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Evening star., 1947-12-14

Nearly everyone downtown yeSCer-
day was carrying at least one
Christmas package. And nearly
everyone was downtown.
| Attesting at any rate to the latter
point. were store officials, clerks,
policemen, the shoppers themselves
and reporter-who spent a fevered
few hours circulating through the
jammed shopping district.
Spokesman for two large depart
ment stores reported the largest
number of shoppers of the year.
They said crowds were larger than
during the pre-Christmas rush last
December.
And, the officials continued, in
creased availability of war-scarce
items seemed to offset higher prices,
with sales reported at the usual
December level.
Parking Lots Filled.
The largest crowds sWamped the
stores during the early afternoon,
but streets were still crowded at the
IS o'clock ciosing time. Taxicabs
were unavailable and parking lots
were filled to capacity during the
entire day. Even the long avenues
of the Mall, usually barren on Satur-
day afternoon, were nearly filled
with parked cars. .t....
Inside the stores, heaviest lines
were around the gift-package
wrapping desks.
| Henry L.. Jones, who is in charge
of one OF the packing units, said
the load is about as bad as I've
seen in the 16 years I've had this
job Surrounded by thousands of
gifts being wrapped for delivery, he
said his staff is working nights and
Sundays to get the shipment out.
! Mrs Dolly Hellman, 18, of 50o1
N. Seventeenth street, Arlington, a
clerk for three months, said the
women shoppers are not as aggres-
sive as she had heard about. But
some of them get very excited she
added
Husbands Stand BY.
AS usual, husbands and small
children seemed to be suffering
most, as they stood helplessly by on
all sides while the family bosses
mulled over purchases.
I'VE had our usual run Of lost
children and lost husbands, but I
think they all got together again, "
said one official.
A store Santa reported that the
youngest set have as much faith
in him as ever. But some of them
just lost Understanding in line
so long" he commented, looking
YEARLY at the long line he still had
to face. -.~- ....
At another large store, the crowds
got so bad there was a stalemate at
the revolving door entrance. The
doors were folded together in the
center to allow two-way traffic.
But then the salesgirls began
complaining because it got too cold,"
said an official. 1--WE had to start
revolving the doors again
Stocks Holding Out.
Most of the large stores reported
stocks were holding out fairly we'll
but clerks admitted sales were so
fast that they weren't sure exactly
what they had on the shelves.
At least one store, however, set
an all time record for sales. 1t was
the Bates jewelers. store at Ninth
and F streets NV. which opened
yesterday for the first time, resplen-
dent with supply of jewelry and
electrical appliances. Such a crowd
was on hand at am. that police
had to be called to quiet things
down. A policeman stood at the
door all day, admitting customers.
six at time.
There was the usual pre- Christ
Evening star., 1947-12-14
Second Soldier Hitby Cor
Dies at Fort Meade
By the Associated Press

FORT MEADE. Md, Dec. 13.--
Ti5 Larney E. Firth, Is, of Rocky
Mount, Va, died today in Fort
Meade Hospital as result of in
juries suffered Tuesday night when
he and another soldier were struck
by a car on Annapolis road.
Pvt. James T. Odom, 18, Ada,
Okla, died shortly after the acci-
dent. Maryland state Police Sgt.
T. M. Hignett reported the car was
driven by Boris Deachenko, 20, of
Patuxtent road, Odentd.
Evening star., 1947-12-14
District Will Realize
Little Cash in Disposal
OF Highway Test Lab
By Francis P. Doualos

