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Evening star., 1946-11-24
D. {. Officials
Plan Further
DiInouf Study
Meeting Moy Decide
Need for Tightening
Power Conservation

District officials will meet tomor.
row to go over the COMMISSIONER
dimout order of last Thursday and
to determine whether further dras.
tic steps are called for as a result
Of the general order Of the Civilian
Production Administration.
The CPA order, providing more
drastic curbs on power use than
those already established here, be-
comes effective at pm. tomorrow
in the District and q States, in.
cluding Maryland and Virginia.
1t calls for increasingly stringent
restrictions as coal stockpiles drop
below 30-day, 15-day and Today
supply levels. The order raises the
possibility of a Is per cent cut in
street lighting here, and this mat
ter is expected to be among those
considered at tomorrow's meeting.
Forbids Christmas Lighting.
The CPA schedule bans all spe-
cial Christmas lighting and provides
for reductions in elevator and street,
car service.
During last Mays dimout here.
plans for cutting back on street
lighting were reserved for a later
phase OF the program. An end Of
the coal strike that month ayerted
this move.
At that time city officials expressed
concern over traffic problems should
street lights be dimmed. The posi-
bility OF an increase in crime also
was mentioned. These same prob
lens undoubtedly will be discussed
at tomorrow's meeting.
Yesterday paksed without receipt
Of any additional coal by the Poto-
mac Electric Power Co., J. II. Ferry.
vice president and general manager.
said last night.
Power From Navy Suggested.
Asked about the possibility Of
using the power plants of Navy
ships to boost the Capitals power
supply, MIR. Ferry said the idea had
been mentioned but had not been
pursued to date. He added he
doubted large Navy units would be
available for such service in this
area, but admitted the plan could
be re-examined if conditions became
critical.
Meanwhile, Commissioner Guy
Mason said officials directing the
city's dimout were satisfied with
results thus far.
He said. however, that it was too
early to assess the value in the re-
duction In power use.
Mr.. Mason at the same time urged
homeowners TO institute individual
programs for saving electricity.
Evening star., 1946-11-24

Residents or Chevy Chase have
nearly q half century OF tradition
behind them in wanting to make
e. v. Brown School again the focal
point Of community life. q survey
Of longtime residents revealed last
night.
At various times, both the library
and recreation center were located
at the school. Those are the two
uses to which the Chevy Chase resi-
dents, backed by the Library and
Recreation Boards, want to put the
school as soon as 1t is vacated by
the District OPA.
At all mites, during the long life
of the school, the mothers and ia
therS of the community contributed
generously to its improvements.
Residents Of the community have in
dicated they would contribute again
If the school was turned over to
community use.
Await Date for Conference.
The Commissioners nearly two
weeks ago promised to confer with
the Chevy Chase Community Coun-
Gil on the question Of the school,
but no date has been set for a con-
ference.
To Chevy Chase residents with
long memories, the plan for e. ".
Browns future Is logical outcome
OF the past. For instance, Miss
Martha Berry, who started teach
ing school at E. v. Brown In 1918
and remained there until her re-
tirement, pointed out that Chevy
Chase was settled by people who
wanted to give their children the
benefits of what was then country. .
They always were being asked
to contribute to something for the
school and they always were will
ing to pay for anything that would
help the children" she explained.
They gave time as well as money.
Fathers helped as well as mothers. 2
She recalled the beginnings of a
library in Chevy Chase. The parents
wanted a library for their children
and Miss Ella Given, the first
principal, was anxious for them
to have it. The public librarian
was willing to give books but had
no place to put them.
Community Solves Problems.
just as the residents are trying
to solve their problem now by COM
munity action, they solved it then.
The parents paid for q librarian,
furnished cabinets and wardrobes to
hold the books and q library was
started in the school. From this
effort the public library branch
resulted.
The recreation center also was
q hourishing enterprise at E. ".
Brown, according to Mrs. r. r.
Espenschied, who ran the center in
the 1930s under the Community
Center Department.
"All the activities were well at
tended" she recalled. I'VE had 140
youngsters In the rhythmic dancing
class alone. And the young people
loved the social dancing on Friday
and Saturday nights. AS for the
carpentry Glass;. we always had q
long waiting list"
Although the school was operating
then. the young people and their
parents who wanted recreation al
ways found some place In the build
ing to meet. They used the kinder
garten room, the stage, the car
pentry shop, various classrooms and
even the corridors.
Sees Need for Center.
From her knowledge of how the
school was used then, Mrs. Espen-
schied firmly believes there Is a
great unfulfilIed need in Chevy
Chase for . center, and =. v. Brown
School Is the ideal place to meet
that need.
Mrs. Henry Grattan Doyle, pres
ident Of the Board Of Education,
whose three children are z. v.
Evening star., 1946-11-24
Drivers Of Post Office
Trucks Called Worst
Traffic vioIators

