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Evening star., 1946-09-22
Civic Group Names
Committee Heads

Committee chairmen for the
North Woodside- Montgomery Hills
Citizens Association were an
nounced yesterday by the president
DR.. G. Harris White, as follows:
Entertainment, Mrs. Calvin
Schaeffer; program, Charter Heslep;
constitution and bylaws, Joseph B
Matre; membership, j. c. Hughes;
sanitation and public health, DR.. j
Marion Bankhead; police and fire
protection, E. A. Nelson, jr.; postal
facilities, j. G. Pratt; publicity, Mrs
Matre; school facilities, Mrs. p. B
Morehouse;; legislation and legal ac-
ton, James w. Gill.
Transportation and public utili-
ties, Leo p Watson; home grounds
and Identification, Bradford p. Mil
lar; ways and means, George Fes-
senden; streets and lights, j. B
Cullins; delegates to the Allied Civic
Groups of Silver Spring, F. j. Light
foot and Mr.. Pratt.
Mrs. White was elected recording
secretary to take the place Of Mrs
J. A. Fenton, resigned.
DR.. White also announced that the
association will seek street repairs
and installation of additional street
lights.
Evening star., 1946-09-22
0bstructing Justice
Brings 3O.DayIerm

Marcus Forster, 40, colored, 1907
T street NV, was sentenced to 80
days in Jail when found guilty of
obstructing justice in Alexandria
Police Court yesterday.
Forster's case was heard following
a trial in which his sister, Frances
Petit, 30, of the T street address,
was found guilty of petty larceny in
the theft of a pocketbook from the
women's restroom of the American
Agriculture Chemical Co., Alexan-
dria.
After Mrs. Petit had been SEN
fenced to so days in Jail and had
been ordered released on $3.50 bond
pending an appeal, Judge James r.
Duncan was told by w. C. Robbins,
general manager of the chemical
company. that Forster had suggested
that SIS be deducted from his next
pay check and be given to the owner
of the pocketbook providing she
would not prosecute his sister.
Following Mr.. Robbins statement,
Judge Duncan had Forster brought
into court and found him guilty on
the charge of obstructing justice.
Evening star., 1946-09-22
Silver Spring Arts Fair
To Aid Hospital Fund

An out-of-door Arts Fair for the
benefit of the Silver Spring Me-
mortal Hospital will be held Satur-
day on the grounds of the Flower
Avenue Art Gallery, 9216 Flower
avenue, Silver Spring.
A score of Maryland artists will
enter exhibits and give a percentage
Of their sales to the hospital fund
The display will include water COL
ors, oils, ceramics, shell jewelry
painted scarfs and other articles.
Serving on the general committee
are Mrs. James DAILY. president of
the Silver Spring Womans Club;
Miss Dorothy Burdette, art in
structor at Montgomery Hills Junior
High School; Mrs Louis Baker
chairman of the arts group of the
Woman's Club, and the directors
OF the gallery, Mary Walton and
Isobel Dexter. Alfred Blackburn of
Silver Spring and William Mittag
OF Bethesda will assist in the ar
rangements.
Evening star., 1946-09-22
George R. Hitchcock
Wins Dah|ia Honors
At Silver Spring Club

