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Evening star., 1946-08-07
Fund Drive Proposed
For Alexandria Gvm
Costing S750,0OO

Preliminary plans for $750, 900
gymnasium and auditorium for
Alexandria were under considera-
ton today by the Alexandria School
Board which hopes to make fund
raising for the project community
endeavor.
The building, including game
floor, large stage, indoor track and
corridor with dressing rooms and
smoking rooms, would be con-
structed on land owned by the city
adjoining the George Washington
High School field in the 1000 block
OF Mount Vernon avenue, according
to School Supt. Thomas G. Williams.
The proposed building would seat
5000 spectators for games and
sports events, and from 5000 to $500
persons for stage productions. Pro-
posed measurements are 292 feet in
length and 180 feet in width.
"As Alexandria does not have an
auditorium and plans for a war
memorial were abandoned several
months ago, this might be made a
community project with various or
ganizations raising funds and with
aid of resources Of the city and the
school board" Mr.. Williams said.
The School Board last night re-
elected Edward D. Reed %as chair
man, Sidney Well as vice chairman
and Mrs. Marguerite Wallace as sec
retary and clerk
Mr.. Williams in his annual report
said the cost of school expenditures
for the year ending June 80 was
$757, 7,589. He listed the average SAL
aries of school teachers as follows:
S2,099 to elementary teachers, which
will be raised to s2,399, effective this
fall; s2,257 to high school teachers,
which will be raised to $2,257. and
1926 to principals, which will be
raised to 1886.
Mr.. Williams said the new salary
scale gives Alexandria the highest
average for Virginia.
The average cost for instructing
per student last year was s123.87,
while the average daily attendance
was 90 per cent of the total enroll
ment Of 6,942 pupils for the year, his
report showed.
Evening star., 1946-08-07

had but four unopposed candidates
all organization-and therefore
elected:
Clarendon No. Mrs. Ella r.
Odenthal, Lyman M. Kelley, ]. Law
renee Manning and Earle G. Beale
Clarendon No. 2-William D. Med
ley, H. Bruce Green, Mrs. Beulah B,
Friess and George M. Yeatman.
Rosslyn-Charles A. Birch, Glen
H. Deem, William r. Hoyle and
John c. Shepherd.
East Falls Characteristics r
Fenwick, 229; Robert H. Rollins
ZIG; r. c. l.. Moncure, 22s, and
Thomas e. Edwards, 213.
Virginia Highlands - Alfred E.
Frisbie, 397; Charles Harrison Mann
Jr.. 4l0; Leo Urbanski, 401, and Law
son Wimberly, 367.
Elected in Alexandria.
The uncentested delegates elected
in Alexandria are as follows:
First Ward-Precinct A-William
M. Glasgow, I'll; Albert A. Smoot
ia; Edmund F.. Ticer, 203.
First Ward - Precinct B-City
Councilman Paul L. Delaney, 256:
Sam Fageson. 1877; Judge Robinson
Moncure, 227.
Second Ward-Charles L. Nash
279; Glenn U. Richard, 278.
Third Ward-Gardner L. Boothe
429; James s. Douglas, 375; Harmon
E. Norris, 347.
Fourth Ward Armistead l.,
Boothe, 405; CommonweaIth's At.
torney Albert v. Bryan, 400: r. Sam.
uel Luckett, 400; Delegate w. Selden
Washington. 1868; Mayor William T.
Wilkins. 398.
Fifth Ward-Charles C. Carlin
754; Luther H. Dudley, 796; Francis
H. Fannon, 804; Everett A. He'll
muth. 772; Elliott F.. Hoffman, IT'S:
John w. Tulloch, 7s9, and c. Page
Waller, 794.
Sixth Ward-Heywood r. Hamil-
ton, 443; Riley w. Nixon, $40: Char
les j. Shepperdson, 334, and G.
Russell Bender, 33s.
Evening star., 1946-08-07
Tree Credited
With Saving
Lives in Crash
Kept Car Thot Killed
z From Going Along
18th Street Sidewalk

