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Evening star., 1947-08-22
Silver Spring Citizen,
Form zoning Group

Organization of Citizens zon-
ing Committee of IS Silver Spring
property owners to stress 'the
necessity for constant defense o1
residential areas against the en-
croachment of apartment and com.
mercial properties" was announced
today .-t...
Ralph D. Boyd has been named
the groups chairman and DIR. c. M
Derryberry secretary-treasurer. II
has announced a public indigna.
tion meeting to be held at 8 pm
Monday in ST. Michaels Parish
Hall, Silver Spring.
The meeting is open to residents
of lower Montgomery County and
invitations have been issued te
members of the Board of County
Commissioners, Maryland National
Capital Park and Planning Com
mission and County Supervisor I
G. McNayr.
The committee said it will insist
on adherence to master plans, once
they have been adopted, unless there
is urgent reason for exceptions.
Mr.. Boyd will preside over Mon.
days meeting, which is to be ad.
dressed by Victor j. Richter, presi-
dent of the Allied Civil Group Of
Silver Spring; Samuel H. Horne
Woodside Park; Frank J. Duane
Seven Oaks Manor, and DR.. Derry.
berry, who lives in Woodmore.
Evening star., 1947-08-22
Hearing Set in Ak Attack
On ARLINGTON Children

Pearly Gayle, Al, colored, Arling-
ton County employe who is charged
with killing his 1G-year-old son and
injuring his daughter and nephew
with an ak. will be given a hearing
in Arlington County Court Septem-
ber 3, police said today.
Gayle, a refuse department en-
ploye, will be represented by j. T
Houston, Washington attorney. The
ak attacks occurred last Saturday
in the Gayle home in the 1900 block
of South Kenmore street, Arlington
The three children were struck as
they slept. :
At Arlington Hospital, the condi-
tions of the two survivors, Sarah
6, and Joseph Woolford, 9, were
listed as still critical but slightly
improved.
Evening star., 1947-08-22
Farm Wives Toll in Cunneries
At Niqht to Save Tomato Crop

basket to growers, compared with
As cents before the rush developed
and last years rs cents to $1.10.
The Wicomico County growers
around Nanticoke took their troubles
to the Kennerly firm early.this week
and set up plans for the special
night shifts which began Tuesday
evening.
The farmers and their wives plan
to continue their work through Fri
day night and will resume again
Monday if the glut continues.
No such solution had been de-
veloped in Talbot, Caroline, Dor
chester, Somerset and Worcester
Counties, the other major tomato
producers.
Tomatoes were rotting unpicked
on the vines. Hundreds OF baskets
filled with the ripe, red fruit stood
in the fields because the canneries
couldn't handle them. Some already
have been abandoned.
Evening star., 1947-08-22
Virginia Auto Owners
win 6O-Day Extension
Of Inspection Period
BY the Assoeiafsd Press

RICHMOND, Va, Aug. 22.-Col
C. W.. Woodson, jr.. superintendent
of State Police. yesterday announced
an extension of so days in the cur
rent inspection period for motol
vehicles.
r Col. Woodson said the additiona
period was being made "of sufficient
duration" to complete the program
and he warned that the public
should not anticipate any further
extension.
The inspection period started July
l and originally had been announced
for July and August The program
officially will end now on Octo-
ber 81, -- Dr.
Col. Woodson said completed rec
ords covering 250,000 inspections
already were on file at State Police
headquarters and that another
50,000 probably we're ready for re-
turn by the inspection stations
Col. Woodson said that as usual
many defective vehicles would not
be presented for inspection until
the last moment. He announced
State troopers are being instructed
to intensity the removal of defec-
tive and unsafe vehicles from the
highway under their regular patrol
routine.
Col. Woodson also stated that
parts necessary for the inspection
have in most cases been sufficient
to take care of current needs, al
though there Is some difhculty in
securing parts for older models.
Evening star., 1947-08-22
Firemen 10 Hold Parade
In Alexandra Toniqht

Members OF the Alexandria Fire
Department will stage parade al
7:30 pm. today to celebrate the
recognition they received last week
at the Virginia State Firemen's AS
sociation convention in Newport
News.
Marching Units rom the Alexan-
dria Fire Department were adjudged
the disappearing department ano
the Alexandria citizens band that
accompanied the firemen was chosen
the outstanding band at the con-
ventton
Fire Chief James M. Duncan. il
whose resignation becomes effective
September l, will march in the pa
ra6c with his men. Chief Duncan's
resignation was the first Of series
among Alexandria city officials last
month during number OF rows
among the administrative and elec-
tive heads of the city. Tonight's s
parade is expected to be the last
such occasion in which Chief Dun
can will appear in his ofncial ca
pacity.
The route of the parade will be
on King street from Fairfax to
Psyne streets.
Evening star., 1947-08-22
Safeway Beer License
Hearing Set in Virginia
Special pispateh 10 The Star


