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Evening star., 1946-12-23
Virginia Liquor Stores
Schedule 2-Day Holiday
BY the Associated Press

RICHMOND, Va, Dec. 23-All
the States retail liquor stores will
be closed both Christmas Day and
the day following-Wednesday and
Thursday - the Virginia Alcoholic
Beverage Control Board has an
nounced.
The ABC stores will remain open
their normal hours of 10 am. to 6
pm. tomorrow, Christmas eve, when
most State Offices will close at 1890
pm. to give employees half holiday.
Registration for civilian ration
books will be suspended temporarily
at most stores during the holiday
rush season, to January /, to allow
the clerks to concentrate on serving
the crowds. Some exceptions will
be made in those stores which have
an extra clerk specially assigned to
handle ration book applicants.
Military personnel applying for
ration permits, however, will be
taken care of on any date the stores
are open.
Evening star., 1946-12-23
". N. |. Endowment Fund
Drive Reaches 100000
by the Associated Press

LEXINGTON, Va, Dec. 22.-The
v. M. I. Foundation, Inc, has raised
approximately 100000 thus far in
it's campaign to provide an endow-
ment fund for the Virginia Military
Institute.
Pledges and cash contributions to
the foundation now total consid-
erably more than the total endow-
ment accumulated by the college
in its previous lot years of existence.
During the past week, some $4,000
was added to the fund. The drive
will end January /.
Aim of the foundation is to pro-
vide adequate retirement salaries
for older faculty members, grant
funds for sabbatical leaves for other
members of the faculty, and to pro-
vide sums for paying lecturers and
to take care of other services not in
cluded in the States appropriation
to the school.
Evening star., 1946-12-23
28 in Arlington
Sue 10 Keep Out
Branch Store
Ask Court to Annul
Woodward & Lothrop
Rezoning Decision

Twenty eight property owners Of
Arlington heights today took legal
steps to prevent erection of a Wood
ward & Lothrop department store
in their community.
A suit to invalidate the County
Boards rezoning action December
7, changing two acres in the 400
block of South Glebe road, was
given to the sheriff today for service.
The action is being handled by
William E. Day, 300 block of South
Ivy street, special assistant to the
attorney general, who also is one
of the petitioners.
Ask Voidance of Rezoning.
The action seeks to have the
Circuit Court nullify the boards
rezoning action and to restrain the
defendants from issuing a building
permit.
The residents contend that by
provisions of the master zoning plan
of May 16, 1912, all of the district
was zoned for residence use with the
exception of small triangular piece
of land fronting on Glebe road,
South Second street and Old Glebe
road and another tract of 51a lots
on Old Glebe road.
The residents charge they were
unaware of an action taken by the
County Board in February changing
additional property from one-family
to local commercial classification
because "of the very limited pub
licity given ." The reclassifica-
ton of December Z is spot zoning,
they charge.
At the time of the boards action,
Daniel A. Dugan, member-elect who
assumes Office January /, criticized
it as spot zoning."
Million Dollar Project.
Woodward g. Lothrop has entered
into a contract to purchase the
property from Vaughn & Usilton,
Inc, subject to the vacating of q
portion of South Lincoln street by
the county, the petitioners claim.
The petition says the store has
announced plans to erect 60-foot-
high structure on the site which,
they allege, would add to congestion
and increase hazards for school
children in the otherwise residential
neighborhood.
The project, which would cost be-
tween $1,000O00 and s1,500, 900, the
store said, has been indorsed by the
county Chamber of Commerce and
the Arlington Board of Trade.
A notice of motion for declara-
tory judgment was given to the
county sheriff for service on the
County Board, County Manager
Frank C. Hanrahan, other public
| officials and Vaughn & Usilton, Inc,
realtors, and the department store.
Evening star., 1946-12-23
Mother Killed,
Father and Girl
Hurt in Collision
Alexandra Child, 2,
Suffers Broken Neck
As Auto Hits Truck

