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Evening star., 1949-11-24
Tobacco Cooperative Calls
Meeting in Upper Marlboro

The 7.452-member Maryland
Tobacco Cooperative, largest
farm organization in the five
Southern counties, will hold its
first annual meeting at 1:30 pm.
tomorrow in the Frederick Sas-
seer High School at Upper Marl-
boro. ..
Two directors from each county
will be elected to serve for the
coming year and General Man.
ager Paul T. Mackie. will report
results Of the co-operative's first
year in implementing the Govern
ment price support program.
Principal speakers will be Rep
resentative Sasscer, Democrat, Of
Maryland. and Stephen Wrather,
assistant chief Of the Agriculture
Departments tobacco branch.
An entertainment program will
include songs Of the South by q
quartet from the Boys Village Of
Maryland.
Evening star., 1949-11-24
" the A,,eeiossa Press

RICHMOND, Va, Nov. "a
Several Virginia localities were
given notice yesterday that the
State Water Control Board ex-
poets them to waste no time in
Launching pollution abatement
programs.
Orders to the localities resulted
from informal talks held here last
month.
South Boston, Danville, Cape
Charles and Strasburg we're told
by the board to prepare plans for
the collection and treatment Of
sewage and to take other steps
necessary for the abatement Of
pollution.
The board wrote Danville it felt
that annexation proceedings
should not keep the city from
beginning its program Of pollution
control.
Salem was told that ihe board
Evening star., 1949-11-24
BIight-Resisting Spinach
Developed In Virginia
By the Assosiotsd Press

NORFOLK, Va. Nov. 24.-De-
velopment Of q new spinach va
riety which resists blight and can
be planted In Eastern Virginia
any time from late September to
early March has been announced
by Virginia Truck Experiment
Station.
The new vartety-domino-is
Old Dominion and Nobel varieties,
the result Of several years Of Sc
lection from q cross between
The blight resistance-consid-
cred essential In producing spin
ach In the Eastern Virginia area
was supplied by Old Dominion.
M. M. Parker. assistant direc-
tor Of the station, said he believes
blight may become q more serious
problem elsewhere than it Is now
and other areas may eventually
find blight-resistant varieties nee
egSarv
Evening star., 1949-11-24
Viroiniu Localities Told to Push
Pollution Abatement Programs

expects 1t to formulate its anti
pollution program without undue
delay" with early progress reports.
The same sort Of warning went
to Altavista.
Oficials Of Vinton were notified
that the board appreciated the
towns attitude" and will watch
progress being made in pollution
abatement.
The board expressed satisfac-
ton at Harrisonburg's abatement
plans and asked that 1t be kept
informed of progress.
Radford was told to proceed
without delay with preparation Of
final plans and specifications for
the necessary facilities to provide
treatment Of sewage and to keep
the board informed.
The City of Charlottesville pre-
viously has been notified to pre-
pare its final plans by Decem-
Der J..
Evening star., 1949-11-24
Sheriff to Put in Pay Phone
As Result of Courts Decision

his constitutional rights had been
prejudiced, Judge Hugh Reid said:
1.-THE evidence actually adduced
in court would ordinarily justify
q conviction"
Sheriff Clements commented
e'there won't be any more mis-
takes" He said installation Of
the coin telephone will relieve the
jailer of the necessity of making
calls for defendants on the jail
telephone. Defendants will make
their own calls, but record will
be kept Of the calls.
In a report Of the activities Of
his Office so far this year, Sheriff
Clements yesterday disclosed he
has requested recreation and
exercise area for prisoners on the
roof~of the new jail, which will
be on the third floor of the court
house, wing now under construc-
ton. The jail will have SO cells.
Sheriff Clements also noted
that 2.108 persons have been COM.
mitted to jail this year and that
his ofice has served 7.407 civil
processes. an increase Of 257 over
psf years total.
Evening star., 1949-11-24
Frederick ALI Delegates
Leave Tomorrow for ParIey
SpseioI bispateh 10 The star

FREDERICK, Md. Nov. "a
Six Frederick County All Club
will leave tomorrow for
Chicago as Maryland delegates to
the annual National All Con-
gress. Having won top State
honors in competitions they are
eligible for national contest hon.
ors and scholarship awards.
The Frederick group consists Of
Doris Roderuck, Walkersville, win
ner In food preservation; Gladys
Beachley, Middletown, home i'm
provement; Paul K. Coblentz,
Middletown. dairy; James Mont
gomery, Ijamsvilles leadership;
Donald Wachter, Walkersville
farm safety, and Paul Spurrier,
Liberty, soil conservation.
The group will be chaperoned
by Miss Evelyn Hutson, assistant
home demonstration agent. They
will drive to Baltimore and board
a Baltimore g. Ohio train there.
In Chicago Saturday morning
they will be met by Miss Dorothy
Emerson, State All Girls Club
leader who will arrange their
schedules.
Evening star., 1949-11-24
Contracts LET for Addition
To Union Bridge School
Spseiol Dispoteh 10 The siar

