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Evening star., 1947-10-27
Highway zoning Laws
Essential for Virginia,
Boards Tell Counties
By the Assoeiofed Press

, RICHMOND, Oct. 27.-A high
way zoning program aimed at con-
serving money and lives has been
proposed by a joint committee of
the State Department of Highways
and the State Planning Board.
so great is the urgency, both
from the point of view of safety and
cost. that it is earnestly recon-
mended that a highway zoning
ordinance, either partial or COM
plete, be enacted at once by The
counties which have not already
done so, the report recommended.
The report will be brought before
the meeting OF the Virginia Highway
Safety Conference at Virginia Mill
tary Institute Friday and Saturday
Tuck Cites Zoning Need.
In a foreWord to the study, Gov
Tuck declared the study and rec
concentrations of the Highway and
State Planning Board reveal some
startling facts concerning the need
for highway zoning.
In undermining and reconstruct
ing Virginia's highways. it is evil
dent that large sums of money are
being spent needlessly because build
ings of various types have been con-
structed too close to rights of-way
and must be moved back at great
public expense in order to accom-
plish necessary widening and re-
construction"
The eommittee, m commen6Ag on
Virginia's present highway system
of 1888 miles of roads, declared that
ut is good system, as far as it
goes"
Roads Not Good Enough.
But, the committee added. it is also
a fact that present Virginia high
ways ARE not good enough" Some
roads, it noted, are TOO narrow for
present traffic and others have be-
come dangerous for travel.
Details of the Highway Depart
ments "20-year plan" which pro-
vides for the modernization of the
present highway system by the re-
construction of 8,808 miles OF
primary roads within that period
were pointed out in the report.
Total cost is estimated at 1922 ,863,-
O0C, at an average cost of $48,0l0
per mile.
The report stressed that ultimate
solution of the problem in Virginia
rests with the localities. 1t said:
The Virginia way is for the local
governmental units and local citi-
zens to accept the responsibility
and, having ascertained the facts, to
draft the sort of protective zorJng
ordinance which best serves sheir
local purposes and, through serving
their purpose, serves the States as
a whole
Ordinances Outlined.
/ Generally speaking, the committee
said, there are two kinds of zoning
ordinances-those providing high
way or roadside or strip control
and those providing comprehensive
control.
Highway or roadside or strip con-
troll seeks to accomplish two major
purposes: % To designate land use
along highways so that residential
business and industrial development
may prosper without detriment to
the overall welfare of the county
and (2) to require that roadside
buildings be set back from highway
right -of-way lines as a means of
decreasing accidents.
Comprehensive control established
use" classifcations for all land
within a county, wherever located.
Evening star., 1947-10-27
Manassas PTA to Dine

MANASSAS, Va, Oct q (Spe-
ciaD The County Federation of
Parent Teacher Associations will
nold dinner at pm. Wednesday
at the Manassas Grill, followed by
business meeting at 8 pm. at the
Manassas High School auditorium,
Mrs. John Powell of Occoquan,
president, announced.
Evening star., 1947-10-27
Rotary to Hear Navy Men

Capt. W. c. Vose,' commanding
officer of the naval ordnance plant
in Alexandria; Capt. J. F. Way.
his executive officer, and Comdr,
Robert S. Brooking II, will appear
on q Navy Day program of the
Alexandria Rotary Club at 1890
p. m tomorrow in the George Mason
Hotel.
Evening star., 1947-10-27
Freight Rote Hearing Set

RICHMOND, Va, Oct. 27 tP).-
The State Corporation Commission
will hear a request by railroads op-
Grating in Virginia for a permanent
10 per cent increase in freight rates
on November IL
Evening star., 1947-10-27
Pomona Grange to Meet

The Montgomery County Pomona
Grange will meet in the community
house at Sandy Spring at 7:30 pm.
Wednesday, when a motion picture
will be presented by the Liberty
Grove Grange.
Evening star., 1947-10-27
I urkey Supper Tomorrow

The Women's Society Of Christian
Service Of the Walker Chapel Meth
.odist Church, North Glebe and Dit
mar roads, Arlington, Va, will spon-
sor turkey supper tomorrow at
5 pm.
Evening star., 1947-10-27
4o8, 900 Work in Baltimore

