About
800 persons were in the ICC audi
torium for the hearings. ICC Ex-
aminer Charles Riegner is presiding.
Evening star., 1944-12-06
Mrs. GeorgekcQuinn,
Wife Of Ball Player,
One Of 48 NaturaIized

Mrs Kathleen Baxter McQuinn
wife of George McQuinn of Airing
ton, first baseman for the st. Louis
Browns. and Chinese woman were
among 48 persons who were natural
lied yesterday in Federal District
Court in Alexandria. Mrs. McQuinn
gave up her Irish citizenship.
The Chinese woman; Mrs. Kune
Yuet Ngor Chan, was believed to
be the first Chinese civilian natural
lied on the East Coast since the
Chinese were exempted from the
Oriental Exclusion Act during the
last session of Congress
Mrs. Chan. whose father was
killed in the war. with Apan and
whose brother ana stepmother still
are in China, has been living in
Chicago where she is employed with
the American unit of the Army Map
Service. :, She previously had been
employed In the Chinese unit here.
In U. s. Since 1917.
Her brother=in-la and sister, DR.
and Mrs. Charles HUI, are living at
1909 Mount Vernon boulevard, Alex
andria. He Is employed by the War
Department. Mrs. Chan is hopeful
Of finding suitable home near
them. She Is from Hong Kong and is
the widow of Chinese American
and has been In this country since
1917.
Also in the group naturalized was
Zinaida Vassilievna Kazine Zataye-
witch, Russian dancer known pro-
fessionally as Zina Ouzarova. A
former ballerina of the Paris Grand
Opera, she is now the wife of Ivan
Kazine, Government employe, and
is teaching dancing in Alexandria
Following a brief welcome by
Judge Sterling Hutcheson, the new
citizens were given the oath and
then participated in welcoming cere-
monies planned by the DR.. Elisha
Dick Chapter of the Daughters OF
the American Revolution.
Those naturaiized were:
1eAA 1dlkdIet Olete1
Anna Bloch, Else Bloch, Emma, Bloch
Kate Kohn. Katherine Charlotte Elisabeth
Posner, Ernst Macmillan Posner, Eliza :
beth Bertha Homberger, Antonio Pinkus
Ruth Rosenbaum, Max Rosenbaum and Er-
win Pinkus
Russia-Ellen Margaret Manstof, Hyman
Danziger, Mary Tymotheus Pearson, Ben
Janain Cohen. Valentino Nikitichna Vargo,
sara Knazin. Morris Fisher and Sarah
Taubner Amorky
Austria-Regina Strassberg, Paul Leslie
Strassbers, Irene Rose Churs. Ellen Blatt,
Max Blatt and Elizabeth Fleischer
Canada-Car Marjorie Conley, Gilda
Yetta Spivak, Isabel McConlonge, Mary
Helen Hobart, Solomon Katz and Joseph
Emile Houle.
Hansine Mathilde Anderson. Denmark;
HendriE Salomon Konitn; Holland; ,Anas-
tasia Pouleris, Greece; Ragnhild Noohr,
Norway; Marguerite Aldine Davis. British
West Indies: Solange Bourgeois Allen and
Colette Villieras de Longfef, France: Eva
Witt. Luck Jackson, Kathleen McLaushlin,
Darlington Evelyn Basil Hall. Violet Mary
Dunbar Hall and Marion Manners Straus,
ENGLAND
Evening star., 1944-12-06
Virginia Births Drop
For 10-Month Period
By the Associated Press,

