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Arlington Democrats
To Convene Toniqht

Arlington Democrats will meet at
8 o'clock tonight in the Rucker
Building, Clarendon, to elect dele
gates to the party's State Conven-
ton next month where a candidate
will be named to fill the unex-
pired term of the late Senator
Glass.
Meanwhile, members of the Coun-
ty Electoral Board said there are
no immediate plans to hold a board
meeting to review charges made
by James D. Franklin of alleged
irregularities in connection with last
Tuesdays primary.
Mr. Franklin said his interest was
to bring the matters cited to the
attention of the board. 80 that
such irregularities will not occur in
the future" He said Thomas E.
Edwards served as an official in the
East Falls Church precinct while
also listed as candidate to the
county convention.
Mr.. Edwards declared today the
Franklin complaint was the wall
and lament OF a defeated candi-
date"
Having been a Democrat all my
life" Mr.. Edwards continued, '1
have been intimately connected with
the Democratic party in Arlington
for the past seven years during
which time I haye never served in
an official capacity at elections. I
have exercised my right of franchise
and have actively supported the
Democratic candidates, working in
their behalf, Checking the counting
Of votes and tallying same in behalf
Of said candidates. During this
period. have never observed any
election irregularities nor have I
ever known of any one being refused
admission to the polls for the pur-
pose Of observing and tallying votes
for anv candidate"
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Alliance Comp Meeting
Held in WiIIiumsport

The annual district camp meet
ing and convention of the eastern
district of the Christian and Mis-
sionary Alliance is being held in
Williamsport. Pa. Maryland. the
District OF Columbia, Delaware and
part Of Pennsylvania are included
in the area.
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Nearby Virginia Area
Gas Type Conversion
To Begin Thursday

The Rosslyn Gas Co. will COM
mence conversion of stoves and
furnaces to natural gas Thursday
for subscribers of their service in
the Virginia area from Falls Church
to Alexandria.
The company, which is a SUBJ
sidiary of the Washington Gas
Light Co., has divided its area into
SIS districts and will complete the
conversion of one district a day.
The company spokesman said
that actual conversion work is
simple, consisting of enlarging the
holes in the burners and other
vents in the stoves or furnaces. The
work in each house should be COM
pleted in about two hours.
AS many as 300 homes may be
converted each day, and by evening
natural gas will be flowing through
the pipes in the homes in that dis
trict.
Owners were informed by letters
that workmen from the company
probably would arrive about 7 am.
to COMMERCE the conversion work.
Completion of the work in the
area served by the company is set
for October Is.
Natural gas is methane, which is
odorless and burns hotter than
artificial gas. 1t Is also nonpoison-
GUS although large concentrations
will suffocate person.
AS a safety precaution, however,
an artificial odor is introduced into
the gas so as to give it about the
same distinctive" odor as artificial
gas. thus making 1t possible to de-
tect leaks.
The Washington Gas Light Co.
will start conversion Of appliances
of Maryland subscribers next
month.
Evening star., 1946-08-13
Miss joan Slater, II,
Dies at Silver Spring

Miss Joan Slater, II, daughter OF
Mr.. and Mrs. George A. Slater of
Silver Spring, died Sunday afternoon
at the home Of her parents, 8605
Hawley road, following an attack
of asthma.
Born in the District, Miss Slater
has lived in Silver Spring for the
last 10 years. She was graduate of
St. Michaels School and attended
the Academy of Holy Names
Besides her parents, she is sur
vived by brother, Pfc. George
Glenn Slater, United States Marine
Corps, who is stationed at Pearl
Harbor.
Funeral services will be held at
$50 am. Friday at st. Michael's
Catholic Church. Burial will be in
Mount Olivet Cemetery.
Evening star., 1946-08-13
Children Of Woman Held
In Husbands Death Moved

While Mrs Cleo Odell Kinchloe
%. is being held in the Alexandria
City Jail for action of the Septem-
Der grand jury on a murder charge,
her two sons have been taken to
Detroit by her mother, 1t was re-
ported yesterday by Detective 1t
Russell A. Hawes.
The grandmother, Mrs. Bessie
Senftleben, arrived in Alexandria
Friday and after conferring with
Mrs. Kinchloe's defense counsel
former Judge Robinson Moncure
obtained custody of the children
Jack, 8, and Ronnie, 2, who had
been placed IN foster home by the
Alexandria Welfare Department.
Mrs. Kinchloe Is accused of the
fatal shooting Of her husband
Charles I. Kinchloe, %, as he lay
asleep in their houseboat home on
Hunting Greek july 20.
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Fire and Blast Destroy
Office Of Silver Hill Firm

