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The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-09-15

LONG Established business, liquor store, grocery and meat market
 with living quarters. Must settle
 estate. Ph. 1C3 or 20. Box 2596.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-09-15
FOR RENT

STTAMHEATED houms. weekly Q
 Monthl-. Colonial Rooms. 6s |
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-09-15

HOPES New ana Csed Mdse. W.
 buy. sell and exchange. 214 2nf St. Phone 908. 999 t
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-09-15

LOG CABIN 28xl6 1t inside. Hawk
 Inlet. Call 143. POP tf
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-09-15
FOR SALE

FURNISHED 3 bedroom house, 7 blocks of business district. $500
 down. For appointment, write Rox 2823 98 At
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-09-15
WILLIAM WINN- Phone 13l

Office in Alaska Credit Bureau
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-09-15

ALSO SOME GOOD USED CARS
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-09-15

CABIN with garden space, 5 acres patented land, $1,0o0. J. R. Hope
 Ph. 9O8 or 621. 9S 3t
Evening star., 1949-08-10
Tests SET for 7 Jobs
In Montgomery

The Montgomery County Per-
sonnet Board announced yester-
day it will accept applications fo1
seven county jobs at salaries rang
ing from $3.50 to $500 a year
All the positions are under the
merit system and will be filled
through competitive examinations
The jobs to be filled and the
salaries are: Assistant county at
torney, $500 to $500; assistant
county attorney, $4,000-$4,800
fire marshal, $4,000 S., ,760; super
visor of social work for Juvenile
Court, $4,000-$4, 800; probation Of
ficer, $2,860-$3,432; assistant pro-
baton officer, $2,640-$3.168. and
research assistant. $4,000-$4,800.
I Notices describing the duties
and qualifications required fo1
each of the positions are being
placed in the various county build
ings, according to Lewis B. Sims
chairman of the board.
Application forms may be OBJ
tanned at the Office of the county
manager in Rockville and at the
Silver Spring and Bethesda Coun-
ty Buildings. The deadline for
filing applications for all of the
positions, except that Of research
assistant, is September 2. .Appli-
cations for research assistant must
be filed not later than August 26
Preference will be given county
residents, Mr.. Sims said.
Evening star., 1949-08-10
Ance|| Is Named
City Manager
0fA|exandriia
Portsmouth Man Gets
CoIosonto Post; Pay
Boosted to $4,000

Guy w. Ancell, 81, city man
ager of Portsmouth, Va, last night
was appointed to similar post
in Alexandria by 5-to-2 vote of
the City Council.
He will leave a $12.000-a-year
Job and receive $4,000 annually
in Alexandria when he assumes
Office September IS. Alexandria
now pays it's city manager $500
q year.
Councilmen Leroy S. Bendheim
and Roy c. Bragg opposed the ap-
pointment. They said Mr.. Ancell's
name had been mentioned in
speculative newspaper stories as
early as last March although there
was supposed to be an open field
for applicants.
A special council committee had
screened applicants for the posi-
ton. r. Samuel Luckett. commit
tee chairman, moved last night
that the appointment be made and
Marshall Beverley seconded the
motion.
New Councilmen Approve.
Mayor William T. Wilkins and
John w. Tullech, who will leave
the council September l. prior to
Mr.. Ancell's arrival, voted for the
appointment because. they said,
this was the wish of their success
sors. The new councilmen, Frank
lin P. Backus and James M. Dun
can, jr., signed the committee re-
Evening star., 1949-08-10
ST. Marys Approves
Oil Tank
Base at Piney Point
Special Dispofeh TO The Stor

