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Evening star., 1947-01-31

No one in the business attempted
to say, however, that the day OF the
coal al-burner is done. On the con-
trary, agreement was unanimous
that coal-burning locomotives will
be around for a long time, and fol-
two principal reasons:
One is that American railroads
have an estimated $4,000, ,000, 900 in
vested in coal-burning locomotives
Most of them have many years OF
usefulness ahead Of them. Even II
they could be replaced at once, the
investment is too big to scrap.
Then, too, several railroads ane
coal companies are cooperating al
a cost Of several million dollars ir
experiments seeking to improve the
efficiency of coal burners.
The most closely watched and
perhaps the most promising OF the
experiments centers in an effort
to design a coal-burning Diesel
This involves the pulverizing of coal
to consistency approximating that
of ordinary flour. The idea is to
feed the powdered coal into Diesel
Evening star., 1947-01-31
$500, 0,000Requested
In Prince Georges for
chooI'Consiruction

The Prince Georges County Com
missioners had before them today a
resolution passed at a mass meeting
last night asking for issuance of
s., ,s00, 900 in school construction
bonds.
With only two dissenting votes,
nearly 400 persons at the meeting,
sponsored by the County Council of
Associations at the
University of Maryland coliseum,
asked the commissioners to author
ize bond issue Sufficient to cover
the program as recommended by
the county school superintendent. F"
The resolution also asserted that
the issue should be authorized
without recourse to referendum.
William A. Carson, president Of the
Board OF Commissioners, earlier had
expressed a reluctance to authorize
such an issue without referendum
The resolution said that any leg
islation, local or State, improving
conditions now existing in the pub
lie school" should be supported.
Paul D. Cooper, supervisor OF
building for the County Board OF
Education, said the bond issue
would provide for the construction
of seven schools and additions to
two others. New schools, he ex-
planned, will include two senior high
schools, four junior senior highs and
one elementary school.
Mr.. Carson told the meeting that
issuance of the bonds would raise
the county tax rate So cents per
500 valuation.
He added. however, that a two
million dollar bond issue could be
financed this year and another two
million in 1948 without imposing an
excessive" burden.
Other speakers said that If the
Sherbow Report Is adopted the
schools might receive nearly $500, 900.
Evening star., 1947-01-31
Ross to Give Address
AT WBCC InuuquruI

Charles q. Ross, White House
press secretary, win make the dedi-
catory address at the inaugural Of
Radio Station WBCC, Bethesda, at
I pm. February 8.
Studios for the new station are at
S Wilson lane. and transmitter Is
on the Kenwood golf course. A staff
of 10 persons Is employed by the
station, which viii broadcast on 1120
kilncvcIes
Evening star., 1947-01-31
WARL to Broadcast
School Bond Discussion

A proposed school bond issue for
Arlington will be discussed in a
broadcast from station WARL at
l:35 pm. tomorrow on the Citizens
Of Tomorrow" program sponsored by
the Citizens Committee for School
Improvement.
Mrs. j. w. McIlhenny and william
IL. Byram will participate in the dis
cussion.
Evening star., 1947-01-31

its first Diesel units in operation in
1899. 1t now has a fleet OF 313
Diesels.
Southern's present feet includes
the first Diesel freight locomotive
built in this country 5,400-horse-
power engine placed in service May
20, 1941. It still is in operation. The
system has !, ,442 coal-burners.
Information available here as to
other lines serving Washington was
less detailed. But District repre-
sentatives of the lines said they
knew their expansion programs leans
heavily toward oil-burning locomo-
tives in preference to the coal
burners.
Others Awaiting Diesels.
These include the Pennsylvania
system, which already has electrified
its service to Washington, using
hydro-electric power. The Chesa-
peake & Ohio and the Richmond,
Fredericksburg and Potomac roads
also were reported to be awaiting
delivery of Diesel units.
Further confirming the trend was
Evening star., 1947-01-31
Mrs. Burgee 10 Head
| Red Cross in St. Marys