Highway tragedy struck over the
week end at an Alexandria family
resulting in the death of Mrs. John
Charles Rinkus, 80, of the Beverly
Park Gardens apartments.
Her baby daughter Judith Ann, 2
lay in cast at Georgetown Uni
versity Hospital today with broken
neck, and her 26-year -old husband
was in Warrenton Hospital, his
memory of the accident and OF
whether he was driving or not
blanked out by marked concussion
of the BRAIN"
The family of three were on their
way Saturday to their former home
in Fishs Hill, Va, near Strasburg,
for the week end when their car
sideswiped big east-bound tractor
trailer type truck. The truck driver
was uninjured. according to Fau-
-quier County police.
Mrs. Rinkus died later at War
renton Hospital.
Child May Recover.
The child was reported in "satis-
factory condition" A Warrenton
Hospital doctor said today he be.
lieved she would recover.
Mr.. Rinkus' memory was "blanked
out" the doctor said, for a period
reaching from the time he left
Alexandria until he came to in the
hospital several hours after the
accident.
A friend, who lives at the Beverly
Park Gardens Apartments, said Mr.
Rinkus is a civilian employe of the
Army Air Forces. Until he and his
family were abel to find home near
Washington, the friend said, Mr.
Rinkus commuted from Fish's Hill
Several Hurt in Other Mishaps.
Several persons, including two
nuns, were injured in accidents yes
terday in Washington and nearby
areas.
The nuns, Sister Angela Reeder
So, and Sister Mary Sporrer. 80, OF
the Order of Daughters of Charity
st. Vincent de Paul, Labor Hall, SOC
block of First street Sc. were struck
while crossing the street near First
and E streets Sc, police said.
Sister Angela was treated for pos
sible internal injuries and her COM
panion for face cuts and bruises
at Providence Hospital.
The driver of the car, listed by
police as Paul Beckham, As, of 10l
M street Sc, was charged with
failure to give the right of way to
pedestrians.
Evening star., 1946-12-23

The thanks of a Flint (Mich.)
clergyman were extended today to
an unidentified Washington service
station attendant who drove the
minister's "lost" son to the home OF
relatives in Fredericksburg, Va,
from the District.
The story of the modern Good
Samaritan, as told today by the
Rev. Charles Andrews, pastor OF the
Full Gospel Church, Fredericksburg,
uncle of 11-year-old David Hedman,
the '1ost"' boy, follows:
Late Saturday, the Rev. and Mrs.
Levi Hedman of Flint stopped at a
service station on Wisconsin avenue
near the Maryland line to ask
directions to Fredericksburg where
they were going to visit the Andrews
family.
Evening star., 1946-12-23
DC. Samaritan Drives Lost Boy
To Relatives in Fredericksburg

While at the station, David woke
up and stepped out of the back OF
the car. The Hedman drove of
without noticing that he was, not
on the back seat with his 5-year-old
sister. When they discovered his abb
'sence and returned to the station,
it was closed.
Meanwhile, the unidentified sta
ton employe, after hearing David's S
story, started out in his car to over
take the Hedmans. Not finding
them, he drove David to the An
drews' home in Fredericksburg
Mr.. Andrews did not get the drivers
name.
The Hedmans got In touch with
Washington police, who relayed a
message from Mr.. Andrews that
David was safe. The family was re-
united yesterday in Fredericksburg.
Evening star., 1946-12-23

"The Soviet diplomats the article
observed, would doubtless give a
particular glance at the encircle-
ment theme as done in capital
istic society. The huge fresco shows
bulky and square-jawed soldiers
with ponderous artillery, gas masks,
machine guns, plethora OF small
arms and no Navy, defending the
American Scene from all-encom-
passing war under a vigorous can
opy of war planes intertwined with
eagles"
The article speculates that the
dove of peace could be perched
somewhere under the "voracious and
widely spread eagles"
The State Department Building,
the article goes on, looks like a
foreign Office and it should be
retained as one"
Evening star., 1946-12-23

