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Evening star., 1945-10-23
Baltimore Stadium Commission
Approves Floating Roof DESIGN

Imagination" but that it had beer
proven feasible by elaborate tests
carried out at New York Univer.
sity under the supervision OF the
War Production Board.
The proposed stadium could be
air. conditioned in summer, heated
in winter, emptied of spectators ir
five minutes and would be sur
rounded with parking space fol
thousands of automobiles.
It would be built well beyond
the city limits, preferably off a dua,
highway If plans Of the committee
were accepted.
The report recommended that
construction of the stadium be
started as soon as possible and that
original costs of lands and erection
be written of Immediately through
outright grants of city, State and
Federal funds and lands, together
with contributions from industry
and individuals.
Evening star., 1945-10-23
Col. Lee Advocates
County Ownership Of
Montgomery Airports

The surest way to protect interests
Of future generations Of Montgomery
County residents in the operation of
airports to be located there is for
the county to purchase the airports
with public funds and to rent each
field to private operator, 1t. Col.
E. Brooke Lee, vice chairman and
park commissioner of the Maryland
National Capital Park and Planning
Commission, told members of the
Aero Club of Maryland last night in
the County Building.
Col. Lee said that in his opinion
the county should rent each airport
with every formality of duly ad-
vertised public bidding for terms of
something like 10 years at time,
to the private operator who makes
the most acceptable and most profit
able bid to the county government
for such lease for each term"
Airports should not be located SO
close to existing residential COM
munitles as to do harm to these
sections, Col. Lee declared.
They should be placed" he added,
where there are some existing bar
riers or separations from residential
developments such as railroads, the
Potomac River Valley, the / ,0O0-acre
Naval Laboratory site or an area of
farming territory which is not indi-
Gated as the probable location OF
residential development for a con-
siderable number of years to come" "
Col. Lee distributed maps of the
county showing five sites chosen by
the Planning Commission for study
in connection with the airport pro-
gram. The tentative sites are:
Northwest triangle, Great Falls
road and River road at Potomac.
Site midway between Redlapd and
Norbeck, west of the road linking
the two communities.
The present Congressional Airport
on Rockville pike.
Site midway between Fairland and
White Oak, east of Columbia pike.
Site l mile west of Gaithersburg
on Old Germantown road.
Evening star., 1945-10-23
Falls Church Is Seeking
FWA Aid on Street PROGRAM

The Falls Church Town Council
last night announced it has applied
for a Federal Works Agency grant of
$4,000 in order to begin an engineer
ing study for a town improvement
program which would include sewer
and gutter construction and repav-
ing of 20 miles of streets.
Rough plans at present, it was ex-
planned, indicates that eventually a
bond issue of $2,000,0 900 or more
probably will be necessary for the
contemplated program.
At the same time, it was an
nounced that the town budget for
1945-46 stands at $214,069. John H.
King, secretary of the. Falls Church
Planning Committee, asserted that
new sources of revenue must be
found, while others suggested that
the business tax be increased.
1t also was reported at the meet.
ing that full-time librarian will be
engaged by the library, enabling it
to be open at all hours of the day
time.
Evening star., 1945-10-23
Subdivision Ordinance
Hearing Called in Fairfax

Hearings on proposed subdi-
vision ordinance for Fairfax County,
Va, are scheduled to be held before
the Board of Supervisors at pm,
November Z.
The ordinance would set up speci-
fications for streets to be laid out
in any subdivision and provides that
these streets must be surfaced to a
minimum width of 18 feet with
minimum of inches of gravel or
6 inches of stone.
The proposed ordinance would
also establish the following addi-
tional improvements on lots from
10000 square feet to one-half acre.
l. Street surfacing to maximum
roadway width.
2. Street surface treatment to
roadway width.
8. Concrete cutters on both sides
of all streets and thoroughfares.
4. Sidewalks at least on one side
of all local thoroughfares.
5. Sanitary sewer systems.
On lots from 1900 spare feet to
10000 square feet, additional re-
quirements are that concrete gut
ters and sidewalks shall be on both
sides of all streets and thorough
fares.
Evening star., 1945-10-23
HyaHsviIIe Police Ordered
To Ban Street Bonfires

