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Evening star., 1946-04-23
Special Committee
To Study Control
Of Hyattsvi||e Dogs

A special committee of the Hyatts-
vile Town Council is to study the
question of controlling unleashed
dogs following the request of a mail
carrier that dogs off the leash and
without muzzles be prohibited from
running at large.
Mayor E Murray Cover. at a
Council meeting last night, named
Councilmen Caesar L. Aiello, Thomas
E. Arnold, Claude N. Davis, jr.. and
Robert T. Pitt to the committee.
Mr.. Aiello said later that some sort
of regulations should be adopted
Holton R. Small, Hyattsville mail
Carrier, led group seeking an ordi-
nance to ban dogs running at large.
A resolution asking the Maryland
Public Service Commission to au-
thorize the National Trailways buses
to make stops between Baltimore
and Washington was adopted. SINH
lar action was taken previously by
the Laurel City Council. Such
service. it was pointed out. now is
provided by the Greyhound lines.
The Council approved petition
for rezoning the former Rogers
property on the south side of Far
ragut street, adjoining the County
Service Building parking lot, SO as
to convert the structure into an Of
flee building.
The Capital Transit Co. notified
the council it cannot comply with a
request to stop Greenbelt- Mount
Rainier buses at the north end OF
the loading zone on Baltimore ave-
nue., near Gallatin street.
The Council received request to
cooperate in the food drive for
overseas war victims, starting May
IL. Organizations wishing to spon-
Sor the campaign were asked to con-
tart Moyor Goyar
Evening star., 1946-04-23
5000 at Hyattsvi||e
Watch 4-Hour Hunt
For Golden Egg

Hundreds of Hyattsville boys and
girls today were recovering from
their hot dog-soft drink-ice cream
orgy at the llth annual Easter egg
hunt at Magruder Park yesterday,
sponsored by the Hyattsville XII
wants Club and the Sidney Lust
theaters.
A carnival spirit prevailed as the
youngsters. part of an estimated
crowd of 5000 persons, helped con-
sumo 200 pounds of hot dogs, 100
cases of soft drinks and 1853 ice
cream sticks while attempting to
locate some of the 1900 chicken and
goose eggs hidden in the park.
Even with Smiley Frog Bur
nette, Gene Autry's partner in the
movies, to spur them on, it took
them more than four hours to find
the golden goose egg, big prize of
the hunt.
13-Year-Old Wins Prize.
1t was so well concealed that even
those who hid it forgot it's location
until 13-year-old Dolores Pierce,
3o0e Bunker Hill road, Mount Rain
ier, found it. Before that, searchers
had found two wild rabbits and a
four-foot blacksnake.
Dolores, daughter of the Rev. and
Mrs. c. R. Pierce and a student at
the Mount Rainier Elementary
School, received IS in war stamps.
After the egg hunt, Darlene Mills,
Is, of 1900 Forty-second avenue,
Hyattsville, was crowned queen by
Mayor E. Murray Cover of Hyatts-
vile, who earlier had welcomed the
crowd and introduced Richard
Mansfield, The Stars safety director
who is president of the Kiwanis
Club; Sidney Lust, and members of
the Program Committee, Perce
Wolfe. Perry o. Wilkinson and
George Shepp.
Queen Watches Show.
With the queen and her court
looking on, a show was presented
with Uncle Dave" Ginsberg as
master of ceremonies.
The program included several box
ing matches, pie-eating contests and,
for the mothers, a child-calling con-
test. Mrs. Frank Marion, Daniels
Park, 5l-year-old mother of four
boys and a girl, won by calling her
grandson, Jackie Jones, 5. Mrs.
Kate Durnbaugh, 80, Capitol
Heights, was second.
Winner of the boys chocolate
meringue pie-eating contest was
Billy Hall, 13, Riverdale, and of the
girls contest, Betty Duvall, Is, also
Of Riverdale.
Evening star., 1946-04-23
Zionists in Arlington
To Meet Tomorrow

The Political Program of Zion
ism" will be discussed by the Airing
ton Zionists at a meeting at $50
pm. tomorrow in the Jewish Com
munity Center. above the Ashton
Theater on Wilson boulevard.
An address by A. B. Holman on
problems to be faced at the forth
coming World Zionist Conference in
Palestine will precede the discussion
Election of officers will also be
held, and Nominating Committee
will submit the following slate: Dr.
Nathan Becker, president; MI. Hol-
man, first vice president; Abraham
Pollack, second vice president; Mrs
Zoltan Condos, corresponding sec
retary; Samuel Karp. recording sec
retary, and Louis Kriegsfeld, treas
urer.
DR.. Becker will preside at the
meeting. The public is invited.
Evening star., 1946-04-23
Charter Group Says
Lee Dodges Basic
Issue Of Home Rule