LEONARDTOWN, Md, Aug. 10
A proposed $1,50O,000 oil tank
base at Piney Point has been in
dorsed by the st. Marys County
commissioners.
BY a 2-to-1 vote, the county
heads yesterday overruled pro-
tests against a plan filed with the
Army Engineers by L. P. Steuart
Inc, of Washington.
The decision, announced after
an executive session, followed ap-
peals earlier in the day by resi-
dents of the area for disapproval
of the project.
Matthew r. Bailey, president of
the board. and Commissioner j.
Frank Raley, voted for the pro-
posal. Commissioner Frank Bailey
cast the dissenting vote.
Army engineers, who had in
dicated that disapproval by the
commissioners probably would
bring similar action In their part,
now are expected to decide the
question solely on the effect of
the proposed construction on navi-
cation.
The Steuart company plans to
build wharf 1,102 feet into the
Potomac River and a pipe line
across Piney Point Creek.
Ocean going tankers would
pump their cargoes into tanks
on the shore for distribution in
the Washington and Southern
Maryland areas.
Evening star., 1949-08-10

One of IL Falls Church girls will
be crowned Miss Falls Church
Saturday night at the city's first
birthday party at Walnut Hill
the Arnold estate on Annandale
road.
Mayor Albert M. Orme will place
the diadem on the head of the girl
selected by balloting, which will
run until 10:39 o'clock the night
of the party. The Mayor also will
present her with a bouquet OF
American beauty roses.
Each contestant receives 20
votes for each ticket she sells to
the party. In addition, votes may
be bought at a booth on the
grounds for S cents each.
The contestants will make three
appearances at the party. At 2:30
Evening star., 1949-08-10
Sanitary Engineer Submits
Prince Georges Resignation

Charles L. Wood, 40. for the last
IL years sanitary engineer for the
Prince Georges County Health
Department, soon will take a post
with the Public Health Service in
San Antonio, Tex.
Mr.. Wood submitted his resig-
nation to the county commission
ers yesterday, indicating he would
leave the health department Sep
tember /. He said he would go to
work at that time for the Public
Health Services foreign quaran-
tine program.
A resident of Upper Marlboro
MIR. Wood is president of the town
commissioners and president OF
the War Memorial Association
which recently provided funds fol-
a new swimming pool in honor OF
Upper Marlboro's World War II
servicemen. Mr.. Wood Is q ma
tive Of San Francisco.
Surprised by MIR. Woods action
the commissioners announced they
were accepting the resignation
with regret"
Evening star., 1949-08-10
Silver Spring Postal
Extension
Opposed by Chamber

Directors of the Prince Georges
Chamber of Commerce have gone
on record opposing extension OF
the Silver Spring postal facilities
farther than the west side OF New
Hampshire avenue.
The Post Office Department will
be asked to reconsider its decision
to have the Silver Spring post
Office serve the new housing de-
velopments of Langley Park east
of New Hampshire avenue and
University City, east of Riggs road
These developments are planned
to house approximately 5000 per-
sons.
It was charged that the Silver
Spring and Washington Offices are
steadily encroaching on Prince
Georges postal territory"
Want Central Post Office.
Recently the directors approved
a central post Office for Prince
Georges County and protested
further extension of the Wash
ington Office into the county.
T. Raymond Burch. a Prince
Georges member of the House OF
Delegates, was named chairman
of a special committee to push for
extension of Rhode Island avenue
north of Hyattsville. -
Annapolis Road Link Sought.
Chamber President Nicholas
Orme, jr., named County Circuit
Court Clerk w. Waverly Webb to
assist Harry A. Boswell, jr., in
working for the extension of Ham,
ilton street to the Washington
Baltimore boulevard. Ultimately
the plan is to extend the road to
Edmonston avenue forming a di-
rect link with Annapolis road.
With the completion of the thor
oughfare, it is proposed to close
the dangerous Melrose avenue
grade crossing in Hyattsville,
scene of two near tragedies in the
past week.
H. r. Prangley, chairman OF the
Prince Georges County Boosters
Committee, was asked to urge the
State Roads Commission to widen
Queens Chapel road from the
bridge over the northwest branch
to a point about 500 feet north
of the District line. If this is not
done a dangerous bottleneck will
be created with the opening oi
the new extensions of Ager and
Queens Chapel roads, the di-
rectors were warned by Alfred H
Smith.
Mr.. Smith urged the directors to
take steps looking to enactment OF
a law that would enable the
County Commissioners to buy
property for parking spaces and
tax owners of benef1ting CONNER
cial property. He said lack OF
parking space was hurting county
business houses more than any
other factor. His suggestion was
referred to Daniel j. Burke and
Mr.. Orme.
Evening star., 1949-08-10
SturMovies

