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Evening star., 1948-02-26
|2,150 Acres Rezoned
|To Build New Town Of
Springfield in Fairfax

The Fairfax County Board Of su-
pervisors yesterday rezoned about
2,15o acres bounded by Rolling road,
Back Lick road and the Southern
Railroad to permit erection of a
complete new town to be known as
Springfield.
The property was rezoned in IT
separate parcels. The new zones
include industrial, general business,
rural business, suburban residence,
urban residence and rural residence
classifications. All of the property
was agricultural before it was re-
zoned. .....
The rezonings we're granted with
out protest, after Edward s. Hel-
land, jr., civil engineer who repre-
scented Carr, Inc, developers of
Springfield, outlined the mammoth
project. T. j. Stockton, county
planning director, gave his stamp OF
approval to the rezoning, saying it
appeared to represent a logical plan
for the orderly development of the
area. He pointed out this is the
first time an effort has been made
to plan an entire community in this
area.
Mr.. Holland said the Shirle,
highway would be a front dool
to the project. One of the Shir.
ley highway clover-leafs Is to bs
built at one corner of Springfield
he pointed out. He told the super.
visors provision. has been made te
supply water to the town and sew.
age disposal facilities. He said con.
struction is expected to get under
way this spring.
The supervisors voted to ask thu
county's representatives In the Gen.
eral Assembly to amend laws gov.
erning sanitary districts so thai
the districts can be either enlarged
or reduced according to need ane
SO that bonds can be issued fol
the acquisition of existing sanitary
facilities.
Evening star., 1948-02-26

Now the identity of the bearded
lobbyists currently haunting the cor
ridors of the Capitol can be straight
ened out.
A Star photographer came upon
the two of them yesterday afternoon
seated on a bench In the rotunda.
The one with the white beard and
the mountain boots is F. E. Gimlett
of Salida, Colo, an old-time pros
pector who is back in Washington
to lobby for a sound metallic base
lgold and silver for our currency.
Mr.. Gimlett expects to appear before
the House Banking and Currency
Committee next week. He appeared
before the committee in the early
days of the war
The one with the dark gray beard
and whose hair falls over his shoul-
ders is Joe Molnar. a Hungarian
Evening star., 1948-02-26
All Program Opens
In County Monday

Montgomery County All Club
members today are making prepara.
tions for their participation in the
National All Club week program,
beginning Monday.
Objectives of the county group
for the week include a six-point
program aimed at building up in
terest in All Club work within the
county. A committee comprised Of
II boys and girls from county All
Clubs, all senior council members of
the organization, will direct the
program.
The committee includes Mehrl
Mayne, chairman; Amy Fry, Juanita
Kizer, Douglas King, Betty Jane
King, Herbert Nicholson, Patricia
fCompher, James Louthan, Betty
lScper, Charles Linthicum and Jane
fChisholm. %
i The county program will open with
a tour Of key points in the Nations
fCapital on Monday. The Mont
gomery County delegation will as
semble at the old athletic field in
Rockville at 8 am. to join other
units of the State in the visit to
Washington.
| -Four broadcasts, plus additional,
spot announcements to encourages
enrolling in All Club activities, will
be featured throughout the rest g
the week on Radio Stations WBCC
and WGAY. Broadcasts presenting
various county All Club members
will be presented at pm. Tuesday
and 11:15 am March on WBCC
and at pm. Tuesday and 1880 am.
Wednesday on WGY.
A countrywide All vesper service
at pm. March IA In the Grace
methodist Church, Gaithersburg, will
conclude the county's program.
Guest speaker for the occasion will
be DR.. H. C. Byrd, president of the
University Of Maryland.
Throughout the week, All Club
displays also will be exhibited In
stores throI,choIIt the cOllf1tY
Evening star., 1948-02-26
Citizens Seek Means
OF Improving Roads in
Fairfax After Protest