Mrs. Miel D. Burgee has been
elected chairman of the st. Marys
County Red Cross. Other new Of
acers of that chapter are Mrs. Eene-
dict GreenweI, vice chairman; Mrs.
Wilson knight, secretary, and Harry
M. Jones, treasurer and nome serv-
ice chairman.
The new officers pledged their
support Of an expanded "learn-to-
swim" program for the county.
Julian A. Brooks, Red Cross eastern
area field representative, told the
chapter swimming instruction di-
rected by the State Department OF
Education should be offered.
Evening star., 1947-01-31
Budget Of S115,219
For Alexandra Chest
Agencies Approved

Alexandria Community Chest viii
operate on a 1947 budget which i
61s per cent below original estimates
it was announced today. /
The total request filed by tn.
Chest for Its ID agencies, including
one new agency, the YWCA
amounted to $11e,3sS, officials said
The final approved budget is fol
$115,21s.
Albert A. Smoot, chairman Of thu
1916 budget committee, was electee
president of the Chest at its an.
nual meeting last night. Other Off.
GERS are s. Cooper Dawson, vice
president, and Luther H. Dhdley
retiring president, treasurer.
% Trustees Elected.
Including the officers, a board o1
23 trustees also was elected. They
are:
Walter Gable, Eppa Kane, Dan
Kerbel, Charles Mason, j. H. Raby
j. Paul Tribes, Mrs. William zim-
norman III, the Rev. Edward A.
Stephens, Harry Bendall, William
T. Barry, Charles Goodman, Mrs
Harcourt M. Wade, Edward Bussard,
Dale Noble, Armistead L. Boothe,
the Rev. William e. Basom, Pat H.
Butler, jr., Donald Freeland, Jo-
seph w. Phillips and F. c. thinner
man. +
Local contributors to the Chest
gave an average Of $S.45 per person
in the 1916 campaign, according to
Executive Director Wallace s.
Hughes.
Mr.. Hughes estimated that up to
IS per cent of city solicitations were
turned down because persons had
previously contributed in Washing
ton.
Six Recommendations Adopted.
Stating that community support
was falling behind other areas of
similar size, Mr.. Hughes reported
that Alexandria contributions
ranged from $40 to 500 in contrast
to range from 500 to $1,000 in
other communities.
Six recommendations adopted
with the directors report include
support Of an appeals review board
to schedule all city fund drives; a
capital expense drive to be held an
nually to provide improvements for
chest agencies and establishment of
better Chest Federation practices,
including uniform budgeting.
Evening star., 1947-01-31
BY the Assoeioied Press

GRETNA, Va, Jan. 31.-City off,
cials of Gretna are undismayed over
the report OF State Auditor j. Cor
don Bennett who submitted to Gov.
Tuck an audit of the town which
found IA different kinds of fault
vita the way the municipality had
been keeping track of its finances.
They nodded their heads over
Treasurer E. o. Fitzgerald's possibly
unorthodox methods, noted a $685.
770.36 cash surplus, accumulated
during his 20 years in Office, and
decided that all was not SO bad.
= That's why we asked for a State
audit" newly elected Mayor G. D.
Evening star., 1947-01-31

information to Washington Offices
of two of the worlds largest loco
motive building plants-the Ameri-
can Locomotive Co., and the Bald
win Locomotive Works.
A statement from Robert B. Nc
Coll, president of American Locomo-
tive, said 95 per cent Of all locomo-
tive orders are for Diesel-electrics,
as compared with 20 per cent II
years ago.
A further significant statement
from Mr.. McColl read:
American Locomotive has COM
pleted transition from the primary
function of constructing CUSTOM
designed steam locomotives to the
mass production Of a completely new
line of Diesel-electric locomotives. +"
Information concerning present
building in the Baldwin Works was
less specific. Washington repre-
sentatives said, however, most OF
Baldwin's orders for locomotives for
domestic use are for oil-burners. BY
way of contrast, coal-buners still
are preferred In foreign markets.
Evening star., 1947-01-31
tyes SERVING District Sliftinq From Coal to oil a ue
locomotives
By H. /. Kiefer

