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The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-11-14

point to give the visitors the win
ming points.
The Eagles will play the Notre
Dame Rebels of Biloxi Saturday
night at 8 o'clock on the Pasca-
goula High school field.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-11-14
Here's How The Ponthers und Luurel Will
Stack Up In Weight In Tonights Come

Average weight, Laurel line III POUNDS.
Average Weight, Pascagoula line 1866 pounds.
Average Weight, Laurel backfield 1870 pounds.
Average Weight, Pascagoula backfield LAT pounds.
First team average, Laurel 1781s.
First team average, Pascagoula 156.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-11-14
TO HoLD UNION SERVICES

It is announced that the
churches of Pascagoula will hold
a union service Thanksgiving Day
at 10 a. m.
1t will be held at the First
Methodist church on South Pasca-
goula street and will be partici-
pated in by the Protestant
churches of the city.
More complete details will be
published next week.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-11-14
The Famous Heartbeat
All-Wool Felt!

The hat that's in demandi Fine felt with ribbon-edged
open crownl Grosgrain trim! In brown, black, red, grey,
kelly, victory green and winter white.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-11-14
The Swirling Ballerina Skirt

Perfectly dreamy are these lovely skirts with the new
look" See them with the full, 120-inch hemline, in
woods, crepes and fables solids and beautiful plaids.
Evening star., 1947-08-11
Richmond Man Heads
Amvets Of Virginia
BY the Associated Press

PORTSMOUTH, Va, Aug. Ii
Robert T. Bowdon of Richmond was
elected State commander of the
American Veterans of World War
II at the closing session of the an
nual convention at Hotel Ports
mouth yesterday.
The elections followed adoption
of a resolution asking that all rail-
road crossings in Virginia be over
passed. underpassed or attended,
and pledging support to local and
national safety campaigns.
State vice commanders chosen in
clude Harry E. Sommerer of Ports
mouth for the southeastern dis
trict, c. M. frey, Roakoke, south
western district, and Carl F. Muse,
Charlottesville, northern district.
Others named were Gravely Dyer.
Highland Springs, adjutant; M.
Phillip Katz, Alexandria, judge ad-
vocate; w. D. Latham, Richmond,
finance officer, and Walter M. Smith,
Portsmouth, provost marshal.
j. c. McCaughan of Richmond
was elected national executive COM
mitteeman,. and John Hundley.
Charlottesville, was named alter
nate. Richard Burke, Charlottes-
vile. retiring department command
er. was designated to accompany Mr..
McCaughan as delegate to the ma
tional Amvets' convention in Co.
lumbus, Ohio, October 2-5. Roanoke
was selected as the site for the
next State convention.
Evening star., 1947-08-11
HaIsey Heads Drive
To Bring $7,550,000
To Virginia University
BY the Assoeiated Press

y CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va, Aug.
11.-Administration and faculty
members of the University of Vir-
ginia began work today on a plan
which they hope will bring $3.50, 900
into the schools development fund.
Admiral William F. Halsey, fund
chairman, said the money will be
used on seven projects, four for uni
versity expansion and three for
established departments and schools.
More money will be added to the
quota to finance supplementary
faculty salaries as soon as officials
decide how much is needed.
The most ambitious project is the
expansion of the university medical
school and hospital which will re-
quire $2,250,000. Another $1,000. 900
has been set up as q goal for the
recently established Woodrow Will
son School of Foreign Affairs.
One million dollars each will be
asked for the department of law
and academic buildings to provide
classroom and Office space for the
College of Arts and Sciences and
for q graduate school of commerce
and business administration.
The university also has set $780,
900 as a goal for a new war memorial
alumni hall and university press.
Under the leadership of Admiral
Halsey, the development fund cam
paign will be conducted through an
organization which eventually will
include regional and local chairmen
and workers picked from the uni
versity's $4,000 alumni.
Evening star., 1947-08-11
70 Streets Renamed
In Prince GEORGES

