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Evening star., 1946-07-28
Jester Leads Rainey
In Governor Race
OF Texas Primary
BY the Associofsd Press

| DALLAS, July 27.-A runoff be-
/ tween the top two candidates in the
/ governors race of the Democratic
primary was considered a certainty
here tonight on the basis of IL pm
returns issued by the Texas Elec-
ton Bureau
The returns from 80 of 254 coun-
/ ties gave Beauford Jester 1929
votes and DR.. Homer P. Rainey
28,l90. A total of 123,lO0 votes had
been counted. Mr. Jester is mem
Der of the State Railroad Commis-
sion and DR.. Rainey is former
president of the University of Texas
| OF the other major candidates
Grover Sellers had received 1880;
John Lee Smith, 12075, and Jerry
Sadler, 10629.
A runoff would be held between
Mr.. Jester and DR.. Rainev in the
second Democratic primaries Aug
ust "a.
Senator Connallv, chairman of
the Foreign Relations Committee,
was winning easily. He had 66,943
votes to 1888 for his four oppo-
nents.
Three of the States Represent
atives in Congress were in close
races for denomination
Mansfield Has Slight Lead.
Representative Mansfield, chair
man of the Rivers and Harbors
Committee and at IS the oldest
member Of the House, held a mar
row lead over State Senator l.. J.
Sulak in the 9th District.
In the 3rd District Representative
BeckWorth was in a close race with
! two World War II veterans, D. S.
Meredith, jr., and Earl Roberts.
In one OF the hardest fought cam
paigns, Representative Lyndon john
son held two 10 one lead over
Holley Hollers, former member of
the prosecution staff OF the Nuern-
burg war crime trials.
Seventeen of Texas 81 Repre-
sentatives sought denomination. Six
were unopposed and four-Hatton
w. Summers, Fritz G. Lanham, Sam
Russell and Luther A. Johnson, die
not seek reelection.
!. Election oficials throughout the
, State reported record breaking
throngs voted In one of the most
: bitterly fought primary campaigns
in history.
The total vote was expected to
run we'll above 100000.
Fifty-five counties reported un-
usually heavy balloting while only
four counties reported voting as
only light or normal.
IA in Race for Governor.
Adding to the States registered
poll tax holders were thousands OF
war veterans and old people, exempt
from the tax. Also, Negroes voted
for the first time in large numbers
and leaders OF the race believed tina t
between $4,000 and 10000 marked
ballots.
One OF the largest ballots in Texas
history carried names OF candidates
for the United States Senate, 81
House posts, governor, lieutenant
governor and numerous other State
and local Offices
Fourteen candidates were listed
for governor, five OF whom Waged a
bitter eight-week campaign.
Evening star., 1946-07-28
Republicans See Trouble Ahead
For Administration in OPA Law

Rhode Island Maryland and Wash
ington. Much will depend upon the
urge" among the voters to toss the
'ins' out of office, an urge that has
manifested itself in a number OF
primary elections already held.
Is States Still to- Nominate.
TWo-thirds of the States-32-
have nominated their Congressional
candidates. leaving 16 States In
which nominations are still to be
made.
Among the veterans who have
failed Of denomination are Senator
Wheeler, Democrat, of Montana and
Senator Shipstead, Republican, of
Minnesota.
Such upsets as these are leading
to a belief the voters may this year
be bent on a wholesale change.
The coming primary elections in
Missouri and Wisconsin will hold
the spotlight, the first on August
6 and the second on August l3.
President Truman. seeking to
purge Representative Slaughter,
Democrat, in the 5th Missouri dis
trict, has set the stage for a con-
test that holds political potentiali-
ties reaching far beyond the dis
trict.
In Wisconsin. Senator La Fol-
lettes effort to regain ma ior place
in the Republican party-which he
left when he organized the Progress
sive party in 1934-is attracting
wide attention. In Missouri much
will depend upon whether the Re-
publican voters of the 5th district
enter the Democratic primary to
support Representative Slaughter
Senator La Toilette is bucking the
Republican "stalwart" organiza ton
headed by Thomas Coleman. chair
man of the Republican State Volun-
tary Committee.
While New York nominates its
candidates for the House in pri-
mary August 20, the candidates for
Governor and Senator will be named
in party conventions the first week
IN September. Gov Dewey will be
renominated by the Republicans
Senator Mead. Democrat, the choice
of the organization Democrats in the
State for Governor is withholding
any announcement of his plans
either for Governor or for Senator
while the committee of which he Il
chairman struggles with the Cars
son-May inquiry.
Evening star., 1946-07-28
Mexico City Swept
BY Building Boom;;
u. 5. Cars for Sale
By n. Stuort Morrison
Foreign Correspondent Of The Star ons
the Chieoao Daily New.


