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Evening star., 1947-02-17

Ralph Rawlings, all of Kensington;
James of Four Corners, Md, and
David, Silver Spring, also survive.
Mr.. Barden is survived by his
mother. Mrs. Gertrude Barden of
Charlottesville, Va; five brothers,
Russell, Claude and Lewis Barden
of Silver Spring; Cecil of Washing
ton and Alfred S. Barden, now in
the Navy at Seattle, and four sis
tiers, Mrs. Elsie Orason, Point of
Rocks, Md; Mrs. Catherine Coch-
rane, Frederick; Mrs. Thelma
Stubbs, Kensington, and Miss Eliza
beth Barden, Dallas, Tex.
Mr.. Barden is survived by his
mother, Mrs. Gertrude Barden OF
Charlottesville, Va, five brothers
and four sisters.
Funeral Rites Wednesday,.
Funeral services for Mr.. Kirk will
be held at II am. Wednesday at the
Warner E. Pumphrey funeral home,
Silver Spring. Place of burial had
not been decided on today.
Funeral services for Mr.. Rawlings
will be held at 10:30 am. tomorrow
at Pumphrey's. Burial will be in
Rock Creek Cemetery.
Rites for Mr.. Barden will be held
at 2 pm. tomorrow at the Fort
Myer Chapel. Burial will be in
Arlington Cemetery.
Four persons were injured in the
District last night when the car
In which they were riding turned
over after collision with another
automobile at First and M streets
NE.
The injured are Mrs. Gina Ceresa
Sc, of 4O2 Addison road, Seat Pleas
ant, Md, admitted at Casualty Hos
pital with leg injuries.
Louis Di Gennaro, q, of 1014
Fifth street NE, treated for ar
arm injury at Sibley Hospital ano
released.
Mrs. Margaret Di Gennaro, "a
wife of Louis, also treated at Sibley
for a leg injury and released.
Pietro Di Gennaro, 81, of 401
Seventy-first place, Seat Pleasant
Md, Louis father, treated at Sibley
for an eye injury and released.
Drivers of the two automobiles
were Wiley R. Mills, 33, of 719 Third
street NE. and Nicola Di Gennaro
81, of 5206 Fourth street NV, police
said.
Evening star., 1947-02-17
Warrants Served on s 125New Firms in 1916
Arrested by Patrol as Feature Industrial
Oyster Law Vio|ators Expansion in Virginia
BY the Associated Press

RICHMOND, Va, Feb. ia to-
tai of 125 new manufacturing plants
was added to Virginia's list of indus
tries during 1916, according to a re-
port by Wilfred J. Ritz, economist
of the State Chamber of Commerce.
This represents four times the
number of new enterprises incorpor-
ated in the years during and preced-
ing the war. New firms engaged in
building materials construction
headed the list, numbering seven
times the total for the 1940-41 pc
riod.
All but few communities in the
State, according to Mr.. Ritz, now
have some type of concern manufac-
turing building materials.
Two s2,000,00O Plants Built.
Two major concerns in this field
organized in 1916 are the United
States Gypsum Co.'s $4,000, 900 plant
at Norfolk for the manufacture of
plaster and plaster board and the
100000 lime plant of the National
Gypsum Co. in Giles County.
Other large new concerns are
Johns-Manville, with a $1,000,0OO
addition to its present plant at Jar
ratt and the Monroe Calculating
Co.'S new $1,000,0O0 plant at Bristol
Development of manufacturing in
Virginia since the end of the war
has followed closely the pattern of
prewar years, the greatest growth
being in those industries which were
in the lead before the war-rayon
and allied products, textiles and fur
niture manufacturing.
Textile Industry Growing.
The 1899 census credited Virginia
with about one-quarter of the Ma
tion's production Of rayon yarn
nylon and cellophane. Since that
time three major industrial opera
tions devoted to these lines have
been established in the State-the
Dupont nylon plant at Martinsville
the Celanese Corps rayon plant in
Giles County and the American
Viscose plant at Front Royal.
Other textile concerns now manu-
facture or plan to manufacture
such products as shirts, chenille
bedspreads, hosiery, knitwear, pow
der puf1s, women's clothing, elastic
braid, mems clothing and fiber
products. Plants for such operations
are or will be established in Keys
vile, Galax, Harrisonburg, Leesburg
Mineral, Newport News, Norfolk
Stuart, Petersburg, Richmond
Lynchburg, Woodstock. Abingdon
and Pulaski.
Expansion of the leather working
industry is evidenced by the estab-
lishment of new shoe factories in
Halifax, Chase City, Manassas ano
West Point.
Evening star., 1947-02-17
Fort Myer Group Backs
Bond Issues of 9 Million

