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Evening star., 1944-03-07
Alexandra Vote
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MayBeCh!anged
Clarke Amendment
Would Postpone
Referendum to April

The referendum, originally sched-
Qled Tor March 20 to determine If
Alexandria shall retain It's ward
xystem OF government or change to
an at-large council, will be post
poned to April IS If an amendment
to the bill Is adopted by the State
Senate.
w. Selden Washington, Alexan-
dria Delegate, sponsored the original
bill at the request OF a group of
Alexandra citizens, and added an
amendment, following a public hear
Ing In the House Committee on
Counties, Cities and Towns to pro-
vide that voters who qualified for
the November election of l943 could
vote. as well as those on the present
list. The amendment was offered to
meet objections Of the opposition
who claimed that delayed tax bills
would prevent q large number of
residents from voting.
The Senate Committee on Coun-
ties, Cities and Towns reported the
bill out, but yesterday Senator An
drew w. Clarke proposed the
amendment postponing the refer
endum to April Is in order to COM
ply with the legal requirement of
printing the ballots 80 days before
the election. The amendment, which
has been approved by Mr.. Washing
ton, has not been acted on by the
House.
Mr.. Clarke said yesterday that
the State Attorney General had
given the opinion that in the event
the referendum changes the form
OF government, at-large candidates
Tor the general election in June may
nle 80 days before the election in
stead Of the required so DAYS.
He also stated that candidates for
election as ward councilmen, who
will be nominated in the Demo-
cratic primary April S, will not be
considered nominees if the REFER
endum changes the form of govern
ment, and will have to file again if
they wish to run at-large.
The present form provides for six
ward councilmen and three at large;
and the proposed new form allows
q seven man at-large council. Under
the provisions of the bill, the three
at-large members would complete
their terms which expire in Sep
tember, 1916, and four at-laree
members would be elected in June
Tor three-year terms.
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NewSchooI 10 Be 0per
To Fairfax Students
County Is Cooperating
In Manassas Venture

Supt. of Schools Wilbert T. Wood.
son said yesterday that Fairfax
County School Board ofiicials will
Cooperate In the plan to develop
an institute OF applied arts at the
former State Industrial, School Al
Manassas, formerly operated by the
NYA.
Through the efforts of tn. Prince
William County Chamber of Com
merce, the Procurement Division Of
the Treasury Department has
agreed to turn over the school
buildings and shops, includine
equipment. to the Prince William
County School Board, effective
March Is. -
II enough students are found, the
school will begin June 10, Offering
10-week course in welding, elec-
tricity, sheet-metal work, wood
working, radio, machine shop prac-
tice and drafting. The State De-
partment of Education will arrange
for qualified instructors.
Mr.. Woodson Is requesting all
white boys and girls who viii be-
come Is years of age this summer
and who are interested in the
courses, to contact either him or the
principal Of their nearest high
school.
The county School Board will fur.
nish bus transportation to all Fair.
fax County students.
Mr.. Woodson also announced that
he has been ofncially notified by the
State Department of Education tina,
four senior high schools in Fair.
fax County have been placed or
the accredited list for the 1943-1
school term.
The schools include Fairfax
Mount Vernon, Herndon and Jeffer.
son. Notice OF accrediting the
schools are being forwarded by the
department to the principals.
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PTA to Heor Mrs. Cook

Mrs. Stanley G. Cook, president
OF the Maryland Congress of Par
ents and Teachers. will speak at the
monthly meeting of the Cheverly-
Tuxedo Parent Teacher Association
at 8 pm. tomorrow In the Che. erly
School. The association also will
discuss proposal to establish a
year-round recreational program in
Prince Georges County.
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Nine From AIexundrio
Report for Army Duty

Nine colored men called for In.
duction by the Alexandria Selective
Service Board reported for Army
duty today. Miss Virginia jefferson,
clerk OF the board, said this group
completes the boards induction calls
for March, and that the April quotas
have not been received.
Those who reported today are
Joel r. Chambers, Clintian Burton,
George D. Tucker, Willie c. Elmore,
Willie j. Mickles, Permus MacD.
Hall. Caswell r. Willis, Luther Foster
and Leo Carson.
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Plan toExpand
Cemetery Hit
Campbell
Member Of Arlington
Board Insists Bill
Is Not War Measure