The Maryland National Capital
Park and Planning Commission
has announced that 20 streets in
six Prince Georges County subdi-
visions will have new names, start
ing Friday.
The changes are in line with the
commissions efforts to redesignate
streets in more uniform manner.
The changes in the Queens Chapel
Manor, Clearwood and Castle Manor
areas of West Hyattsville include:
Kennedy street and Thirty-third
avenue to Jessel road: Longfellow
street to Lancer drive: Madison
street to Lancer place; Legation
road to Thirty-first place and Ken
nedy place; Legation street to Long
fellow street; Kirkwood road to
Nicholson street; Kennedy street to
Jefferson street; Longfellow street
Second portionD to Kennedy street,
and Mallory lane to Madison street.
Changes in North Woodbridge,
Carole Highlands Hillwood Manor
sections are as follows:
Munson avenue to Twenty fourth
avenue; Glenside drive to Thir-
teenth avenue; Maxfield road to
Harmon street. Banning drive to
Elson street. lakewood drive to Six
teenth avenue, Hillwood drive to
Erskine street, Tracy drive to Thir-
teenth place. Hainsworth drive to
Fourteenth avenue, CORN drive to
Fifteenth avenue, and Oakton drive
to Elson place.
Evening star., 1947-08-11
Plans for Park Fiesta
In Falls Church Set

Plans are taking shape for the
Falls Church park fiesta September
10, 20 and 81 to raise funds for the
proposed Trips Run park. c. F.
Blanding, chairman of the Park
Committee, said one of the high
lights of the celebration, the first
of its kind in Falls Church, will be
pageant which will depict the
history of the town. Participants
will include dancing groups and de-
scendants of early settlers in the
area.
The pageant has been written by
Mrs. Elinor Lee of radio station
WTOP, who is a resident of the
town. Mr.. Blanding urged all in
terested citizens to come to the next
meeting of the group on August 18.
The three day program will fea-
ture children's parade, coronation
of pageant queen, football game
and a carnival on the first day. On
the second day there will be an old
fashioned fair with a flower show, a
food fair and auction sales during
the day, church suppers and a street
dance at night. On Sunday there
will be a tour of historic homes with
the pageant at night.
Evening star., 1947-08-11
Probe Of Gas Pipe Lines
In Winchester Expected
Special Dispatch 10 The Stor

WINCHESTER, Va, Aug. IL
The City Council tomorrow night is
expected to appoint committee
to make an investigation Of the
pipe lines of the Consumers Utili-
ties Co., which supplies butane gas
for domestic purposes here.
BY tomorrow, it was stated at the
office of City Manager Lee Grant,
copy of the report of representa-
tives of the Federal Bureau OF
Mines on their investigation of the
recent beauty shop explosion in
Harrisonburg, resulting in II deaths,
will be. ready for study here. City
Solicitor James P. Reardon sent for
a copy of the report.
The report of the Federal inves-
tigators, as we'll as State repre-
sentatives disclosed. among other
things, that some of the pipelines
of the Consumers Utilities Co. OF
Harrisonburg, an affiliate OF the
Winchester gas concern, contained
a number of holes, and that Sec
tions Of piping were so badly rusted
and corroded that they were easily
crushed or broken. Such condi-
tions, 1t was stated in the report,
were found in piping taken from
the beauty shop basement when the
debris was removed.
Mr.. Grants ofiice indicated that
the City Council probably will be
requested to order an Official map
of the gas mains and household
installations of the Consumers Util-
tiles Co., which will be kept on file
in the city managers ofice. An in
vestigation also Is expected to dis
close whether gas pipes may be leak
ing in cellars here.
Evening star., 1947-08-11
Low-Grode Tobacco Seen Peril
To Southern MARYLAND Growers

