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Evening star., 1947-07-29
Takoma Park Delays
Trailer Restrictions
Until November |

To help relieve the housing short.
age the Takoma Park City Council
voted last night to allow the use
of trailers until November l withir
the corporate limits without specia
Today nonrenewable permits. The
prohibition against use of trailers
as living quarters was scheduled te
be effective August l..
The Council also approved a pro.
posal of the Maryland Nationa.
Capital Park and Planning Commits
sion to develop an 11-acre tract or
the Hodges property for commu.
nifty recreational center. The COM
mission previously appropriated $685.
900 to help finance the project. ~
The tract. adjacent to the Ia
koma Park Junior High School, will
be provided with tennis courts, base
ball fields and other facilities, Ron
aid S. Senseman, chairman Of the
Civic Center Associations Site
Committee, and Corporation Coun-
sci j. Douglas Bradshaw told the
Council last night. A community
center will be built.
The trailer situation was dis
cussed at length and several letters
were read. The ordinance, now
effective November l, provides that
no person shall set up temporary or
permanent abode in trailer, tent
wagon, automobile or truck without
first obtaining a SO nonrenewable
To-day permit from the city clerk.
Evening star., 1947-07-29
Armory's Five Floors Contain
$4,000 Square Feet of Space

both military and civilian activities
in the hall six months ahead and
to dump all revenues into the Dis
trict Golfers. Gen Cox proposes to
use the revenues for Guard projects
Actually, Guard officials admit
the drill hall is not the buildings
chief asset, 80 far as they are
concerned.A One leader said 1t will
be a necessity only for such rare
functions as assemblies, ceremonies
and large-scale drill sessions.
Only One Elevator.
But, they contend, the rest of the
building would not be advantageous
for anything but Guard use. There
is only one elevator in the build
ing. The rooms are too small and
broken up for Office use, they say,
and ventilation in the building is
not the best for continual occu-
pancy.
What the Guard likes about the
building is the way it is laid out
The drill hall comprises the center.
1t is surrounded by four large wings,
each with two floors below and two
above the drill hall level.
The construction was planned so
that each wing and several sections
in each wing have become separate
smaller armories in themselves.
Thus, unit commanders can open
their areas when they are in use,
and securely lock them up to pro-
tect the equipment the Guard hopes
to have soon. The equipment, Gen.
Cox said, will take up nearly all
available room for storage.
: There still will be enough space
in the wings for each unit to have
Offices, day rooms, assembly rooms,
-classrooms, recreation areas and
medical Offices.
Storage for 800 Vehicles.
In the basement is another vast
space reserved for the 600 vehicles
of all types the Guard has on order.
Adjoining the garage are two huge
firing ranges.
When all the Guards units are
recognized by the War Department
and recruited to full strength, there
will be 1000 officers and enlisted
men. There now are only 652 men,
bers.
The Guard units will leave August
for their first postwar two-week
field exercises at Fort Meade, Md
Early in September training will be
more fully organized and the Guard
intends to open an all-out recruit
ing drive.
If it's a success, officials say, there
won't be any empty space at the
armory. And even that drill hall
won't seem so large.
Evening star., 1947-07-29
50 Of 900 Reported
Signing Rent Raise

A special Tenants Committee OF
the Haywood Gardens apartments
Mount Rainier, reported today that
only about so of the approximately
900 residents of the development
have signed new leases calling for a
10 per cent increase in rents.
At the same time Mrs. Nelson
Saunders, wife of one of the COM
mittee members, said that meetings
of the tenants are being held daily
in an effort to obtain more favorable
leases.
She said the management is ask
ing tenants to sign the voluntary
leases by August l. The contracts
will continue for 18 months, she
said, protecting the tenants beyond
March /, 1913, when Federal rent
control measures expire.
A. S. Kay, owner of the apart
ments, Mrs. Saunders said, has of
fered to discuss contracts individ-
ually with the tenants, but not with
the committee as a whole.
Evening star., 1947-07-29
Hough Due for Sentencing
Today in Housing Fraud

