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Evening star., 1947-12-24
Worker Burned as Clothing
Is Iqnited by Smoke Pot

A District construction worker
suffered second degree burns today
when his clothing was ignited by
smoke pot at a building project
at the new Radiant Valley subdivi-
sion, Landover, Md.
The victim, Raymond Scott, 81,
of 1914 Gale street NE, was taken
to the Prince Georges General Hos
pital, where he was admitted for
treatment for burns on his back,
legs and arms.
Members of the Bladensburg
Rescue Squad, who took Mr.. Scott
to the hospital, said oil on his over
alls caused them to catch fire when
he stepped tool close to the smoke
not
Evening star., 1947-12-24
Virginia Phone Rate
Boost on Jan. | Blocked
By the Assoeiotsd Press

RICHMOND, Va, Dec. 24.-The
State Corporation Commission, by
continuing until March l an order
suspending a temporary rate in
crease, acted yesterday to block an
automatic telephone rate boost on
January l.
A commission order ruled out the
chance that the Chesapeake &
Potomac Telephone Co. of Virginia
could, on technicality, bring about
the increase which is being sought
in a pending hearing.
Under an earlier order instituting
the hearing on c.. & P.'s rate
requests, the commission suspended
the proposed charges until Decem-
Der 81. The new order moved the
suspension date to March /.
The sec indicated the formal
hearing would be resumed during
the dTst week in January.
Evening star., 1947-12-24
Virginia Highway Officials
To Use Ref|ectorized Paint
BY the Associotsd Press

pt me %SSociofeQ FTeSS
RICHMOND, Dec. pa new use
Of refectorized paint for highway
pavement marking near the metro
politan sections of the State Is
planned for 1948, the State Highway
Department announced this week.
Ref1ectorized pavement marking
has been largely confined to noun
tain roads in the past, highway en-
gineers said, but studies have dis
closed that it will be of benefit on
heavily travelled sections Of metro
politan highways.
"On many metropolitan highways,
filling stations, tourist camps and
the like attempt to outdo each other
by means of illuminated signs" one
engineer explained. The use Of
refectorized lines should serve to
combat the distracting influence Of
multi-colored and sometimes near
binding lights on the side Of the
road"
During the coming spring, the
department plans to reflectorize the
pavement markings on United
States Routes l. II, 20, $50 and 40.
Reflectorization will be accom-
plished by the use of beaded paint.
Evening star., 1947-12-24
.Eiqht Hurt as Two Cars
Collide Near Alexandra

Eight persons, including five
Marines, we're hurt yesterday In a
two-car crash on Mount Vernon
boulevard near Skaters lane, north
Of Alexandria. park police reported
today.
The Marines were en- route from
Quantico to New York Three OF
them, Salvatore Barone, 18; Ken
meth Chase, 26, and Anthony A.
Sanchez, were transferred to the
Bethesda Naval Hospital after treat
ment at Alexandria Hospital. MIR
Barone has jaw fracture, Mr.
Chase bruises and Mr.. Sanchez q
nose fracture.
The other two Marines, John C
Stephens and Pasquale Attamore,
were released after treatment at
Alexandria Hospital Mrs. Chase,
who also was in the car, suffered
a jaw fracture and was taken to
Bethesda Hospital.
Occupants of the other car were
Preston Childs, colored, 1400 block
of Duke street, Alexandria, and Tim
johnson, colored, 500 block of Wilkes
street, Alexandria, police said. They
were taken to Alexandria Hospital
where Mr.. Childs was reported suf-
fering from leg and jaw fractures
and head injuries and Mr.. Johnson
from head injuries.
Evening star., 1947-12-24
Boy, 6, Victim Of Leukemia,
Celebrates Last YuIetide'
BY the Assoeioisd Press

SOLOMONS, Md, Dec. 24.-Six-
year-old Kenneth w. Langley al
ready has celebrated what doctors
say will be his last Christmas.
Kenny came home for Christmas
Monday night from Johns Hopkins
Hospital where doctors decided the
leukemia with which he Is stricken
will take his life before another
Yuletide.
His mother surrounded the boy
with presents, but like every other
youngster he found something was
forgotten.
Santa forgot the one thing
wanted most of all. I wish I could
have gotten a train"
The disease racks Kenny with
pain almost constantly. But he put
up a brave front at his Christmas
party, brushing away tears and
counseling his mother to wait a
minute, I'll be o. K"
Leukemia struck Kenny about
year and a half ago.
Evening star., 1947-12-24
Strategic Air Force Saves
Food for 95,973 Meal Total

