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Evening star., 1947-03-30
Apartments for 1,5OO
Slated in S4,000,0OO
Falls Church Project

The Falls Church Planning Com
mission has received an application
for the construction of an apart
nent development costing between
81, 4,ooo,o 900 andn$5,0o 200.
The development, to be known as
Tyler Gardens, is sponsored by a
group of Falls Church residents and
the developers Of Tyler Park Homes,
now under cot1struc ctiop on Out-
skirts ot Falls Church. -
The apfojeet will consist --ef 365
apartments S9mprising 70 one bed
room, 256 gD-bed edroom MD 13s
three e-bedroorh unitss SIS
The development will; have Is
units per acre, with 13 per cent of
the total land covered by buildings
The project has been tentatively
approved by the Federal Housing
Authority, the developers said, and
if approval3is granted by the Town
Planning Commission and Board OF
Zoning Appeals, 1t is planned to
start construction by June l.
The project Is scheduled to be
completed in late 1948, with some
units ready for occupancy this fall
Rents will range from $500 to $50
the Planning Commission was told
and the project will house between
1,500 and 1000 residents.
The builders pointed out to the
Planning Commission that the ad-
dition of 1,500 to 1000 people will
provide considerably more than the
necessary 5000 population that the
town will need to become a second
class city. The last census showed
population of about 1000.
Evening star., 1947-03-30

Upon learning that Mrs. Bal
lenger's accounts showed payment
was never received for the custom
made shoes which sold for $1.25 and
1853 a pair, a group of Washington
and Lee students "chipped in" to
raise the money.
The Confederate money was
added. it was explained, because the
students weren't sure which would
be more legal currency.
On the list of contributors was
Gen. Lees own great grandson
Robert E. Lee, w, of New York
Washington and Lee freshman, who
departed from the campus today
on spring vacation, but whose ROOM
mate chipped in young Lees share
Taking up the collection was Tom
Randall, of Swarthmore. Pa, who
described himself as "a Yankee who
believes Gen. Lee the only man in
history of whom no Ill should ever
be spoken"
Interest on the debt was COM
pounded at six per cent semi-annu-
ally for three years, the maximum
time allowed for the collection OF
store accounts under Virginia
statute limitations. This boosted
the $2.8e account to $3.45.
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D. {. Attorney Buys Estate
Scene Of LoveIess Murder
Special Dispoteh TO The star

SBURG, Va, Mar. 49,
"Waverly," the 297-acre estate OF
Mrs. Ward Loveless, near Water
ford, has been sold to L. T. Schoene,
Washington attorney, it was
learned today.
The dwelling. a Colonial brick
structure, recently was extensively
renovated.
The house was the scene of the
murder of Mr.. Loveless, a Washing
ton attorney, by two 16-year-old
youths November %, 1941. Herbert
Buckle Porter, Brentwood, Md, and
Paul Bernard Hoback, Bluefield, W.
Va, confessed killers of the Lou
doun County landowner, now are
serving life sentences.
The trial brought out that fight
developed on the stairway when Mr..
Loveless found the youths ransack-
ing his house. The boys were cap
tured near Cumberland. KY, few
days after a servant found the body
of Mr.. Loveless stuffed in a closet.
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Gen. Lees Shoe Debt to Be Paid
InU. S. and C. Confederate Money

A purported s2.88 debt of Gen
Robert E. Lee, incurred in 1861 with
the purchase of two pairs of shoes
at an Alexandria store, is going tc
be paid off-by check and Confed-
crate currency.
The settlement will be made by
Washington and Lee University
students, the Associated Press re-
ported last night from Lexington
Va.
After reading news stories that
the item was still on the books OF
the Bradshaw Shore Store, students
forwarded check to the creditor
covering the $2.88 debt, with interest
And just to make sure that the
account is paid up properly, the
students made an additional pay
ment in Confederate currency, di.
recting the store to take its choice
The Confederate military leader
has been an unofficial patron saint
to generations of Washington and
Lee students ever since he served
as the institutions president from
1865 until his death five years later
He purchased the shoes April @13
1861. according to the company's
ledgers retained by Mrs. John j
Ballenger of Alexandria. descendant
OF the stores original founder.
Evening star., 1947-03-30
By james BirchfieId