The railroads serving Washington
are shifting from coal-burning to
oil-burning locomotives as fast as
construction conditions viii permit.
A survey today indicated nearly
all the locomotives on order for those
lines are oil-fueied Deisels.
Extreme examples of the trend are
the Southern Railway System and
the Baltimore 81 Ohio. Between
them they have 124 Diesels and no
coal-burners on order. Southern is
awaiting delivery Of 98 of these oil
burners and B. g. o., a..
Also indicative was the informa-
ton that coal-burners in the vast
Potomac Yards are being displaced
as rapidly as possible.
Representatives of railroads and
locomotive building plants said the
trend here is typical of that
throughout the Nation. The coal
burners are giving way either to the
oilLburning Diesels or, where prac-
ticable, to electrics.
Labor Trouble Factor.
One reason given for the change
has been recurring labor troubles in
the coal mines. Somewhat typical
of comments on this cause was that
Of one local railroad representative.
sJohn L. Lewis Is the best sales
man for oil-burning locomotives
who ever came down the pike" he
remarked.
But there are other reasons for
the trend, according to railroad men
and locomotive builders.
One, which Is particularly i'm
portant, in the case Of the Potomac
Yards, is to get rid of the smoke
which is an inescapable result Of
burning coal.
Others are the claims that oil is
more efficient as q fuel and that
smoothly operating Diesels are less
destructive to roadways than are the
coal-burning steamers.
Regardless of the reasons, infor-
nation available in Washington in
dicates that the era of the oil burner
Is well past its dawn.
Illustrative of the trend Is the
record reported for the Baltimore
& Ohio.
In 1899, the B. g. o. had 2,040 coal
burning locomotives, 9 Diesels and
8 electrics. In f946, the line had
1876 coal-burners, lib Diesels and
8 electrics.
The B. g. o. boasts, incidentally,
that it was the first American rail-
road to use a Diesel on a regularly
scheduled passenger limited. Oil
burners were put into service on
that systems Royal Blue between
Washington and New York in 1885.
The experience of the Southern
Railway system likewise offers strik-
ing evidence of the growing popu-
larity of the Diesels. Southern put
Evening star., 1947-01-31
|St. Johns College Bid
For Surplus Approved

The War Assets Administration
announced today it has approved
the application of st. Johns Col
lege, Annapolis, for surplus furniture
and other equipment.
Oficials at the administration said
that the purpose Of the government
tai help is to aid veterans training.
Present enrolment at the college Is
252 pupils, 1853 Of which are veterans
It is hoped that 200 veterans can be
accommodated with the increased
equipment.
Evening star., 1947-01-31
Mitscher's Physicians
Coll Heart Specialist
BY tho As.eeiatsd Pres.

NORFOLK, Va, Jan. 31.-Tht
Naval Station Hospital here sale
that Capt. Cecil Andrews, hear
specialist at the Bethesda Nava
Hospital, was to arrive In Norfolk
today for consultation on the illness
Of Admiral Marc Mitscher, com.
mander of the Atlantic Fleet.
The 60-year-old wartime com.
mander of the famous Task Force
So in the Pacific Is confined to bed
at the hospital, where his condi-
ton was said to be satisfactory"
Evening star., 1947-01-31
Oysters in Boy Called
Seriously Depleted

ANNAPOLIS, Jan. 81 (P.-Chair-
man Edwin Warfield, jr., of the De-
partment of Tidewater Fisheries,
agreed yesterday with the Chesa-
peake Bay Seafood Association that
oyster resources in the bay were in a
seriously depleted condition and that
remedial measures were imperative.
The seafood association, through
its counsel, Lionel Bennett, Cristfield
attorney, had said that under the
present system there won't be
enough oysters left in the Chesa-
peake Bay next year to make
dredging profitable for one dredger."
The association, which is advocat-
ing the lease of oyster bars to resi-
dents of the State for rehabilitation,
declared that Maryland packers
were importing oysters from other
States because of the low supplies in
the bay. Several packing houses
have closed because of the high
trucking charges from other States.
Evening star., 1947-01-31
Virginia H. Vaughan, 78.
Dies in Wurrenton
BY the Associated Press