A citizens committee to study
ways of improving Fairfax County
roads was formed yesterday by q
group of county residents, after
they appeared to protest road con-
ditions before State road officials
and the County Board of Super
visors.
Two major suggestions to be in
vestigated by the committee are the
possibility of county bond issue
for road improvements and the
advisability of withdrawing from
the so-called Byrd Act road pro-
gram.
Only $4,000 Available.
Formation of the committee wa
prompted by announcement that
only $4,000 for new road irl.
provements will be available fol
the year beginning July /, 1sAr. The
rest of this years total Tsirfaa
County State road ALLEGATION ol
1921 1878 will be necessary for main.
tenance, repairs, administration
and to repay a deficit entailed II
road improvements this year. tn,
citizens were told by J. H. Phillips
resident engineer.
| In answer to a question Mr.. Phil
lips estimated that $4,000, 900 woult
be the cost of necessary improve
ments to put the county road sys
tenn in good shape. Major i'm
proyenents called for by the neari,
200 citizens who appeared ct III,
meeting yesterday were surfacini
Of dirt roads and widening of roads
County residents protested some O
the roads they had to use wer,
impossible because Of deep mud
One man blamed the cavities in hi
teeth on dust from the road /,
front of his house.
Bus Depreciation Cited.
G. B. Jett, who appeared for tn
County School Board, said tn
board must set up fund eacl
year for pulling school buses out o
the mud. He said the rough condi
ton of the roads is a major facto
in the depreciation of the buses.
The possibility Of the bond issu
was suggested by Edward Gibbon
of Springfield and later supporte,
by DR.. George Schulz of Vienna
Both participated in organization G
the committee after the road hear
ing. The committee decided to as
the supervisors and road officials t
meet with them at 8 pm, March II
to discuss means of getting NOR
money for the road program.
| R. I. Mount, district engineer VIII
listened to complaints of resident!
lpointed out that although the coln
ty has grown in the last eight year
ALLEGATIONS for road improvement
under the Byrd Act still are mad
Iaccording to the 1910 census.
Evening star., 1948-02-26
Arlington Expansion
OF Home Economics,
Art Courses Urged

Exploratory committees of the
Arlington School Board yesterday
recommended expanded courses OF
instruction in home economics,
music and art. s.ss,
One committee proposed that
home economics instruction be made
available to all girls in the public
junior and senior high schools. and
that certain phases Of the subject
be made available to boys.
Another advocated complete
music and art education for pupils
from the first grade through high
school.
Music to Cost $38,3A.
It was estimated that the music
program would cost an additional
1924 in the 1948-9 school yeal
and that the art program woulo
cost $18,637 more.
The Home Economics COMMITTEES
indorsed an earlier report asking
that essential" equipment be In.
stalled at a cost of $5,679, and sug.
gested other improvements estimated
to cost approximately $1,000.
This committee recommended thu
employment of an additional teacher
for vocational education in thu
senior high school; proposed sur.
vey to determine community need.
in this field, and urged teachers tt
confer with their supervisors OF
plans to assure their "continuou.
professional Improvement"
Progressive Program Mapped.
The Music and Fine Arts Ex.
ploratory Committee said It's pro.
gram would lay the foundations fol
an education plan comparable tt
those offered in the most progres.
sive" school systems of the country
The report, which called for tn,
appointment Of music and art direc.
tors, envisaged a program with
rhythm bands for the youngsters
developing to footing the tuba il
true orchestras and school bands.
Four other exploratory commit
tees have submitted proposals fo
revision of the school program
These deal with audio-visual edu
cation, guidance, vocational ant
practical arts, cafeteria and schoo
lunches.
Teachers Ask 100000 More.
With the recommendations mad,
yesterday, these committees adyo
cate additional expenditures of ap
proximately $125, 900. In addition
teachers have petitioned for salar,
adjustments calling for the outla,
Of s400, 900 more than now required
Through Supt. Fletcher Kemp
the school administrative ofice ha!
proposed a budget for next year O.
$2,044, ,258. which is about $4,000,
more than the current budget. tn,
committee proposals and the teach
er requests would add anothe,
$525, 900.
Eight other exploratory commit
tees are to report to the school boart
at meeting at pm. tomorrow a
Thomas jefferson Junior Higl
School.
Evening star., 1948-02-26
Former Stute Senator
To Seek Congress Seat
by The Asseeiotsd Press

ANNAPOLIS, Feb. 26.-Former
State Senator Earl Bennett, So, OF
Cambridge yesterday filed as DEM
ocratic candidate for the House OF
Representative from Maryland's 1st
District and promised an active
campaign"
Mr.. Bennett is a chemical COM
pany salesman.
E. Peter Richardson, member
of the House of Delegates from
Worcester County, filed for the
| House last week. Mayor James O.
Byrd of Snow Hill also has an
nounced his candidacy.
The district now is represented
by Representative Miller, Easton
Repllblican.
Evening star., 1948-02-26

born Montana homesteader, who ar
rived here in 1888 with one of the
do-something about = unemployment
groups and has been here ever since.
He has been constant in lobbying
for an unemployment bill, never
slackening his efforts, even when
full employment seemed to have
solved the problem. Unemployment
will be back, he said. and he wants
the Nation to be ready.
Mr.. Gimlett, the prospector, has
just arrived from Colorado. All the
silver" Senators know him and
they are for him.
His identification card is large
one. On one side are attached all
the gold and silver coins minted by
the United States, from the old So
cent gold piece and the silver s.
cent piece to the silver dollar and
the gold $40 coin.
Evening star., 1948-02-26
Nonpartisan Election
OF Board Urged by
Montgomery PTA

