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Evening star., 1946-11-21
Rockville Water
Quickly Purified
By Army Unit
Test Shows Supply
Now Safe to Drink
Without Boiling

Scarcely IL hours after the Arny
moved into Rockville to purify the
drinking water, the town engineers
office reported this morning that the
water is now safe to drink.
Chemical analysis of the water
indicated for the first time since
Tuesday that residents can drink It
without first boiling it.
A detachment of 10 Army enpi-
neers from Fort Belvoir, whose aid
mad been asked by the Rockville
Town Council, bivouacked on the
banks OF Rock Creek with their tents
and field kitchen to work on the
publication of the polluted waters
OF the creek and to pump water into
the town.
Monday, after pressure in the
towns storage tanks went danger
ously below normal, the Fire De-
partment commenced pumping wa
ter from the creek into the towns
mains.
To Remain Several Days.
Commanding officers at Fort Bel
voir said the detachment will be at
Rockville for several days.
Meanwhile work went ahead to-
day on laying 5000 feet of pipe to
Watts Branch, northwest of Rock
vile, and town engineers hoped they
would be able to pump water into
the towns tanks from the new
source by the end OF the week.
Watts Branch, however, is as con-
taminated as Rock Greek, and it is
expected that the Army unit will |
attempt to purify that emergency
source also.
The community's water drought
was blamed partly on breakdown
OF several of the towns water pumps
and partly on drier fall than usual
this year.
Other Communities Held Safe,
Harry Hall, engineer of the WASH
ington Suburban Sanitary Commits
sion, said today there seems no dam
ger of similar water problems in
other Maryland communities served
by the commission.
Officials of the Weather Bureau
reported no immediate threat to
the District water supply despite
the below-normal level of the Po-
tomac. At the Letter gauge, 6 miles
above the city, the reading was 1.6
feet this morning as compared with
a normal November level of 2.6 feet.
A daily average of IL feet was reg
stered in November, 1941, however,
while the year before the gauge hit
November high average of 3.6 feet.
The present low stages of the river
and the low water in wells through
out the Potomac watershed are at
tributable to 6.17-inch deficiency
in precipitation since January l. the
Weather Bureau said.
Evening star., 1946-11-21
Tuck Refuses 10 Extradiie
Arlington Man 10 MARYLAND
SpecioI Di,potch 10 The Stor


RICHMOND, Va. Nov. 21.-Gov.
Tuck announced today he had de-
MED a Maryland request for the
extradition of Bosworth A. Plaisted
who was wanted in the Free State on
a larceny charge.
In denying the extradition request,
the Virginia Governor informed Gov.
O'Connor of Maryland he concurred
in the findings of the assistant vir-
ginia attorney general that the pro-
cedure. was an attempt to collect q
disputed civil debt by criminal pro-
cedure." A closed extradition hear
ing was conducted here last Friday.
Mr.. Plaisted, who lives in Arlington
was charged with having sold build
ing materials and gasoline, the prop
erty of firm for which he worked
and pocketing the money. Glen W.
Leyde of Falls Church was the COM
plainant.
!. MIR. Plaisted was represented by
Attorney John G. Epaminonda.
Evening star., 1946-11-21
Mon Held for Grand Jury
In Alexandria Murder

Carlton Watts, SO, colored, 300
block of South Columbus street,
Alexandria, was held without bail
yesterday for grand jury action on
a charge of murder.
Judge James r. Duncan Of the
Civil and Police Court also ordered
Thomas G. Scott, As, colored, of the
400 block of South Columbus street,
held as a material witness in the
case. Scott was released on a ST.
500 bond.
Watts is held in the fatal shooting
OF Albert Easton, colored, OF 434
South Columbus street.
Evening star., 1946-11-21
Tokomo Park Auxiliary
PIuns Greuter Activity

Mothers, sisters and wives Of
members of the Takoma Park Vol
unteer Fire Department met last
night at the f1rehouse to make plans
for reyitalized ladies auxiliary.
Mrs. Charles ]. Spencer, presi-
dent of the auxiliary, urged that
future leadership should come from
the younger members. Henry Mar
schalk, president of the Montgomery
County Association Of Volunteer
Firemen, suggested the auxiliary
establish a definite goal Of useful
service"
Norman G. Jones, department
president. said the annual income
|of the department is insufficient to
provide items considered desirable
for the firemen's comfort. These
include dress uniforms, chairs and
reading lamps.
Evening star., 1946-11-21
VIEW Installation Saturday

