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Evening star., 1946-05-21
45D.C. Area men to Graduate
In West Points S Biqqest Glass

Robert l.. Steele, 3708 S street
NV.
James B. Furuholmen, son of Col
and Mrs. B. Furuholmen, Army.
Navy Staff College.
Harrison H. D. Heiberg, jr., Wash
ington.
Charles H. Parsons II, 40l6 North
Twenty-third street, Arlington.
Jack C. Becker, 1882 Mount Eagle
place, Alexandria.
Charles NJ Simpson III, Abs
South Thirty-sixth street, Arling-
ton.
William M. Kiser, 1760 North Troy
street, Arlington.
Robert o. Isbell, 1903 North Jeffer.
son street, Arlington.
w. George Devens, 1901 NORTH
Vermont street, Arlington.
Donald S. Boyer, Mclean, Va.
James B. Hobson. 1882 North Up.
ton street, Arlington.
William T. Cound. 1912 Ripor
place, Alexandria.
Richard S. Pohl Fort Belvoir, Va.
Gunnar E. Anderson, Fort Bel.
voir, Va.
Evening star., 1946-05-21
Arlington Petitions Seek
School Improvements

Circulation of a petition among
Arlington citizens, requesting the
School Board to authorize a bond
issue to improve and expand the
county school system, has been ap-
proved by the Citizens Committee
for School Improvements, it was
announced today,
DR.. Oscar R. LIE Bean, president,
said several fact-finding groups
have been named to assemble data
They include a Ways and Means
Committee, Boris Yane, chairman;
Secondary Schools Committee, S. F.
Dean, chairman; Elementary Grades
Committee, John w. Mcbride, chair
man, and kindergarten Committee
Mrs. w. F. James, chairman. Mrs
John w. Woodworth heads the
group circulating the petition.
Evening star., 1946-05-21
League Elects Bennett

Luke j. Bennett, jr., has been re-
elected president of the Community
League of Takon1a Park. Other
officers are Herman c. Heffner and
Edmund L. Green. vice presidents;
Miss Shirley Throckmorton, record
ing secretary: Robert Buckner, as
sistant recording secretary; William
Vassil, corresponding secretary; Roy
c. Potts, assistant corresponding
secretary; Weaver Doyle, treasurer; ;
Leroy Burns, assistant treasurer;
w. H. McClenan, Mr.. Potts and
Mr.. Bennett, delegates to the Mont
gomery County Civic Federation,
and Walter Prichard, Robert John
son and Charles E. Kraus, alternates.
Evening star., 1946-05-21
ather Roach Will
Celebrate 25th Year

The Rev Edward H. Roach, pastor
of st. Jerome's Catholic Church.
Hyattsville, will commemorate 25
years as priest Sunday.
Father Roach, who was ordained
at Catholic University on May Is.
1921, by the late Cardinal Gibbons
of Baltimore, will mark the silver
jubilee as celebrant of a solemn
high mass at the church at noon
Sunday.
Assisting at the mass will be the
Rev. Charles E. Roach. pastor of
the Church of the Assumption,
Washington, as deacon: the Rev.
Chester J. Czyz, former assistant
pastor of st. Jerome's and now
assistant at Holy Rosary Church,
Baltimore, as subdeacon, and the
Rev. E. Albert Hughes, present as
sistant at st. Jerome's, as master Of
ceremonies.
A special commemorative sermon
also will be delivered by the Right
Rev. Msgr. John J. Russell pastor
OF st. Patrick's Church, Washington.
Evening star., 1946-05-21
Scarcity Of Elm Seeds
Follows Good Year

A general scarcity of elm tree
seed this year will have no particu-
lar significance to the future of the
species, Dr. Eugene May, plant,
pathologist at the Agricultural Re-
search Center at Beltsville, said
today.
The dearth of seeds from Georgia
to New Jersey and as far west as
the Mississippi River, he said, but
no report has been received of con-
ditions in the plains States and the
far West.
The research center is uncertain
as to the cause of the present condi-
ton, DR.. May said, but added there
was an excessively heavy crop OF
seeds in 1945. Elm seeds form from
flowers of the previous year, and
unknown climatic factors may have
Influenced this years condition.
The elm is classed as a hardwood
tree. It grows in forested valley
areas and Is used extensively for
shade PURPOSES,
Evening star., 1946-05-21
Maryland Seminary
Awards 20 Degrees