Community movies, sponsored
by The Star. the Recreation De-
partment and the Film Center, are
scheduled for 9 o'clock tonight.
Programs Of comedy, sports, car
toons and musicians will be shown
at the following Fairgrounds and
recreation centerS:
Dupont-Stoddert, C st: OF Ridge rd. s.e.
Takoma, Fourth and Van Buren, sts. NV
Langdon, 18th and Franklin ests. ne.
Buchanan, 18th and d sts Sc.
Chevy Chase, 41st and Livingston sts
NV.
stoddert, seth and Calvert sts NV.
Hearst. 37th and Tilden sts. NV.
LIVINGSTON, Livingston I'd. and South
Capitol st. Sc.
Howard, Fourth and w sts. NV.
Bundy, Fourth andSO SITS. NV.
Burrville. Division ave. and Hayes st
Iansston, 22Io Il ct. ne.
Lincoln. Sixth and L stssSSs.
Evening star., 1949-08-10
Arlington Board 0Ks
.5-Story and
Commercial BuiIdinq

The Arlington County Board last
night granted an exception to its
zoning ordinance to permit con-
struction of a 81 600, 900 apartment
and commercial building at Lee
highway and North Albemarle
street.
The 60-foot-high building re-
quires use permit because special
permission must be granted by the
board for any structure in excess
of IS feet in height.
M. T. Broyhill & Sons, Inc,
which plans to start construction
on the flve-story project within so
days, proposes to devote the
ground floor to about 10 stores and
shops with. the upper floors for
apartments.
The Planning Commission said
the building would be the first
combination apartment-commer-
cial project in one structure in the
county.
A rezoning application for COM
mercial use of property in the 2900
block of South Glebe road was de-
ferred to September 13 at the re-
quest of the School Board. The
board said it may be interested in
acquiring for high school purposes
the site known as Shirley Homes
Site"
The property is owned by s,iza-
beth H. and w. S. Hoge.
The board denied a request by
D. j. Waters for rezoning to mul-
tiple housing of property in the
800 block of North Ivy street. A
petition signed by Sc residents OF
the area opposing the project as
"spot zoning" was presented.
A request by the Arlington Vel
low Cab Co. to erect a 75-foot
radio tower at 903 North Glebe
road was granted. Also approved
was construction of a television re-
ceiving tower on a building at
2701 Wilson boulevard by the R. &
M. Radio Co. The planning COM
mission said the tower already has
been erected and recommended
issuance of q use permit.
Evening star., 1949-08-10
Conservation Pays OIL
lon Thrasher Farm,
'Remade' Year Ago
By jones BirchfieId
Stor Sfoff Correspondent

JEFFERSON, Md. Aug. TO-
Men who know farming agree that
Mrs. Nellie V. Thrasher's farm
just south of this Frederick
County village. is a better farm
than it was a year ago.
Next week, in fact. will be the
FIRST anniversary" of the Thrash.
er farm. For it was a year age
on August 18 that Mrs. Thrasher's
neighbors pitched in to remake
her farm into a modern agricul-
tural unit. 1t was an operation
in which a five-year conservation
job was done in a single year.
And in the year that followed
conservation farming has paid of
on the ThraSher farm. This il
the opinion of a committee ot
disinterested farmers who made
a survey recently of the Thrashel
farm.
This committee. composed ot
Robert S. Windsor, David A
Adams and D. Sayler Weybright
noted that more than So tons
of hay already has been harvested
and there is more to be cut. This
compares with previous years
when the Thrashers had to buy
hay for their cows.
Wheat yields, the committee
said, will average about 26 bushels
per acre. The previous year there
was a complete wheat failure or
the farm, and before that Yields
averaged about 18 bushels pei
acre.
And in addition to the increased
crop yields, the farm has in
creased in value. Farm real estate
appraisers said Mrs. Thrasher's
farm was worth about $13,625 be-
fore the overhaul job. They said
it is easily worth $26, 400 today.
Pointing to the back pastures
that sweep up the side of Catoctin
Mountain, Lawrence H. Cricken-
berger, general manager Of last
years overhauling job. said these
fields are just about covered now
with a stand of good pasture
grasses.
Mr.. Crickenberger said Soil Con-
servation Service technicians will
be at the Thrasher farm Satur-
day and Sunday to help visitors
understand the Transformation
that has taken place.
Evening star., 1949-08-10
Manifold Named Head
OF Gwynn Park High