A variety of dahlias won sweep
stake honors for George R. Hitch
cock, assistant principal Of Mont
gomery Hills Junior High School,
Silver Spring. in the annual flower,
fruit and vegetable show of the Sill
yer Spring Garden Club which
closed last night in Jesup Blair
Community House.
Mr.. Hitchcock also took best
dahlia in show" honors, with a ruby
red formal-decorative. Runner-up
for sweepstake honors in the dahlia
classes was E. r. Phillips of Silver
Spring, membership chairman of the
National Capital Dahlia Society.
Carrying of sweepstake honors In
the 'other flower" classes and also
in the vegetable section was Col
William H. Cary, jr., director of
Public Health Engineering, District
Health Department. Col. Cary won
five ribbons in the vegetable classes
and four in the flower classes.
Close runners-up to Col. Cary and
tied for second place were Mrs. Louis
o. Regeimbal and Mrs. August Holz-
ner. Fred L. Lutes, president of the
Suburban National Bank, exhibiting
for the first time, won blue and red
ribbons for his tomato entries. =
Charles T. Williams won the
award for the best arrangement in
the show. Sweepstake honors in the
arrangement classes went to Mrs.
Peter Koka.
Five-year- -old Ann Koka won a
bowl of goldfish as blue ribbon win
ner in the young children's arrange
ment class. David Hitchcock, 5,
won second prize.
Other blue ribbon winners in the
show were Miss Virginia Drayer,
Mrs. Ralph Torrey, Mrs. w. J.
Butcher, Mrs. Charles T. Williams,
E. r. Phillips. Mrs. I. H. Brazelton,
Peter Koka, DR.. j. w. Warren, Mrs.
Lena Fletcher, Mrs. Jack Iseli,
George Fuchs. Honorable mention
winner in arrangement classes we're
Mrs. G. Harris White and Mrs A.
KYLE Goodman,
Evening star., 1946-09-22
Lundover Hills
Gets QuonsetHut
For Fire House

= Erection of the Quonset hut fire.
house for the new Landover Mills
(Md) volunteer fire company began
yesterday at Taylor street and
Seventieth avenue, in that town.
Chief Clarence H. Cramer and his
So volunteers spent all day assem-
bling parts of the prefabricated
house on the foundations which had
been set previously. Because they
can work only on weekends, Mr.
iCramer estimates it will take three
more weekends to complete construc-
ton.
The hut is 40 by 80 feet and was
bought out of funds collected at a
benefit party. The company hit on
the Quonset hut idea because of the
shortage of building materials.
Members of the department at
present are training with an old
truck on which is mounted a surplus
water pump purchased from the
Government.
Evening star., 1946-09-22
Record Registration
OF. Over 500 Expected
Al Missionary College

A record breaking registration OF
more than 600 students Is expected
at the Washington Missionary Col
lege, Takoma Park. Md, this week
officials said yesterday.
Freshmen will register on Wed
nesday and sophomore and upper
classmen on Friday. Students from
many parts of the world are to en-
roll.
Fifty trailers and three CT apart
ment units have been obtained to
solve the schools housing problem
Single students unable to obtain ac-
commodations in the dormitories
will live in Takoma Park under a
dormitory extension plan.
William H. Shepard. newly elected
president of Washington Missionary
College, who comes to Takoma Park
from Southwestern Junior College
Keene, Tex, will head the faculty.
Other newcomers on the faculty
include DR.. Oliver S. Beltz, music
department; DR.. T. r. Larrimore
head of the commerce department;
DR.. Edna Rees barrimore, director OF
personnel; Prof. Ms Hanson, physics
department head, and Elder Milton
G. Conger, professor Of homiletics.
College freshmen viii be enter
tanned by the Student Association at
8 pm. Wednesday with the faculty
student reception at pm. Satur-
day. The opening college convoca-
ton will be at pm. Sunday.
Evening star., 1946-09-22
4 Montgomery Meetings
Slated for Chest Workers

The first in a series of four con-
ferences designed to familiarize
Montgomery County Community
Chest workers with the activities
of the organization will be held at
8 pm. Wednesday at Bethesda
Chevy Chase High School.
The other three meetings, spon-
sored by the Adult Education De-
partment in conjunction with the
county unit of the Community
Chest Federation, will be held at
the same time on succeeding We'd
nesdays at the school. Miss May
Louise Wood, county public speak
ing instructor, will be- in charge.
Speakers will include Randolph
Bishop, executive secretary of the
National Dental Hygiene Associa-
ton, Albert E. Brault, DR.. Dexter
Billiard and Miss Lavinia Engle, of
the Federal Social Security Agency.
Mrs. Albert w. Walker, chairman
OF the l947 Chest campaign in the
county, said members of the STATS
and boards of the 13 member agen-
cies will participate in the con-
ferenceS.
Evening star., 1946-09-22
0'Conor and Tydings Due
To Speak at Bethesda Rally