The partisan election OF the
Montgomery County Board of Edu-
cation is recommended in a report
just submitted by the County Coun-
Gil of Parent Teacher Associations
to its "a member associations.
Board members now are appoint
ed by the Governor of Maryland.
The council report also advocates
enlargement of the board from six
members to seven and proposes that
legislation be enacted to permit a
county referendum on the suggest
ed changes.
Will Distribute Findings
Council President Nathan r. Gill
bert said that if and when the re-
port is approved by the local asso-
Citations, it will be distributed to
other county organizations for sup
port. s9: 4Sss2l
He added 1t is proposed to submit
the recommendations to the 1949
session of the General Assembly.
The report was prepared by a
committee headed by Mrs. D. n.
Stowe. Other members were Mr.,
Gilbert Harlan Hadley, II. j. KDtt
tkal and Mrs. A. K. Romoser. I Q
While it analyses what it de-
scrihes as defects in the present
method OF selecting school board
members, the report makes clear
that the present board is not under
attack.
Some members of the School
Board" according to the report,
ARE able and conscientious in the
performance of their duties and
could serve effectively and well un-
der another system of selection"
Politics Held Factor.
The committee found that zap
pointment by the Governor of board
members on the recommendation OF
the State Central Committee of the
political party in power introduces
partisan politics into the education
al system"
In addition, according to the COM
mittee's report, such method OF
selection tends to separate the
board from the community it serves
The council also has adopted a
resolution urging the county COM
missioners to seek available FEEDER
al grants for construction of new
building to house the County Health
Department.
The resolution urged the commits
sioners to increase the salaries OF
the health officer and his assistant
"to levels commensurate with theil
duties and responsibilities" ~.
Erection of a new Health Depart.
ment building also has been recon-
mended by State health officials
The proposal Is being studied by the
commissioners.
Julian King has been namec
chairman of committee. to non1i.
nate officers for the 1948-49 schoo
year at the councils general meet.
ing in the spring. Other member
are Mrs. Arthur E. Stack, Irwin H
| Wensink, Miss Lillian M. Moore anc
| Griffin w. Rittnour..
Evening star., 1948-02-26
Van Zundt to Speak

ANNAPOLIS. Feb. 26 tR-Rep-
Iresentative Van zandt, Republican.
of Pennsylvania will speak here to-
morrow when new home Is dedi-
Gated for Annapolis Post 304, Vet
erans of Foreign Wars. Mr.. Van
Zandt is past national commander
In chief of the VFW.
Evening star., 1948-02-26
Arlington 6. O. P. clul
Elects Smith President

Stephen M. Smith, washington
stock broker and Northern Viz
ginia civic leader, yesterday was
named president of the Arlington
County Republican club. Mr..
Smith lives at 619 Twentieth street
south, Arlington.
other officers elected by the
group include: Hal F.. Hughes,
first vice president; Charles w.
Carter. second vice president; Rob-
ert J. Lancraft. secretsry. and Ed
win II. Keefe, treasurer.
Evening star., 1948-02-26
Brown, Newly Married,
To Miss Terps' Come

Bridegroom Bill Brown will be out
of the Maryland lineup tonight
when the Terps conclude their road
schedule in Southern Conference
test at the University of Richmond.
Brown informed Coach Flucie
Stewart that he and Virginia
Morse, 20-year- -old sophomore from
Swarthmore, Pa, were married yes
terday and the Terps' star court
man requested permission to skip
the game. ......
Brown will be in the lineup
against George Washington Mon
day at College Park and will be
available for the tournament.
Evening star., 1948-02-26
ERP Is Risky, but Necessary,
CIuyton Tells Herndon Rotary