Nostalgia die-hards in the depart
ment recently engaged in a bit OF
satirical whimsey over the moving
plan.
An unsigned article in the Amer
ican Foreign Service journal en-
titled Foreign Office or Factory for
Foreign Affairs?" gave this picture
of the new home:
"The Ambassador of Great Britain
would drive past the gas works on
Virginia avenue and alight before
an imposing factory-like structure
seemingly built of slabs of salt water
taffy."
Inside, it continues, he would be
confronted by prodigious mural
painting done in the best WPA
manner, in which heroic figures be-
come sturdy to'the point of elephan-
tiasis and allegory is laid on less
with a brush than a club"
Evening star., 1946-12-23
Veteran Burns to Death
In Trolley Car Cabin
BY the Associated Press

JESSUPS, Md, Dec. 23.-A mar
identified by his employer as San
McGlone, former Army paratrooper
was burned to death last night wher
a cabin, made from an old trolley
car was destroyed by fire.
State police at Waterloo saic
Willis Simpson, owner of the con-
verted streetcar situated SO yards
from the main dwelling, reported
the structure burned to the ground
on the Warfield farm here.
Evening star., 1946-12-23

member of the cadet corps.
He enlisted as an aviation cadet
in 1943 and was sent to Davidson
College, Greensboro, N. c. for train
ing. His commission was granted
in September, 1945 and he was sent
overseas one year ago. He had been
stationed on Okinawa since.
1t. McGoWan's father is an auditor
for American Broadcasting Stations,
Inc, operator of a station in Cedar
Rapids. His mother, Mrs. Doris
MCGOWAN and brother, Ted, also
live at the Takoma Park address.
Evening star., 1946-12-23

Some day you'll be Tipping away
the calendar for 1856! You'll be
singing at the top of your voice,
Happy New Year-a prosperous
1857" 1t could be both happy and
prosperous 1857 for everyone but
you unless you start doing some
thing about it now. Even by invest
ing as little as $3.75 week out Of
earnings through the Payroll Saw
ings Plan your nest egg in United
States Savings Bonds on New Year
Day 10 years hence will reach the
tidy total of S2,163.45. Meantime,
you will be building up a reserve
in savings bonds, payable on de-
mand, to deal with emergencies.
Omitted States Treasury Department.
Evening star., 1946-12-23
|Christmus-Tree Growing
Suggested for Virginia
By the Associated Pres.

BLACKSBURG, Va, Dec. 23.-
Virginia farmers with spare acres
were advised yesterday to turn them
into lucrative land by planting
Christmas trees.
F. w. Patten, assistant forester
for the Agricultural Extension Serv-
ice here, said the State has little
commercial Christmas tree cultiva-
tion. Furthermore, he said, by the
time the trees arrive from Northern
and Western States their needles
usually are beginning to fall.
Evening star., 1946-12-23
Fairfax Group Hears
Proposal for Merging
Arlington, Alexandra