grades when stripping and hacking.
At that time all grades brought
about the same price.
Hundreds, perhaps thousands, of
dollars have been lost to Southern
Maryland this year because of
mixed baskets, bid in at the price
paid for the lowest grade hand
drawn.
Buyers, much more discriminate
ing now, root through the baskets
like hogs after acorns because Of
the mikes"
Regarding Done At Profit.
In the wake of the factory buyers
come sharp-eyed "pinhookers," ready
to offer a cent or two more. They
regrade mixed piles. put them back
on the floor, and sell at neat profit.
On the production side, planters
must find ways to improve quality
and reduce labor costs, extension
service officials said. Land known
to produce poor tobacco should be
planted to another crop, or seeded
in grass. Machinery should be used
wherever possible.
These are the salient recon-
mendations of experts who say
Maryland must compete with South
ern and hurley growers.
I'm not optimistic" Mr.. Posey
declared. 1--WE have a hard road
ahead. Apparently Maryland to-
hacco, at a higher cost of produc-
ton. must compete with hurley and
flue cured tobacco. Growers may
get some satisfaction from believing
that If cigarette manufacturers
really want Maryland tobacco they
will pay enough for the cured leaf
to keep the farmers producing"
Evening star., 1947-08-11
HyaftsviIIe Woman Hurt
In Jump From 0verpass

A 42-year-old Hyattsville woman
was injured this morning when she
jumped from the Baltimore & Ohio
Railroad overpass in Hyattsville.
Miss Marian M. Hankey, 5703
Thirty ninth avenue, Hyattsville,
suffered broken hip and head in
juries in the fall. She was taken
to the Prince Georges General Hos
pital, cheverly, by the Bladensburg
Rescue Squad. Her condition was
reported not serious. .
Prince Georges County police said
she told them she had been in i'll
health.
Miss Hankey is employed as a
secretary by John v. Hackett,
Hyattsville attorney.
The overpass, used by trafic on
the Washington Baltimore boule-
ward. is about 30 feet high.
Evening star., 1947-08-11
Blight Expected 10 Cut
MARYLAND Tomato Pack
BY The Asseeiatsd Press

EASTON, Md. Aug. 1l.-Declar-
ing tomato blight to be more seri-
Gus" than official reports indicate,
the Tri-State Packers Association
Inc, has forecast Maryland pack
far short of earlier expectations.
"OficIal reports are based solely
upon infestations which have been
reported to authorities" a packer
spokesman said.
Many farmers" he added, do
not bother to send samples of dam
aged tomatoes for confirmation OF
infestation."
The association said that this sea-
sons pack would be disappointing In
spite Of greater acreage and more
abundant labor.
Evening star., 1947-08-11
160 Doctors Licensed
To Practice in virqinia
BY the Assoeiaisd Press

ROANOKE, Va. Aug. 1.-THE
State Board of Medical Examiners
has announced the licensing of
los doctors by examination and 55
by reciprocity to practice medicine
in Virginia.
Among the list released by DR.. K.
D. Graves, secretafy-treasurer of the
board, were 50 Virginians licensed
by examination and Al by recipro-
city. ...
The Virginians licensed by exami-
nation included:
Robert C. Green. jr., Winchester;
Douglas o. Hill, Waynesboro; Charles
E. Horton, Vienna: James Maurice
Knopp, Staunton: John H. McClung,
Lexington, and Joseph A. Solomon,
Arlington.
virginians licensed by reciprocity
included:
John Mel. Adams and Anastasia
Kraf. Winchester; Harold Walter
Bischoff, William L. Harris, Clar-
ence r.. Hartman and Jack L.
Levine, Falls Church; Landon g.
Cant, Eugene r. Grether, Persis
NJ. Kroutil, Alexandria: Lewis K.
Madison, Warrenton, and Joseph w.
Still. Arcola. ~
Evening star., 1947-08-11
Employees Of BusIine
Vote to Join AFL Union