RICHMOND, Va, Aug. 22.-The
State Alcoholic Beverage Control
Board has set 10 am. September
4 for hearing on a petition from
the Safeway Stores for an of
sale license to sell beer in Alex
andria and in Arlington and Fair
fax Counties.
The hearing before the three
member board will be held in the
ABC Building at Fourth and Grace
streets.
Howard G. A. Siple, hearing off,
Ger who conducted hearing on the
petition at Alexandria on July rs
recommended to the board that the
license be granted. Since opposi-
ton has been expressed, the board
following its usual policy, sched-
uled the follow-up session to be
attended by the board members
themselves.
More than 100 opponents to the
beer license application appeared
at the Alexandria hearing to voice
their protests. Among them were
a number of clergymen from North
ern Virginia who said that sale OF
beer in the grocery stoyes would
encourage drinking.
Evening star., 1947-08-22
RemodeIing TO Start
On County Building
Al Bethesda Soon

Remodeling work is expected to
begin before the end of this year on
the Bethesda County Building, Wes-
ley I. Sauter, Montgomery County
commissioner, announced today.
Plans cali for more efficient use
of available Office space and for pro-
viding a consolidated police head
quarters in the basement, he said.
Now in the blueprint stage. the
plans were drawn up byr Rinaudot Il
Mead, Bethesda architects.
The police now are cramped for
space" Mr.. Sauter said. THE main
police rooms are on the first floor
the Jail is in the basement, and the
justice of the peace is located on
the second floor
New Entrance Planned.
A new entrance will be made along
the south side of the building which
will lead directly into the basement
police headquarters. The police desk
will be near this door, Immediately
behind this room will be an office
for the commander and behind that
will be the captains office.
Beneath the south end of the
courtroom will be a police rollcall
room, a large locker room which
will be located across central hall
from the rollcall room.
The Jail will be in the front of the
basement, along the Montgomery
avenue side. In the past there has
been no space for women prisoners.
Under the new plan there will be
cell large enough for two women.
The section for men will be in
creased to hold six, in three two
man cells. .
Special Office for Justice.
A special Office for the justice of
the peace will be opposite the police
Offices.
The room on the main floor,
which now houses the police desk
and office, will be used for an ex-
banded Office for Che clerk to the
county commissioner. The present
clerks office will. become one large
office for the Bethesda commits
sioner.
On the second floor an addition
covering the courtroom will be built,
increasing available space by six
Offices. Here may pe located the
offices of the public utilities agent,
the clerk to the court, the building
inspector and other officials.
Evening star., 1947-08-22
BY the Assoeioied Press

BALTIMORE, Aug. 22.- Two
young cousins were free today after
being given 15-minute head start
by a Judge who ruled that traffic
hazard" would be created If the boys
left the courthouse with police on
their heels.
Judge Michael J. Manley yester-
day released George r. Miller. 20,
and MILAN H. Miller, 18, an habeas
Corpus writs and ordered city and
State police lowering at the court
house door to wait Is minutes before
trying to arrest them.
The Millers are two of five Mary
land youths charged with stealing
airplane parts from Raymond Dev-
ener's airport in Hanover, Pa. They
were ordered extradited by Assist
ant Attorney General Joseph D.
Busci1er.
Evening star., 1947-08-22
DR.. Broome Improves
After Suffering Stroke

DR.. Edwin w. Broome, superin-
tendent of Montgomery County
schools, is recovering from a stroke
suffered early this week, DR.. J. w.
Bird, his physician, disclosed today.
DR.. Broome had gone to Mont
gomery County General Hospital at
Sandy Spring earlier in the month
for treatment of a heart ailment.
On Monday the superintendent was
temporarily paralyzed on his right
side by the stroke, which also
caused a loss of speech, Dr. Bird
said, but is regaining use of his
right arm and can talk normally
again.
Although optimistic that DIR.
Broome eventually will recover
completely, DR.. Bird refused to
predict when the superintendent
might be able to return to his
duties.
Edgar NJ Douglass is acting
superintendent of county schools in
DR.. Broomes absence.
Dr.. Broome is said to be the oldest
superintendent of schools in point
of service in Maryland. He has
been head OF the Montgomery sys-
tspa for 80 years.
Evening star., 1947-08-22
Prince Georges Board
Denies Six Liquor
Licenses, Grants Five