Gov. O'Conor and Senator Tydings
will be among the speakers at a
rally sponsored by the Democratic
party of the Bethesda election
district at pm. october 2 at the
Meadowbrook horse show grounds
on the East-West highway, it was
announced yesterday.
Gov. O'Conor is candidate for
the United States Senate and Sem
ator Tydings is the party's State
campaign manager.
Other speakers at the rally, which
will signal the beginning of State
tour by Democratic candidates in
the November elections. will include
w. Preston Lane. jr., candidate for
Governor; James j. Lacy. candi-
date for controller; Arch Mcdonald !
candidate for the House: E. Brook
Lee, and Roger Whiteford.
Evening star., 1946-09-22
Dugan Charges Officials
Conspire 10 Elect Campbell

Daniel A. Dugan, Independent
candidate for the Arlington County
Board, yesterday charged that
county officials are "conspiring" to
insure the reelection of Board
Chairman Edmund D. Campbell.
This seems to be the only ex-
planation," he declared, "for the
action taken Wednesday by the
joint Committee of School Board
and County Board members in de-
laying the referendum on the
school bond issue until some time
in the spring of 1947.
Asserting that the delay is. de-
signed to prevent a large turnout in
the November 5 general election,
Mr.. Dugan said such a turnout
would undoubtedly result in the
defeat of Mr.. Campbell at the polls
and would represent the first step
in the overthrow of partisan po-
litical control of Arlington County
affairs"
Evening star., 1946-09-22
Women Voters Groups
Plan Fall Discussions

Ten neighborhood discussio
groups of the League of Women
Voters of Arlington and Alexandria
will hold their first fall meetings
this week, Mrs. Charles e. Planck
president, announced.
Meetings will be held in Arlington
Village, Aurora Hills. Beverly Hills
two areas in Buckingham, downtown
Alexandria, darlington, Lee Gar
dens. North Arlington and Park
fairfax.
Evening star., 1946-09-22
Watkins Abbitt Appointed
Virginia Campaign Chief

RICHMOND. Va, Sept. 81 QP.-
Appointment Of Watkins M. Abbitt
Commonwealth Attorney of Ap-
pomsttox County. as State campaign
manager for the Democratic party ir
this falls elections was announced
today by State Democratic Chair
man Horace H. Edwards.
Campaign headquarters will be
opened by Mr. Abbitt in Hotel
Richmond Monday with informa,
ceremonies at which Senator Byr6
and Representative Robertson, the
party's nominees for the Senate
are expected to be present.
Both Mr.. Edwards and Mr.. Abbitt
said Virginias dominant party
would wage an active and aggressive
campaign before the November s.
election, when Senator Byrd will
60 to the polls against five op-
ponents for the six-year Senate
term and Mr.. Robertson will face
at least two opponents for the ap-
proxamately two years remaining
Of the Late Senator Glass unex-
pired term.
Democratic candidates for the
House in eight of the nine con-
gressional districts have been chal-
lenged by the entry Of Republican
opponents, and the COP has hopes
Of getting a candidate out in the
remaining district, the fourth. All OF
which, with a State COP campaign
headquarters already open in the
Hotel John Marshall here, fore
shadows the strongest Republican
effort the Old dominion has seen
I'm many years.
Evening star., 1946-09-22
Chapter Workers Forum
Plonned by Red Cross

A chapter workers institute will
be held by the Red Cross October
at the First Presbyterian Church
Baltimore. the Eastern area head
quarters at Alexandria announced
The objective will be to exchange
ideas on the needs for health, well
fare and disaster relief in the COM
fnunity.
Among the delegations to attend
will be the following from Fairfax
County: Mrs. j. r. Dawson, Mrs
Edward F. Howrey, Mrs. Hunter
Mack, Mrs. F. B. Northrup, Mrs
Douglas Murray. Mrs. James c
White, Mrs. Dudley Bostwick, Miss
Marguerite Stewart and Miss Rebec-
ca Glenn.
Evening star., 1946-09-22
Teaching Posts Filled
On Temporary Basis
In Prince William
Speciol Dispotch TO The Stor