Stanley P. Hough, builder and
real estate man, is scheduled to be
sentenced today in Federal District
Court in Alexandria on four counts
of using the mails to defraud. He
was convicted in connection with a
veterans housing project on which
he accepted payments but failed to
complete.
Hough was found guilty last
month after testimony at his trial
brought out that he promised to
complete homes for veterans in
Hough Park. Prince Georges County,
Md, but failed to finish the homes.
In all four cases, according to the
Governments case, Hough accepted
money for the promised homes
The Government introduced LETT
ters TO show that in connection with
his so-called building project, Hough
had used the mails to further his
scheme" of defrauding the veterans.
The case came before the Federal
Court in Alexandria because the
letters involved were mailed in that
courts Jurisdiction.
Evening star., 1947-07-29
Third OF a Ser1es.J
By Alex R. Preston
Sfnr StnH Corrasnondant

WARRENTON. Va, July 29.-Of
II Fauquier County Offices to be
filled by elections this year, the
Democrats are holding contests for
only two in the August 5 primary.
According to Commemorative At
torney Charles G. Stone, one of the
primary contestants. it has been
about so years since the Republi-
cans sought to fill county post.
Mr.. Stone, now completing his
first four-year term and seeking
another, Is opposed by Edwin L.
Balm. jr., an attorney.
The second Office for which a
contest has developed is that OF
sheriff. The veteran incumbent
w. S. Wolfe, who was first elected
and has served repeatedly since
1914, Is not seeking oflce again but
is supporting N. M. Lewis, one OF
his deputies, for the post.
Opposing Mr. Lewis for the party s
nomination next week is 8! S. Hall
jr., a town officer here for the last
16 years.
There have been no political rail-
lies or strong campaign Issues be-
tween candidates. Their approach
Evening star., 1947-07-29
Policeman Is Sued
For $4,000 Damages

A $4,000 damage suit charging
assault, undue force and unlawful
detention was filed by James Harvey
Rogers, Cottage City auto salesman,
in Prince Georges County Circuit
Court yesterday against Arnett w.
Cord, county policeman.
According to Vance v. Vaughan.
attorney for Mr. Rogers, the sales
man has been in Prince Georges
General Hospital since July 81, the
day after the assault occurred, re-
cuperating from injuries inflicted
by the policeman.
The suit declares that the two met
the evening of July 20 at the home
of friend in Colmar Manor. Mr..
Rogers, the suit continued, left the
house after the policeman, then in
civilian clothes, became abusive"
Later, the suit continued, Mr..
Cord, in company with two uni
formed policemen, met Mr.. Rogers
on the street "and struck him about
the head and body several times
with blunt object"
Mr.. Rogers has been charged with
being drunk and disorderly and is
now under $1,000 bond. preliminary
hearing has been set for September
II in Hyattsville Police Court.
Evening star., 1947-07-29
Sunset Service Opens
Maryland Baptist Meet
BY the Associated Press

: FREDERICK, Md. July 29.-The
annual Maryland Baptist summer
assembly got under way yesterday
with a sunset service conducted BY
the Rev. DR.. T. Eugene West o1
Boston.
Approximately $50 delegates, in.
cluding laymen and members oi
the clergy. heard a sermon by this
Rev. DR.. R. E. Gaines of the Uni
versity of Richmond.
The first business session of the
convention was held this morning
with an address by the Rev. Vernon
B. Richardson, pastor of the Uni
versity Baptist Church. Baltimore.
The assembly will adjourn Sat-
urday.
Evening star., 1947-07-29
Tenants Rights
ToGuiide Boosts,
Rent. Chief Saws
CoesweII Holds Hope
Of JustifiubIe Raises
For D. 6. Landlords