.WARRENTON, Va, Jan. 3.-Miss
Virginia Hudgins Vaughan, rs, died
here yesterday.
Funeral services were to be held
this afternoon at the residence Of
Mrs. C. E. Tiffany, followed by
burial In Warrentcn Cemetery.
Miss Vaughan, active member of
the Baptist church, spent her early
life in Hampton and Richmond, but
had resided here for the last 30
years, making her home with Mrs.
Tiffany.
Evening star., 1947-01-31
Church Group pIons Bouquet

The first annua! Christian En-
deayor week banquet os the Mont
sgoi11ery County Chr lEian Endeavor
Union will be held at $50 pm. to-
day at the Neelsville Presbyterian
Church. Mrs. Walter G. Snyder OF
Gaithersburg is chairman OF the
committee on arrangements.
Evening star., 1947-01-31
HospituI Head to Speak

Arthur B. Scion, superintendent
of the Suburban Hospital, Bethesda.
will be the guest speaker at the
monthly dinner meeting OF the Be-
thesda Chamber Of Commerce to
be held Monday evening at the Din.
uer Bell Restaurant, Bethesda.
Evening star., 1947-01-31
COLLEGE, Seeks New Head

BALTIMORE, Jan. 81 CLARK
s. Hobbs, vice president OF Goucher
College, announced . committee has
been formed to select new presi-
dent to succeed DR.. David Allan
Robertson, who has announced he
win retire In june. 1913.
Evening star., 1947-01-31
Tuck naI1les3
70 Joint Board
On 0ystering
Maryland Assembly
Gets Bill Agreeing
To Two-Stote Unit
BY fha As.oeiafsd Press

RICHMOND, Va, Jan. 31.-Ths
latest controversy between Mary.
land and Virginia over illegal oyster
ing in the Potomac River moved
into the tactical stage today with
the appointment by Gov. Tuck Of
three men to represent Virginia on
a proposed joint Maryland Virginia
commission.
In Maryland the State Senate
received resolution agreeing to
creation of such a commission to
study the oyster laws as embodied
in the revised Maryland-Virginia
compact.
Named by Gov. Tuck to the COM
mission, authorized under a joint
study resolution adopted unani-
mously Wednesday by the General
Assembly, were former State Sem
ator C. O'Conor Goolrick of Fred
ericksburg, w. Tayloe Murray. State
treasurer, and William D. Williams,
Mayor of Colonial Beach, an oyster
center on the Potomac.
Mr.. Goolrick has served on past
study groups dealing with similar
problems. Mr.. Murphy, a Rich
mond County banker and farmer,
and Mayor Williams, lawyer
banker who served as a Navy COM
mander in the recent war, both have
a broad first-hand knowledge Of
oyster and fish problems in the Po-
tomac area.
Maryland Resolution.
The Maryland resolution was in
troduced in the Senate yesterday by
President Byrnes, Democrat, OF
Baltimore, Majority Leader Soth-
oron, Democrat, of Prince Georges
and Senator Goldstein, Democrat,
|of Calvert. Mr.. Sothoron explained
that the introduction of the resolu-
tion did not mean the State was
backing down on a measure still
pending in the House Chesapeake
Bay and Tributaries Committee.
This bill was passed last week by the
Senate and would empower Mary
land authorities to try Virginians
caught violating oyster laws in the
Potomac and Chesapeake Bay.
Gov. Tuck has warned Gov. Lane
of Maryland that Virginia will not
recognize any such law until tested
in the courts.
The bill would terminate, on
Maryland's part, a practice of long
standing, decreed by concurrent
laws of both States, under which
each State returned to the other for
trial and prosecution any resident
of the other caught violating the
common fishing laws. This con-
current legislation is based on the
Maryland Virginia compact of 1785,
in which Maryland, as owner Of the
Potomac, gave Virginians equal
fishing rights and a mutual voice in
fishery legislation.
Violation Admitted.
The proposed joint commission
would be charged with restudying
the Potomac compact and concur
rent laws based on it and to explore
various possible avenues for new
mutual legislation and enforcement
machinery.
| Virginia oyStermen generally ad-
NIT violating the antidredging stat
ute, but they justify their actions as
necessary to earn a livelihood, on
grounds that it is well-nigh impos-
sible to operate successfully with the
old-fashioned hand-tong methods to
which the law would limit them.
Evening star., 1947-01-31
Foirfux 6. O. P. to Meet