The wild course of Cecil Patter-
sons two-ton Cadillac, which killed
two pedestrians and injured six
others at Fourteenth street and
New York avenue NV. yesterday
morning before crashing into a
ginkgo tree, might have killed many
more people if the tree had not
halted the car abruptly as 1t
slammed into a crowd at speed of
10 to SO miles an hour. Police
Department traffic specialist said
today.
"If that tree had not been there
to stop the automobile, Pvt. A. B.
Nicholson of the accident investi-
cation unit said, "the car might
have continued down that JAM
packed sidewalk all the way to G
street, killing and manning I don't
know how many people"
Two were killed almost instantly
when the Patterson car jumped the
sidewalk and bowled over work
bound pedestrians. The dead are
Joseph A. Scannell, As, of 1929
Pennsylvania avenue NV, a manu-
facturer's representative, and John
Lowe. so, a mail carrier for "a
years, who lived at 420 Eleventh
street NE.
Three Seriously Hurt.
Three more victims of the rush.
hour tragedy are listed as in "se-
rious" condition at Emergency and
Bethesda Naval Hospitals: Patter-
son, 81. of 34l4 Carpenter street
NE, and Riva, Md, driver Of the
car, who suffered broken leg and
head injuries; Lillian Harris, COL
ored, %, of 1922 Twenty-second
street N. W., and Robert James, %,
a Navy veteran, of 1905 Volta place
NV, both. of whom suffered COM
pound fractures of the left leg.
In a painfully given statement
Patterson declared he could recall
nothing after passing Thomas Cir
cle-five blocks north of the acci-
dent scene. Police also found the
Evening star., 1946-08-07
| State Police Aid
|Hitch-Hiking GI
With Pet Doq
BY the Associated Press

FREDERICK, Md. Aug. 7.-Mary-
land State police came to the rescue
of weary uniformed hitch-hiker
who decided he'd thumb his way
home to Louisville, KY. rather than
give up the pet dog he picked up at
Maulberg, Germany.
Pvt. Scott Cortez, %, had been
discharged the day before at Fort
George Meade. Md. after return
from overseas. Transportation offl-
GERS at the separation center told
him he wouldn't be able to take the
dog home on the train.
But the State police got the Balti-
more & Ohio National Limited
to make special stop at Harper's
Ferry, and both Mr.. Cortez and
"Cognac" got aboard.
Evening star., 1946-08-07
1t. Simo Court-MurtioI
Will Begin August IA
BY the Assoeiotsd Press

ANNAPOLIS, Nd, Aug. THE
Naval Academy announced the gen.
eral court-martial of Lit. William r.
Sima, sr., suspended leader OF the
academy band, would begin August
H.
Charges against the officer include
culpable ineffici3,- y in the perform
ance of duty, re-. = and violation
Of Navy regulation.
Evening star., 1946-08-07
by Planners
OF Sligo Parkway Bid
To Be Sought Today >