Ihe District Government Will
realize little cash in carrying out
congressional mandate to dispose of
equipment at the Highway Depart
ment's testing laboratory.
District agencies other than the
Highway Department will receive
most of the equipment, practically
all of which has been unused since
1888.
1t has been estimated that Dis
trict taxpayers have had an invest
ment of about 100000 in the lab
oratory. The largest part of this
represented that part of the High
way Departments building at Sec
ond and Bryant streets NV. which
the laboratory occupied.
This space can now be devoted to
other use.
The District Auditors Office in
ventoried laboratory equipment and
supplies at $23,l37, of which $19,413
worth is being turned over to
agencies other than the Highway
Department.
Schools Allotted Equipment.
The public schools have been al
lotted equipment valued at $13,178,
or more than half the total value.
The Health Department will receive
1856 worth of equipment and the
reformatory at Lorton, Va, $2,001
worth.
The equipment allotted to the
schools includes a compression ma
chine with a strain gauge, which
was sought by Armstrong Techni-
cal High School, It cost the High
way Department. $6,5O0 and an
additional $1,450 was spent setting
the machine in a concrete base
After various agencies had Sc
lected equipment from the labora-
tory, the War Assets Administration
was called in to dispose of the rest.
That procedure was directed by an
act of Congress. WAA sent In an
inspector.
THE inspector apparently was
quite disappointed" District Build
ing official said. Those. people at
WAA deal in figures that are quite
astronomical. I think they hoped
to find war plant worth about
s2o,OOO,OoO."
Some Items Worth Little.
At the District Building it was
said WAA action in selling the re-
naming equipment still was awaited.
A WAA spokesman. however. said
he understood the District was going
to dispose of the rest of the ma
terial by assigning it to various
agencies.
The inventory listed some of the
items to be disposed of at only a
few cents.
Chief Inspector A. R. Doyle of the
WAA district Office said, I'VE have
rule we cannot accept line items
under $780,"
Line items" are items inven-
toried on one line in a list. The
District laboratory may have 100
test tubes; they would constitute
one Zine item," Mr.. Doyle ex-
planned. But they still would be
under $100.
The equipment remaining for dis
posal is inventoried at only $3,724.
The highway department. test
ing laboratory has long history
but in 1888 Congress, on the assump-
ton that the National Bureau of
Standards would perform the
departments tests without charge,
ordered the laboratory closed.
The congressional assumption was
not correct. Since then the Dis
trict has paid the standards bureau
much more than it is estimated
the tests would have cost if per-
formed by the highway department
itself.
The 10th Congress ordered that
the laboratory be dismantled.
Evening star., 1947-12-14
Lights Go On Tomorrow
On COLLEGE Park Tree

Mayor William A. Duvall, Of
College Park. Md, will light the
community Christmas tree at S
pm. tomorrow. The tree, pre-
sented by the Progress Club, is
on the lawn in front of the Univer-
sity of Maryland Armory.
Children of the College Park and
Berwyn schools will sing carols, di-
rected by Mrs. Arthur w. Turner.
music chairman of the club. Mrs.
Paul Mcfarland, club president, will
the mayor The Rev. N. c.
Acton and the Rev j. F. Kidder also
will take part in the ceremonies.
Evening star., 1947-12-14
Keneipp Alters Rules
On Vehicles Weight,
Size, Construction

Sweeping reviSionS in vehicle size,
weight, loading, inspection and con-
struction regulations become effec-
tive tomorrow, Traffic Director
George E. Keneipp announced yes
terday.
Some of the changes:
Increase the commercial vehicle
maximum axle load from $4,000 to
$4,000 pounds, increase the permis-
sible gross weight of two axle loads
from 10000 to $4,000 pounds, and
increase the gross weight of a We
hicle with more than two axles from
10000 to 65,400 pounds.
The regulations continue the g.
foot maximum overall width and
121a foot height limitations for all
vehicles. Single vehicles are limited
to IS feet and combinations of We
hicles to so feet in length. Except
ton is allowed for daytime only"
operation of vehicle transporting
poles, piles, machinery or other OBJ
jects of a structural nature which
cannot readily be dismembered J"
Also to be excepted are vehicles
operated at night by public utility
required for repair of public service
facilities.
It is provided that no vehicle, the
weight of which exceeds the load
limit for which the bridge is posted,
shall cross the bridge without writ
ten permission of the director of
highways.
The new regulations also provide
that loads on any vehicle shall not
extend more than feet beyond the
front wheels or bumper. The pre-
vious regulation allowed feet.
Passenger vehicles are authorized to
carry load extending not more
than inches beyond the line of
the tenders on the right side of the
vehicle.
A new provision in the regulations
authorizes a policeman who has rea-
son the believe the vehicle over
loaded to stop the driver and take
the vehicle to a public weighing
station, and if the weight is exces-
sive to unload enough to bring 1t
within the legal limit.
Evening star., 1947-12-14