Rent Administrator Robert F
Cogswell today held out hope oi
some justifiable rent increases fol-
District landlords" but added 9
warning that he fully intends tc
safeguard the rights of tenants ir
this matter"
An. all-important question in con-
sideration of any rent increases, he
saids is the extent of the additional
tax load and assessments on prop
erty owners.
Mr.. Cogswell conceded landlords
have made cut good case, but he
indicated, in view of many conflict
ing opinions, that the Rent Admin
istration has no intention of meeting
all their demands. He conceded
however, that rents can't stay at
1s41 levels" explaining that some
apartment landlords are still charg-
ing the same rents they did six
years. ago.
Assessments to Be Studied.
The whole question is very in
volved and complex" he said. Il am
convinced that some landlords un-
- doubtedly should be granted rent in
creases under the very provisions OF
the act itself"
Especially, he said, the question
of additional assessments on real
estate property should be studied
closely in connection with the petit
tions of apartment and business
property owners.
1--WE are going very thoroughly
into the matter of this 20 per cent
increase in assessments and will hold
conferences with officials of the Tax
Assessors Office" he explained, 1--WE
have been told different things by
different people. Some claim the
increase is a blanket increase on all
properties. Others claim 1t extends
to some properties but not wholly to
others. This assessment, of course,
is important in its relation to rent
increases"
The Tax Assessors Office said the
20 per cent blanket increase applies
on the value of Improvements on
residential property only. Two other
kinds of property-apartment houses
and downtown stores-are treated
differently and should be considered
separately, it was said, in deter
mining the extent of the increase.
Coal Price Factor.
Another factor that should be
brought into the picture is the
sizable increase in the cost of coal
which affects most apartment house
owners" Mr. Cogsweu said. The
increase is 81 63 a ton for bituminous
coal of the grade suitable for apart
ment houses.
Mr.. Cogswell indicated he is un-
prepared to accept figures presented
by landlords indicating mini
mum" tax and water rent increase
of 14.2I7 per cent. r,s,,-
1--WE will 60 into all these ques-
tions very thoroughly before reach
ing any final conclusions and in
view of the combination of circum-
stances relating to general over all
increased COSTS" he declared. But
we fully intend to protect the rights
of tenants" ..e
Evening star., 1947-07-29
Maryland Fruit Crop
30-65 Pct. Of Normal
BY the Assoeioted Press

A prediction that Maryland's 1947
fruit crop will range between 80 and
IS per cent of normal was made
yesterday by A. F. Vierheller. ex-
tension horticulturist at the Uni
versity of Maryland.
Mr.. Vierheller said this year S
short crop is a result of heavy May
frosts.
The Maryland Crop Reporting
Service estimated commercial
apple crop of $4,000 bushels. COM
pared with a normal crop of 1,800,-
600 bushels and last years 1872, 900
bushels.
Other estimates:
Peaches, $4,000 bushels. COM
pared with a normal 100000: pears,
$4,000 bushels, compared with a
65, ,000- -bushel average. and grapes,
300 tons, compared with a normal
$50 tons.
Evening star., 1947-07-29
Electrical Union Asks
Vepco 10 Reconsider
Workers Pay Scales
by the Associated Press

RICHMOND, Va, July 29.-The
International Brotherhood of Elec-
trical Workers, an AFL union, yes
terday proposed reconsideration o1
wage scales established by company
union agreement for Virginia Elec-
trio 81 Power Co. employees.
J. c. Mcintosh, international rep
lresentative of the union, asked
Vepco's management to meet with
IBEW representatives to review
wage scales and attempt to arrive
at a determination of a fair and
equitable wage rate" for groups OF
Vepco employees represented by
the union.
Nowhere in his request, letter
to Vepco President J. G. Holtzclaw
did Mr.. Mcintosh ask specifically
for wage increase, but his language
clearly implied the unions belief
that it might be possible to raise
wages and reduce rates at the
same time.
The union official said IBEW did
not intend to inject itself into rate
reduction proceedings now being
carried on by the State Corporation
COMMISSIONS situation that burst
into the headlines last week with
Mayor Horace Edwards open letter
urging tn sec to slash consumers
rates in view of VEPCO's alleged
excessive" earnings.
But, he added, we think that the
interests of the public and of the in
vestors can be best served by a
proper consideration and ADJUST
ment of the wage structure" before
final determination" of the rate
cut issue.
An existing contract between
company and union does not expire
until March 81, 1948, and Mr.. Nc
Intosh took note of this fact with
the remark that management may
legally refuse to agree to our re-
quest"
Evening star., 1947-07-29
New Site SOUGHT
As Neviius Plans
Abandoned
Choice for Veterans
Hospital Vetoed by
House Committee
By GEORGE Beveridoe