Fire following explosion early this
morning destroyer the Office of the
Silver Hill Sand & Gravel Co.. Sill
yer Hill, Md.
Firemen from six communities
fought the blaze for 20 minutes but
the office was completely destroyed
termined, although Samuel Bevard,
company manager and one of the
partners in the firm, said it might
have been started in a nearby gaso-
line pump.
1t was the third fire the company
has had this year. In January an
exploding oil stove destroyed an
other Office building and about three
weeks ago one of the concerns
trucks burned.
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EIks 10 Give Two Iron Lungs
To Alexandra Rescue Unit

The Alexandria Rescue Squad will
get two iron lungs instead of one.
The Elks Lodge announced today
its original drive for one iron lung
for the squad was oversubscribed,
and the manufacturer has agreed to
supply two for $4,000 instead of the
usual price of $1,297 apiece.
A demonstration lung is at King
and Washington streets, where it
will remain on display for a small
fee through Thursday as the Elks
seek several hundred more dollars
for the second lung.
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BoIIston Citizens Plan
To Revive Association

About Is Arlington County citi-
zens met last night in the Ballston
Fire House auditorium to discuss
the revival of the Ballston Citizens
Association, inactive for the last
nine years.
An organization committee was
named consisting of Fred Boch.
Lance Hooks and Llewellyn Tapp.
George c. Updegraff was temporary
chairman of last nights meeting.
The group will meet again Sep
tember Is.
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County GI Becomes
Builder 10 Beat
Housing Problem
By J. B. Zotmon

Two Montgomery County Army
overseas veterans are beating the
housing shortage, one by building
his own home and the other by
living in two-car garage converted
into three-room cottage.
Unable to buy a house because
of high prices. Elwood Harding, %,
an employe at the Rockville Post
Office, Bronze Star winner who
served about three years in the
European theater, is building a
three-rcom frame bungalow for
himself and his wife on site 3 miles
north of Colesville.
He is aided by his father, Arthur
E. Harding, 76, whose house is near
by. The father works on the house
during the day while his son, who
lives in the neighborhood with a
brother. Stanley A. Harding, does
his share at night and on his day
off.
A one-bedroom apartment in
Washington for which Mr.. and Mrs.
Harding paid $75 a month, after
his discharge from the Army last
October, was not his idea1of a home
SO he decided to try his hand at
building his own house.
He started work in June and the
framework and roof already have
been completed Although he has
been able to get materials so far
Mr.. Harding said his biggest worry
now is flooring and plaster. Any one
who can furnish him with these two
materials will earn his gratitude,
Mr.. Harding said
In addition to his father, Mr..
Harding said he also is aided by
Russell Brigham. 81, another Army
veteran, who lives with the elder
He said he and his wife
plan to live in the house only until
prices go down and he Is able to
build larger home
Garage Turned Into Home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Melvin Hogan are
living in three-room bungalow
near Ashton which they had in
tended for a garage when Mr.. Hogan
started to build it in 1940
Mr. Hogan, 36, is employed by the
Suburban Sanitary
Commission. He was discharged
from the Army in November, 1945,
after serving since April, 1943, much
Of the time in Europe.
I'VE intended to build a two-car
garage first and then a house next
to it," Mr.. Hogan recalled. But
when I saw the war clouds gath
ering, my wife and I decided to
convert the garage into a temporary
home until we found out what would
happen. My wife drew up the plans" ("
He said he would like to build a
larger home, but prices of materials
are too high and he doubted whether
he could even obtain any, despite
veterans priorities.
Roomy and Well Furnished.
. Despite its small size-2O by %
feet-the cottage gives an impress
sion of roominess and is we'll fur
nished. 1t has kitchen, 10 by 8: a
19-by-12 living room and 1a-by-
101a bedroom There is one closet,
an unfinished attic and plenty of
windows. There is insulation in the
walls and roof.
Heat is provided by coal stove in
the winter and an electric heater In
the~spring and autumn.
Reconversion of the cottage into a
garage would be a simple matter,
according to Mr.. Hogan.
"All we would have to do. " he
would be to rip out the
partitions separating the rooms, one
wall and the flooring, since the con-
crete floor is already there"
Mr.. Hogan said he and his wife
plan to "sit tight until materials
become available and the prices 60
down.
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.FPHA Lease on Center
Rejected by Greenbe|t