Approval OF low bid for improve
ments to Sligo parkway from New
Hampshire avenue to the Mont
gomery County line will be sought
today from the Maryland National
Capital Park and Planning Com
mission, following opening of bids
for the project yesterday by the
Prince Georges County commits
sioners.
The commissioners recommended
that the contract for the work,
which calls for resurfacing and in
stallation OF drainage system on
nearly a mile strip of the road, be
awarded to the Bright-Shepherd
Co. of Washington, which submitted
the low bid of $11,527.
Their recommendation, 1t was
ruled, would be subject to approval
by the park and planning commits
sion, which meets at Silver Spring
today.
Plans call for the road to be COM
pleted with a hard bituminous
surface within 20 working days.
Sheriff Road Beds Ordered.
County Engineer Arthur w. Tay-
man also was instructed to advertise
for bids for widening and resurfac-
ing of Sheriff road from the District
line to the George M. Palmer high
way, a distance of 1.8 miles.
Mr.. Tayman told the commits
sioners that right-of-way agree
ments had not yet been obtained
from 10 property owners along the
road, but said he hoped negotiations
would be completed by the time the
required three weeks of advertising
had expired
He said the road would be widened
from its present 18 to 20 foot width
to a 40-foot roadbed, including
24-foot pavement and 8-foot shoul-
ders.
The commissioners approved
request by Joseph Cheney, district
engineer for the Maryland State
Roads Commission, for an approp-
ration of $3.50 to permit relocation
of 400 feet of the Bowie-High Bridge
road to the former w. B. 81 A. road
bed, near Bowie.
Traffic Hazard Cited.
Mr.. Cheney's request followed
similar one to him by the 14th Dis
trict Citizens Association for elm
ination of a bridge there because of
traffic hazard caused by a bad
reverse curve on the east approach.
The relocated road will miss the
bridge entirely and cut across the
w. B. g. A. roadbed, it was ex-
planned
Maintenance of streets, installa-
tion of street lights and garbage and
trash collection in Hillside was
authorized by the county heads
following request for improve
ments by residents of special i'm
provement district No. 26, who
agreed to be assessed for such work.
A public garage and gasoline fill
ing station was approved for James
e. and Calpernia S. Baxter for prop
erty at lots l, 2, 80 and 80, Dodge
Park, in Landover. James M. Spell
was granted permit to operate 4
garage on property on Marlboro
pike, George D. Bradbury subdivi-
sion, and John r. Perkins was
granted a permit to operate a tenn
porary vegetable stand at 1129
Sixty fifth avenue, Cedar Heights.
Evening star., 1946-08-07
Fort Meade Soldier
Charged With Bigainy

Pvt. Leo j. Nachman was being
held by Baltimore police today on
charges OF bigamy after he had
confessed to military police at Fort
Meade, where he is stationed. that
he had remarked without divorcing
his first wife.
He told the MPs MY conscience
is bothering me-"
His two wives, he told police, were
Mrs. Irma Nachman, 300 block of
Todd place NE, Washington, whom
he married here in 1885,, and Kath-
crime Merton Of Baltimore, whom
ne married last year.
? Police set bond at $1,000, pend
ing hearing August Is.
Evening star., 1946-08-07

uc u q Dy 'Hkihia White'
doctors at the hospital as still crit.
ical.
Prince Georges County police
said that hilbert E. Doggett, 19,
1858 Anacostia road Sc, was driv-
ing south on the boulevard and
struck the two pedestrians while he
was attempting to pass car on
the inside lane
He was charged by police with
manslaughter and released under
81 500 bail. Hearing has been set
for September 8. Pvts. Lee Pum-
phrey and Charles Caldwell inves-
tigated the case.
Relatives said Miss De Frain, a
native Washingtonian, has worked
as a waitress. Miss White, they
believed, came here recently from
Birmingham.
Evening star., 1946-08-07
Hunt Pressed in Manassas
For Rail PoIiceman's Killer

Virginia State and county police
today continued the search in the
Manassas area for the killer OF j.
Halcombe Woodson, Southern Rail-
road special policeman, who was
slain Monday when he sought to
question a man on the tracks at
Catlett, Va.
Police said rains of the last two
nights had made it about impossible
for bloodhounds to track the killer
and expressed the belief he had
already fed the State.
Meanwhile, funeral services for
Mr.. Woodson were held this morn
ing in the Second Presbyterian
Church, Alexandria. Burial will be
in Richmond.
Evening star., 1946-08-07
Parents Ask Removal
Of 5tagnant Pool Near
ioVictims' Homes