The Montgomery County Char
ter Committee today charged that
the recent attack by E. Brooke Lee,
vice chairman of the Maryland Ma
tional Capital Park and Planning
Commission, on the committees
recommendation for the transfer of
certain functions from the commits
sion to the county government
showed an unWillingness to deal
frankly with the citizens of the
county and to face the basic home
rule issue"
Mr.. Lee had described the COM
mittee's proposal as merely polit-
ical maneuver in ali effort to OBJ
tain anti-organization votes.
Declaring that the planning COM
mission has for many years been
overridden with politics." the COM
mittee declared that there have
been times when it was difficult for
conscientious officials to do their
work properly because of interfer-
ence from and INSTRUMENTATION per-
mitted by Mr. Lee
The committee asserted that the
county is now suffering" from the
failure of the commission to COM
plete master zoning plan for the
county and pointed to the contro-
versy over the proposed location of
the Northwest Freeway as an eX-
ample.
Residents of Bradley Hills and
Woodacres have been foremost in
their objections to an 800-foot wide
strip which would pass througN
their communities and which is the
basis of a preliminary study by
the State Roads Commission for the
location of the freeway. The plan
ming agency's suggested route lies
near this strip.
"Mr. Lees only attempt at an
answer to the committees recon-
mendation is to drag in certain
other governmental departments,
especially the school SYSTEM" the
committee said, "and ask why,
since the Governor appoints the
members of the County Board of
Education, he should not also ap-
point the Montgomery County men,
bers of the Park and Planning Com
mission.
THE distinction between the two
kinds of functions is clear enough.
The Maryland school system is a
State system 4. The Park and
Planning Commission, however, in
wolves only Montgomery and Prince
Georges Counties and most of the
functions in question concern Mont
gomery County alone y"
Evening star., 1946-04-23
Col. Henmuth Denies
Irregu|arity al Polls

denial of alleged irregularities
at the fifth ward polling station dur
ing the April Democratic primary
in which he was nominated for the
City Council. has been filed in Alex
andria Circuit Court by 1t. Col.
Everett A. Hellmuth.
The denial was included in an
answer to charges by Marshall j.
Beverley, Col. Hellmuth's opponent,
that % voters were illegally reg
istered and that poll officials refused
to count bona fide votes cast by
qualified voters.
Col. Hellmuth received SOB votes
to 497 for Mr. Beverley.
j. Randall Cation and T. Brooke
Howard are attorneys for Col. He'll
muth. About 10 days ago, Attorney
Frank Ball of Arlington. presented
petition signed by II qualified
voters for Mr.. Beverley which is
being studied by Judge Paul Brown.
Meanwhile. Paul Delaney, Dem
ocratic nominee from the first ward,
said he will file his answer to the
petition of Raymond Gallagher,
entered in Circuit Court on April
l6, within 10 days. Mr.. Gallagher
was defeated for the nomination bv
10 votes. His petition, filed by Maui
rice Rosenberg. charged registration
irregularities and counting of illegal
mail ballots.
Evening star., 1946-04-23
Building Owners Plan
Virginia Association

Plans for a Northern Virginia
division of the District Building
Owners and Managers Association
were under way today following a
meeting of representatives of Alex
andria and Arlington apartment
projects at the George Mason Hotel
Alexandria, yesterday.
The Northern Virginia unit will
work as subsidiary of the District
group and will consider problems
peculiar to suburban apartment
developments.
A temporary committee was ap-
pointed to form the organization
and another meeting is planned
within 10 days. Members of the
Organization Committee include
j. E. Douglass, jr., owner of several
Arlington developments and Sui
grave Manor in Washington, who
was named chairman; c. w. Kyle,
Westover Apartments, Arlington;
Mrs. T. L. Taylor, Lee Gardens,
Arlington, and Harry H. Madden,
Presidential Gardens, Alexandria.
Other developments represented by
owners or managers were Parkfair-
fax and Riverview, Alexandria: ::
Colonial Village, Arlington Village,
Lyon Park, Arna Valley and Chester
brook Apartments, Arlington.
T, R. Imley presided at the meet
ing.
Evening star., 1946-04-23
Montgomery County Prisoners
Now Get One Third Less Bread

about The Star article last Wednes-
day.
At Marlboro, Sheriff r. Earl Sher-
iff said no change had been ordered
in the four slices given at each meal
in the Prince Georges County Jail.
Quite a few of the men worked
on the roads and I don't want to
cut them down." he said, but we
may cut down on those who are kept
sitting in Jail.
Last week it was announced pris-
oners at Alexandria receive four
slices per meal after a reduction
from eight. In Arlington, the allot-
ment is three or four slices per meal,
with more if the prisoners ask for it
there having been no change as
a result of the Governments re-
quest to cut down on bread con-
sumption.
Evening star., 1946-04-23
Fairfax Supervisors
Ask $4,000 Grant for
Sewer Project Survey

