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The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-10-14
Birthday Party Is
 Given Richard Buoy

Celebrating Richard Bucy's third birthday a party was held yester- day afternoon between 3 and 5 o'clock at the home of his grand mother, Mrs Elizabeth Hellan.
 Mrs J D. Smith and Mrs. Hell Ian assisted Mrs Buoy as hostesses for the party. The table was set with noisemaker favors, with big cake and an arrangement of pop corn bats in the center, and bal looms hanging down overhead. Richards guests were Julie, Su- san and Henry Hudson, Jimmie and Nels Rollison, Lorene and Mary Katherine Shaw, Mary Kath- crime and Rita Nichols, Margaret Ann Pyle, Malcolm Sharpe, Kim Diane Faulkner and Richards sis- ter athleen.
 Mothers attending the party were Mrs. R. Faulkner, Mrs. Lou Hudson, Mrs. H. L. Macdonald, Mrs. H. Turner, Mrs George Shaw, Mrs. James Rollison, Mrs. Dave Nichols, Mrs. Smith and Mrs Hell Ian.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-10-14
NEW ANGLE TO
 TAFT-HARTLEY
 LAW K GIVEN
Individuals Bringing Cases of Unfair Labor
 Practices

WASHINGTON Oct. .14.-lR- Robert N Denham, chief prosecu- ltor of the Taft-Hartley Act, con- ceded today that the law permits individual union members 10 use it's privileges even if the unions officers refuse to swear they are not Communists.
 The situation came to light in connection with a report by the National Labor Relations Board showing that during the first six weeks of the new law, 90 percent of the unfair labor practice charges against employers were filed by individuals.
 We know that a number of those cases were filed by indivi- duals, whose union leaders had failed to file the non-Communist affidavits," said Denham, who is NLRB general counsel. But there's nothing in the law to prevent an individual from bringing such a charge
 The law requires that unions officers must sign the affidavits Lefore the union itself can bring complaints against employers or, in fact, use the NLRB's facilities at all
 A summary of NLRB's cases un- der the Taft-Hartley Act up to October l, shows individuals filed 3o5 charges of unfair labor prac- tices and unions only 30.
 Denham declined to say what he would do if he had reason to be- lieve an individuals complaint against an employer was inspired by unions Communist leader ship He has final authority on accepting or dismissing all com plaint cases, and his decisions can't be appealed to the courts.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-10-14
GRAY MARKET IN BLDG. MATERIALS
 WILL BE pR0BED

WASHINGTC-., Oct 14.-tR-- Senator Mccarthy (R-Wis), vice. chairman of the House-Senate Housing Committee, said today subpoenas are being prepared to bring in gray-market operators in building supplies to force them to testify under oath as to their operations"
 Mccarthy told a reporter the gray-market- trading at abnormal prices-in scarce building mater ials lis responsible for running up the cost of homes by as much as 20 percent" He addsd:
 We are going to do our level best to break this up"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-10-14

HERE FROM KETCHIKAN Walter B. King and Floyd F. Volk of Ketchikan are staying at the Baranof
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-10-14
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 Calvert because Calvert is smoother.

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The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-10-14
FROM PELICAN

Cheste- Jacobs ot relicaI is stop ping at --hs Gast.ae2G
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-10-14
POLICE COURT NEWS

Herman Hanson and Johnny Jackson were fined S25 each this morning by. City Magistrate Will liam A. Holzheimer. They were ar rested by City Police and booked as being drunk
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-10-14
FURNESS SOUTH

Milton J. Furness, Sr., Admins trative officer of the U. s. Fish and Wildlife Service, is scheduled to leave here via PAA tomorrow for a three weeks vacation at Seattle and Everett, Wash.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-10-14
HERE FROM TULSEQUAH

R. Thompson and E. V. Douglas of Tulsequah. B. c. are registered at the Gastineau.
Evening star., 1947-08-26
Texas Teacher Killed
And 4 Hurt in 2-Car
Crash Near Berwyn