Representatives Of Maryland and
Virginia will meet Friday at Mount
Vernon to revise a compact be-
tween the two States that Is older
than the Federal Union. ,.,,..
The meeting will be a historic
one. It viii be held at the same
Iplaee-just 1852 years and one week
after the original agreement was
signed for Maryland by Daniel OF
St. Thomas Jenifer. Thomas Stone
and Samuel Chase, and for Virginia
by George Mason and Alexander
Henderson.
The meeting was originally sched-
uled for the anniversary of the sign
ing of the first compact, but was
postponed for a week.
Both Gov. Tuck of Virginia and
Gov. Lane of Maryland expect to
attend. Gcv. Lane will be backed
by bill passed by the. Maryland
Legislature providing that Mary
land may try Virginians arrested
for oyster law violations in the Po-
tomac.
The compact, drafted at Mount
Vernon and later ratified by the
two Legislatures, contained 13 ar
Evening star., 1947-03-30
Lane Signs Measure
For Incentive Fund ID
Aid School Bui|dinq
BY the Associated Press

ANNAPOLIS, Mar. GA major
measure of the State education leg
islative program became law today
when Gov. Lane signed bill set
ting up an incentive fund to aid
building of schools.
The law will put such aid on a
Inew basis-lower than that sought
by education authorities. It Is part,
|aof the plan to simplify State Aid,
by reducing the methods by which
local governmental urits are ass,
sisted. So # a.s 90
Under the new law, the state
will grant up to cents for each
penny levied locally on $1O0 assess
ments, or up to $40 per pupil. The
educators had sought a 10-cent
limit.
The second major section of the
program-the so-called equalization
funIwas ready for House Commit
tee action.
Other Bills Signed.
The Governor also signed several
bills dealing with education, one of
which would put aid to high Schools
on a per-teachers and per-pupil
basis, and another requiring COM
pliance with the aid bills in order
to qualify.
Three bills relating to marriage
one to speed up divorces, another
to slow down the Elkton marriage
mill and third to give divorce
courts say over dividing divorces
property, were signed by the Gov
ernor.
The first measure would make di-
vorces possible after three years
voluntary separation. rather than
five years as at present.
The marriage mill law-which will
apply to all Cecil County after June
l, will make it unlawful to solicit
''to perform the marriage ceremony
OF any person or persons contem-
plating matrimony" or to solicit to
take such persons to any marrying
official or minister.
Divorce Courts Get More Power.
Divorce courts, under the third
law, will have the power to deter
mine questions which arise between
the parties regarding disposition
of their property after divorce. in
cluding the power to order a sale
and a division of property.
Gov. Lane also signed joint reso-
lutions directing him to appoint
two commissions-one to investi-
gate the subject of State prisons,
parole, probation and prison labor,
and the other to study the use of
physically handicapped persons in
industry.
The Governor also affixed his
signature today to a bill which
provided that after June no one
will be permitted to shake or throw
raccoons or opossums out of any
tree or den between February /
and October 81,
Evening star., 1947-03-30
10 Baltimore Democrats
Finish Primary Campaign
BY the Associo.ed Press

BALTIMORE. Mar. 90. - Ten
Democrats and two Republicans
today put finishing touches to their
campaign to get themselves nomi-
mated for Mayor of Baltimore in
Tuesdays primary election.
The Democratic entry is one of
the largest on record for one party,
but political observers believe the
principal battle will be fought be-
tween two of the candidates-those
backed by rival political organiza-
tions.
They are City Controller Howard
E. Cock and Representative Dale
sandro. They have the backing,
respectively, of william Curran and
James H (JacR Pollack, chief
wielders of power in city Demo-
cratic circles.
Republican preparations have
been much quieter. The Republic
cans will pick either Deeley K.
Nice, chairman of the COP City
Committee or Henry T. Reuter-, a
Baltimore contractor.
Mr.. Nice was drafted as candi-
date by the city committee when
Mayor Theodore R. McKeldin, a
Republican, announced he would
not seek second term.
Evening star., 1947-03-30
| Home Accidents
| Reach 78in Week.:
| |AduItsHuveShore

