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The Wrangell sentinel., 1947-01-10
POTTERs TO COLUMBUS

Mr.and Mrs. Joe Potter, who were married here about three years ago, left yesterday on the Baranof for Columbus, Ohio. where MT. Potter will enter the Univer- sity of Ohio to study refrigeration. MT. Potter served here with the Coast Guard during the war. Mrs. Potter is the former Selma Ham mer of Olympia, Washington.
 The Potters operated the Coffee Shop here for some time and be- fore leaving expressed thanks to their former patrons for their pat ronage during the time they were in business and also asked Tie Sentinel to say Goodbye" to their many friends for them whom they did not get to seee before leaving.
 The Sentinel retlirns by wishing Joe and Selma the best of every thing in their new venture for al their friends.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1947-01-10

Other major points in his mes sage included:
 Veterans. Except for minor ad- justments, the program of bene- fits for veterans is now complete.
 Foreign affairs. The U. s. will continue to stick to a policy of up- holding principles of international justice. Ii will not retreat to iso- lationism" nor sacrifice vital principles to gain peace treaty settlements.
 Military affairs. The U. S. pro poses to remain strong until a system of collective security un- der the United Nations" has been established, then it will be willing to lead in collective disarmament.
 Agriculture The next two years must be maintain and develop mar kets for farm production.
 Housing. An aggressive" pro- gram to encourage home construc- tion is essential. Congress should enact housing legislation which would permit improved housing in rural areas and the building, over d 4-year period of 5OO,OOO units of public low-rental housing.
 On health the President asked for a broad, national program. As to prices he said it was up to in- dustry to hold the line on exist ing prices and even make cuts when profits justify. It is up to labor not to press for "unjustified wage increases" that will force the price level up. He asked that Am ericas great river systems be de- veloped. Regarding monopoly ne urged enforcement of antitrust laws and asked they be supple mented by positive measures of aid to new enterprises pointing 3ut that decentralization of industry needs special attention. On atomic energy MT Truman called for eff fective international control. voic- ing a "fervent hope" that military significance of atomic power will decline steadily so it may be turn ed into a peacetime blessing for all nations"
 He said new elgislation is need ed to bring into the U. S. more of the thousands of homeless and suffering refugees of all faiths"
The Wrangell sentinel., 1947-01-10
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
PRESIDENT ASKS FOR
 NEW LABOR LAWS IN
 MESSAGE TO CONGRESS

WASHINGTON President Tru- nan Monday handed the Republi- can Congress a legislative pro gram topped by recommendations for new labor laws and asked its members to work with him for a new and finer state of well be ing" in America.
 Delivering his state of the un- fen" message in person, MT TrU- man recommended that the legisll- tors outlaw the kind of strikes and boycotts arising solely from dls- putes between unions. He said IT, bitration should be required when a dispute is simply over the inter- pretation of a ablor contract.
 He proposed creation of a A0- member commission-he to appoint eight members and the Congress 12-with instructions to report a recommended solution by March .15 two weeks before the deadline set by John L. Lewis for mining soft coal
 Among other things, ne renewed the request he made unsuccessfully to the last Congress for:
 A higher minimum wage, a na- tional health program, a new de- partment of welfare, board of housing legislation and a single department of national defense.
 He also requested a balanced budget and a start on reducing the public debt. To that end he recom- mended that Congress continue for 12 months the special wartime taxes, such as those on telephone bills, furs, luggage, liquor, etc, now due to expire July 1.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1947-01-10
BUYS TNTO GUIDE sERVICE

Ralph Wooten, we'll known Pet ersburg big game guide, has pur- chased the interest of Chester C. Steear, of Wrangell. in the Stikine Guides and Cruise Service.
 Wooten has been guiding for the Campbell Church Company for the last several years and is one of Al aska's most experienced men in the business.
 Wooten joins Lee Ellis in the Stikine Guides and Cruise Service and plans are being made by the men for trips out of Seattle as we'll las from here. They retain the boats Radar and Bielby and Mir Steear lis keeping his boat, the Charlotte
The Wrangell sentinel., 1947-01-10
WILL RIDE GOAT

Red Men lodge has IA candi- dates lined up and scheduled to ride the well known goat next Tuesday night at initiation cere- monies. Those due for the goat treatment" are:
 William Binkley, Frank Corn ming, Russell Warfel. cliff Bjorqs Chuck Eslick. Einar Otteson, Vim Grant, Jim Myers, rrest stephens, John Coulter. Lew wa Hams, Jr., Vernon Anderson. Leth Meadows and Joyce Hay.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1947-01-10
START CONSTRUCTION

