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Evening star., 1949-01-10
Hit-Run Suspect Caught
Next Day at Accident Seen

Virginia State Police yesterda,
arrested a man on a hit-and-ru
charge at the same location whel
they say he knocked down a pedet
trian Saturday.
Police identified him as Pv
Sylvester P. Sims, %, colored,
Fort Belvoir. He is charged wit
being the driver of a car whic
struck Earl Smith, 81, of Whining
ton, N. c., as he walked across No.
highway near Gum Springs, Va
Mr.. Smith is in Alexandria Hospi
tai with a fractured pelvis, frac
tured leg and possible skull fracture
Yesterday, a State trooper re
turned to the accident scene an
saw a car resembling it stopped i
front of house at Gum Spring
and the driver ran into the bac
yard. The State trooper followe
and later Pvt. Sims was arrested
Police said he also was charge
with driving without a permit.
A hearing is scheduled for Jan
uary 81 at Fairfax Trial Magistrat
Court
Evening star., 1949-01-10

checks of bus and train stations
had turned up nothing new.
Miss Smith was described as
5 feet 2 inches tall, weight 100,
with brown hair and blue eyes and
a distinguishing five-inch birth
mark on her left ankle. She was be-
lieved to be wearing a green coat.
The missing girls oldest sister,
Mary Louise Smith, said in Woods
boro the family was convinced
Audrey has not met with foul play
nor was any boy friend or date
involved"
Audrey was not interested in
dates" the sister explained. In fact,
she was not even settled on the
objective of her future life"
The sister said Audrey had often
talked of going to Arizona or New
Mexico.
Evening star., 1949-01-10

has directed nearly $1,000 landings
and takeoffs and has had more than
100000 radio conversations with
planes. So with all this traffic, its
no wonder strange things happen
occasionally to T/Sergt. Edward L..
Hurd, %, Of Indian Head, Md, who
directs the operation Of the tower.
In addition to the errant geese
an unidentified airplane shows up
once in a while and there even was
the instance of the foreign pilots
who had trouble being talked in"
because they couldn't speak English
There Is the occasional aviator
who asks the. tower to transmit a
message to his wife about having
supper ready or meeting him with
the car-or maybe ''how is baby"
There Is a standing rule that con-
versations of a personal nature
can't be relayed unless they involve
emergencies.
An unidentified airplane provided
Evening star., 1949-01-10
One Killed, 5 Injured
In 2Crashes on Same
Curve in Maryland

Two accidents at the same curve
on the Baltimore Washington bou-
levard near Savage, Md, resulted
in one death and serious injuries
to five persons over the week end.
Thomas McKenna, "a, Laurel,
was killed when the car in which
he was passenger failed to ne
gotiate the curve and overturned
several times early yesterday.
Injured we're Mitchell Frye, Is,
Of Jessups. the driver, and Raymond
Dudley, 20. Of Laurel. They were
taken to University Hospital, Balti-
more. where they are suffering from
multiple fractures and severe cuts.
Maryland State Trooper Edward
Rychtor said the car apparently
was travelling at high speed. The
spot is known as Guliford curve.
Trooper Rychtor charged Frye with
manslaughter.
Three Hurt in Crash.
Two soldiers from Camp Pickett,
Va. and the wife of one were in
jured seriously early today when
their car failed to negotiate the
same curve and crashed into tree.
The injured were william c. Gen.
tile, 20, of New Haven, Conn, who
was driving. and Mr.. and Mrs. Ar
thur L. Graves, both 18, of East
Douglas, Mass. Maryland State
Trooper John H. Erouches said the
three were pinned in their car
about half hour until a wrecking
crane could pull the car away from
the tree.
All three were taken to University
Hospital and later transferred. to
the station hospital at Fort Meade.
Truck In Crash at Laurel.
Trooper Erouches said excessive
speed also apparently was the cause
of the accident.
Two men were hurt in a third
accident when a truck driven by
Alex M. Kerstein, 48, of 4675 Homer
avenue, Suitland, Md, crashed into
retaining wall at Laurel yester-
day. William L. Jackson. 80, COL
ored, of 1927 Eleventh street NV,
a passenger in the truck, suffered
a broken leg and multiple cuts. Mr.
Jackson and Mr.. Kerstein, who
suffered possible internal injuries,
were taken to University Hospital.
Evening star., 1949-01-10
Dr.. Schneider to Speak
To Takomu Park PTA

