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Evening star., 1946-01-04
Three Counties
In Virginia Lose
Health Officer
misunderstanding
Seen in DR.. PodoInick
Ending His Service
BY ALEX r. PRESTON.

A misunderstanding as to the
availability of DR.. Nelson Podolnick
Of Fairfax, was seen today as pos
sible reason why the counties of
Fairfax, Prince William and Stafford
have no public health officer.
For the last two years DR.. PodoI-
nick, who Is commissioned a captain
in the Public Health Service, has
served as health officer of these three
counties, but his services were ter
minated on January /, he disclosed
at the Fairfax County Board Of
supervisors meeting Wednesday.
DR.. L. j. Roper, director of local
health services of the State Health
Department, told The Star DR.. Po-
dolnick was no longer available to
the State agency because the Public
Health Service had ordered him
transferred. DR.. Roper could offer
no immediate solution to the prob
lem created by the vacancy and de-
cried the fact that nine health
officer vacancies exist throughout
| the State
Critical Shortage.
Asked if health conditions or pop-
ulation density in the Northern Vir-
ginia areas would give a high pri-
ority to replacement for this
section, he said there was a critical
shortage of medical shelp and that
the Hampton Roads area also lacked
public health head at this time.
Hampton Roads, he stressed, exceed
ed the Northern Virginia community
IN population density.
DR.. Podolnick told The Star It was
true that at first he had received
word from the Public Health Service
indicating he was to be transferred
elsewhere but that later he had re-
ceived orders placing him on ter
minal leave, which expires April l.
He indicated he would like to re-
main In the area and continue his
work for a while in order to complete
or advance several new projects, in
cluding new pneumothorax clinic
at Falls Church and an expanded
school health program in the three
areas.
He said he had talked to DR.. Roper
by telephone Wednesday, but con-
ceded he may have failed to make
his new status clear.
Protests Received.
When DR.. Roper later was in
formed of DR.. Podolnick's assertion
he was to terminate his commission
in the Public Health Service. the
State official said, 1--WE do not know
thing about that" He added that
he had confirmed that DR.. Podolnick
was to be ordered elsewhere in a
call to the Public Health Service
district Office in Richmond on We'd
nesday.
I DR.. Roper acknowledged having
received kilograms Of protests over
the vacancy. Protests were made
by the Fairfax County Lay Health
Council, the Federation of Parent
Teacher Associations, Voters League.
Federation of Citizens Associations
and the Fairfax County School I'M
provement Association.
The Fairfax Board of Supervisors
also formally asked the State agency
to retain DR.. Podolnick temporarily
until a permanent appointment
could be made. DR.. Roper said he
would study the whole situation to-
day.
Evening star., 1946-01-04
Railroad Union Committee
Meets in Baltimore Jan. 81
BY the Associated Press.

-.
CUMBERLAND Md. Jan. A.
The Executive Subcommittee of the
General Grievance Committee of
the Brotherhood of Firemen and
Enginemen of the Baltimore g.
Ohio Railroad will convene for an
eight-day session here January 81,
Harry S. Porch, general chairman,
has announced.
Mr.. Porch said the question of a
wage increase of $3.50 per day would
be discussed. Business matters, the
annual audit of the brotherhood,s
books and review of Chairman
Porch's work during the last year
also will be taken up along with ap-
peal cases not settled to the salts
faction of the membership.
Mr.. Porch left last night for Chi
cago to attend the national brother
hood meeting. The wage issue for
Eastern railroads will be discussed
there.
The brotherhood has a member
ship of $500 on the Baltimore &
Ohio system.
Evening star., 1946-01-04
Alexandra Court Report
Lists Fees and Fines

The following report for Decem-
Der has been submitted to Judge
James Reece Duncan of the Alexar-
dria Civil and Police Court by Miss
Naomi Smith, clerk and bailiff:
City fines, trial fees, bail fees, war
rant fees, filing and indexing and
other fees and money collected, s2,-
679.25; State fines and clerks fees
collected, $205; sergeant's fees col
lected, $88.25: cash depository bonds
collected, $1,597; fees collected for
justice of the peace, $34; collections
for Juvenile and domestic Relations
Court, s1,0l6.85; other fees collected,
$359.09; total collections for Decem-
Der, $5,979.44; total on deposit for
December, 500.
Evening star., 1946-01-04
Hampton Quits Party
Posts and AssaiIs
Brooke Lee Record

