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Evening star., 1946-03-17

which took place at Reno March 7
Mrs. Manville is the daughter oi
Mrs. Barker and the late Mr.. George
Calvert.
Mrs. j. Edward Barker has re-
turned from visit of several
months on the West Coast.
Mrs. Raymond Brown has as her
guests Mrs. Richard Horne, jr., and
Richard Horne III of Falls Church
Va.
Mrs. Thomas P. Harvey of West
Chester, Pa, has announced the
engagement Of her daughter, Miss
Evening star., 1946-03-17

Priscilla Toland, to 1t. H. Pember-
ton Drinker, Marine Corps. Mrs.
Harvey is the former Miss Susan
Groome of Airlie, Warrenton.
Mrs. j. Blackwell Davis and her
two children have left to visit her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Robert
Browse, in Charles Town, w. Va.
Miss Lea M. Bouligny has returned
from a visit to relatives in New
Orleans.
Mrs. F. M. Rupp of Baltimore is
the guest of her sister, Mrs. Ford
G. Anderson.
Evening star., 1946-07-19
Veteran Of Pacific
Braves Flaming Gas
To Prevent Explosion

A former 5th Air Force sergeant,
now employed as civilian at Fort
Belvoir, risked his life to save a
fellow worker and several thousand
dollars worth of Government prop
erty, the Army Engineer Board an
nounced today.
Chester w. Hughes, q. who lives
with his wife at 554 South Nine
teenth street. Arlington. is being
treated for second-degree burns on
the body at the Fort Belvoir Hospi-
tai after emerging unscratched
from 46 months in the service, 26
of which we're spent in the Pacific
The Engineer Board has given
him a pay increase and a personal
letter of commentator for his
heroism.
While working in the ponton area
with Carl A. Gillian, another en-
ploye, transferring 100-octane gaso-
line from truck to 5000 gallon
storage tank, a safety valve became
loosened and flaming gasoline
sprayed over the area. Mr.. Hughes
plunged through the fire and shut
off the valve, preventing an ex-
plosion and probably saving the
life of Mr.. Gillian, who was stand
ing on top of the truck tank.
His clothes aflre, Mr.. Hughes then
dashed to the Potomac River, about
80 feet away, and plunged in. How
ever, his burns will necessitate his
confinement for about three weeks,
ARMY officials said
Evening star., 1946-07-19
Three Injured in Crash
OF Cars Near Alexandra

Three persons were injured last
night in head-on collision of two
automobiles on Mount Vernon boule-
ward about 3 miles south of Alex
andria.
Milton A. Ferguson, At. Route l,
Alexandria. identified by Park Police
as the driver of one of the cars,
was admitted to Alexandria Hos
pital with internal injuries, broken
shoulder blade, cuts and bruises.
Sophie Ash. "a, and Elizabeth
Watkins, %, both of Collingwood
Va, passengers in Mr.. Ferguson IS
car, were treated at the hospital
for cuts and bruises and released.
Police said the driver of the Sec
ond car, Thomas Sermons, 43, col
ored, also of Route /, Alexandria
was uniniured
Evening star., 1946-07-19
Arlington PUG Members
Named by Campbell

Appointments completing the
makeup of the Arlington Public Util-
tiles Commission today were an
nounced by Chairman Edmund D
Campbell of the County Board.
The appointees are Griffin T. Gar
nett, jr., Arlington attorney, who is
licensed to practice before the Inter-
state Commerce Commission and
whose home is at 4714 North Twen-
tieth street; William G. Watt, presi-
dent, Arlington County Civic Fedora
ton, of 2600 North Sixteenth street
and Mrs. Ellen H. Young, graduate
of Indiana University and wife of
Donald A. Young of the United
States Chamber of Commerce. 1921
South Inge street.
An earlier appointment by Mr.
Campbell, that of County Engineer
Clifton G. Stonerburner to succeed
Milton E. Diehl, resigned, brought
about storm of controversy and re-
suited in designations of Harry A
Grant, Glen B. Wall and w. Glen
Bixler.
Mr.. Diehl resigned at the request
OF Mr. Campbell following criticism
OF letter to the ICC stating the
commissions position on proposed
fare increases by the Arnold -op-
Grated busline in Arlington.
Evening star., 1946-07-19
City to Turn Out Tomorrow
For Big Soap Box Derby