In a stormy all-day session the
Prince Georges County Board of
Liquor License Commissioners yes
terday denied applications for six
licenses, while approving five.
Buses brought 100 persons to the
courthouse at Upper Marlboro to
voice protest against issuance of
beer, wine, and liquor off f-sale
license to Earl D. Stewart, oper-
ator of Stewards Self Service at
Oakland.
Objectors pointed out that Mr..
Stewart had applied six months ago
for license, and that it was de-
MED at that time.
In refusing the application, the
board informed Mr.. Stewart that it
would entertain no more requests
for licenses from him unless he
changed his store to another ad-
dress.
Mayor Shaw Leads Group. e
Mayor Thomas Shaw of Capitol
Heights led delegation of towns
people To oppose granting of IL
cense to Antionette S. Rambo for
beer. wine and liquor off-sale IL
cense for the Capitol Heights Grill.
The application was denied.
Protest over granting a beer, wine
and liquor license to Mary Louise
Abdalla for the Mount Rainier
Liquor Store was led by Warren w.
James, town councilman. The ap-
plication was denied by the board.
Other applications denied were
those sought by: q
Benjamin J. Wood for beer,
wine and liquor off sale license,
B. J.. Woods store, Rosaryville.
Emanuel Orenberg for beer off
sale license, Hillside Super Market,
Hillside.
And Zalman King for a beer,
wine and liquor off sale license,
Kings, Inc, Capitol Heights.
Licenses.
Approved were those of:
John T. Lee, beer on sale, Brook
lyn Bridge Tavern, Laurel.
Walter D. Johnston, beer, wine
and liquor, off sale, Johnson's store,
Bowie.
Clarence Cole, beer and light
wine, of sale, Coles store, Clinton.
Harvey Fox and Thomas Deal,
beer, wine and liquor, off sale, Fox
and Deals, Chapel Hill.
And Samuel C. Skinner, transfer
from Gerald G, Gerry. beer. wine
and liquor, off sale, Dixie Tavern,
Seat Pleasant.
Evening star., 1947-08-22
Police Seek Two Youths Given
|15-Minute Head Start by Judqe

Defense Attorney Wiley D. R1chey
asked Judge Manley for their re-
lease on habeas corps writs, saying
the airport owner had informed
Pennsylvania authorities he didn't
want to press charges.
When prosecutors, saying fugitive
warrants were on the way, directed
police TO arrest them as soon as they
stepped outside the court house, Mr..
Ritchey filed second habeas corpus
petition. Judge Manley then ordered
the 15-minute handicap.
The Millers walked out with their
writs, jumped into a gray sedan and
drove off. After Is minutes, city,
State and county police were alerted
by radio and teletype, and all
through roads in the Baltimore area
were patrolled.
The police have yet to find the
two.
Evening star., 1947-08-22
$314,000
Chest Seti in
Suburban Areas
Monteomery's Cool
Highest at Sl24, 900
And Above as Mark

Communities adjacent to Wash
ington have been assigned quotas
totaling about $4,000 of the total
$500, 900 to be sought in this years
campaign of the Community Chest
Federation, survey disclosed today.
OF the five surrounding COM
munities-Alexandria and the coun-
ties of Arlington, Fairfax, Prince
Georges and Montgomery-Mont-
somery has been assigned the
largest quota.
The county's 1947 drive will seek
to raise $124,000.
The survey also disclosed that
each of the suburban areas re-
ceived far more from last years
fund than they contributed to the
chest.
Last Years Quota $4,000.
The Montgomery County goal
this year compares with the 1946
quota of $4,000. OF that amount
S118,l89 was actually raised in that
area. Participating agencies in
Montgomery County have been al
located $13S, S,875 from the chest fed
Grafton.
In Prince Georges County the
goal this year will be $4,000, which
Is. less than last years quota but
more than the amount actually
raised in 1916. At that time the
goal was about $4,000 and the
community contributed $4l,8l6 in
the drive. Participating agencies
in Prince Georges already have
received So, ,327.40 from the fedora
ton and before the year is COM
pleted will have received s9l 500 a.
officials said.
The final amount of the Fairfax
County quota this year has not
been determined. George Stewart,
executive director for that area,
declared.
Residential and commercial areas
In the county have been assigned q
quota of $3S 5000 and approval has
been received to canvass Fort Bel
voir in the county's drive. The
overall figure to be raised this year
probably will be about $4,000, Mr..
Stewart said.
Last year the Fairfax goal was
s43,634 and $41, ,278.78 of that amount
actually was collected. The county,
however, received $5l,475 from the
chest federation.
Chairman Edmund D. Campbell
of the Arlington Chest Federation
said the goal there will be $4,000
compared with quota of $4,000 in
1916 and $50,200 actually contrib
uted. Arlington agency benefits,
however, amounted to $101 800. plus
few increases for isolated
agencies.
Mr.. Campbell said chest agencies
already are operating on a budget
which has been pared to the bone"
and that the 194s goal must be
raised if the 125 agencies in the
Federation are to carry on their
work.
Alexandra Quota S5S,000.
Alexandria's quota is set at $58,-
900 this year, according to Albert
A. Smoot, president of the chest in
that city.
In announcing the city's goal, Mr..
Smoot pointed out the city raised
$50, ,499 last year while local agencies
were allocated approximately $101,-
900.
Mr.. Smoot emphasized the goal
this year is the rock bottom mini
mum necessary for support of af-
filiated agencies. He expressed the
hope the 1947 goal would be ex-
ceeded so that agencies could meet
fully 'the needs of the community
In the critical year ahead"
Evening star., 1947-08-22
sy the A.soc,oted Press