Hyattsville police were directed
last night by the Mayor and City
Council to arrest any one setting a
fire in the streets and any one
setting fire after sundown on pub
lie or private property.
This action followed numerous
complaints against people burning
leaves and even trash in the cutters
and streets.
The Council approved petition
for rezoning to allow construction
of apartment units at Quintana
street and Forty-first avenue. The
main building there already has
been converted into apartments
Philip Lustine was asked to get con-
sent of nearby property owners in
connection with his petition for re-
zoning of property at 5710 Baltimore
avenue.
It is understood large food store
may be built there.
The Councils Police Committee
headed by Councilman Thomas E
Arnold, will meet Thursday night
to consider proposed changes In
traffic regulations on several streets
Evening star., 1945-10-23
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE, Oct. 23.-The Bal
timore City Council had before it
today a report recommending the
building of stadium seating 5000
persons and covered by an alumni
mum alloy roof, less than "a inch
thick, supported by air pressure.
The report was submitted by the
Baltimore War Memorial Stadium
Commission, composed of prominent
business and sports and music rep
resentatiyes.
The design for the round struc-
ture which would have a floating
roof ITO feet above the ground, was
conceived by Glenn L. Martin, pres
ident OF the aircraft company bear
ing his name and a member of the
committee, and Jan Porel, his as
siStant.
The report said the roof design
"is no f1gment Of an overactive
Evening star., 1945-10-23
Arlington Posi- Office
Remedies for YuIe Rush

Remodeling of the Arlington Post
Office, including installation of an
elevator and extension of the load
ing platform, is now being planned
in anticipation OF the heaviest
Christmas season the ofi1ce has had
in its nine-year existence. Central
Station will also be ready in time
for the rush.
Looking for a 100000 business
this season, the county's main Office
has been allocated 38 500 extra man.
hours of work to handle the volume
according to Assistant Postmaster
william w. Weaver.
OF this total, he said, Is 900 man.
hours will be used by clerks and the
rest by carriers. Applications for
jobs as Christmas helpers are being
accepted now, he said, adding it is
hoped the office will be able to draw
on returning veterans as well as
high school students to carry the
extra load.
Evening star., 1945-10-23
Mrs. Smith Sentenced
TO 70 Years in Death
I0f SoIdier-Husband
BY the Associated Press.


HARRISONBURG, Va, Oct. 23.-
Mrs. Grace M. Smith yesterday was
found guilty of the murder of hel
husband, Frank G. Smith, World
War II veteran, and was sentenced
to 20 years in prison by Judge w. H
Bertram of Rockingham Circuit
Court.
The court was crowded and spec
tators jammed the doorways when
the verdict was returned and the
young woman sentenced. Mrs
Smith stood before Judge Bertram
supported by her brother, o. c.
Maxwell of Fishersville, with her
head on his shoulder, to hear the
verdict.
Ralph Garner, former Harrison
burg restaurant manager, also was
indicted for murder in the death OF
Mr.. Smith and will be tried later
The Commonwealth sought to
prove love affair between Garner
and Mrs. Smith.
Mrs. Smith maintained that she
knew Garner only casually" She
testified Saturday that her husband
had been nervous and quarrelsome
since his discharge from the Army
and had quarreled with her about
her friends. She told of an alterca-
ton between them the night of his
death, when she said she slapped
him. and there was scuffle in their
bedroom, after which, she said, she
heard him go to the basement. She
said she found blood in the hall
later.
Mrs. Smith testified that her
husband had threatened to COM
NIT suicide several times and that
once she had burned rope, after
she found him tying it to a rafter in
the basement.
Evening star., 1945-10-23
Hagan Favors Law
On Retirement System
For Arlington Police