The Greenbelt Town Council last
night termed unacceptable" Gov
ernment proposed lease for the pur-
chase of community war memorial
park and recreation center and in
structed the town solicitor to draft
a substitute proposal fair to both
parties"
Councilmen were unanimous in
voicing dissatisfaction with the
lease submitted by the Federal
Public Housing Authority. Mayor
George Bauer asserted it was one
sided in favor of the Government" p"
Objections were voiced against pro-
visions to regulate the towns budget
appropriation for the project and
the lack of a lease renewal clause.
A $1,000 prefabricated building
purchased by the town for use as
the recreation center has remained
for three months at its present loca-
ton near Silver Spring. No attempt
will be made to move the structure
until the lease for the proposed site
has been signed. according to Coun-
Gilman Paul J. Dunbar.
The Council directed that public
roads authorities be informed of
an ordinance requiring plans and
specifications for the opening of
new roads In the community be
submitted to the town for approval.
The move was in connection with
the proposed Baltimore Washing
ton super-highway which would
pass through Greenbelt.
The I'd Army Headquarters was
requested to participate in Labor
Day celebration to be presented at
the Greenbelt Lake.
The August 26 meeting of the
Council was suspended and the next
meeting set for September 9.
The inquest had been scheduled for
Thursday.
1t. Liverman said the postpone
ment was deemed advisable be-
cause many of the 43 persons hos
pitalized after the crash were still
"in no condition to appear" as wit
nesses.
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Junior UNO Honors Tuck

RICHMOND, Va, Aug 13 (P.-
Gov. Tuck yesterday received a GER
tificate making him an honorary
charter member of the Junior
United Nations Organization,
founded In Williamsburg this year
to promote the ideals of the official
United Nations in schools through.
out the world.
Evening star., 1946-08-13
August KIeeko Dies;
MARYLAND U. S. Marshal
aY the A.socio,ad Prass

BALTIMORE, Aug. 13.-August
Klecka. SO, United States marshal
for Maryland since 1888 and former
member OF Baltimore City Council,
died last light at Bon Secours
Hospital where he had been a pa
tient for several weeks.
He is survived by his widow, two
daughters. three sisters and a STEP
son.
Evening star., 1946-08-13
O'Conor at Ocean City
lon 2-Week Vacation
By the Associoied Press

ANNAPOLIS, Aug. 13. Gov.
O'Conor is spending a two-week
vacation at Ocean City, Md, his
Office announced yesterday.
It said, however, that he would
interrupt his. stay to attend the
State American Legion Convention
at Cumberland at the end OF this
week, but planned no other engage
ments,
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u | v T q d \ I II t
S a m e address,
W a S S h OF t 0
death at Catlett,
Va, last week as
he S t ppe d a
m a n on t h e
tracks for ques-
tioning. A sus-
pect has been
C h a r G e d with
Mr.. WoodSon S
murder.
Father Fatally
Hurt in Missouri.
The youths
father, DR.. Ho-
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father, DR.. Ho-
Evening star., 1946-04-30

1l7,097. Then came the war and an
extraordinary labor turnover, the
man hours for the last three years
falling to SO, lit.
The experience of this company
producing nearly 6,500,000 tons OF
coal in 1945, proves conclusively that
however much effort the manage
ment may make, the best possible
record can only be obtained through
the cooperation of the employees
however such may be secured. 1t
is my opinion that If Mr.. Lewis
would put his mighty shoulders be-
hind the wheel, and work for safety
in true partnership of effort
amazing results could be obtained.
Mr.. Harrington said the Union
Pacific experience was universally
true
illustrates Point.
Two OF the more recent mine
disasters illustrate the point made
by Mr.. Harrington that no one part
Of the industry can be blamed for
accidents.
Investigation of the Pineville. XIV.
explosion of last December 26, in
which rs lost their lives, showed
that the morning shift of miners at
the Straight Creek pit were sent
into the mine before it was exam
ined for gas pockets. Not only that
but the mine was improperly venti-
Evening star., 1946-04-30