A food conservation program
within the Strategic Air Command
saved 109, ,437 pounds of butter, cere-
ais and -four, lard, meats and poul-
try during November, according to
an announcement from the COM
mand's headquarters at Andrews
Field.
The food-saving, which involved
81, ,445 men, was achieved by cut
ting down waste and by observing
poultryless, eggless and meatless
days.
The food conserved was calculated
on the basis of a normal require
ment OF $500 calories per person per
day to have amounted to 95,973
meals. According to present plans,
the program will continue indefi-
nitely.
Evening star., 1947-12-24
Honeywell School Moves
Eouipment 10 Pook S Hill

Equipment of the Honeywell
School, whose building near Wilson
lane and Bradley boulevard, Bethes-
da, was destroyed by fire Decem-
Der 16, was being moved today into
Pook's Hill, one time home of
Crown Princess Martha of Norway,
on the Rockville pike near the
Bethesda Naval Hospital.
DR.. d. w. Honeywell, owner Of the
school, said he had obtained year S
lease on the Pook's Hill estate
from Harry H. Brodie, Washington
builder. The estate was occupied
at one time by Merle Thorpe, editor
OF the Nations Business.
The estate will house approx
mately $50 students, DR.. Honeywell
said. The remaining 100 will attend
the classes in brick building near
the site of the burned structure.
Glasses will be resumed January Z.
DR.. Brodie, whose petition to re-
zone the estate to apartment house
and commercial use was approved
by the Montgomery County COM
missioners several months ago, plans
to build a $l5,0O0,oO0 apartment
hotel on the estate.
Evening star., 1947-12-24
Commercial Contracts
On Sewer, Wafer Jobs
Weighed in Maryland

Future water and sewer connec-
tions in Montgomery and Prince
Georges Counties would cost more
under a plan now under study by
the Washington Suburban Sanitary
Commission.
After a meeting yesterday, the
commission announced it is con-
sidering a plan whereby commercial
plumbing establishments would
make the connections on properties
abutting unimproved streets and the
commission would resume the max
ing of connections on improved
streets.
Commission rates, which had
been S42.50 for each connection,
would go up under the plan, it was
declared.
Iron Out Differences.
The public service agency met to
iron out differences recently raised
between it and the Washington
Suburban Master Plumbers Associ-
alton The plumbers had asked and
received legislation permitting the
commission to authorize commercial
plumbers to make the connections.
The commission granted this au-
thority November IT,
The plumbers then found they did
not have carte blanche authority
such as the commission has-to
make connections in various towns
and incorporated communities with
out obtaining permits from the
State, county or municipal authority
involved. BY last week end they
estimated as many as 500 nearby
Maryland homes were kept vacant
because of failure to make connec-
tions.
Under the proposal now being
studied, the commission would re-
sumo connections to properties on
improved streets. This would
amount to about Is per cent of the
total connections made, it was said.
Permits Not Needed.
Commercial plumbers, making
connections to properties along un-
improved streets, would not need
permits to tear up pavements Or
otherwise break through finished
road surfaces, commission spokes-
man explained.
Under the law, the commission
is required to make uniform correc-
ton charges to all Of its customers
such fees to be at cost. Complaints
have been made that plumbers
working for a profit, were charging
home builders excessively high fees
for work formerly done by the COM
mission.
When questioned about this de-
velopment, the commission Spokes-
man asserted that costs have risen
and that future connection fees
probably would be raised if the new
plan with the plumbers is adopted
Improved Areas Costlier.
This is because installations on
improved streets are more expensive
than on unimproved thoroughfares
Commercial plumbers, making in
stallations only in the areas where
less expense is involved, probably
would not charge fees greater than
the commissions new rates, 1t was
asserted.
Asked if this situation still would
not result in home builders paying
more on undeveloped streets than
under the former system, the COM
mission spokesman said no, because
the commission must charge uni
form rates to all subscribers.
There was no clarification of the
point that the proposed connection
fee increases might not be as great
if the commission continued to make
all connections
Evening star., 1947-12-24
Names
Administrator
In Alexandra
Cincinnati Man to Get
Post Whitton Resigned
After Survey Criticism