Construction work was started this week on the new cold storage locker plant of the Harry CouIters which will be located next to the John Olson building.
 Work is in charge of 0. K. 'Tink" Bakke.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1947-01-10
CARD OF THANKS

We wish to thank our friends for their many acts of kindness and sympathy in our bereavement, the deata of our beloved husband and brother. Charles Powers.
 Mrs. Charles Powers
 Lon Powers
Evening star., 1947-10-14
Job Security Urged
For Teachers by 5fah|

o. Glenn Stahl, Arlington School
Board candidate, told members OF
the Stonewal1 Jackson Parent
Teacher Association last night that
teachers should have job security,
good pay, sick leave and opportuni-
ties to participate in developing
school policies.
Mr.. Stahl and the four other
School Board nominees, chosen by
countrywide nominating conven-
ton, spoke at the meeting.
"The fact that some Arlington
teachers appear worried about the
School Board election is one of the
things wrong with the present school
system" Mr.. Stahl declared. "A
teacher should not feel that his or
her. job depends on who is on the
School Board. Holding a teaching
job should depend on performance. "
Mr.. Stahl branded as a vicious
lie" rumors that the job security of
Arlington teachers depends on keep
ing the present School Board in
office. The lack of a Virginia tenure
law, he emphasized, is no excuse
for the lack of a tenure policy in
Arlington County.
The four other candidates who
spoke were Mrs. Elizabeth Camp
bell, Colin Macpherson, Barnard
Joy and Curtis E. Tuthill.
Evening star., 1947-10-14
You and the Chest Compojion

the public would find Chest ask
ing for support from its own citizens
and asking that other Chests he
stricken from the contributors list.
Six annual appeals would be
made. Six campaigns might be
staged at six different times of the
year. Costs of campaigning would
increase. The amount of the con-
tributor's dollar geing to actual
welfare service would be reduced.
What would the consequences be?
Reduced funds for service would
mean reduction in the amount of
service which each agency could
afford to provide. Some of those
now benef1ting from Red Feather
agency services would be turned
away.
These human beings either would
go without such needed help as
low-cost disqualification, temporary
financial lifts in time of family
crisis, free leisure-time facilities for
youngsters in scouting, neighbor-
hood clubs and free convalescent
care for sick and undernourished
children; or they would turn to
public agencies, which already are
overburdened and operating on
greatly reduced budgets.
In many cases they would find
tax supported welfare agencies
could not help them. AS the NUM-
bers of those unable to get help in
time OF need increased, the COIN
munity itself would suffer.
Evening star., 1947-10-14
Alexandra 10 Weiqh
Hospital Cash Plea

The Alexandria City Council to-
night will consider a request from
the hospital for token" payment
on INDECENT cases cared for this
year.
Although a sum for this purpose is
provided in the budget, the council
and the hospital have not been able
to reach an agreement as to the per
diem rate for such cases. Both sides
are awaiting the outcome of a sur
vey made at the hospital by a group
OF experts to determine what would
be a fair and equitable rate. A re-
port on this survey, conducted
through the intercession of the
Council of Social Agencies, is ex-
pected before the end of this month.
The hospital asked a 1881 per
diem rate, plus a substantial grant.
The Hospital Committee of the City
Council recommended 81 per diem
rate with no additional lump sum
payment.
Also scheduled for considera-
ton is resolution recently adopted
by Alexandria Post "a Of the Amer
ican Legion, indorsing a $2,5O0, 900
bond issue for expansion of the city's
school system,
Spokesman for the Braddock Light
& Power Co. are scheduled to re-
quest certain variances to the city's
building code to make way for erec-
ton of the company's new plant
estimated to cost $50, ZOO. 900.
Evening star., 1947-10-14
Move Begun 10 Extend
Montgomery County
Junior College Plan