Edmund D. Campbell, Arlington
County Board member, attacked the
proposed expansion Of Arlington Ma.
tional Cemetery at q House Mil.
tary Affairs Committee hearing to-
day Is rejecting only "the desire
OF the National Park and Planning
Commission to place Congress and
Arlington residents In q strait.
jacket as far as any future develop.
ment OF large portion Of Arlington
County is concerned"
The bin appeared to be under
false pretenses rs q war measure"
he said.
Declaring the real purpose of ths
bill was mot TO provide additional
burial ground for men in the armed
services" Mr.. Campbell said that
Fort Myer, the Navy Annex and
permanent homes and apartments
stand In the area which would be
acquired In the bill.
Not even the National CAPITAL
Park and Planning Commission will
seriously contend that Fort Myer
Will be turned into q cemetery" Mr..
campbell said.
Purchase Called Preferable,
He said he believed the naval
annex, which houses approximately
5000 employees, win probably remaif,
there and be used for ONCE build
ing purposes "as long as any OF VI
In this room are alive"
In connection with the condemna-
tion Of private property, Mr.. Camp
bell said it would be far better for
the Government frankly to provide
for the immediate purchase for con.
demnation Of these lands II they
are 50 badly needed.
Mr.. Campbell condemned the
course proposed by the bill permit
ting residents to remain until actual
need arises. rs blight laid on !
thriving area"
Stating that Arlington Cemetery
was adequate In its present boun-
daries for some years to come, Mr..
Campbell said the bill appeared to
him to be under false pretenses rs
q war measure" inasmuch rs hs
did not believe graves actually were
to be extended along the Potomac
mats in Virginia to the river banks
across from the Lincoln Memorial.
Others VIII Testify.
Other county men scheduled to
testify are: Lawrence Douglas,
Commonwealth attorney; Frank
lL. Dieter, planning commission
er: Paul Hill OF the Chamber
sioner; Paul Hill Of the Chamber
lOf Commerce, Charles A. Toone and
Thomas Broyhill Of the Board x
Trade, Charles s. Cobbins and
Albert A. Carretta Of the Civic Fed
Grafton and Mrs. E. e. Odum Of the
Organized Women Voters.
The group met yesterday with
Representative Smith, Democrat, OF
Virginia to map out opposition to
the Senate-Approved bill proposing
annexation Of 11S acres Of private
and Federally owned Arlington
County land.
Eighty one acres of privately
owned land in the plot lie largely
between Fort Myer and Lee boule-
ward, an area overlooking the Po-
tomac, said by county officials to
have the greatest potential value of
any land In the county.
Strong opposition to the move by
government and civic officiaIs
prompted Mr.. Smith to ask recon-
sideration Of the bill by the House
Military Affairs Committee, which
already had approved it.
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| 1887 set to work
today on soldier
vote legislation
and extension of
the teacher bo-
nus.
The House and
Senate Judiciary
G o m m l tie e S
called a join t
hearing at which
Attorney en- =
eral William C.
Walsh explained
the provisions of
the soldier vote
bill, already ap-
proved by th p
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J. B. Boone to Speuk

J. B. Boone, Federal Bureau o1
Investigation special agent, will ad-
dress the Parent-Teacher Associa-
ton Of the Henry Clay School
Arlington, at pm. Thursday at the
school. Seventh and North Highland
streets. His topic will be Prevent
ing Child Delinquency"
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Civic Meeting Postponed