rate of 2.73 per million tons; 1887,
number 1413, rate 283 1898, num-
ber los. rate 2.79; 1899, l,078 and
24l; 1910, 1888 and 27l; 194l, ,266
and 222; 1912, All and 230; l943.
l l,45l and 222; 1914 ttentative), 1906
and 100; l945 ltentative). l086 and
l.72. The rate dropped below two
deaths for each million tons IN 1914
for the first time in history of the
industry.
! Among those in the coal country
with whom We discussed the safety
problem was Frank P. Kerr, general
manager of four mines of Eastern
Coal Corp, Stone. KY.
The State Government of Ken
lucky has regarded coal mining as
a sort of necessary evil in this large
ly agricultural State" he told us.
There are not enough men to make
a close inspection. and the pay of
inspectors is too low to attract the
best type. There are not enough
men to enforce the findings after
they are made. We have plenty of
laws. The problem can best be
worked out through cooperation of
the union and operators"
Fires Started by Cigarettes.
He said that, despite the fact the
company has rigid no-Smoking
rule permitting discharge upon in
fraction. there had been evidence
that fires were started by cigarette
butts dropped in coal dust of mine
floors. One of his mines is classified
gaseous.
Although the law requires that
there be search for matches and
smokes before entry into the mines,
Mr.. Kerr said, both the county
judge and the Commonwealth 5 at
torney had advised the miners that
they do not have to submit to
search. and if they are searched
they can sue the company. He said
the men now were searched ANYWAY.
Mr.. Kerr said the company tries
TO comply with all State and Fed
eral recommendations, but they hold
some Bureau of Mines suggestions
as unreasonable. AS an example,
he said a Federal man suggested
that the blades Of coal cutting ma
chlneS be sprlnkled with water as it
works to keep down the dust. He
said 1t meant laying countless pipe
lines and adding pipe as the cut
teLs advanced. Ee added that he
dld not know of an accident caused
oy failure to spray.
He cited instances of resistance
and strikes, by the men to use of
Saftey equipment.
In 1910 the company introduced
hard fiber safety hats for foremen.
AT one mine, he said, the men
started fight, taking the hats from
the toremen and throwing them in
the creek. The miners argued. the
general manager said, that it would
lead to the company ordering every
body TO buy the hats.
Drive Led to Strike.
Within the next two wears about
20 per cent of the men bought the
mats voluntarily. In 1943 the COM
pany put on a drive at the sugges-
I ton of the Bureau of Mines, Mr.
Kerr said this led to general strike
IN which even power plants and
water works were shut down two
weeks. The company finally won
out, and now all the men wear the
safety hats.
Mr.. Kerr said many men had lost
fingers in coupling mine cars by
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urged the cleaning out of coal and
coal dust spilled in the mine haul
ways" continued Mr.. Byrge," but the
company doesn't do it. The men are
willing to do their share toward max
ing the mines safer If the company
holds to its side of the bargain
We asked Mr.. Horne about the
charges of carelessness on the part
of miners We had heard from op-
orators through the coal fields.
There are men who are so damned
careless that they oughtn't be al
lowed in the mines,' he said. There
are men killed because of their own
negigence-but they are killed in
other ways. too Mr.. Lewis is going
down the right alley in this safety
battle"
Charles Kiser, union fieldman In
Williamson. w. Va, showed a letter
from nearby Norfolk e. Western
Railroad mine in which the superin-
tendent asked the union to supply Is
men during the strike to clean the
haulWays which inspectors several
times had reported as a dangerous
condition"
I'VE allowed the men to work" Mr.
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Kiser said, "and they got 10000 tons
of dust, slate and other refuse from
the ways. We never hesitate to let
the men do jobs that will make the
mines safer"
Every One Has an Idea.
We heard miners throughout the
coal region suggest changes they
believed would make their jobs
safer. 1t seemed every one had an
idea. In most instances they con-
ceded that their operator was do
ing a pretty fair job"
At the four Eastern mines 10 men
have been killed in the last five
years. Employment varied from
900 to 1,500 at the wartime peak.
Something over 500 received in
juries varying from broken back
to mashed finger, or at least seri-
Gus enough to miss some time. That
record was described as unusually
good.
An illustration that miner-oper-
ator cooperation will reduce acci-
dents was furnished us by Eugene
McAuliffe, board chairman of the
large Union Pacific Coal Co. mines
in Wyoming That was outside the
scope of our survey, but his story
seems to be to the point.
Mr.. McAuliffe said that his COM
pany, alarmed by the soaring acci-
dent rate, spent more than ST ,000,-
900 on safety from 1923 to 1882. He
said the most modern ideas and
equipment were introduced and a
campaign of miner education on
safety was conducted.
Auto Drawing Brings Results.
"This total was spent without re-
suits" he said In the l0-year
period total of 2,447 lost-time ac-
cidents occurred: the man hours