Officers of the new Robert Lee
Cox, Jr. Post, Veterans of Foreign
Wars, viii be installed at ceremonies
Saturday at the Ashton Heights
Women's Club, AIS North Irving
street, Arlington. A. j. Matthews,
past department commander, viii be
installing officer, assisted by Eighth
District Comdr. Charles Morris of
Charlottesville.
Evening star., 1946-11-21
'HyaitsyiIIe May Invite
Area 10 Northwest 10
Become Part Of CITY

Hyattsville may invite a large
nearby area to the north and north
west to become a part of the city.
The boundary of this area runs
along Coiesville road from the pres
ent Hyattsville boundary to Uni
versity lane, to Riggs road, south
on Riggs road to the Northwest
Branch, along that stream to Queens
Chapel road to Ager road. Green
Meadows, Brookside Manor and
Lewisdale are among developments
in the area.
The plan to invite the area to
join Hyattsville is favored unani-
mously by the special committee of
the City Council drafting proposed
legislation to be laid before the
General Assembly in january. The
committees recommendations win
go before the full council at its
meeting December 8. Residents of
the area would have to approve the
move in referendum before the
annexation would be effective.
Another recommendation of the
committee, which would have to 60
before the city's voters, provides for
increasing the Mayors monthly
salary from $50 to $100 and those
OF Councilmen from $25 to $50.
The committee will recommend
that the Council meet the first and
third Mondays In each month in
stead of every second Monday as
at present.
Other recommendations provide
for taking the Office of city treasur-
er out of politics by making it
appointiye rather than elective,
making the fourth ward of the city
of Hyattsville the fifth precinct of
the 18th (Hyattsville) election dis
trict for county, State and national
elections. setting up retirement and
merit systems for city employees and
prohibiting the occupancy of prop
erty considered unsafe from a
health standpoint.
Evening star., 1946-11-21

Mayor Harry A. L. Barker of River
dale was among those voicing pro-
test during the hearing.
Dwight B. Calf, Prince Georges
County member of the Planning
Commission, revealed that the PLAN
ming body now has plans under way
for a revised set of coming ordi-
nances which would require nur-
series to have at least S acres of
ground. Such ruling would auto
matically eliminate granting of per-
manent approval to the nursery
In question, he said.
Three other proposed nurseries
were approved yesterday by the
county commissioners. Applicants
were:
Betty F. Richardson, for the Cal
vert Cooperative Nursery, 45l5
Woodberry road, Riverdale; Ruby
Davies, for the Play Hours Nursery
School, 2204 Tuckerman street,
Green Meadows, and Mrs. F. w.
Wannerberg, 1912 Flower avenue,
Takoma Park.
Evening star., 1946-11-21
LincoInia Man One Of Two
To Bag Deer With Arrow

Jerome w. Keyes, Lincoinia, Va.
was one of two hunters who brought
down deer yesterday with bow and
arrow at Watoga State Park, accord
ing to an Associated Press dispatch
from Warrington, w. Va.
Mr.. Keyes bagged 6-point buck
The other successful hunter, j. H
Bramham, Kanawha County game
protector, shot down a doe. The
archers' season, during which deer
of both sexes may be killed, will
continue at the park through No
vember 30.
Evening star., 1946-11-21
Owner Offers
SfreetcdrF Free,
Gets 400 Calls
By the Assoe;o,ed Press

RICHMOND, Va, Nov. 21.-
]. Leonard Moore, Richmond con-
tractor, advertised "one-man
streetcar, in fair condition, free for
moving away"
More than 400 calls were received
from people wanting it as a home,
a restaurant, child's playhouse,
a greenhouse, for storage and other
purposes, Mr.. Moore said. Many of
the calls came long after the street.
car had been removed by its new
owner.
Mr.. Moore did not know which of
the callers obtained the streetcar, or
70 what use the new owner planned
to put 1t. 1t was left on a property
for first come, first served"
Evening star., 1946-11-21
Fire Damages Store
And HuII at Clinton

Fire early today damaged the
store and dance hall belonging to
Everett Thorne at Clinton, Md,
about 10 miles south OF the District
In Prince Georges County.
The Clinton Volunteer Fire De-
partment was aided in fighting the
blaze by volunteer companies from
Morningside, Oxon Hill and Acco-
keek. Fire Chief r. Al. Penn esti-
mated the loss at $1,000.
Evening star., 1946-11-21
Rabbit Handlers Warned
To Weur Rubber Gloves

The Montgomery County Health
Department today warned hunters
and housewives to wear rubber
gloves when handling newly killed
rabbits.
Explaining that tularemia Is
common among rabbits, the Health
Department said persons may be in
fected with the disease If they
handle rabbits with their bare hands.
Evening star., 1946-11-21
School Buses Must Defour
Around Stony Creek Bridge
BY The Assoeioted Press