The election meeting of the Fair
lington (Va) Civic Association
scheduled for tomorrow at the Fair
lington Administration Building has
been postponed until 8:15 pm.
March Is, J. E. Schwent, president,
announced today.
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L
Maryland Legislative Council.
State Budget Director Walter N
k1rkman outlined the administra-
tlon-sponsored teacher bonus bill at
meeting of the Senate Finance
Committee.
Gov. O'Conor. in a message de.
livered in person after the Assembly
convened last night at 9:41 o'clock
more than an hour and a half be.
hind schedule-urged that the ses.
sion be kept brief and businesslike.
"A businesslike and relatively
short session would be in keeping
with the times" Gov. O'Conor said
In asking the Assembly princiuall,
to approve the soldier voting and
teacher-State employe bonus bills.
16S,774 Marylanders in Service.
Disclosing that 166 ,774 Marylander.
were serving in the armed forces
the chief executive said. "The first
and compelling reason for conven.
ing this extraordinary session =. I
is to do simple justice to the thou.
sands OF Maryland citizens of votins
age who are now in the armed
forces"
A heated argument about the
terms Of resolution to limit thu
introduction of bills at the session
prolonged the Democratic caucu.
and delayed the formal opening o1
the Legislature.
White Named Speaker.
Delegate John S. White, Demo.
crat, of Prince Georges, 1943 ma.
Jority leader, was named Speaker oi
the House, succeeding the late
Thomas E. Conlon, Baltimore. The
Democratic House caucus left the
selection Of the majority leader to
Mr.. White, who named Delegate
John c. Luber of Baltimore to the
post and to the chairmanship OF
the Ways and Means Committee.
Senate Democrats elected Senator
James j. Lindsay, jr., Baltimore, to
the presidency to succeed Arthur
II. Brice OF Kent. resigned. Senator
John B. Funk OF Frederick, who
nominated Mr.. Lindsay, succeeded
him as majority leader and Finance
Committee chairman.
The Republicans in their caucu,
elected Senator Wilmer Fell Davis
Republican, Of Carolina Senate
minority leader, and Delegate y
Milton Dick of Allegany, House
minority leader.
The Republican caucus urged re.
peal Of the declaration of intention.
act and opposed terms of the ad.
ministration's teacher bonus pro.
posal. The Republicans favored
continuation of the bonus payments
but suggested that the State bea,
the entire cost and that the county
governments be relieved of any fur.
ther participation.
Seven Bills Introduced.
In all, seven bills-three in the
House and four in the Senate-wert
introduced during the brief session
which followed the Governors mes.
sage.
The soldier vote measures. pro.
viding for absentee voting by service
personnel and for the printing o1
absentee ballots, were introduced
in the House along with an ad.
ministration bill to clarity the pres.
ent law governing commitment Of
insane persons to institutions.
| The Senate bills offered the two
soldier vote measures, the teacher
bonus bill and a fourth offered by
Senator Clarence Newsome, Demo.
crat, of Kent to establish a liquor
dispensary system in Kent County
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Sove Fhis Newspaper

Many paper mills are shut
ting down for lack of waste
paper to convert into cartons
for Army and Navy supplies
shipped overseas. Every pound
OF old newspapers and magA
zines is needed. Telephone your
nearest school or notify some
school child in your block to
have your paper picked up.
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Service Aid Council
Formed in Eastern
Area
WHIiom F. CorIin Named
President; Constitution
And Bylaws Adopted

Permanent organization of the
Service Aid Council. which will aid
and advise servicemen and their
families living in the eastern sub
urban area of Montgomery County,
was completed last night at a meet
Ing in Jesup-Bl Community
House, Silver Spring.
Religious and civic leaders and
representatives of ORGANIZATIONS
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I r ON Silv e r
Spring, Takoma
Park, Kensing-
ton, Forest Glen
and other COM
munities covered
by Montgomery
County Selective
Service Board
No. 2 elected Of
hcers and laid
plans for a pro-
gram designed
to take care of
family problems
of local men and
women serving
in the armed
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The 50Oth red ribbon signifying
eight Red Cross blood donations and
membership in the Gallon Club
has been awarded Mrs. Lillian Bron-
stein, 4 Red Cross nurses aide,
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Speed Is Asked
On Soldier Vote
ByGov.
Special Session Starts
Work; White Named
Speaker of House

By the Associated Press,
ANNAPOLIS, Mar. THE for
malities of organization out of the
way. the first special session OF the
Maryland General Assembly since
Imperial Valley press., 1944-04-04
Britain Casualty
List in War
Reaches bb7,159