Resignation of State Senator
Thomas E. Hampton as chairman
of. the Montgomery County Demo-
cratic Congress and its Caucus Com
mittee disclosed today a parting of
the, ways of the county's two top
party leaders.
Senator Hampton, speaking of 1t.
Col. E. Brooke Lee, titular head of
the Democratic organization in
Montgomery, said:
I'm my opinion, the Western Sub
urban Democratic Organization is
an excellent one = . = and the failure
to produce large Democratic ma
jorities in this area has been caused
by our inability to sell E. Brooke Lee
to the voters.
Points to Defeat in 1912.
"As evidence of this / invite at
tention to the miserable showing
made by E. Brooke Lee In the con-
gressional election of 1912 when he
was soundly beaten, both in the
county and in the Sixth Con-
gressional District by the present
Republican incumbent, j. Glenn
Beal. This should have been
enough to thoroughly discredit his
leadership, but if more is necessary.
one need but look at the results of
the voting in the recent presidential
elections which the Democratic
party, under E. Brooke Lees leader
ship, lost to the tune of approx
mately $500 votes
Col. Lee had criticized Bethesda
Chevy Chase organization workers
last month and later Joseph A. Can
trel, counsel to the county commits
sioners, announced his candidacy
for the Democratic nomination for
Senator Hampton's seat. At that
time observers felt the countrywide
organization had swung its support
to the new contestant.
Senator Hampton resigned in q
letter to S. Murray Hamilton, secre-
tary OF the County Congress, and
specifically attributed his withdrawal
to an alleged countermanding or ig-
noring Of instructions to call meet
ing.
On November is Senator Hampton
said he was instructed to call a
Caucus Committee meeting early in
December. After conferring with
Col. Lee, he said, he set the meeting
for December IA in Bethesda.
Orders Not Carried Out.
On returning from a brief vaca-
ton Senator Hampton said: 81
found my instructions had not been
carried out and that notices of the
time and place of the meeting had
not been forwarded to the men,
bers of the Caucus Committee. He
added "it is apparent to me that
some one issued contrary orders
which were adhered to-"
Mr.. Hamilton was requested to
call meeting of the Caucus Com
mittee at the. earliest possible
date" to present Senator Hampton's
resignation as chairman and fur
ther to present his resignation as
chairman of the congress at its next
meeting.
He pledged continued support Of
the Democratic party's welfare and
to promote Its aims and principles
Evening star., 1946-01-04
Alexandra Allotted
SN,285 10 Continue
Nursery Operation

Operation of Alexandria's day care
centers until February % has beer
assured, Miss Barbara K. Watkins
superintendent of the city's Depart
ment OF Public Welfare, said today
Miss Watkins said presidential ap-
proval has been granted for a $20,-
285 allotment by the Federal Works
Agency for the operation of the
centers under the department. The
sum is retroactive and will cover op-
GRAFTON OF the centers since October
l, when the program was discon-
tinued and the centers were taker
over by parents on q cooperative
basis.
Parents who have been paying
$27 a month per child since Sep
tember 81 will be reimbursed
through the grant.
The centerS were operated with
FWA funds for two years and nine
months under the Board of Educa-
ton, which withdrew as sponsor
when the program was first ordered
discontinued, but permitted use OF
its buildings and equipment by the
cooperative group.
Miss Watkins said the need for
continuation of the service was felt
by women whose husbands are still
in military service or who had re-
turned but were in need of finan-
cial help from their wives.
Miss Watkins said Miss Mareery
Badger has been secured as super
visor of the program, which will be
conducted in three centers with an
approximate enrolment of 10 chill
dren. Miss Badger has done post
graduate work in the field of child
care and development at the Uni
versity of California and at the
Merrill Palmer Institute in Detroit
She also served as regional child
care consultant for ,FWA in the
Southeastern States.
Centers are now operating at the
Washington School on South WASH
ington street. the former clinic
building on Mount Vernon avenue
and at the Carver School for coll
ored children on Fayette and Queen
streets.
Evening star., 1946-01-04
Work Begins This Spring
On $50, 900 Office BuiIdino

Construction of a $4,000 building
In Prince Georges County to house
the Maryland-National Capital
Park and Planning Commission will
begin this spring, it was learned
today.
Plans for the structure, to be
erected on Hamilton street opposite
the Washington Suburban Sanitary
Commission Building in Hyattsville,
are being drawn by the architec-
tural firm of Ross & Walton, Hy-
attsville. Both the county and the
Park and Planning Commission will
bear the cost. Ctnces also will be
provided for the county engineer
and his staff.
Evening star., 1946-01-04
|PrinceGeorges
Sets Dead|ine
For Cab Meters
County Tells Hackers
To Install Devices.
Before March |