Twenty ministerial students re-
ceived degrees at the 63d annual
commencement exercises of the
Westminster Theological Seminary
Westminster, Md, last night. DR..
Ralph E. Diffendorfer. executive
secretary of the Division of Foreign
Missions and Church Extension of
the Methodist Church, spoke.
Graduates included Albert N. Bar
renger, Alexandria; Woodrow w.
Haylzett, Herndon, and Herman l..
Strawn, Remington, Va; John H.
Tackett of Bowie, Md, will receive
his degree on completion of courses
at the University of Maryland in
June.
Evening star., 1946-05-21
Draft Chiefs Seek Data
On Virginions, 26 to 29
BY the Assoeioied Press

RICHMOND, Va, May 21.-State
Selective Service headquarters di.
rected Virginia's 153 local boards
yesterday to forward for pre-induc.
ton physical examinations men be.
tween the ages of rs and 20, inclu.
sive, who are non-fathers and whe
do not have manifestly disqualify.
ing defects.
While the exact number in thi:
group was not disclosed, Col. Joe
D. Grifhng, State Selective Service
director, said that the group was
so small that it would not make ur
for the 18 and 10 year olds who will
not now be inducted under the re-
vised selective service law.
Evening star., 1946-05-21
Arlington PUG
Bus Fare Boost
Stand Criticized
County Board Head
Asks Hearing on
Arnold Line Plan

The Arlington County Public Util-
tiles Commission was criticized to-
day by Edmund D. Campbell
chairman of the County Board, for
Its failure to oppose an immediate
increase in bus fares of the Wash
ington, Virginia & Maryland Coach
Co.
The recommendation, made yes
terday in a letter to the Interstate
Commerce Commission, also re-
questing hearing on the fare in
crease application of the company
which generally is known as the
Arnold-operated busline.
Mr.. Campbell said the action of
the county PUG was "unwise and, in
my opinion, unjustified." The pro-
posed increase, he declared, may or
may not be needed by the company
In order to give it fair return on
its invested capital.
Public Needs Protection.
For the protection of the public -
he added, 'the facts should be
thoroughly investigated before and
not after the rate increase is
granted.
Such an investigation can be
made promptly by the ICC to avoid
the possibility of undue hardship to
the company which is forced to meet
the burden of increased labor costs
but it should be made first to avoid
the possibility of unfair treatment
to the public which would be forced
to pay the increased fares"
Glen B. Wall, county PUG men,
ber, said the commission asked that
Arnold representatives be required
to justify the proposed increase
which calls for raising the present
10-cent zone to Is cents cash, OF
21a cents additional for all zones
If tokens are purchased. The in
crease would apply to all zones fol-
trips to Washington.
Didn't Ask Suspension.
The PUG, Mr.. Wall added, die
not ask for suspension of the in
crease until after hearing because
commission members felt the ICC
would take this action as result
of a protest filed last week by the
OPA, which requested the ICC te
suspend action and investigate the
'lawfulness of increased fares pro.
posed"
Unless suspended, Mr.. Wall said
the higher rates will become effec.
tive Tuesday.
The Arnold line now has before a
Federal arbitration panel the re-
newal of its contract with its
drivers union. A proposed wage
increase to drivers was tentatively
agreed to, contingent upon the fare
increase being approved.
Protests to the application for a
fare boost between Virginia and
Washington points-but not affect
ing intrastate operations-has been
filed by a number of civic groups,
including the Stonewall Jackson
Citizens Association, the Arlington
County Civic Federation's Public
Utilities Committee and the High
land Park-Overlee Knolls Civic
Federation.
Another. letter of opposition was
received from Falls Church town
officials.
Evening star., 1946-05-21
Hearing 10 Sound Out
Long-Range Plans for
Water Front Opens
Star Staff Photo.