ANNAPOLIS, Md, Nov. 2l.-The
Anne Arundel County Board of
Education yesterday ordered school
buses to detour around the old
Stoney Creek bridge in the upper
part Of the county after students
went on strike and portested that
the structure was unsafe.
R. H. McCann, director Of trans
portation for the board, said the ac-
tion was taken on the recommended
tion OF John r. Bromley, county
engineer.
In a letter to the board. Mr.,
Bromley said the bridge is perfect
ly safe" for the buses but that its
use by heavily loaded trucks work.
ing on the job or building new
span nearby might weaken the old
bridge at any time.
Evening star., 1946-11-21

SAID today he
plans to take a
course in busi-
ness adrninistra-
ton to fit him
for a new career.
William Cop
page, who lives
at 1922 North
S e v e n t e enth
street, Arling :
ton, was gradu-
ated last June
from the Vir-
ginia School for
the De a f and
-.
Blind at Staun-
ton with the
Evening star., 1946-11-21
Hite Named President
OF Alexandria KiWunis

Clarence j. Hite has been elected
president of the Alexandria Kiwanis
Club, it was announced today.
Other officers for 1947 are Charles
Leaf, first vice president, and Gerald
Turner, second vice-president.
Members of the new board of d.
rectors are DR.. II. L. Cannady, Car
ter w. Friend, Joseph E. Schwarz-
mann, William Mays, j. Kent White,
Charles l.. Nash and David G. Book.
Evening star., 1946-11-21
Teen-Age Club Dance
Plunned in AIexundriu

A dance at the Odd Fellows Lodge
217 North Columbus street, from
to 11:30 pm. Saturday, will open
the fall-winter activities Of the Alex
andria Teen-Age Club, it was an
nounced today.
Parents Of the club members have
been invited. During the evening
candidates win be elected to fill
vacancies on the Executive Commit
tee. The club operated under the
direction of the City Recreation
Department.
Evening star., 1946-11-21
Falls Church Planners
And Council Oppose
Greer Tract Rezoninu

The Fairfax County Board of
Supervisors was informed yesterday
by Falls Church officials that the
Town Council and the Planning
Commission are opposed to the re-
coming of about 20 acres of the Greer
tract at Seven Corners on Lee boule-
ward for business use.
Letters from the town Planning
Commission and the Town Council
opposing the multiple housing
project proposed for the Greer prop
erty were submitted at q coming
hearing Of the Board Of Supervisors
yesterday.
The rezoning application was post
poned until December 18. It was
explained that since the application
Tor the apartment development will
be passed on by the Board of Zoninp
Appeals next Tuesday, an adverse
decision by that board would make
the present application unnecessary
since there would be no desire to
rezone the property If the apartment
development is not permitted.
Population Would Double.
The letter from the Planning
Commission declared that sthe
apartment development as a whole
is undesirable in this location and
contrary to the best interest of
Fairfax County"
The letter listed the following rea-
sons why the planning commission
opposed the proposed multiple aous.
ing development and business re-
coming:
l. THE project would have a
population of perhaps $500 persons,
more than the entire present town
OF Falls Church"
2. Construction of such a project
would greatly overcrowd present
school structures and necessitate the
building of many more buildings.
Water Supply Inadequate.
3. The town of Falls Church is
unable to furnish water for this
project.
4. The construction of the project
IF strung along both sides of Lee
boulevard as a ribbon development
Immediately necessitates the intro
duction of number of stop lights
at intersecting streets, retarding
the flow of traffic"
The supervisors granted four ap-
plications for business rezoning and
denied seven. Applications approved
were those of Viola F. Orr and Frank
]. and Ruby Oagjen, all of Provi-
dence district: j. w. Devers and
Morris r. Rodman, both Of Mount
Vernon district. Applications re-
jected were those of J. L. Shugard.
Dranesville district; Thomas L. Cole,
Providence: A. E. Simpkins, Robert
E. Stafford and Richard Gianpa,
all of Falls Church district; Love
Boyles, Centreville district, and
Henry Scheper, Mount Vernon.
Evening star., 1946-11-21
Planning Necessary

sAOAA tsAtSk S@A SotACAAaA aCSNAOtAAtCltb
will proceed.
Planning Necessary
Members of the Potomac River
Commission point out that while
West Virginia laws now give pro-
lection from unrestrained indus
trial pollution, cooperative planning
will be necessary for the full devel-
opment Of the area.
The types of small industries that
could draw for labor on the small
towns and at the same time would
not spoil the river valleys should
be encouraged. And this can be
done only through the cooperation
of leaders in the area.
Soil conservation practices should
be encouraged so as to add to the
agricultural resources, and the aid
|of sportsmens' groups and Federal
and State wildlife conservationists
must be solicited. in improving the
recreational facilities.
Memory is still fresh In the minds
OF those who live along these rivers
Evening star., 1946-11-21
VIEW Unit Plans Benefit