j. Foster Hagan, Republican can
didate for the Virginia House of
Delegates, was on record today as
favoring establishment of a pension
and retirement system for Arlington
County police.
BY amending existing State stat
utes to include Arlington with sew
eral other Virginia counties already
served by the provision, Mr.. Hagan
said, the County Board would be
empowered to levy a sufficient tax
to provide local police retirement
compensation.
At present. he said, there is no
local plan. Police retired for age or
disability, whether incurred in the
line OF duty or not, are thrown on
their own resources without regard
to the public service they have rem
dered.
The statutes provide for a police
mans pension and retirement board
of five members, Mr.. Hagan con-
tinued, with two elected by the DO
lice, two by the county governing
body and the fifth being the county
treasurer, who acts as custodian of
the funds.
The board, he added, is empow-
cred to hold hearings, investigate
and determine the merits of each
case presented to it and to fix the
amount of pensions and retirement
benefits to be paid.
Under such a system. he said, the
Arlington County Board could COM
pensate any policeman who has
served for IS years, who has reached
the age of go, and any member of
the force who has become incapaci-
tated by accident, disease or disabil-
ity contracted in line OF duty.
The amount of the levy and the
operation of the suggested board
would be, of course, purely local
matter for the judgment and deter
mination OF the county board" Mr..
Hagan said. But in other counties,
retired policemen are entitled to re-
ceive an amount equal to half their
annual salary at the time of retire
ment. Disbursements for the widows
and deceased members and contri-
buttons in a limited amount for
funeral expenses also are provided. ]"
Evening star., 1945-10-23
Londreth Rops Opposition
As 'Boss-Picked Offerino

TOWNSVILLE, Va, Oct. % {P.-
Contrasting party methods of select
ing candidates, State Senator S..
Floyd Landreth, Republican NOM
inee for Governor in the November
election, said here last night that
300 delegates picked at mass meet
ings of voters had named the Re-
publican ticket and adopted plat
form upon which to run, whereas
the Democratic opposition was
"boss-picked" and contemporary
refused" to offer any program.
ITO what depths have Virginians
fallen that they are content to wear
a party label intsead of casting a
free, untrammeled ballot?" he asked.
Earlier in the day Senator Lam
dreth and Lester S. Parsons, candi-
date for attorney general, spoke at
Gate City in Scott County. This
afternoon, they speak at TazeweH,
and tonight at Bland Courthouse.
Evening star., 1945-10-23
Veterans Office
Here 10 Handle
Nearby
Transfer of Records
Will Save Travelling
For 5000 Persons

Approximately 5000 veterans liv-
ing in the nearby Maryland and
Virginia counties will be able to
come to the Washington regional
Office OF the Veterans Administra-
ton to have their claims processed
instead of going to Baltimore or
Roanoke under new expansion ar
rangements being completed today.
Representatives of the Roanoke,
Baltimore and Washington Offices
conferred here today to arrange for
the transfer of case records. Howard
Dickensheets, manager Of the Wash
ington regional Office, said all the
files would be transferred by No
vember Is.
The area now brought into the
Washington regional office includes
Prince Georges and Montgomery
Counties, Md; Arlington and Fair.
fax Counties and Alexandria, Va.
Under the old arrangement, men
in these counties had to go to Bal
timore or Roanoke to take physical
examinations, see about their claims
and get vocational advice under the
rehabilitation program. Many OF
them, particularly the disabled, COM
planned about travelling long dis
tances when the Washington office
was so close.
Mr.. Dickensheets predicted that,
while 5000 men were Immediately
affected, the ultimate load from the
nearby counties would amount to
10000 men. He expects the peak
load here to come to 165 900 World
War II veterans, including 100000
who entered the service from the
District; $4,000 new residents and
the men from the nearby counties
To meet the new load, personnel in
the Washington office will be in
creased by Is per cent to approx
mately $50 employees by the end Of
the fiscal year.
Mr.. Dickensheets urged men in the
nearby counties not to come to the
Washington Office until they have
been notified by letter that their files
haye been transferred.
Evening star., 1945-10-23
Prince Georges Advisers
Ready TO Release Plans

Printed copies of the proposed i'm
provement program which the Spe-
cial Advisory Board presented this
month to the Prince Georges County
Commissioners today were being
prepared for distribution to all in
terested organizations and individ-
uals in the county.
The proposal by the Advisory
Board envisage, in the next few
years, II road improvement projects
IA intersection projects, II play
ground sites, 70 lighting projects and
general tree planting and landscap-
ing.
A bond issue of 81 ,0O0, 900 has been
authorized for the 1945-46 period, al
though to complete the program it
is anticipated that considerably
more will have to be made available
Evening star., 1945-10-23
Restaurant Man
Is Held for Jury
InFataI Stabbinq
Witnesses at Inquest
Tell Of Seeing Knife
Before Navy Chief Fell