Maintenance employees OF the
Alexandria, Bancroft g. Washington
Transit Co. have voted to become
part of Division 1881. Amalgamat-
ed Association Of Street, Electric
Railway g. Motor Coach Employees
Of America, AFL, 1t was announced
today.
The election, which was super
vised by the National Labor Rela-
tions Board, resulted In q 68-to-4S
vote In favor Of the AFL unit.
Evening star., 1947-08-11
Chamber Of Commerce
In Tukomu Park to Meet

The Takoma Park Chamber of
Commerce will discuss plans for a
COMMUNICATIVE sales project to be
known as "Takoma Week" at a
meeting at 8 pm. Wednesday at
Nelson's Restaurant.
A committee recently appointed to
study the proposal will make its
initial report.
Also on the agenda will be a dis
cussion of the recently-acquired
recreation center for Takoma Park.
The Maryland National Capital
Park and Planning Commission this
week announced the purchase of the
12-acre Hodges tract for this pur-
pose.
Evening star., 1947-08-11
Washington and Old Dominion
Enjoys Success in tooth Year

| major part of the company's busi-
ness.
II remember when we used to pull
out of Rosslyn with three or four
coaches with standing room only"
he said.
Industries along the route Of the
railroad which are chief contributors
to its success include rock quarry
timber yards, coal yards, cinder block
plants, livestock markets, gasoline
and oil storage plants, cement plants
and storage warehouses.
Freight constituted the 311 ,693 net
tons handled by the railroad in 1916.
1t is estimated that 100000 net tons
will be handled by the end of this
year.
Passenger Service Restored.
Passenger service on the line was
re-established during the war at the
direction of the Once of Defense
Transportation and the State Cor
poration Commission In view of
transportation difficulties at that
time. It had been discontinued in
1941. Although it was re-established
on an experimental basis, the COM
pany will continue the passenger
service "as long as it is reasonably
lpatronized," Mr.. Baggett said.
The passenger service is operated
only along the line from Rosslyn to
Purcellville and not on part of the
line that joins Alexandria with the
Rosslyn line at Bluemont Junction.
In 1916 total of 86,464 passengers
were carried.
Mrs. Nellie Fletcher, who led the
campaign to have passenger service
restored, said today she is still
lighting for the people"
| Probably the busiest terminal for
the line is at its origin in Potomac
Yards, Alexandria. Many freight
products are brought to and from
this large rail center for shipment
to all parts of the country. Freight
connections made by the w. & o. D.
are with the Baltimore g. Ohio, the
Chesapeake g. Ohio. the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad, the Richmond,
Fredericksburg & Potomac Railroad
and the Southern Railroad
Among the many towns that line the
w. & O. D. route are Falls Church,
Vienna, Sunset Hills, Herndon, Lees
burg and Purcellville.
Operated Under Several Names.
What Is now the w. g. o. D. was
founded in 1847 as the Alexandria
g. Harper's Ferry Line. Eight years
later it changed hands and become
the Alexandria, Loudoun & Hamp-
shire Railroad. Subsequent, COM
panies that operated trains over the
ancient tracks were the Washington,
Ohio & Western; Richmond &
Danville; Southern Railway Co., and
w. & o. D., under which name it
has operated since 1912.
The w. g. o. D went into re-
ceivership in 1882 until Mr.. Elkin
took over in 1886.
The company has abandoned two
sections of track since 1884. The
first to be abandoned was the Great
Falls Line, which was q double
track between Georgetown and
Great Falls. In 1899 Z miles
of the Bluemont line from Purcell
vile to Bluemont, Va, was aban-
doned to save maintenance. M
Evening star., 1947-08-11
Prince Georges Chest
UnitsMeetW Wednesday
On 7 Pleas for Funds