MEXICO CITY, July 27~-Mexico
is struggling hard to meet the needs
of the promised new era of better
living conditions and more luxuriea
for the common man.
All over the Capital a building
hoom is in progress with new apart
ment houses, stores, ONCE buildings
and factories going up-as fast as
possible in this land of "Manana."
Mexico City newspapers are doing
their bit by giving away homes. One
leading daily is offering three
story furnished home, complete with
patio and garage, worth $4,000
United States dollars as first prize
in a circulation campaign. Another
prize is a new American car valued
at $500 United States dollars.
Autos Bright and Shiny.
Not to be outdone, a competing
paper is offering prizes of farm
tractors and automobiles and
home with a tower.
Barefooted Indian families are
moving into spic-and-span new
apartment houses that a New York
Bank>executive would be glad to
rent at sky high prices.
Everywhere you look you see la45
and 1916 automobiles. One Ameri-
can company sells three cars day
here-the black and shiny kind with
plenty of chrome plate. Automo-
biles must be definitely swank or
Mexicans have no use for them.
Paradox Of Methods.
Every block in Mexico City has at
least one ramshackle structure in
process of coming down.
But despite this trend toward the
new, building construction methods
remain paradoxical. You stand IN
the street and look up three stories
to watch men riveting steel girders
together. But poems still carry dirt
from the excavation next door in
woven baskets.
Evening star., 1946-07-28
Florists Group Presents
Merit Award to Airline

The Society OF American Florists
presented its Industry Award of
Merit to the Air Transport Associa-
ton OF America at ceremonies here
last Thursday.
Vice Admiral Emory S. Land, ATA
president, accepted the award from
Granville Guide, president of the
floral group. with citation which
said, in part: In recognition Of out
standing and meritorious service
during World War II and in its pro-
gram of reconversion for the peace.
Evening star., 1946-07-28
Two Virginia Men Killed
In Train and Car Mishops

WINCHESTER, Va, July 27.-
Two residents of Clarke County met
death last night and today in rail-
way and highway accidents.
Sidney Allen Locke, IS, Of neal
Boyce. was struck and killed by a
Norfolk IL Western freight train
near his home shortly before dawn
today. His body apparently was
carried some distance before being
thrown against a switch.
Robert Burner, 27, of near Berry
vile, was struck and killed by an
automobile last night as he was
walking along Route carrying
groceries.
Evening star., 1946-07-28
PUG to Hold Hearing
On Bus Route Chances

Proposed changes in the routing
OF the Rhode Island avenue and
Hyattsville-C College Park busIines
IN the vicinity Of w and v streets.
between Rhode Island avenue and
Fourth street NE, will be the sub
ject OF public hearing before the
Public Utilities Commission at 10
am. Tuesday in the Board Room of
the District Building.
The hearing was originally sched-
uled for last Monday, but was post =
poned at the request OF the Bur-
roughS Citizens Assncia finr1
Evening star., 1946-07-28
JAW Drive Suggested
In Trailer Industry
ey the A,,oeio,sd Pres.

CLEVELAND, July 27.-OrganiZa-
ton Of the growing trailer industry
was proposed today by R. j. Thomas,
international vice president of the
CIO United Automobile Workers
at national wage and hour con-
ference of the UAW truck depart
ment.
Approximately 200 delegates rep
resenting nearly 100000 workers in
the truck, trailer, bus and track
less trolley industries attended the
conference, called primarily to or
ganize national and regional coun-
ellis within the industries,
Evening star., 1946-07-28
German Liner Europe
Transferred to French
By ths As,ooioied Press

CHERBOURG, France, July 81
The 4e,742-ton former German liner
Europa was turned over to the
French by reparations commission
today and was rechristened the Lib
erty.
Alfred T. Wellborn of New Or
leans, American Consul Genera,
here, spoke at the christening cere-
mony.
Evening star., 1946-07-28
|. 5. Moore Gets Maine Post

PORTLAND, ME-, July q (Pl.-
Lyman Sweet Moore. 35 assistant
administrator of the National Hous-
ing Agency in Washington, was
named today to the s10,00o-a-year
post as city manager of Portland,
Names largest municipalty.
Evening star., 1946-07-28
Davis Named Club MANAGER

Appointment OF William H. Davis
as general manager of the Congress
sional Country Club was announced
yesterday by the clubs Board Of
Governors. &C.
Evening star., 1946-07-28

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Evening star., 1946-02-28
City Hall RemodeIing Approved
To Expand Alexandra Offices