SALISBURY. Md, Aug. 22.-Some
rs Wicomico County farmers and
their wives set out to save their
rotting tomato crop by working the
night shift in a cannery at nearby
Nanticoke.
With the wives working as skim
pers and the husbands as handlers
and. inspectors, they kept the ma
chimes spinning yesterday at the
H. B. Kennerly & Sons factory in
an effort to reduce the glut which
has hit canneries in the Eastern
Shore tomato belt.
More than 100 packing plants in
the six-county area are working at
top speed trying to process the
near-record crop which has hit the
market all at once because frost
killed of early paintings in the
spring.
Prices still are aound 20 cents q
Evening star., 1947-08-22
BoyOI Pollution
Complaint Gets
Passed AIonq
BY the. Assoeiotsd Press

There was no denying that a
complaint by the Maryland Fisher
mems Association of oil pollution
in Chesapeake Bay and its tribu-
taries has traveled-and evidently
still Is.
Executive Secretary Gilbert H
Moore gave the complaint to Rep.
resentative Miller, Republican, OF
Maryland The Representative
passed 1t along to United States
District Attorney Bernard j. Flynn
in Baltimore.
Mr.. Flynn replied any prosecu-
tions should be up to Baltimore City
and State officials. He added he had
communicated the complaint to the
Coast Guard.
The Coast Guard hasn't reported
vet.
Evening star., 1947-08-22
Arnold Line Pleads
For Prompt Action
On Fare Increase
From Yesterdays Last Edition.
BY the Associated Press

The Washington, Virginia q
Maryland Coach Co. told the Inter
state Commerce Commission today
that prompt action is required on
its plea for increased passenger
fares between Washington and
points in Arlington.
""Our financial house is burning
down., the company, known as the
Arnold Line. said in presenting sta
tistics showing continued deficit
operations.
1t asked that the commission
either approve the general increases
which the company proposed earlier
this yearor limited increases recon-
mended several weeks ago by COM
mission whichever can
be made the quicker"
The line originally asked increases
of cents for each zone. The ex-
aminer recommended that the first
zone fare be increased from 10 to
Is cents cash or 1917 cents if tokens
are used, and that the fourth zone
rate be increased from 20 to 25 cents,
with other zone rates left un-
changed.
Increase Held Essential.
The company, replying to opposi-
ton to. any change filed by the Arl-
ington County Public Utilities Com.
mission, Arlington Bus Riders As
sociation and the County Civic Fed
Grafton said increased rates are es-
sential, and added in brief: I ~
f"It is perfectly clear that the fare
increases recommended by the ex-
aminer will not keep the company
alive without any increases in wages
under the pending 1947 labor con-
tract-and with wage increases
the indicated deficit is between $780,
600 and $4,000 per year. Even that
appraisal of the case must be based
on the assumption that there will
be no further decline in the growth
volume of business"
The company presented q f1nan-
cial statement for the first seven
months of 1947 in which it said
accounting procedures had been
adjusted In accordance with the
examiners suggestions, and showed
an operating deficit for the period
Of $l70,87S14.
The company took note of the
Public Utilities Commission criticism
of "intraownership transactions,
payments to offices and mainte-
nance expense" which the Utilities
Commission said are mot essential
to economical and efficient manage
ment."
Arnold said this criticism appar-
emily overlooks "the fact that the
examiner in his proposed report
made every conceivable adjustment
in the revenue and expenses of the
respondent Company long before
he came to the conclusion that a
rate increase was necessary under
any circumstances
"Picayunish expense items may
provide boxcar headlines in some
newspapers, but they do not recon-
cile d 1914 per cent reduction in
fares in 1888 and a 200 per cent in
crease in important operating ex-
penses since 1888. The cost of every
thing has gone up and there is no
reason why anybody should be as
tonished that the Washington. Wiz
ginia & Maryland Coast Co. needs
additional revenue
Evening star., 1947-08-22
Carrier to Be Commissioned

