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Evening star., 1946-11-26
Silver Spring Citizens
Oppose Abandonment
OF Recreation Plans

Opposition to the Maryland
National Capital Park and Planning
Commission proposal to abandon
Its plan for q community recrea-
tionaf center behind the Siaez
Spring Armory was voiced last
night by the Allied Civic Groups OF
Silver Spring.
The action reafirmed the organ
ization's position, taken some
months ago, that land bordered by
Wayne avenue, Persiling drive and
Fenton street should be used for
recreationa1 purposes.
A number of delegates contended
the land should be kept by the
county for construction Of large
municipal building to house public
offices now scattered In the COM
munity.
They pointed out that If the land
is sold now there would be nothing
available in the center of the town
for future public projects.
A fight to have the property re-
tanned for community and recrea-
tional purposes is being led by st,
Michael's Parish. The Park and
Planning Commission recently re-
quested rezoning of the tract for
commercial use. A hearing on the
application is scheduled before the
Evening star., 1946-11-26
Hunters Warned of Fires
In Western Maryland
Ry the Assoeiated Press

5y ANNAPOLIS, Nov. 26.-Assistant
State Forester H. C. Buckingham
said today, THE woods of Western
Maryland are extremely dry" and
urged continued cooperation on the
part of hunters in reporting forest
fires.
$50 far, we have had very few
fires despite the dry conditions, he
said. Hunters are cooperating
very we'll"
. Mr.. Buckingham also reminded
Marylanders that the 4 pm. to IL
midnight brush and refuse burning
hours were still in effect.
1. "It is illegal to build such fires
before p.m.," he explained.
Evening star., 1946-11-26

one-quarter OF a mile from the
Snyder residence, which is located
on the paved Darnestown-Seneca
fMd.) road, about two miles west Of
Darnestown.
In the yard of the home were two
oil tanks, an oil furnace, sand and
gravel, apparently awaiting installa-
ton in the residence, which now is
heated with fireplaces. MIR. Hoover
said, however, that no one had ap-
|peared to proceed with the installa-
tion work.
Noted Maryland Home.
The Naples was the home of a
Maryland family of several gener-
ations-the Magruders-since just
after the Revolutionary War. 1t
passed from their hands about is
years ago.
Claude Owen, ST., head Of E. q.
Schafer & Co., wholesale plumbing
supply firm, said his grandfather,
Samuel T. Magruder, had rebuilt
The Naples in 1s45, after it had
Although he never lived there per-
manently. Mr.. Owen recalled his
mother telling of the requisitioning
of The Naples by Union troops
during the Civil War.
Evening star., 1946-11-26
B. & 0. Presents New Plaza
And Street 10 Martinsburq
By The Associated Press

MARTTNSBuRG. w. Va. Nov. 26.
President Roy B. White of the
Baltimore g. Ohio Railroad yester-
day presented to the city Of Martins
burg a new plaza and street ada
cent to the railroad station.
Mayor Paul Martin accepted the
Improvement which the city will
maintain.
The street was opened for the
first time with Mr.. White, Mayor
Martin, Chamber of Commerce
President Garland l.. Dunn and Miss
Rhea Baker, Miss Martinsburg" in
recent beauty contest, riding in
the first car.
Miss Baker also unveiled plaque
in the B. g. o. station which the
Chamber of Commerce presented to
Mr.. White in appreciation OF the
railroads 100 years. service to the
city.
Evening star., 1946-11-26
EIius Fox Named Head
OF CherrydoIe Citizens

Elias Fox of Cherrydale, Va, yes
terday was elected president of the
Cherrydale Citizens Association.
Other officers elected were D. Nor
ton Levy, vice president; Mrs. Dallas
w. Smythe, corresponding secretary;
Mrs. Ruth Catterton, recording sec
retary, and John Humphreys, treas
urer. Mrs. Smythe, James E. CATER
ton and Mr.. Levy were chosen as
delegates to the Federation of Citi-
Zens' Associations.
Evening star., 1946-11-26
New 0uf-Pafienf Unit
Announced by VA