The John Lyon Post $3.50, veter-
ans Of Foreign Wars, viii hold
benefit party tomorrow night at the
post, Nineteenth and North Uhle
streets, Arlington. Proceeds are to
be used for improvements on the
home.
Evening star., 1946-11-21
Commissioner Reoppointed

Howard c. Rogers, Loudoun Coun-
ty, w., was reappointed to the
State Highway Commission yester-
day by Gov. Tuck. His term expires
June 30.
Evening star., 1946-11-21
Pentogon Clerk, Vision Restored
By New Corneu, Plans Career

His full vision restored by the
tranSplanting of part of the eye of
an infant who died shortly after
birth, a 17-year-old Pentagon clerk
Evening star., 1946-11-21

prospect of continuing to live in al
semidark world as seen through one
Evening star., 1946-11-21

gram Of fish and wildlife conserva-
ton and recreational development
will proceed.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-07-05
Jackson County Merchants Declare
Intention To Hold Line AS OPA Dies

With the disappearance, at
least temporarily, of the restrain
ing clamp of OPA at midnight
Sunday, housewives gingerly in
spected grocery shelves and
merchandise price tags Monday
and tenants fearfully waited
word of any change in rent.
Although there were a number
of complaints received in the area
rental office in Gulfport of sharp
increases in rent, shoppers for
the most part noticed little or
no change in food or merchan-
disc prices as jackson County
merchants declared their inten-
ton of holding the line"
First reports of price increases
in other places revealed mark
ups on milk and butter and meat
but no appreciable rise in prices
of these items in this county We're
evident.
William c.. Hewes, area rent
attorney, however, reported that
a number of calls from renters
reporting increases in rents and
also from landlords giving no
LITIGATION of rise in rents had
been received. The largest in
crease was about rs percent, he
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-07-05

battered and bleeding as the re-
suit of the beating he said Mr..
Lowry administered to him be-
hind locked doors in the Boiler
makers office on Lincoln ave
nue..
Carry Placards
The demonstrators, more than
three thousand strong, left their
jobs at ingalls, at 900 o'clock
Monday morning and assembled
at the Canty street gate of the
yard where placards deriding MI.
Lowry were distributed. They
pdraded up Canty street to Del
mas avenue and halted at the
courthouse still bearing banners
which said I'VE Don't Want Wal
ter-ism', Down With Lowry
ISM and one large sign charging
Walter Lowry is Unfair to Or
ganized Labor"
A loud speaker was set up on
the balcony at the courthouse
and the heads of virtually every
union in the shipyard joined in
publicly denouncing Mr.. Lowry
and calling for his removal as
business agent of the boilermak-
trs and his departure from the
city and county.
Later, Hugh B. Cobb, president
of the Sheetmetal Workers Un-
ion was designated as a spokes-
man for the various AT of L
crafts and issued the following
statement to the press:
This situation has been brew
ing for a long time in the rank
and file of all AT of l. crafts
represented at the ingalls, Ship
yard. The Ingalls, Shipbuilding
Corporation has S750,000 that be-
longs to the workers in the yard.
and not to Walter Lowry. Walter
Lowry is holding up the payment
of this money over a strictly ju-
risdictional dispute between him
self personally and the Ironwork-
ers.
Several of the union leaders
opposed this movement until it
gained such momentum that we
could no longer control it and the
protest meeting of this morning
against the tactics of Lowry re-
suited.
I'VE believe that Lowry and
his tactics are a discredit to the
labor movement and the citizens
of Pascagoula.
This was not a walkout
against the company.
Mr.. Roof made the following
statement to the press:
= was working on a boat at
the ward this morning. My quar-
terman came around with a lay
off slip for Union Business. It
had been fixed up for me by
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The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-07-05
New Car Dealers
Deny Charge Of
Discrimination