Adults ran children a close race
in the number of home accidents
reported last week, the Red Cross
Accident Prevention Service an
nounced yesterday.
Among the 78 nonfatal accidents,
a man almost lost an ear when a
picture fell from a wall, an elderly
woman bit her tongue when she fell
over box and a man drank rubbing
linament thinking 1t was medicine.
Another man was bitten on both
hands by a cat.
Children swallowed buttons, a coin
and a tack. A 5-year old girl, for
whom physician had prescribed a
suifa tablet at specified intervals,
got the bottle and ate 20 tablets.
She is under observation at Chill
drens Hospital.
A small boy tied a string on tin
can and whirled it around his head.
It struck his 9-year-old brother and
cut deep cash over his eyes.
Evening star., 1947-03-30
the Maryland and Virginia relief
rolls within few years"

the Maryland and Virginia relief
rolls within few years"
Meeting this week in an effort to
iron out the difficulties between Vir-
ginia and Maryland will be group
of men who are well qualified to
reach an agreement applicable to
present-day demands.
Representing Virginia will be for
mer State Senator C. O'Conor Cool
rick Of Fredericksburg, State Treas
urer w. Tayloe Murphy and William
d. Williams. Mayor of Colonial
Beach, a Potomac River community
Maryland, through Rcbert E.
Archer, William r. Hilgenberg and
A. wellington Tawes, likewise will
have representatives well conversant
With the States fisheries problems.
Evening star., 1947-03-30

ticles defining the rights of each
State in the waters of the Potomac
and Pocomoke Rivers and the
Chesapeake Bay.
Briefly, Virginia was to keep hei
waters open to vessels going to ano
from Maryland waters without the
imposition of tolls or duties, ano
Maryland waters, likewise, were tt
remain open to Virginia craft.
Property Rights Assured.
full property rights in the Potomac
River adjoining their lands, with the
privilege of building wharves ano
other improvements so long as these
improvements did not injure the
navigation of the river.
Common fishing rights were given
citizens of both States, but citizens
of one State were not to hinder OF
disturb fisheries on the shores OF
the other, or fish with nets or seines
on the shores of the other States
ALI laws necessary for the preserva.
ton of fish were to be made with
the mutual consent and appreciation
of both States.
In establishing jurisdiction, the
compact provided that "piracies
crimes or offenses" committed by q
nonresident of Virginia against q
Marylander in the Pocomoke and
Potomac Rivers or the bay within
Virginia, or where the boundary line
is doubtful, should be tried in q
Maryland court. Similar crimes
against a Virginia citizen were
placed under the jurisdiction Of the
Virginia courts.
The compact provided, however
that crimes committed In Potomac
waters by persons not citizens o1
Evening star., 1947-03-30
New Virginia Group
Seeks Progressive
State Government

+ "A i1ewly-forned COMMITTEE fol
Democracy in Virginia" yesterday
ANNOUNCED a 26-pofnt program de.
signed to bring about more liberia
and progressive" government in the
Commonwealth. ehIafs sostsLln
Urging all Virginia Democrats te
join in. support of the committees
program, Martin A. Hutchinson, OF
Richmond, committee chairman
said the objectives set forth "are
believed to be attainable over a
period of years"
Francis Pickens Miller, of Fairfax
is vice chairman of the committee
and was in charge Of publication of
a pamphlet. "A Democratic Program
for Virginia" which lists the COM
mittee's principles.
In the pamphlet, the committee
asked for the fullest participation
of all literate citizens in the pro-
cesses of policy decision and govern
ment" 1t was further stated that
the dominant Democratic organiza-
ton has not been responsive to the
will of the people" and that evidence
Of its "mistrust of the people is
found in the constitution as well as
statutory acts.
According to Mr.. Hutchinson, who
was defeated by Senator Byrd ir
the Democratic primaries last
August, the new organization Is in.
tended to function as an independ.
ent, non fractional body, with EN-.
phasis on principles rather than or
individuals or cliques.
Principal points listed in the pam.
phlet urged abolition of the poll tax
election OF more major State off.
cials by popular vote, "a definite
source Of revenue" earmarked fol
education purposes, revision of the
tax laws, further development o.
the seafood industry, an industria
policy recognizing "the just anc
equal rights of both management
and labor" judicial reforms ane
studies aimed at State government
economies by reduction of the mum.
Der Of employees.
Although the committee is mad,
up entirely of Democrats, Mr.
Hutchinson emphasized in announc
ing its formation that it was inde
pendent and unaffiliated. with an,
national organization. He said th'
group does not plan to start "thirt
party movement" and the commit
tee had no intention of offering 1
slate Of candidates for this year
General Assembly elections or othe
public Offices.
"The question is to get new lif'
into the Democratic Party" MI
Hutchinson emphasized. This il
not put forward in the interest o
any one individual but in the in
terest of all the people Of Virginia.
Evening star., 1947-03-30
Delegation Kills
Liquor Bill for
Montgomery
Two Other Measures
Affecting County Are
Reported FovorobIy
oy j. .. ZQtmon
Stor StuH Correspondent