| For the first time since 1941
Washington will turn out tomorrow
to select a Soap Box Derby cham.
pion-the young builder driver oi
the fastest coaster car to speed dowr
the course on Pennsylvania avenue
Sc.
The derby is sponsored by The
Star and the American Legion in as.
sociation with Chevrolet dealers
Participants are in the ILLS age
bracket.
| Boys from all sections of the Capi.
tai and it's suburbs will take part ir
the all-day program. which will be.
gin with a parade at am. Ths
racing will take place on 1000
foot stretch of pavement approx.
mately between Texas avenue anc
Carpenter street. However, Pennsyl'
vania avenue will be closed between
Alabama and Branch avenues fol
| the event.
| Beginning at am, through traf.
fic will be diverted over the othel
| two avenues.
Clark Plans Brief Talk.
! Attorney General Clark is expect.
ed to make a brief Introductory ad.
dress. II official duties prevent hi.
attendance, an associate in the Jus
tice Department is to be present a.
his representative.
| Mr.. Clark has indicated his in
terest in the derby because of it!
function in furthering constructive
activity among boys and thereby
aiding the fight against juvenile de-
|linquency.
/ Dutch Leonard, pitcher of the
Evening star., 1946-07-19
"a Candidates File
For Convention 10
Pick Glass Successor

Twenty-four candidates have filed
for election to the Democratic State
Convention from Alexandria tc
nominate a successor to the late
Senator Glass in Richmond Septem-
Der 5. The city is entitled to %
convention votes. Deadline for filing
is midnight tonight.
Chairman j. Maynard Magruder
OF the Arlington Democratic Com
mittee, meanwhile, announced today
that candidates for the county con-
vention, where State convention
delegates later will be elected, must
file with him prior to pm. July &c
at 280l Wilson boulevard.
Both the Alexandria State con-
vention delegates and the Arlington
County convention delegates are tc
be elected in connection with the Au-
gust 6 party primary. The Airing
ton convention will be held August
l3 to name State representatives.
25 Signers Needed.
Qualifications for candidates ir
Arlington include a petition signed
by Is qualified voters. accompanied
by declaration of candidacy ano
SIS filing fee. Four will be elected
from each of the II county. pre-
cinctS.
Alexandria candidates must fill
declarations with petitions signed by
so qualified voters and receipts fol
81 paid to the treasurer of the Alex.
andria Democratic Committee
Chairman Frank r. Monroe will
certify the eligibility of the candi.
dates to the Electoral Board.
Candidates who have filed in Alex.
andria are:
First ward, precinct A; Former
Mayor Edmund F. Ticer, sr.: Alber
A. Smoot and ]. E. w. Timberman.
First ward, precinct B: FormeI
Judge Robinson Moncure and San
Fagelson.
Second ward: Councilman-elec
Charles L. Nash and Glenn U
Richard.
Third Ward Candidates.
Third ward: Gardner L. Boothe
Harmon E. Norris and James Sidne,
Douglas, jr.
Fourth ward: Councilman-elect r
Samuel Luckett, Armistead L. Boothe
Mayor William T. Wilkins, Common
wealth's Attorney Albert v. Bryan
and Delegate w. Seldom Washington
Fifth ward: City Councilman
Everett A. Hellmuth, Luther H
Dudley, c. Page Waller, Elliott F
Hoffman, Councilman John w. Tul
loch, Francis H. Fannon and Charlie.
c. Carlin, jr.
Sixth ward: Riley w. Nixon ant
Haywood r. Hamilton.
Evening star., 1946-07-19
.A|exandriiaCost!
Run 100000
Above Budget
City Manager Sees
Threat of Deficit
Of Over $780, 900