A proposal that Arlington County
and Alexandria merge into one
city to protect themselves from
further encroachment from the
District of Columbia" was before
the Fairfax County Anti-Annexa-
ton League today.
The suggestion was advanced by
George Robey, vice chairman of
the league and chairman of the
Fairfax County Democratic Execu-
tive Committee, at meeting Sat-
urday night in the Fairfax Court
house.
Mr.. Robey took the position that
it would be to the interest of the
taxpayers in both areas if Arling-
ton County and Alexandria were
merged rather than having two
large "cities" contiguous to each
other.
He told the meeting he was sure
that if the citizens in both areas
were given a chance to vote on such
a proposal. and thoroughly under
stood it, they would favor it.
Defense Against District.
Although the antiannexation
league was formed to fight Alexan-
dria attempts to annex part of Fair
fax, the Robey proposal was urged
last night as defense against pos
sible efforts of Washington to re-
gain Virginia territory included in
the original act creating the Dis
trict of Columbia.
The meeting was informed that
I the Legislative Committee OF the
Fairfax County Bar Association Is
preparing bill for submission to
Delegate Edwin Lynch and State
Senator Andrew Clarke which would
attempt to prevent either Alexan-
dria or Arlington from annexing any
of Fairfax County.
It was reported the bill will be
completed this week and available
for introduction at the special legls-
lative session starting January.
The meeting also appointed a
committee of three members to con-
fer with Delegate Lynch and Sen
ator Clarke to ascertain their views
on the bill and on the question OF
the merger of Alexandria and
Arlington.
Tax Rates Are Compared.
Named on the committee were
Richard Smith, Lindsay Carne, and
John H. King.
The meeting was told that there
is a difference of opinion in Alex
andria as to the advisability OF
going forward with the recent pro-
posal to annex part of Fairfax
County.
Speakers pointed out that the tax
rate in Alexandria is about twice
that of adjoining areas of Fairfax
County.
The group decided to hold its next
meeting January at the County
Court House to discuss the bill
drafted by the bar association.
Lynch Proposes Merger.
Earlier, Delegate Lynch proposed
to Arlington County Board that Ar
lington and Alexandria merge as
one city.
"By doing this" he told the
board, you would solve many OF
your financial and public service
problems; Northern Virginia would
have the third largest city in the
State; it would be a city in which
our State and Nation would re
Justly proud; it would provide for a
more orderly development OF the
Metropolitan Area of Washington,
d. C." ..
He added that such a move would
cause less opposition than possible
requests from Alexandria and Arl-
ington for annexation of portions
of Fairfax.
Mr.. Lynch noted that an act OF
the last Legislature prevents an
nexation of any part of Arlington
County but does not prohibit the
annexation of the entire county.
The county board made no COM
ment on the delegates proposal.
Evening star., 1946-12-23
Maryland Poultry Show
To Be Held in Baltimore
By the Associated Press

BALTIMORE, Dec. 23.-Poultry
production and management prob
lens will come before the 18th
Maryland Poultry Products Show
to be held in Baltimore January
7-9.
The show will be under the SUI
pervision of the State Fair Board,
Farm Bureau Federation, and the
University of Maryland Extension
Service.
The business meeting of the
Poultry Council is planned the
morning of January 8.
Evening star., 1946-12-23

PAT / ! g n t e I
plane crashed
during a train
ing flight on
OkinaWa, t h e
Army Air Forces
announced to-
day.
A graduate of
M o n t G o m e r y
B air Hi g h
School, Silver
Spring, 1t. Nc
GoWan at one
time attended
Calvin Coolidge
High S h 90 /
where he was a
Evening star., 1946-12-23
Council for Women Jurors

Maryland's Legislative Council
has approved a bill to permit wom-
en- to serve on juries, Mrs. Genevieve
H. Wells of Silver Spring, the only
woman member of the council, an
nounced today. Mrs. Wells saic
many women's organizations in the
State were supporting the measure
Evening star., 1946-12-23


Hospital. -AP Wirephoto.
tiple births the couple, married on
January /, 1945, had purchased fur
niture for three rooms "to set up
our own house"
Mrs. Hem recently recalled it was
she who wrote the discharge papers
from the ATS for Norah Carpenter
the British girl who later gave birth
in England to quadruplets, of whom
Sergt. William H. Thompson OF
Pittsburgh said he was the father.
DR.. George Corner, director of the
department of embryology of the
Carnegie Institution of Washington
said after specimen examinations at
Johns Hopkins Medical School the
second and fourth HEM babies
were identical twins.
Quadruplets are born on an aver
age of once in 658,963 deliveries
The Hem quads were believed to
be the 18th living group born in the
United States.
Evening star., 1946-12-23

years later buses are crowding out
the private cars.
Last year, part of the avenue
was closed to vehicles on Easter
Sunday, and Mr.. Eldridge snapped
the street crowded with pedestrians.
Evening star., 1946-12-23
Takoma Park Flyer Dies
In 0kindWa Crash

