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Evening star., 1945-08-01
Three May Seek Post
AS Fairfax Court Clerk

A petition asking for appointment
of Thomas P. Chapman, Fairfax
County deputy clerk, to succeed
John M. Whalen, clerk of Circuit
Court, who died yesterday, will be
presented to Judge Paul E. Brown
tomorrow, it was learned today.
County political leaders said il
was understood that Lewis Coyner
county treasurer, and George Robey
Fairfax attorney, also would become
candidates for appointment to the
clerks post.
Mr.. Coyner denied, however, that
he would become a candidate for
the clerkship.
1t was understood the petition
asking for the appointment of Mr.
Chapman will point out that, as a
deputy clerk for a number of years
he has become familiar with all
phases of the clerks Office and would
be the best qualified person for the
post.
1t was expected that the appoint
ment would be made tomorrow
since the vacancy brings to stand
still a great amount of county
hlISineSS
Evening star., 1945-08-01
Cen'Lockout' Charged
In Jessups Riot Trial
By the Associated Press.

DJ lut ASSOCld' go fTeSS,
ANNAPOLIS, Md, Aug. AT
torneys for 81 inmates of the
Maryland House of Correction
charged with engaging in the July
2 riot at the institution prepared
to call q defense witnesses to the
stand today.
One of the defense witnesses
Jerry Harrington, trusty who
works in the cell block Office
testified late yesterday that many
youthful prisoners became hysteri-
cal when they tried to get back
into their cells during the four
hour riot, only to find them locked
He told the court that Eugene
Miskimon, 18, one of the defend
ants, was one of those who trieo
to get back into their cells when
ordered by State police.
Several of those on trial then
took the stand in their own defense
and all claimed innocence.
Corroborative witnesses were in
terspersed with the defendants and
eight testified that Salvadoe La
CANA, IS, one of those on trial, hao
taken no action whatsoever in the
riot.
The State completed its case ear
lier in the day after one and one.
half days of testimony by 20 wit
nesses, through which the prosecu.
tion strove to connect each of the
81 with some phase of the riot re.
sulting in the shooting Of Is con.
victs and the wounding of severa
prison officials, plus property DAM
age estimated at $4,000.
The case is being heard in thu
Anne Arundel County Circuit Court
before Judges James Boylan ane
James Clark.
Evening star., 1945-08-01
Reward Is Charged
InMontgomery Group
Insurance Award

The Montgomery County Charter
Committee today charged that the
group insurance and disqualification
plan for county employees awarded
H. King Mularkey, Bethesda. rep
resentative of a Connecticut insur-
ance firm, by the county commits
sioners two weeks ago, represented
a reward TO Mr.. Mularkey for his
services in helping fight the char
ter in last years political campaign.
Under the plan. as explained in
mimeographed statements issued by
the county, if rs per cent of the
employees join the cost to each
worker would be $245 a month,
while the county would contribute
an equal amount.
For this amount each employe
covered would receive a $1,000 dou-
Bile indemnity life insurance policy;
accident and sick benefits of $40 a
week each, in which payments are
limited to 13 weeks for each dis
ability, and hospital and surgical
expense benefits of S5 a day for
each day in the hospital up to a
maximum of 81 days during any
one period and amounts ranging
from SIS to $3.50 for surgical opera
tions. The maximum reimburse
mentS for all operations during any
one period of disability is $3.50.
When the plan was first an
nounced. Commissioner Richard H
Lansdale estimated the total weekly
premium at 80 cents or $3.50 a
month, of which half would be paid
by the county.
Pointing out that Mr.. Mularkey
was chairman of the Citizens Com
mittee to Defeat Charter, the Char
ter Committee declared:
This is the first obvious pay-ofi
for last years campaign. 1t is an
other piece of evidence that our
county government is run on the
pork barrel plan, not as an efficient
business"
Although expressing its approval
of an insurance plan for county en-
ployees, the Charter Committee en-
phasized that it docs not approve
of the way in which this contract
was awarded, since no other insur-
ance company was given a real
chance to bid for the contract"
Evening star., 1945-08-01
Mrs. Hauek Appointed
To County School Board