William D. Manifold, a former
teacher at Greenbelt High School,
has been appointed to head the
Gwynn Park High School at
T. B., Md.
His selection and the appoint
ment of three vice principals and
81 new high school teachers were
announced yesterday by the
Prince Georges County Board of
Education.
The board also reported that
schools will reopen September IL.
Supt. of Schools G. Gardner
Shugart said principals will re-
port for duty September 6 with
teachers scheduled to return to
their schools the following day.
Mr.. Manifold succeeds Michael
Hernick, who is now principal of
Greenbelt High School. Bartlett
Dorr. acting principal Of Gwynn
Park since last November, will
return to his post as vice prin-
cipal.
The board also announced the
appointment of Samuel w. Gels
senhainer, shop teacher at
Laurel High School, as vice prin-
cipal at the Blandensburg High
School to direct activities of the
county's vocational school there.
Kalman j. Vozar. a teacher at
Bladensburg High School, was
elevated to vice principal to assist
Principal c. Paul Barnhart.
New high school teachers and
their assignments are:
Devine. Rudolf Freyeisen. James Leonard,
Esther Regan and Frederick Sasscer;. Up
Georse eharlesworth; Laurel, senS Lonnie Aiss e.
Carton and Ronald Whalen; Gwynn Park,
aas oaon sfn a 'snffa sae eRd W
vie Miriam arssnSsrs. keblft i. Steven Steven;
Florence soneer; Mount Rainier, wini-
fred catington, Marian. Meroney, Ralph
l. Rennard, william /. Lynn, Everette A.
EdOeS ana Jeanne hlDDee.
Also Maryland Park. Julius J. Andrus,
Musgrove and Norman Johnson: Green
belt, Frances Crockett, Sara L. Traband.
Gerth c. Van Wyck, Mary L. Amoss.
Eleanor X. Carleton Lena Kefauver. Mary
e. Armantrout, Elmer Vogt and William
Brennan: Bladensburg Junior High. John
E. Lambert, Mary v. Lynn, Janet Harri-
gaver: Hyattsville Junior High. James T.
Loeb and Harold w. Freeman; Bladens-
burg Vocational Shop, Herbert Dietz, Will
liam Gibson, William H. Snyder and
Carolton Alger. and Lyndon Hill Junior
High. Vistula Cash, William c. Bricker,
Marilee M. Sackett. Eugene Carney, BERTHE
F. Fazzslari Marie B. Bond, Lucia Con-
forti and Imogene Bingaman.
Evening star., 1949-08-10
JUNE TRIPLETT.

pm. they will be clad in bathing
suits; at $50 o'clock in street
dresses, and at 10 o'clock in eve
ming gowns. They also will act
as models for a fashion show.
First prize for the queen will be
complete fall outfit, and second
and third awards will be partial
outfits. Each girl will receive a
surprise gift. an orchid corsage,
and a portrait of herself. All
prizes will be donated by city
merchants.
Contestants are Bonita Burwick,
Carole Joan Dheim. Virginia Read
Ellison, Beverly Hollister, Georgia
Hoskinson, Jacquelyn Lipscomb,
Shirley Ann Shelton. Doris Mae
Simms, June Triplett, Mary Ann
Moore, Jean Piggott and Jeanne
Watson.
Evening star., 1949-08-10
New Pentoqon Procurement Center Busy
By John A. Giles