to referendum, after adoption by a
three quarter council vote. It adds
that such subjects would include
"all borrowing for capital improve
ment purposes, all amendments to
the charter" and such other sub
jects as the council may determine. "
3. Amended its plan for creation
or abolition of advisory boards for
district departments. The subcom-
mittee now recommends that ad-
visory boards be created or abolished
by action of the city council on
recommendation by the city mana
ger-instead of leaving the decision
to the head of the department with
the approval of the city manager.
Appointment of members of ad-
visory boards would be placed with
the Mayor, subject to council ap-
proval.
Zoning Unit Increase Asked.
Officials said the boards involved
in this issue concerned those con-
templated for the welfare. recrea-
ton, health, minimum wage and in
dustrial safety, and vocational re-
Mobilization services, among others.
Licensing and regular boards would
be involved, generally speaking. only
so far as policy or law changes were
concerned, advisers said.
4. Proposed enlargement of the
membership OF the Zoning Advisor
Board. Under the original subcom-
mittee plan this would consist, ex-
officio, of the director of the Dis
trict Department of Public Works,
the director of the Office of Ma
tional Capital Parks and the chair
man of the National Capital Parks
and Planning Commission.
After considering proposals for the
substitution of two other exAofflcio
officers, the subcommittee now sug-
gests raising the board to five, to
add the director Of the proposed
District Commerce Department and
a representative of the District Re-
development Land Agency. -
Evening star., 1947-12-14
Apartment Plan
Brings Protest
By Ro||ingwood
Citizens Committee
Opposes Rezonine
Of 30-Acre Truct

The Executive Committee of the
Rollingwood Citizens Association
has voted "strong opposition" to q
petition seeking rezoning for apart
ment use of a 30-acre tract near
Connecticut avenue and the Balti-
more & Ohio Railroad, Chevy Chase,
Md, it was learned last night.
The committee reported a formal
protest would be made on behalf
OF the entire association. go
The petition, filed by the Chevy
Chase Land Co.. will be considered
at a public hearing before the
Montgomery County commissioners
at 2:05 pm. Tuesday in the Bethes-
da County Building.
Board Decides Not To, Act.
Meanwhile, the Board of Cover
nors of the Columbia Country Club,
whose property at Connecticut ave-
nue. and East-West highway is op-
posite the land company's 100. acres,
has decided not to take any official
action in connection with the re-
coming proposal. The proposed
apartment site Is part of the 100
acres. --
The question was discussed by II
of the 10 board members of the
country club at closed meeting
yesterday.
The proposal also will be discussed
at public hearing called by the
Board of Managers of the Chevy
Chase Village, Inc, at 8 pm. Mon
day at the Chevy Chase Library.
Members of the five man Citizens
Committee of the North Chevy
Chase special taxing district are
expected to meet the same night
to discuss the petition.
Protests by the Rollingwood
group, according to S. A. Snyder,
president, are in line with the con-
sistent view" of the organization in
opposing any rezoning of residential
A property in the Chevy Chase area.
Plan to Attend on Tuesday.
Members of the association, which
covers an area about a mile from
the site in question, plan to attend
Tuesdays hearing, Mr.. Snyder de-
clared. q
S. William Miller, president of the
Columbia Country Club, reported
the Board of Managers did not wish
to express itself on the zoning petit
ton.
He said he did not know whether
members of the country club would
appear at the hearings, but added
that if they did, it would not be
in an official capacity.
Mr.. Miller refused to comment on
what transpired during the closed
meeting. The majority of board
members do not live in the imme-
diate vicinity of the 30-acre tract, he
Fsaid.
Shelton Silent on Issue.
Z One board member who does, Ar
thur B. Shelton, of 1910 East-West
highway, expressed no opinion on
the question.
Mason B. Leming, chairman of the
Citizens Committee of North Chevy
Chase, whose southern boundary is
about half-mile north of the pro-
posed apartment development, said
he had heard little discussion on the
subject. in his community so far.
The "land company proposes to
build 385-unit apartment project
between Connecticut avenue and the
Rock Greek Knoll subdivision along
both sides of the Baltimore & Ohio
Railroad, about a half-mile north OF
East-West highway.
Evening star., 1947-12-14
6. W. Plans Tribute
To Dr.. Marvin at
Meeting tuesday