Gov. O'Conor today announced
the appointment of Mrs. Elizabeth
Peck McKelvy Hauck, $500 Hamp-
ton lane, Bethesda. as member of
the Montgomery County Board Of
Education to succeed Mrs. Daniel
C. Walser. Chevy Chase, whose
term expired in May.
Mrs. Hauck. the wife of Col. C.
J. Hauck. jr., liaison officer for the
House Military Affairs Committee,
has been active in school work in
the Bethesda area for seven years.
She formerly served as president of
the Bethesda Elementary School
Parent-Teacher Association.
Mrs. Walser has served two
terms as member of the board.
Evening star., 1945-08-01
John WhaIen Funeral
Arranged for Today

Funeral services for John M
Whalen, 48, clerk of the Fairfax
County Circuit Court, who died
early yesterday of a heart attack at
his home, were to be held at 3 pm
today at the Fairfax Methodist
Church. The rites were to be con-
Quoted by the Rev. Floyd Lucas
pastor, and burial was to follow in
the Fairfax Cemetery.
A native of Fairfax, Mr.. Whalen
entered the clerks office as a young
man and while there studied law.
Mr.. Whalen became deputy clerk
at the death of Elton r. Holbrook
In 1881 and was elected clerk in 1895
He had served a year and half oi
his second term when he died.
Pallbearers will be Lewis M
Coyner. Judge Paul e. Brown
James U. Kincheloe. Eppa p. Kirby
Hugh B. Marsh and Thomas P
Chapman.
The Board of Supervisors will re.
cess its regular meeting and county
offices will close during the funeral
services.
Evening star., 1945-08-01
Veterans Aid Center
Opens at HyaHsvilIe

"A veterans information center
was opened today in Hyattsville
Md, by the Maryland Veterans
Commission to serve returning serv-
icemen and women Of Southern
Maryland.
Other centers were established
previously in Cumberland, Hagers.
town and Crfsfield, another will be
opened in Baltimore around the
middle of the month, and a sixth
center will be established at still
undetermined location for the
Northern Eastern Shore.
The centers are being set up to
enable veterans to obtain any in.
formatio desired as to rights under
the CT Bill of Rights or under the
various State acts passed during the
ls45 session Of the legislature.
Evening star., 1945-08-01
Maryland Dairy Indicted
In 0vercharges Of S33,443

by the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE, Aug IA 273-count
indictment charging the South
Mountain Diaries, Inc, Middletown
Nd, and two of its officials with
$33,443 in overcharges on 500,800
pounds of butter was returned yes
terday by a Federal grand jury.
The Office of Price Administration
ceiling violations, the indictment
charged, occurred between August,
l943, when the concern was organ
lied, to April, l945.
The concerns top officers, Pres
ident Alex Eisenberg and Secretary
treasurer Samuel Kaneff, both of
New York City, also were indicted.
Overcharges alleged in the counts
ranged from to cents per pound.
The indictment specified they were
made on 46 Maryland and Pennsyl-
vania retailers, approximately half
in each State. -!
Evening star., 1945-08-01
Salvage Quotas Announced
For Fairfax Fairgrounds

Col. Waldron E. Leonard, Salvage
Committee chairman for Fairfax
County, has announced the goal for
the % county Fairgrounds cooper
ating in the county salvage drive, is
1900 tin cans and $4,000 pounds of
waste paper.
Money received from the sale of
the salvage material will be distrib-
uted to the Fairgrounds.
Prizes will be offered to the play
grounds in the following areas COL
lecting the most tin cans and pa
per: Herndon-Fairfa area, Mount
Vernon area, Falls Church area, and
the colored Fairgrounds. The area
collecting the most material will also
receive q prize.
Evening star., 1945-08-01