DR.. Fern Schneider, supervisor of
high schools in Montgomery Coun-
ty, will speak on Our Curriculum
in the Light of Present Philosophy"
at meeting Of the Parent Teacher
Association of the Takoma Park
Junior High School at 8 pm,
Wednesday, in the school.
The program will be supplement-
ed by film showing the response
bility of parents toward teen layers.
This portion Of the program has
been arranged by the delegates to
The Maryland Congress of Parents
and Teachers.
Evening star., 1949-01-10
BY the kssoeiotsd Press

ANNAPOLIS, Md, Jan. 10.-Circuit
Court Judge James Clark has ruled
that part Of Anne Arundel County
previously thought to be zoned as
agricultural was simply not zoned
At all"
Judge Clark said areas left white
on a colored zoning map legally in
dicate no zone at all, and in effect
that the property is open for COM
merciai use.
zoning Commissioner Archibald c.
Rogers has said the white areas
were intended to mean agricultural
or no-business zones, but that key
p the map inadvertently failed to
Evening star., 1949-01-10
Two Arlington Youths
Hurt in Auto Crash

Two Arlington youths were in
jured early today when their car
ran into ditch at Arlington Ridge
road and Jefferson Davis highway.
Howard w. Marcy, 2638 North
Military road, and Walter J. Mason,
jr., 1917 North Fairfax drive, both
10, were admitted to Emergency
Hospital. Young Marcy suffered a
broken nose and young Mason a
broken Jaw.
Evening star., 1949-01-10
Tribes Heads Red Cross
Drive in Alexandria

j. Paul Tribes has been named
to head AleXandria's s 1949 Red Cross
fund drive, according to an an
nouncement by Mrs. Albert L. Mil
Ter, chairman of the Alexandria Red
Cross Chapter.
Mr.. Tribes has lived in Alexandria
since 1910, and during World Was II
he served as director for USO cam
paign drives. He was chairman OF
the Community Chest campaign in
1914, and also served as chairman OF
the National Catholic Community
Service Board. He lives at 2706 Val.
ley drive, Alexandria.
Evening star., 1949-01-10
Visitors 10 Be PoNed
On All AN-American Show
Al Corcoran Gallery

A public opinion poll Is In store
for patrons of the current special
exhibition of paintings at the Cor
coran Gallery Of Art.
This was disclosed today by gall
lery officials as they reported nearly
500 visitors to the all-American
showing in its three-hour public
debut yesterday afternoon.
The display includes SO paintings
representative of "a century of taste
and criticism" The show, to con-
tinue to February 20, was formally
opened with a reception for 210
guests Saturday night.
Ballots to Be Ready This Week.
Details of the poll are not yet
settled, but ballots probably will
give visitors an opportunity to reg
lister their own ideas of taste, &C
cording to gallery officials. Ballots
are expected to be ready by the end
Of this week.
Extremes in artistic conception
were equally popular yesterday, ac-
cordipg to Miss Eleanor B. Swenson,
associate curator of the gallery, who
planned the exhibition.
A realistic painting of Niagara
Falls, executed in 1857 by Frederick
Edwin Church, We'd with Whistler S
White Girl" once described as
bizarre" and incomplete"
Large Paintings Draw More.
While the pictures range from
John Quidor's The Money Diggers'
Q832) to Karl Knath's modern still
life, Mexican Platter" (1946), tn.
works in the middle range of thu
century seemed to have more Ap.
peal for most visitors yesterday, &C.
cording to Miss Swenson. Large
rather than small, paintings also
seemed to have the edge, she said
One popular example Of extreme
realism was William Harnett's 1.-THE
Old Models" painted in 1892, and
including bugle, violin and jug
that virtually every onlooker felt
constrained to reach out and touch
Miss Swenson said.
The show will be open at the fol-
lowing hours: Monday, noon to 4::30
pm; Tuesday through Friday, 10
am. to 4:30 pm: Saturday, 9 am.
to 4:30 pm, and Sunday, 2 to pm
Evening star., 1949-01-10
Part of Anne Arundel Is Ruled
Not Zoned' After Map Error