BALTIMORE, Oct. 27 P).-Em-
ployment in Baltimore, at the latest
count by the Employment Security
Board in September, stood at 498,-
900 persons, new postwar peak.
Evening star., 1947-10-27
Rescue Squod Plans Dance

The Bladensburg rescue squad will
hold dance to raise funds toward
purchase of its new ambulance Sat
urday at 10 pm. at the Silver Hill
Club, Naylor road, near Military
highway.
Evening star., 1947-01-03
Plane Carrying
Eight Missing
In Antarctic
MHU UWU
Copt. Caldwell, Wor
Hero and Football
Stor, in Group

A seaplane with four naval
officers and four enlisted men
aboard has been missing on an
exploratory fight from the Ant
arctic expedition since Monday,
the Navy reported today.
Those aboard include Capt. Henry
H. Caldwell, U. S. N, of Norfolk, Va.
who was one of the Naval Academy's
greatest fullbacks in the middle 20s
and an all-around athlete. Later he
was assistant football coach at the
Academy.
The plane, a PBM Mariner, left
the U. s. S. Pine Island, seaplane
tender, at 5:45 am. (EST) Monday
and was scheduled to return at 3:45
pm. the same day. 1t had fuel
enough for II additional hours of
fight. Capt. Caldwell was COM
manding officer of the Pine Island.
The last report from the seaplane
was received at TBS pm Monday,
when it reported its position as lati-
tude II degrees, % minutes south,
and longitude SO degrees, 80 minutes
west-approximately $50 miles due
south of the Pine Island. The posi-
ton, naval officers explained, was
just off the edge of the ice shelf,
but there was lot of open water
in the area.
Weather Hampers Search.
There was still hope at expedition
headquarters that the plane might
have made safe landing on the ice.
Search and rescue operations were
started at once, but were hampered
by adverse weather conditions.
Capt. Caldwell attended Annapolis
from 1923 to 1927. He was four-year
man in football and baseball. He
played on the same team in 1926 with
Capt. Thomas J. Hamilton, the Navy's
Evening star., 1947-01-03
Democrats Fail 10 Fill
Aide Job With Romney

Speculation and rumors ran
through House circles today as to
why Democratic members, in their
party caucus yesterday, failed to
nominate anyone for the s5,0Oo-a-
year job of Assistant Sergeant-at-
Arms in the new Republican-con-
trolled House.
This was the only one of the key
House positions available to the
Democrats in their new role in the
minority for which they did not
name a candidate. 1t had been
confidently expected the Democrats
would agree, probably unanimously
on Kenneth Romney, House Ser
geant-at-Arms in the past Demo-
cratic Congresses.
The Democrats, after selecting
Speaker Rayburn as minority leader
when the Republicans took charge
at noon today, named their choices
for other party posts and Demo-
cratic employees, but skipped over
the sergeant-at-arms job. No reason
was announced.
Speculation grew as friends of
Mr.. Romney commented that only
few more years of service in the
congressional organization, would
make him eligible for retirement.
The Republican conference of
House members named William F
Russell to be sergeant-at-arms, and
he was to take Office today shortly
after the selection was confirmed
by the House.
Evening star., 1947-01-03
By the Asseeiated Press

A x-trimming bill calling for
a 20 per cent cut in income taxes
on the first 100000 of individual
incomes was offered today by
Representative Knutson, Repub-
lican, of Minnesota.
The prospective Republican chair
man of the House Ways and Means
Committee modified his bill at the
last minute before introduction at
the noon opening Of Congress. In
stead of fiat 20 per cent cut across
the board for all individual income
tax brackets, Mr.. Knutson recon-
mended the 40 per cent cut on the
first $4,000 of income and los
per cent reduction on that portion
of income exceeding 100000.
Internal Revenue Bureau figures
for 1943-the last year available
showed that lust over 600 persons In
Evening star., 1947-01-03

Secretary of State Byrnes OPP
poses plans to move the State De-
partment from its present home
next to the White House to the new
War Department Building at Vir-
ginia avenue and Twenty first street
NV, it was learned today.
Despite advanced tentative
plans for the transfer that was
made by the Public Buildings Ad-
|ministration, President Truman has
assured Mr.. Byrnes he will not have
to move unless he wants to. Mr..
Byrnes has decided he doesn't.
The Secretary was described as
sitting tight" against the moving
plans, which means they are dead
unless he is prevailed upon to
change his mind, or until Mr.. Tru-
man asks to be released from his
promise
If the decision stands, 1t may
mean that the Budget Bureau and
Evening star., 1947-01-03
Two Children Die in Fire
While Parents Go 10 Store