The Fort Myer Heights Citizens
Association has Endorsed recommen-
dations of the Arlington Civic Fed
Grafton for a $6,000,000 bond issue
for general improvements and $3,-
250,O0O bond issue for school i'm
provements, it was announced today.
The group also urged that the
school improvement program in
clude full-day sessions for the first
and second grades and the estab-
lishment of kindergartens.
The Fort Myer citizens will ask
the Arlington County board to set
up a recreation board.
Carl Sanderhoff and Winfield
Rankin were elected to the Execu-
tive Committee.
Evening star., 1947-02-17
Chevy Chase Residents
To Protest Assessments

A group of residents of the Chevy
Chase area will appear before the
Washington Suburban Sanitary
Commission, Hyattsville, at 4 pm.
Wednesday to protest against as
sessments for storm drainage i'm
provements.
David r. Wolverton, 1922 Hunt
avenue, Chevy Chase, said that
assessments for this work in some
cases have amounted to as much
as 5000.
Evening star., 1947-02-17

ington Sanitarium, Takoma Park.
Mr.. Barden died at 1880 am. yester-
day in Leland Memorial Hospital,
Riverdale.
About 1890 pm. Saturday, the
car which crashed two hours later,
was seen speeding by Takoma Park
Policeman John Whiddon on New
Hampshire avenue, near University
lane, he said today. Mr.. Whiddon
said he pursued the automobile,
which contained five persons, but
was outdistanced when the speed
exceeded IS miles an hour.
After receiving information that
the car probably would be back,
Patrolman Whiddon said he waited
on University lane but was unable
to get close enough when the car
did return. He estimated the speed
at 80 miles an hour just before the
crash.
, Mr.. Barden, the policemen said,
asserted he was asleep or the rear
seat when the car crashed. He also
explained that two others who had
been in the car the first time it
came through Takoma Park had
left the car before the return trip.
Investigators had been searching
the crash scene for two additional
persons until Mr.. Barden gave them
the information.
A large area around the scene OF
the University lane crash was WITH
out lights for almost an hour a1ter
the car struck the pole.
Mr.. Kirk, known as "Bo" around
the race track, had ridden an estl-
mated $50 winners. He rode mostly
on the half-mile Maryland tracks
and at Charles Town, w. Va. He
also had appeared at horse shows IN
nearby Maryland and Virginia,
Mr.. Kirk suffered a leg fracture
at Charles Town last summer but
was expected to resume riding In
the near future.
Survived by Parents.
In addition to his two brothers
who are jockeys, Mr.. Kirk is sur
vived by his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Thomas w. Kirk of Kensington, and
another brother, Elwood, also OF
Kensington. Seven sisters, Mrs.
Beatrice Little and Mrs. Josephine
Auuilla of Silver Spring, Mrs. Mo-
zelle Schuch, Kensington; Mrs.
Elizabeth Mikules. Alexandria; Miss
Marie, Kirk and Mrs. Irene Grant,
both of Washington, and Mrs.
Helena Shannon. Savannah, Ca,
also survive.
Mr.. Rawlings attended Kensing-
ton Junior High School prior to
entering the Army He served in
France and Germany as a machine
gunner with the 95th Division. A
member of the American Legion
and Veteran of Foreign Wars, Mr..
Rawlings is survived by his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. James E. Rawlings.
s Five brothers, Daniel, Frank and
Evening star., 1947-02-17
Desk-Bound Army Keeps in Trim

