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Evening star., 1947-07-23
zoning BodyApproves
Two Wafer Systems
For Fairfax County

Water systems which WILL serve
more than 1000 families in two Sec
tions of Fairfax County were ap-
proved by the County Board of zon-
ing Appeals after hearing yester-
day at the courthouse.
The board granted applications of
Fairfax Hydraulics, Inc, and the A.
& G. Construction Co. to construct
the systems. The board gave Fair
fax Hydraulics permission to con-
struck a pumping station and 10o,-
000-gallon water reservoir which will
serve South Huntington, Jefferson
Manor and Fairhaven. Approximate
ly 1000 families are affected.
The A. g. G. firm received ap-
proval to drill well, erect pump
house and a 30,000-gallon storage
tank on a 65-foot tower to serve
Fenwick Park. The community, on
Lee highway next to fremont Gar
dens, eventually will have 200 homes,
company spokesmen said.
Housing Project Approved.
Approval also was voted the fol-
lowing:
Allan B. Mills, multiple housing
project on an 8o-acre tract on the
Leesburg pike, opposite darlington,
known as Woodland Hills.
George A. Ford, dwellings on
Huntington avenue, Huntington,
with less than the required set
back; Carl B. Barnes, garage and
breezeway, Fairhaven; H. H.
Hewitt and H. Award, garage,
fremont Gardens; Leon Stanton
garage, Braddock Acres; Ralph A.
Ferguson. garage, Fairhaven; j. A.
Blankenship, temporary lunchroom
Wellington Estates subdivision; Mrs.
Louemma Riley. conversion Of a
building on Route 211; Clarence r.
Goode, repair shop and filling sta
ton, north Of Forestville; Stanley
Peterson, operation of gasoline
pumps on Old Dominion drive;
Laura Duke, operation Of a tea
room on Route 613; Mrs. Rosie
Arlington, reopening of a store,
Franconia; Future Farmers OF
America, directional sign on road
No. 235; Frederick Kielsgard, tenn
porary directional sign on south
side of Route 211; E. w. Robertson,
sign, Annandale.
Applications Denied.
The following applications were
denied:
C. G. Floyd, dwellings in yelling
ton Estates subdivision with less
than required setback; Mr.. and Mrs.
Harry z. Albright, tourist court,
Crystal Springs, near Centerville;
Edgar D. Turner, buildings on Mill
road, Cameron Farms; Herman Bos-
well, operation of a restaurant In
home at Merrifield: Frederick Kiels-
gard, temporary directional sign on
north side of Route 211, near Fair
fax; C. M. Murphy, sign in front
of store, Chantilly.
The applications of the Virginia
Electric g. Power Co., for a steel
substation at Mclean, with less than
the required setback, and of Mrs.
Joe Robinson, to operate a kinder
garten in Hillwood, were withdrawn,
and action on that Of Paris M.
Brickey, to use a dwelling for a
nursery school in Providence district,
was deferred.
Evening star., 1947-07-23
200 District Merchants
GET Permits 10 Collect
Maryland Use Tax

More than 200 licenses to collect
the Maryland use tax already have
been issued to Washington mer-
chants, according to Walter z. Ken
nedy, chief of the Maryland Retail
Sales Tax Division.
Mr.. Kennedy and other Maryland
officials today expressed gratif1ca-
ton over the decisio nof Washing
ton merchants to cooperate in col
lecting the Maryland tax.
State Controller James j. Lacy
said in Baltimore the action of the
District mercantile groups restores
the competitive situation which has
existed in the past. 1t was pointed
out this action plugs one Of the big
loopholes in the Maryland sales tax
law.
ut is not anticipated there will
be any marked f1uctuation In sales,
even though it may be possible to
make a slight saving by going from
Maryland into the District to pur-
chase articles which normally would
be obtained in local stores" Mr..
Lacy said.
Token System Studied.
He said survey is being made of
the States where tokens or prepaid
receipts are used to collect sales
taxes. So far it is reported the
token system has been found not
entirely satisfactory in Ohio and
Missouri, and that West Virginia
has found it impractical.
Mr.. Kennedy held a meeting yes
terday with District merchants at
the Washington Board of Trade and
answered their questions. He said
questions chiefly concerned goods
purchased for resale which are ex-
empt from the use of sales tax but
which require resale certificates.
He will pay second visit to this
area when he addresses the College
Park Rotary Club at $50 o'clock to-
night at the Varsity Club in College
Park,
Evening star., 1947-07-23
Harrison Sees Need for Act
To Export Surplus Poultry
BY the Assoeioted Press