Proposed legislation permitting
extension of the Junior college sys-
tenn throughout Maryland counties
was discussed last night at a meet
ing in Silver Spring of the Mont
gomery County delegation to the
General Assembly.
Chairman Anders r. Lofstrand
of the legislative delegation said
Statewide permissive legislation is
contemplated under which the
junior college system now in opera
ton in Montgomery County could
be extended, if other localities
approved.
The $500 tuition fee now charged
in Montgomery would be abolished
or reduced to about $50.
Other Systems Discussed.
The delegation discussed similar
public Junior college systems in effect
in California and Georgia and most
members were inclined ito go along
with a similar system" in Maryland,
Mr.. Lofstrand said.
At present the Montgomery Junior
College is conducted in the after
noon and evenings at the Bethesda
Chevy Chase High School. It oper-
ates on a $4,000 State appropria-
ton augmented by funds from the
county school system and the $500
annual tuition fee per student.
Mr.. Lofstrand declared studies
would be made Of the possibility of
separate facilities for the college.
No Action Seen Before 1949.
The delegation chairman said he
doubted that the studies would be
completed in time to introduce q
bill at a special session of the
General Assembly, expected to be
called by Gov, Lane within the next
few weeks, but probably would await
the next regular session in 1885,
Mr.. Lofstrand said no further ac-
ton was taken to iron out differ
ences between the Board of County
Commissioners and the Maryland
Capital Park and Planning Com
mission on the method of acquiring
park lands. A joint meeting be-
tween members Of both groups was
held October in an effort to deter
mine whether the commissioners
should approve all acquisitions
which they are responsible for
financing.
Evening star., 1947-10-14
Figure in Warning Trial
Files Suit for Divorce

Thomas H. Quinlan, IS, who was
imprisoned for tampering with the
jury trying the Warning brothers for
numbers game operations in 1899,
has filed suit for divorce against
Opal B. Quinlan. 80, of the first block
OF Farragut place NV, Montgom-
cry County Circuit Court records
disclosed today.
Quinlan charges his wife with
adultery. Mrs. Quinlan is a former
county liquor dispensary employe.
Now telephone company en-
ploye, Quinlan lives in the 800 block
OF Hillmoor drive, Woodmore, Silver
Spring. The couple was married
September 13, 1888. There are no
children.
Quinlan was found guilty of con.
tempt of court in the 1899 trial of
the three Warning brothers on
charges of conspiracy to defraud the
Government of income taxes on
numbers game profits. He was one
OF seven persons, including Emmitt
Warning, accused of jury tampering.
A mlstrial resulted.
Evening star., 1947-10-14
zoning Proposals Opposed
Bv Woodside Park Citizens

Opposition to the proposed recon-
ing Of two lots in the 8700 block Of
Colesville road, Silver Spring was
registered in q resolution adopted
last night by the Woodside Park
Civic Association, meeting in Grace
Episcopal Church Parish Hall.
The petitions ask that the lots be
rezoned for commercial use. Both
petitions have been denied previ-
ously by the county commissioners.
Hearings on the current applications
have been set for November Is.
Both lots, it was pointed out, are
in an area reserved for apartment
use by the master plan.f
A resolution was adopted COM
mending the Montgomery County
Commissioners for their stand in
adhering to the master plan of zori-
ing In making decisions on Zoning
applications.
Wilton r. Allen, supervisor Of as
sessments for Montgomery County.
spoke on the current reassessment
Of residential property In the county.
Evening star., 1947-10-14

completion of the Savage River Dam
now awaiting appropriations from
Congress.
This dam, located in Western
Maryland on the headWaters of the
North Branch Of the Potomac, would
help provide for an even summer
flow in the upper river. In addition
to the protection it would give up
river cities from floods and the relief
from pollution by creating an even
flow, it's effect would be felt here in
more constant flow of soft water
into the District system.
Fine Water for d. C.
Mr.. Schmitt, a Washington native,
has little sympathey for those who
find fault with Washington's water.
"You can write it down in your
book" he said, that Washington
has about the best water you'll find
anywhere. And we are still i'm
proving.
'Why, I can remember, when I
was boy, gleefully missed many
a Saturday bath during times of
high water because my mother felt
there was no need to add coating
of river mud to the dirt 1 already
had accumulated.
First came settling basins, then
filtering plants and chemical treat
ment. We've learned to process the
water and then return it to its
natural state before we give it to the
consumers.
"Just say again that Washington
has fine water. like for the people
to know that"
Evening star., 1947-10-14
BIadensburg Driver Hurt
In Parking LOT ScuffIe