S'os Sfotf @oHeSPoHoVHr
ANNAPOLIS, Mar. 29.-The con-
troversial bill to authorize issuance
OF on-sale liquor licenses to veterans
clubs In Montgomery County has
been killed in committee, it was dis
closed tonight.
The measure was introduced in
the House March 81 by William H.
McGrath, Democrat, of Prince
Georges County. It was referred
to the Montgomery County delega-
.tion, which had refused previously
to submit similar bill.
Anders r. Lofstrand, jr., chairman
of the Montgomery group, said the
delegation has voted unfavorably
on the measure and decided to take
no further action on it at this ses-
sion. Since the General Assembly
adjourns Monday, the delegations
action is tantamount to killing the
bill.
Mr.. Lofstrand explained that the
bill was introduced too late in the
session to permit county residents
to study the question thoroughly.
= County Lacks Control.
He also pointed out that the
county has no control over the
liquor board and that If the bill
were passed, there would be no way
by which the county could insure
proper regulation by the board.
Meanwhile, the House Ways and
Means Committee voted favorably
on two Montgomery County bills,
one Of which would give the county
commissioners the same taxing
power as that of the State, subject
to the approval of the Board of
Revenue Estimates.
The other would permit the COM
missioners to levy a tax not to ex-
ceed per cent on residential and
commercial rentals.
Members of the MONTGOMERY
delegation said the second bill was
put before the Ways and Means
Committee in the form of an
amendment to another county
measure which the delegation
wanted to withdraw.
The bill, in its original form,
would have authorized the Juvenile
Court to sentence persons convicted
of acts contributing to Juvenile de-
linquency.
1t also would have permitted the
court to order such persons to at
tend courses in the care of children.
Clark Explains Amendment.
, According to Montgomery Dele
gate r. Duncan Clark, the amend
ment was drafted in the event that
Gov. Lane vetoes the bill giving the
county commissioners increased taxa
ing powers. ;' n :
h "We want to give, the county
commissioners as much latitude as
possible in the levying Of additional
taxes" Mr.. Clark said, 'but if our
first bill is vetoed, we want the COM
missioners to have something to
back on"
Bills Sent to Governor.
The Senate today sent to the Gov
ernor five Montgomery County bills
The five measures passed by the
Senate would:
Authorize the circuit court clerk
to reclassify entries In land records
by surnames.
Extend the area of the Washington
Suburban Sanitary district to take
in an area near Gathersburg.
Provided for a retirement system
for Takoma Park employees and the
employment by the city of certi-
fed public accountant.
Fix maximum levy of 81 per 500
in Takoma Park.
Repeal a section of the county
code dealing with the appointment
by the Governor of justices of the
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cuss guns and target shooting.
want to see a pretty shot pat
tern?" he asked.
The Senators did.
Senator L. Harold Sothoron,
Democrat, OF Prince Georges County,
was prevailed on to hold up to his
chest thick file containing the
500 bills which have been introduced
in the Senate. Senator George
blazed away with his 20 across the
committee table.
Senator Sothoron dropped the bill
file and blanched. A colleague
steadied him. The Prince Georgian
needn't have worried. The shot got
only as far as the $4,000, 900 budget
bill for the University of Maryland
Evening star., 1947-03-30
BY fhe Assoeioted Press


ANNAPOLIS, Mar. 29.-State
Senator Joseph M. George, Demo
crat, Of Sudlersville, a well-known
marksman, has carried a gun all
through the current session of the
General Assembly.
It's a % rifle. During legislative
lulls, Senator George has been max
ing life miserable for Statehouse
pigeons.
One time he broke up a Repub-
ican caucus when he invaded a
committee room to get to a strate-
gic window for a shot at a pigeon
on the roof.
Today he burst in on the Senate
Finance Committee. The deliberat-
ing Senators took time out to dis
Evening star., 1947-03-30
Maryland and Virginia to Revise
Historic Fishing Code Friday