A Texas teacher was killed and
four other persons injured shortly
before midnight last night in a
two-car collision on the Baltimore
boulevard near Berwyn, Md.
Prince Georges County police at
Hyattsville identified the dead
woman as Miss Fay Cooper, 27, of
Petrolia, Tex. Her two companions,
with whom she was touring the
East, Mrs. Edith Touchstone, 38, of
Graham, Tex, and Mrs. Gertrude
Hughly, 27, of Meridian, Miss, were
admitted to Prince Georges Cen
eral Hospital where their condition
was reported as fair. Mrs. Touch
ston was driving, police said.
Occupants of the second Car were
listed by police as Raymond Curtis
Ross, 81, of 1927 North Rhodes
street, Arlington, Va. driver of the
car, and Miss Nancy Gluscevich, 1S,
of 1888 Benton street NV. Both
were taken to Leland Memorial
Hospital. Mr.. Ross was released
after receiving first aid, and Miss
Gluscevich was reported to be in
good condition this morning.
Prince Georges County police
said the accident occurred as Mrs.
Touchstone attempted to make a
left-hand turn into side road
from the boulevard. Technical
charges of manslaughter and reck-
less driving have been placed
against each driver and bond sfor
each has been set at $500, police
said.
Evening star., 1947-08-26
Great Falls Property
Title Asked by Pepco

Potomac Electric Power Co. ex-
poets to take title formally to about
l,050 acres at Great Falls, mostly in
Virginia shore, if an application
with the Securities and Exchange
Commission is approved, it was
learned today.
This was disclosed following an
nouncement by the Virginia State
Corporation Commission that it
had approved dissolution of the
Great Falls Power Co., the Associ-
ated Press reported from Richmond.
The Great Falls company, char
tered by the Virginia General As
sembly in 1894, has never engaged
in the performance of any public
service" according to the order
which dissolved the company yes
terday.
Pepco officials said today the
Great Falls company was paper
company" which held title to the
acreage at Great Falls for pos
sible hydroelectric dam site.
The State commission order au-
thorized transfer of all assets of
the defunct enterprise to the Wash
ington Railway & Electric Co. and
Pepco has applied to the SEC to
take title to the land from Wreco.
Wreco. a holding company, is
scheduled to be dissolved this fall.
Principal officers of the former
Great Falls company were officers
of Pepco, it was stated.
Evening star., 1947-08-26

finally the right generals signed the
right papers in time for him to
circle the United States with the
visiting airmen.
"It was swell-almost like being
member of the RAF.' the youth
declared. He didn't stick to any
special ship throughout the flight
and got to know "just about every
body
There were about So officers and
ITO enlisted men on the flying tour
The squadron of Raj Lincoln
bombers left Andrews Field on the
first leg of it's American tour August
3 for Selfridge Field, Mich. From
there the trip itinerary was. Smoky
Hill Field, Kans.; Mather Field
Calf; March Field, Calf; Fort
Worth, Tex; Maxwell Field, Ala,
and return to Andrews Field yester-
day.
After eight days here, the squad
ron plans tour of Canada. The
brief stay in Washington has been
arranged for them to rest up from
exhaustive American hospitality
the flyers said.
They will be quartered at An
drews Field during their stay here
And Bertil will be there, too. He
was granted his wish to stay as long
as he could with his British pals"
Evening star., 1947-08-26
Better Government
League 10 Meet