A Bladensburg .(Md.) man was
recovering today in the Naval Medi-
cal Center, Bethesda, from injuries
received during scuf1e over q
parking incident Sunday night at a
shopping center on Defense high
way, near Landover road, Bethesda
Herman H. Heironimus, As, of 41OO
Fifty-third avenue, was injured
when his head struck concrete
curbing around the parking lot
after being knocked to the ground
by a Mount Rainier man who, ac-
cording to police, struck Mr.. Heironi-
mus when the latter asked him to
move his car.
Ronald English, 80, of the $500
block of Thirty-second street, de-
scribed by police as the assailant,
Is being held under $1,000 bond on
two counts of assault. He was
ordered to appear for a hearing in
Hyattsville Police Court October 27.
The accused man, police reported,
was charged with striking Mrs.
Heironimus also after she had
alighted from her car to assist her
husband.
Mr.. Heironimus. chief pharma-
ciSt's mate in the Naval Reserve,
was treated in Prince Georges Gen.
eral Hospital, Cheverly, and then
transferred to Bethesda, where his
condition is described as not serious.
English, who left the scene of the
assault, was apprehended four hours
later by police.
Evening star., 1947-10-14

(Another OF series answering
the questions people are asking
about the Community Chest Fed
erdtion.)
What advantages have been found
in the Community Chest Federation
plan?
1. Greatly lowered costs Of fund
raising. Campaign expenses were
4 per cent of the total raised for
1916, compared to the 18 to Is per
cent paid by individual agencies for
their own campaigns.
2. Extension of the improved CO.
ordination Of health and welfare
work accomplished by the six
Chests to the entire area around
Washington, with consequent i'm
provement of welfare planning in
the area of more than 1,500 square
miles.
3. Strengthened public under
standing and support of social ~ci-
fare work carried on from day to
day to build healthier, more pro-
ductive place in which to live.
What would be the result If the
Federation lost the support of the
communities in the Washington
area?
The six Chests would return to
the competitive days of the early
1930s. Each Chest would stress
highly localized interests in appeal
ing to its contributors. AS the
competition for support grew keerer,
Evening star., 1947-10-14
Falls Church Council
Sets Public Hearing on
Business Area Plans !

Plans to further develop the cens
|tral business area of Falls Church
will be considered at a public hear
ing october 81, the Town Council
has decided.
A proposal on which the town
Planning Commission has been
working for two years was presented
to the Council last night by Edward
c. Knouse, chairman, and Col. H. c.
Persons, member of the commission.
The program calls for creation of
a new street parallel to Washing ton
street from Broad street to Fairfax
drive This would provide parking
space for 584 cars and 1900 feet of
store frontage. Space would be re-
served in the center for a new
municipal building. Commercial
ground floor space would amount to
201 900 square feet.
Mr.. Knouse told the Council that
the largest land owner in the area
was generally favorable to the
whole scheme" He added, however,
that one land owner whose property
Is necessary for completion Of the
street has refused to consider selling.
The only solution to this problem,
1t was pointed out, would be condem-
nation by the town.
Hopes for Land Donation.
Mr.. Knouse expressed hope that
the largest land holder would donate
the site for the new town hall. The
Council gave vote of thanks to the
commission for preparing the
project.
The Council received a request
from the Virginia State Corporation
Commission for an opinion on
whether the Arnold bus lines should
be permitted to extend service from
Falls Church to Baileys Crossroads,
where passengers would be trans
ferred to the Alexandria, Bancroft
& Washington Transit Co. for trans
portation to Alexandria.
Dissatisfaction with the Arnold
service was expressed by several
Councilmen and it was decided to
appoint committee to investigate
the possibility of getting the A. B.
g. w. to extend its service to Falls
Church.
Sewer Rate Cut Loses.
The budget for the current year
was discussed briefly. Councilman
j. H. Mccarthy proposed that sewer
rates be reduced Is cents a month.
His motion was lost for want of a
second.
The Council decided to increase
the appropriation for the town Ii
brary from $2,4C0 to $500.
It was decided to meet Friday
evening to expedite consideration OF
the budget so it can be advertised
for public hearing.
Evening star., 1947-10-14
Annapolis High Student
Killed in Vehicle Collision

A 16-year-old Annapolis High
School student was killed last night
when the motor scooter he was rid
ing collided with an automobile in
Annapolis.
Annapolis police said George
Samuel Wilson, son Of a civilian
Navy employe at Annapolis, died in
Emergency Hospital at Annapolis
about an hour after the collision.
The driver of the car, Charles w.
Phillips, AZ, of Bozman, Md, was
charged with manslaughter. He was
released on $500 bond, police said.
After colliding with the motor
scooter. Phillips car ran into an
electric power pole, police said.
Evening star., 1947-10-14
~. c. Filtration Plant on Guard Against Diotonns
Harmless Organisms That Cause Water Odors
Fall Invasion Due, But
Chlorine Is Ready to
Burn Nuisance Out
By james BirchfieId