Veterans in the Washington area
now are eligible for out-patient
medical treatment In the Veterans
Administrations new regional Of
flee building, 1925 H street NV, the
VA announced yesterday.
Clinic units, previously housed IN
Mount Alto Hospital, have been
consolidated and now are operating
on the third and fourth floors of the
II street building.
Calls for emergency treatment for
service-connected disabilities should
be made to Executive $500 I'D to
8 pm. on weekdays and to pm. on
Saturdays. After those hours and
on Sundays and holidays calls
should be made direct to Mount
Alto, Woodley $500.
Evening star., 1946-11-26

relatively clean a few miles down.
stream.
So important are these mud fats
to the purity of the river, that engi-
neers estimate that doing way with
them in developing a Washington
harbor would add at least S60, 900 to
the annual cost by the District for
sewage treatment.
Conservationists point out that the
real threat to the lower Potomac
lies in unreStrained erosion from up
stream, and in uncontrolled indus
trial pollution in waters tina. provide
the breeding grounds for the shad
and alewives that are Of economic
to the fishing industries
in the bay and lower river.
Evening star., 1946-11-26
Democrats Back
Nc7pdrtisdn
Arlington Vote
Committee Decides
Not to Hold Primary
For County Boord

Nonpartisan elections for members
of the County Board appeared as
sured in Arlington today following
action of the County Democratic
Executive Committee in voting to
eliminate the traditional primary
next year.
The Republicans went on record
this year In favor of nonpartisan
elections and did not place cam
didate in the running against Ed
mund d. Campbell, Democratic in
cumbent. Instead, the COP COM
mended" Daniel A. Dugan, Inde-
pendent, who was elected.
The Democratic Committee acted
last night after Charles R. Fenwick,
former member of the House of
Delegates, introduced resolution
that mo primary be held next year
for the designation of nominees Of
the County Board"
1881 Action Recalled.
The resolution charged that the
Republican Party broke faith" with
the citizens in 1881 by holding a
party convention and selecting
party nominees after the President
Of the United States had issued an
executive order permitting Govern
ment employees to take part in mu-
nicipal elections on nonpartisan
basis.
Fifty-one candidates, Including
those nominated by the Repub-
hcans," the resolution stated, an
nounced for the County Board In
1881 and the multitude OF candi-
dates confused the voters"
The Democratic committee, "as
the result of the Republicans ac-
ton. the resultant confusion and
insistent demand on the part of the
voters, held a primary in 1888 for
the County Board and has held
suchprimaries since" according to
the resolution.
Citing the tremendous population
growth in Arlington, the measure
declared many citizens suffer the
disabilities" of the Hatch Act and
do not have knowledge of the early
history of primaries in the county.
'If primaries and conventions in
connection with the County Board
are eliminated, many Government
employees have indicated they would
be candidates." the resolution de-
clared. 1t set forth also that "a
major issue in the recent election
for the County Board was a non
partisan election. and the people
demonstrated their desire that the
members of the County Board be
elected on non-partisan basis"
The committee, the resolution set
forth, believe it is our duty to
follow the wishes of the citizens
when those wishes have
been clearly demonstrated.
i Civic groups long have advocated
I non-partisan elections for local ON.
4 GERS and Mr.. Dugan defeated Mr.
Campbell with non-partisan planl
! in his platform.
i Terms Of two Democratic member.
i OF the County Board expire mex
j year. They are r. Freeland Chew
i and Mrs. Elizabeth B. Magruder.
Evening star., 1946-11-26

Conservationists also point out
that already important oyster beds
have been damaged by sitting, and
that as industrial wastes have be-
come more concentrated, the shad
and alewives have diminished. In
addition to its value as source of
food, the oyster and fishing industry
provides a means of living for thou
sands of people in the Tidewater
area.
In a sense, conservationists point
out, the lower Potomac is at the
mercy of the upper stream. What
happens there will influence the con-
tinued economic development of the
Tidewater area.
Evening star., 1946-11-26
Lower Potomac, From Washington to the Boy,
lis at Mercy Of Pollution From Upper Streams
mo. 9 OF a series)
BY james BirchfieId