DR.. Cloyd Heck Marvin, president
Of George Washington University,
will receive the congratulations of
alumni, students, faculty and men,
bers of the board of trustees when
ceremonies are held in Lisner Audi
torium at 845 pm. Tuesday in rec
ognition of his 20 years as head of
the university.
DR.. Alexander Wetmore, secretary
OF the Smithsonian Institution and
president of the university's general
alumni association, will preside and
give the greetings of the association.
DR.. Leland Wilbur Parr, professor
OF bacteriology, will speak for the
faculty, and Fremont Jewell, presi-
dent of the student council, will rep
resent the student body. Robert v
Fleming, chairman of the board OF
trustees, will speak for the trustees
Grant to Present Record.
Maj. Gen. U. S. Grant, III, vice
president of the university, will pre-.
sent a record of the past 20 years te
Dr.. Marvin.
The record shows that under the
leadership of DR.. Marvin the uni
versity has become fully accredited
by the Association of American Uni
versities, the American Association
of University Women and other ac-
crediting agencies. 49,
Since 1927, when DR.. Marvin as
sumed the presidency, faculty sal
aries have been raised, sabbatical
leaves and a retirement system have
been established and scholarship
standards and entrance require
ments have become more selective
New Buildings Listed.
Major construction during this
period has included the university
library, Lisner Auditorium, Strong
Residence Hall for Women, the Hall
of Government, Biological Sciences
Hall, Social Science Hail. the
medical laboratory and the univer-
sity's 450-bed teaching hospital now
nearing completion.
Before coming to George Wash
ington, DR.. Marvin was president OF
the University of Arizona from 1922
to 1927. A graduate of the Uni
versity of Southern California, he
received his Ph.D. at Harvard Uni
verSity.
Evening star., 1947-12-14

the colored race: there are night
clubs open for the pleasure of COL
ored people, according TO Mr.. Newell.
For many years Washington has
been considered heaven for the
Negroes Surely the colored people
must so consider it or so many of
them would not be coming here TO
make their home," he concluded.
Evening star., 1947-12-14
White to Address Rotory

Richard P. White, executive sec
retary of the American Association
Of Nurserymen, will speak at a
luncheon meeting OF the Bethesda
Chevy Chase Rotary Club Tuesday
at the KenWood Club.
Evening star., 1947-12-14
Barn Dunce Scheduled

An old fashioned barn dance will
be held by Cabin Glen Council No.
A., Junior Order of United Amer
lean Mechanics at $50 pm. Tues
day in the Junior Order Hail. Cabin
John, Md. -s
Evening star., 1947-12-14
Eastern Shore Society Dance

The Christmas dinner dance of
the Eastern Shore Society of Wash
ington will be held in the Blue
Room of the Shoreham Hotel at
7.30 nm. Tuesday
Evening star., 1947-12-14
Symphony Will Give
Concert Tomorrow