worked per accident, 1891.
"On July l, 1882. it was decided to
offer to each union employe a
chance to draw an automobile; the
! tickets to be given only to men who
went through the last half of the
year without accident. A marked
reduction in the number of acci-
dents apeared instantly. and in the
| 10 years following Q933-1942), the
number of accidents was reduced to
1888, and the man hours per accident
rose to 93,364
"As matter of fact, the man
hours per accident for the last
five-year period 1888 1912 rose to
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lated and little had been done to
remove large accumulations OF
highly volatile coal dust. The men
walked into a we'll of gas.
An official of the Harlan (KyD
Coal Operators Association told us
the investigation showed the mine
should have been closed several
months before the disaster.
Investigation of an explosion near
WEIGH, w. Va, last January, which
killed II miners indicated that it
was caused by carelessness of the
workers in setting off a charge of
blasting powder.
Kentucky Tightens Laws.
The Kentucky Legislature has
frightened up admittedly lax safety
| laws largely as result of the Pine
vile incident. The new law requires
inspection of the mines every three
months, as is done in West Virginia
/ instead of only once a year, and
provides other precautions.
The more than 100 dependents
left by the Is dead Pineville workers
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hand. So, just after the hat strike,
the company bought coupling hook:
and told the brakemen to use them
This resulted in strike of week
] at one time, because, he said, the
men thought it was too much trou-
/ bic to use the hooks" The company
/ finally won that battle.
I In early 1945, Federal and State
inspectors urged substitution ol
safety powder for highly dangerou;
black blasting powder. The men, he
said, refused to use it and a day;
sitdown strike followed at one mine
The men at two other mines &C
cepted the new powder. and the
fourth had been using it for some
time The recalcitrants finally ac-
cepted it.
That is why I say we can ge1
safety only through the co-opera
ton of the men and operators" Mr.
/ Kerr added The leaders ton 6
tonnage rate of pay) are anxious to
earn as much as they can, Some
times they are careless about tim
bering supporting mine roofs ano
even knock out timbers because they
get in the way
Records show that vast ma
jority of ALL mine fatalities are a
result OF falls OF slate from the
roof.
Resent Curbs on Freedom.
Mr. keir said the miners definite
ly resent any change they hold re-
strictive of their freedom.
That was management's side OF
the story. To get the union ac-
count, we looked up Walter Horne
president of one UNIV local at East
ern and Murley Byrge, committee
man at another.
They said they would like to see
the company spend a little money
for safety" BY that it was meant
they explained, installing safety ma
! chlnery.
AN inspector recommends the
use of hard hats and safety lamps,
said Mr.. Horne The company
OkdyS IllaL because IL OOeSn COSl
them anything. But the same in
spector also recommends changing
some machines to safer types that
will cost some money and they don
do it."
"A no-smoking rule doesn't cost
the company a cent put in Mr.
/ Byrge. But if it's dangerous to
smoke it's also dangerous to allow
uninciosed starting boxes on cut
ting machines"
He said the company was buying
new cutting machines with incloseo
starters as needed. The inspections
referred to took place two or three
years ago, they explained.
The inspectors several times have
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also were left without support. The
State workmen's compensation law
was not compulsory. This, too, has
been changed, but still falls short
of compensation provided in other
coal producing States. For example,
the totally disabled can draw max
imum compensation Of only $1,000,
instead of payments for life pro-
vided in the seemingly still made
quate West Virginia law. When the
SO 900 is gone, the disabled man is
left to charity.
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get jail sentences" !" President 1etAn-
court said. There Will ~ no ex-
scutions. The rebels were definitely
linked with the faction of Lopez
Contreras and lGen. Isaiah Medina
AngArita, both former Presidents
and leaders Of the party overthrown
In the revolution Of October 10, iD46. !"
President Betancourt came to
power after that uprising, and his
party won the recent elections A
constitutional assembly u scheduled
to meet Monday.
Airport Seized First.
Signal that the revolt was on
came yesterday when the insurg-
ents seized Maracay airport. Short
" afterward they dispatched two
planes. One ship few over the
palace and dropped = small bomb
just missed the building.
Another struck within 200 yards Of
the Jardin Hotel in Maracay, where
q visiting group of American women
and children, members of. the United
States Military Mission, were break
fasting. Still another fell near the
barracks Of the Military Aviation
School near Maracay.
Apparently none Of the bombs
caused injury, but q chambermaid
In the hotel was struck by stray
bullet when government soldiers
fred at the plane.
Government forces were called
out and soon quelled the insurgent