The lower Potomac, extending
from Warrington to the Chesapeake
Bay, is influenced by the Develop
ment of the upper river and its
tributaries.
The lower river forms an impor-
tant trade route, and Its harbors
and navigable channels must be
kept free of silt washed down from
the agricultural lands in the noun
tain valleys. Sitting also Is a threat
to Its rich oyster beds, while un-
controlled wastes from upstream
may prove injurious to a fishing
business that amounts to thousands
of dollars annually.
In the Washington area, the Poto-
mac provides both the source Of
municipal water and the means Of
discharging municipal wastes. Large
areas Of Virginia now discharge un-
treated wastes into the river below
Alexandria, while the discharge of
untreated. or partially treated SAN
itary sewage from suburban Mary
land into the Anacostia River has
made Of that stream an open sewer
as it enters the Potomac.
Project at Blue Plains.
Plans now have been completed
for the discharge of sewage from
the Washington Suburban Sanitary
District, serving Montgomery and
Prince Georges Counties, into the
Potomac through the Districts dis
posal plant at Blue Plains. When
this project Is completed, much will
have been accomplished toward
making the Anacostia a pleasant
part Of the Districts waterways.
Both Arlington County and the
city Of Alexandria have plans for
enlarging their sewage disposal
plants, while 1t Is hoped that q
disposal plant will be constructed in
the near future to treat the sewage
that now Is channeled into Hunters
Greek from q wide area of Fairfax
County.
Plans for the Fairfax sewage sys-
tenn, constructed by the Public
Works Agency, call for treatment
plant in the Alexandria area. Con-
struction Of the plant was prevented
by wartime shortages, and thus far
plans have not been made to- go
ahead with its construction.
River Bed Flats Help.
Even though the Potomac, in the
Washington area, is heavily polluted,
this is largely dissipated as the river
flows over large mud fats areas
downstream. Here oxygenation and
digestion Of the organic sewage mat
ter takes place. leaving the river
Evening star., 1946-11-26
Naval Academy Drops Decorum
To Build Up Pep for Grid Fight

strength, was laid out down the
length Of the hall and on out
through the doors at the ends OF
the hall. The First Regiment took
up one end, the Second Regiment
the other. After some tugging and
hauling, the hawser snapped, spill
ling the 1000 grunting midshipmen
in two long lines.
The interior of Bancroft Hall is
draped with all sorts of banners,
with BEAT Army" the central
theme, and over the doors Of the
various members of the football
squad are legends praising the
heroes domiciled within.
Air Of Expectation.
At the moment an air of expecta-
ton hangs over the academy be-
cause on Wednesday night Geron-
imo, the new goat, will be presented
to the brigade at a giant pep rally
TO follow supper formation. Bill the
Tenth, the present mascot, Is gener-
ally considered sissy, which led
Gov. Coke Stevenson of Texas to
send q new mascot described as the
toughest, smelliest, meanest goat in
all Texas. Geronimo has been kept
in hiding since his arrival at An
napolis, but there are rlImors about
that maybe he Is not much improve
ment over Bill who turned tail and
ran when the Blue Devil from Duke
threatened him with a pitchfork at
Baltimore during the Duke Navy
game. At any rate, the brigade is
all enthused over his arrival and the
prospects for next Saturday.
Out facing Bancroft Hall stands
Tecumseh, transformed from his
usual stern, forbidding appearance
into wild Indian, beautifully
painted in vivid colors. Behind him
are three crosses stuck in the ground
bearing the names Of Blanchard,
Davis and Tucker. At least there
were three cases until Army spies
removed them last night. Before him,
|ceaselessly spelling out the words
BEAT Army" Is large red neon
sign over the maintenance to the
hall.
Past him pours an endless stream
of midsnipmen, glorying in their
freedom. Joe Collegiate has nothing
on them at the moment and they're
making the most of it. Occasionally,
however, one Of the more pessimiS-
tic has his moments of doubt. One
such remarked as he passed Te-
cumseh, when this is all over and
If Army wins, the executive depart
ment will probably make us pay for
all this"
His companion sWears he heard
Tecumseh say, "and HOW"
Evening star., 1946-11-26
Arlington Legion Post
Plans Auxiliary Unit