Plans for an immediate remodel.
ing of Alexandria City Hall have
been approved by the City Council
in order to provide more space fol
administrative Offices until it can be
determined whether to erect a new
building in another section of the
city or to add to the present struc.
ture.
Decision on the construction OF
one wing to permit expansion of the
Police Department quarters will be
made next Tuesday when City Man.
ager Carl Budwesky presents his re-
port and recommendation.
Meanwhile, steps are being taken
to provide more space for the office
of the commissioner of revenue and
at the same time to put all the
financial Offices together on the first
floor so taxpayers can avoid climbing
stairs and can transact their busi-
ness in one spot.
To accomplish this, it will be
necessary to move the Department
of Public Welfare, which Is on
Evening star., 1946-02-28
st. james to Erect
New PorochiuI School

st. James Catholic Church will
erect new parochial school build
ing on West Broad street, in Falls
Church, this year, it was learned to-
day.
The building, which was approved
by the Right Rev. Peter L. Ireton
Bishop of Richmond, will be con-
structed of brick and masonry and
will have two single-story wings
each containing four modern class
rooms and up-to-date sanitary "a
cilities. The building also will in
clude large central section of two
stories containing an auditorium,
cafeteria, assembly room and offices.
The old school building, which has
been in continuous use for more
than 40 years, will be torn down to
provide room for the new construc-
ton. The new school is expected to
be ready for the fall.
Evening star., 1946-02-28
"A. B. & W. Will Put
10 Of 70 New Buses
On Line This Week

Ten of the 20 new buses purchased
recently by the Alexandria, Bancroft
d Washington Transit Co. will be
in service by the end of this week
and the remainder within an addi-
tional 10 days, H. G. May, general
manager, announced today.
Mr.. May also announced that re-
Vlsed routes and schedules, origi-
nally scheduled to become effective
on March IL, may have to be de-
iayed a few days while bus oper-
ators are permitted to select new
runs on basis of seniority.
Declaring that the 20 new buses
TO the company's system would SUBJ
stantially improve service, Mr.. Nav
said that it is planned to purchase
Is more buses this summer.
When these IS new buses. cost
ing in excess of $3.50, 900, 20 into op-
eration,' he said, I'VE expect that
they and the older ones retained
will bring to realization the high
standard of service A. B. & w. has
set as its goal"
The new buses will replace old
ones purchased by the transit firm
IN 1881. Mr.. May explained the
latter were scheduled for retire
ment long ago." but were con-
tlnued in use during the war be-
cause of the company's inability to
purchase new vehicles.
Features of the new buses include
improved seating arrangements,
enthusiastically controlled ventila-
ton and heating systems, reduction
OF noise and gas fumes and in
creased headrnnm
Evening star., 1946-02-28
Overseas Red Cross Officer
Will Speak at Alexandra

A. Buell. Trowbridge, American
Red Cross special representative to
the Mediterranean theater, will be
guest speaker at the kickoff rally
breakfast that will open the Red
Gross campaign in Alexandria at
BIAS am. tomorrow at the George
Mason Hotel.
Among those at the speakers table
will be Gen. and Mrs. Carl Spaatz.
Mrs. Spaatz has been active in the
Alexandria Chapter as a member of
the speakers bureau and a volun-
teer in the Thrift Shop.
While overseas Mr.. Trowbridge
formed what he called Town Hall"
forums, in which he presented to
the soldiers well-known speakers on
current subjects and authored a
plan for an international university
to be operated under the United Ma
tions Organization.
Before coming to Red Cross he was
professor of religion at Rollins COL
lege, Wilmer Park, Fla, and taught
at both Hill School and Phillips
Andover Academy,
Evening star., 1946-02-28
Hozelgrove to Enter Race
For FuIIs Church Moyor

Fenner S. Hazelgrove, chairman OF
the Falls Church Board of zonine
Appeals, has announced that he
plans to file as a candidate for mayor
in the town elections in June.
Mr.. Hazelgrove is former captain
of the special police who served dur
ing the war and is president of the
Falls Church Lions Club.
Wilmer o. Wood, attorney, had
previously announced his candidacy
for the Office.
Evening star., 1946-02-28
Baltimore Stores Checked
For InfIammabIe Suits
BY the Associated Press

BALTIMORE, Feb. 28.-The fire
department began a canvass of retail
stores today to determine whether
any more sales were being made of
a type of cowboy suit which was
worn by two young brothers who
died from burns received when an
underbrush fire set their suits
af1ame.
The suits were described as having
fuzzy wool chaps, which fire de-
partment officials said were highly
inflammable.
The two boys were Larry E. Meis-
ner. 4. who died Tuesday several
hours after he was burned, and
Wayne A. Meisner, 2, who died this
morning. Funeral services for the
two will be held in Havre de Grace.
Md, tomorrow afternoon. They were
the sons of Mr.. and Mrs. william
Meisner.
Evening star., 1946-02-28
the Arlington County Board to a
uniform system.