UNION BRIDGE, Md. Nov. a.
Contracts totaling $110,667 have
been awarded for the construction
of an addition to the Elmer Wolfe
senior Junior high and elementary
school at Union Bridge, the Carroll
County Board of Education an
nounced.
Contracts also were awarded for
construction OF an elementary
school at Westminster, at cost
of $193, ,705. Work on both schools
will start soon.
The Union Bridge School will
get eight more classrooms, and
toilet and other facilities. At
Westminster the new building
viii have IL classrooms, a general
purpose room, library and Offices.
Evening star., 1949-11-24
virginian Killed by Train
In Alexandra Yard

Ralph Evans. ~, colored, OF
Route /, Gum Springs, Va, was
killed. last night when he was
run over by a freight train in
the Southern Railroad yard. Alex
andria.
Police Inspector Russell Hawes
said it is believed the man either
was on the train or was attempt
ing to board it,. He said a flagman
rides on the front Of the engine
used to shift cars, and that the
man was not struck down by the
switch engine.
A passerby reported observing
the body on tracks in the 400
block of Wilkes street. and later
police found blood on the wheels
Of one freight car.
Evening star., 1949-11-24
Lane Again Opposes
Piney Point Oil Base;
Is Power|ess 10 Act
Spseiol Dispoteh 10 The SsoV

ANNAPOLIS, Nov. "a. - Gov.
Lane has reiterated his opposition
to a proposed oil base at -Piney
Point but has received an opinion
from the State Attorney General
that Maryland legally is powerless
TO act, II was learned today.
III n letter to Mai. Gen. Lewis
IA. Peck. chief Of engineers, Army
Department. the Maryland Gov
rnor said Attorney General Hall
Hammond has informed him that
the State cannot legally intervene
in the matter.
L. P. Steuart & Bro, Inc, Of
Washington has applied for a
permit from the engineers to con-
struct q 1.102-foot pier into the
Potomac River from Piney Point,
q pipe line across Piney Point
Creek and oil storage tanks on
shore.
A group of St. Marys County
residents have fought the pro-
posed oil base arguing that leak
ing oil would harm oyster and
fishing grounds in the area as well
as destroy bathing beaches and
pollute the waters generally. The
Board of County Commissioners
has refused to oppose the appli-
cation.
In his letter to Gen. Peck, Gov.
Lane referred to earlier corre-
spondence he had sent the Army
engineers stating the opposition
of the Maryland Tidewaters Fish
cries Commission and the State
Water Pollution Control Commis-
sion.
While the opinion Of Attorney
General Hall Hammond is that
the State cannot intervene for
mally, Gov. Lane wrote. II very
much hope that the application
will not be approved"
Evening star., 1949-11-24
Looking Forward at 50
Trade Board Long Experienced
Ind. G. Tax and Fiscal Matters

guing IN 1882. as 1t was dong thlS
year, for fiscal equity between the
Federal and District Government.
In a speech to the boards sec
ond annual banquet on February
I16, 1892, Col. Myron M. Parker,
first president of the organization,
pointed out that the Federal Gov
eminent then owned one-haf Of
all the property in the District on
which it paid no taxes.
The same complaint, in varying
degrees, has been registered ever
since. This, the 60th anniversary
year. will 60 down as one Of
achievement. as far as two partic-
ular goals of the board are con-
cerned. One was the raising by
Congress of the Federal Govern
ment's payment toward the cost
of the District Government from
S9,OOO,0OO to $12,O00,0o0, a re-
versal of a trend that ran on for
many years.
Sales lax Flgnt won.
|. The other was the adoption Of
a general sales tax for the Dis
trict, a levy the board had advo-
Gated as a means of meeting the
rising expenses of the District
Government.
With the increased Federal pay
ment, the new sales tax and the
usual forms of levy, the Board Of
Trade tax leaders believe the Dis
trict's income has gone up about
as much as it can be expected to
rise for some years to- come.
For this reason one of the
boards major objectives as it
starts on the second so years will
be to keep the present District
expenses at the current level for
the next few years. It will oppose.
its LADDERS say, any increase in the
property tax as an added source
Of revenue.
The boards position is that
property is bearing a fair share
of the tax burden, that the ef-
fective rate Of the property tax
in the District is fairly compa-
rable with other communities, and
that an increase in the rate will
provide IAN added incentive for
some businesses and some people
to move out of the District"
Evening star., 1949-11-24