Drivers OF the city's Post Once
trucks are the worst traffic violators
IN Washington, according to Mrs,
Mary A. Silver, secretary to the
Board of Revocation and Restora-
ton OF the Department Of Vehicles
and Trafic. She expressed this
opinion yesterday as a result of q
survey over the past three months.
Taxicab drivers and operators of
large trucks rank high on the care
full list, considering the number OF
miles they drive during the year, she
said, while few women are charged
with violating trafic regulations.
While the official figures on reyo-
cation of permits do not classify the
occupations of yiolators, Mrs. Silver
said her opinion regarding the mail
truck drivers was based on her per-
sonai observation and statements
made during the hearings held by
the board.
Double Jeopardy for Hackers.
y The opinion Of trafiic officials here
Is that the reason for careful driv-
ing by taxi and truck drivers is fear
OF losing their permits, thus depriv-
ing them of livelihood.
Taxi drivers are faced with
double jeopardy If they do not con-
form to trafflc regulations. In ad-
dition to the Department OF vehi-
cles and Traffic, they come under
the Jurisdiction of the Hackers
Board which carefully watches
their traffic records and weighs
then, with other considerations
when the tAxi drivers apply for o
renewal Of their licenses.
Many concerns employing large
numbers OF chaufienrs, notably the
Capital Transit Co. also take away
seniority rights of drivers who have
had their permits revoked.
AS q result many yiolators OF
trafic regulations do not mind the
fines imposed by the courts for in
fractions, but put up d strong fight
before the Revocation Board when
their permits are threatened, claim
ing the loss of their permits works
q hardship on their families and
prevents them from making a liv-
ing.
The Department Of Vehicles and
Traffic believes the proposed traffic
violators school here would do away
with number of revocations, be-
cause it is planned to send some of
the lesser violators to the school
instead Of revoking their permits.
Speeding Major Cause.
Few drivers fall into the clutches
Of the board after their first sus-
pension of permits for short periods.
OF the suspensions of permits for
speeding last month, only 28 ap-
peared before the board for second
offenses, and only three for q third
offense.
Speeding is the cause Of most sus-
pensions, the board reports, with
suspensions on account Of accidents
the next. They are only about one
fourth as many Of these as the
speeding cases.
After a drivers permit has been
revoked by the board, the convicted
person has the right to appeal to
the District Commissioners, but II
the person Is agan hailed before the
board and it is found necessary to
revoke the drivers permit again,
there is no appeal and they are
banned forever from driving vehi-
Gle In the District.
Washington now stands second
among IA Of the larger cities in
trafic safety, being exceeded only by
Milwaukee.
Evening star., 1946-11-24

Star asking what could be done
about the situation.
He said he read "that you needed
a ticket to. see the upstairs rooms
at the White House but that he had
mo Congressman because I live in
Wash, D. c."
How can I get ticket, please?"
Stanley asked.
Evening star., 1946-11-24
Mansfield 'choIk ToIk'

Inspector Richard Mansfield, d.
rector of The Star school safety
program, will deliver "chalk talk"
on safety at meeting Of the Clara
Barton School Parent Teacher As
sociation at 8 pm. Tuesday in the
school auditorium on Macarthur
boulevard, Cabin John.
Evening star., 1946-11-24
Bozuur to Roise Funds
For Green Acres School

Parents of students at the Green
Acres School, Bethesda, viii hold a
bazaar December 2 and 8 ut s7S01
Wisconsin, avenue. Proceeds will go
into the schools building fund.
Mrs Morris Miller and Mrs. Jo-i
seph E. Reeve, co-chairman Of the
event, said 5000 has been raised
for new site. The school is now
located on Old Georgetown road,
Bethesda.
Evening star., 1946-11-24
legion Post to lnitiute

Formal initiation OF all new. menu
bers who have joined since last April
will feature q meeting Tuesday night
Of the Bethesda Chevy Chase Post
Eof the American Legion at the Be-
thesda Woman's Club.
Evening star., 1946-11-24
'Hotehet' Stuffers Cited