The Arlington Better Government
League will make plans and set up
an organization for most effectively
supporting league-indorsed candi-
dates for the County and School
Boards at a meeting at the Lyon
Park Community House at 8 pm
tomorrow, Chairman Harley M
Williams announced last night.
The league, formed last year at
a rally for Daniel A. Dugan, who
was elected to the County Board
as an Independent, has Endorsed
County Board candidates T. Oscar
Smith and Mrs. Florence Cannon,
the flve-man School Board slate Sc
lected by the recent nominating
convention of county civic groups.
Mrs. Edmund D. Campbell, Colin
C. Macpherson, Barnard Joy, o.
Glenn Stahl and c. E. Tuthill are
backed by the league in the race
for the county's first elected school
board. They will be present at to-
morrow nights meeting and will
give short talks. Mr.. Williams said.
Federal employees, Mr.. Williams
pointed out. may participate active
ly in the election of local officials
when such activities are on g. nom
partisan basis. The County and
School Boards contests will be on
a nonpartisan basis under stands
taken by the Republican and Demo-
cratic Parties, neither Of which in
dorsed candidates in the two races.
The nominating conventions slate
also will be presented Thursday
night at a meeting of the Citizens
Committee for School Improvement
at the Rock Spring Congregational
Church, 5000 Little Falls road.
Evening star., 1947-08-26

The first thing 16-year-old Bertil
Anderson wanted to know when he
landed at Andrews Field yesterday
after an uncheduled tour of the
country with a Royal Air Force
squadron was how long he could
stay with the British airmen.
II understand your outfit is going
to stay in Washington about eight
days. 1 can stay with them, can't I
sir?" Bertil anXiously asked Group
Capt. w. P. J. Thomson, who was in
charge of the goodwill British
flight.
Bertil, who lives in Nassau, Long
Island, N. Y, was attending Civil
Air Patrol camp at Andrews Field
August when the RAF left there
for its tour Of American air bases.
II met most of the guys in the
mess hall while I was on K. P. duty"
he explained. He said he liked them
all so much, he decided he wanted
to take the trip with them.
so he came up to me and said
I want to go with you,'" interrupted
Wing Comdr. C. D. Milne of the
British squadron. Il, told him it
would be all right with us if he had
the proper authority
Bertil admitted he had to go
through "a lot of red tape" in order
to legalize his air hitchhoke," but
Evening star., 1947-08-26
Man Dies Of Injuries in Fall
AT Vepco Alexandra Plant

Joseph Bair. Al, of Baltimore died
Sunday at Alexandria Hospital Of
injuries received the day before in
a fall at the Virginia Electric &
Power Co. plant at Alexandria,
where he was working.
Vepco power plant officials said
Mr.. Bair fell from scaffolding
while working on the installation of
mechanical precipitators designed to
reduce the amount of ashes and
cinders expelled from the plants
chimney. .
Installation of the precipitators
was ordered recently by the State
Corporation Commission, and Vepco
faces trial on nuisance charges in
Alexandria September 9 in connec-
tion, with the ashes.
Mr.. Bair sustained a fractured
skull and other injuries in the fall.
vepco officials said Mr.. Bair had
been employed through a Balti-
more boilermakers' union, and was
not a regular employe at the plant.
Evening star., 1947-08-26
Naval Academy Reduces
Enlisted Men 10 1,025
ey the Associoted Press

ANNAPOLIS, Md, Aug. 26.-Re-
duced appropriations for manpower
have cut the enlisted strength OF
the Naval Academy to LOIS men, a
drop of 400 from a month ago.
Capt. J. r. Wallace, chief of staff
said the personnel slash has meant
doubling up in some duties and the
retirement of some of the Academy S
craft.
Transfers began July 18, he said
and the new authorized strength al
ready has been achieved. Many of
the men moved out were assigned to
sea duty.
Some of the Academy's yawls and
patrol boats, two yachts and a
number of smaller craft have been
put out of service, Capt. Wallace
said. The number of enlisted in
structors has been cut, as has the
complement Of Marine guards.
Evening star., 1947-08-26
26 New CIassrooms
To Be Placed in Use
In Arlington Schools