Ille Arlington county Board to q
uniform system.
Cohoon-Spiers bill authorizing 10.
cal1ties to acquire airport sites and
accept Federal grants. This ties in
with companion legislation imposing
tax on aviation fuel consumed in
flights over Virginia.
Dodd-Louderback bill. carving
out another Denny Commission rec
ommendation to provide free text
books in elementary grades.
Wine Measure Defeated.
The House killed two companion
bills sponsored by Delegate Della.
meter Davis, Norfolk, authorizine
the granting of retail sales licens,
to establishments to sell fortified
wine. This legislation was killed
after heated attack in which il
was described as an opening wedge
in the breakdown of the ABC sys.
tenn and would encourage sales Of
beverages containing so per cent a.
much alcohol as is contained ir
many whiskies, at groceries. fillins
stations and similar places.
The House Committee on Game
and Inland Fisheries reported favor.
ably a joint resolution by Delepate
Paul Crockett, Yorktown, creating 4
commission to study methods of re.
stocking game animals, upland game
birds and fish.
Evening star., 1946-02-28

the Cameron street side of the
building, and give that space, in ad-
dition to adjoining Offices recently
occupied by the Health Department
to the city treasurer, the city col
lector and the commissioner Of
revenue.
The Department of Public We'll
fare will move to the Royal street
side Of the building in space form
erly occupied by. a market, which
will be remodeled.
On the second floor, the city man.
ager will take over the Offices used
by the city treasurer and city COL
lector and his Offices will be grouped
with the present Office of the COM
missioner Of revenue to provide ade-
quate space for the Engineering
Department, the new smoke engi-
neer's Office and an office for a
planning engineer.
Other shifts will permit. moving
the city assessor from rented space
into City Hall, in addition to enlarg-
ing the building inspectors Office.
Evening star., 1946-02-28
Virginia Power
Strike Farley
Set tuesday
WoIkout Affecting
Wide Nearby Area
Is Held Unlikely

Backed by threat OF strike April
! that would deprive the Potomac
area and most of Virginia of cleo
tricity, union leaders will meet in
Richmond Monday to outline de-
mands against the Virginia Elec-
trio & Power Co.
They will carry the strike weapon
into a bargaining conference with
the company Tuesday. The union
announced yesterday that notice of
strike has been duly filed under
the Smith -Connally Act.
Despite the threat, j. B. Wells,
president Of Local 500 of the Inter-
national Brotherhood Of Electrical
Workers at Alexandria, said pros
poets were good the stalemate could
be broken without a walkout. Both
the company and union have re-
fused to say what issues are in
volved.
5000 Customers Involved.
Should the strike be called, about
$1,000 customers in the Potomac
area-Arlington, Fairfax, Loudoun,
Fauquier and Prince William Coun-
ties and Alexandria would lose their
source of light and power.
Elsewhere in Virginia some COM
munities supplied with gas also
would lose this commodity If the
! 900 employees in power stations,
distribution lines, service crews and
meter and gas departments go off
the job.
The only places in the $500 square
miles of the Potomac District which
would be unaffected by the strike
are Rosslyn, Fort Meyer and Fort
Meyer Heights up to Court House
Road in Arlington County. These
are supplied by the Braddock Light
and Power Co., subsidiary of the
Potomac Electric Power Co.
Yards, Airport Affected.
Such places as National Airport.
the Potomac Railroad yards, the
Naval Torpedo Station, and Fort
Belvoir would be hit by a strike.
A company official said the airport
was equipped with an auxiliary
lighting system which automatically
would take over when the regular
current went off. 1t would serve to
keep the field aglow with emergency
landing lights and radio commune
cation.
While union officials were main
tanning silence, news of the strike
notice came from Jack G. Holtzclaw.
president OF the company in Rich
mond.
He said negotiations on the new
contract opened February 12, and
that while they temporarily are
suspended, he hoped an amicable
conclusion might be reached so
that there will be no interruption in
service.
Evening star., 1946-02-28
Maryland Law Sets Time
For Brush and Refuse Fires
By the Associated Press