The Board of Directors of Alex
andria Hospital today announced
the appointment of Van Campen
Adams, 48, of Cincinnati, as admin
istrator to succeed Robert G. Whit>,
ton. resigned.
Mr.. Adams will resign as admin
istrator of Jewish Hospital, Gin
cinnati, to take the position on jan
uary S. Mr.. Whitton resigned re-
Gently after severe criticism of his
administration was voiced in a hos
pital survey.
Mr.. Adams is a veteran Of % years
in the hospital field. David S.
Haddock, vice president of the Alex
andria Hospital board, said the new
administrator came highly recon-
mended both for his ability to
operate hospital and to conduct
its activities on a sound financial
basis.
With Mayo Clinic 13 Years.
Mr.. Haddock said this was of par
ticular interest to the Alexandria
Hospital, which has been plagued
with financial difficulties for sew
eral years
The new administrator received
his bachelor of arts degree from the
University of Minnesota in 1928.
From 1924 to 1887 he was connected
with the Mayo Clinic, and was
superintendent of the Springfield
(Ohio) City Hospital, a 20O-bed in
stitution, from 1887 to 1941. He has
been at the Jewish Hospital, a 330-
bed institution, since that time.
Mr.. Adams is member of the
American College of Hospital Ad-
ministrators, American Hospital As
sociation and Ohio Hospital Asso-
citation.
Aided Teaching Program.
Mr.. Haddock quoted the recon-
mendation of one of the trustees of
the Jewish Hospital as follows:
II particularly admire Mr. Adams
point of view regarding hospital
management and what the func-
tions of a hospital are He edu-
Gated us to our obligations to run
our hospital not merely as a. hotel
for the sick but as an institution
which must make very substantial
contribution to the standards of
medical practice and the conduct of
medical education in our commu-
nifty - -
Mr.. Adams references also stressed
his ability in aiding the medical
teaching program at the Jewish
Hospital.
References for Mr.. Adams also
were furnished by medical and ad-
ministrative executives of the Mayo
Clinic at Rochester.
In announcing the appointment
the board disclosed it would meet
Friday to select a successor to David
C. Book, board president, who an
nounced his resignation recently.
Evening star., 1947-12-24
Annapolis Woman Settles
Suit for Hayride Injury
BY the Assoeiated Press

ANNAPOLIS, Dec. 24.-Attorneys
for Mrs. Cora Tilton said yesterday
they had settled out of court her
suit for damages resulting from q
hayride accident last August.
George E. Terrell, 2032 Belmont
road NV, Washington, agreed to
the settlement. His car collided
with wagon on which Mrs. Tilton,
as USO hostess. was riding with
servicemen and their girl compan-
IONS
Mrs. Tilton sued Mr.. Terrell and
Charles Bowie of Parole. who drove
the wagon, for $25 5000, claiming she
suffered permanent injury from q
fractured ankle. The settlement re-
portedly was for considerably less
than that sum.
Evening star., 1947-12-24

Speeding and reckless driving cost
Many a life that's needleSSly lost.
Obey each rule and regulation;
For satetys sake, let's lead the
Nation.
This poem by Wesley w. Walker,
81, of 810 Bashford lane, Alexandria,
won the first prize in the Commis-
sioners' Traffic Advisory Boards
third traffic safety jingle contest.
Mr.. Walker has entered the safety
jingle contest each week and has
written a total of 166 jingles. His
winning poem was selected from
2,100 entries.
The five runners-up in last week S
contest are: Florence M. Stellwagon,
704 Third street NV; John Ellis,
$50 South Twentieth street, Airing
ton: Mrs. w. C. Lamb, Ebbitt Hotel; !;
Allan Peel, 1926 Martha Custis drive,
Evening star., 1947-12-24
Council in Alexandra
Favors Negotiations
For ; House Projects

The Alexandria City Council last
night authorized the City Housing
Authority to negotiate with the Fed
eral Government for three housing
projects built in the city during the
war.
Final acquisition of the projects
by the city for low-cost housing will
require congressional legislation, the
Council was told. R. S. Marshall, di-
rector of the Housing Authority,
however, was directed to negotiate
for the homes Immediately.
The Council referred to the city
attorney and the city manager for
study another resolution containing
a tentative contract between the
city and the Government for the
purchase of the three developments.
Also contained in this resolution was
a request to Representative Smith,
Democrat. of Virginia, to sponsor the
necessary legislation to permit trans
fer of the properties to the city.
Opponents May Sue.
The three projects involved are
Chinquapin Village, 300 homes;
Cameron Valley, 231 homes, and
Ramsey Homes, IS dwelling units.
Opponents to the rezoning OF the
Delaney. tract, adjacent to Beverly
Hills, to permit construction Of mul-
tiple family dwellings, last night in
dicated to the Council that they
may take the matter to court. The
rezoning was granted by a 5-to-3
vote.
Charles M. Dawson of the North
Ridge Citizens Association, said his
group may take the matter to court
because a large number OF nearby
property owners filed written pro-
tests to the rezoning.
Mr.. Dawson explained that Vir-
ginia law provides rezoning must be
authorized by three-fourths vote
when 20 per cent of adjacent prop
erty owners protest. He said the
question to be decided by the court
would be how many property own
ers would be considered adjacent
because the owners were rezoning
only part of their tract.
Hospital Gets Funds.
City Attorney Joseph M. Pancoast
said in his opinion the only prop.
erty owners who could be con-
sidered adjacent we're those actually
adjoining or across the street from
the property.
The council authorized payment
of $4,000 to the Alexandria Hospital
for emergency room patients han
died there this year. The council
agreed to meet with hospital boaro
January to discuss terms of the
city's 1948 contract for the care 7o1
INDECENT patients.
The council recessed until Tues
day night when a hearing on the
l948 budget will be held.
Evening star., 1947-12-24
DR.. Ang|ar 10 Become
Health Officer for
County on Jan. IS