tional Trade Organization, Mr.. Clay
ton said the United States must 60
ahead with the Marshall Plan or
else do nothing at all ofiicially to
help Europe.
He said the Marshall Plan must
not be confused with a relief pro-
gram. It is, he added, a recovery
program, designed to help Europe
help herself.
"If a farmer wants to repair or
build a fence between his property
and his neighbor's," Mr.. Clayton
said, "he usually goes over, sits on
the porch and talks over the prob
lem. The ITO will provide that in
ternational front porch"
He said the resumption Of trade
between Eastern and Western Eu-
rope is desirable in assisting Euro
pean recovery.
Ference Macy, former Premier Of
Hungary and resident of Herndon,
who also was q guest last night,
agreed with this statement. Mr.
Macy said Western Europe would be
so strengthened-by the Marshall
Plan That in five or six years II
would be better able to resist aggres.
sion. His remarks we're interpreted
by his son. .s4ass,ee ----------@ -------
District Rotary Governor Robert
Bogley OF Alexandria also was a
~f ~,
Evening star., 1948-02-26
Two Virginia Hospitals
Chance Service Plons
By the Axsoeiofsd Press

RICHMOND, Va, Feb. 26.-Two
Virginia hospitals were granted au-
thority by the State Corporation
Commission yesterday to discor-
tinue their own hospital service
plans in order to join the Virginia
Hospital Service Association.
They are the Winchester Memo
rial Hospital and the Northampton
Accomack Memorial Hospital at
NaSsaVadox.
Evening star., 1948-02-26

In her purse.
M a r y ] a n d
State police re-
ported that Mrs.
Norfa May Null
lins, SO, was last
seen in Upper
Marlboro at II
pm. Tuesday.
They said the
a u t o m o b II e
which she had
driven lRL0 OWu
from her home
on the Grain
highway W a S
-
don e d on q
Evening star., 1948-02-26
Two Burned in Frederick
By Kerosene Explosion
BY the Associated Press

FREDERICK, Md, Feb. 26-Two
persons were in fair condition at
the City Hospital here today after
being burned when can OF keros
sene exploded In their farm home.
William Stone, 56, and his STEP
daughter, Mrs. Lillian Simms, Is,
were treated for burns.
Evening star., 1948-02-26
oES Chapter to Hold Porty

Lebanon Chapter, Order OF the
Eastern Star. will hold, an odd
fashioned card party and dance
tonight at the Shorehsm Hotel from
10 to /. Miss BurdellA Scarborough
] Is chairman.
Evening star., 1948-02-26
Pace Education Unit to Meet

LURAY, Va, Feb. 26.-Dr. Luther
Richman, State school music super
visor, will address meeting of the
- Page County Education Associative
y, at the high school here.
Evening star., 1948-02-26
Cancer Meeting Tuesday

FHEDEft1Cn6Oa Nd., EcD. 80
tP,. - Approximately rs delegates
from 26 county chapters are ex-
pected to attend a one-day regiona!
cancer control institute to be held
here Tuesday, Mrs. o. r. Nortnins
ton, jr., State commander OF o. VI.
Virginia Division, American Cah
Society, announced.
Evening star., 1948-02-26

Search was pressed today for a
Prince Georges County mother OF
seven children, who has been miss
ing since Tuesday night with 81 800
Evening star., 1948-02-26

doned on Mrs. M2liins.
Marlboro street, the ignitidh wires
ripped from their connections.
Evening star., 1948-02-26

District Rotary Governor Robert
Bogley OF Alexandria also was q
guest Of the club.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-02-01
Ford Local Orders Officers
To Siun Affidavit or Quit

DETROIT, Jan. 31.-Ford Local
900 of the CLIO United Auto Work
ers, biggest local in the Nation, has
voted to compel five of its officers
to sign nom Communist affidavits
or resign.
The locals election committee an
nounced today that 1889 members
voted to force the reluctant five to
sign and 1850 opposed. Only
slightly more than 1880 of the
locals 10000 members at the Ford
Motor Co. Rouge plant took part in
the balloting.
All other officers of the local had
accepted an order to sign from the
unions general council, in accord
ance with resolution adopted by
the UAW-CIO convention in At
lantic City, N. j., last November.
The five who refused to sign are
]. G. Couser, financial secretary
William McKie, trustee; John Gallo,
guide; william H. Johnson, record
ing secretary, and Edward Lock,
president of the plastics building
unit.
A Joint statement by the five said
the election was illegal under the
locals bylaws. I'VE do not intend
to resign" the statement declared,
land we do not expect to be purged.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-02-01

Chief Judge George P. Barse Of
Municipal Court will renew his re-
quest for three additional judges fol-
the court when he makes his official
report to the Attorney General and
the District Commissioners some
time this week, it was learned yes
terday.
It is understood that Judge Barse
will underscore the increased bur-
den of cases in the court since the
close of the fiscal year last June 80
A record high of 125,570 new cases
were filed in all branches during the
year. s....
In his report to the Attorney Gen.
eral last October, the chief judge
noted an increase of more than 10
per cent in court business over the
preceding year. Judge Barse point
ed out at the time that the courts
receipts exceeded the actual con-
gressional appropriation OF $4,000
more than three times during the
fiscal year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-02-01
Chaplain Says Parole System
Baked Aid to Convict Who Died