The Alexandria City Council to
date has made special appropriations
amounting to SLOT ,644.55 over and
above the $2,007 $3.50 budget for the
current year, City Manager Car
Budwesky announced.
OF the excess appropriations $302,-
469.11 has yet to be spent since part
of the increases cover salary raises
and construction projects for which
building materials are not vet
available, including the George
Washington High School stadium
Hoof's Run sewer and Fire Engine
House No. 5 on Cameron Mills road
Fears $350, 900 Deficit.
Mr.. Budwesky reported to the
council earlier this summer that
the city faces a $15O,O0o deficit sno
said it is his objective to hold the
line as much as possible in orae1
that the deficit does not reach $780,
600, or more"
The city's anticipated revenue
through 1946 from real estate taxes
is $60l ,000.95 and approximately
$552, 900 had been collected through
June 30, City Auditor William M
Topping said. He listed uncollected
personal property taxes through the
first six months of the year at
s125 ,064,62 and said the figure covers
all uncollected taxes for previous
years. November Is is the deadline
for payment of taxes for the second
half of 1916.
Commissioner of Revenue C. Au-
brey Callahan in his report for the
first six months of 1916 said that
collections for license taxes reached
sl60,000 for an increase of $5,03l
over the total number issued in
1945. A total of 3,101 licenses was
issued in l945, compared to 2,919 for
the first six months of the present
year. For the corresponding period
OF l945 the total was 1887.
Contractor Licenses Rise.
License figures for the first half
OF 1946 compared to the entire year
OF 1945 were as follows: 142 State
licenses to contractors compared tc
l30 the previous year; 446 licenses
to retail merchants compared to
401. but wholesale merchants L.
censes dropped to % compared tc
36.
Six new real estate offices were
opened for total of 43, and seven
attorneys took out licenses to prac-
tice, increasing their number from
43 to so.
Evening star., 1946-07-19
Arch Mcdonald Buckers
Report ST ,444 Expense

The Arch Mcdonald for Congress
Committee received 81 AS and spent
s1,444.54 in supporting Mr.. McDon.
aid for the Democratic nomination
to the House from. the sixth Mary.
land district, according to a state
ment filed by Edward C. Holmead
treasurer of the group, with the
Montgomery County Circuit Court
clerk.
H. Deets Warfield. treasurer o1
the Independent Democrats OF
Montgomery County, also filed q
statement showing receipts totaline
s1,871.80 and expenditures OF s1,54t
during the recent primary campaign.
Evening star., 1946-07-19

timated 10 per cent loss in the to-
mato crop.
| At present. Dorchester County
farmers have 10000 acres Of toma-
toes and 1000 acres of cantaloupes
which must be harvested beginning
next week. County officials esti-
mate a yield of tons of tomatoes
per acre. If the threat of 10 per
cent loss becomes an actually, it
will mean a reduction of 5000 tons
of tomatoes. An estimate of the
cantaloupe yield per acre could not
be obtained.
Local Help Not Available.
To do the harvesting job, accord
ing to county officials, there are
about 300 migrants and 260 ia
maicans and Bahamas. Last year,
the county had 480 foreign workers.
300 German prisoners of war and
"just a few" migrants, although in
previous years, as many as 500 mi
grants came into the county.
Local help just isn't available,
county officials said, since virtually
| oil lldfC SollC W OilS NollllSl lCS Wil1S1i
pay higher wages.
In addition. county peach growers
were described as behind the eight
ball wi1en 1t comes to getting the
fruit picked" There are about 800
acres of peach trees, officials esti-
mated.
Talbot County, with approXi-
mately 4,500 acres of sweet corn and
5000 acres of tomatoes ready to be
harvested, stand to lose consider
able part of both crops, according to
County Agent R. S. Brown. He de-
scribed the labor situation as one
of the worst in the last five years.
About rs migrant workers, 10 Ba-
hamans and so boys from Washing
ton and Baltimore high schools are
working on county farms, but at
least 200 more workers are needed
to get the crops harvested, Mr.
Brown said.
He pointed out that 500 German
prisoners of war were assigned te
+, the county last year, adding that
they saved the day when it came
to getting the crops in."
Il Time Is Precious.
i Mr.. Brown also explained that
corn, to be good for canning pur-
poses, must be harvested within a
three-day period and tomatoes ir
five days after they ripen.
I The problem of getting more mi
grants is complicated by their re-
fusal to work by the hour, Mr.. Brown
said. I'VE never used to pull corn
here except by the hour and the
, migrant workers insist on piece
work." he asserted. THE farmers
pay so cents an hour"
!, In addition, other county agri-
cultural officials cited the difficulty
, in obtaining small crews Of migrants
to work on farms, adding that the
, latter have come into Eastern Mary
land in large crews and have refused
to break up into smaller units.
J, 1.-THE large groups are all right
for large acreage" Mr.. Brown said
"but in Talbot County almost ali
|, of the farms are comparatively
small and can't use large groups oi
workers"
Evening star., 1946-07-19