Representative Harrison, Demo
crat, of Virginia told House Agri-
culture Subcommittee yesterday that
export of surplus poultry for foreign
relief apparently will require legis-
lation.
Mr.. Harrison asserted that Federal
departments "are refusing to pur-
chase any surplus poultry products
and gave no satisfactory answer to
my attempts to have such products
purchased"
He placed in the record Of the
committee hearing correspondence
he has had with the Agriculture,
State and War Departments over a
period of months.
Mr.. Harrison said the policy of
purchasing produce in short supply
is creating "a spiral of imitation. !"
while the accumulation of other
agriculture produce is creating -
spiral of defiation."
Evening star., 1947-07-23
Prince Georges Gun Club
Offers Reward for VandaIs

The Prince Georges Gun Club
today announced that vandals had
torn up its target carriers and other
range equipment and that 1t Is
offering a $25 reward for the arrest
and conviction of persons re-
sponsible.
Carl Blanchard, secretary of the
club, said the vandalism occurred
Monday night or early yesterday.
The range is located at the end of
Fifty second avenue in Edmonston.
Evening star., 1947-07-23
Byrd Studies Arlington
ProposaI 10 Tax j. ).

Senator Byrd, Democrat, of Vir-
ginia, said today he is considering
offering bill to authorize Arlington
County to tax Federal properties ac-
quired in Arlington after January 1,
1910.
Exempted by the measure would
be Fort Myer, Arlington Cemetery,
the National Airport and post of1ices.
Included would be the Pentagon,
the Navy Annex, Arlington Hall and
others.
Harry K. Green, Arlington County
commissioner of revenue, has stated
that the Government Is taking more
and more property land we should
have some compensation.
Evening star., 1947-07-23
Common Glory Tickets
On Sole for Press Night

Tickets for Freedom of the Press"
night, August l, at Paul Green's
symphonic drama, THE Common
Glory" will be on sale at the Arling-
ton Sun today and tomorrow. The
drama is being presented each night
at Williamsburg
Howard B. Bloomer, publisher,
said the reserved seat tickets sell
for $40, including tax. Ofices Of
The Sun are at 261l Wilson boule-
ward.
Gov Tuck has invited a number
Of newspapermen to be guests Of
the Commonwealth and the James,
town Corp, at dinner preceding
the drama on August I. Kent Coo
per, executive director of the Asso-
eiated Press, will speak.
Evening star., 1947-07-23
A., B. & Bus
PactAgreed0n
Strike Averted
New Drivers Wages
Boosted Sc an Hour,
10 Cents for Others

A strike Of drivers of the Alex.
andria, Bancroft & Washington Bus
Co., scheduled for Saturday mid
night, was averted today when the
union membership accepted a new
contract, company spokesman an.
nounced.
The new agreement, which pro-
Ndes wage increases of S cents an
hour for new drivers and 10 cents an
hour for others, will be signed as
soon as it can be printed, it was an
nounced.
The increases will cost the com.
pany about $125,000 annually, it was
said. but the firm has no thought
OF asking for an increase in fares"
Has No-Strike Clause.
Other provisions of the agreement
include the open shop required by
Virginia law In place of the previous
union shop, dues checkoff on writ
ten authority of each individual
member and no-strike clause re-
quiring arbitration of disputes.
The company spokesman said the
open shop was technicality and
the company expects all drivers to
remain in the union and all new
ones to join.
OF the $125,00o cost, approximate.
ly $4,000 will go to the drivers, the
company said. The difference will
be paid to other company employees,
who, although not union members,
will be given increases in the same
ratio as the union members, the
company said.
New Wage Rates.
The new wage scale is $1.02 (pre-
Vlously 81 cents an hour for drivers
with up to six months with the com.
pany, Slip (previous $1.02) for thoss
with the company from six months
to one year, and $l.25 previously
s1.l5) for those in the company's
employ more than a year. The lat
ter classification includes about 80
per cent OF the drivers, it was said.
Overtime pay will now begin after
44-hour rather than a 42ls hour
week and drivers on the extra list
are guaranteed $44 instead of $40 a
week.
The new contract, retroactive to
Monday, was accepted b ythe mem
bership in a meeting early today at
Odd Fellows Hall, Alexandria.
Evening star., 1947-07-23
Marine LieutenuntKiIIed
In Fiqhter Plane Collision
By the Assoeioted Press