1t. George Bradford MCGOWAN, jr.
of 210 Buffalo avenue, Takoma Park
Md, was killed Wednesday when his
Evening star., 1946-12-08
tobacco Auction Planned
By MitcheIIviIIe Citizens

A tobacco auction will feature a
meeting of the Mitchellville tMdo
Citizens Association at the Mullikin
School at 8:15 pm. Friday.
Farmers of the Mitchellville area
will compete for Is prizes to be
offered for the best bundles of to-
bacco submitted at the meeting. AL
tobacco will become the associa-
tion's property, to be auctioned of
during the meeting, with additional
prizes going to the best auctioneers
The evenings awards will include
first prize of $25 for the finest
tobacco exhibited. The best male
auctioneers will get a table radio
and five boxes of shells for l2-
gauge shotgun, while the women
will compete for prizes including a
pair of nylons.
| Two speakers from the Depart
ment of Agriculture will address the
association. DR.. j. E. McMurtrey OF
I the Bureau of Plant Industry has
announced his topic as Tobacco
and It's Pitfalls" while S. E
Wrather, assistant to the director
of the departments tobacco branch
will discuss price stabilization OF
Maryland tobacco.
Evening star., 1946-12-08
Burgundy Farm School
To Be Dedicated Today

Dedication services are to be held
for the Burgundy Farm Country
Day School at 2;30 O'Clock this after
noon at the school, which is neal
Alexandra on Franconia road.
The school, opened In September
was founded by group OF parents
who had been associated with the
Beverly Hills Pre- School. Believed
to be the only cooperative elemen-
tary school in the area, the Burgundy
School is stated by professional
teachers and administered by q
Board OF Directors composed of par
.entS.
The dedication program includes
q reading by Eric Sevareid, radio
commentator and author; dedica-
.tion address by Miss Anna Lord
Strauss, president Of the National
League OF Woman Voters, and 9
talk by the Rev. william Basom
pastor Of the Beverly Hills Church
in Alexandra.
Evening star., 1946-12-08
Arlington Chamber Sets
Election for January 3

Oficers and directors will be
elected at a meeting Of the Airing
ton Chamber of Commerce at 8 pm.
January 9, in the auditorium OF the
new Rosslyn Gas Co. building, 2700
Shirley Memorial highway.
A Nominating committee compris-
ing E. G.. Baldwin, chairman; A. L.
Kelley, Erie r. Kirby, Ray L. Miller
and w. Morell Stone has named the
following candidates for the board
of directors:
Howard B. Bloomer, jr.;; L. Buch-
baum, Alfred G. Churchill, William
r. Coe, Everett B. Coxen, Harry W.
Cuppett, Everett Al. Demarest,
George F.. Duborg, G. L. Ellis,
Howard H. England, j. J. Goodman,
Harold j. Heishman, John O.
Henderson, w. S. Hoge, jr.;; E. T.
Holland, Sidney R. Johnston, Mr.,
Kirby, william &. MacMahon, w. T.
Magruder, w. D. Marshall, Stanley
K. Mayer, E. r. Mckinney, Frank
p. Miller, Mr.. Miller, r. A. Peck,
A. M. Rucker, jr.; Charles F.. Simp-
son, Morris Sitkhl, Mr.. Stone, E. L.
Usilton and Earle w, Young.
Evening star., 1946-12-08
Two New Members Named
To Fairfax Welfare Group