specify this. The key Shows various
colors used to indicate other types
of zones.
The map covers the county's third
district-an area Of about Is square
miles between Annapolis and Glen
Burnie-which was zoned last April.
In an opinion filed yesterday in
County Court. Judge Clark directed
that Dewey H. Beckham be granted
permit to construct lumber yard
Office on Tick Neck roadH near
Jacobsville. The Beckham property
lies within one of the maps white
areas, which the county commits
sioners had intended to make an
agricultural zone.
Evening star., 1949-01-10
Forest Heights Citizens
Elect Edward Brandt

Edward Brandt has been elected
president of the Forest Heights
MD Citizens Association. Other
new officers are Archie Davies,
vice president; Mrs. Mary H. Breen,
secretary, and Frank w. Stringer,
treasurer.
Elected to the board of directors
were retiring president, William R.
Rice, George Bury, Dwight w. Dem
niSon, M. F. Osborne, William B.
Rowe, John Dixon and 1t. Fred
Gill.
Evening star., 1949-01-10
Johnston Will Direct
Virginia G. of 6. Meetinq
Special Dispatch 10 The Stor


RICHMOND, Jan. 10.-Clem D.
Johnston of Roanoke has been
named chairman of a committee to
plan the silver anniversary meeting
of the Virginia State Chamber of
Commerce at Roanoke, April 13 to
Is.
Mr. Johnston will meet with his
12-member committee tomorrow in
Roanoke. Other members are j. l..
Jordan, Covingtop; William B.
Thalhimer, jr., Richmond; T. S.
Dunn, Richmond; David Hugh Dill
lard, Lynchburg; John Blakemore,
Abingdon, and Ben Moomaw, Dom
aid Jordan, Junius P. Fishburn, M.
A. Smythe, w. l. Whitehead, Shields
johnson, and K. r. Hyde, all of
Roanoke.
Evening star., 1949-01-10
Charter Council
Bars Reprisa|s
.gainstWorkers
Efficient Employees
Will Retain Jobs,
Statement Pledges
By John v. Horner

The incoming Montgomery Coun-
ty Council today assured county
employees that they need fear no
political reprisals under the new
administration.
In its first policy statement, the
Council-elect said all efficient en-
ployes would be continued in their
jobs, provided they abide by a char.
ter prohibition against future polit-
ical activity.
"The change over to the charter
system of government will not re-
suit In removal Of present county
personnel for political purposes"
the statement said.
"The charter provides that per-
sonnel Of all departments and agen-
cies subject to the charter shall
have the right to continue at their
present salaries, subject to the
merit system regulations to be
adopted by the Couny Personnel
Board.
Pending such regulations, the
present civil service commissioner
regulations will be in force"
Statement Issued by Bradshaw.
The statement, made public by
Councilman-elect J. Douglas Brad
shaw OF Takoma Park, who Is serv-
ing as spokesman until the council
takes Office, explained that the three
member Personnel Board will be
appointed soon after the council is
sworn in. It said, however. that
some weeks" will pass before merit
system regulations can be completed.
The regulations will provide for
the retention of efficient, competent
and faithful personnel, regardless Of
their politics or any position taken
by them regarding the adoption OF
the charter the statement said. II
continued:
County personnel will hold Their
positions on merit, not political in.
f1uence or preferment. They will
OF course, be required henceforth
at all times to observe the charter
prohibition against engaging H.
political activity and charter re-
qulrements that full time be given
to official duties, as well as othe.
provisions of Article S.
Responsible to County Manager.
Personnel of departments and
agencies subject to the charter wi.
be responsible to the county man
ager, as the chief administrative
officer of the county, and will have
no direct responsibility or obliga-
tion TO council members. The only
exceptions are the Office of tn
county attorney and the council
own Office force, both of which al
directly responsible to the counci.
THE provisions of the charte :
and, when adopted, the merit sys
tenn regulations Hereunder, will r.
both incentive and protection to
county personnel desirous of tt ;
opportunity to render competert +
service.
"As reorganization of department, =,
and agencies proceeds under tn
charter in the interest of a create ="
governmental effectiveness ar |
economy, and positions are abolishe ,
or created in connection with sucn
reorganization, every effort will h
made to provide for retention {
present personnel in appropriai
capacities, in accordance with tt
merit principles above stated"
Evening star., 1949-01-10
CAAMan's Wife Saves
7 Sons, Others Escape
In Parkfairfax Fire