East Jackson county new car
dealers this week denied charges
of discrimination against veterans
here and called for a meeting
with a committee representing the
Veterans of Foreign Wars "for
he purpose of discussing and
clarifying your resolution"
The Elmer Joseph Grant Post,
WV. charged on June l9 that
veterans were Disseminated
against in new car purchases and
called for a priority on twenty
five percent of the new cars sold
m the county. The resolution
passed on that date called or all
veterans to refuse to deal for a
period of five years with agencies
FILLING to agree to the priority.
Al a regular meeting Mon
lay night. the VIEW post named
Command Ter WiesenbeTg, Adju-
tant Vertis Ramsay, and Post
Trustee Tom Kell as a commit
tee to meet with the eight new
ear dealers next Monday night,
July 3, and to make reeommen-
iations 10 the post.
The dealers, in a communiea-
ton to the post membership, de-
elared that 'after thorough analv-
sis of your resolution twel feel
that vour membership has been
grossly misled and misinformed
regarding the sales policies of
the new car dealers in East Jack
son county as outlined in the sew
eral paragraphs of your resolu-
ton.
I'VE propose and re-
quest the pleasure of meeting
with any representative commit
tee appointed by your member
ship for the purpose of discussing
and clarifying your resolution,
the communication went on.
The document was signed bv
". H. Nelson, Talbot Motor
Company. Crate Auto Company,
Singing River Motor Company,
McIlwain Motor Company, Jack
son County Motor Company, Ly-
ons Motor Company and Caver-
Virgins Inc, Motor Company.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-07-05
Couniy's Assessed
Valuation Tipped
In All Districts

Jackson County's assessed val
uation for personal and real prop
erty will top nine million dol
lars this year. exclusive of pub
lie utilities, an increase of three
quarters of a million dollars over
the assessed valuation last yea r,
preliminary reports indicated this
week.
The assessments are subject 70
q approval and possible change
by the county board of super
visors and the public utilities
assessment must still be set by
The state tax commission.
Personal taxes showed a boost
of more than $4,000 and real
estate taxes were more than half
a million higher in the assess
ment with each district in the
county showing a substantial in
crease in each bracket.
District Three, which includes
Pascagoula, had almost half Of
the entire assessment, topping
two million dollars in both the
personal and real brackets and
District One in northeast Jack
son County was the lowest with
about half a million dollars in
personal and real assessments
combined.
The public utilities assessment
will probably bring the total as
iessed valuation to more than
ten million dollars, only a trae
ton of the actual value OF per-
sonal and real property in the
county.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-07-05

said. In a telegram from the dis
trict rent office in Jackson, j.
L. Reeves, district rent execu-
tive reminded landlords that if.
congress decided to reinstate
OPA with the same clauses evic-
ton notices or rent increases
since June 80 will be without
force. He also pointed out that
state laws require that a land
lord give any tenant renting on
4 month to month basis at least
seven days notice of any rent in
crease or eviction.
Shoppers had some weeks ago
been shocked at the sudden and
drastic increase in the prices of
certain types of jams, ~jellies and
preserves which followed on the
heels of the release of such items
from OPA restrictions. -
Milk was scheduled to 60 up
two cents a quart with the ex.
piration of OPA and the report
in meat circles was that the Gus
toner would see a rise of about
five cents a pound. An Associat-
ed Press survey quoted a whole-
saler as saying that a markup
of "about Is cents a case" on
canned goods will be effective
Immediately. -
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-07-05
Church To Hold
Youth Camps At
Magnolia Park

The Seashore District of the
Methodist Conference of the
Methodist church will have the
regular summer camp program
for young people and intermedi-
ates at the Magnolia State park.
four miles east of Ocean Springs,
during the month of July.
The Young Peoples Camp, for
youth 1924 wears of age, will be
held during the week July g.
18th. The intermediate Camp, fol
youth 1874 years of age, will be
held during the week July 1919,
Each camp begins with the moor
meal on Monday and closes with
the noon meal on Friday.
These camps q = part OF the
regular religious training pro.
gram for Christian Youth that tn,
church sponsors each summer. Il
is expected that there will br
approximately 100 youth at each
camp.
The camps We're planned by the
District Youth Council, E. A. Kha-
vat, of Moss Point, district direc-
tor of youth work; the Rev. j. l..
Neill, district superintendent, O.
Gulfport, and a camp committee
composed of Mrs. John Cirlot.
Moss Point, Rev. w. L. Elkin
Ocean Springs, Rev. l. H.. Sells
Picayune. The. Rev. W. l.. Elkir
pastor of tn st. Paul Methods;
church in Ocean Sprinks, is tn
camp director.
Pastors and lay workers from
many of the towns in the Seashotr
District will have part in the
camp as instructors and coun
sellers. Mrs. John Cirlot, of Moss
Point, will teach the course "At
Work for a Christian World"
Rev. J. S. Noblin. Methods
pastor of Moss Point and Rev. G.
E. Allan, Methodist pastor of Kre-
ole, will be eounselors.