A pay telephone for the use OF
prisoners will be installed in, the
Arlington jail.
+ This was announced by Sheriff
j. Elwood Clements today after .
defendant was acquitted OF .
driving while drunk charge when
testimony showed that he had not
been permitted to call his en-
ployer for bail after his arrest.
Sheriff Clements said the tele-
phone was ordered after the
charge against Ernest Phillip
Schooner, jr., 35. Of Fairfax, was
dismissed in county court Tues
day. Testimony was that Mr..
Schooner had asked to make the
call but there was no record 1t
had been made. Jailer Henry
Ames testified he couldn't remem-
sber whether the call had been
made.
Sheriff Clements said today.
however, that Mr.. Ames since had
remembered making the call but
said he received no answer.
In finding Mr.. Schooner not
guilty because testimony showed
Evening star., 1949-11-24
40 Field Fire Calls
Reported IN Falls Church

. Falls Church flremen have
responded to more than 40 field
|fire calls this month, Chief r. D.
|Royston, said yesterday. This
total Is the highest Of the year,
the chief declared, exceeding even
the spring months, when the de-
partment usually, is called fire.
quently for field fires.
Chief Royston warned against
burning leaves In high wind and
urged residents to have water and
tools nearby when starting fires.
The chief estimates that each
departure Of m engine from the
firehouse costs about $75 and
requires the services Of from
three to ten firemen, including
volunteers.
Evening star., 1949-11-24
Frederick Lets Contracts
For Junior High Addition
Special Disposeh 10 The stsr

FREDERICK, Md, Nov. 24.-A
contract for construction Of the
Liberty Junior High School addi-
ton has been signed with the P.
and 8. Construction Co.., Union
Bridge, and work is expected to
begin shortly.
The contract price is $235 ,958,
approximately $35.000 below the
original bid Of the same firm. The
saving was made possible through
alternate bids on several items on
which speciality contractors SUBJ
mitted lower bids than the gen.
eral contractor.
A. E. Fisher, Frederick, will in
stall plumbing; w. H. Louthian
Douns. electrical fixtures, and Fed.
eral Manufacturing Co.. Brooklyn
N. Y. kitchen and cafeteria equip
ment.
Evening star., 1949-11-24
Looking Forward at so
(Fourth of q Series.J
By Cecil F. HoIIond

District taxation and fiscal
matters have been a major in
terest of the Washington Board
of Trade since it was organized
go years ago next week.
For almost 40 of those 60 years,
the board has waged, as another
major activity, a campaign for
national representation for Wash
ington's voteless citizens.
Leaders of this organization
that is more civic than trade in
its nature expect that taxation
and fiscal matters will continue
to be matter of concern in the
next 60-year period.
But they like to entertain the
hope that something will be done,
before another six decades pass
into history, to bring the District
national representation in Con-
gress, the right to vote for Presi-
dent and Vice President and a
workable system of home rule.
Fountain of Tax Information.
The board, which holds a five
day anniversary celebration next
week, has established itself as
something of an expert on District
taxation and fiscal matters.
It's staff and committees, over
the years, have assembled and
made available to Congress and to
the public probably more infor-
nation on tax matters than any
other organization in Washing
ton. So active has it been that
the board is sometimes described
as the public voice on District fs-
cal affairs.
Critics have been wont to say
that the board in fiscal matters is
an ultra conservative voice in
the community. But the board
leaders will point out that its
views represent a cross-section Of
the opinion of its $500 members
who. in turn, represent a cross
section of Washington's business
and professional life.
Advocate of Fiscal Equity.
The boards position on District
fiscal matters has been consistent
over the 60-year span. It was ar
Evening star., 1949-11-24
q Woods Fires Reported
In MARYLAND in Z Days