An auxiliary open to wives, moth
ers, sisters and daughters of men,
bers of Unknown Soldier Post, No.
3i2, American Legion, will be estab-
lished in Arlington if permission is
granted by the Virginia Department
of the Legion, Adjutant Elmer J..
Blackmer, jr, announced today.
The Unknown Soldier Post was
inaugurated six months ago as the
South Arlington Post and now has
a membership of 100.
Evening star., 1946-11-26

county commissioners December 10.
Ralph D. Boyd, president OF the
Allied Civic Groups, appointed
George T. O'Neill Of the Pine Crest
Citizens Association chairman of a
Public Parks Committee and Neil
son Brown of Sligo-Branview Cit
liens Association, chairman Of a
Charter Committee. The latter
committee was created to establish
liaison with the newly elected
County Charter Board.
Evening star., 1946-11-26
Thirty Days in Jail Given
For Drunken Driving

James F. carp, 20, who lives near
Derwood, Md, today was sentenced
by Judge Charles w. Woodward in
Montgomery County Circuit Court
at Rockville to serve 80 days in the
Rockville Jail on a charge Of drunken
driving.
carp was convicted by q jury last
Friday. In imposing sentence, Judge
Woodward warned that any one con-
victed of such an offense in his court
will receive a Jail sentence.
Evening star., 1946-11-26
.S3,H6,231 Increase
Reported in Property
taxable by Arlington

An increase Of $3,646 ,232 in assess
ments on real estate, tangible per-
sonal property and public service
corporations for the year 1916 was
announced yesterday by Harry K
Green, commissioner Of revenue fol
Arlington County.
The resulting tax increase totals
$240, ,104, Mr.. Green said.
The taxes on these classes Of prop
erty go entirely to the county, while
taxes on income and Intangible per-
sonal property go to the State. Mr.
Green announced two weeks ago that
the increased taxes in the latter
category amount to $175,3l6, repre-
senting the revenue from hike OF
$1,117,175 in the assessed valuation
Valuations Broken Down.
Total valuation Of real estate
tangible personal property, and the
property of public service corpora
tions amounts to $50 1894 ,803 this yeal
as against ss7. .348,57I. Mr., Green an.
nounced.
The breakdown Of the valuations
for this year reveals real estate
amounted $72, 1866, ,060; tangible per-
sonal property, $13,026,731; public
service corporations, $5.226. .592. In
addition, machinery and tools were
valued at $372, ,42o and local license
fees at $3.50.
Mr.. Green pointed out that the
1916 valuations did not reflect the
new assessment of real estate now
being made by the contemporaries
Reassessment Board. He noted thai
the commissioner of revenue i
charged with the responsibility o1
assessing new buildings only in the
years between the general reassess-
ments which ordinarily are helc
every four years.
To Be Finished December Is.
The assessment of new buildings
for this year will be completed by
December Is, the commissioner said
adding that after that date. hi
would be glad to consult with any
taxpayer who purchased or con.
structed a new building in 1916.
The 1915 taxes were based on {
rate Of $2.85 per 500 of valuation
while the taxes for the current veal
are computed on So rate.
Evening star., 1946-11-26
Maryland U. to Hold
Music Program Tonight