Representatives of the Govern
ment, and of civic, sports and pro-
fessional groups gathered in the
Interior Department auditorium to-
day to help chart what may prove tx
be a half-century of Washington
metropolitan waterfront improve
ment.
The meeting launched hearings by
the Army district engineer for the
Potomac, Rappahannock and Pa.
tuxent watersheds on House River.
and Harbors Committee resolution
which calls for bundling waterfront
improvement in and near Washing.
ton into one long-range rivers ane
harbors project.
May Prompt Detailed Study.
Today's hearing must be followed
by preliminary investigation re.
port by the engineer Office and later
if that is approved, by the chief OF
Army Engineers. by a detailed sur.
vey leading to rivers and harbors
legislation to serve as the basis fol
future appropriations
Hearing notices were sent tt
nearly $50 members of Congress
civic leaders, shipping and CONNER.
cial firms, Federal ofacials, State
county and municipal governments
and planning agencies in the Wash
ington area.
The effort to weld waterfront
Improvement into one long-range
project has been led by the Wash.
ington Board of Trade, the Nationa
Capital Park and Planning Com.
mission and the Office of Nationa
Capital Parks, as well as by the
engineers themselves.
In general, testimony was ex.
pected to show how future manipu.
lation of the navigable waters o,
the Washington area can best serve
the interests of the city-its parks
parkways and Fairgrounds, munic.
ipal and commercial activities anc
the interests of the Federal Govern.
ment.
Many Projects Invloved.
The study, involving 40 or NOR,
individual projects, is to cover botl
shores of the Potomac River from
Chain Bridge to Mount Vernon
and both shores of the Anascostis
from Bladensburg to Hams Point.
Among questions to be covered
today were: How far would Fedora
control of water frontage be of ad.
vantage to the city and it's environs'
How can pollution be controlled
better? How can navigation ane
water transportation be improved
and the needs of private boating
met? Where will the course O
dredging and the shifting of harbo,
lines help future parkways, bridges
tunnels, treatment of sewage, re-
habilitation of fish and wildlife, ma
tional defense, flood control, dis
posal of city refuse, etc? How
should the water front be admins.
tered? Does Washington need /,
metropolitan port authority?
Engineers said before the hearing
started they hoped to be able II
obtain enough testimony today t,
enable them to report on non
controversial projects.
Evening star., 1946-05-21
Suspect Held in $17,500
After Baltimore Gun Fiohf
BY the Associated Press


BALTIMORE, May 21.-A 36-
year-old Chicago man, apprehended
after exchanging shots with two
policemen, was held yesterday In
lieu of $17,500 bail on four charges
The man, booked as James De
Michaels, pleaded innocent before
Magistrate Michael j. Lucey to two
charges Of intent to steal an auto.
mobile, assault with intent to kill
and carrying a deadly weapon.
Detective Capt. Henry j. Kriss
said De Michaels told him he once
had been involved in a kidnapping
IN Chicago. Capt. Kriss said police
and the FBI were investigating the
mans story that he left Chicago
last Monday and arrived in Balti-
more Saturday.
Patrolmen Albert Buettner and
Stanley Vitak reported they ar
rested De Michaels early yesterday
after a running gun battle that
ended when Mr. Buettner felled
him with blow of his pistol butt.
Evening star., 1946-05-21
tuberculosis Group
Asks Hospital Care

Establishment of four beds in the
Alexandria Hospital to care for mild
cases of tuberculosis soon will be
proposed to the hospitals medical
staff, the Alexandria tuberculosis
Association announced
Treatment will consist of collaps-
ing one lung of the patient to speed
healing of the infected tissue and
sending the patient home to con-
valesce after four weeks hospitaliza-
ton, it was explained.
At the same time Mrs. Thomas Gra-
ham, executive secretary, revealed
that Alexandria has had an average
OF 10 deaths year for the last three
years from the infection. She said a
colored man died in his basement
room last week from the disease and
that at least two other persons suf
fering seriously cannot find hospital
iZation.
A male patient, who is too i'll to
leave his home for treatment at the
City Health Center and who says
he is able to pay for hospital care,
was denied entrance to Catawba
State Sanatorium, she said, and a
woman in her 40s has been refused
entrance to Hilltop Municipal Sana-
torium at Danville. Both are in
serious condition, she stated.
The recent health survey con-
Quoted for Washington and sur
rounding areas pointed out that
throughout Virginia only 1900 beds
are available for tubercular cases
and recommended the establish
ment in the Alexandria-A Arlington
Fairfax area of a 5O-bed sanator-
ium.
The three State sanatoria. Mrs
Graham pointed out, are so under
stated, in addition to being short
of beds, that they can only admit
the less serious cases able to walk
around and care for themselves.
Evening star., 1946-05-21
Bullet Fired by Brother
Takes Life of Boy, ]
By the Associofed Press

FREDERICKSBURG, Va, May
21.-Seven-year-old Marvin Glen
Jenkins died in hospital here Sum-
day from the effects of a bullet
wound in the the head which police
said was accidentally inflicted earlier
in the day by his brother, Kenneth
jenkins, g.
Police said the boys, sons of Mr.
and Mrs. Jerome jenkins, were
shooting at tin cans in the Kappa
hammock River with % caliber
rifle when the accident occurred.
Marvin, who was STOPPING, arose in
front of the gun just as his brother
fired, the bullet striking him in the
back of the head.
Evening star., 1946-05-21
School Head to Speak

Arlington School Supt. Fletcher
Kemp will discuss school improve
ments at a meeting of the Cherry
dale Parent Teacher Association to-
night in the school auditorium. A
lack of plumbing facilities in the
old building which the Arlington
Recreation Center is scheduled to
occupy June l will be one of the
matters discussed.
Evening star., 1946-05-21
Crump, CorneuIe to Run
For Alexandria Council