A total of rs new classrooms. con-
tained in new building and in four
additions to old structures, will be
placed in use September 3 when
Arlington schools open for the fall
term.
The new construction, valued at
S500000, was completed during the
summer. Work is now in progress
on two more additions, which will
provide seven classrooms, under a
$232,000 contract awarded few
weeks ago by the County School
Board.
The new classrooms are distrib-
uted as follows:
Six in a new elementary school.
as yet unnamed, at Fourteenth and
South Quincy streets.
Six in an addition to the Walter
Reed Elementary School, Washing
ton Boulevard and North Mckinley
road, which brings that structure to
total of TO-
Six in an addition at the Kate
Waller Barrett Elementary School,
'4400 North Henderson road, a total
of 10 for that school.
Four in an addition at the John
Marshall Elementary School, North
Glebe road and Twenty fifth street,
a total of II.
Four in an addition at the Bar
croft Elementary School, Sixth and
South Wakefield streets, a total of
eight.
Additions under construction are
at the Stonewall Jackson Elemen-
tary School, seven rooms, and the
Woodlawn Elementary School, three
rooms.
The new school at Fourteenth and
South Quincy streets brings the
county's total to 81 buildings includ-
ing two high schools and two junior
high schools. Two additional Junior
nigh schools are operated in the
two high school buildings.
Assistant Schools Supt. Charles
j. Walsh said today that an en-
rollment of at least 10000, the num-
Der on record when school closed
in June, is anticipated. He added
that the system will have about 375
teachers this year.
Evening star., 1947-08-26
; New Polio Cases Bring
District Area Total 10 Is

Three new infantile paralysis
cases in the Washington area were
reported this morning by officials of
the Health Department. bringing to
16 the number of patients now under
treatment here for the disease.
New cases involved a 3-year-old
girl living in the 1000 block of Slea-
ford place, Bethesda; a 9-year-oId
boy in the 800 block of Longfellow
street NV, and a 10-year-old boy
in the 900 block of North Kansas
street, Arlington.
OF the cases listed in the District
area, only five are residents of
Washington, officials said. Others
are residents of nearby areas or
out-of-town patients brought here
for treatment.
Evening star., 1947-08-26
Irving Named Falls Church
Roads Superintendent

T. F. Irving, Wytheville. Va, has
been appointed superintendent OF
roads and streets for the town OF
Falls Church. Mayor Fenner Hazel
grove has announced.
Mr.. Irving, who held a similar
position at Wytheville and was for
merly employed by the Virginia De-
partment of Highways, was named
on recommendation of Roy F. Dunn.
who will assume his duties tomorrow
as the towns first manager. Mr..
Dunn formerly was town manager
of Wytheville.
The Wytheville man will be the
first to hold the job Of streets
superintendent, which was created
last year by the Town Council. 1t
carries an annual salary of $500.
Supervision of road work had been
handled by the town building in
spector.
Mayor Hazelgrove also has an
nounced appointment of Carl Lem
ming, Wytheyille, as a craftsman
in the water department. Mr..
Lemming was recommended by Mr..
Dunn.
Evening star., 1947-08-26
Preschoo| Registration
In Woodside Area Planned

The preschool registration for
the children of the Woodside area
of Silver Spring, Md, who were not
registered and examined last June,
will be held at Woodside Elementary
School, Ballard street and Georgia
avenue, on Friday.
A doctor and three nurses will
be available between 9 and IL am,
to give the examination. They also
will give booster shots for diphtheria
to those children who have not re-
ceived them.
If parents have any questions
about this examination, they should
call the Montgomery County Public
Health Nurse, Mrs. Helen Grover,
between 9 and 10 am, any day
between now and the examination;
at the Silver Spring Health Center.
The telephone number is Silver
Spring 0535 or Shepard 4316.
Evening star., 1947-08-26
HyattsviIIe Police Push
Traffic Safety Campaign