Mrs. Delos w. Rented, wife of
the Civil Aeronautics Administrator,
and a house guest were injured,
but three young children and two
adults were rescued unhurt early
today when fire partially destroyed
the Rented apartment in Park
fairfax.
Mrs. Rentzel saved both of her
own children. She was burned
about the face and head as she car
ried the younger Lance, S, in her
arms through the flames. She
caught the older boy Delos, jr., 10,
as he leaped, on her orders, from
a second-story window of the apart
ment at 1106 Valley drive, Alexan-
dria.
She had dragged Delos from the
building earlier but, apparently in
panic, the child raced back through
the fire to an upstairs bedroom.
Finally his mother prevailed on him
to jump. Mr.. Rented was away ion
business for the CAA.
Guest Breaks Window.
The injured guest is w. D. Inness,
43, of National Island, Fla, who
suffered wrist cuts and other in
juries when he broke out of the
apartment. He had been sleeping
In a downstairs room, and because
of unfamiliarity with latches could
not open door. He broke through
window.
Others In the apartment were Mrs
RentZel's brother and sister-in-la
Mr.. and Mrs. Francis Oster of Fort
Worth, Tex, and their child, Tyler
~.
The Tyler child was rescued from
roof porch by Alexander Tnacker
heating maintenance man for the
Parkfairfax project. Mr.. Thacker
happened to be passing nearby
when he heard a woman scream for
help.
Hurrying TO the scene, he saw
Mr.. and Mrs. Oster at a second
floor bedroom window, with their
child. He climbed a trellis and
took the boy from Mr.. Oster, then
directed them how to descend to
the ground.
Guest Discovers Smoke.
Mrs Rented said the fire broke
out on the first floor about 4 am.
Mr.. Inness, who had accompanied
them here from Florida yesterday
was awakened by smoke. He tried
to awaken the others and groped
about the living room until he
smashed the window.
Meanwhile, Mr.. and Mrs. Oster
awoke and yelled to Mrs. Rented
She ran to the steps and saw that
the entire lower floor was in flames
Returning to her bedroom Mrs
Rented grabbed Lance in her arms
and rushed down stairs through
the fire and outdoors.
She said she put Lance down and
returned for Delos, who was asleep
in small bedroom. She pulled him
to safety, too. Once outside, how
ever, DeloS ran back to his mothers
bedroom.
Flames Block Entrance.
BY now the fire was so far ad-
vanced that Mrs. Rented could not
enter the building again. She went
to the back yard and called to De-
los until he came to a window
She demanded that he jump and
finally the boy did so, landing in
his mothers arms.
The flames had trapped the Os-
ters in the third bedroom and they
called for help from the front of
the apartment house until Mr..
Thacker arrived.
Alexandria Fireman Theodore
Patterson. 10, suffered a cut on the
hand while fighting the blaze and
was treated at Alexandria Hospital.
Mrs. Rented estimated that the
damage amounted to $4,000. Mr..
Rentzell was expected to return
during the day.
Evening star., 1949-01-10
Policeman Responds
Quickly in HyottsviIIe
Fire in Own Home

A call which Pvt. William A.
Duvan, jr., of the Hyattsville
municipal police force answered
promptly early yesterday was
for fire in his own home.
The fire, caused by short
circuit in a short-wave radio
in the Duvall home at 1904
rty-eighth avenue, Berwyn,
caused an estimated $3.50 DAM
age, confined to the radio.
Evening star., 1949-01-10
Liberty Ship Stuck in Mud
After Leaving Baltimore
BY the Asseeiofed Press