Two young colored children per-
ished in their beds early this aft
ernoon when fire destroyed their
bedroom while their parents were
visiting nearby store.
The victims of the blaze were
identified as Ida May McQuay, 8
and her sister, Fada May, II
months, daughters of Mr.. and Mrs
Fay McQuay of 908 Twenty fifth
street NV.
The parents told police they had
left the children sleeping in a Sec
ond-fioor front bedroom. An oil
stove near the children's bed was
believed to have become overheated
and started the fire at about 12:45
o'clock. When MIR. and Mrs. Nc
Quay returned at lis their home
was in ruins and both babies were
dead. An Older child, who was not
living in the house, escaped the
blaze
Evening star., 1947-01-03
Thousands Seek
Seats in Gallery
For BiIbo Fight
Record Crowd Forms
Lines in Corridors
BEGINNING at 9 AN.

A crowd for which veteran OBJ
servers could recall no parallel
sought admission to the Senate
galleries today to witness the
Bilbo fight.
Several thousand persons stooo
four abreast in a column which
stretched through corridors from
the Capitol rotunda to the staircase
leading to the gallery floor in the
Senate wing.
Other hundreds were crowded
about entrances to the galleries
which were filled to overfiowing.
Few of those in line had chancs
of getting in, since most OF 'tht
early arrivals were remaining il
their seats. Some colored person!
were among those seeking to view
the session.
Lining up in the corridors had be-
gun by 9 am. However, most OF the
gallery seats were earmarked fol
holders of courtesy cards from Sen
ators.
In contrast, the House side of tht
Capitol was quiet. Representatives
House employees and reporters vir'
tually had the chamber to them
selves.
Evening star., 1947-01-03

present head coach, and Frank
Wickhorst, who coached the Uni
verSity of California last year. They
were in the thrilling game in which
Navy tied Army at Chicago, 81 to 81.
in 1926. Capt. Caldwell made the
first touchdown in that game. He
was one of the Navy's most con-
sistent ground-gainers.
He had attended the University
of Nevada before his appointment
to the Academy. He became an
aviator in 1880. Capt. Caldwell re-
manned at Annapolis after his grad
uation to serve as assistant football
coach in 1928. Yin 1884 he again
served as assistant football coach
there and coached the plebe team
the two succeeding years.
From July, 1941, to February, 1912.
he served in the flight training di-
vision of the Chief of Naval Oper-
ations Office in Washington. Later,
while a commander serving as air
officer of the carrier Saratoga in the
Pacific, he won the Bronze Star. He
was awarded the Distinguished Fly
ing Gross for outstanding service as
commander of an air group in the
Pacific.
Capt. Caldwell's wife and two chill
dren live in Norfolk, Va.
Others Aboard Plane.
Qhers listed by the Navy as board
the missing plane are:
1t. q. g. William Henry Kerns,
jr.. of Boston.
1t. q. g. Ralph Paul LIE Blanc,
(See CALDWELL, Page A-10)
Evening star., 1947-01-03
Five American Flyers
Parachute From BIT
I'm 5hefIands Gale
Iceland -Bused PIone Is
Blown Off Course on
Training Flight
BY the Assoeiofed Press

LERWICK, Shetland Islands
Jan. 3.-Five American airmen
parachuted safely from a Flying
Fortress which was lost last
night while trying to reach
Scotland in a gale. Today the
men were hospitalized in Ler-
wick, largest city in the Shetland
Islands.
The last to be found was the pilot
1t. william E. Dee of West Palm
Beach, Fla, whose windblown para
chute let him down in small lake
near Lerwick.
He had no difficulty scrambling
ashore, but it took police, coast
guardsmen and townspeople, aroused
by many fadio signals and flares
about four hours to find him.
1t. Dee was scratched little and
one of his eyes blackened in the fall
ALI are Reported Well.
His companions, who had leapeo
before him. were rounded up one
after another and were taken to the
isolation hospital, where all were
reported. well. They are:
1t. Melton Harry Craven, co-pilot
Big Spring, Tex.
1t. william L. Pitcher, navigator
Burlington, Kans.
S/Sergt. Howard F. Shields, RAN
dolph. N. Y.
Corpl. Reuben Gessert, Marshfield
Wise.
Their Flying Fortress took of
from Iceland yesterday for @ train
ing fight. It was blown from Its
course.
When it appeared there was not
enough fuel for it to get back tc
base the pilot was ordered to make
for Prestwick Airport, in Southern
Scotland.
Directed by Radio.
The coast guard station here ad-
vised the plane by radio to circle
in the immediate vicinity where
according to an officer, there is more
water than land"
But, landing or coming down b.
-
Evening star., 1947-01-03
By Gould Lincoln