The Veterans Administration to.
day prepared to scrap plans for It's
proposed veterans hospital on the
Nevius tract in Arlington, and to
start the search for another site.
Use of the tract, it was learned.
has been vetoed by the House Ap-
propriations Committee on grounds
that the 25-acre property is too ex-
pensive.
The tract, located at Lee boule-
ward and Arlington Ridge road, was
selected last year by Veterans Ad.
ministrator Bradley after studying
other locations for a year. Plans
were we'll under way, officials said,
and construction was due to start
at the Nevius tract late this fall.
The committee action, however,
was taken after brief hearings last
week as result of criticism leveled
at the selection by Representative
Smith, Democrat, of Virginia. He
claimed other sites in nearby Arling-
ton are available at little or no cost
to the Government. and declared
the nearness of the Nevius tract to
Arlington Cemetery would be bad
for patients morale.
Viewed as Test Case.
Congress ordered the House Ap.
propriations Committee to investi-
gate the charges and make q final
decision on Use of the land.
VA officials are known to havs
viewed the Nevius tract as a test
case to decide whether its own
medical chiefs or Congress was to
choose sites for its hospitals. Loca-
ton of the new institutions near
large medical centers, q spokesman
said, has been keynote OF the
agency's intricate medical program.
The agency already has acquired
title to the controversial Nevius
tract and has put UP more than
1851 900 toward It's purchase. A
condemnation jury this fall will de-
eide the final price of the property.
Meanwhile. the agency said, the
land will be transferred to the War
Assets Administration for resale.
Funds realized from this sale will
60 to the Treasury and will be lost
to the VA for future use, an official
said.
$135,000 Spent on Plans.
The agency also has spent about
sl35,0 on architects plans for the
proposed $15,000,0O0, 750-bed hos
pital While some of the plans
might be salvaged for another loca-
ton, the official pointed out that
the plans and specifications were
particularly drawn so as not to con-
flict with beauty of the Lincoln
Memorial. The tract is directly west
of the memorial, across the Potomac
River.
Owners OF the Arlington tract.
headed by A. M. Nevius. retired vice
president of Riggs National Bank,
consistently refused VA offers for.
the property, claiming it is worth
more than 1851 900. Mr.. Nevius said
a large apartment-hotel project was
planned for construction at the site.
VA officials said the search for
a new site will include re-study of
rs locations visited before the Nevius
tract was selected.
Evening star., 1947-07-29
Virginia Radio Programs
On Medical Plans Set
BY the Associated Press

RICHMOND, July 29.-The Med
ical Society of Virginia announced
plans yesterday for a series of five
radio programs explaining and ap-
praising voluntary prepayment med
lea care and disqualification plans
now organized in the State.
The programs, to be broadcast
over a network of stations. will begin
on Monday and continue through
August 8.
The society said approximately
328. 900 Virginians now are enrolled
in disqualification plans, and some
Isl 900 are covered for medical care
Stations broadcasting the series
include WPIK, Alexandria; WCHW,
Charlottesville: VIVA, Fredericks-
burg, and WING, Winchester.
Evening star., 1947-07-29

Picture an inclosed area large
enough to contain a football field
add q spacious building at each cor.
ner, and you have general idea o1
the District National Guard Armory
regarded as the Nations biggest.
The huge stone structure, located
at Nineteenth and East Capito
streets, contains about ST. 900 square
feet of floor space, spread on five
floor levels.
Even Guard officials don't know
how many rooms are in the building
But Carl C. Creamer, the building
superintendent, can attest to, the
size of some of them. After his
daily tours of the armory, he saio
he feels "closed in every time he
enters an ordinary sized building.
Drill Hall 400 Feet Long.
For example, the first room he
sees when he enters the armory
every morning is the drill hall-the
real show piece of the vast structure
The hall easily could hold full
sized football field and looks big
enough to have clouds. It's measure.
ments: 400 feet long, 200 feet wide
and 95 feet high. Two hundred
lights of 500 and 750 candlepowel
are suspended from it's half-shell
roof for illumination.
Permanent galleries lining sides OF
the hall can seat $500 people, ano
no one has estimated how many
thousands more could be packed
into fed stands if they were placed
below the galleries. This week
Mr.. Creamer will begin lining three
basket ball and two volley ball courts
on a part of the hardwood floor
There will be ample space left fol-
whatever other recreational activ-
tiles the Guard schedules for its
members.
Rented for 2 Occasions.
In the six weeks the Guard has
been in its new home, Brig. Gen
Albert L. Cox, the commander, has
been swamped with requests from
organizations for use of the hall
uses ranging from a circus to a
revival meeting. Two nonmilitary
functions are scheduled. One, on
October 9, will be the annual show
of the Home Builders Association
of the Metropolitan Area. The other
will be the George Washington
University homecoming dance on
November i.
. Control of the huge hall and of
the revenues it would bring is sought
by the District Commissioners In
a bill introduced in the House last
week.
The city heads want to schedule
Evening star., 1947-07-29
Silver Spring 10 GET
New Rush-Hour Buses