MANASSAS, Va, Sept. 21.-Sev-
eral teaching vacancies in Prince
William County schools have been
temporarily filled until permanent
instructors can be obtained, School
Superintendent r. Worth Peters
announced today.
Approximately $3.50 students are
enrolled in the county schools COM
pared with 2,977 last year, he re-
ported. The increased attendance
has resulted in crowded conditions
in several schools, he said Extra
rooms have been improvised to ac-
commodate the overflow.
Construction of additions to
schools at Nokesville, Gainesville,
and Manassas, have been started
and the work is expected to be COM
pleted by next fall at a cost of Sat-
200 for classrooms, libraries, Offices
and lunchrooms.
Locker Plant Opens Soon.
The Manassas frozen foods locker
plant now under construction on
South Main street is nearing COM
pletion and is expected to open the
early part Of October according to
Edgar G. Parrish e. Sons, owners.
The stablishment, being built at q
cost of $55 900 will be one of the
few completely automatic plants in
the South.
Evening star., 1946-09-22
70 Get
HomesinCounty
Housing Project
Move in Tomorrow
At Silver Spring,
Lee Announces

The first group of 90 veterans
and their families selected by the
Montgomery County Housing Au-
thority to occupy units in the hous-
ing projects along Sligo parkway
at Forest Glen road. Silver Spring,
will move in at pm. tomorrow,
E. Brooke Lee, housing authority
chairman, announced yesterday.
All of the families are those Of
men who entered the service while
living in the county, who have re-
turned there. and whose present
housing conditions classify them
as distressed"
The families include one with
two children who are being evicted
from their present living quarters
tomorrow and who will receive the
first two-bedroom apartment in the
units.
Others Recently Evicted.
Another family with one child
was evicted from its living quarters
last week, Mr.. Lee said. Two other
families, who were evicted recently.
also are among the 20 to occupy
units in the project. The wife in
one of the two families evicted re-
Gently now is in the hospital with
a newborn baby.
Mr. Lee said there are total Of
Ill units on the site and 70 more
have been contracted for with the
Federal Public Housing Authority.
In addition 20 trailers are expected
to be moved in this week. Mr.. Lee
said he hoped to have 20 additional
units ready for occupancy within
10 days.
The "a units under construction at
the Washington Missionary College,
Takoma Park, will be ready for oc-
cupancy in about two weeks while
the 18 units for colored veterans at
Linden are expected to be occupied
in about month.
Rental Rates Listed.
Units at the Sligo Park site will
rent as follows:
Combination living room bed
room, kitchen and bath, $31 monthly
including heat; one bedroom units.
s33 including heat and S28 without
heat; two bedroom units, S35 in
Guiding heat and s30.50 without heat.
and three bedroom units, without
heat, $3.50.
Mr.. Lee explained there will be
centeralized heating for buildings
containing several units and indi-
vidual oil heaters in the smaller
buildings.
Evening star., 1946-09-22
Chamber Will Study
Traffic boh|eneck in
HyansviIIe Area