All taxicab operators in Prince
Georges County must install meters
in their vehicles by March l.
The deadline was set yesterday by
the Board of County Commission
ers at its meeting in Upper Marl-
boro in move to establish uniform
taxicab rates throughout the coun-
ty. Approximately 120 cabs are
affected by the ruling.
The action followed complaints
by residents of "gouging" on the
part of taxicab drivers. After q
thorough investigation the board
found that 1t was not feasible to set
up zones and that meters would be
more practicable. Authority to
regulate taxicabs was granted the
Commissioners at the 1945 session
of the State Legislature.
Declaring meters were now avail
able, Board Chairman William A.
Carson asserted. "there is no reason
why they cannot be installed" He
warned that penalties would be
imposed on taxicab drivers failing
to comply with the order.
The commissioners also an
nounced a hack inspector would be
appointed soon and fixed the charge
for taxicab permits at $25.
Linden Briscoe, clerk of the
board, was ordered to draft a con-
tract with Ernest Liebau and John
M. Bennie, Dillon Park, for the COL
lection OF trash and garbage in that
community at cost of $3.50 a year.
The agreement provides for one COL
lection a week from January
through June and from October
through December. Two collections
weekly will be made in July, August
and September.
Trial Magistrate Arthur p. Owens
reported collections of $2,014.25 In
bonds and costs during November.
OF this amount the commissioners
received $620.35.
County Circuit Court Clerk Brice
Bowie reported the sale of beer and
wine licenses totaling s31 last
month.
Evening star., 1946-01-04
Arlington Judge Named
In Wur Memorial Drive

Judge Walter T. Mccarthy Of Ar
hngton Circuit Court has been
named honorary chairman OF the
County War Memorial Association,
1t was announced today.
M. A. Mace, association president,
IN announcing the selection said
Judge Mccarthy would lead a cam
paign for $685., 900 to construct q
memorial civic center.
Definite plans will be announced
within few weeks for the cam
paign, which is scheduled to begin
April !, Mr.. Mace said.
Evening star., 1946-01-04
z Per Cent Sales Tax
Heads Legislative LisI
tW Virginia League
BY the Associated Press.

cs lS1S AssOSldtSQ FIcSS-
RICHMOND, VA, Jan. "A
per cent sales tax to be divided OF
the basis of one-third to the Stat,
and two-thirds to the localities t,
be used for schools has been giyer
No. l position on the I9-poin
legislative program of the League O.
Virginia Counties.
1t is estimated this will bring il
SIT 900, 900 on the basis of 1914 sales
Of which $5,666 900 would 60 to tn,
State and s11 1888 900, or about S.
per capita, to the localities.
The program was announced yes.
terday over the signature of G.. A
Treakle, president of the league
and on behalf of the Executive
Board and Legislative Committee.
Authorization on School Board.
The other points are:
Authorization Of boards of super.
visors to appoint school boards OF
to serve as the school board itself.
Changes in annexation procedure
Provision for local control of sub.
divisions.
Amendment of the State Welfar.
Act to provide State financial aie
for the care of persons over IS WHIT
have been admitted to public in.
stitutions.
Giving boards of supervisors tn,
same control over voting precinct.
as that enjoyed by city councils.
Distribution of Tax,
Requiring the State ABC Boars
to distribute part of the beer excis,
tax among the counties, cities ans
towns on the same basis ABC profit
are distributed to help bear the cos
of policing.
Requiring all deeds to be recorde,
and to show derivation of title, in
Guiding property from which pur
chase was made.
Authorizing boards of supervisor
to set up petty cash funds.
Authorizing boards of supervisor
to regulate fortune tellers.
Authorizing counties to carry owe
dog receipts in the dog tax fund
instead of turning them back to tn,
general fund, and opposing any de
crease of tax on female dogs.
Requiring the State Compensate,
Board to give 80 days notice +
boards of supervisors before salar,
hearings.
Giving counties same genera
police power now enjoyed by tn
cities and towns.
Water Supply.
Authorizing counties to own an,
operate water supply and sewag
collection and disposal systems, an,
to sell revenue bonds without neces
sfty of election.
Providing compensation an,
authority for stenographers to Judge
Of circuit courts.
Opposing diversion of State high
way funds for any purposes othe
than roads.
Providing health services for al
counties in the State.
Indorsing the cancer control pro
gram as approved by the virgini,
Advisory Legislative Council.
Backing acquisition of surplu
Federal-owned hospitals and sana'
toria for tuberculous patients.
The program was arrived at aftel
a series Of meetings in Harrisonburg
Roanoke, Richmond, Culpeper ane
Tappahannock.
Evening star., 1946-01-04