The Eightieth Congress con-
vened at noon today and, in the
House, triumphant Republicans
quickly elected Representative
Martin of Massachusetts, as
Speaker. In the Senate, organs
iZation for the new session was
stalled by debate over seating
Senator Bilbo, Democrat, of
Mississippi.
Speaker Martin, the first Repub-
lican to take over the House gavel
since the late NICHOLAS Longworth
surrendered it in 1881, was elected
by a vote of IA to 1872. In a key
note speech, he called on Democrats
to cooperate with the Republicans
in handling such postwar problems
as labor legislation, taxation and
Government economy.
The election of Mr.. Martin was
vigorously applauded by the DEM
ocrats as well as his own colleagues.
He was praised in a brief presenta-
ton speech by the retiring Speaker,
Representative Rayburn of Texas.
Television Lens Falls.
During the call of the roll to elect
the Speaker, the lens from a
television machine fell from the
gallery to the House floor, narrowly
missing three members.
Earlier, the White House had an
nounced that President Truman
Evening star., 1947-01-03
D. c. Bank Deposits
Decline 4 Million in
Last Quarter of 1916

Gross deposits in the Capitals
20 banks and trust companies
showed a small decline Of $4,-
101,7 ,727 in the fourth quarter of
1916, due to heavy Withdrawals
of War Loan funds by the
Treasury.
Following a condition call is
sued today by Controller of the
Currency Preston Delano, it was
learned that deposits on De-
cember 81 totaled 81 ,022, ,043, ,124
compared with 81 ,026, ,144,S51 on
September 80.
Normal deposits. exclusive Of
Treasury funds, gained during
the three months.
"Details in Financial Section)
Evening star., 1947-01-03
knutson Bill Cuts Income Tax
2O% Except in Highest Levels
105% Allowed on Amounts Over $500, 900;
Persons Over IS Get $500 More Exemption

the United States had gross in
come above 100000 that year.
Mr.. Knutson said in statement
that, in general, incomes above
$500, 900 are~unearned."
Congressional tax authorities es-
timated that the revised bill, If
passed, would cut 1947 tax collections
by $3.50, ,000,0 900, whereas a straight
20 per cent reduction would have
amounted to about $500 ,000, 900.
In its final form, the Republican
bill also would grant an added ad-
vantage to taxpayers over 65 years
old. giving each person in that age
group an additional exemption OF
$500, making a total exemption Of
$1,000.
Mr. Knutsoil's statement said:
Applicable to the entire calendal
year 1947, the measure will provide
a 90 per cent reduction IN the In
Evening star., 1947-01-03
Byrnes' Opposition Holding Up
Moving of Department Offices

Iotl1er White House economic agen-
cies will move from the second floor
of the State Department Building,
which would provide space in the
main building for some of the State
Department Offices now scattered
among more than 80 other buildings.
The tentative plans drawn up by
the Public Buildings Administration.
in conjunction with some of Mr..
Byrnes' administrative assistants,
would have left only the State De-
partment's economic offices in its
present building, with the rest of
the space taken over by the Budget
Bureau and other agencies attached
to the White House executive Offices.
MIR. Byrnes is said to feel that the
building should be given over en-
tirely either to the State Depart
|ment or to the Budget Bureau. He
lis expected to urge that the Budget
Bureau vacate the space 1t now
occupies there.
Evening star., 1947-01-03