LONDON, April 4-(UP,-Prime
Minister Winston Churchill said
Tuesday that all ranks of British
Empire forces suffered 667 l59
casualties in killed, wounded, miss
ing and captured in the first four
years of the war.
Churchill revealed the casualties
in written reply to question
in the House OF Commons. They
comprised 158741 killed. 78204
missing. 1929 wounded, and 27c:-
995 prisoners.
The total, Churchill said, did
not include 26,317 killed and 1897
interned merchant seamen nor
civilian casualties in the United
Kingdom comprising 49.730 killed
and 59.37l injured.
Casualties of United Kingdom
forces, including overseas personnel
eSrving in them particularly from
Newfoundland and southern Rho
desia, totaled 1896, of whom 120,-
958 were killed, %, 1859 missing, 93,622
wounded and l43,947 prisoners.
Churchill reported Canadian cas-
ualtieS of 1857, comprising 9,209
killed, 2,745 missing, 1888 wounded
and 1880 prisoners.
Other total force casualties in
cluded Australia, 74.338; New Zea-
land, 25,717; South Africa, 23,825:
India, lO9 800. mainly prisoners; and
colonies, 25,786.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-04-04
Naval Techniciuns Defend
CuoYuIe Rubber Tests

SALINAS, Cal, April 4.
(UP) "A fOur-man house
agriculture committee inves-
tigating California; Ruavule rubber
project Tuesday studied report
that since last fall the project has
yielded 600 tons of rubber, COM
pairing favorable with the natural
and synthetic project.
Arthur E. Barrett, Mare Island
navy yard rubber tecfnologiSt, told
the committee at the first hearing,
that guayule was "as smooth as
Buna S." synthetic rubber. He
said that 900 tons of guayule have
been shipped out since the fall
of 1943 and that $26,000,000 had
been spent on the project from
March, 1912 through February,
1943.
PROBE EXTRAVAGANCE
The committee is investigating
charges that extravaganza has
marked spending of government
funds OH the various guayule pro-
jects prior to congressional action
on the guayule rubber appropria-
tion which expires June 30.
Wallace E. Morris, senior rubber
technolcgiSt, Mare Island navy
yard. told the committee that I'VE
need all the natural rubber we
can get. and rubber men are glad
to get guayule to blend with Buna
S, which Is not smooth"
Morris added that guayule is go
to rs per cent aS CORD as Heyea,
Imperial Valley press., 1944-04-04

Park
Studied
Final Action
Postponed;
Working Out

Verbal Juggling with two
issues enlivened the board of
supervisors meeting in Ell
Centre Monday with the supervis-
ors taking no official action on:
a.-The problem of getting a res
ident physician for the county hos
pital.
b.-Beautification of the court
house park in Ell Centre.
April 3 was designated as the
date upon which the board would
notify DrS. Harry l.. and C.. E.
RanC olph of their decision as to the
physicians offer to take over the
management of the county hospital
for $700 month. The board took
no action during the session. Asked
after adjournment what they in
tended to do, the supervisors infor-
mally declared that they intended
to do nothing at that session.
WANTS TINE
IF people will just let this situ-
alton alone" said Supervisor Hugh
T. Osborne, who is in charge of
the hospital, I'VE will get every
thing ironed out. DR.. Parker has
promised the district attorney that
he will be present or have someone
there for every birth In the county
hospital until we get resident
physician. We're working on it
now."
The county situation. came inCo
prominence when the 1943 grand
jury launched an investigation and
insisted that many things be done
Immediately to remedy what the
jurors declared were dangerous
practices and conditions. One of
the statements was that hospital
recorcs showed DR.. j. E. Parker
of Brawley had not been present
at a single birth in the hospital
since the time he became county
physician and took charge of the
hospital at a salary of $1,000 a
year.
Ell Centre City Councilman Char
les Bratton, in the board room on
other business, precipitated the
court house park discussion by ask
ing the board of supervisors if the
county would furnish the water to
improve the park which at present
is being leveled by Bratton's COM
pany at the order of County Pur-
chasing Agent Rance Baker.
STlRS SESSION
What are you going to co with
the park when we get through lev
cling it and taking off the dead
trees?" Bratton asked.
I'm in favor of letting the city
take it over and do the beautifica-
ton job" Board Chairman A. Y.
Preble said
THE county can afford to i'm
prove its own parks District At
torney Charles G.. Halliday inter-
posed. 1T is not wise for the county
of Imperial to endanger its title
to the park by turning it over to
any other agency. I've told you that
Continued on page 6, col. -
Imperial Valley press., 1944-04-04

ment at limited press conference
he called in a New York hCtel.
Kravchenko was in charge of the
metals division of the commission
in Washington and had been n
member of the Russian Com
muniSt party since 1929.
He said in his statement;
II can no longer support the
double-faced political maneuvers
directed at one and the same time
toward collaboration with the
United States and Britain while
Imperial Valley press., 1944-04-04
TuIe Internees
Go on Strike