the train pitched and swayed-all
the way to Cumberland, Md. There
porter saw the soldiers plight ano
brought a wooden crate for him tt
sit on.
The corporal said the crate
helped a little but so many people
passed through the vestibule that
he had to abandon the box 1t was
harder on him to get up and down
to let people pass than to remain
standing. His wife got seat in the
ladies' lounge.
Nine and one-half hours later, the
train pulled into Akron and Corpl
Adkins and his wife got of. His
wife's parents were waiting with a
car. He sat down comfortably for
the first time in almost IL hours.
Corpl. Adkins has been in Walter
Reed since June II, 1945, and still
has one more operation to undergo
on his foot. A former apprentice
rigger and steeplejack, Corpl. Ad-
kins enlisted in the Regular Army
October 81, 1910. In the famous
1st Red One" Division, he was an
assistant squad leader with the en-
gineers.
He fought With the division ir
Africa and Sicily, broke his ankle
in England and rejoined the out.
fit again to help with the capture
of Aachen.
On February 3, 1945, he was
crawling along a path in advance
Of his unit-30 miles west of the
Rhine-when he touched the trir
wire of a German mine. 1t blew
off most of his foot.
He married Mrs. Adkins, who /.
stationed at WAVE Quarters D, tive
months and two days ago"-he
knows down to the minute how Ions
he has been married-in the Unitee
Nations Service Center, where h
met her.
His furlough ended today.
Evening star., 1946-01-04
Roccoons at War
With Muskrots
I'm Maryland
IS the Associated Press.

BALTIMORE, Jan. 4.-War has
broken out-though on a limited
scale-between Maryland's raccoons
and muskrats, which goes to show
where housing shortage can lead.
State Game Warden Ernest A..
Vaughn said destruction by lumber
men of the 'coons den trees had
driven the animals into open
marshes in some sections, where
they were trying to move into the
upper stories Of muskrat houses.
These are built on two levels, he
explained, to accommodate their in
habitants at either high or low tide.
The result: Trouble when the tide
comes in, This means that in cases
OF open hostilities the smaller musk.
rats are usually. killed.
Evening star., 1946-01-04
Truck Tax Fight
May Be Taken
1oAssembIY
vireinio-D. c. Dispute
In Temporary Truce
Pending Heorine

Virginia's 2 per cent gross re-
ceipts tax on District-owned COM
mon and contract motor carriers
will be held in abeyance until April
/, pending further negotiations
here next week and possible action
by the General Assembly.
The temporary truce was agreed
to yesterday at meeting in WASH
fngton between Chairman G. r.
Joyner, jr., of the Virginia Reci-
prpcity Board and District officials.
Nswas made known at the confer
ence, however, that if Virginia
failed to alter its present position.
the demands for the tax on April
would be made retroactive to jan
uary i. y
Gov. Darden described next weeks
conference as good approach to
the interstate problems involved"
Mr.. Joyner told the gathering the
General Assembly might take some
action on the issue.
No Retaliation.
The District also will withhold
any retaliatory action against SINH
lar carriers owned by Virginia firms,
pending outcome of next weeks
negotiations, which are to be con-
Quoted by representatives of five
States. They are Maryland, Vir-
ginia, Delaware, New Jersey and
pennsylvania. Traffic Director
William A. Van Duzer has called
the session, but the exact date has
not been set.
Collection of the tax was aban-
doned by Virginia as wartime
measure, but Gov. Darden indicated
his intention of resuming collections
on January /. This brought imme-
diate threats of similar action
against Virginia from the District
and several States. Mr.. Van Duzer
promised" that Virginia carriers
would be forced to undergo motor
vehicle inspection here, take out title
and registration and become subject
to District personal property taxes
and that their drivers would be COM
PEELED to have District operating
permits. The Commissioners upheld
their traffic director and the regula-
tions were slated to become effective
Tuesday.
Assistant Engineer Commissioner
Joseph D. Arthur, jr., was designated
by the Commissioners as spokesan
for the conference. Others at yes
terday's meeting were the Commis-
sioners, Corporation Counsel Vernon
E. West, Highway Director H. C.I
Whitehurst and representatives of
the Police Department who would
have had to enforce the retaliatory
measures here.
Record Total Expected.
Meanwhile, Virginia S 2 per cent
road tax on receipts OF intrastate
truck lines in 1s45 appeared headed
for the highest total on record.
j. G. Mastin, tax assessor for the |
State Corporation Commission, re-
ported collections during the quar-
ter>ended September 80 amounted
to $189, ,452.88, the Associated Press
said. This is slightly under the
s192,219.54 collected during the same
period a year ago, but brings the
amount collected for 1945 to $725,-
36l.73, compared with $685., ,88S.42
through December 81 in 1914.
Returns for the last quarter of
1945 are not required until January
Is, sut on the basis of the July
August-September figures the tax
will yield in the neighborhood of
100000 for the full year. The total
fog 1914, which was the previous
hisn, was approximately $703,OO
Revenues from the levy go into
the State highway fund.
Evening star., 1946-01-04
Election to Fill
Woodrunn Seat
Set for Jan. ~
By the Associated Press