NORFOLK, Va, July 23.-First
1t. Charles Dudley Kerr, U. s. M. c.,
was killed when the fighter plane
he was plotting collided with an
other Navy plane during a division
tactical flight near Beaufort, N. C.,
yesterday.
The 5th Naval District Public In
formation Once said the second
plane was piloted by Capt. Wesley
w. Hazlett, U. 8. M. c., Of Musca-
tine. Iowa, who parachuted into the
water a short distance offshore and
was picked up by crash boat.
Capt Hazlett suffered a dislocated
shoulder.
1t. Kerr's parents live in Hibbing,
MINI. He made his home with his
wife, Mrs. Barbara Emily Jenkins
Kerr in New Bern, N. c.
Evening star., 1947-07-23
Week-Lone Bazaar Set
.By Church in Arlington

A week long bazaar will be held
by St. Agnes Church. beginning at
8 pm. Monday on the church lawn,
Lee highway and Randolph street,
Arlington.
The bazaar is for the benefit of
the school and convent, the Rev.
Robert e. Harmon, pastor, an
nounced It will continue through
August 2.
Evening star., 1947-07-23

He said today his resignation was
for personal" reasons had nothing
to do with the uniform wearing that
also affected him.
Lack of Support Charged.
Third resignation was that of Col.
Edward r. Markham as head OF
maintenance and sanitation in the
engineering department. He attrib-
uted his resignation to lack OF CO.
operation" on the part Of city
officials.
The police and fire chiefs were
ordered by the council earlier this
month to wear uniforms during their
Office hours, beginning September /.
Chief Arnold appeared before the
council last night to state his reason
for objecting to that order.
In my manner of thinking" Capt.
Arnold said, you gentlemen have
the various department heads as
staff of specialists operating under
the city manager who should efflci-
emily conduct the routine business
of the city so as to make it unneces-
sary for the city council to have to
dwell on small administrative
matters
Uniform Had Arrived.
He informed the councilmen a
new tailored uniform he had ordered
arrived in his Office the same day
that the resolution was adopted
ordering him to wear uniform.
He concluded his talk before the
council by saying:
Il request that you gentlemen give
consideration to the advlsabillty OF
permitting the chief of police to
wear a uniform at his discretion"
He said after the meeting that
he was going to submit his resigna-
ton, effective September l, because
he felt the council is reaching down
into the administrative basket and
taking over things which should be
left to department heads.
Motion Is Defeated.
His plea to be allowed to wear the
uniform at his discretion was turned
down when a motion to that effect
bv Councilman Paul Delaney was
defeated by vote of 6 to 2.
Fire Chief Duncan emphasized to-
day that his resignation had moth
ing in the world" to do with the
wearing of uniform.
He said that he always had been
proud to wear uniform and that
it was one of the hardest things he
had ever had to do to mail in his
resignation.
His resignation becomes effective
August 81.
It is understood that the resigna-
ton of Col. Markham already has
become effective.
He has been with the city govern
ment about eight years.
Evening star., 1947-07-23
W. H. SeuIock Is Elected
Leqion Post Commander

Walter H. Sealock has been elected
commander of the Falls Church
Post No. 100, American Legion.
Other officers are:
Roscoe Scott, first vice command
er; Rexton Jones, second vice COM
mander; William Follin, adjutant;
Carl Clarke, finance officer; Mason
Grasty, chaplain; Akors Thompson,
service officer; Ichabod Dawson,
athletic officer, and Tyler Maffett,
historian.
Evening star., 1947-07-23
Hiqher Meal Rote Asked

England's restaurant trade is in
sisting that the Food Ministry raise
the present maximum charge of 81
for hotel and restaurant meals, Lon
don reports. They say higher costs
of food, labor and materials make q
profit impossible. They can charge
additional for music, dancing, ,pri-
vate room. waters service and
coffee.
Evening star., 1947-07-23
Bids Opened for Work
On Prince Georges Road
By the Asseeiotsd Press

BALTIMORE, July 23-B. H
Houghton, Inc, of Annapolis sub
mitted a low bid of $38,884 for sur
facing one and a half miles OF
woodward road between Marlboro
and Patterson roads in Prince
Georges County, the State Roads
Commission reported yesterday.
Other bids for the Prince Georges
County project included:
Eugene Chaney. Upper Marlboro,
S39, ,846; F. L. Houser, College Park,
S43,655; and the Reliable Construc-
ton Co., Annapolis, S43,S70.
Evening star., 1947-07-23

engineering de-
partment.
Police c h | e f
John S. Arnold
announced h / S
intention to re-
sign last night a
row with City
Councilman over
a directive Or
dering him to
wear a uniform
Fire hi e f
James Duncan
submitted h / S
r e S i gnation to
the city man.
arer Yesterday
Evening star., 1947-07-23
Miss Duff of RiverdoIe
is Decorated by British