BALTIMORE. Jan. 10.-Tugs to-
day were trying to haul the grain
laden Liberty Ship S. S. Christian
Bergh of a mud bank 65 miles down
Chesapeake Bay, where it went
aground just before dawn yesterday
Efforts to get the vessel off the
fiat near Cove Point at high tide
last night were unsuccessful.
The freighter left Baltimore late
Friday bound for Piraeus, Greece
She carries crew Of 43. The Balti-
more agents said there was no indi-
cation of damage or injuries.
Evening star., 1949-01-10
PTA Joint Meetino Set

The Oak Street and Madison
Parent Teacher Associations will
hold joint meeting at pm. tomor-
row in the Madison School, Falls
Church. Members will discuss
teaching facilities and equipment
at the Falls Church Elementary
Schools.
Evening star., 1949-01-10
Worne to Address Meetino

William E. Warne, Assistant Sec
retary OF the Interior, who is in
charge of the Federal Governments
Alaskan development program. will
speak at joint meeting of the Bev-
erly Hills (VaD Women's Guild and
the Arlandria Civilians at 8 pm
tomorrow in the Beverly Hills
Church
Evening star., 1949-01-10
Mrs. Boqdonoff to ToIk

Mrs. Irma Bogdanoff, presiden
of the Prince Georges County Lea
que of Women Voters, will discus
school needs of the county at a
meeting of the West Hyattsvillc
Citizens Association at 8 ocloci;
tonight at the Trinity Lutheran
School, Thirty-eighth street ant'
LongfelloW avenue.
Evening star., 1949-01-10
Arlington Helps
Po||ute River;
Plant 0vertaxed
Five Million Gallons
Dumped in Potomac
Daily Untreoted

Arlington. the only nearby Vir-
ginia community with a sewage
treatment plant, is forced to empty
daily more than 100000 gallons of
untreated effluent into the Potomac
River.
The plant, which was the most
modern in the State when it was
placed in operation in 1886, treats
almost 100000 gallons of sewage
daily despite the fact that its de-
signed capacity is million gallons
less.
In sending the untreated waste
matter into. the river, Arlington
joins neighboring Alexandria and
Fairfax in contributing to the pollu-
ton of the waterway.
Alexandria is responsible for about
100000 gallons daily and Fairfax
about 100000. Neither has a sew
age-treatment plant, although both
have plans.
Arlington Treated Sewage.
The recent action of the State
Water Control Board in refusing
Fairfax permission to connect
Grovetop sewer lines with the
Holmes Run sewer which, in turn,
has its terminus in the Potomac,
called wide attention to the critical
sewer and pollution situations.
Arlington, however, for several
years managed to treat all of its
sewage.
When the plant began operation,
the county had 148.24 miles of sewer
lines and produced slightly more
than 100000 gallons of sewage
daily
BY 1912. though, the sewage passed
the capacity of the treatment plant
and dumping of raw sewage into
the Potomac was resumed. The
volume has grown steadily with the
increase in population and the
length of the sewer lines now totals
about 296 miles.
Cost Put at s1,225, 200.
The addition to the plant for
which the county has had plans
since 1916 would cost at least ST.
225.0 900 on the basis of an estimate
made about 18 months ago. accord
ing to Richard Writ, Arlington -di-
rector of public services.
With the enlargement, the plant
would have capacity five times
greater than at present and would
serve the needs of a population of
10000. Arlington now has a popu-
lation of $4,000. The plans which
have been approved by the State
Water Control Board, allow for ad-
ditional expansion.
II the enlargement were simply
an extension of the present meth
ods, the cost would be less, Mr..
Writ said. He explained, though,
that the methods would be changed
coincident with the building of the
addition. Under the change, the
use of area-consuming sludge beds
would be eliminated and vacuum
filters substituted, he said.
AS a further aid to anti-pollu-
ton, Mr. Writ said, the enlarge
ment would provide for chlorinating
the impurities in the effluent which
comes from the plant even after
treatment and is emptied into the
river.
The projected garbage and trash
incinerator which will be built next
to the sewage treatment plant, Mr..
Writ noted, will aid the disposal
problem by incinerating the sludge
which now must be hauled away
and dumped.
Most of the sludge now Is taken
by farmers for use as a soil condi-
toner, Mr.. Writ said.
Evening star., 1949-01-10
AIphu AIpho to Give PIoy