Shpt' ns De ch"o"ss Gll6 SLdClUTl Will
be commanded by Comdr. c. O
Glisson, executive officer.
Before his assignment to Alex
andria Capt. Simons commanded
the cruiser Raleigh. His ship was
struck several times during the
japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
During his tour of duty at the
torpedo station the Alexandria plant
established an outstanding record
for the quality of torpedoes il
manufactured, the Navy said. Al
least 1923 torpedoes manufactured
under his command are known to
have sunk or seriously damaged
enemy ships, it was said.
While at Alexandria, Capt. Simons
was active in the Red Cross anC
Community Fund campaigns, ano
was instrumental in the establish.
ment of a USO Club for woman
workers. He also was largely re.
sponsible for additional school ia.
cilities for Government families liv.
ing in Chinquapin Village ans
Cameron Valley.
Evening star., 1945-08-01
Alexandra Dealers
Want Law Chanqed
ION Coal Deliveries

Alexandria householders will have
to contend with further inconVen-
fences in getting their short Goa
rations delivered next winter un-
less coal dealers are relieved OF
responsibility for damage to curbs
and sidewalks their trucks must
pass over in making deliveries, the
City Council was told last night.
George H. Robinson, representing
Alexandria coal dealers, asked the
Council to amend city ordinance
that requires dealers to obtain spe-
cial permission to make deliveries
over sidewalks, and also to make
property owners responsible for
damage to walks and cutters.
Mr.. Robinson explained that in
the past it has been necessary to
obtain a permit each time delivery
is made where a truck must cross a
gutter and sidewalk He said this
procedure has caused countless de-
lays in making deliveries.
May Leave Coal Outside.
Unless this ordinance can be
changed, Mr.. Robinson said, dealers
may be forced to leave coal at the
front of homes that have no from
coal chutes, thus causing added in.
convenience to houSeholders.
Mr.. Robinson was spokesman fol
Thomas j. Fannon e. Sons, George
H. Robinson & Sons, the Potomac
Coal Co., the w. A Smoot Coal Co.
Aitcheson g. Co., Inc, and Stark &
Stagel
The council deferred action pend.
ing further investigation.
Councilman Everett M Hellmutf
reported that ne had found healtf
conditions in certain city nurser.
schools deplorable, and suggested
that council establish health regu
lations for these establishments.
Wants Permits Restricted.
Mr.. Hellmuth, member of tht
Health Department Board, said tina
| he would present the matter to tn,
board at meeting Monday ant
would report recommendations a
the next council meeting.
He pointed out that under present
regulations, a person may apply fol
a nursery school permit and thai
little or no investigation is made be.
fore permit is granted.
The following rezoning applica.
tions were granted:
| A lot at Duke and Elizabeth
streets, from A residential to [
commercial; lot on Walnut street
between Commonwealth avenue anc
Stellar street, G residential to [
commercial; five lots in the 60(
blocks of South Washington anc
! Gibbon streets, c residential to [
commercial; four lots near Mount
Vernon avenue, facing on Bruce
street. c residential to D CONNER.
cial. and a lot at 1902 Prince street
C residential to D commercial.
Evening star., 1945-08-01
|W.F. Day Takes Oath
As County Supervisor;
Twill Bar Politics

Willard F. Day of Chevy Chase
took Office today as Montgomery
County supervisor and promised to
bar politics in his administration.
Mr. Day, who became widely
known as manager of Henrico
County, Va. from 1884 to 1910. as
sured county employees that they
will be judged on merit and not on
political affiliation.
The new county supervisor was
appointed by the county commits
sioners three weeks ago under law
passed by the last State Legisla-
ture. He will hold Office at the
pleasure of the commissioners ano
is removable on 30 days notice.
He told The Star last wednesday
that he felt sure more than suffi-
cient" improvements would result
from his administration to justify
his ,000-a-year salary.
He also declared that if he coulc
not justify his salary, he would rec
ommend his replacement or the
abolition of the post.
His present plans are to make ar
intensive study of the county's gov
ernment with a view to recommend
ing possible changes before neXt
years budget is prepared
Evening star., 1945-08-01
Gag Bockfires as MPs
Spot German Uniform