BY the Associated FfeSS.
RICHMOND, Va, Dec. 6.-For
the first 10 months OF 1914 there
have been 52,833 live births reported
in Virginia, compared with 55,275
during the same period in 1943
Deaths during the first t"1o months
Of this year totaled 1928 compared
with 23,l56 during the period year
ago. H''t f'E%
According to the October report
released yesterday by the Vital Sta
tistlcs Bureau of the State De-
partment Of Health, deaths Of
infants under l year of age
show a decline. with 2,607 reported
through October. compared with
2,726 through October, 1943.
Poliomyelitis as cause of death
showed one of the biggest increases,
with 81 deaths reported in 1914.
compared with 7 last year. There
also were 81 deaths from measles
this year, compared with 10 a year
ago.
Other diseases showing increases
and the number of deaths this year
were:
Scarlet fever, 7: diarrhea and
dysentery, 387: influenza, 491; can
Ger. 1924; intracranial LESSONS, 2,407;
heart disease (all FORMS. $3.50.
Causes of deaths showing declines
in 1914 were:
Typhoid and paratyphoid fever, 7
deaths; epidemic meningitis, IA;
whooping cough, 80; diphtheria, 16;
tuberculosis, l,07l; syphilis, 299;
Rocky Mountain spotted fever, IL;
pneumonia, lila; nephritis, 1888;
puerperal causes, 143; motor vehicle
accidents, 454: all other accidents,
1911.
Malaria, with one death reported,
showed no CHANCE
Evening star., 1944-12-06
Dies Of SuwmiII Injury

Eugene Kyle, IA, colored, of Olney,
Md, died yesterday in Montgomery
County General Hospital of injuries
suffered Monday in a sawmill acci-
dent at Glenmont, police reported
today. They said the boy suffered
severe cuts on the abdomen when he
fell into a saw.
Evening star., 1944-12-06
Kensington Post Office
Announces Luter Hours

The Kensington CMd) Post
Ohice will remain open from Z am.
to pm. every Saturday beginning
this week and ending December 23.
On Sunday and December II, the
office will be open from 10 am. to
4 pm. The of1ice also will remain
open from 7 am. to 8 pm. on week
days beginning Monday through
December %,
Evening star., 1944-12-06
d. c. Committee Stalls
Apartment Bon Issue

In special closed-door session,
the Senate District Committee today
voted 8 to 6-counting 7 proxies
from absent members-to pigeon
hole for this Congress, at least, the
House-approved bill to ban the con-
struction of an apartment house at
Sixteenth and Shepherd streets NV.
Evening star., 1944-12-06

C o m b a t line e
chatter over the
Arm y s field
telephone sys-
tenn.
Sometimes it's
a little hard to
know ex &C ly
when to swear,
when to laugh,
and W h e n to
heave a sigh of
relief.
Capt. John w.
Thompson, jr,
member of The
Washington Star
nfnR nn nailifar,,
Evening star., 1944-12-06
Envoy to Be Honored

DR.. Hector David Castro, retiring
E Salvador Ambassador, will be
guest Of honor at a Knights of Co.
lumbus banquet tonight at the Hotel
Statler. DR.. Castro joined the
Knights of Columbus during his 10
year STAY here.
Evening star., 1944-12-06

ed vice president,
G. Arthur Full
ler was re-elect-
ed treasurer, and
the fol / o W in 6
+ our members
were reelected
to the Executive
G o m m ! t t e e:
Glen b. Wall,
Mrs. Beulah S.
Goss, S. A. Ward
and DR.. Victor
Myers. Francis
w. Watson OF
t he Jefferson
Civil League also
was elected to
Evening star., 1944-12-06
Kensington RoIIy

A musical program by pupils of
the Kensington (Md) Elementary
School will feature a bond rally at
3 pm. Friday at the school. There
also will be an exhibition Of ballet
dancing.
Evening star., 1944-12-06
w. 6. Watt Elected
President Of Arlington
Civic Federation
Mrs. julien Simpson
Chosen Vice Head at
Annual Meeting

William G. Watt was elected pres
ident of the Arlington County Civic
Federation last night at the organ
ization's annual election.
Mrs. Julian D. Simpson was elect
Evening star., 1944-12-06
PTA Sponsors Supper

The Parent Teacher Association
of Fairland School, Silver Spring,
Md, will sponsor = chicken and
ham supper from TO I pm, to-
morrow at the school. Proceeds
will he nsed nv the PTA
Evening star., 1944-12-06
BY tie Associated Press.