With tomorrow the deadline for
filing, two AleXandrians have an
nounced they will submit their
names to the Alexandria Demo-
cratic Committee for the party NOM
ination to the City Council in the
June II election.
They are James c. Crump, 55-
year-old locomotive engineer with
the Southern Railway System, and
DR.. T. E. Carneale, druggist. The
nomination by the Democratic Com
mittee is to fill a vacancy caused
by the death of City Councilman
John A. Logan on May 9.
Evening star., 1946-05-21
Two Hurt in Silver Spring
When Bicycle Hits Girl

Two Silver Spring children were
injured yesterday when bicycle
struck a 9-year-old girl and then
spilled its rider on Silver Spring
avenue near Scllrider street.
Police said Carolyn Decker,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. James L.
Decker, 8405 Woodchff court, suf-
fered possible skull fracture when
she ran in front of the bicycle.
Donald Finn, 9, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. w. G. Finn, $40 Piney Branch
court, received possible internal in
juries when he was thrown from
the bicycle. Both were taken to
the Washington Sanitarium, where
the girls condition was described
as serious.
Evening star., 1946-05-21
|Co||egePark's S
Incorporation
IsQuestioned
Morbury Suggests
| Act Is Invalid
| In Ruling in Suit

The validity of College Park, Md,
as an incorporated town was in
question today as, the result of opin-
ions expressed by Chief Justice Ogle
Marbury OF the Maryland Court of
Appeals.
Judge Marbury, who presided at
the Prince Georges County Circuit
Court in Upper Marlboro yesterday,
expressed the opinion while over
ruling a demurrer by the town to a
suit filed by Attorneys J. Frank Lii
lard and Frank M. Hall, which con-
tested the validity of the incorpora-
ton.
The State Legislature previously
had authorized the incorporation in
May, l945, and residents of the af-
fected communities had approved it
955 to TOT in a referendum vote a
month later.
Pointing out that he was not rul-
ing on the act itself, Judge Marbury
expressed the opinion that "the act
is clearly invalid as to the northern
communities and, he added, Il have
considerable doubt if the act is valid
at all.
Voting Method Questioned.
The reason for the last statement,
he explained, was because residents
OF the sections involved had voted
as a unit, rather than as individual
communities.
Mr.. Lillard and Mr.. Hall who, in
their suit, were representing the
residents north of Branchville road,
asked that the northern communi-
ties of Branchville, Oak Springs,
Daniels Park, Hollywood and Auto
Vile be exempted from the College
Park corporation and requested they
be relieved of paying taxes to the
town.
Their suit, they pointed out, was
based on grounds that the title Of
the act was deceptive because it
made no mention of the north end
sections. The authorized act, they
said, mentions only the communities
of Calvert Hills, College Park, Lake
; land the town of BerWyn.
Thirty Days to Answer.
/ Attorneys T. Howard Duckett and
Nicholas Orem, jr., who represented
the town corporation, were given 80
e days IN which to answer the de-
S murrer ruling, but Judge Marbury
added If they were able to prove to
] the court that the communities in
S question have always been known
: and recognized as a part of the town
4 OF Berwyn, it would be a different
? story
The State Legislature had ap-
proved the incorporation of Berwyn
! as town in 194l, which included
f the northern communities, but
r subsequent referendum vote by resi-
D dents there had defeated the plan,
it was learned.
Y If the College Park town corpo-
y ration is declared invalid it would
= necessitate replacing of the present
r Mayor, William A. Duvall, who lives
in the northern area, with Attorney
1 Walter L. Green, the defeated can
e didate in the last election, legal
e sources said
} Such ruling also would mean
e that money collected in taxes which
e had been assessed against property
in the northern area would have to
t be refunded. If the corporation is
Y upheld, it was explained, delinquent
= taxpayers in that area will be as
S sessed interest and normal penalties
also
Evening star., 1946-05-21
Weather Vunquished Again

I wins and S losses, for nothing gives
a good weatherman more pleasure
than correct prediction.
The weatherman has been judged
each day by his prediction for the
24-hour period starting at 7 am. the
|day before. After tomorrow we close
the books. The reader will have to
keep his own score from then on.
The Standings:
w. L. Pct.
Weatherman- "a 5 .828
The Forecast.
From 7 am. today until am.
Wednesday. mostly cloudy and
slightly cooler today with a few brief
showers. Cloudy and cooler tonight.
Fair tomorrow.
Evening star., 1946-05-21