A petition by approximately 25
Arlington County residents charg-
ing that pool of stagnant water
at Third and North Fillmore streets
may have been the source of six
polio cases reported in the area re-
Gently and urging it's elimination
was being considered today by the
county board.
Declaring that the pool is caused
by a storm water sewer which emp
ties at the intersection, the petit.
TONERS pointed out that the homes
of five of the six children stricken
by polio are located within a four
block radius and a sixth only eight
blocks away.
E. S. Germany, 235 North Fillmore
street, said sewage from nearby
county road construction projects
empties into the pool, resulting in
a health menace. He threatened to
take the matter to the State Health
Department in Richmond unless the
county takes prompt action to allie
viate the condition.
Temporary Relief Planned.
Although board members said no
funds are available to correct the
condition permanently, Chairman
Edmund D. Campbell said every ef-
fort will be made to clean up the
place temporarily pending submis-
sion to the voters of a proposed
bond issue to eliminate it and about
go other similar places in the
county.
According to DR.. Ralph G. Beach
ley, county health officer, there is
no sewage in the pool and no proof
concerning the possible spread of
disease from it.
I'VE have no known information
as to the exact cause of the trans
mission of polio" DR.. Beachley ex-
planned.
Meanwhile two more Washington
area polio cases we're reported yes
terday, one from Maryland and the
other from Virginia.
The Maryland case was that of a
13-year-old Greenbelt boy who was
admitted to Gallinger Hospital. The
second case was 5-year-old Alex
andria boy admitted to Children's
Hospital
DR.. Melvin P. 1saminger OF the
District Health Department said 80
cases have been reported in the
Washington area thus far this year,
in the District and 20 in nearby
Maryland and Virginia. This COM
pares with 81 cases at the same
time last year, 80 in Washington
and 80 In suburban areas.
Nations Cases Rise.
In other sections of the country,
polio epidemics were reported in
Minneapolis, Mimi; Pulaski County,
Ark, and in Jones, Forrest and
Lowndes Counties, Miss.
In Ohio, the State health director
predicted an epidemic year unless
there is a sharp drop within the next
10 days." according to the Associated
Press. III
In a move to aid the fight against
infantile paralysis in Arlington,
John A. Reilly, treasurer of the Sis
ter Kenny Foundation Drive In
Washington, yesterday presented a
$3.50 check to John Locke Green,
Arlington treasurer, for use by the
county health department.
The check represented the balance
OF the nearly $4,000 raised recently
in this area in the drive to expand
use OF the Sister Kenny method of
treating the disease. With the ex-
ception of the $3.50, half OF the
money contributed was turned over
to Children's Hospital and the re-
manning half to the Sister Kenny
Foundation in Minneapolis.
Evening star., 1946-08-07
Jap Beetle, Corn Borer Meet
Match in AirpIune and DIT

The japanese beetle as well as the
corn borer moth have met their
match in the form of a powerful
offensive team of an airplane and
DDT.
Just completed is test on the
farm near Poolesville Md owned
by James H. Gambrill III of Fred
erick. Three low flights over a
heavily infested corn patch doused
the plants with DDT. Continuing
examinations since then have turned
up no borer moths, one live Japa-
nese beetle, thousands of dead ones.
In control patch nearby, not
Evening star., 1946-08-07
300 Virginia Veterans
Tuking Form Training
BY the Assoeiotsd Press

RICHMOND, Va, Aug. 7.-Ap-
proximately 800 Virginia war vet
erans now are enrolled in the "on-
the-farm" training program spon-
sored by the State Department of
Education in cooperation with the
Veterans Administration, D. J.
Howard, assistant superintendent of
public instruction, said yesterday.
The number OF trainees is growing
steadily, Mr.. Howard said.
Evening star., 1946-08-07

treated, the beetles had continued
their destruction unabated Two
pounds of DDT in four gallons of
liquid were used for each acre in
the test and one Of the ingredients
was rapidly evaporating solvent
chlorinated hydro-carbon.
When the solvent evaporated 1t
left the corn stalks and leaves COW
cred with light coating Of insolu-
able DDT crystals, the chemists
said. It extended even to the lower
stalks and it still adhered to the
plants through heavy rains during
the 48 hours after the spraying.
Evening star., 1946-08-07