A new rush-hour bus service be-
tween Fourth and Butternut streets
NV. and Sligo avenue and Piney
Branch road. in Silver Spring, will
oe inaugurated August II, it was an
nounced today by the Capital Tran
sit Co.
The new line will operate Mon
days through Fridays from Fourth
and Butternut streets via Butter
nut street, Sixth street, and Piney
Branch road to Sligo avenue, where
it will connect with the Z-8, Flower
Avenue line.
Returning it will operate via Piney
Branch road, Sixth street, Cedar
street, and Blair road to Butternut
street.
Evening star., 1947-07-29
Young Prisoner FIees
Road Gunq in Fuirfux

A 19-year -old prisoner escaped to.
day from a State road gang or
Route 657 near Chantilly, Fairfax
County, police reported. They listed
the man as Clarence James Clark
feet inches tall, weighing Isl
pounds, serving three-year term for
breaking and entering in Charlotte
County,
Police in Virginia and the District
were alerted to look out for the
prisoner, last seen on Route SO
heading in the direction of Win
chester.
Evening star., 1947-07-29
GingeIfTrioI for Beotine
Girl Set for August 8

Trial of James E. Gingell, %. Of
Kensington, on charges of assault
with intent to kill, will be held Au-
gust in Montgomery County Cir
cult Court in Rockville.
Gingell Is accused of beating Miss
Kathryn J. Bradshaw, II. near her
home in Kensington, April 13. He
has been held in the Rockville Jail
in default of $4,000 bond, county
police said.
Evening star., 1947-07-29
The Peoples Meeting Place

Washington thousands of people meet each other
day through Classified Advertising columns of The Star
In this great public market the people list their wants
they their terms they strike their bargains they close
their deals. There middle soliciting agents.
pressure statesmen Here the people talking to
the people, people looking for people, people trading with
people-people with things they willing to SELL people
looking things they anxious to buy and all their wants
democracy free enterprise free tradepeope run
ming their affairs.
The Star is proud its dominance in Classified Adver
sng The Star furnishes the medum-the people do the
rest.
Evening star., 1947-07-29
Seaman's S Arraignment Set
In Woman's S Death in Cabin
Special Dispatch 10 The stnr


LEONARDTOWN, Md, july g.
Joseph Daniel Brouillette, a a.
year-old Navy seaman, will be ar
raigned Friday morning before
Trial Magistrate Ralph Abel of St.
Marys County In the strangulation
last Wednesday of Mrs. Julia Ka-
tona, IS, of Tall Timbers, Md.
Brouillette, charged with the mur-
der of Mrs. Katona, wife Of 1t.
Frank Katona, stationed at the
nearby Naval Air Station, will plead
not guilty and waive preliminary
hearing, according to State Senator
Paul j. Bailey, defense counsel.
Funeral services for Mrs. Katona.
whose body was found in a log
cabin owned by a neighbor, were
held yesterday in Arlington Gene.
terry.
Evening star., 1947-07-29
Lane Spikes Fund Campaign
For State Police Recruiting

being prepared and he declined to
comment on it until it was submit
ted to the Governor.
The Superintendent said last week
he was unaware the solicitation had
started, adding he was out of the
city when police stationery was pro-
viGed a citizens committee direct
ing a recruiting appeal.
The committee had sought SIS 900
in contributions While the solici-
tation campaign was spiked. the re-
cruiting campaign apparently went
over. The police have 1.5o0 applica-
tions for IS vacant posts.