The fifth in the 1947-48 series of
concerts by the Ma
tionaf Symphony Orchestra under
the sponsorship of The Evening Star
will be given tomorrow evening in
the auditorium of Eastern High
School at the end of East Capitol
street
A few invitations still remain and
may be obtained by calling at Room
724 of The Evening Star Building.
The concert will begin at 9 pm.
and last one hour. The entire pro-
gram will be broadcast by Station
WMAL, The Evening Star Station.
For tomorrow nights concert,
Howard Mitchell, who will conduct,
has chosen Franck's Symphony in
D minor. one of the best loved of
symphonic works.
The program in full will be as
follows:
Overture, the Marriage of Figaro,
Mozart
Sarabande ---- Meyers
Rhumba A------ Mcdonald
Symphony in D Minor Franck
Lento-Allegro non troppo
Allegretto
Allegro non troppo
Evening star., 1947-04-25
U. 5. Estimate Of Building
lowered $1,000, ,OOO, 900
BY the Associafsd Press

The Commerce Department fore
casts that 1947 construction will be
81, ,000, ,0O0, 900 to $1,000, ,000. 900 less
than it estimated in January, part
ly because of buyer resistance to
higher costs.
Other factors cited were uncer-
tainty over future prices and costs.
and uncertainty over "the pattern
of general business conditions dur
ing the rest Of the year"-that is.
whether there will be q recession.
The department scaled It's esti-
mate of the total volume of all 1947
construction expenditures to be-
tween $18 300 ,000, 900 and SIS, $780,
100000 from an original s21 $780,
o00, 900.
Both estimates include $500 ,000,-
900 for maintenance and repair
work. But the figure for new con-
struction was dropped from sl5,-
000, ,000, 900 to between $4,000 ,o0O,-
900 and $4,000, 900, 900. The 1916
total was 10000, 900 900.
The estimate for privately-fi-
nanced housing units was dropped
to 700, 1000 to soc, 900 new ones start
ed and 720.0 to 770,000 completed
from original expectations OF 1,0O0,-
600 starts and 100000 competitions.
Evening star., 1947-04-25
AHIee Strikes Back
Al Churchill Attack
On Labor Government
BY tn. Assoeiaisd Press

ST. ANDREWS, Scotland, April Is.
Prime Minister Attlee accused
Winston Churchill today Of direct
ing a torrent Of abuse" at his adj
ministration without offering q
drop OF policy"
Addressing the Scottish Trades
Union Congress here, Mr.. Attlee
struck back bitterly at the Conserya-
tive Party leaders Primrose League
speech in London week ago in
which Mr.. Churchill said "the So
cialist government are living upon
the American dole"
This" Mr.. Attlee asserted, from
the man who again and again has
paid tribute to the great assistance
we received in the war from lend
lease.
IF the Labor government Is living
on the dole, much more was the
coalition government. It is incredi-
BILE that he should stoop to such
meanness.
He says that the American loan
could only be justified as a means
OF equipping our industries. What
does he mean? Does he mean that
we are wrong to use it to buy food
from the only place we can get it?
II he does, let him say So"
MFR. Attlee. replying to Mr..
Churchills criticisms of the policies
OF Chancellor of the Excheouer
Hugh Dalton, charged that when
Mr.. Churchill himself was chancel-
lor in the Stanley Baldwin cabinet
OF 1924 he inflicted untold misery
upon the people of this country"
with program which led to the
crisis in the coal industry from
which we are suffering today"
Mr.. Churchill, said Mr.. Attlee, was
Athe most disastrous Chancellor of
the century. He sinned. no
doubt In all innocence. But much of
our troubles today can be traced
back to that error of ignorance"
MIR. Churchill has said of Mr..
Dalton's 1947-8 budget In his
speech in London last Friday that
"if any private company were to
present its balance sheet by such
similar methods they would find
themselves up against the criminal
law"
MIR. Attlee made no mention of
Mr. Churchill's warning against
"cowardly appeasement" of Russia
and his appeal for continued close
collaboration with the United
States. But Mr.. Ghurchilrs COM
plants that the Socialist govern
ment was scattering and squander-
ing" the empire, Mr.. Attlee said he
did not believe that in the United
States there is asy support for the
obsolete imperialism that Mr..
Churchill seems to advocate"
Evening star., 1947-04-25
mellon Fountain Bill
Put Before House Unit