DR.. Thomas S. Anglar, health Off
Ger of Albemarle County, Va, and
of the city of Charlottesville for the
past eight years, will assume a
similar position in Prince Georges
County on January IS.
His appointment was approved by
the Prince Georges County commits
sioners at their weekly meeting yes
terday in Upper Marlboro.
In taking over the Maryland post,
DR.. Anglar viii succeed DR.. John M.
Byers, present health officer Of the
county, who resigned, effective De-
cember 81.
The new health officer is a native
of Carroll County, Md. He was
graduated from Western Maryland
College and received his doctors
degree from Johns Hopkins Univer-
sity. He also is graduate OF the
latter university's School of Hygiene
and Public Health.
Taught at University.
In addition to his other duties in
Charlottesville, DR.. Anglar taught at
the University of Virginia. He
was recommended for the Prince
Georges County position by the
Maryland State Department OF
Health.
Unlike his predecessor, DR.. Anglar
will maintain his principal Office in
the County Courthouse in Upper
Marlboro. Although the County
Health Department has two offices
Dr. Byers used the one in the County
Service Building, Hyattsville.
DR.. Byers resigned after seven
years with the county to accept a
position in the central Office of the
State Department of Health. The
county position carries an annual
salary of $4,000 paid by the county
and an additional amount by the
State.
In other business, the commits
sioners announced county employees
will be off today and tomorrow. but
will work on Friday. Saturday is a
regular day off.
Hearing on Chillum Set.
Following a petition signed by 50
residents, the commissioners ordered
a hearing set for II am. January 20
in Upper Marlboro to consider
creation of a new special improve
ment district in the Chillum area.
The new district, which would be
designated as Special improvement
District No. 33, would include the
Michigan Park Hills, Chillum, Gar
dens, Oakdale Terrace, Chillumgate,
Sargent Knolls and Chillum Manor
subdivisions and also the properties
bounded by Chillum, Riggs, Ray and
Sargent roads.
The commissioners granted a tax
exemption to the Riverdale Presby-
terian Church for property on which
it intends to erect new church in
University Park.
Following receipt of letter from
James P. Lazzati, executive director
of the Maryland Veterans Housing
Commission, the commissioners
agreed to invite representatives of
the organization to meet with them
at some future date in connection
with a State wide veterans housing
corveu ir, tho State
Evening star., 1947-12-24
Rockville Boy Injured
By Auto Asks DAMAGES

A suit for $4,000 damages was
filed yesterday in Montgomery Coun-
ty Circuit Court by Bernard J.
Poss, jr., 13, through his father,
Bernard J. Poss, ST., Rockville,
against Seward Mott, jr, 4727
Tf1irtieth street NV.
Through his attorney. James H.
Pugh. Mr.. Poss charges his son
was struck by Mr. Motifs car last
June 26, as he was walking across
the Rickville pike near Halpine.
AS a result of the accident, accord
ing to the suit, the boys left leg
was permanently shortened.
Evening star., 1947-12-24
B. & A. Railroad Files
Petition 10 Shift 10
Passenger Buses
By the Associated Press

BALTIMORE, Dec. 24.-The Bal
timore & Annapolis Railroad is
seeking to abandon it's rail passenger
service and substitute buses on its
intercity route.
In a petition asking the Public
Service Commission to authorize the
change, the B. & A. said it plans to
retain its rail freight service.
The action tied in with a recently
announced Baltimore City plan to
make use of part of the railroads
right-of-way lying within the city
for construction of limited access
highway.
The highway would form a section
of freeway through Baltimore and
would connect with a projected Bal
timore- Washington parkway.
The plans have been incorporated
in a bill to be introduced in the
Baltimore City Council January r..
Harry T. Connolly. president of
the B. & A., disclosed shortly after
the petition was filed yesterday that
the company had been advised some
months ago the proposal was under
consideration and that the B. & A.
had started to work at that time
on plans to abandon rail passenger
service.
The railroad maintains separate
right of way connecting with Balti-
more & Ohio Railroad tracks at
Baltimore Highlands. This, OBJ
servers said, could be used for
freight service.
The petition did not mention the
city's highway plan. No date was
set for the hearing.
Yesterday. before news that a
petition had been filed was made
public, the Anne Arundel Board of
commissioners adopted resolution
opposing any curtailment of the
railroads service.
Evening star., 1947-12-24
Maryland U. to Offer
Special Courses Again
BY the Axsocio,sd Press