Mills Edmonds, 80, of 814 L street
NV, manager of the White Tower
Restaurant, at 1920 Fourteenth
street NV, today is awaiting grand
jury action in connection with the
fatal stabbing early Sunday of a
Navy chief mineman, William Davis
Brock, ~, during scufne in the all
night lunchroom.
Edmonds was ordered held after
a coroner's inquest yesterday, dur
ing which witnesses testified they
saw him swing at Mr.. Brooks throat
with knife. Mr.. Brock was pro-
nounced dead on arrival at Emer-
gency Hospital, and Deputy Coroner
Richard Rosenberg testified the
cause of death was a knife slash
across the throat.
Among the witnesses was Dorothy
Kelly of the 1900 block of Columbia
road NV, a waitress in another
restaurant. She said she was in the
White Tower when Mr.. Brock was
fatally stabbed and told of seeing a
knife in the hand of Edmonds, who
had informed police he did not have
knife during the scuff1e.
Ordered Out of Place.
The fight ensued when Edmonds
ordered Chief Brock, WAVE Petty
Officer Dicey v. Marlborough, of Ar
lington Farms, Va, and Mr.. and
Mrs. Raymond Smith, of 1907 w
street NV, from the restaurant
after a salt shaker was thrown at
Mrs. Ella L. Jones, waitress, from
the booth the party occupied.
Some one in the booth, police were
told by witnesses, then made a de-
mand for faster service, although
Mrs. Jones had just come on duty
and was still in street clothes.
Miss Kelly testified she saw Mr.
Brock kick Edmonds twice during
the alteration, and then she saw
Evening star., 1945-10-23
Normal School PTA
To Welcome Director.

The Parent Teacher Association
OF the Washington Missionary Col
lege Normal Training School will
hold a reception at 8 o'clock tonight
at the school building, on Flower
avenue, to welcome DR.. Mabel Cas-
sell, new school director, and four
new teachers or" the staff.
DR.. Cassell was formerly director
OF elementary education at EN-.
manual Missionary College, Berrier
Springs, Mich. Other new faculty
members are Mrs. Clarence STEM
berg, Miss Ethel Young, Mrs. Annie
Lee Matthews and Mrs. Sarah Fred.
erick.
Evening star., 1945-10-23
Alexandra Trade Body
To Discuss Axiution

John H. Geisse, assistant Civil
Aeronautics administrator for pri-
vate flying, and Joseph T. Geuting
jr., manager of the Personal Aircraft
Council of the Aircraft Industries
Associationsof America, will be guest
speakers at the monthly dinner OF
the Alexandria Junior Chamber OF
Commerce at the Penn-Daw Hotel
tonight. The affair is sponsored by
the Aviation Committee of the
chamber
DR.. Arthur Angelica, chairman OF
the Aviation Committee, and John
T. Beuchert, co-chairman, have ar
ranged the program. A large group
OF aviation experts is expected to
attend.
Evening star., 1945-10-23
Victory Loan Drive
Holds Key 10 Future,
Devers Tells Workers

Declaring peace must be fought
for and backed as vigorously as
war, Gen. Jacob L. DeverS, COM
manding general of the Army
Ground Forces, yesterday told 500
volunteer Victory Loan workers of
the District War Finance Com
mittee that complete disarmament
would mean eventual destruction for
the United States.
At the kickoff" luncheon for
Washington's drive to sell $85 ,0OO,-
600 Victory Bond securities between
next Wednesday and December g.
the general said:
This is not a pretty world we
live in. In the Is years of peace
after the first World War we found
no successful means of preventing
World War II. Our mission for the
next Is years is to prevent World
War III.
Must Plan and Pay.
The only chance we have is tc
plan for and pay for an Army OF
1000, 900 men-and a Navy-whieh
can be modified within a year
None of these plans can be realized
unless public opinion is behind
them"
Gen. Devers said the Nation i.
contemptuous of professional sol.
diers in peacetime, that profes.
sionals who speak of preparations
for war are called "warmongers.
only once or twice have we
fought an aggressive war;" he said
Our other wars were forced on
us and we were successful because
OF our geographical location and
because we had time to prepare
In the future, time will be denied us
Hiroshima was the handwriting on
the wall"
Pointing to the imminent nationa
drive for s11 900 ,000, 900 through Vic.
tory Bond sales, Gen. Devers added
You couldn't strive for a more
worthy cause. / am confident you
will exceed the goals you have set.
The volunteer workers, lunchine
1t the Mayfiower Hotel, stood al
attention as a picked group OF SOL
diers, sailors and Marines executed
the ''massing of the colors" cere.
mony to the music of a Marine
drum and bugle squad. -
Five Reasons for Loan.
w. j. Waller, chairman of ths
District War Finance Committee
gave the workers a final predrive
pep talk, emphasizing the five mair
reasons for the Victory Loan: TT
pay the bills for munitions ane
material already delivered and used
to pay the cost of guarding Ger.
many and Japan; to pay for the carr
OF our wounded and disabled; tt
pay of and provide benefits fol
100000 or more veterans to be dis.
charged by next July; and to keer
the lid on price imitation.
Robert v. Fleming, president o.
the Riggs National Bank, address.
ing the representatives of labor
Government and business who will
lead the drive in the Capital, de.
clared:
THE national income is bound t.
decline during reconversion. No on,
can predict how far the redemption
OF War Bonds will go in the neal
future. Despite cancellation of wal
contracts and demobilization, Sill.
00o 1000 will be needed to run tn,
Government until the end of tn,
fiscal year June, 1916, over and abov,
tax revenues. At the same time
the public debt is increasing. Ever,
one should invest in Victory Bonc
securities to protect the value O
their dollar"
Evening star., 1945-10-23
lsWRst,oniinq
&Remiinde.5@