The Prince Georges Chamber of
Commerce tomorrow will study pro-
posals designed to ease the acute
traffic bottleneck centering in the
Hyattsville area, T. Raymond Burch
Of Berwyn, head of a special roads
committee, announced last night.
The group will meet at $50 pm.
at the Prince Georges Golf and
Country Club.
Proposals to be submitted by the
committee include widening of
Rhode Island avenue from the Dis
trict line in Mount Rainier to Hy-
attsville; extension of that avenue
from Hyattsvilie along the streetcar
line to rejoin the Washington-Bal-
timore boulevard at Beltsville; raZ-
ing of buildings on the east side
Of the boulevard in Hyattsville from
Farragut street north to the area
Of the Hot Shoppe, and straight
ening of the vehicular bridge over
the railroad tracks in Hyattsville.
Mayor, Council Approve. ,
The plan in general has been
given the approval of Hyattsville's s
Mayor, E. Murray Cover, and the
Town Councils Roads Committee.
Mr.. Burch said it is time now to
raise our sights" in driving for
public improvements in>the county.
He said something must be done
to help Hyattsville to retain the
business it has long enjoyed from
surrounding areas.
Extension of Rhode Island ave-
nue. to Beltsville, he pointed out,
would open another much-needed
north-south artery. Razing Of build
ilngs on the east side Of the boule-
ward and Strengthening Of the
bridge would help Hyattsville bust
ness by breaking up the traff1c bot
tleneck and providing more park
ing space, Mr.. Burch said.
He declared his committee recog-
nizes the project is tremendous
one, entailing large expenditure
Of money.
Bond Issue Suggested.
II convinced the project has the
backing of majority Of citizens of
the area. the committee will seek
means of financing it, Mr.. Burch
said. This might be done, he added,
through bond issue to be author
lied by the Legislature in January,
or the State and Federal govern
ments might agree to share in the
cost, or bear 1t all.
Members of the chambers spe-
cial Roads Committee, besides
Chairman Burch, are George c.
Cook, University Park; William G..
Carroll and Harry L. Clarke, College
Park; Ernest w. Galbraith, Avon
dale Grove; Alfred H. Smith, For
estville; Leland H. Cheek, Calvert
Hills; Egbert F. Tingley, Hyattsville !;
former State Senator Oliver Metz
croft, Riggs Mill road; Arthur H
Seidenspinner. Riverdale, and
Thomas F. HALEY, Lanhan.
Evening star., 1946-09-22
Prince Georges Voters
To Register Oct. | and 8

Registration of new voters in
Prince Georges County will be held
from 9 am. to 8 pm, October l
and 8, at all polling places in the
county.
The polling places will be open
between the same hours October
Is to revise the voting lists and
issue transfers.
New registrants, according to
James B. Berry, clerk to the su-
pervisors of elections, will include
those who have become 81 years of
age and residents who declared
their intentions to vote at least one
year prior to the November general
election.
Evening star., 1946-09-22
w. Bernard Duke, Is,
Former Banker, Dies
By tho Associctsd Press

LEoNARDTOWN, Md, Sept. 21.-
w. Bernard Duke, sr.. 73, former
steamship line president and
banker, died today at his home, the
Valley Lee Farm, in st. Mary's
County.
Surviving Mr.. Duke, who had been
i'll for several weeks, are his widow
and a son, w. Bernard Duke, jr.
Between 1910 and 1920 Mr.. Duke
was president of the Atlantic, Gulf
and Pacific Steamship Co, and
later became president of the Sea-
board Bank in Baltimore.
Funeral services will be held Mon
day at the Mattingly Funeral Home
in Leonardtown. There will be
requiem mass in the Holy Name
Catholic Church at Leonardtown
and burial will be in the St. Francis
Xavier Cemetery there.
Evening star., 1946-09-22
Church Lends Hall
For Jewish Services

Harold Gross, chairman of the
Religious Committee of the Mont
gomery County B'nai Birth an
nounced yesterday that the High
Holiday services will be held at the
social hall of the Woodside Metho-
dist Church. Silver Spring, Septem-
ber rs and 26 and October and S
These services, Mr.. Gross said
have been arranged through the CO.
operation of the Rev. Phillip Ed
wards. pastor of the church. Dr.
Ezra Cohen will ofiiciate.
Services September Is and Oc-
tober 4 are scheduled for 7:45 pm
and at 9:45 am. September 20 and
October 5. The public is invited.
Evening star., 1946-09-22