Miss T. Mary Beacham, superin-
tendent of the Fairfax County
Welfare Department, yesterday an
nounced the addition of two new
workers to her staff.
They are Miss Jean Bourne, child
welfare specialist, and Mrs. Eva
Rapkin, a general social worker.
The appointments fill vacancies
caused by the designations of Miss
Marion Phillips and Mrs. Alice
Price.
Miss Beacham also reported that
119 service cases were handled by
her Office during November. Ex-
penditures by the department were:
Old-age assistance, $l,777.35; aid to
blind, SGT; aid to dependent chill
|dren, $852.25 foster home children,
$773.98; general relief, home aid and
disqualification, $1,629.56.
Evening star., 1946-12-08
| Virginia Plans
| Even Break Sale
| hLiquor Stores
By the Associated Press

RICHMOND, Va, Dec. IA new
policy of handling liquor stores
weekly shipments was announced
today by the Virginia Alcoholic
Beverage Control Board in an ef-
fort to assure all corners the near
est possible even break at getting
the choicer and scarcer items.
Heretofore each ABC store has
received its weekly quota of bever-
ages on it's appointed delivery day
and has promptly put them on sale
Students of ABC retail habits and
customs, having long since figured
out their favorite stores timing in
these matters, would be on hand
to set up such a clamor for their
most desired potable that the bet
ter brands hardly ever hit the store
shelves-proceeding, instead, di-
rectly from packing case to the i'm
patiently waiting consumer.
Beginning Monday, however. the
ABC Board will put into effect a
new plan. Each store will continue
to receive its shipments on its given
day of the week. But instead OF
putting it on sale piecemeal as In
the past, the stores will hold every
thing until the following day.
Then, when the store opens next
morning, the entire new shipment
will be set up on the proper shelves
If a stores delivery day, for in
stance, is Tuesday. whatever it re-
ceives will be ready for sale Wed
nesday morning, and not before.
Evening star., 1946-12-08
Rites for Ii. DuvaII, Plane
Crash Victim, Set for TODAY

Funeral services for 1t. BENJAMIN
Duvall, jr., %, U. S. N. R., who was
killed in the crash of Navy fighter
plane last, Sunday near Marion.
Va, will be held at $3.50 pm. today
at st. Thomas Episcopal Church,
Croome, Md. Burial will be in the
church cemetery.
1t. Duvall was stationed at the
Naval Air Station, Memphis, Tenn,
at the time of his death. A search
party did not find the wreckage
of the airplane until Tuesday.
Although 1t. Duvall had lived in
Baltimore with his father before
entering the Navy, his father was
born in Croome and other relatives
have lived in the Croome and Upper
Marlboro areas of Prince Georges
County for number of years.
In addition to his father, 1t.
Duvall is survived by a brother,
Elson Duvail. a freshman at the
University of Maryland, and a sister,
Miss Ellen Duvall, Richmond.
Evening star., 1946-12-08
More Owl Bus Service
To Airpori Is Scheduled

Nine additional "owl" trips will be
scheduled by the Alexandria, Bar
croft 81 Washington Transit Co
starting Friday.
Beverly c. May, general manager
of the company, explained need for
new service at Washington Ma
tional Airport caused the addition
of most of the new trips.
Beginning Friday, in addition to
the 'owl" service already provided
by the company, buses will leave
the Alexandra terminal for the
airport and Washington at 2:1o
am, $50 am, AIS am. and Sis
am. Buses will leave Washington
for the airport and Alexandria at
800 am, 4::40 am. and 5:45 am.
The two other new trips are one
scheduled to leave Washington al
l so am for Harrington and one
leaving Harrington at 2:25 am. for
Washington
Evening star., 1946-12-08
Alexandra to Weigh
Housing Deal Tuesday

Purchase of three Federal housing
projects, Cameron Valley. Chinqua-
pin Village and Ramsey Homes, will
be considered by the Alexandra
City Council Tuesday in accordance
with a recommendation of the City
Housing Authority.
The housing authority has desig-
mated the property for low rental
use on terms to be negotiated later.
The three developments cost the
Federal Government about ST.
100000.
The housing authority's action,
requested by a council committee
appointed by Mayor William T. Will
kins, pointed out the only other
plans for disposition of the projects
are sale to prospective or present
tenants or sale on the open market.