Fairfax County Republicans will
hold a mass meeting at the COURT
house at 8 pm. next Thursday to
elect delegates and alternates to the
State convention to be held at Roa-
noke February Is, County Chairman
Fred BRYAN announced today,
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-19
LABOR SECRETARY
WILL TAKE HAND
ScheIlenbach Will Assume
Task OF Preventing
Soft Coal Strike

WASHINGTON, June 49, III
Secretary of Labor Schwellenbach
plans to take over the threatened
soft coal dispute July l when the
government returns the mines to
the owners.
Officials disclosed this today
while the Bureau Of mines was
reporting that only enough coal to
last the nation 80 days was above
ground on May last date Tor
which figures are available.
An official Of the bureau said
that total - an 11.6 percent drop
from April Twas mainly due. to
heavy exports. A 30-day stockpile
is considered serious, he said. "A
40-day supply would be normal.
Schwellenbach might even move
into the soft coal picture before
July, it was reported, to attempt
to negotiate a contract in time 10
foresall a possible strike.
He would have until July z.
when a Today miners vacation
erds. The vacation was agreed to
by the miners and the govern
ment.
If the Taft : Hartley Labor bill
becomes law, its new Cancellation
service would not become opera
tive for sixty days. Meanwhile,
the labor secretary and his con-
Citation service would be the only
government officials to mediate
between Mine Leader John L.
Lewis and the operators.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-19
NORTH CAROLINA WILL
BE MOVED ON FRIDAY
FOR DECOMISSIONING

NEW YORK, June 18-P-Four-
teen tugs will move the U.S.S.
Washington from the Brooklyn
Navy yard to Bayonne, N. j., for
decommissioning tomorrow and
the U.S.S. North Carolina the fol.
lowing day, the Atlantic Reserve
Fleet public relations office an.
nounced today.
The tugs r scheduled to start
moving the inactivated Washing
ton at 5 am. tomorrow. At 1905
a.m., she will be moored to a
buoy in the bay and at approx
mately 1915 pm. She is schedul-
ed to arrive in Bayonne.
At S am. Friday the IA tugs
will start moving the North Caro-
lima, also inactivated, with subse-
quent steps following that of the
Washington, but a half hour later
On Friday.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-19
ENGINEERS PLAN
BARGE REMOVAL
South Atlantic Division
Approval Sought On
"Menace" Problem

The sunken barge at Lockwoods
Folly inlet in the Atlantic inter
coastal waterway, which has been
termed a menace to navigation"
will be removed if the recommen-
dalton of the Wilmington district
corps of engineers is approved by
the south Atlantic division engi-
neers.
The green light on the pilot
house OF the sunken craft and the
buoys marking the new channel
ere considered inadequate by the
engineers and local navigation in
terests.
Several craft, including three
north bound yachts, have suffered
considerable damage by hitting
the barge and in each instance
the navigators reported that they
did not understand the markings.
Damage to one of the yachts was
estimated at 5000.
Barge Sinks
The wooden pulp wood barge,
Savannah, struck a shoal in the
waterway and sank last Decem.
Der II; the cargo was salvaged
and the barge was abandoned by
the owner. AS the bow of the craft
extends to the center OF the chan
rel, it has become an obstacle to
800 ENGINEERS m Paw Txvo,
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-19
NATIONS SUPPLY
OF COAL SHRINKS
Bureau OF Mines Estimates
May | Stock A. Good
For % Days Only