The Student Musical Activity
Committee of the University of
Maryland will hold a community
sing and musical program in the
Coliseum at 7 o'clock tonight under
the direction of Prof. Harlan Ran
dali. The women's chorus, consist
ing of go members, and mems
chorus will be heard.
Miss Virginia Bradford Of 1923
Columbia road NV, junior, will
play an original piano composition.
Evening star., 1946-11-26
spseiol Dispatch 10 The ssor

ANNAPOLIS, Nov. 2e.-The car
ryings on at the Naval Academy
ever since the order went out last
week to carry on" have violated all
precedent in this citadel of decorum.
In an effort to build up some en-
thusiasm over the apparently hope
less contest with Army which faces
the midshipmen at Philadelphia on
Saturday, the Executive Department
sent out the word that starting with
supper formation each day, the
brigade would be on carry on
basis, which in the Navy means at
ease, relax, do as you please (within
reasonable limits, of course.
The midshipmen are at ease, but
no one relaxes from the start OF
formation until the 10 pm. bell. At
supper where rigid formality usually
is maintained, almost anything can
happen. For instance, to the blood
curdling wall of siren, one OF the
smaller pieces of fire department
equipment was driven roaring into
the mess hall.
On another occasion, the unsus-
pecting watch officer arrived at his
place at the head of the executives
table to find his chair missing and
in place of it, a white, porcelain
pieice of furniture from one of the
bath rooms being remodeled in the
fifth wing. With such dignity as he
could muster ,he sat down and had
his supper.
Jazz Band Rolled In.
The academy's jazz band, which
has acquired considerable fame, was
rolled into the mess hall one night
last week on a platform placed over
one of the food carts while the zoot-
suited and otherwise unconvention-
ally adorned midshipmen shouted
their approval.
Two midshipmen ate their supper
Thursday night while sitting in
chairs on top of the table, gaining
further elevation when the others
assigned to the table held it aloft
while they completed their meal.
Supper formation which is usually
conducted according to rigid regula-
tions usually starts the fun. Mid
shipmen who ordinarily stand at
attention with fingers extended
stiff1y downward in conformity with
the "fn-out'' Requirements con-
verse, smoke pipes, and otherwise
kick the regulations about.
So great was the exuberance OF
the midshipmen in their new-found
freedom tug of war was arranged
at Dahlgren Hall. A heavy hawser
rated to Withstand II tons pull and
expected to almost double that
Evening star., 1946-11-26
Maryland U. Editor
Tokes Advertising Job
BY the Assoeioted Press

j. T. Kangas, assistant editor Of
extension service publications at the
University of Maryland, today an
nounced he was resigning effective
next week to accept an agricultural
advertising position in New York.
MIR. Kangas has been assistant ex-
tension service editor since Septem-
ber, 1945. A 1888 graduate Of Cor
nell, he was in extension information
work there and at New Hampshire
University and with the War Food
Administration in New York before
coming to Maryland,
Evening star., 1946-11-26
| S162,2S8 Spent
BY Democrats
| In MARYLAND
by the Assoeioted Press

b BALTIMORE, Nov. 26.-The DEM
ocratic party spent the most money
ever expended in Maryland elec-
ton, $162 ,288.46, in this years cam
paign, State Treasurer Eugene H
Beer reported yesterday to the
Circuit Court.
Mr.. Beers report also showed the
Democrats had a deficit of $21 ,027
after the election.
The Republicans reported expen-
ditures of $57,7o2.36 in the State
and q surplus of $4,000.
Evening star., 1946-11-26
Senator Byrd Iopped
Opponents BY S8, W
Votes, Canvass Shows
BY The Assoeiassd Pres.