he re-entered the house and suffered
third-degree burns on the left hand
In attempting to extinguish the
flames. He was treated at Arlington
Hospital. Both Mr.. and Mrs. Mar
shall were away at the time.
Five pieces of equipment from
Falls Church, Ballston and Cherry
dale responded to the two alarm fire
Arlington Fire Chief A. c. Scheffel
who estimated the damage at $500
said the fire was possibly" caused
by a short circuit.
Young Steele is in the eighth grade
at Langley Junior High School. He
moved to the Marshall home with
his mother, Mrs. Clara M. Steele
about month ago.
Evening star., 1946-07-19
Simmonds Resigns
ARLINGTON Welfare Post

Edmund D. Campbell, Arlington
County board chairman, today an
.nounced the resignation of James
H. Simmonds as chairman of the
County Public Welfare Board due
to pressure of his personal business"
Mr.. Campbell said Mr.. Simmonds
has performed outstanding serv-
ice" as a member of the Welfare
Board "and his advice and counsel
will be greatly missed"
Evening star., 1946-07-19
Mundt Asks Funds
To Keep '5aboteurs'
Off u. ). PayroIIs

Charging that Federal pre-em-
ployment services had been seri-
ously cuctailed by Budget Bureau
appropriation cuts, Representative
Mundt, Republican. of South Da-
kota last night called on Congress tc
help keep off the Government pay
rolls undesirable agents of Commu.
nism or other un-American forces
Congress, he said, should now
take steps to protect America
against the foolhardy and danger.
Gus relaxations which have been
made in the investigation of poten-
tial Government employees"
The present situation, he said
amounts practically to giving the
green light to every political sabo-
teur and American influence ir
this Republic that desires to see oul
public Offices inflltrated to the point
OF saturation with undesirable. un.
patriotic and un- American per.
sonnet"
Hoover, F1emming Concerned"
The speaker declared both J. Ed.
gar Hoover, director of the Fedora
Bureau of Investigation, and Civi
Service Commissioner Arthur S
F'lemming were deeply concerned.
Both of these good public Of.
cials," he said, "are seriously dis.
turbed at this action of the Budget
Bureau, which, due to the pressure
OF multitude of other public duties
upon members of Congress. has ur
to now all but escaped public notice
and completely escaped congress
sional correction"
"It should be a matter of rea
public concern to determine iust
who it was, either on or off the
staff of the Budget Bureau. wht
succeeded in thus sabotaging Amer.
ica's first line of defense because
certainly, the first place to safeguard
our Nations security is to max,
certain that those who work fol
our Government believe in the sys.
tenn which arey are privileged tt
operate"
Cites Civil Service Cuts.
Mr. Mundt characterized as 9
startling situation" the cuts in ap.
preparation for the civil servic,
investigation staff from $2,246, 40,
in the fiscal year 1945 to only
$78,624 in 1947 fiscal year.
AS member of the House Com.
mittee on Un-American Activities
Mr.. Mundt said he would ask tn,
committee to look into the matter
The committee, he said, would bt
asked to devote special attention
to the conditions (which are apt t,
develop from the horriflc lassitude-
if it is not worse than that-whicl
the Budget Bureau has exemplifiec
toward the all-important matter o
carefully screening and systemat.
ically investigating the character
and suitability of applicants fol
Federal positions before they ar,
given places of responsibility ane
access to records and data of vita
Importance to the country as s
uhplo >,
Evening star., 1946-07-19
By J. B. Zotmon
Stor Stoff Correspondent