Drive safely through Hyattsville,
or else-that's the warning today Of
Hyattsville town police who current
ly are conducting a campaign in the
community against traffic violators.
The drive against speeders and
reckless drivers was launched off,
cially yesterday and will continue
for a month. Each day the police
men will concentrate on a different
location
In little more than an hour yes
terday, the local police issued per-
sonal summons to 10 drivers, mostly
for passing a stop sign, at the inter-
section of Queens Chapel road and
Hamilton street, West Hyattsville.
The main shopping center of the
town, Rhode Island avenue and
Hamilton street, was to be the CEN
ter of police activity today.
Evening star., 1947-08-26
Falls Church Council
Rezones LOT 10 Permit
Auto Sales BUILDING

The Falls Church Town Council
last night lezoned parcel of land
at the intersection of West and
Broad streets to permit construction
of a building to be occupied by an
automobile dealer. The request for
the rezoning was made by the Com
monwealth Realty Co.
Councilman j. H. Mccarthy. re-
ported that a contract had been
awarded to C. E. Nance of East Falls
Church for construction of a water
main to the new ,000-gallon tank
in the Virginia Forest section of
Falls Church.
Mr.. Mccarthy said no word had
been received from Arlington Coun-
ty in reply to the towns request for
permission to use more water from
Arlington mains.
Town Clerk Claude Wells said the
State Highway Commission has not
yet submitted report on the traffic
situation on South Washington
street, where a controversy has
arisen over a proposal of colored
property owners to erect service
station adjoining historic Falls
Church. The town is withholding
a building permit until report has
been received from the highway
commission on whether the erection
of the service station will constitute
traffic hazard on South Washing
ton street.
Town officials admitted, however,
that despite protests from the Falls
Church and the Fairfax County
OAR, it probably would have to is
sue the building permit as the land
now is zoned for general business.
John C. McRae, councilman-elect
who will succeed Sargent White on
Monday, was present at the meet
ing. The councilman Informally
discussed the needs for recreation
areas in the town in anticipation OF
the new years budget, which will be
drawn up as soon as the new town
manager, Roy Dunn, acquaints him
self with the problems of the town
The Mayor announced that Mr.
Dunn is expected to assume his du-
ties tomorrow.
Evening star., 1947-08-26
Picking Methods Cited in Rise
Of MARYLAND Tomato Prices

due to sunburned or green tomatoes
when this is done and they can
afford to pay higher prices DR..
Stier emphasized.
In addition, he said New York and
Pennsylvania Gamers last week were
notified by the marketing service OF
the heavy tomato crop in Maryland
this year, and have started buying
in Maryland. Crops in those two
States suffered this year because Of
late frosts and light rainfall.
Maryland's 200, 0,000-tcn crop now
is expected to bring s4,500, 900. Last
years tomato crop was only 5000
tens.
DR.. Stier said the situation created
by the big tomato crop had been
relieved also by the conversion of
IL Eastern Shore corn canneries to
tomato processing.
Evening star., 1947-08-26

Better tomato picking methods by
Maryland farmers and the advent
of Pennsylvania and New York buy
ers on the State tomato market to-
day was credited with more than
doubling prices.
DR.. Howard L. Stier, head of the
University of Maryland marketing
service, explained that Maryland
farmers this week were selling to-
matoes for as high as so cents a
basket while last week they could
only get 20 cents. A standard to-
mato basket holds about five-eights
of a bushel.
This price rise has been brought
about, DR.. Stier said, because farm
ers have begun needing advice of
agricultural services to pick tomatoes
at the proper maturity
Gamers don't face such q loss
Evening star., 1947-08-26
Teen Festival Will Open
In RiverduIe Tomorrow

Arts and crafts exhibits, commu-
nifty sings and the crowning Of a
king and queen will high light a
two-day festival to be sponsored
by the Calvert Homes YMCA Teen
age Club and the Prince Georges
County Fairgrounds. The festival
will be held tomorrow and Thurs
day at $500 Calvert Courts, River
dale, Md.
The crowning of the queen and
king Thursday night will be pre-
ceeded by a concert by the Green
belt Boys Band. Art Brown, radio
announcer, will be master of cere-
monies.
Evening star., 1947-08-26
Rent Increases Asked
At a Apartment Houses