RICHMOND, Va, Nov. 26.-Sena-
tor Byrd, Democrat, was re-elect-
ed to the United States Senate
in the November election by mar
gin OF 8,903 votes over all his oppo-
nents combined. an official canvass
of the vote by the State Board of
Elections disclosed today.
The final tabulation showed 1863, $50
for Senator Byrd; 77,005 for Lester
S. Parsons, Republican: 1892 for
Clark T. Robb, Socialist; 3,318 for
Alice Burke, Communist; 5,189 for
Howard H. Carwile, Independent,
and 1.764 for Thomas E. Boorde,
Prohibitionist.
The total vote of 252, 1858 was the
largest ever, cast in the State In an
off-year general election.
Only seven counties and one city
went Republican In the full-term
senatorial race, and their combined
margin of 1,150 votes was less than
the Byrd majority In Charlotte
County alone.
Robertson's Total Listed.
A. Willis Robertson, Lexington
Democrat who has represented the
7th district in the House since 1892,
was elected for the unexpired term
of Senator Glass, which runs
through 1948, with total of 1853, $50
votes to 72,253 for Robert H. Woods,
Pearisburg Republican. Lawrence
Wilkes, Socialist, received 7,024 votes
and five scattered votes were
counted.
Senator Robertson polled a larger
vote than Senator Byrd in urban
areas with a large labor vote, but
cons sely Senator Byrd ran ahead
Of Senator Robertson in many rural
areas.
The official totals for the House:
First districts. o. Bland, Demo-
crat, 1858; Walter johnson, Re-
publican, 1923; scattered votes, l.
Second district Porter Hardy, jr.,
Democrat, 19,267; Sidney H. Kelsey,
Republican, 10,078.
Third district. Vaughan Gary,
Democrat, PLAT; Earle Lutz, Re-
publican, 1874; scattered votes, 2.
Fourth district-Patrick H. Drew
ry, Democrat, 1886; Andrew S..
Condrey, Prohibitionist, 2,012; scat
tered votes, 2.
Fifth diStrict-Thomas B. Stanley,
Democrat, l7,741; william L. Greasy,
$3.50.
Almond Wins in Sixth.
Sixth district. Lindsay Almond,
Democrat, 2o,868; Frank r. Angel,
Republican, 1854: Ruby Mae
wilkes, Socialist, 272; scattered
vote, /.
Seventh district Burr P. Harri-
son, Democrat. 1885; Karl jenkins,
Republican, 1888.
Eighth district Howard w.
Smith, Democrat, q, 1,252: Lawrence
Michael, Republican, 1880; scat
tered vote 3.
Ninth diStrict-Jo w. Flanna-
gan, jr., Democrat, 20610; S. H.
sutherland, Republican, H,152;
John Albert Goodpasture, Independ-
ent, 2,026.
A constitutional amendment to
permit State and local taxation of
property owned by the Federal Gov
ernment where the government
gives it's consent, was approved
las, ,003 to $1,000. The vote against
this amendment was surprisingly
large as little or no opposition had
been contemplated.
Evening star., 1946-11-26
|Engineer Drops Dead
After Shenandoah Run
speeioI pi,poteh 10 The stor

- SPeSt0t D1sPo'ett TO '''e Sfs1'
SHENANDOAH, Va, Nov. 20
Grover Steel, so, engineer on the
Shenandoah division of the Norfolk
g. Western Railroad, dropped dead
yesterday as he completed his run.
DR.. j. j. Waff said death was due
to heart attack.
Mr.. Steel is survived by his widow,
Mrs. Macy Steel, and two children,
Mrs. Paul Steph Of Shenandoah and
Carter Steel of Washington.
Evening star., 1946-11-26
:. B. Abromson, rs, Dies

FREDERICKSBURG, Va, Nov. 26
P.-Frank Bogert Abramson, rs,
retired Westwood (N. j., business
man, died of a heart attack in q
hotel here yesterday. He was en-
route to Florida with his wife.
Evening star., 1946-11-26
Fuirfux Police Dance

The fourth annual dance OF the
Fairfax Police Benefit Association
will be held tonight at the Club
Nightingale, 4 miles south of Alex
|andria on u. s. Route !. Proceeds
will go into the police benefit fund.
Evening star., 1946-11-26
M. u. to Sturt Holiday

More than 1000 University Of
Maryland students will start their
Thanksgiving recess tomorrow. The
holiday will end at 8 am. Monday.