Rushing through the 1aby-
rinth of Pentagon corridors
should provide exercise enough
to keep the Army's desk
bound officers in fair physical
condition. But officers who
want extra workouts always
can drop in at the Pentagon
Officers Athletic Club. Con-
verted from a storage base
ment, the new gym has proved
extremely popular during the
lunch hour and after duty
hours. The new installation
resulted from Gen. EisenhoW-
er's recent directive calling
for Army-wide physical fit
ness. The club is under the
direction of Maj. L. B. Barth.
Pictured at right is a typical
luncheon-hour group of off,
GERS trimming down waist
lines in a fast volley ball game.
Evening star., 1947-02-17
Rockville Studying
Commission Offer
To Supply Wafer

Mayor G. La Mar Kelly, jr., of
Rockville, said today the town still
is studying the question of the best
possible source of water for the
community. He explained that no
arrangements have been made to
buy water from the Washington
Suburban Sanitary Commission.
Mayor Kelly also said the town
council had not received any official
communication from the commits
sion on the proposal to sell water to
Rockville.
Yesterday Lacy Shaw of the COM
mission said his organization has
offered to sell water to the town
for % cents per 1000 gallons. The
commissioner said he would con-
strucJ pipes to a meter at the edge OF
the town at cost of $4,000.
Survey Being Made.
The mains to the meter would be-
come the responsibility of the COM
mission while the pipes beyond
would have to be maintained by
the town.
A copy of the proposal to sell
water to the town has been sent
to Whitman Requardt &, Associates
of Baltimore, company now max
ing a survey to determine the best
method for Rockville to increase
it's supply of water, Mr.. Shaw said
Mayor Kelly issued a statement
which said:
Under particular investigation i
the advisability of obtaining waite.
from other sources than the SAM
tary Commission, which would giv'
the town sufficient supply for year.
to come, as well as for sale to ada
cent areas.
preliminary reports indicate the
economic feasibility of this plan
particularly since the cost would bt
less than half of that of the pro-
posed extension by the Sanitary
Commission.
Price Called Excessive.
1T seems that the price of q
cents per 1000 gallons is excessive
when we understand the wholesale
rate within the Sanitary Commits
sion area is considerably less and
thatt he commission purchases water
from the District at a very low
price.
"The addition of two excellent
wells since the recent water Short
age has provided a supply of water
greater than the town demands
under present conditions. The COM
pletion of the 400, ,00O-gallon storage
tank which is now being built will
give the community a total of 575,-
600 gallons above ground and will
supply sufficient water for all needs
and ample fire protection and pres
sure for the area"
The Rockville Volunteer Fire De-
partment and the Chamber of Com
merce voted in favor of buying
water from the commission after the
towns water system nearly ran dry
last November, the Sanitary Com
mission said. Water had to be
pumped by fire engines and Army
Engineers from nearby streams to
meet the emergency.
Evening star., 1947-02-17
Veterans in Silver Spring
Queried on Job Traininu

The Silver Spring Office of the
Maryland State Employment Service
today will conclude survey of vet
Grams of that area to determine the
necessity of a vocational training
center at the Montgomery Blair
High School.
In letters mailed to veterans, Gil
bert Brown, manager of the Office,
asked that QUESTIONABLE be COM
pleted and returned by today.
If sufficient interest is shown, he
declared, classes will be organized
at the school for two-hour periods
on Monday and Wednesday nights.
Evening star., 1947-02-17
By John F. Chandler
Associated Press Stoff Writer