would deliver his state of the Union
message at a joint session in the
House chamber at pm. Monday, II
both houses are organized then.
One of the first actions taken by
the House was to adopt rules revised
to comply with the provisions OF the
La Toilette Monroney Reorganiza-
ton Act. This means cutting from
46 to 10 the number of standing
committees and consolidation of the
Military and Naval Affairs Com
mittees.
The motion to adopt the revised
rules was submitted by Represen-
tative Allen, Republican, of. Illinois,
who is to be chairman of the House
Rules Committee. The action was
by a voice vote.
Asks Bi-Party Effort.
In his speech Speaker Martin also
called on the Democrats to CO.
operate in purging the Government
of Communists and Fascists alike,
and to help pull our beloved coun-
try out of the economic bogs into
which mistaken policies and two
wars on two oceans have plunged
U.S."
Mr.. Martin reminded his hearers
that the American concept of Gov
ernment "rests on the idea of a
dominant Congress" and that Con-
gress is the peoples special instru-
ment of control over their Govern
ment and their Governors.
The new Speaker pledged his party
to aid in finding formula and
basis upon which disagreements be-
tween labor and management can
be settled justly and effectively with
out stoppage of production"
He pledged the Republicans to a
reduction of taxation with an ac-
companying reduction in Govern
ment expenditures; to a balanced
budget and reductionSof the Fed
eral debt.
"It is not the intention Of the
Republicans blindly and wildly to
slash here and there" Mr.. Martin
1See CONGRESS, Page A-3)
Evening star., 1947-01-03
New Violence Occur,
|in Palestine as Jews
Issue Peace Appeal
All British Troops Are
Ordered to Gerry Arms
After Kidnop Threot
BY the Assoeiofsd Press

JERUSALEM, Jan. 3.-New vio-
lence broke out in Palestine to-
day and the Jewish Community
Council in Jerusalem issued an
urgent appeal for an end to
irresponsible acts"
In the wake of a large-scale op-
Grafton by Jewish underground units
last night against British military
establishments, an official an
rlouncement said all British troops
We're ordered to carry arms at oil
time and to venture out Of barracks
only in pairs. The announcement
said kidnap threat had been made
against all British soldiers.
The Jewish community councils
appeal, plastered on walls through.
out the city, condemned violence Ii
the strongest terms.
But In the village of Kfar Sirkin
three British soldiers were wounded
when a mine blew up their jeep.
Search for Floggers Continues.
The British search for perpetra-
tors of the fiogging of four Britons
last week continued today in the
all-Jewish city of Tel Aviv, where
3,251 thus far have been screened.
An official announcement said 81
Jews were detained there.
In searches in Jerusalem, a GUAM
tity of dynamite was found in a
house believed to have been on the
route taken last night by persons
who launched the widespread at
tacks in which at least one British
officer was killed and a score or
more persons were wounded.
It was one of the biggest stimuli
taneous operations ever launched in
the Holy Land by the underground,
which used mines, grenades, auto
matte weapons and homemade
flame throwers in at least IL sep
arate attacks in Jerusalem, Tel Aviv,
Tiberias, Hedera and Kiryat Hahn,
thus ending a month-long period of
relative peace in Palestine.
Political observers predicted the
attacks-which some sources said
presumably were launched Coop
eratively by Irgun Zvai Leumi and
the so-called Stern gang-would
draw strong reaction from the Brit
ish in the form of comb-outs, cur
fews and other measures in an effort
to find the persons responsible.
Observers also said it was possible
the underground would launch new
blows within the next few days.
Irgun Zvai Leumi earlier distributed
pamphlets announcing further day
Evening star., 1947-01-03
President Watches.
House Organization
| With TeIevision Set

President Truman saw the
House organized via television
today. @ Y
A home model television in
strument with a 10-inch screen
was set up in the Presidents
Office by the National Broad
casting co. Mr.. Truman sat
at his desk and saw the start
OF proceedings on Capitol Hill.
The broadcast was through the
Dumont Laboratories-Station
WTTG.
Six stations were on the tele-
vision network-three in New
York, one in Philadelphia and
the other in Schenectady,
N. Y. 1t was. the first time q
session of Congress has been
televised.
Evening star., 1947-01-03
Shakeup in U.S.. Commands
In Europe Reported Near
BY the-Assoeiofed Press

A shakeup in the American mill
tary commands in Europe today was
reported in the making
An official familiar with the plans
told newsmen the shift would make
1t. Gen. Lucius D. Clay commander
of American forces in Europe and
military governor of the United
States occupation zone in Germany.
Gen. Clay now is deputy to the
European commander, Gen. Joseph
T. McNarney.