The bill to permit installation
here of a fountain memorial to the
late Andrew w. Mellon may be
considered soon by the Subcom-
mittee on Memorials of the House
Committee on Administration.
The measure, introduced by Rep
tresentative Fulton, Republican, of
Pennsylvania, would authorize in
| stal1ation of the fountain on a tri-
angle bounded by Pennsylvania
avenue, Constitution avenue, and
Sixth street NV.
The memorial is to be a gift from
| the Mellon Memorial Committee,
consisting Of Pennsylvania citizens,
Mr.. Mellon was former Secretary of
the Treasury, Ambassador to Great
Britain, and donor OF the National
Gallery of Art here
A similar bill is pending before
| the Senate Committee on Rules and
Administration.
Evening star., 1947-04-25
IGen. johnson IS Named
18th Air Force Head

Brig. Gen. Leon w. johnson
Medal oil Honor hero Of the famous
air raid on the Ploesti oil fields in
Rumania in 1943, has been named
commander of the 18th Air Force
at Colorado Springs, Colo. where
he will take over next Monday. He
viii succeed Maj. Gen. Charles r
Born, who has been assigned to
the Tactical Air Command.
A West Point graduate of 1925,
Gen. johnson relinquishes duties as
Evening star., 1947-04-25

deputy 10 the assistant chief o8
staff for personnel at AAF head
quarters IN Washington His war
Ihonors were won with the 9th Air
Force which he helped organize
after Pearl Harbor.
The 18th Air Force participated
IN the strategic bombing of Ger
Evening star., 1947-04-25

many from African ana Italian
bases during the var. II Il nov =
very heavy bonabardlnent unit Of
the Strategic Air Command.
Evening star., 1947-04-25

Trucks now constitute the prin-
cipal means Of interurban transpor-
tation In the Dominican Republic.
Evening star., 1947-02-20
|44O D. {. Teachers
Declared Unqualified

There are 440 persons now teach
ing in the District schools who are
not qualified to teach, according tc
DR.. Robert L. Haycock, retired SUI
perintendent of the District schools
Because the profession is under
paid, sufficient number OF quail
fed persons cannot be obtained
DR.. Haycock, who is chairman of the
Education Committee of the Six
teenth Street Highlands Citizens
Association, told the group last
night. He reviewed the pay in
creases proposed by the Board oi
Education in a recent report te
Congress.
The association voted to support
the teachers pay raises recon-
mended by the Board of Education
Joseph Haidacher. chairman Of
the Troop Committee of Boy Scout
Troop 95, extended an invitation te
members of the community to serve
on the Scout Committee.
The association asked that the
Brightwood School be opened fol
recreational activities for childra>
The group appropriated $40 te
send four delegates to the Fedora
ton of Citizens Associations dinner
on March 10.
The association voted in favor OF
the present method of selling ice
cream by liquid measure.
H. M. Dengler, president, con-
Quoted the meeting in the Bright
wood School, Thirteenth and Mich
olson streets NV.
Evening star., 1947-02-20
Association Orders
Study on New School

The Chevy Chase Citizens Asso-
citation last night appointed a COM
mittee to study the proposal to build
the Hannah Harrison School for
Girls, on Military road between
Thirty first and Thirty-second
streets NV.
The committee includes j. Howell
Gordon, John B. Berry, Edward G.
Reinhardt, Howard and Norman
Sheppard.
The money for this boarding
school was provided for by the late
Julius Garf1nckel, whose will stated
it be named in the memory of his
mother. The institution would
accommodate so girls.
Arthur G.. Lambert, president ot