With the confidence born Of skill,
the weatherman claimed another
victory today without even half try
ing as he and his forecasting crew
prepared to celebrate the end of the
Star-tabulated battle of the Weather
Bureau VS.. the Elements tomorrow.
Evening star., 1946-05-21
Chinese Expert to Study
Arlington Budget Plan

A study of the Arlington County
budget system will be made by Tien-
Cheng Young, representative of the
Chinese governments budget bu-
reau, it was announced today.
Mr.. Young, sent to the United
States to study budget systems in
Federal, State and local govern
ments, has requested information on
the county system from Elmer F.
Newell, director of finance. Arling-
tons program was recommended by
G. E. Rightor and John F. Willmott
Of the Bureau of the Budget.
Evening star., 1946-05-21

Forty-five Washington area men,
including the sons of several gen.
erals, will graduate from the United
States Military Academy June 4.
Largest in West Point History.
OF the 875 members in the grad
uating class, 210 are air cadets who
will receive their wings; 54 will be
commissioned in the Corps of En-
gineers; 49 in the cavalry, 125 in the
field artillery; II in the Coast Ar
tillery Corps; IS in ordnance; 236
in the infantry, 62 in the Quarter
master Corps; rs in the Signal
Corps and seven in the Chemical
Warfare Service
Among the Washington area
graduates is Albert D. Wedemeyer,
son of 1t. Gen. and Mrs. A. c..
Wedemeyer, $500 Woodley road NV.
Gen. Wedemeyer. commanding gen.
eral of United States forces in the
China theater. is now on temporary
duty in the United States.
Gen. Collins Son in Glass.
Another graduate is Joseph E.
Collins, son of 1t. Gen. and Mrs. j.
Lawton Collins, Army War College
Gen. Collins is director of informa-
ton in the Office of the Chief of
Staff.
Sons of other high-ranking off,
GERS in the graduating class are
Stephen G. Henry, jr., son of Mai.
Gen. Stephen G. Henry, 1898 South
Utah street. Arlington, Va; Rich
ard L. Gruenther. son of Maj. Gen.
and Mrs. A. M. Gruenther, 1888 Con-
necticut avenue NV; Wilton B.
Persons, jr., son of Maj. Gen. Wilton
B. Persons, 1888 Connecticut ave-
nut NV: Robert E. Lenzner, son
of Brig. Gen. and Mrs. Emil Lenz-
ner. 3411 Rodman street NV, and
William E. Chynoweth. son of Brig.
Gen. and Mrs. B. G. Chynoweth,
3715 Idaho avenue NV. Gen
Chynoweth was captured on Bataan,
interned with Gen. Jonathan NJ
Wainwright and returned to this
country last September.
District Area Graduates.
Other graduates from Washington
and nearby communities are:
John Merwin Schultz, 351l Rod
man street NV
John G. Hill, jr, 2730 Ordway
street NV.
William r. Roney, 45oO Connecti-
cut avenue NV.
Frank E. Cole. son of Col. and
Mrs. Frank L. Cole, Surgeon Cen
erals Office.
Donald S. Watson, 5312 Thirty
eighth street NV.
John MGR. Wozencraft, 2737 Dev-
onshire place NV.
Norman C. Watkins, 56O4 Four
teenth street NV.
Edwin S. Van Deusen, jr., 3711
Mckinley street NV.
Everett l.. Rea, 1858 Ontario
road NV.
Eleazar Parmly ", 1921 Thirty
sixth street NV.
Samuel R. Martin, Washington.
Calvert P. Benedict, 1916 New
Hampshire avenue NV.
Herrold E. Brooks, jr, 2426 South
Dakota avenue NE.
Ben L. Lands, jr., 1865 Kennedy
street NV.
Charles D. Daniel, 1926 Edmunds
street NV.
Robert S. Douthitt, 1908 Floral
street NV.
| Robert Anderson Babcock III
1884 P street NV.
Rex w. Beasley, jr., 1929 Co.
lumbia road NV.
Thomas M. Huddleston, 3051 Idaho
avenue NV.
Faison P. Gibson, 5000 Thirty
eighth street NV.
James M. Gridley, 2941 Chesa-
peake street NV.
Robert H. Case, 5442 Broad Branch
road NV.
Shirley S. Ashton, jr., 37l3 Win.
dom place NV.
Arthur w. Jank, 4404 Greenwich
!
Evening star., 1946-05-21
Hospital Group TO Elect

Oficers will be elected at the an
nual meeting of the Silver Spring
Hospital Association, Inc, at 8
O'Clock tonight in the hearing room
of the Montgomery County Liquor
Control Board Building. Plans for
the hospital plant will be on display.