TULE' LAKE, Cal, April
4. (UP)-Spokesmen for the
War Relocation Authority
Tuesday denied reports that in
ternees at the Tule Lake segrega-
ton center were on a Sit-doWn
strike to protest lack Of jobs for
them.
The reports, circulated outside
the center, indicated interneeS who
had jobs had refused to work on
behalf of those who were not en-
ploycd.
Allan Markley, WRA representa-
tive, said at no time had all of the
internees been employed. Author
tiles attempt. however, to have one
person in each family working. He
said there had been no indication
of dissatisfaction among those now
working.
Meantime u. S. marShals from
Sacramento served bench warrants
on three interneeS previously in
dicted by federal grand jury for
violation of the federal communi-
cations act.
Yoshio KaWazoye. his brother
Hideo Ray Kawazoye, and Masa-
nori Hirata will return to Sacra-
mento with the marshals. spokes-
men for the War Relocation Auth
ority said.
The trio was indicted for possess
sion and use of radio transmitting
set.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-04-04
Legion Studies
Candidates
For Service Job

Acting upon a request from the
county supervisors, the seven Amer
ican Legion posts in Imperial val
ley are canvassing their member
ship this week seeking applicants
for the new county service officer
position.
At the County Legion Council
meeting Monday night in the Vet
eran's hall In Holtville, Commander
Felix Lehman named a man from
each post to committee who will
scan applications submitted. The
committee will establish the qualifi-
cations and will consider each APP
plicant as we'll as recommend to
the county supervisors the salary
to be paid.
ON TO SUPERVISORS
The applicant the committee Sc
lectS will be recommended to the
supervisors who will consider his
qualifications and the committee's
recommendations.
AS no salary, expense account, Of
flee expense or other information
relative to the position were men,
toned by the county supervisors
members attending the council
meeting declared that it would be
impossible to interest qualified mer
to the position.
THE county supervisors want the
county council to recommend a
man, but they don't want to tell
us any of the facts concerning the
job. Applicants don't know what
qualifications are necessary, al
though we do know he will not be
welfare or INDECENT officer
George Moore of Holtville declared
TO AID WAR BONDS
Lester Nichols, 22nd District cont
mander. San Diego, explained that
the national organization has pledg-
ed to carry on the war bond SELL
ing campaign in June. Glenn Kill
lingsworth of Westmorland was
named to cnsider Imperial county's
program.
Visitors at the meeting besides
Nichols were Verne Monte, guest
chairman, San Diego; Howard
Chandler and Joseph Herbert OF
Old Town, and Max Brents, Fifth
Area Commander, Imperial.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-04-04
Two Meet Death
In Plane Crash

LUKE FIELD. Ariz., April T. CUP
Two army air force men were
killed Tuesday when their training
plane crashed while taking off from
Red Rock auxiliary field on a return
flight to Luke field. Colonel John
K. Nissley, commanding officer, an
nounced.
The dead:
Second Lieutenant Thomas Vans
lee, Jr., Globe, Ariz.
Private Harold V. Tweddle, l3,
Arlington, Calf.
The plane in which the two men
were flying had been acting as con-
troll ship for night cross-country
training. A board of officers has
been appointed to investigate the
crash, Colonel Nissley said.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-04-04
Artillery Fire
Marks Battle
In Italy Areas

ALLIED HEADQUARTERS. Ma
pies, April 4. tUP)-Fighting on the
italian battlefronts subsidized into
series of violent artillery ex-
changes and mall-Scale patrol ac-
tons Monday, a communique dis
closed Tuesday, as Allied SpokeS-
men revealed that italian Fascist
paratroops have been moved into
the Anzio beachhead to reinforce
the battered German l4th army.
Allied and German long-rango
cannon thundered intermittently
across the beachhead throughout
the day, with the 5th army artillery
centering their fire on Nazi troop
concentrations. supply dumps and
communications lines in the battle
area.
Twelve enemy planes, including a
number of fOur-engined bombers
struck at the Anzio port area last
night and two were blasted out of
the skies by Allied anti-aircraft
gunners. There was no word on the
results of the attack.
Scattered patrol clashes were re-
ported along the beachhead, but no
major ground fighting developed
and the opposing battle lines re-
mained unchanged.