A Riverdale Md) girl who is now
a student nurse at the Georgia Bap-
tist Hospital In Atlanta was recently
decorated by the British government
for services to the British Army staff
in Washington during the war.
Miss Elizabeth Duff, IS, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Randolph H. Duff, +,
1903 Riverdale road, Riverdale, was
presented with the Kings Medal in
behalf of King George vi by Nor
gan C. Man, British Consul at At
lanta, at the consulate there July 2.
Evening star., 1947-07-23
Please Phone Your Sunday
Classified Ads Early in the Week

The Saturday rush for Sunday classified advertising
become great that facilities have been overaxed This
rush result of many customers phonng ads at the last
minute before the Saturday deadine
customers to phone their Sunday ads any time
this way your ad handled promptly and efficiently
with minimum of inconvenience Save Saturday for
those who cannot place earlier We appreciate
cooperato this effort to provide customers with
better service.
Evening star., 1947-07-23

NcVs w. TIcStOu
Peyton last Feb
ruary, will be
ordained Friday
a n d b e CO m e
d e a C on = in =
charge.
Mr.. Henry will
be ordained by
the Right Rev.
F r e d e r lex D.
Goodwin, Bishop
OF the Diocese OF
Virginia, in rites
at The Falls
C h ur h, Falls
Church, Va, at
II an The
Evening star., 1947-07-23

Falls Church, one of the Oldest
Episcopal churches in nearby Vir-
ginia, is Mr.. Henry's home parish.
The Rev. w. Leigh Ribble, rector
of Grace and Holy Trinity Church,
Richmond, and former rector OF
The Falls Church, will preach the
Evening star., 1947-07-23
New Citizen Unit to Meet

Members of the newly formed
Oakland Terrace Citizens Associa-
ton will hold their first regular
meeting at s o'clock tonight In the
Kensington (Md.) Firehouse.
Evening star., 1947-07-23
Silver Spring VFW CornivoI

The Silver Spring Post Of the Vet
erans of Foreign Wars is holding a
carnival on the grounds next to the
Hot Shoppe on Georgia avenue, Sill
yer Spring. It will continue nightly
through August 2. Ward w. Cud-
Gtngton Is chairman.
Evening star., 1947-07-23
Henry Arlington Seminorion,
To Be Ordained in Friday Rites

John Conway Henry, 80, who has
been seminarian-in-charge of the
Episcopal Church of the Epiphany
in Arlington since the death Of the
Evening star., 1947-07-23
3Key Officials :
In Alexandra
Resign Posts
Police Chief Quits
In Row With Council
On Wearing Uniform

Alexandria City Council today
was faced with the resignation of
three key oficials-the police chief,
the fire chief and the head of an
Evening star., 1947-07-23

BICYCLE RoDEo II right l7 South Third and
JamesH
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Star Staff Photo
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1947-06-04
CASKETS FOR WORLD
WAR III DECEASED

"The caskets selected to re-
patriate the remains of over
seas deceased of World War
II were also designated to be
utilized for final burial in this
country, Colonel J. N. Gage,
Commanding Officer, Chicago
Quartermaster Depot, an
nounced recently in an answer
to erroneous reports that next
of-kin would be required to Sc
cure an additional casket for
final interment.
The casket-conservative in
design and of standard size
is of seamless 16 gauge steel
construction and is hermetical-
ly sealed. Specifically, it is lac
quered or gloss enameled in
antique statuary bronze, equip
ped with conventional handles
and lined with interior uphol-
STEERING of the customary white
rayon. An unusual feature is
the all cotton padding used in
the mattress instead of the
conventional excelsior.
In transportation the casket
is enclosed in a shipping case
of 38 inch plywood, brown in
color, which is high pressure
bonded to a heavy aluminium
interior sheet.
Colonel Gage also states
that "next-of-kin are invited
to inspect the repatriation type
casket and shipping case now
on display during week days in
the American Graves Registrar
ton Division of the Depot at
1919 West Pershing Road"
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1947-06-04
fife 1heOCrat

which telephones and other
durable products are being
made.
Many other uses for the COM
ponents of bark are under de-
velopment, but haven't reach
ed the stage where any public
announce m ent concerning
them can be made.
-Weyerhaeuser News.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1947-06-04
FOREIGN FISH