SALISBURY, Md, July 19.-
Maryland's Eastern Shore, one of
the most highly productive trucking
areas in the East, faces the possible
loss of thousands of tons of its agri-
cultural products unless the present
critical labor shortage is alleviated.
| A 250-mile tour this week of six
counties comprising the heart of the
vegetable-growing section in East
ern Maryland revealed that in
only two is there an adequate labor
supply to handle this years bumper
| crops.
Agricultural officials in two other
counties reported that they "are
hanging on the ropes" while those
in the remaining two counties de-
scribed the situation as almost
desperate"
Although farmers in the area ship
some fresh vegetables, principally to
Northern markets, their main crops
tomatoes. corn, snap beans and
lima beans-are canned. and the
threatened loss of part of their har-
vest would affect consumers through
out the country.
While this section is not the
largest vegetable canning center in
the United States, Gamers in other
parts of the country draw much OF
their supplies from here.
Produce Is Varied.
Besides their four principal can.
ming crops, Eastern Shore farmer!
grow, among other things, squash
cucumbers, cantaloupes, watermelon
Irish potatoes, sweet potatoes
asparagus and strawberries.
Three reasons for the labor short.
age were given by agriculture
agents in the counties most affected
They are, in the order of their i'm.
portance:
l. Repatriation of approximately
1000 German prisoners of war whit
helped harvest crops in the area
last year.
2. Failure Of migrant worker!
from Florida to enter the area II
numbers approaching prewar fig
ures. There are about $500 migran
workers on the Eastern Shore thi.
year as compared with an annua
average of between 5000 and 6,00l
before the war.
8. A reduction from 1890 In 1914
to l,500 this year In the number O
workers imported from Jamaica ant
the Bahamas.
Campaign for Workers Starts.
University Of Maryland Extension
Service officials admit they can dt
nothing about the first two factors
But they have launched a drive tt
recruit additional migrant worker
in cooperation with Agriculture De
partment field workers along tn,
Eastern Seaboard.
i Information centers for migrant;
have been set up in Maryland, Vir.
ginia, North Carolina and Florida
and thousands of handbills hav,
been distributed directing the work.
ers to labor-scarce areas.
/ Hardest hit of the six counties Il
Dorchester, where $50 additiona
workers are needed to avert an es
Evening star., 1946-07-19
Eastern Shore Labor Shortage Threatens
Thousands of Acres of Ripeninq Produce