ANNAPOLIS, Nov. ~ (P).-With
% woods and field fires recorded
in two days. Henry c. BuckinE-
ham, Maryland State forester,
urged hunters and others to use
extreme caution"
Most of the fires, Mr.. Bucking-
ham said. resulted from locomo-
tive sparks and cigarettes dropped
by hunters.
Several hundred acres were lost
in is field and wood fires, reports
indicated.
Seven major fires were put out
between Salisbury and the Vir-
ginia State line Tuesday and Mr..
Buckingham said they resulted
from locomotive sparks. As a re-
suit, he said, the Pennsylvania
Railroad has been asked to put
emergency patrols to work behind
passing trains to catch all fires as
soon as they start.
Flames hit tracts near Glen
Burnie and Shadyside in Anne
Arundel County: there were five
scattered fires in Prince Georges
and Montgomery had two woods
fires, the biggest near Burnt Mills,
Evening star., 1949-11-24
Sherwin Named as Head
Of Forest Grove PTA

Robert w. Sherwin is the new
president of the Forest Grove
Parent Teacher Association in
Montgomery County.
Other officers elected at its
meeting Tuesday night are Mrs.
Samuel Effron, vice-president::
Richard Dieffenbach, treasurer;
Mrs. Harold Kerr, recording secre-
tary, and Mrs. George Taylor,
corresponding secretary. 4
Evening star., 1949-11-24
Arundel Manager Hits
Patchwork Rood Repair
By The Assoeioisd Press

ANNAPOLIS, Nov. 24.-Patch-
work road repair ito pacify peo-
pie" Is not enough, says Anne
Arundel County Business Manager
William S. Coburn.
The County Roads Department
Is spreading itself thin trying to
keep up with routine road COM
plants, Mr.. Coburn has informed
the county commissioners.
''The question Is whether you
want to do the job right or just
enough to pacify people" he said.
He asked for a graduate engineer
and an additional Office clerk for
the roads force.
Evening star., 1949-11-24
S362,555 Bid Accepted
For McGiII Village
By the Assoeioted Press

RICHMOND, Va. Nov. "a
High bid of $362,555.99 submitted
by General Factors Corp. Of New
York for purchase of Magill Vii
lage, time housing develop
ment near Pulaski, has been ac-
cepted, the Public Housing Ad-
ministration has announced.
The Office Of the Richmond field
director, A. r. Hanson, said the
PHA now is in the process Of clos
ing the sale, which is expected by
December l. Magill Village con-
sists of rs duplex. one-story frame
houses. on approximately Al acres
of land.
Evening star., 1949-11-24
Warrants Issued
For 70 in Fairfax
As Tax Evaders
Cruckdown Under Way
On 200 Who Failed to
Pay Stute Income Levy

Warrants were issued yesterday
against 20 Fairfax County resi-
dents accused of failing to file
1948 Virginia State income tax re-
turns. Nine were served last night.
Walter L. Buckley. chief deputy
commissioner of revenue for the
county. described the action as the
beginning of a breakdown on resi-
dents who fail to pay State in
come taxes and county personal
property taxes. Mr.. Buckley said
it was the first time he recalled
that Fairfax County had issued
warrants in such cases.
The warrants sworn to by Mr..
Buckley are the first of about 200
that are being prepared Mr..
Buckley explained that the war
rants specifically charge failure to
answer summonses to appear be-
fore the commissioner Of revenue
and explain why no returns were
filed. About TOO persons were
summoned to appear before the
commissioner of revenue and about
500 responded.
Subject to Fines.
Nine out of 10 are new people
who never before have paid taxes
In the county" said Mr.. Buckley.
In addition to overdue tax pen
alties. those who are named in
the warrants are subject to a fine
Of from $40 to 500.
The warrants instruct the 20 de-
PENDANTS to appear in court De-
cember 16.
Mr.. Buckley said the breakdown
was in line with a stricter tax
policy outlined this year by the
State Department Of Taxation.
The deadline for filing 1948 IN
come tax returns was May l..
Deadline for payment of the tax is
December S.
Federal Receipts Checked.
The breakdown is helping the
county assess personal property
taxes also, Mr.. Buckley said. He
explained that people who answer
the income tax summons are re-
minded to file personal property
tax estimates.
Names Of the accused were OBJ
tanned by checking Federal with
holding tax receipts.
Evening star., 1949-11-24
Three Nearby Virginia
Road Projects Pushed
Before Winter SET In
Special pispateh 10 The Sser