RICHMOND, Va, Jan. 4-Gov
Darden has announced issuance of
writ OF election fixing January "a
as the date for a special congress
sional election in the sixth district
Candidates have until midnight
Monday to file formally for the cleo
ton.
Announced candidates are former
Judge James Lindsay Almond, jr.
Roanoke, the Democratic nominee
George A. Revercomb, jr., Coving-
ton, Republican nominee, and j. B
Brayman, Lynchburg. Socialist.
The vacancy was created by the
resignation of Representative Wood
rum, Democrat, of Virginia on De-
cember 81.
Evening star., 1946-01-04
New Orleans Building
Returned to Ford
5y The Associatei !,yess.

DETROIT, Jan. 4.-The Ford Mo-
tor Co. announced today that the
Government has returned to 1t a
parts and service building in New
Orleans, leased to the Army at the
start OF the war for use as storage
depot.
The Ford company will again use
the New Orleans building as parts
depot, with normal operations to be-
gin within the next three months.
Evening star., 1946-01-04
]. Walsh to Speak

Charles j. Walsh, assistant super
intendent Of Arlington schools, will
address the Woodmont Elementary
PARENT Teacher Association meet
ing at 8 pm. Monday in the Wood
mont School, Arlington. Mr.. Walsh
viii speak on Recent Legislation
to Improve the Virginia Schools. /"
An open discussion will follow.
Evening star., 1946-01-04
Vista Man Sentenced

Francis Savoy, colored, 50, Vista,
was sentenced in Hyattsville Police
Court yesterday to serve six months
in the Maryland House of Correc-
tion on a charge of assaultinz his
wife, Irene.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1946-12-07

Big Business seeks the fascist
solution to its problems. And if
Chicago has in the past Graded
such pro-fascist movement as
America First" sponsored by
Mccormick, what can be expected
in the future?
ALREADY American Action.
Inc, the successor to America
First" and the notorious Liberty
League" has made its home in
the Chicago Board of Trade. And
Chicago has already been made
the center of fascist movements
headed by such people as Gerald
l.. K. Smith, Elizabeth Dilling,
Joe McWilliams and a weller Of
avowed Hitlerites.
AS Chicago prepares to go to
the polls, it would be well to re.
member that Hitler started his
march to power in the city of
Munich, which he made his politj-
cal stronghold.
In this election, Chicago can
help head off such a fate for our
city and for our nation.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1946-12-07

site of the 1860 Republican con-
vention.
And here the great Altgeld
movement that challenged trust
control of the Democratic Party
took shape.
Here vigorous labor party
movements were born, only to die
because labor had not yet learned
how to seek out its allies.
IN HER book, Chicago" Dor
sha B. Hayes records:
almost every political or
ganizatiOn which had its gene
sis from labor unrest sprouted
in Chicago. There i'm 1901, Debs
organized the Socialist Party.
In 1905, Chicago became the
center of the I.W.W. There in
1919 the Communist Party
was organized"
Chicago was the scene Of
stormy and decisive party ma
tional conventions = like the
Democratic Free Silver" conven.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1946-12-07
Why LoSoI|e Street =
wants to name Chicogo's next mayor

ton of 1896, the Republican
Harding" convention of 1920, the
crucial conventions of both par
ties in 1914.
In ALL these events, the city
administration made its indelible
mark.
Chicago mayors and political
bosses have additionally
thrown their influence far be-
yOnd the corporate limits of
the city.
And Chicago's votes in the par
ty national conventions and in
the electoral college have been
the balance of power in many a
bitter presidential contest. a
1T WAS Chicago's ebullient
mayor of the '20s = William
Hale Thompson - who was the
real father of the isoiationist
America First" movement that
gave fascism the broadest base