ANNAPOLIS, Feb. 17.-Plans are
under way-with some encourage
ment from the State administration
for introduction of bill to permit
night harness racing in Maryland.
Although informal harness racing
has been held at fairs and small
local tracks for years, the new pro-
gram headed by legislators and
sportSmen from many sections of the
State calls for pari-mutuel betting
under State supervision.
The House of Delegates and Sem
ate will reconvene at $3.50 o'clock
tonight after their weekend recess,
with Gov. Lane scheduled to present
to the combined membership mes
sage on finances and the need for
more revenue.
The message will include a major
ity report of the Board of Revenue
estimates and its advisory commit
tee, which has recommended a
per cent sales tax to bolster State
revenues.
Tax Would Raise S1S,4O0,0O0.
The sales tax, according to esti-
mates, would raise $18,400,000 an
nually. The administration holds
that it would be the only logical
way to obtain the funds needed to
keep the budget in balance and
meet expanding demands of local
subdivisions, schools and other
agencies.
Senator Johns, Democrat, Of
Worcester County, who is urging
that race track be constructed
near Ocean City for the summer
vacation crowds, said early esti-
mates indicated that harness tracks
might bring in from 100000 to
100000 in annual revenue to the
State.
Another Eastern Shore backer is
Delegate Messick, Democrat, of Wi
comico County, who said he favored
track somewhere between Sails
bury and Ocean City"
Mr.. Messick said it was estimated
that modern track for trotters
would cost about $125,00O. He said
about 10000 persons crowd into
Ocean City each summer and that
with the existing interest on the
shore such a track would gain wide
favor.
THE railroad runs right through
that area and we could draw crowds
from Wilmington to Cape Charles, :"
he said.
Other Groups Interested.
One member of the State Senate,
who asked that his name not be
used, said that in addition to the
Eastern Shore groups, others were
interested in setting up tracks in
Anne Arundel, Howard and Balti-
more Counties
This Senator said the State Rae
ing Commission was sympathetic"
to the program, and that Attorney
General Hall Hammond was helping
draft the legislation.
Two members of the commission,
Frank Small and H. Courtenay Jeni-
fer, at Annapolis to attend a hear
ing on other matters, confirmed they
had been approached on the subject
of harness racing.
Il am not opposed to harness rae
ing. if it would not interfere with the
$50 days of racing at the present
tracks," Mr.. Small said. He added
that he could see no harm in licens-
ing harness tracks for night racing
during the summer months if the
location was not near one of the
States half-mile tracks then oper-
ating.
Evening star., 1947-02-17
CherrydoIe PTA Plans
CarniyoI, Variety Show

A black-face minstrel act will fea-
ture a carnival and variety show
sponsored by the Cherrydale Parent
Teacher Association Friday night in
the Arlington Recreation Center
1000 Lee highway.
Variety show performers will in
clude Roberta Wall, Barbara Spa
detti, Sylvia Perkins, the five Kroe-
ner girls, ranging in age from 21a to
8 years, the Arlington Mems Choral
Group, Lynn Wilson, Virginia Day
Virginia McCotter and Margaret
Gerke.
Evening star., 1947-02-17
Virginia U. Law School
Ito Hold Commencement
By the Associated Press

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va, Feb
1.-THE Department of Law of the
University of Virginia will hold its
second commencement exercises of
the current session at $3.50 pm. to-
morrow
Claude Vernon Spratley, associate
Justice of the Virginia Supreme
Court of Appeals, will address the
graduates. Degrees will be con-
ferred by the university's president,
John Lloyd Newcomb and Dean F.
D. G. Ribble of the law school.
Evening star., 1947-02-17
Foirfox Library Group
Elects Mrs. Pozer

Mrs. Charles Pozer has been
elected president of the Fairfax
Town Library Association.
Other officers are:
Mrs. Robert B. Walker, vice presi-
dent; Mrs. Heiskell Seton, librarian
and treasurer; Mrs v. A. Zinovied,
assistant librarian; William L.
Carne, secretary; Mrs. James E.
Nickel, chairman of Membership
Committee, and Mrs. c. L. Corbin,
chairman of the Committee on Chill
dren's Books.
Evening star., 1947-02-17
Montgomery Blair PTA
To Discuss School Fund