Cemetery. A native of New York
City, he is survived by his widow,
Mrs. Ella Lowe, and two sons, Jack,
%, and Jerre, 16. He was veteran
OF World War I and an active men,
ber Of the American Legion,
Mr.. Scannell, native of Boston,
was a member of the Washington
Board Of Trade and the Potomac
Boat Club. He had lived in the
District since 1919 and was Wash
ington sales representative for the
McAlear Manufacturing Co. of Chi
cago and the Frank Heaters Co.,
Paterson, N. j. He leaves two sis
ters. Miss Mae Scannell of Boston;
Mrs. j. L. Mahon, Detroit, and
brother, John, of Boston.
Evening star., 1946-08-07

VdTQ at Coirnar
Manor.
Miss Virginia
White, 20, 1918
Sixteenth street
NE, died In
Prince Georges
County Hospi-
tai. while her
companion Miss
Anna De Frain,
26, Of 1900 w
street, Bradbury
H e / g h ts, Md,
was badly in
jured. Her con-
dition today was
da acnrill l
Evening star., 1946-08-07

lively, will oc.
cupy AZ Of the A
seats in the Ar
lington County
Democratic Con-
vention ne x I
Tuesday.
All but two OF
t h e delegates
elected in con-
nection with yes
terday's Virginia
primary are af-
fliated with the
dominant party
faction W h o S e
leaders were re-
nominated. The
Evening star., 1946-08-07
Burdette to Resume
Goithersburg High Post
Special Dispatch 10 The Sto

ROCKVILLE, Md, Aug. AFTER
more than four years service in the
Army Air Corps. Maxwell E. Bur-
dette, on the inactive list since
March 20, will resume his duties as
principal of the Gaithersburg High
School at the opening of the schools
next month, it was learned today
from DR.. Edwin w. Broome, county
Superintendent of schools.
Evening star., 1946-08-07
Copt. Schotter Honored

Capt. William A. Schotter, 4206
Russell avenue, Mount Rainier, is
among the members of the second
largest class ever graduated from
the Army's School of Military Gov
ernment at Carlisle Barracks, Pa, 1t
was announced today.
Evening star., 1946-08-07
Woman Killed..
Companion Hurt
Crossing Street
Accident Occurs
As Driver Attempts
To Pass Other Car

One woman was killed and an
other critically injured last night
when struck by an automobile while
walking across the Baltimore boule.
Evening star., 1946-08-07
Byrd and Smith
DeIegatesGet42
Arlington Seats
Only Two Opponents
Win; Hutchinson
Carries Alexandria

Party workers affiliated with the
State and 9th District political or
ganizations headed by Senator Byrd
and Representative Smith, respec-
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-03-15
Maffitt Village P.-T.A.
Hears Mr.. Roland Speak

The Parents and Teachers asso-
citation Of Maffitt Village school
met Wednesday evening In the
school auditorium with Mrs. 7. E.
McKoy, Jr., president, presiding.
The Rev. Paul Nix. pastor Of the
Matfitt village Baptist church,
was in charge Of the devotional
and spoke briefly on Patience.
He urged the parents and teach
ers to practice faith and patience
in their everyday living and In the
guidance Of their children.
The Williston school quartet pre-
sented three numbers.
H. M. Roland, superintendent OF
schools, was introduced by Mrs.
Thelma Doughty, as speaker OF
the evening. His subject was
progress in Our School system.
In his opening remarks he cited
the parents Of the Maffitt Village
project on the fact that no vandal-
ism had occurred at the school
building the past summer. It was
the only school to have such a re.
cord. He said that the amount OF
money back Of a child is no factor
in the education he can receive in
America. The children Of New
Hanover county are offered excel
lent chances to develop any de-
sired vocation. The main weak
ness in the upbringing Of our boys
and girls according to the army
and navy are not enough thorough.
ness, lack of discipline and need
Of higher health level. He stress
ed good reading and routine study
in the home and closed by urging
parents and teachers to give the
children a fair chance to develop
into well rounded citizens.
Mrs. R. c. Hunt, secretary, read
the minutes of the previous meet
ing and Mrs. G. B. Murray, treas
urer, gave a fine report.
A report on playground equip
ment was given by Mrs. James
Sherron. The equipment from the
Raleigh building Is to be moved
on the school playground.
Mrs. McKoy told of the flag and
flag pole which was recently pur.
chased by the PIT. A., and erected
on the lawn.
An announcement Of 4 Stanley
party to be held on Monday, March
IS, at 2:30 o'clock, was made by
Mrs. Doughtry. All women are in
vited to attend.
Through the efforts Of Mrs. Mary
Belle Marlborough, q teacher at
the school, gifts amounting to
three hundred dollars were pre-
sented to the PIT. A., by the
Vance, Hewes and Raleigh service
clubs to be used towards the pur-
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-03-15
Student Recital
Slated Monday At
Flora Macdonald