A District Jail chaplain yesterday
attacked restrictions in the parole
system here which he said pre-
vented prisoner from receiving
prompt special medical treatment
which might have saved his life.
The chaplain, the Rev. David
O'Connor, OPP. of the Dominican
House of Studies at Catholic Uni
versity,. accused the Parole Board
of inaction in the case of Marriott
B. Fasnacht, So, who died last
Thursday in Gallinger Hospital of
a bone disease. Fasnacht had been
serving a forgery sentence in the
jail.
Two members of the Parole
Board, asked for comment last night,
pointed out the board was bound
by a ruling of the Corporation
Counsel that it could not grant pa
roles merely for the purpose of
giving a prisoner medical treat
ment not available in District penal
institutions.
They said 1t had been suggested
to Father O'Connor that he take
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-02-01
Soviet Finance Chief
Urges Largest Bulge
In Russian History
ST., 5S0, 00o, 900 TotoI
Provides Smaller Sum
For Armed Forces
BY the Associated Press

/ MOSCOW, Jan. 81. - Russian
Finance Minister A. G. Zverev
proposed tonight to a joint ses-
sion of the Supreme Soviet (par-
liament) the largest budget in
the history of the Soviet Union.
With Prime Minister Stain and
Foreign Minister Molotov among
his listeners, Zverev called for ex-
penditures of 387 900, 000,0 900 rubles
and a revenue of $4,000, 900 900
rubles in 1913.
The amounts would come roughly
to ST, 100000 in expenditures
and $85,60o, 000,o 900 in revenue.
There is no free exchange of
rubles and dollars. The official
rate is So rubles to 81 United States
dollar.
Stain Makes Appearance.
Stain, making his third public
appearance In 10 days, walked brisk
ly to his seat in one of the rear
rows as the session began. Applause
Numbered through the huge Krem-
lin palace as he appeared on the
dais.
The appropriation recommended
for Russia's armed forces for the
current year was 66,000,000 900 ru-
bles. That would amount to II per
cent of the total budget and cut
of $500, 100000 rubles from the 1947
military expenditure.
President Truman has asked the
United States Congress for SILL
OBS 100000 for national defense in
the next year. Washington experts
have contended that the Russians
do not include in their military
budget many items that are carried
in the United States as national
defense expenditures.
U. S. Envoy Absent.
Zverev declared Russia spent
1851 zoe, 100000 rubles during 1947
and collected a revenue of 1856 ,20o,-
100000 rubles. He contrasted the
figures with the 1916 totals of
BOT 900 100000 rubles spent and
325 600, 100000 rubles collected.
The occasion marked the first
time foreign newspapermen had seen
Stain since he returned to Moscow
last December after a vacation on
the Black Sea. He appeared to be
in good health. He entered the
chamber wearing his uniform as
GeneralisShmo of the Soviet Union
and was followed by most of the
members of the Russian Politburo
Many of Moscow's foreign diplo-
mats were present at the session,
including Mrs. Vijayalakshmi Pandit
of India, and Manlio Brosio OF Italy.
Two absentees were United States
Ambassador Walter Bedell Smith
and British Ambassador Sir Maurice
Drummond Peterson.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-02-01
Fuel Emergency Ordered
In Pennsylvania Town
BY the Assoeiofed Press

BRADFORD, Pa, Jan. 31.-A
state of emergency was proclaimed
tonight in this community of 1881
because of a fuel oil and natural
gas shortage.
Mayor Hugh J. Ryan, after meet
ing with an emergency fuel commit
tee formed yesterday, ordered
schools, stores. theaters, bars, bowl
ing alleys and places of public en-
tertainment to close
The only exceptions were restau-
rants and one drugstore. Restau-
rants, however, were ordered to close
by pm. daily.
The emergency order will remain
in effect until the present cold wave
ends. The temperature at o'clock
tonight was 10 above zero and fall
ing. The mercury hit a low of 10
below zero early today.
Ryan said pressure in lines of two
gas companies serving the Brad
ford area had fallen dangerously.
He added that some 600 residents in
nearby communities we're without
gas and that school would be kept
open tonight to provide shelter for
them. The Salvation Army and
American Red Cross set up emery
ency headquarters and readied cots
and blankets.