The proposed s7,S0o,o0o program
for construction of schools in Mont
gomery County will be discussed at
meeting of the nt-Teacher
Association of Montgomery Blair
High School, Silver Spring, at 8 pm.
Wednesday in the school. John
Reno, president, announced yester-
day.
Speakers will be Arthur B. Joseph,
president of the Montgomery County
Board of Education, and Superin-
tendent of Schools Edwin W.
Broome. Following the talks, an
open forum will be held.
Evening star., 1947-02-17
Uncle Sam Says

Where on earth did my money
go?" How often have you voiced
this question, half in wonder, half
in dismay! It's so easy to fritter
away ready cash. A dollar here
and a dollar there-and in the end
nothing to show for it. And yet saw
lng for the things you want-a new
home, travel or future security-iS
easy and effective simply by anot-
ing a portion of your income either
through the payroll savings or by
arrangement with your bank for the
systematic purchase of United
States Savings Bonds. Dollars go,
your bonds grow. When you buy
Savings Bonds regularly, you are
building the nest-egg for whatever
you've set your heart on.
U. S. Treasury Departments
Evening star., 1947-02-17
ARLINGTON PTA to Meet

The Parent Teachers Association
of the Charles A. Stewart School,
Arlington, will meet at BIS pm.
tomorrow in the school. @
Evening star., 1947-02-17
Arlington Church to Give
InterruciuI Program

An interracial relations program
will be given at Calvary Methodist
Church, Twenty-third and South
Grant streets, Arlington, at pm.
tomorrow.
Mrs. Lee A. Peeler, wife of the
pastor of Bethel Evangelical Re-
formed Church, will discuss race
relations. The Rev. Thomas O..
Diggs, former chaplain and now pas
tor of Iomax A. M. E. Church,
Evening star., 1947-02-17
Maryland Bill
Permit Night
Racing Planned
Message by Lane
Proposing Sales Tax
Scheduled Tonight
BULLETIN

ANNAPOLIS (P.-Secretary
of State John B. Funk said
today Gov. Lane probably will
not be able to present a mes
sage on finances to the Gen.
eral Assembly as scheduled
tonight. The Governor is con-
fined to bed with a fever due
to a throat infection.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1947-01-09
Optometrist Opens New
Office in Walla Walla

DR.. Bryon Friedman, optome-
trist, announces the opening Of his
new office in Walla Walla Jan. 4.
The location is % West Main St.
The interior has been COM
pletely remodeled and the front
will be remodeled in three or four
months, or as soon as all the ma
terials and labor are available.
DR.. Friedman has installed a
large amount of the latest eye-ex-
aiming and diagnostic equipment
in his new quarters.
The new resident moved here
from klamath Falls, where he has
been for several years. He began
his practice eight years ago and
has been in Washington and Ore
gon since.
He received his education at the
University of Washington and at
the Northern Illinois College of
Optometry in Chicago.
DR.. Friedman's wife and two
sons have joined him here and
they have purchased a home at
SOB South First Street, Walla
Walla. H.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1947-01-09
RAINBOW HoNoRs

Kennewick Rainbow Assembly
66 at their meeting on Friday eve.
ming held Majority Service for
twelve of their members. Reg,.
lar officers Of the term gave the
degree to Patsy Moulton, who 10
now attending Whitman college
Pat Sonnenberg and Wilma GRAY,
enslud attending the University
of Washington, Erma Pratt Miller
Dorothy Ann Reed Scott, Joyce
Peter Hicks, June hoffman Mason
Rebecca Liston Ritter, Mary Smith
Lewis, Mary Soper Robinson, Ra.
mona Nelson Murray who are
married members from Kenne.
wick and Barbara Perkins Ebs.
worth from Toledo, Ohio. The
meeting was open to the public
with many friends present. Fol
lowing the meeting was a social
hour when Ruth Simmelink and
Jean Osborne, former members.
served refreshments from an at
tractive table decorated with
greenery and lighted tapers. The
next meeting will be held on Jan,
13 with iniation and election Of
officers.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1947-01-09
EvENTFUL HOLIDAY