Up to Her Neck in Sin, or Dragged
Down by Drink, a satire on an old
fashioned melodrama, will be staged
by the Alpha Alpha fraternity at
8:15 pm. Thursday and Friday and
2:15 pm. Saturday at the University
of MARYLAND.
Evening star., 1949-01-10
Reservists to Hear Talk

Capt. Fred Martin will speak on
the situation in Palestine at
meeting of the Robert E. Lee Chap
ter of the Reserve Officers Associ-
alton at 8 o'clock tonight in Build
ing 249, Fort Myer,
Evening star., 1949-01-10
Dr.. EkIund to Speak

DR.. Carl Eklund of Fort Wash
ington, Md, will speak at a meeting
of the Oxon Hill Parent Teachers
Association at 8 pm. tomorrow in
the Oxon Hill High School.
Evening star., 1949-01-10
Variety Club to Meet

Col. William McCraw of Dallas,
Tex, executive director of Variety
Clubs International, will speak at
the Washington Variety Club in the
Willard Hotel at 8 pm. Wednesday
Evening star., 1949-01-10
Church to Elect Vestry

The annual congregational meet
ing of the Church of the Epiphany,
2001 North Quincy street, Arlington,
will be held at o'clock tonight in
the parish hall. A vestry will be
elected,
Evening star., 1949-01-10

area, grading grounds, installing
fence and locks.
Woodside, $13,225 for fence, new
approach. hard surface play area,
temperature controls and improved
lighting.
Glenmont, $4,000, reterracing, new
steps and sidewalk; acoustical CELL
ing for auditorium and cafeteria:
playground grading and sewer con-
nection.
Takoma Park Elementary, $24, 100.
Takoma Park Elementary, $24, 700
Takoma Park elementary, $24,700,
floor and wall treatment, rewiring,
lighting, temperature controls.
toilets and showers and drainage OF
grounds.
East Silver Spring, $15,900 for
hard surfacing play area, rewriting,
lighting and floor and wall treat
ment.
Parkside, s7,4OO for hard surface
and graded play area, resurface
driveways and install temperature
controls.
Pinecrest, $9,250 for new walks and
hot water in lavatories.
North Four Corners, $11,875 for
Office and teachers room addition,
sewer connection and hard surfaced
play areas.
Woodlin, $1,000 for bell system,
janitor's toilet and clearing grounds.
Pleasant View, SIG 300 for one-half
cost of installing street, storm
drainage and hard-surfacing play
area.
Flower avenue (Takoma Park i,
$4,000 for grading grounds and hard
surfacing play area.
Portable Bleachers Proposed.
Silver Spring intermediate, $16,-
210 for floor and walls treatment,
temperature controls. drainage and
hard-surfacing play areas.
Richard Montgomery, $24,150 for
portable bleachers, constructing a
quarter-mile track, removal of ware
house, improving showers and heat
ing system.
Leland Junior High, s45,16o for
retaining wall and fence, electrical
rewriting, lighting, acoustical CELL
ings and toilet improvements.
Takoma Park Junior High, S31 $50
to convert shower and locker rooms,
resurface parking and play areas,
grade Fairgrounds and install lock-
ers.
Kensington Junior High, s17,650,
grading, sodding and landscaping
play areas and replacement of as
phalt tile on gymnasium floor
Montgomery Hills Junior High,
s22,300 for developing play areas,
connecting passageways and side
walk.
Lincoln High, s34,s60 for sewer
connection, digging new well, lino-
leum floor covering, grading grounds
and hard-surfaced basket ball and
tennis courts.
Other general projects include
S32 $50 for Negro elementary schools
to dig wells, hard-surface play
areas, treat walls and floors, etc.;
S15,500 for central warehouse facili-
ties; 100000 for new furniture and
equipment and $265,000 for 68 new
buses during the next four years.