sons be tried by the State to which
the offender. is first brought. but
provided that crimes committed on
the same waters .'by a citizen of
either Virginia or Maryland, either
against the other, are to be tried In
the courts Of the offenders State"
81 Urgent Need for Compact"
When the Representatives Of the
neighboring States drove out to
Mount Vernon at the invitation of
George Washington on March %,
1785, the original 13 States were
struggling through the confusion of
the Articles of Confederation.
There was an urgent need for an un-
derstanding between Virginia and
Maryland regarding the rights of
each in the Chesapeake Bay and it's
tributaries common to both States.
Each of the neighboring States
had good reasons for wanting the
compact. Virginia wanted to "ad-
just and confirm the rights of each
to the use and navigation of, and
Jurisdiction over the Bay of the
Chesapeake and the Rivers Poto-
mac and Pocomoke," and Maryland
wanted to assure the free passage
Of her ships through the waters Of
the Capes, controlled by Virginia.
On that March day in 1785 Mary
lands statesmen could not forsee
that the privileges gained for their
State in the agreement with vir-
ginia would be made. meaningless
four years later by the Federal Con-
stitution. That document, which
welded the 13 Colonies into the
United States, assured for her the
freedom of navigation that had
been her chief bargaining point in
the compact.
One-Sided Contract.
Since the adoption of the Con-
stitution Maryland has felt that she
has beer held party to one-sided
agreement. On several occasions
she has attempted unsuccessfully to
reopen the compact with Virginia
but it was not until this winter
when troubles in enforcing the
oyster laws in the lower Potomac
caused her to threaten to abrogate
the agreement that virginia's Gov
Tuck appointed commission te
meet with Maryland to revise the
old contract.
When the original compact wa,
signed the joint fishing rights
granted each State in the Potomac
and Pocomoke Rivers was consid.
cred one of the minor points. In
recent years, however, Maryland's
dwindling seafood resources has
made necessary the most rigid con-
trolls over the taking of oysters
from the Potomac and other State
waters.
Since 1881. when Maryland and
Virginia enacted concurrent legis.
lation, the dredging of oysters in
the Potomac has been forbidden
Nevertheless, Maryland officials
charge that a fleet Of some 60 OF
more dredge boats are now operat.
ing illegally in the river. Ofiicials
say perhaps a third of these boats
are owned by Marylanders who
mostly keep their boats based or
the Virginia side. AL are oyster
men who are using the illegal dredge
to scoop UP more oysters during
the period Of high prices. !,
The State Tidewater Fisheries Com
mission estimates that the Po-
tomac's oyster beds would be ex-
hausted In one season If the river
was opened to dredging. 7 And far
seeing residents of the lower Po-
tornac area have warned that unless
the fishing regulations are rigidiy
enforced, 10000 families who take
their living from the river will be on
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Students to Broadcast

A special Easter program will be
presented at II am. Tuesday over
radio station WGAY by Is members
of the senior music and public
speaking classes of Richard Mont
gomery High School. Rockville,
under the direction of Mrs. Molly
Christie and Mrs. Mary de Vermond.
Evening star., 1947-03-30
Signing of Oyster Act
By Gov. Lane Ends
762-Yeor-OId Pact
By the Assoeioted Press

ANNAPOLIS, Mar. 29.-Gov.
Lane today ended a 162-year-
old pact with Virginia when
he signed a new law providing
that Virginians accused of TAX
ing oysters illegally from the
Potomac River may be tried in
Maryland courts.
Gov. Tuck and Virginia oys-
termen have entered strong
protests against the measure.
1t may touch off a legal fight
ultimately reaching the Su-
preme Court of the United
States.
Milford chronicle., 1947-01-31
NwAsAINeToNA
~ YsNApsno1|S!|;E;jEji1' 1|S!|;;jji1
BY WILLARD CARLTON

The vast sums of money invOl-
we'd i'll pending and prospective
"portal-to-portal" pay suits, with
their many ramfications. could:
l. Add billions of dollars to the
public debt by substantially increa-
sing government wartime eXpen-
ditures;
:. Seriously cOmplicatc the ad-
mlniStratiOn of Federal and state
tax laws and prevent any early tax
reductions:
>. Cause widespread bankruptcy
and unemployment;
4. Interfere with projected cx-
pansiOn and Improvement of bust
ness enterprises;
5. Deluge the courts with COM
lplicated lawsuits;
6. Cause serious labor disputes
by bringing about complete
breakdown of collective bargain
ing.
Statement to this effect was made
before Il Congress committee last
week by Raymond S. SmethurSt
counsel of the National Association
OF Manufacturers, in behalf of its
$1,000 members.
"POrtal-tO-pOrtaI' pay lawsuits
now total $4,000 100000 in claims
and constitute a threat to the en-
tire national economy" Mr.. Smet,
hurst pointed out, adding:
eft has bppn aI1pop6 and will I'm.
doubtedly be urged upon this com
mittee that Congress is without
power to remedy conditions
brought by the Supreme Court de-
!. ciSiOn.
Acceptance of that view would
mean a confession of impotence OF
. the part of Congress to deal will
, Il problem which could become {
national catastrophe"