Application for a $4,000 grant
for a preliminary survey, construc-
ton drawings and contract docu-
ments for a system of feeder lines
into the S1,00O,O00 trunk sewer of
Sanitary District No. l has been
filed by the Fairfax Board of Super
visors with the Federal Works
Agency.
If approval is given the project,
the next step would be a referen-
dunn of all the property owners
within the approximately 32-square-
mile sanitary district for S1.100,-
600 bond issue to pay construction
costs, Hubert Massey, consulting
engineer to the supervisors, said
The existing sewage trunk, which
varies from a 15-inch pipe at its
terminus in Falls Church to sc
inches at the outlet south of Alex
andria, was completed by the
Federal Government about three
years ago and roughly follows line
from Falls Church, parallel to the
Arlington County southwest boun-
Diary to its outlet 1t was designed
to accommodate 10000 persons when
flowing at half capacity and only
about 5000 families are now being
served, Mr. Massey said.
The trunk was designed to drain
sewage from the watershed oil
Alexandria's water supply which in.
cludes Trips Run, Hunting Greek
Holmes Run, Cameron Run ano
Back Lick.
At present the communities
draining into the sanitary sewage
trunk are Falls Church. Lee Boule-
ward Heights, Hillwood and Hill
wood Square. GreenWay Downs, al
near Falls Church, and Bell Haver
and Fairhaven, near Alexandria.
Communities which would be
brought into the system, Mr.. Massey
said, include Bounts lane, Tele-
graph road and Mt. Vernon road
near Alexandria; Sleepy Hollow
Ravenwood area and Lee boulevard-
Lee highway area out of Falls
Church; the northern portion OF
the Annandale area and Baileys
Cross Roads. In addition there are
pending in various stages, plans fol
about 80 other real estate develop.
ments within this fringe" area o1
Washington's Metropolitan Zone
which would be opened up by the
project.
Evening star., 1946-04-23

"The action was on Radar Hill,
he said, which was named for the
radar net sitting directly on top OF
it. Our company Company l., 23o
RegimenD was the fifth to try to
take the hill, and we were able tc
weaken it enough for it to fall the
next day"
The sergeant went through his
entire service without being wound
ed.
Promoted to corporal, young ia
cobson received his medal from Presi-
dent Truman at the White House
following his participation in the
Nimitz Day ceremonies here last Oc-
tober 5.
Holds Unit Citation.
Besides the Medal of Honor, Sergt
Jacobson holds the Asiatic-Paciflc
ribbon with three battle stars, the
Presidential Unit Citation for action
on Saipan and Tinian, the American
Defense Ribbon and the Victory rib
bon. He also was awarded the Con-
spicuous Service Cross, a New York
State decoration.
After taking his oath yesterday
from Capt. G. S. Planter, District
recruiting officer, Sergt. jacobson
said now he was faced with the re-
verse of clothing problem.
i've picked up quite few clothes
since I was discharged" he said.
But he didn't think he'd have much
trouble getting rid of them.
Evening star., 1946-04-23

been there for some months. he took
his master directly to the church.
Mr.. Ramey is now a member of
the blood donor gallon club. He
received the honor and a red ribbon
in September, 1914. Mack was also
given a red ribbon to wear around
his collar. He has never been with
out ribbon on his collar since then.
Every time Mr.. Ramey changed the
ribbon he had to put another one
on Macks collar before he could
take the old one off.
Master and dog first met in Oc-
tober, 1888, at the Seeing Eye Insti-
tute at Whippany, N. j. Mack was a
puppy then. Mr. Ramay, who was
suddenly stricken blind in 1929, and
Mack lived together and trained to-
gether for month. At the end of
that time they were firm friends.
Mr.. Ramey will make the trip to
Whippany once again in the near
future. 1t will cost him $3.50 to spend
the four weeks at the institute and
to buy Mack's successor. At the end
of that time Mr.. Ramey will take
the newcomer home with him to COS
Prince street, Alexandria.
Evening star., 1946-04-23