BY tie Associated Press. N
ON THE WESTERN FRONT, Nov.
% Delayed The folks back home
who used to listen to the gossip on
country party lines should listen to
Evening star., 1944-12-06

leave, figured in one OF these bits Of
mysterious conversations with 1t.
Robert r. Bait, also Of Washington,
son of Vice Chairman william l..
Evening star., 1944-12-06
Ookton Group to Meet

The Oakton (Va.) Parent Teach
er Association and Civic League will
meet at 8 o'clock tonight at the
Oakton Methodist Church.
Evening star., 1944-12-06
Club Sponsors Play

The George Washington High
School Dramatic Club will present
la three-act play, Brother Goose, -
at 8 pm. Friday in the auditorium
of the school in Alexandria.
Evening star., 1944-12-06

POSTHUMOUS HONORS- Robert w. C. Wimsatt COM
mandant OF Boiling Field pins the Distinguished Flying
and the Air Medal with silver
2year-old William Rowland Thornton for his father 1t Row.
land Thornton h at formal retreat yesterday 1t Thornton
killed In action last March while combat
over enemy territory as medium bomber pilot His parents
and his wife and son live at 143s Ridge place Sc
Army Forces Photo
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-12-30
BY RUSSELL w. DAVENPORT
CONDENSED from The New York Times)

A MEXICAN history is moving fast. The poht-
"A ical platforms written at Chicago only a few
months ago were the ambiguous products Of
politicians uncertain of themselves in a crisis.
But in the recent election the American people
reached bold and fundamental decision, and
the Seventy ninth Congress, which will rep
resent them for the next two years, holds man.
date that would have seemed unlikely six
months ago-the mandate of broad information
al foreign policy. Soon, presumably. Messrs
Roosevelt, Churchill, Stain and others will con-
venc for the purpose of charting the future. The
mandate will be tested. And if II meets the test
America will embark new course, long
sought and painfully discovered
AS 10 the mandate itself, there can be no
question of its validity. In the sacred privacy Of
the voting booth, the American electorate oper-
ated at a level OF intelligence that had
anticipated They not only defeated the chief
isolationsts and obstructionsts in both parties
they selected candidates from different lines of
the ballot with unerring aim. Wha they were
aiming at was a modern foreign policy able 10
cope with the problems OF our time.
The fact is that there was Presence in the
voting booths this year--the massive spirit of
man who had come TO symbolic American in
ternationalSm This was the spirit Of Wendell
L. Wilkie. What Mr. Wilkc might himself
have done in the voting booth no one will ever
know. This question is like asking what kind
by commander who is killed IN battle All YOU
know about such commander is his battle And
that is all the people knew about Wendell
Willkie
Yet If Mr. Wilkes final decision mus, remain
Forever obscure, there was doubt in the mind
OF any intelligent voter what he was fighting for
During the 1910 campaign he took a strong in
terna,ionast position despite opposition from
his own party. He appro ed the destroyer deal
backed sclectlve service and urged all aid 10
Britain. After his defeat he gave himself with
out stint 10 single cause which he named One
World, All his energies in every waking mo-
ment were dedicated 10 that cause They were
modified for the purpose of arousing in the
American people a realization of the necessity
Tor JOINT action with other peoples of the earth
In the name Of freedom. In the pursuit of this
ann he was cogent, relentless and politically
bold.
The burden of work that Wendell Wilkie
shouldered on behalf of his cause" was literally
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-12-30
A NOMINATION FOR THE AWARD
FOR THE MOST cONTEMPTIBLE DEED

Federal officials Of Oregon, taken any steps to
force these yahoos TO account for their traitorous
insult 10 the uniform of the USA?
For the honor of the State of Oregon we should
think the Governor would Immediately have
sent military force TO the spot where that desc
Grated memorial stands and restore the names
of those American soldiers Perhaps he has. II
he hasn't then the Federal Government ought
TO see that IT is done. No great force would be
necessary. The mongrels capable Of performing
such decd are sure to be towards who would
turn tail the moment they were faced by a single
decent American, man, woman or child II the
insult to these American soldiers is not repaired
now, we predict il will be repaired with ven
geance when Oregon soldiers return home from
Europe and hear about it; Oregon soldiers who
Will have fought in the same armies as these
Americans Of japanese ancestry and will know
OF their courage and loyalty