By the Associated Press.
SAVANNA, Ill. - Staff Sergt.
Davon Cravatta brought Nazi uni
form home from war and decided
to test the public by wearing it
downtown. ,
Military police quickly spotted
him and placed him under arrest
until he could prove his identity.
The best place for the uniform,
they told Cravatta, was on a hanger.
Evening star., 1945-08-01
woodrumtoQuil
House 10 Head
Trade Group:
Virginion Expects
To End "a Years
Service in Spring
BY the Associated Press,


ROANOKE, Va, Aug. 1.-Repre-
sentative Clifton A. Woodrum,
Democrat, of the 9Th Virginia dis
trict will conclude "a years service
in the House as soon as he COM
pletes congressional business now
pending.
Mr.. Woodrum announced yester-
day he will relinquish his post to
take advantage of business op-
portuntty that gives promise of
some measure of economic stability
for the future" and implied that
he would complete his Government
business in the early spring Of 1916.
He emphasized, however, that he
fully intends to discharge his duties
in the House before accepting his
new position as president of the
American Plant Food Council, Inc.
a newly formed trade association of
a large group of industrialistS en-
gagged in the manufacture and sale
of plant foods, fertilizer nitrate
and potassium products. Mr.. Wood
rum will retain residence in Roam
oke. but corporations headquarters
will be in Washington.
The Committee on Appropria-
tionS. of which I am ranking men,
ber, and the selected Committee on
Postwar Military Policy, of which
am chairman" he said. have most
important matters pending. Also, l
have many routine congressional
duties that must be concluded be-
fore I can leave the service. When
Congress reconvenes October I will
be in position to set definite
date for my retirement, which I
hope can be in early spring. l shall
continue fully to discharge my duties
as Representative from the 9Th dis
trict in Virginia until further no.
tice'
His unexpected resignation evoked
much speculation in Virginia po-
litical circles on whether he would
run for the Senate In the event of
Senator Glass resignation, an aim
that he had expressed earlier, say
ing that he would not oppose Sem
ator Glass.
Among Democrats who have been
suggested to succeed him are Judge
j. Lindsay Among of Roanoke,
Judge Harvey B. Apperson of the
State Corporation Commission, r. A.
Darlington. jr., former Mayor of
ynobh,,ro. Iohy, q Cpiare . q dford
and Richard C. Stokes, Covington.
Evening star., 1945-08-01
School Expansion Plea
Referred 10 Planning
Unit in Montgomery