Meats, Fats, Etc. - Stamps Al
through Ell good through October
81. Stamps FL through XII good
through November 80. Stamps
LII through Q-1 good through
December 81. Stamps Ri through
vi good through January 81.
Points for Fats Your meat dealer
will pay four red ration points for
each pound of waste kitchen fats
you turn In.
Sugar-Stamp SO good through De.
cember 81. Next stamp valid
January l.
Shoes-Airplane Stamps l. 2, 3 and
4 in Book No. good indefinitely
for one pair of shoes each.
Evening star., 1945-10-23

dock Saturday and Sunday when
the patrol frigate Alexandria will be
in the city and open for public in
spection.
Visitors to the vessel who pur.
chase bonds at the booth will be
given copies of the souvenir bro
chure printed in commemmoration
of the ships visit.
Evening star., 1945-10-23

the blade of knife protruding
from the managers left hand and
saw him swing at Mr.. Brock. The
Navy man put his hand to his
throat and there was blood" she
said.
Connterman Testifies.
Robert L. Foster, counterman at
the White Tower and another wit
ness at the inquest, testified the
members of the Brock party were
intoxicated, noisy and talking loud
He looked at Edmonds and said he
saw "this man" with knife in his
hand during the scuffie and saw
him strike at the officer. Mr.. Foster
said when Edmonds had the knife
in his hand Mr.. Brock was heard tt
say, What does he think he's goins
to do with that?"
Originally from Phoenix, Ariz., Mr.
Brock was stationed at the Ord.
nance Investigation Laboratory
Stump Point, Md.
Evening star., 1945-10-23
Three Become Citizens
lin Rockville Court
Special Dispatch to The Star,

special Dispatch to The Star.
ROCKVILLE, Md, Oct. 23.-Three
foreign-born residents OF Montgom-
cry County were admitted to Ameri-
can citizenship by Judge Charles
w. Woodward in the Circuit Court
here yesterday.
They were Mahlon Charles Myers,
Takoma Park, q native Of Canada;
Anna Elizabeth Dublin, Rockville,
native Of Germany, and Sarkis
Hintlian, Silver Spring, native OF
Turkey.
Evening star., 1945-10-23
Civitons to Sponsor Party

The Bethesda Civitan Club will
sponsor children's Halloween
party at the playground in Wood
mont on October 81 to dedicate the
playground which recently was
equipped by the club. King H.
Mularkey is chairman Of the dedi-
cation committee assisted by Will
liam Wohlfarth, John Smith and
e. Q. Likcns. William Austin heads
the playground COMMITTEES.
Evening star., 1945-10-23
Tukomu Park Club Asks
Cut in Taxi License Ace

The Takoma Park Republican
Club has asked that the Montgom-
cry County public utility regulations
be changed to allow the issuance of
taxicab drivers licenses to persons
18 or older. At present applicants
must be at least 81.
The club believes such legislation
would benefit war veterans, accord
ing to Mrs. Earl j. Opal, secretary.
Evening star., 1945-10-23
(Tomorrow: The beginning Of
Gen. Wainwright's last days on
CorregidOr.l

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