Prisoners at the Montgomery
County Jail in Rockville are receiv-
ing one-third less bread at their
meals as the result of an order is
sued by Jailer Joseph Moxley, it was
learned today.
The reduction from a loaf a day
per prisoner to two thirds of loaf
was ordered the same day that The
Star published story revealing the
generous bread allotments given
prisoners in nearby Maryland and
Virginia jails.
Mr.. Moxley said he had been
planning such action for some time
in view of the bread "wastage" and
that he had so informed County
Purchasing Agent I. G. McNayr
when the latter questioned him
Evening star., 1946-04-23

Four months of civilian existence
just couldn't measure up to life in
the Marine Corps, so Congressional
Medal of Honor Winner Douglas T
Jacobson of Port Washington. N. Y,
signed up here yesterday afternoon
for another three-year hitch.
The 20-year-old hero, who was
voted the outstanding Marine of
World War II by the National Asso-
citation of Editors, will be on duty as
a sergeant at the District recruiting
Office. Fourteenth street and Penn
sylvania avenue NV, where he re-
enlisted.
Contact Man With VA.
Discharged in December. he has
been contact representative with
the Veterans Administration here,
but I'm coming back because l like
the service better" he said
During his three years of service,
the sergeant saw action in the Mar
shalls, Saipan, Tinian and Two Jima
with the 4th Marine Division. He
was overseas for 20 months. The
Medal of Honor was awarded for his
action on Two Jima on February 26,
1945, when, during an eight-hour Pc
riod, he was credited with knocking
out 16 positions and rs Japs.
The positions included nine pill
boxes, four blockhouses, one anti
aircraft gun, one antitank gun and
a tank. Then a private first class,
Jacobson, scored his knockouts with
bazooka.
Evening star., 1946-04-23

You are not out of the woods yet,
Mr.. w. There is many a treacher-
Gus low pressure area between
Washington and the Aleutians, from
which, We are told the Commission
ers import all our weather. Look to
your laurels, prophet Even if you
were right today, how do you know
Congress won't reWrite the laws
some day and make it part of your
job not only to predict rain but con-
Jure it up, too?
The Standings.
Won. Lost Pct.
Weather Man $4,000 0 1000
Today's Forecast.
Showers likely tonight, ending
early tomorrow. Clearing and cool
er later tomorrow.
P. S.: At 1890 am. the Weather.
mans girl Friday phoned and tried
to slip in revised forecast. II we
permit this, this forecasting busi-
ness will become as easy as rolling
off a windsock. For everybody's
information, the cloud palmists are
going to be judged by the predic-
tions they make every day at lam
Evening star., 1946-04-23
Fairfax zoning Board
Grants "a Exceptions
To County Ordinance

The Fairfax County Board of
Zoning Appeals yesterday granted
IA applications for exceptions to the
county coming ordinance, denied two,
deferred action on two and took no
action on three others.
Applications approved were those
OF r. D. Hooe. jr., to erect temporary
shelter for refrigerator; Alice Hamil-
ton, to erect addition to store build
ing; Arthur K. Peverill to erect
garage with less than the required
setback; Lille E. Godfrey, to reopen
filling station.
George A. Ford, three applications
to erect multiple dwellings; L. J..
Wilcox, to erect additional tourist
cabins; Southern States, Inc, to
erect building with less than the
required setback: James Iden, to
erect garage with less than setback
required; A. L. Rubin, to install
gasoline pumps with less than the
required setback; Frank j. Dietel,
to erect addition to business estab-
llshment; G. F. Pergande, to erect
tWo-family dwelling, and Clyde l..
Helshman, to erect tourist cabin.
The board denied A. G. Anderson's
application to erect a filling station.
restaurant and tourist cabins, and
Clarence E. Baker was refused per-
mission to operate student flying
school for seaplanes, despite Mr..
Bakers contention that since the
school was operated in the Potomac
River, the board had no Jurisdiction
in the case. A number of citizens at
Gunston Manor, site of the proposed
school, voiced objection to the
application
Action was deferred on the ap-
plications of the Westcott Nursery
and R. L. Epps, for permits to erect
signs larger than permitted by
ordinance.
No action were taken on the ap-
plications of Carroll F.. Carter to
install gasoline pumps with less than
the required setback, Arthur L.
Fore to erect an addition to a dwell
ing and w. H. Holland to erect
tourist cabins, as the applicants were
not present at the hearing.
Evening star., 1946-04-23
Seeing-Eye Dog, Silent Partner
In Alexandria Newsstand, Dies