A request by the Leland Junior
High School Parent Teacher AsSo-
citation for construction of two
story addition to the school, install
lation of new heating plant ana
improvement of cafeteria and kitch-
en- facilities was referred to the
Montgomery County Postwar Plan
ming Committee at meeting OF
the county commissioners yester-
day in Rockville.
In a letter TO the board. the asso-
cations Executive Committee de-
clared the present building is in
adequate to house the anticipated
increase in enrolment of 160 pupils
next fall. Cost of the new work
was estimated at about SIPS 900
The proposed addition, according
to the committee, would provide a
new home arts department, Ii
brary and a classl oom. The home
arts course is now given in three
inadequate" basement rooms which
cannot be equipped properly because
of their size, the committee said.
Library Called Inadequate.
If new home arts department
is provided, the committee ex-
planned, these three basement rooms
could be used for music instruction.
The committee also pointed out
that the room now used as library
can accommodate fewer than so pu-
pills and is inadequate. If new
library is built. the committee said.
the present room could be used as
a classroom.
I'VE sincerely believe the pro-
posed addition is needed even after
the proposed new suburban junior
high school is built the committee
asserted. The proposed home arts
department and library are needed
even if the enrolment is reduced to
one-haf the present number by the
construction of the new school and
the needed Improvements can never
be made in the existing building
without the proposed addition"
The Commissioners appointed
Douglas Riggs, Gaithersburg, as as
sistant county engineer at an an
nual salary of $1,000. The board
also voted to increase the salary of
Harrison o. Lewis, an assistant
county engineer, from s2,700 to s3,-
900 a year.
Camp Permit Action Delayed.
Pending approval by the county
health department, the Commits
sioners deferred action on an appli-
cation of Mrs. c. A Collins for a Ii
! cenSe to operate tourist camp at
Middlebrooke, near Gaithersburg.
The place is known as the Lone
Pine Tourist Camp" There were no
protests at public hearing on the
petition yesterday.
The board set a hearing for II 80
a m. August % on applications of
Dexter M. Bullard and Reese L.
SeWell for permits to operate Chest
nut Lodge Sanitarium, Rockville
and Longfellow School for Boys,
5l00 Edgemoor lane, Bethesda.
The commissioners were advised
by j. Edgar Hoover, director of the
Federal Bureau of Investigation
that Corpl. William M. Whalen of
the county police force had salts
factorily completed training
course of IA weeks at the FBI Po-
lice Academy, Washington. Ar
rangements were made for County
Detective Corpl John P. Leahy to
attend the same school.
On recommendation of H. Leslie
Carlln, police chief, "a emergency
policemen, whose terms expired yes
terday, were renamed for so days.
Four of them will serve as public
school guards.
Evening star., 1945-08-01
Heads Red Cross Unit

Mrs. Francis Reed, Fairfax, has
been appointed chairman of the
County Red Cross Hospital and Rec
reation Corps, succeeding Mrs. Gavin
Hadden, who organized the corps
last year. Other officers include
Mrs. Elmo Flynt, vice chairman, and
Mrs. j V. Hagan, vice chairman
for Grey Ladies of the Fort Belvoir
Auxiliary.
Evening star., 1945-08-01

the Pacific area
and will report
to the West
Coast this week
end. the Navy
announced to-
day.
Capt. Simons
will be replaced
at the Alexan-
dria station by
c a p t. William
C. Vose, now
stationed in the
Pacific. Un til
the new COM
mander reports
Evening star., 1945-08-01
Artist Breaks Sunday Low

OCEAN CITY, N. J. (P.-Artist
William Damon was arrested as he
was painting portrait. The reason,
said Mayor Cloyde Struble: A city
ordinance forbids unnecessary bus
iness" on Sunday.
Evening star., 1945-08-01
Torpedo Station Chiei
Ordered 10 Pacific

Capt. r. B. Simons, 81, COM
mander of the naval torpedo sta
ton at Alexandria since June Z
1912, has been ordered to duty in
Evening star., 1945-08-01
Lawrence Takes Role
In Fenwiek Campaign
Ey the Associated Press.

Ey the Associated Press.
RICHMOND, Va, Aug. Julian
S. Lawrence OF Norfolk County, pres
ident of the combined bar associa-
tions of Norfolk and Portsmouth
will serve as chairman of the Elec-
ton Committee of 1t. Col. Charles
R. Fenwick of East Falls Church, a
candidate for the Democratic nom-
ination as Lieutenant Governor in
the August 7 primary, it was an
nounced here yesterday by Col. Fen
wick.
Col. Fenwick, who has just re-
turned from a tour of the State, said
he was greatly encouraged by the
reception accorded him in all sec.
tions. He said he intended remain
ing in Richmond for the next week
comforting with campaign workers
and visiting adjacent counties.
Collins Confident.
NORFOLK, Va, Aug. l (P,.-EX.
pressing confidence that he will wir
the Democratic nomination fol
Lieutenant Governor in the pri.
mary August 7, L. Preston Collin!
of Marion conferred here yesterday
with his Bristol campaign director
and committee, and later left on hi
final swing through the 9th con,
greSsional district. g.
Mr.. Collins said he had visited Il
large part of the 9Th district
and expects to spend the remainder
of his time between now and Angus
Z in visiting other sections of The
area,
Evening star., 1945-12-30

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