Countless telephone calls and
trickle of tired and footsore busi-
nessmen seeking information on
just where to go 60 to submit bids
for armed services contracts kept
the Military Procurement Infor-
nation Office at the Pentagon
busy today.
There were some unusual re-
quests for information-Such as
the one from man who wanted
to know where he could rent a
military airplane for a weekend
trip and who was told hone were
available. But most of them were
from sincere small businessmen
and company representatives who
just wanted to know where they
could sell their products.
The center, designed to carry
out Defense Secretary Johnson's
promise to drive f1ve-percenters"
out of the Defense Department,
opened officially yesterday. 1t is
directing service" and will not
assist in obtaining contracts. It's
primary value is to concerns not
accustomed to doing business with
the armed services.
IL Call in Person.
There were some IL callers and
more than 80 telephone calls dur
ing the first days operation.
Typical of the first callers was
Ralph w. Bailey of Barber, N. j..
Mr.. Bailey is not what truth
fully could be termed small
businessman" since he is from
the sales department of the
American Smelling and Refining
Co. But he explained that the
product he was attempting to sell
-"continuous casting bronze cast
ing" which is the raw material
for making bronze bearings and
bushings-is comparatively new
line and that it actually is a
small activity for the concern.
Mr.. Bailey was typical of the
businessman who has had great
deal of trouble finding the right
people to talk to- in Washington.
He explained he had been in the
vast Pentagon before, but . he
hadn't been able to find the right
people. He credited the few sales
of the product to the Navy in
past years "as more or less acci-
dental"
Most of the trouble, he ex-
planned. has been that the people
he was able to find just didn't
know anything about his product
nor where to send him.
Directed by WAC Captain.
At the center, he talked with
WAC Capt. Agnes A. Mashid-
lausky. $500 @ street NV. Army
Ordnance might be interested, she
explained.
And the captain knew just where
to send Mr.. Bailey.
With photographers trailing, Mr..
Bailey made his way around the
building to the Office of F. F. Will
cox, chief of the current procure
ment section, Industrial Division,
Chief of Ordnance. Mr.. Wilcox
lives at 1902 North Abingdon ave-
.nue. Arlington.
Il think they've helped me a
lot" said Mr.. Bailey with a smile.
mo, my company has never en-
p1oyed one of those five-rercent-
ers," he said in reply to a question
as he sat down to talk with Mr..
Wilcox.
Another caller was John Fachet
Of Thwing Albert Instrument Co.,
Philadelphia, which makes test =
Evening star., 1949-08-10

Office in New York. The Air
Force representative is Maj. Sid F.
Spear, 202 South Virginia avenue
Falls Church, who has been con-
nected with the Air Force Secre-
tary Symington's office.
I'VE are sort of feeling our way
at first. but as time goes on and
the number of questioners in
creases We'll expand as needed,
said Col. Denniston. Il think our
first days efforts have been pro-
ductive. Anyway, we are only try
ing to get the callers to the per-
sons they really should see as
quickly as possible"
Meanwhile, Mr.. Johnson's Of
flee disclosed figures showing the
proportion of armed services
purchasing that has gone to small
business firms from July /, 1948
through last May 81.
1t showed that tit per cent
of the 1,203,727 items of purchase
went to small business and thai
it amounted to 2s.6 per cent of the
$4,464.845 spent.
OF the $449,587 worth of Arm!
items Of contracts, 1874 per cen
was allotted to small business
firms. Forty-three per cent of th'
$1,763,374 involved in the Arm.
contracts went to small business
Sixty-nine per cent of the 47l,,
246 Navy contracts went to small
business firms, for 26 per cent o.
the 81 ,561,09 involved. j
Seventy-two per cent of the
282,894 Air Force contracts wenl
to small business, for per cent
of the $l,140,533 involved.
Evening star., 1949-08-10
Mayor in West Virginia
Ruled Ineligible for Post
By the Associated Press