ANNAPOLIS, Md, Feb. 2s.-
State Forester Joseph F. Kaylor re-
minded Marylanders today that the
regulation requiring brush and
refuse burning between pm. and
IL midnight goes into effect to-
morrow.
The controlled burning period
runs through March, April and
May, which are the most dangerous
months in the State for forest fires.
Mr.. Kaylor said that many in
quiries had been made of the State
Department of Forests and Parks
why the particular period of the
day was chosen.
He explained: Studies of reports
from Maryland's seven weather sta
tions and from district foresters
show that generally the humidity
throughout the State is least during
the hours set for controlled burning
Moisture is less in the ground and
in the air at that time. Wind
velocity is at its lowest. Hence.
there is less danger of sparks set
ting fire to nearby timberlands
when brush and refuse are burned
during this period"
Evening star., 1946-02-28
|27Victims of'QFeverr Outbreak
Were Not Laboratory Workers

A paradox noted today in the out
break of @ fever" at the National
Institute of Health, Bethesda, is
that none of the 81 persons stricken
has been directly engaged in the
laboratory where study of the dis
ease recently was resumed.
All of those who suffered @
fever" similar to virus pneumonia,
so known because it was discovered
in Queensland, Australia, are en-
ployed in the building where the
laboratory is located-building No
IS of the research center of the
United States Public Health Service
About 100 persons work in the build
ing. .'Gt
Eight of those stricken with the
disease have recovered. Thirteen
of those now i'll definitely have the
disease, blood tests have shown. Ten
others are listed as suspects. The
first case was noted two and a half
weeks ago
One of those stricken was a re-
search director, three were dental
officers, two were Office workers and
the remainder laboratory techni-
cians-none of whom was engaged in
g fever research.
DIR. Armstrong Obtained Data.
The information was obtained to-
lay from DR.. Charles Armstrong,
chief of the Institutes division of
infectious diseases, the man who
discovered that human beings oc-
casionally catch a deadly disease
tpsittacosis) from parrots.
I'VE started working on @ fever
again a few weeks ago." said DR.
Armstrong, "and it got away from
us again, just as it did before" $3.50
When the institute started work
ing on @ fever in 1910, Is persons
became i'll. One of them, Ase Marcy
a man in his Cos with a weak heart,
died, DR.. Armstrong said.
Handlers Not Affected.
The 1910 outbreak was similar iii
that none OF the persons handling
the animals, mice and guinea pigs
infected with the disease, came down
with it. Then, also, it was other en-
ployes in the building.
The work was postponed, not be-
cause of the outbreak, but because
of the war. The cultures containing
the strains of the virus were dried
and kept refrigerated.
Evening star., 1946-02-28

Recently the work was resumed
with the strains of the virus pre-
served by this method and with new
strains, the So-called Balkan disease,
which affected our troops in South
eastern Europe. This has been iden-
titled as @ fever.
The Importance OF the work, DR..
Armstrong explained, is this: Medi-
cine wants to know if much of the
|nontypical pneumonia prevalent
known as virus pneumonia which
is unaffected by sulfa drugs or peni-
cillin. can be this disease.
A Rickettsia Disease.
@ fever, he explained, is not a
true virus disease, but Rickettsia
a group of diseases named after
the man who grouped them, o1
which Rocky Mountain fever is the
best known.
Eight of the Is affected by the
disease in 1910 are still working in
the building. None of these has
been affected this time, an observa-
ton of possible Importance to
medicine.
The eight who have recovered
from the current outbreak are DR.
M. V. Veldee, $500 Kanawa street
NV; DR.. Stanley j. Ruzicka, 45l4
Connecticut avenue NV; Miss
Ethel D. Reynolds, 1926 Mckinley
street NV; DR.. Francis A. Arnold
Bethesda, Md; Melvin Hardy, Cal
thersburg. Md; Constance Thoms
Dickerson, Md; Miss Eleanor Lin.
thicum, Germantown, Md. and Miss
Marion A. Cornwall, Alexandria, Va
Miss Cornwall had resigned from
her position at the institute ane
became Ill several days. later.
check determined she had the dis.
ease.
Those still listed as i'll are viii.
liam Curtis, Gaithersburg, Md.
Wayland Marters. 1903 West vir.
ginia avenue NE; John Traut
Rockville, Md; Ralph Young, Ger.
mantown, Md; William Poole
Rockville, Md; John Creamer, Rock
vile, Md; James Lignal, 2235 -Four.
teenth street Sc; Ira Souders
Washington Grove, Md: Wayne D
LIE VILLAIN, 27o7 Twenty-fourth stree,
NE; Or. E. G. Hampp, Rockville
Nd; Miss Mary Orick. Bethesda
Nd, and John Manuel and Miss
Lena Wetherell, both of Gathers
burg. Md