Seattle - Visions of being
swamped in a tidal wave of
foreign fish have u. S. COM
mercial fishermen blue around
the gills.
Already the wave is widely
splashing over the tariff wall.
And State Department talk OF
knocking a few stones from
the top of that wall puts the
fisherman through a st. Vitus'
dance.
Fish from Canada, Iceland,
Norway and Newfoundland
have streamed into the u. S.
in unprecedented numbers
since the war ended, they say.
AS early as last November the
country's fish in cold storage
had reached a mountainous
peak of 100 million pounds.
That's painfully near double
the pre-war 1889 high of 92-4
million pounds.
Seattle is one of the nations
ton fishinp norts. But fillets
from far-off Iceland now COM
nete with local fish in Soatt1n's
own markets. And fillet i'm
ports from Canada's British
Columbia into the state of
Washington now run nearly
two-and-a-half times the vol
ume of 1889.
Of Seattle's fleet of $50
"otter" trawlers (the type
used in catching fish for fill
lets), only a lonely rs are now
in operation. The rest are
idle. They can't operate at
present high costs against COM
petition of outside fish prices.
In the U. S. fishing indus
try, fish handlers now haul
down a juicy 81 to $1.30 an
hour for their daily stint. In
Canada, comparable workers
get 65 to 70 cents an hour. In
Newfoundland they get As to
60 cents. And in Iceland they
earn 35 to 60 cents.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1947-06-04
ANNOUNCEMENT

Miss Eleanor Phil wishes to
announce that she will con-
tinue to teach music during the
summer months. Anyone de-
string lessons, please see Miss
Phil or phone 2176.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1947-06-04

Toned me+ourqs+ reads Temperature OF Steel rods uoy 1900 ~
as they pos through po+enng unoce at Woukeeon Works.
American Steel and Wire compony YOU too this interesting
opeo+on u s. Steel plant holds public Open House
June g. The Woveeon plant the worlds largest OF its kind and
produces 900 miles Of day. Your tour will begin at the
on+s entrance on Sheridan Rood and includes visits TO all dePo
where you will their operations running at top speed
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1947-06-04

Cdgo oXpldlueu, Is IlO pal 'ANu
lar problem. Log bankers of
various kinds are in use today.
But in order to make it econo-
mically feasible to remove the
bark, some practical use had
to be found for it. This was
one of the tasks which the de-
velopment department under
took when it began function
ing in 1912 and which has on
ly now been brought to COM
mercial production.
Barked logs for the sawmill,
however, are something for the
future. That isn't being done
yet, but will be when there is
sufficient market for the bark
products. In the immediate fu-
ture, part of the bark which
accumulates in the saving pro-
cesses will be recovered and
used to supply the bark con-
version operation.
The bark will be processed
just as fast as the market will
absorb it. The more the mar
ket expands, the more logs can
be barked, until eventually it
will be economical to begin an
operation which will bark all
logs before they go into the
mill. The type of barker which
would be used when this is un-
dertaken has not yet been de-
cided upon, and this is a prob
lem on which several depart
ments of the company are
working.
GAS a result of our expert
ments and pilot plant opera
tions," Heritage explained,
clark was broken down into
three components. One was a
cork-like material, one was
hard tissue, and the third was
soft tissue"
These were all different in
chemical composition and in
consistency, and they proved
to have commercial value. The
plant separation process yields
five products. One is primarily
cork. Two are made up of the
hard tissue, and two of the
soft tissue. Two are fairly
pure. The others are less so.
One of these products was
found to be useful as an ingre-
dient of insecticides and is now
being marketed by a company
manufacturing a bug-killing
compound. This company will
take all the product the plant
can produce.
Another of the products is
used in the compromising of
resin Clues for plywood manu-
facture. This glue was tested in
Weyerhaeuser's affiliated ply
wood plants and found to be
we'll suited for use in exterior
type plywood and costs less
than types previously employ
ed. '"The successful perform
ance of these plants" Herr
tage said, 'has led to the re-
lease of this material to the
plywood glue trade in general,
and the demand is in excess
of the production capacity of
the present pilot plant"
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1947-06-04

Announcement of this new
est Weyerhaeuser develop
merlt was made recently by
Clark c.. Heritage, technical
director of the Weyerhaeuser
Timber Company, who divides
his time between Longvlew
and Cloquet, Minnesota.
That the bark development
is nearing completion was evil
denced by hammering outside
the window as the story un-
folded. Across the street, near
the old single mill warehouse,
the foundations are being
erected for the plant which
will process the bark. Small in
comparison, it will still require
a crew of Is men to start with
and another Is when full pro-
duction is achieved. The build
ings will have a floor area of
1000 square feet and it is ex-
pected that about a carload of
finished product will be pro-
duced per day.
"The fundamental problem
at the outset" Heritage said,
twas to develop an economical
basis for separation of the two
distinct raw materials that
come out of the forest-bark
and wood. For various reasons
bark is undesirable in the
mills. Mixed with wood it is
useful only for fuel. If bark
could be removed before the
logs were sawed, then every
bit of the wood could be used,
either for lumber or fiber"