RED SPRINGS, March 14-The
third student quarterly recital OF
the year will be presented at Flora
Macdonald college on Monday
evening, March 18, at 8:15 o'clock
The following students will take
part on the program: Piano, Tillie
Ruth Ward, of Bladenboro; Hilda
Lee, of Fuqua Springs; Betsy Hall,
of Rosehill; Anna Hines, OF Wash
ington, and Frances Pendley, OF
Ft. Bragg; Organ, Miriam knight,
of Orlando, Fla, and Miriam Wat
son, of Jonesboro; Voice, Nell Ora
ham, Of Pembroke, and Betty Nc
Kenzie, of Cordova.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-03-15
X We> The Women
War Has Hardened American Women

seems the war has toughtened
women, instead.
MEN LEARNED IN WAR
It is the men, those who have
seen the undernorished kids OF
foreign lands, who speak sharply
to their children about wasting
food.
1t is the men who are philosophl-
cal about shortages. You don I
see them knocking each other
down to buy shirts, though they
need them as badly as women
need stockings.
1t is the men who seem to be
especially considerate OF the feel
ings of others. Their manners IN
public are on the whole far su-
perior to the manners OF women.
Who resents the foreign orloes
being shipped to this country TO
rejoin their husbands? The wom'
en-.
Not pretty pictures Of American
womanhood, these candid snots.
But they are worth considering.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-03-15

my child is dying!", the naughty
reply of the woman using the wire
was, We'll be through in min
ute."
In a small, peaceful Midwestern
city recently, police had to be
called out to keep order in
nylon stocking line. Women stood
for more than two hours in that
line, despite cold rain, and the
inevitable showing led eventually
to hair-pulling.
And have you noticed among
letters to the editor that there are
EYom. ETAOIN SHRDLU CMFW
many women protesting against
our feeding the world?'
What is happening to the SYM
pathy and understanding and dig
nifty OF women? What is chang
ing soft feminity into hard ruth
lessness?
We were led to expect that war
experiences would harden men.
But it doesn't seem to have worked
out that way, on the whole. 1t
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-03-15

chase Of a movie protector for the

chase Of a movie protector for the
school.
A nominating committee COM
posed Of Mrs. c. r. McCrary, Mrs.
James Sherron, and Mrs. e. h:
Horne were appointed to select
officers for the coming year.
Miss Elizabeth Page was ap-
pointed historian for the PIT. A.
The attendance award was won by
Mrs. Mary Belle Yarbrough's Sec
ond grade.
Refre shnents were served by the
hospitality committee to around S5
members and visitors present In.
cluding many fathers Of the asso-
citation.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-03-15
Mrs. J. T. Morris
And Miss Smith
HOstesses At Party

Mrs. r. ]. Morris and Miss
Lucille Smith entertained recent
ly at the home of Mrs. Morris on
Wrightsville avenue honoring Mrs.
William Hobson Bennett, who be-
fore her marriage Saturday was
Miss Gloria Smith.
The home was decorated through
out with mixed spring flowers and
the honoree was presented with a
corsage of white carnations and
showered with gifts In her pattern
of china.
Around 80 guests were present.