Three members of George WASH
ington Uniyersity's "Hatchet' staff
have been cited for meritorious
work by ri Delta Epsilon, national
honorary journalism fraternity.
They are Dorothy Henry, Harriet
Schif and Lawrence Woodward.
Evening star., 1946-11-24
Do You Know That

At Children's Hospital 900
hours Of actual nursing care are
given daily to the children?
A summary OF the progress Of
the building fund during the
past week follows:
Amount needed 81, SOC, 900 90
Contributed to last
Monday 4------- 1,112.870.21
Received during the
week ---2-------- 6,085.5e
To be raised------- l81,O4420
Contributions should be sent
to the Children's Hospital New
Building Fund. Thirteenth and
v streets NV. Washington Q,
D. G.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1946-12-14

When miseries Of colds make children feel so mis-
cradle many young mothers now rub on PENETR(
for quick acting relief It's so clean and white, s
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1946-12-14
BY Jerry Petit
Detroit Times Staff Writer

Special 10 Detroit Tribune -
Santa Claus and his patriotic
helper are on the job again 10
provide Christmas gifts for all
hospitalzcd servicemen and wo-
men in Michigan.
Under the familiar Santa FOR
Servicemen" banner. Saint Nick
is again appealing to citizens OF
the metropolitan Detroit area TO
contribute 10 the fund which will
make Christmas merrier for
those confined to military and
veteran hospitals throughout the
state.
A civic committee under inc
sponsorship Of The Detroit Times
and the Detroit Tribune Is not
only collecting the necessary
funds but also viii do the puc-
chasing and wrapping Of thc
thousands Of gifts to be distl-
buted by hospital authorities
All the gifts purchased VIII be
those which the hospitalned ser
vicemen have themselves Sc
lected
Thousands Of dollars arc need
cd il every scrvlceman and wo-
man in Michigan hospital IS 70
receive gift Last yeah upwards
Of S35, 900 was contributed 10 the
Santa for Scrvicemcn FHnd, The
year before. more then $4,000
was given by public spirited don
ors. in l94j the total reached
SAB. 900.
Now that the Wat these men
helped win is over it is more
important than ever that the
campaign 60 over the top. II 1t
is true Americans have not for
gotten the sacrifices these men
made, now is the time to prove
il.
Make your contribution right
now. For each 81 you send IN,
the committee will purchase a
gift. You may send in any
amount, however and become a
Santa to any number OF service
men.
The name and address Of the
donor will be enclosed with
each present on special gfi
card. so the recipient may write
a thank-you' note
Don't delay with your contri-
button. The committee has a
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1946-12-14
ROSEVILLE
BY Bob Lewis

The Good Hope Baptist
church is invited to the New
Hope Baptist church in New Ha-
ven, Michigan, whose pastor is
the Rev p. l.. Martin, on De-
cember 10, for New Hopes an
niversary
The meeting OF the Union of
Cholrs of Macomb County met
at the V, Chapel Church. on
Quinn Road, on Sunday, De-
ccmbcr 3.
Mrs. Sally Payne wishes 10
express her appreciation for
sympathy in the recent death
OF her brother. John E. Nor
wood.
Mrs. Barbara (Norwo o.d)
Bowdoin and family wish to
express their sincere apprecia-
ton for the kind expressions
OF sympathy in the recent
death of her son. John E. Nor
wood.
Mrs Pearl Freeman Of 25350
BLAIR wishes to thank everyone
who visited her during her ill
ness the past two months. She
went to the hospital Monday,
December 9, Among her visitors
were members Of the First Bap-
list church and its pastor. the
Rev. G. w. Wallace; members
of the Eastern Star Lodge; the
Sons Of Harmony, whose manag-
CT is p Smith.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1946-12-14
|; SPOKE VOLUMES

~
e, Wednesday evening found
members OF the Seventh
kAdycntist church gathering
H. home Of the John AL
5spcncers ladened with pre-
A Gifts. The occasion?. A
H. birthday party given in
IN Of their pastor, Elder
Aacl F. Warwick.
kETs FROM HOME
t. DAYS Though they be
4 spring. find members of
kioan's lakewood Club Great
Funds for Christmas boxes
I,be students at lakewood
L. ON Huntsville, Ala. They
LIN receiving letters of gra-
N for the boxes sent TO the
betrol, Students for Thanks
sinner was given to aid the
N Last Sunday a vegetari-
PLACE TO GO?
ktroit certainly hasn't suf-
i for entertainment Last
4 end there was Duke FL
son and his famous band at
Masonic Temple in another
"a CONCERT. AS usual,
! was hardly standing room
Il Lucasta finished up at the
ber,-Lafavctte Theatre. An
1lcnt production, Sun d ay
a found Detroiters Of all
Il az life at the Masonic
ble. again. for International
A which proved TO be a
lendous success. The Civic
H. has been the place TO 90
the Contemporary Thea
Dctoits Intcrracial Com
ftv Theatre has been pro-
h. and presenting STEVE
h. II YOU haven't seen this
hifccut production, see IL
|full Of the grim, morbid,
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1946-12-14
TRIBUNE AND TIMES SPONSOR
SANTA FOR DISABLED CTS