WASHINGTON, June 18- Up -
Inc Bureau of mines reported to
uay the nation On May l had onl.
55-day supply of soft coal abov,
ground.
That figure, the latest available
represented a decline of 11.6 pc:
seht from April la drop attrib
a'ed principally to heavy exports
An official of the bureau told
reporter that less than a 30-da,
sockplle is considered serious. /
"'aay supply is normal for MAY
|, he said.
Unless he situation is improved
before June 27-when coal minerI
30 On a Today vacation-the seri
rus stage may soon be reached
mere IS a possibility the shut
sown IN the coal fields may con
'nlue after the vacation period I'm
rSS John L. Lewis United Min
"orkers and coal operators agree
VI a new contract to keep the pit!
tuning.
blocks on hand May 1 totalee
$50 900 tons, compared with
"''o''oo0 on hand April /.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-19
The Weather

FORECAST:
,ess WI Carolina-Considerable cloudi.
,hov WIN scattered showers or thunder.
Jsvv"eIS' slightly cooler North Thurs.
ss,srn, 'fIoay partly cloudy and rather
maai with scattered afternoon and
"e!lAs thundershowers.
M MI carolina - Partly cloudy ane
h., thursday and Friday, scattered
,idaG IeFSAoWers Friday afternoon ane
yor,Ii scattered thundershowers ovel
VAN portion Thursday afternoon ano
Eastern Standard Timej
NJ ny U. S. Weather Bureau>
ndiFnn o-oioglca data for the "a hour
& s $50 p. m. yesterday.
lon TEMPERATURES
n ~. M Is; 7:3o a. m. rs; 1:3O p. m.
nun ~ p: m. 80; Maximum &c.; Mini
~ Mean 3d.; Normal 71
In HUMIDITY
%; 80 m 86; 7:3o a. m. rs; 1880 D.. m.
''eV p m. 81.
7o+., PRECIPITATION
100 10 r "A hours ending 7:30 D.. m
lcs Oi id since the first of the month
v,o TIDES FOR TODAY
l. s01i the Tide Tables published by
Noast and Geodetic Survey.
glmi. HIGH Low
S'on 1902 am. 5:O4 am.
fasoyt 10:40 pm. 800 pm.
'oro Inlet 1852 am. 1859 am
S,.. 1922 pm. 200 pm.
"a its 800; Sunset 1925; Moonrise
b. Mconset 8:44p.
stage at Fayetteville, N. c. at
II Wednesday Missing feet.
More WEATHER On Page I've
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-19
INSURANCE FIRM
BARRED IN STATE
Commissioner H o d g e s
Suspends License OF
Keystone Mutual.

RALEIGH, June 10 -(F-1nsur-
ance Commissioner William P.
Hodges announced today that he
had suspended the license Of the
Keystone Mutual Casualty COM
pany of Pittsburgh, Pa, to do bus
mess in North Carolina pending
an investigation of the firms fl
nancial condition.
The suspension was ordered on
June 9 and all agents Of the COM
pany in North Carolina have been
notified to discontinue writing
risks for the firm, Hodges said.
The insurance commissioner
said he understood that the Penn
sylvania Insurance commission is
conducting an examination of the
company's financial condition and
has scheduled a hearig at which
results of the examination will be
studied.
The Keystone casualty, Hodges
said. had a premium income OF
1886. 937. 10 from its business in
North Carolina in 1916, mostly
automobile liability and auto
mobile property damage insur-
ance.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-19
House Passes ENC Hospital Site Bill;
Minor Child Labor Law Violations Cited
Along The Cape Fear

TRADE SCHOOLS - Another
feature carried out by the employ
ees of the Wilmington shipyard
during the five years of vessel
construction by the North Caro-
lima Shipbuilding company, were
trade schools.
They were established in the
early days of the yards. Instructed
were drillers, reamers, riveters
and burners. They we're taught by
a group Of prepared plates, with
one trade following the other. Both
me- and women turned out 7,247
various types of work. Many types
were carried through to certifica-
ton by the American Bureau Of
Shipping and Coast Guard inspec-
ton service.
Other departments h a wing
schools were the electrical, steam
engineers, plumbers, sheet metal,
pipe covers and pipe shop. AL
traces were enthusiastic in on-the-
job trainins and on up-eradinG. 3.