Rev. and Mrs. John Finkbeiner
had rather an eventful time dur.
ing the holiday season. They anc
the children went to Okanogan To
spend Christmas with Mrs. Fink.
benner's parents, Mr.. and Mrs. B
E. Gregory and her sister, Miriam
Gregory who had come from Chi.
cago on a visit. On arriving they
found her father i'll and on the
following day took him to a hos.
pital in Spokane where he under.
went surgery on Tuesday and is
now on the road to recovery. Re.
turning home the day after New
Years they discovered their house
flooded. Evidently the water ir
a pipe in the bath room had fro.
zen and thawed, creating a leak
that spouted to the ceiling. For.
tunately the water had gotten into
the bathroom and bedroom only.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1947-01-09
Flight Training
Course Approved

Commercial flight training and
flight training leading to instruct
or's ratings began this week at
the Twin City Airport. Thirty
five student pilots have enrolled
to take the training under the G,
I. Bill of Rights.
The opening of the flight train
ing center climaxes eleven months
Of negotiations, Johnny Sawyers,
of the Twin City Airport said. The
school has now been approved by
the State Board of Education, the
CAA, and the Veterans Admins
tration.
In addition to Sawyers, Walt
Better, Paul Duncan and Gerald
Loranger will instruct student
flyers. First students will be Bob
jackson of Kennewick, and Chas
Brewer and Ray Hossack of Rich
land. .%
The commercial license is the
highest granted to flyers, Sawyers
noted today. One hundred sixty
hours are necessary to qualify, Is
of which must be night cross coun-
try range flying. And additional
40 hours of flying time must be
logged to qualify for the instruct
or's rating.
Students throughout the area
surrounding Kennewick will be at
tracted to the school, Sawyers
predicted. Other schools offering
similar instruction are located at
Spokane, Walla Walla and Pros
ser. a~.~.@.-. ~. --.s.~-... .-'ea s,~
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1947-01-09

If you have access to photo
electric light meter, such as the
exposure meters used by many
amateur photographers, you can
check the illumination in your
home to see if you're getting
enough light. zass II.
Good lighting is an invaluable
way to protect your priceless pair
of eyes, according to Edwin L.
Rapport. head of the Environment
tai Sanitation Section of the State
Health Department. Good light
is especially important, he said,
since today we sometimes "chain
our eyes down to small print
stitches and other exacting work
with only $4,000 as much as out
door daylight"
The first step is to check the in
struction manual to see that the
meters scale reads in foot candles.
The most popular meters do.
"Place the meter wherever you
wish to check the illumination"
Rupert said "Turn the photo
electric cell toward the source OF
normal light, and read the scale
The reading will be the number
of foot--candles Of light"
The following standards have
been adopted by the State Health
Department for adequate illumin.
alton: Rooms where fine detail
work is done, such as sewing OF
drafting, should be Illuminated by
at least Is foot candles Reading
and general working areas. such
as the kitchen, should have al
least 16 foot candles.
i Rooms not used for studying
or detailed work require six foot.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1947-01-09
10th Is Deadline For
1947 License Plates
(Continued from Page ID

plates, and no further documents
are necessary. However, if the We
hicle has changed ownership, its
present owner must present hi
title also. Owners of out-of-state
cars must present both their reg
istration certificate, if the state
that last licensed their car issued
certificates, and their title. In ad-
dition, their cars must be inspect
ed by the Washington Safe Patrol
before new license plates can be
issued" -.
Sgt. Geer cautioned that out
of-state motorists are expected to
get their new plates before the ex-
piration of the Today extension,
just a Washington motorists must
do. 1--WE are not going to make
any exceptions for out-of-state
owners" he said.