Part time study courses will be
Altered again by the University OF
Maryland next spring.
The largest enrolment for the
university's College Of Special and
Continued Studies again will be in
Baltimore, where more than 1000
persons utilized the university's new
service during its first semester.
Students may work towards de-
grees or enroll in special courses
without aiming at degree. Tho
spstne term begins February q
Evening star., 1947-12-24
Dozier Takes Post
As Jury Commissioner
By the ,Associoted Press

RICHMOND. Va, Dec. 24.-Curtis
M. Dezier national Republican COM
mitteeman from Virginia, today en-
tered upon his new duties as jury
commissioner of the United States
District Court in Richmond.
Mr.. Dozier replaces Conway Saun-
ders under the legal requirement
that the jury commissioner be OF
the political party opposite to that
of the clerk.
The appointment was made by
Judge Sterling Hutcheson as an
aftermath of the recent appoint
ment of Walkley Johnson as clerk
to succeed G. K. Moran. Mr.. john
son is Democrat.
Evening star., 1947-12-24
luttrelI on Schools Board

ANNAPOLIS, Dec. "a (P).-Gov
Lane announced yesterday the ap-
pointment of ]. Grayson Luttrell
vice president of Mccormick & Co.
Inc. to the Board of Managers of
the Cheltenham School for Boys
He succeeds the late Howard C..
H3n, educator and social worker.
Evening star., 1947-12-24
County Soil Committee
Nominees Approved
BY the Associotsd Press

Maryland's Statewide Soil Con-
servation Committee yesterday ap-
proved the nominees for an election
to the Prince Georges County Com
mittee.
No date has been set for the
county balloting, but the State COM
mittee approved as nominees Walter
D. Addison and William B. Bur-
roughs Of Mitchellville, Joe Parrie
and Randolph Cooksey Of Brandy
wine, Robert Smith Of Accokeek and
orimth @. oursier Of Clinton.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-12-09
DOUGLAS
 NEWS
GAMBLING ORDINANCE
 TABLED

Councilmen present at last eve ning's regular City Council meet ing were Wm. Boehl, Sante Degan, Chas. Werner, Rex Hermann and Charles Whyte, with Mayor Mike Pusich presiding.
 Ordinance No. 26, giving title to lot in Block 36 to the Juneau Spruce Corp, passed third and fi- nal reading.
 Councilmen were presented with a copy of Juneau's gambling and vagrancy ordinances, with a view to establishing a Douglas ordinance to the same effect. However, not much enthusiasm was shown tow ards an ordinance of this nature and the matter was tabled.
 Five applications for liquor li- censes, two retail and three dis pensary, were received and all pass ed unanimously. Some discussion was made on the two Douglas Bus Companies, whereby one company is penalized more in taxes and franchise dues than it's competitor. This was also tabled.
 A request from Acting Governor Lew Williams, that the city join in a Christmas Ship to the needy in Europe was read, and the Mayor was to contact the Douglas Wo-
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-12-09
Baranof In Westbound

Alaska Steamships Baranof tied up at the Juneau dock at 230 this afternoon, bringing 29 passengers from Seattle and three rom Ket- chikan. The ship. with J. Ramsauer as Captain and J. Volger as Chief Purser, will pull out for Cordoya, Valdez and Seward at 5;30 this afternoon.
 It is due back in Juneau sometime Sunday and is expected to leave for Seattle Sunday evening.
 Passengers arriving from Seattle were. J. w. Dawson, Mrs. J. w. Dawson and two infants, S. M. Dore, David j. Flood, Esther George, Jim Virard, Carl Lahto, Ray Likow- ski, Fred Mattson, Mrs. F. Matson.
 Ralph w Mize. Mrs. R. w. Mize, Doorthy Mize. Elizabeth Mize, U. D. Moody, Mrs. Moody, Gene Moody Laurel Moody, Holly Moody, c. R Myers, Mrs. Myers, Garry Myers Barry Myers, Mrs. Hardy Trepzger Mrs William Trimble, Judy Trimble and Oscar H. Uland.