NEWPORT NEWS, Va, Aug. p
-R.-The Coral Sea, 45,000-ton air.
craft carrier and sister ship OF the
Midway and the Franklin D. Roose-
welt. will be commissioned october l
at the Norfolk Naval Shipyard at
Portsmouth. Capt. A. P. Storrs OF
Oswego, N. Y. will be the skipper.
Evening star., 1947-08-22

a oOg, county
police reported
today.
The ch IL d,
! j a n e t B e e r S,
daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Henry
P. Beers, 1872
North @ u ! n C y
street, was re-
ported in f a ir
condition at Ar
lington Hospital
today. Her in,
juries are still
undetermined.
Arlington po-
IA ss 49,
Evening star., 1947-08-22
Dairy. Training at U. of N.

A training course for prospective
Dairy Herd Improvement Associa-
ton supervisors will be held at the
University of Maryland September
$40, Marvin Senger, extension
dairyman, announced.
Evening star., 1947-08-22
Firemen Act on False Alarms

Weary of answering false alarms,
the Montgomery County Association
of Volunteer Firemen has appointed
a special committee to explore
methods of lessening the number
of such calls, it was announced to-
daN
Evening star., 1947-08-22

which struck her was driven by
John H. Gauss, %, Merrifield, Va.
He was released pending outcome
of the child's injuries.
Gauss told police, they said, that
he was travelling about S miles per
hour in the 1900 block of North
Quincy street. He said a dog ran
out in front of his car. and, as he
pulled/to the left of the road to
avoid it. ne struck the girl, who was
crossing the street.
Evening star., 1947-08-22
Red Cross Unit Head Named

Mrs. Craig Hunter Of Vienna has
accepted the cinairmanship of the
Junior REQ Cross for Fairfax County,
1t was announced by Mrs. David l..
Wing, chairman of the county
chapter.
Evening star., 1947-08-22
Arlington Girl Hurt by Cal
Swervinq 10 Avoid Doq

Al 3-year-old Arlington girl was
struck by an automobile last night
which had Swerved to avoid hitting
Evening star., 1947-01-15
Unusually High Demands
On Steel Pay Seen Rejected

NEW YORK, Jan. Is (P.-Any
unusually high wage demand" by
the United Steelworkers in negotia-
tions starting next week will be
fatty rejected" the Iron Age, ma
tional metalworking paper said to-
day, "since there is no disposition
on the part of steel leaders to ad-
vance prices any more than has been
done during the past 80 days"
Declaring both union and manage
ment, in the negotiations, are ex-
pected "to bend over backward in
order to reach a mutually satisfac-
tory agreement" the publication
added:
steel officials see ahead the
chance to keep operations at peak
levels for many months and thus
realize what they consider to be a
reasonable profit on their invest
ment. Steel labor on the other
hand, while aggressively seeking a
substantial wage increase, would like
to obtain this concession without
resort to a national strike the re-
suit of which might be far more
stringent control oYer labor unions
than is now proposed by Congress.
Evening star., 1947-01-15

resident physician in the Wash
ington Asylum Hospital.
DR.. Koones retired three years ago
after his many years of service as a
general practitioner here. He was a
member of the District Medical
Society and the washington Council
of knights of Columbus.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs
Eleanora Blanford Koones; a son
Charles c. Koones, president of'the
Charles c. Koones & Co., realtors
and former president of the Wash
ington Real Estate Board; a daugh-
ter, Mrs. Elizabeth Koones; a broth
er, Samuel Shively Koones, all Of
Washington; two grandsons, Charles
C. Koones III and Anthony G
Koones, and a granddaughter, Mis-.
Eleanora HeniuS.
Requiem mass will be said at 10:3(
a m. tomorrow at st. Thomas the
Apostle Church, Twenty seventh ane
Woodley road NV. Burial will bt
in Rock Greek Cemetery.