CHARLES TOWN. w. Va, Aug,
10.-Circuit Court Judge y. ii.
Rodgers has ruled that Mayor
Francis w. Printz Of adjoining
Ransom is not eligible to hold that
post.
Mr.. Printz, a member of the
faculty of Shepherd College had
failed to pay taxes for the year
preceding his election.
Judge Rodgers ruled that the
special proviso exempting veterans
from tax payments specified a
period of two years after the end
of service in the armed forces and
that Mr.. Printz had been dis
charged three years ago. at
Evening star., 1949-08-10
Frederick Droft Boord
|Office Hours SIushed
By the A.soeiotsd Press

FREDERICK, Md. Aug. TO-
Frederick County's two selective
service boards have been directed
to close their Office all but two
days a week. .....
Parsons Newman, chairman of
one of the local board and spokes-
man for the other one, said funds
for their operation have been so
drastically curtailed that even the
telephone will be removed.
In Baltimore, State Selective
Service headquarters said the cur
tailment Is state wide but details
Of the new operation in other
counties will not be available for
q day or 50.
Evening star., 1949-08-10

ing and measuring instruments
for aircraft experiments, such as
are carried on by the Air Force
Air Material Command at Dayton
Ohio.
One telephone caller wanted tc
know where he could buy INT
and he was given a list of Army
depots that might have some sur
plus for sale.
Col. Alfred B. Denniston, 90a
Eighth street. Alexandria, is CHIEF
of the Munitions Boards Office O!
Procurment Methods, which has
overall charge of the center.
Preliminary Inquiry Advised.
He explained that businessmen
should first call or write the cen.
ter (Room 3D773 at the Penta.
gon) in sadvance. "since the
chances are that he might be able
to sell to a field Office adjacent tt
him."
In that connection, Col. Dennis.
ton revealed that small bushes!
liaison officers" are being namee
for each Army technical servic,
and Navy bureau, ordnance de.
pots, arsenals, shipyards and ever!
other military installation tina
does any purchasing Ito look ou
for the small businessman"
The Office is under the immedi
ate direction of Dalton B. Myers
2120 Sixteenth street NV, a busi.
ness specialist Of the Munition'
Board. II.
The Navy representative i:
Comdr. Carl G. Fox of 1885,
Twenty-seventh street NV, who
has been in the Navy Purchasing
Evening star., 1949-08-10
Arlington Votes
Sale Of Bonds 10
Finance School
New Junior High
Will Handle 1000;
Other Work Slated

Early construction of a much
needed, 1.0o0-pupil junior high
school in Arlington appeared to
be assured today.
The County School Board last
night approved sale of $2.500,000
in bonds to finance the 33-room
structure on Vacation lane near
Cherrydale. A "substantial' por-
ton of the $2,500,00O will be used
to meet "other urgent school
needs" the board said.
A contract for grading the
junior high school site and in
stalling 1900 feet of sewer lines
was awarded to Payne g. Oliver,
Inc, Bailey's Cross Roads, the
lowest of four bidders. Sixty days
will be allowed for completion OF
the work.
Construction bids on the Vaca-
ton lane school probably will be
asked in October. the board said.
Other Bids Requested.
The board last night also re-
quested bids on the fifth elemen-
tary school in the current con-
struction program. The new school
will be in North darlington at
Thirtieth and South Abingdon
streets and is the fifth of eight
planned.
To meet current school operat-
ing expenses, the board authorized
Supt. William A. Early to borrow
up to $1,000.00O in short term
loans until county taxes are COL
lected in December.
Study of a proposed retirement
plan for maintenance and custo-
dial employees was approved. Cost
was estimated at $500.
New Teachers Approved.
Board Chairman Barnard Joy
said a reply is being framed to
questions submitted yesterday by
the Arlington Fact Finders Coun-
Gil. The council questioned board
policy on acquisition of sites, per-
Sonnel and services.
The board approved appoint
ment of 26 new teachers. includ-
ing two who will assist Mrs. Zelda
Horner Kosh in aaspeech rehabili-
tation program. A shortage OF
primary teachers still exists, Mr.
Early reported. but he does not
expect to have vacancies when
school opens next month.