gigantic task ahead Of it and
must work each day and night
until Christmas so all the gifts
will have colorful wrapplngS.
Contributions may be mailed or
brought in person--in the form
OF cash. check or money order
to Santa for Scrvlcemen Fund
The Detroit Times, 1870 Cass, De-
troit 81. or TO the office Of the
DETROIT TRIBUNE, 2l46 ST
Antoine street
Become Santa 10 a Service
man,
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1946-12-14

The members Of the Paradise
Valley Business Mems Associa-
lion look on as Fred A. Allen.
president, presents a check for
S4l4 for the Steve Yako Fund
10 Ulysses w. BoYkin. Trib-
une editor. The money was
raised from the sale Of tic
keis 10 benefit Cabaret
party held at the Club Three
Skies. Seated from left 10 right
are Robert Dubois. Hudson
Willis. chairman of the board
OF directors: w. T. Johnson.
executive secretary; Fred A.
Allen. Allen Dye. Roy MapP.
and BoYkin. Standing are
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1946-12-14
MEET TO DISCUSS PLAN
FOR LANSING MARCH

Further plans fo FITS Much
on Lansing WIN bc discussed 81
tho United Workcr Increment
at q general membership mcct
ing n the Reception Room oil
the Twelve Iior-cmen C.vlc Cen
tr John r and Ersknc sun
day Deccmbe IS at pm
Reports on progress and on
organizations that have agreed
10 participate Wtll be- rendered
Complaints from workers Who
have suffered from discumma-
tion wlll also be discussed
gripping and bare facts aoout
the South We Won't mention
any names because every actor
and actress potu5 nd, char
actcr perfectly STE NEDORE
isn't the sort OF thing that one
enjoys bat it does something
to you Il is superb in eycgy way.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1946-12-14

George Porter. Andrew II.
(Japl Sneed. M. Kelly Fritz.
James. Spencer and Joe Nance.
Members OF the Association
who participated in the rails
ing Of the contribution. but
were not ready at the presen-
taiion were Richard H. Aus
Tin. Alison Butler. Van Bryan.
Eddie Cummings. T h m a
Cain. John II. Douneveor. Ed
ward Davis. George Evans.
Jones. Louise Kyle. Uzziel
Lee. Kirk Lewis. Lee Lucky.
Cornelius Polidore, Reub ZEN
Ray. Irving Rosne. Clifton
Russian. Homes Smith. Cliff
The Nome nugget., 1946-01-28

ernor of Puerto Rlco, invited Me Dade to Florida to see his orchid collection and to give him few plants.
 That was the start of the hobby turned big business. McDade rented small space in a florists greenhouse and began puttering around with orchids. Mrs. McDade gave impetus 10 his interest by presenting him with book on or enid culture.
 That was the most expensive $5 book she ever bought, he said laughingly.
 Everest, his elder son, displayed an even greater interest in the plants and their development. He began a serious study of orchids and later developed a controlled method of seed culture suitable to this climate
 In 1941, McDade decided to "put my life savings into something I thought Everest would like to op- crate" and Rivermont Orchids was born. Everest entered the services in 1922 but expects to return to the management of the nursery quite soon. Incidentally his plants will include some he sent from Tokyo which are growing like weeds"
 The firm, now Clint McDade and Sons (his second son, Neil, owns an interest tool, has grown faster than it's orchid plants which take seven years to mature. It now owns around 22,000 blooming plants, an equal number which will mature within two or three years, and at least 6O,O0O seedlings coming along.
The Nome nugget., 1946-01-28
MONDAY, JANUARY 28, 1946