The Executive and Budget Com
mittees of the Prince Georges
County Community Chest and Plan
ming Council will meet at 8:15 pm.
Wednesday in the County Service
Building, Hyattsville, to consider
pleas for additional help from the
Catholic Charities and the Boy
Scouts.
George c. Cook, president of the
council, has reported that increased
demands on the Catholic Charities
this year have nearly consumed its
relief budget.
Families Faced Eviction.
A statement by Miss Philemon
Mccoy, executive director of the
charity organization, declared:
"Our load has risen steadily this
year, due to the increase in popula-
tion in the county. Early in the
year when a number of factories
closed, those who were temporarily
unemployed needed help while they
were looking for new jobs.
"The housing shortage has been
particularly hard on the income
families, who have had to pay much
higher rentals than ever before"
Miss Mccoy continued. Many fam
lilies faced eviction without our
aid. Then. too, the rising cost OF
food has been pressing problem to
many families who have had to
exist on a set income"
Scouts Short of Funds.
A similar plea for aid was ex-
pressed by William M. Werber
Scout commissioner OF Southern
Maryland. The Boy Scouts, he re-
ported, are facing short funds
needed to carry on its youth de-
velopment program.
Committee members who will at.
tend the session are Mr.. Cook, Uni
versity Park: Col. Joseph L. Amar
and Bernard Nees, Mount Rainier
Durward Highfill and j. Francis
Summers, Brandywine; Mr.. Werber
William G. Carroll. and Harvey
Casbarian, College Park; William
Bowie and Mrs. Frank Stephen
University Park; Nicholas Orem, H
Clay Whiteford and william Luman
Hyattsville: G. Gardner Shugart
Upper Marlboro; DR.. Peter Lejins
College Park; c. Paul Barnhard
Cheverly; j. Russell Jones ano
Granville Guide, Laurel; the Rev
Robert Whittenburg, Parkland; the
Rev. Russell Quackenbush, and Vim
cent c. Alfred, Hyattsville.
Evening star., 1947-08-11
Cape Charles Girl Wins
Virginia Beauty Contest
By the Assoeiotsd Press

NORFOLK, Va, Aug. II. - The
title of Miss Virginia" rests today
on the shapely shoulders of a 49,
year-old blond secretary who won
the crown and a $1,000 award in
the State beauty contest here Sat-
urday.
Miss Ruthellen Mears of Cape
Charles was selected from bevy of
pretty young Virginia girls to rep
resent the State at the national
beauty pageant at Atlantic City.
Runnerup honors went to Miss
Lili Belle Cooper of Richmond and
third place to Miss Barbara Black
burn of Norfolk.
Evening star., 1947-08-11
Oakland Terrace Group
To Hear Brooke Johns

Brooke Johns. president of the
Montgomery County Commissioners,
will address a meeting of the re-
Gently organized Oakland Terrace
Citizens Association at 8 pm. We'd
nesday in the Kensington Ele-
mentary School.
The group will hear Mr.. Johns
outline the governmental setup Of
the county. President Of the as
sociation Is G. A. Schell.
Evening star., 1947-08-11
Reordon Heads Group
Seeking Tax Reduction

o. A. Reardon, 1904 Russell road,
Alexandra. has been named to head
committee OF the Virginia State
Chamber Of Commerce which will
seek reduction of Federal income
taxes as an aid to small business.
Mr.. Reardon, who is vice president
Of the State chamber, will represent
the organization in promoting the
tax reduction program before Con-
gress.
Evening star., 1947-08-11
By J. l. Michael