Tenants of four apartment houses
here have been asked to pay in
creased rents estimated at $3.50 a
unit in a petition filed with the
Rent Commission today. The apart
ments are at 1417-23 Sheridan street
NV, 1418-24 Somerset place NV,
4585-89 Macarthur boulevard~N.W
and 5112 Connecticut avenue NV.
The petition was filed by the own
ers, E. M. Willis & Sons, and in
wolves 112 units. The present rents
range from $50 to $65 a month.
Evening star., 1947-08-26
Rainier
Fails 10 Ballot
On Town Merger
DeodIine Ignored
For l0-Doy Notice
Of Referendum

A referendum under which three
communities would have voted to
consolidate with the town of Mount
Rainier, will not be held next Tues
day, it was learned today.
Legislation enacted at this years
session of the General Assembly
authorized referendum September
2 on the question of whether Avon
dale, Avondale Terrace and North
Woodbridge residents would be an
nexed by Mount Rainier. Legal
notices were required to be pub
lished not less than 10 days prior
TO the referendum. Such notices
were not published, however.
Mayor Floyd B. Matthias of Mount
Rainier said the town had not taken
the initiative in the movement, al
though officials would have well
coined residents of the three areas
into the town. The deadline for
publishing the notices was Satur-
day.
The legislation authorized COM
mittee composed of Joseph J. Ansel-
mo, william Mosher, LOUIS Mayola
and Mrs. Marion Cord to conduct
the referendum.
Mayor Matthias and Bert E. Sager,
town attorney, said members of the
committee had been approached
about calling the referendum. but
that no action had been taken by
the committee.
In June, residents of Avondale,
Avondale Terrace and North Wood
ridge as we'll as those of Chillum
and Green Meadows, held ref
erendum on plan to form new
town of Springdale, not to include
Mount Rainier. The vote was about
2-to-1 against the plan. The Sep
tember 2 referendum was authorized
in case the June vote was against
incorporation.
Mr.. Matthias and Mr.. Sager said
they believed failure to hold the
second referendum was due to lack
of interest.
Evening star., 1947-08-26
Virginia Convict Escapes,
Another Is Recapfured

Another prisoner escaped yester-
day from the Virginia State Work
Camp No. 80 in Fairfax County
when Daley o. Childrey, %. of
Richmond, broke away from a road
gang on Columbia pike between
Annandale and Baileys Crossroads.
Camp officials said Childrey was
servin a seven-year term for theft,
carrying a concealed weapon and a
prior escape. His escape followed
a recapture of a prisoner, who
escaped, last week, at this home in
Lynchburg. The prisoner was Len
wood Fitzgerald, who eluded guards
last Friday by jumping from a NOV
ing truck.
1t was estimated by camp officials
that from three to six prisoners
escape from Camp 80 road gangs
each month.
Evening star., 1947-08-26

BELLS OF LURAY-At the
keyboard of the Singing Tower
carlton is Charles T. Chap
man, carillonneur of Luray, Va.
Below a Luray's Singing
Tower, where the national con-
vention of carillonneurs is be-
ing held. Star Staff Photos.
Evening star., 1947-08-26
FurIey to Speak in Virginiu

LYNCHBURG, Va, Aug. 26 P.-
An address by James A. Farley,
former Postmaster General, will be
featured on the program OF the
fourth annual Hereford Field Day,
September s, at Ivy Hill, home OF
Mr.. and Mrs. H. B. Thomson.
Evening star., 1947-08-26
hungary Takes Over Forests

About rs per cent of all forests in
Hungary are now owned by the gov
ernment, as a result of a land reform
initiated there in 1945.
Evening star., 1947-12-21
STETSON HAT GIFT
CERTIFICATE
$3.50 to $3.50

A man always treasures and enjoys "Stet-
son. Give him a gift, certificate, attrac-
lively boxed with tiny hat in mi1iature
"Stetson' box, then let him choose the hat
of his choice. He'll thank you for 1t!