McDade's grower. John Lines. second generation orchidist. whose father. Oliver. is one of the ma lions foremost experts. valued the mature and nearly mature plants ali $l0 or more each with some of the rarer varieties worth from Sl00 to $500 each.
 Recently McDade invaded the world field with the purchase of the complete stock of the Orchid hurst Nursery near London, world famous firm. In addition to it's own carefully tended seedlings, the local nursery is constantly adding to it's stock from all over the world.
 The majority of the plants grown here are of the cattleya type, producing the corsage type of bloom (which everybody thinks of as orchids" McDade said. But in one greenhouse are rows of growers orchids" as he called them, which include rare and par ticularly valuable types used prin- cipally for exhibition or breeding.
 They're worth real money. A seed pod on one represents an eff fort to cross an Easter blooming plant with another noted for it's size and color, in the hope of get ting a plant which will bloom early in the spring, when orchids are in high demand.
 "We wouldn't take Sl,000 just for the chance that pod will pro- duce what we want" said Me Dade.
 In seven years. he can find out if he lost $l.000 or has a plant worth many. many times that amount.
The Nome nugget., 1946-01-28

When an orchid sells for thai much. if dosen't fulfill the purpose of a flower. We here al Rivermoni Orchids don't believe in encourag- ing such prices.
 When we really get going (his venture already approaches the size and scope of the largest inde- pendent orchid grower of the na- tion we'd like to sell our blooms at $l each which would mean a fair retail price of $250 or $3.
 "It's not that we wouldn't like to take in the money-we just be- lieve it'd be better for the business to sell more orchids for less"
 That's from a man who can req sonably expect to have around 10000 Towering plants within two or three years. The quality of Rivermont Orchids is indicated by the American Orchid Society's grant of two awards of merit, two first class certificates and silver medal to McDade's entries in a re- cent show an unprecedented honor for single grower.
 McDade's now full blown inter est in orchids was planted less than ten years ago by friend and blossomed because his son, never particularly happy in business, loved to work with the plants"
 A highly successful business man-he owns a magazine distri- button agency which operates in II southern states-McDade has always loved flowers. For many years he specialized in the culture of iris but only as hobby. In the late '30s, R. H. Gore. a longtime friend who had returned to the United States after serving as gov
The Nome nugget., 1946-01-28

in the flowers into a multi-thou- sand dollar, profitable business within five years, wants to do something about it.
 The retail price for an orchid, running in wartime from $7 to S20, is "too high" he adds, amidst a profusion of blooms from some of his 22,OOO Towering plants in greenhouses atop Signal Noun tain.
The Nome nugget., 1946-01-28
By NORMAN BRADLEY
(P) NeWsfeatureS

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. - La dies who love orchids should look with affection on Clint McDade, a big volume grower who believes the price of the exotic blooms should come down.
 And McDade, a Chattanoogan who has burgeoned passing fancy
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-03-02
Inside Spain

AS pressure builds up against him
externally with France, Britain
and the United States reported
ready to issue a joint declaration
designed to hasten his fall-Gen-
eralissimo Francisco Franco sits on
top of an internal situation poten-
TALLY explosive enough to blow him
out of power in Spain.
AS if fully aware of this, Franco
himself recently described his re-
gime as transitional" one looking
forward to the day when the mon
archy might be restored and the
Spanish people be free to elect a
leadership of their own choosing.
When that time will come, however,
is anything but clear, for the ma
jority of his countrymen, though
apparently strongly opposed to him.
are fearful of the possibility of an
other civil war should he be sud-
denly overthrown without prior
agreement among them on a sue
cessor interim government.
But there is little or no question
of popular desire in Spain to get
rid of the generalissimo through
some bloodless political procedure.
According to such reliable observers
as c. L. Sulzberger of the New York
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-03-02

ernment's new wage policy. This is
something less than unexpected,
since Mr.. Truman conferred with
the members of the board before
making his proposal, and therefore
it was hardly conceivable that the
board would have recommended any
figure other than that advanced by
the President.
The other finding is of greater
general interest. During the strike
the corporation charged that the
CIO Steelworkers' Union had struck
in violation of it's contract, and the
union denied that this was the case.
Both sides took considerable news
paper space to advertise their re-
spective positions, with the result
that the public generally did not
know what to believe. The finding
of the board on this point, however,
is entirely on the side of the union
The no-strike provision of the con-
tract, the board says, related only to
the settlement of grievances arising
under the contract, and was not
violated when the workers struck in
support of their wage demands,
which were advanced under clause
permitting the wage provisions of
the agreement to be reopened in
event OF a change in national wage
policy. Thus, on this point, the
union receives what it must regard
as gratifying vindication of its
position.