Somerset and Wicomico Counties
are lust about on the line with re-
gard to labor" according to Albert
B. Krewatch, associate State farm
labor supervisor.
Somerset County has 5000 acres
of tomatoes, 5000 acres of snap
beans and a good" crop of lima
beans and farmers are doing their
best with their present short supply
of labor to harvest their fields.
There are $50 migrants in the
county this year-about the same as
the 1945 figure-but only l80 foreign
workers as compared with $50 last
year. There also were $50 German
prisoners of war on the various
farms during the 1945 season.
Mr. Krewatch also pointed out
that this years bumper tomato crop
has suffered from blight and pro-
duction may drop to point where
farmers may not have too much
trouble in harvesting it. He said
the county may lose half of its
tomato crop as a result of blight.
A similar labor situation exists
| in Wicomico County where there
are 1000 acres of tomatoes, 5000
acres of snap beans and hundreds
of acres of cucumbers and canta-
| loupes.
| Working on the farms are $50
migrants as compared with 400 last
year and $50 Bahamas and ia
maicans, a drop of $50 from last
year. About $50 German prisoners
of war were assigned to the county
in 1945.
No Important Acreage Lost.
with the local labor supply
short" Mr. Krewatch said, "the
farmers are just about managing
to get along if nothing happens
So far no acreage of importance
has been lost"
A more encouraging labor picture
is presented in Worcester and Caro-
line Counties, where agricultural,
agents said their labor supply was
good"
Robert Grant, Worcester County
agricultural agent. said the number
of migrant workers have jumped
from 300 last year to 1900 at pres.
ent There also are about 40 Ba'
hamans-the same as in 1945. HI
said the increase in migrants filled
the gap left by the repatriation O.
between $50 and 500 German pris'
oners of war used by the local farm.
ers last year.
Largest crop in Worcester County
is tomatoes, with $500 acres. Mex
is the 5,000-acre Irish potato crop
So far, there is plenty of labor fol
them, Mr.. Grant said.
The labor situation also was de.
scribed as under control in Caro-.
line County by Agricultural Agent
Francis NJ. Rogers. He said farm.
ers are harvesting their crops with
the aid of 400 migrants, an increas'
Of 800 over last years figure, ane
about 220 Bahama1s and Jamaicans
! Caroline County's largest crop Il
cucumbers on about 1000 acres
There also are $500 acres of toma
toes.
: The labor picture looks yer,
good" Mr.. Rogers said.
Evening star., 1946-07-19
Absentee Voters Urged
To Observe DeudIine

Harry K. Green, co-chairman of
the Byrd-Smith Club of Arlington,
today advised county voters that
applications for absentee ballots
must be made to precinct registrars
by August 1.
Persons eligible to vote in this
manner, he said, are those who will
be away on business or vacation,
students at school and those physic-
ally unable to go in person to the
polls.
All county registrars, he conclud-
ed. have been supplied with absentee
ballot application forms.
Evening star., 1946-07-19
Sleeping Child, 3, Is Rescued
From Fire by Arlington Boy, Ia

Three-year-old Richard A. Mar
shall, son of Mr.. and Mrs. John S
Marshall, jr, 1900 North Potomac
street, Arlington, today owed his
life to a l4-yearold boy who rescued
him after fire broke out in the bed
room of the Marshall home where
the child was asleep.
The rescuer was John r. Steele
brother of Mrs. Marshall, who also
lived there.
According to police, the Steele boy
had put the child to bed shortly after
l pm. yesterday and was outside the
house when he saw smoke pouring
out of an upstairs window.
After carrying the child to safety
Evening star., 1946-07-19
County Democratic Chiefs
Plan Cruise Next Week

The Arlington County Democratic
Executive Committee will hold its
annual cruise next Friday aboard
the S. S. Potomac, leaving Wash
ington at $50 pm.
Charles r. Fenwick, chairman of
the Committee on Distinguished
Guests. reports that invitations have
been extended Senator Byrd, Rep
resentative Smith, Gov. Tuck and
other leading Virginia DEMOCRATS.
All representatives from the State
and important office holders in
Northern Virginia also are to- be
asked.
Dancing and refreshments will
high light the entertainment. Maud
Dove is chairman of the Ticket
Committee.
Evening star., 1946-07-19
Arlington Church Guild
To Hold Garden Mart

The newly organized Garden
Guild of st, Mary's Church, Twenty
sixth street and North Glebe road,
Arlington, will sponsor a garden
mart from II am to pm. each
Saturday during the summer and
fall on the church grounds.
Proceeds will go into the church
building fund and will be used for
landscaping the church property.
Residents of the. area have been
asked to support the plan by bring
ing flowers, plants, vegetables and
fruits from their gardens.
Evening star., 1946-07-19
County Junior College
Accredited for GIs

The new Montgomery County
Junior College has been accredited
as a school for veterans training
Dean Hugh G. Price announced to-
day.
1t means that veterans can nov
apply for instruction there through
regional offices of the Veterans Ad-
ministration. Training through
freshman and sophomore years OF
college will be given to those who
plan later to transfer to a regular
college or university. =