Maryland crops have "too much
noncigarette tobacco" and the eco
nomic future of the tobacco industry
of Southern Maryland hangs in the
balance, according to Walter B.
Posey, University of Maryland to-
bacco specialist.
Farmers complain that buyers no
longer take the dull and tips as
during the war, when they paid as
much as for the best. The buyers
say they still have most of what
they bought then and would like to
get rid of it.
They explain that they went
along" with the Government in
wartime and paid high prices re-
gardless of quality as part of the
win -the-war effort. About the time
those stocks were "aged" and ready
for use, the bottom fell out of the
cigar market.
Wary of Heavy Inventories.
They also are wary of heavy in
ventories.
Those manufacturers who use
Maryland leaf-and not all of them
do-use proportions something like
this: About per cent Maryland,
more than SO per cent f1ue cured,
more than 40 per cent hurley and
a dash of Turkish and Oriental.
How necessary then is the product
grown in Southern Maryland?
I'm afraid" Mr.. Posey said, that
it isn't as important as we have be-
lisved. That is my greatest worry.
DR.. T. B. Symons, State extension
service director, who accompanied
Mr.. Posey on a farm tour in st.
Marys County when the remarks
were made, said farm leaders re-
Gently have debated the advisability
of Government grading in Mary
land, the only major market where
the system is not employed.
Government Grading Favored.
He Indicated that he considered
it impracticable to ask establish
ment of the practice this year, but
he apparently favors the grading
plan for next season.
Principal reason advanced for
Government grading is the custom
adopted by farmers in wartime Of
paying little or no attention to
Evening star., 1947-08-11
Dues Increased
|ForMary|and
Legion Monthly
Laurel Man Elected
State Commander;
Will Direct Inquiry
By the Assoeio,ed Press

BALTIMORE, Aug. 11.-Delegates
to the 29th annual convention Of
the Maryland Department of the
American Legion voted yesterday to
raise dues for its monthly newspa-
per, but directed newly elected
commander. Harry s. Allen Of
Laurel, to investigate its operation.
Decision to raise the dues for the
Maryland Legionnaire Is cents. to
$1.25, was carried over to the last
day of the convention after a stormy
debate Saturday when charges Of
mismanagement were made.
MIR. Allen, a 51-year retired
businessman, becomes president OF
the paper by virtue of his election as
commander. He was directed to
name committee to study means
Of improving the papers financial
condition
The monthly paper was started in
May. The resolution to investigate
its operation was introduced by
Women's Service Post No. 201 of
Baltimore.
Wins Sway Race.
Mr.. Allen won a three-way race
for commander, polling 615 votes.
Samuel J. Cohen, Hagerstown, re-
ceived 39l votes and H. Winship
Wheatley, jr., Hyattsville, 46 on the
first ballot
The new commander is a veteran
of World War I during which he
served in the 115th Infantry Of
the 29th Division. He is married
and has one son, Harry s. Allen,
World War II airman. The younger
Allen Is attending the University Of
Maryland.
Mrs. T. Frank Lynch, Hagerstown.
became president of the Legions
auxiliary without opposition. She
succeeds Mrs. Earle. r. Poorbaugh,
Baltimore.
The delegates also adopted a res
olution warning all post officials to
refrain from political activities not
related to aims and purposes OF the
Legion.
Baltimorean Named Treasurer.
Other department officers elected
included William H. Myer, Balti-
more. treasurer; Morris Lieberman,
Baltimore, chaplain; John L. Buck.
ley, jr., Baltimore, historian; Will
liam H. Adams. Dundalk, sergeant
at arms, and Edward J. Ryan, Frost
burg, judge advocate.
Andrew Hodsden of Baltimore was
named vice commander at large and
the following elected vice command
ers for the Legion's seven MARYLAND
districts:
Baltimore City, Owen K. Bender:
Southern, Albert L. Huliard, Oden-
ton; Mountain, James E. Kenney,
Westernport; Eastern Shore, Hamil-
ton L. Bashiell, Cambridge; North.
ern Central, Norman C. Stiles, Cat
onsville; Northeastern Shore, J.
levin Burris. Chestertown; West
ern, Ernest Lipps, Frederick.
Among Legion auxiliary officers
chosen were Mrs. Margaret Gill
christ, vice president of the Balti-
more district; Mrs. E. Giles Lewis,
Odenton, Treasurer; Mrs. Orville
Roberts, Devon, historian: Mrs.
Thomas Freeman, Greenbelt, chap
lain, and Mrs. Adolph Decker, Glen
Burnie, sergeant at arms.
Mrs. Poorbaugh, the retiring presi-
dent, was Endorsed as national vice
president for the Eastern, district,
which includes the New England
States, New York, New Jersey, Penn
sylvania, Delaware, Maryland and
the District of Columbia.