AA6A SOdAlty '
and Harrisonburg Democrats, called
to elect delegates to the district
nominating convention at Staunton
next Saturday.
He made his announcement after
the Rockingham delegation of 80
votes and the Harrisonburg dele
cation of % votes were instructed
for him unanimously.
The Rockingham -Harrisonburg
bloc of 54 votes is the largest in the
convention, were 129 votes will be
required for nomination.
Moore Receives Backing.
Earlier, Clarke County Democrats
at mass meeting in Berryvile last
night elected a. delegates to the
7th district convention and in
structed the delegation to vote for
E. Blackburn Moore If he permits
his name to come before the con-
vention. Mr.. Moore is member OF
the House of Delegates and chair
man of the State Water Control
Commission.
c. G. Quesenbery of Augusta
County, in statement last night
intimated he might withdraw his
candidacy but friends expected his
name to be placed before the Staun-
ton convention. Reports here in
dicate that there is a movement in
Frederick and Shenandoah Coun-
ties to draft Judge Burr P. Harrison
of Winchester, who has said he was
not a candidate r. Kinsley Allen
|of Amherst already has announced
his candidacy.
Switzer Active in Party.
Mr.. Switzer long has been active
in State and local democratic circles.
He served as Harrisonburg' post
master from 1885 until 1943.
During his tenure of Office the
$400, 900 Federal building was con-
structed here.
Active in the Reformed Church,
Mr.. SWitzer also is a director in the
First National Bank, Harrisonburg
past president of the Harrisonburg
Chamber of Commerce, and active
in community affairs.
He was educated at Washington
and Lee University.
Mr.. Switzer managed the cam
paign for Representative Robertson
for the nomination to the United
States Senate, and also managed the
local campaign for 1t. Gov. Collins
during the State primary.
The joint mass meeting today was
presided over by County Chairman
Porter Graves and City Chairman
K. G. Moore.
Evening star., 1946-09-22
virginians Push
Deal for Apples
With British
State Anticipates
13-MiIIion-BusheI
Crop This Yeor
.By Jones Birchfield,
Star stan Correspondent.

WINCHESTER, Va, Sept. al
Apple producers In this Virginia
Valley section were looking forward
hopefully today to completion Of
negotiations with the British Gov
ernment for purchase Of a portion
of this years apple crop. estimated
at more than 13,000,0 900 bushels
throughout the State.
Leading producers in Frederick
and adjoining Clarke County, who
are expecting to pick about 5000, 900
bushels this season, said negotiations
now are underway between a COM
mittee representing this country's s
apple interests and the British Pur-
chasing Commission.
While it is not known yet the
quantity of apples the British may
buy, producers hope sales may
amount to a million or million and
a half bushels. This, they say,
added to exports to other European
countries being handled through
regular export houses, should take
care of the smaller, export size
apples, estimated to be about 80 per
cent Of the crop in some areas.
Big Sum Involved.
The sale of a million bushels of
apples to the British should bring
producers in the country approx
imately $250,000,000 at the present
price Of $3.50 bushel. Some varie-
ties OF the larger domestic varieties,
such as the Delicious, are now SELL
ing for $375 per bushel in carload
lots, F. o. B. Winchester or Berry,
vile.
While export shipments have
been tied up by the maritime strike,
producers said shipments are be-
ginning to move to the ports asain,
with most Of the apples now going
to Sweden.
Producers said there has been no
shortage Of pickers this year. A
shortage OF packing and processing
house workers, however, has caused
a bottleneck in the flow of fruit
from orchard to the professor.
Two Camps Provided.
I. Fred Stine, Frederick County
agent, said two camps have been
provided for transient labor in the
Winchester area-one housing about
100 Bahamians and another $50 men
and women from neighboring Sec
tions.
He said new labor is trickling in
every day and it is expected that
processing and packing plants will
be in normal operation within a few
days.
Producers said the Jonathans and
other early apples were of good size
and color, but blamed the dry
weather and the recent unseason-
able heat for the smallness and of
color Of some later varieties.
Some producers said Fridays rain
may add to the quality of the late
varieties. The harvest will continue
until about November /.