George E. Ramey is operating his
newsstand in the Alexandria Post
Office as usual these days, but he
misses silent partner" For Mack,
his seeing-eye dog, is dead.
Mack was ailing only few
days before he died Sunday. Since
then relatives and friends have
been helping Mr.. Ramey 60 about
his daily routine.
The German shepherd cog has
been Mr.. Ramey's constant COM
panion since 1898.
Mr.. Ramey supports his mother
and himself by running the news
stand. Every one in town knows
and likes Mr. Ramey and they all
knew and liked his dog, which was
buried yesterday in the pet ceme-
terry at Aspen Hill, Md.
Stories of Mack's precocity and
faithfulness are legion in the Vir-
ginia town. Friends recall how the
dog took Mr.. Ramey to the newly
set up blood center when the project
was first started in 1912.
Mack" Mr.. Ramey would say,
take me to Christ Episcopal
Church" Though the dog had not
Evening star., 1946-04-23
Body of Man Missing
10 Days Found in River

The body of a man identified as
Samuel Fitzgerald. about 3S, an en-
ploye OF the Smoot Sand & Gravel
Co., was found floating in the Po-
tomac River yesterday at the Hunt
ing Creek Bridge on the Mount Ver-
non boulevard. The body was identi-
fed by w. D. Fitzgerald, the dead
mans brother, who also is employed
by the Smoot firm.
Fairfax County police said the
man had been missing since April
l3 when he apparently fell off a boat
as he and companion, HarWood
jenkins, Colonial Beach, Va, were
gong to a dredge where they lived.
Police said Mr.. Jenkins told them
he noticed his companions absence
as he was getting on the dredee.
Evening star., 1946-04-23
Hearing Tomorrow
On Fairfax Budqet

A public hearing on the proposed
Fairfax County budget for the
1867 fiscal year, calling for es-
timated expenditures of S2,729, ,575,
will be held at 10 am. tomorrow in
the courthouse at Fairfax.
The tentative budget as prepared
by the county supervisors and the
school board provides an increase of
81 ,349,574 over the current budget
The increase for county administra-
tion is $99,759.S2, and for schools,
$1,249,S1453.
The largest increase in the school
budget is for proposed new buildings
and teachers salaries. An increase
of s18,152 for the police department
is the largest single item in the
county administration budget.
Supervisors have estimated that
If the budget is adopted, it will mean
an increase in the county tax rate
from $225 to $3.50 per S1OO valua-
ton. A new levy of 2 cents per S100
valuation for construction of side
walks also is being proposed.
Evening star., 1946-04-23
.CiiviicGroupsHit
.zoning Changes
In Silver Spring
Approval Is Voted
For Master Plan of
Park Commission

Moving to have the main business
district of Silver Spring restricted
to concentrated area, the Allied
Civic Groups of Silver Spring last
night voted approval of the pro-
posed master plan published in
February by the Maryland National
Capital Park and Planning Com
mission and vigorously opposed any
rezoning beyond the limits set in
the plan.
The resolution adopted by the
group urges the park and planning
commission to hold a public hear
ing in the immediate future on the
plan which is dated February 27. 1t
was pointed out that hearings are
scheduled for next month on sew
eral applications requesting recon-
ing of property Immediately outside
of the boundary lines set by the
map for commercial and apartment
zoning.
The plan approved by the allied
civic groups confines the CONNER
cial areas, with belt for apart
ments, to a short distance beyond
Fenton street on the east and Fen
wick lane on the north. Ralph D.
Boyd, president of the organization,
stated that he believed the business
zone should be confined to an area
within walking distance instead of
extending for many blocks, as
planned for Bethesda.
The Park and Planning Commits
sion will also be asked to draw up
similar plans for smaller neighbor-
hood business areas through Silver
Spring and its outlying areas
Another resolution requests the
commissioners Immediately to re-
pair streets in the Silver Spring
area, which have been neglected
during the war.
Establishment of a high school
course in the operation of motor
was urged in resolution
presented by G. B. Birrel. 1t sug-
gests the course be limited to pupils
who have their parents consent.
Evening star., 1946-04-23
Chevy Chase Chonters
Give Concert Tonioht

The Chevy Chase Canters, male
chorus of 80 voices, will give a con-
cert at $50 o'clock tonight in the
Junior High School, Kensington,
Md. The appearance is sponsored
by the Mems Club of the Warner
Memorial Presbyterian Church
Kensington.
Mrs. Pauline Holcomb will appear
as guest soloist. The program will
include classical and modern selec-
tions.
Evening star., 1946-04-23
District Fireman Loses
100 Chickens in Fire

Fire caused by an exploding oil
stove early today destroyed 100
chickens owned by A. H. Crosley,
District fireman, 1904 Rhode Island
avenue, Berwyn, Md.
Firemen said approximately IS
chickens escaped from the chicken
house after it burst into flames.
They estimated the damage at 5000.
Companies from Berwyn Heights,
Branchville and College Park were
called to the blaze.