This is the season for diatoms. 50
don't be surprised If you turn on
your water some morning and find
it smelling family of fishes, or of an
old abandoned basement.
Don't be alarmed, either, for dia-
toms are harmless. They cause no
injury to men, other than the head
aches they give the technicians at
the filtration plant where the purity
Of the Districts water supply is
guarded.
Diatoms are microscopic organ
isms found abuntantly in fresh and
salt water. They form most of the
food supply for such aquatic life as
oysters, and when they slip into
drinking water they create odors.
Some give off fishy smells, others
earthly odors, while a few specialized
ones may give to the water the smell
OF candied violets.
Any of these odors, even of violets,
Is not pleasant in drinking water.
And when it occurs, the corps of
engineers who operate the WASH
ington aqueduct system are sure to
hear about it.
Breed Profusely in Fall.
This reporter, investigating the
effects of upstream pollution in the
Potomac River on the Washington
water supply, found engineers and
chemists geared to meet expected
diatom invasion, since these minute
organisms breed most profusely in
the spring and in the fall. d
mot often do they get by us"
said c. j. Lauter, senior chemist
at the Dalecarlia filtration plant.
I'VE are jealous of the reputation
of Washington water. It is, consid-
cred among the best water in the
United States, topped only by a
few cities on the Pacific Coast that
draw their supply from melting
snow from a vast timber area.
1.-THE diatoms that give us the
most trouble here" he continued,
"are the Synedra that give to the
water an earthly taste, and the
Asterionella, star-shaped organ
ism, that produces fishy odors in
the water.
Chlorine Is Weapon.
when diatoms appear we liter
ally burn them out of the water
with chlorine. Chlorine is an oxidiz-
ing agent, and when it has finished
its sterilizing job we then eliminate
the chlorine by adding sulphur
dioxide. SO the water you drink
contains nothing but its natural
elements"
Upstream pollution, according to
causes few if any prob
lens. here, although once, several
years ago, creosote that was dumped
into the river up near Cumberland,
Evening star., 1947-10-14
Md, did cause tastes in the Wash
ington supply.

Md, did cause tastes in the Wash
ington supply.
It's not the pollution so much
that concerns us here as fuctua-
tions in the river f1ow," explained
Edwin A. Schmitt, head engineer
and chief of the Water Supply Divi-
sion of the Washington aqueduct
system.
1.-The Potomac is a swift-fowing
stream. 1t falls 500 feet as it flows
100 miles from Cumberland to our
intake dam at Great Falls. AS it
churns over rocks and drops over
falls 1t tends to purify itself before
it reaches us here"
One Source Soft Water.
The Potomac water comes from
two main sources, Mr.. Schmitt ex-
planned. The upper Potomac proper,
including the North and South
Branches, rises in granite forma-
tions. This Is q soft water.
At Harper's Ferry the Shenan-
doah River, a large stream of hard
water that rises in a limestone area,
joins the main river.
Thus, when the flow in the upper
Potomac Is off, Washington's water
is predominantly hard, since the
greater proportion of the water in
the lower river then comes from the
Shenandoah. Mr.. Schmitt said the
hardness of the water sometimes
varies as much as 80 per cent.
One of the greatest assets of
the Washington water supply, MIR.
Schmitt said, would be the early
Evening star., 1947-10-14
Fairfax Federation
Joins Bus Fare Fioht

A request that the Interstate
Commerce Commission reconsider
fare increases authorized for the
Arnold Bus Lines was made today
by the Federation of Fairfax County
Citizens Associations.
Harold A. Ward, president of the
federation, notified the ICC that the
Fairfax group desired to participate
in the case.
A number of other citizens organ
izations already have petitioned the
ICC to reconsider the new rates
which are scheduled to 60 into effect
next Tuesday. These include the
Arlington County Bus Riders Asso-
citation and the Arlington City Fed
Grafton: the Arlington County Public
Utilities Commission also is fighting
the increase.
The proposed increases range
from S to 10 cents a zone in cash
and from 21a to IN per cent in
tokens.