RICHMOND, Va. Nov. a.
Three major road-building prof.
ects in the rafic-congested Ar
lington- n-Alexandria area are being
speeded along In an effort to COM
plete most OF the construction be-
fore winter forces a shutdown, the
State Highway Department said
today.
Costing more than $1.7oo, 900.
the three projects are building "A
miles of four-lane or four-lane d.
vided highway on Fairfax drive
and Glebe road in Arlington and
King street. Alexandria.
Highway Resident Engineer J.
H. Phillips Of Fairfax. said that
with good weather the new Glebe
road would be opened to traf1c
within the next few weeks.
The eastern end Of the Glebe
road project from Army Navy
road to Adams street, where con-
struction would interfere with
traffic along the old road, will not
be graded this winter. Mr.. Phil
lips said. Construction will be re-
sumed to complete the 1.57 miles
of divided highway next spring.
A four-lane divided section on
Fairfax drive from Glebe road to
the Pentagon network is expected
to be completed before Christmas
If good weather allows completion
of sidewalks and finishing work on
the pavement and center dividing
strips.
This section of divided highway
is replacing narrow pavement
along the Washington & Old Do
minion Railroad bed for 1.52 miles.
The cost Of $577, 900 does not in
clude additional right way and
the moving Of about 40 buildings.
All concrete pavement on King
street has been completed and
plans have been laid to put down
a two-inch asphalt top on the 1.31
miles within the next few weeks
II weather permits. -:
Forces are building curb, gut
ter and sidewalk along King street
with hopes Of also completing this
part Of the work before winter
forces a construction shutdown.
Evening star., 1949-11-24
Maryland Now Hunts
Three Virginians After
Oyster Boat Capture
Special Dispoieh 10 The Stor

LA PLATA, Md, Nov. a.
Maryland Tidewater Fisheries in
spectors are in possession of q
fully-equipped oyster dredge boat
captured in the first furious action
this year on the perennial Potomac
River battlefront"
Now they want to shake hands
and handouts with the three
pirates who leaped into the icy
water and splashed to a getaway
while the high-powered craft
ploWed onto the Virginia shore
near Colonial Beach.
This is the story related yester-
day when fisheries officers con-
ferred here with States Attorney
Thomas c. Carrico as to DISPOSE
ton of the boat:
It was midnight November is
when the patrol boat Severn. its
100-horsepower motor throttled to
Z whisper. neared the outer edge
Of Swami Point. one of the main
oyster bars in the lower Potomac.
Heard Sound Like Steel.
A telltale sound off the STAR
board bow, like steel scraping
across a rock. was enough for
the experienced ears of Capt.
Mark Pratt and his mate, James
Saunders. %~ .
I'VE turned the spotlight toward
the noise" they related, "and
flashed it on. The beam caught
the dredge in midair just as the
crew dumped its catch of oysters
on the culling board"
Inspector Pratt turned on full
power. So did the dredge crew,
after q quick stroke with q
hatchet severed q rope and sent
the dredge to the bottom.
How long we chased him
around in circles, we don't know" +"
the officer said. "but finally the
dredger Strengthened out and ran
for the Virginia side. Two other
dredge boats which had been
working nearby meanwhile es-
capped.
The patrol craft pulled along
side the dredge boat.
Doused Engine With Water.
Il grabbed a bucket" Capt.
Pratt said. land scoped it full of
water. Then I doused it over
the top of the dredger's engine
box. There was a cloud of steam
from the manifold. The engine
sputtered. A spark plug or two
had started missing. Then we
scooped and doused with all our
might, taking turns with the buck
ct and the control Of our own
boat.
I'VE had them, we thought. But
just then We looked up in the nick
Of time to keep from going aground
ourselves"
The three dredge boat men
jumped overheard and fioundered
ashore. ... .>
The 43-foot V-bottom boat,
which bore neither name nor num-
ber. was towed to Breton Bay, st,
Marys County. where II Is held in
State custody. It was outntted
with mast boom and winder and
had five bushels of wet oysters be-
Meath the chilling board.
Evening star., 1949-11-24
Two Get Prison Term
For Beating Farmers
After Tavern Row
SpseiuI Dispesch 10 The sse,

LA PLATA, Md, Nov. a.
Three and four year penitentiary
terms were imposed in Circuit
Court here yesterday on Donald
Penn, Il, Accokeek, and Leo
Quade. 20, Hughesvflle, after each
pleaded guilty to two charges Of
assault and battery.
Judge Charles C. Marbury gave
Penn two three-year terms and
Quade two four-year terms. The
sentences will run concurrently.'
Both admitted beating two
Charles County farmers Jesse
Goldsmith, Hughesville, an d
Henry Middleton, Waldorf, last
August on q road near Hughes
vile after an argument in . road
side tavern.
Among % indictments returned
by the Charles County grand
jury after two days deliberation
was one charging cattle rustling
against a 24-year-old Prince
Georges County livestock dealer.
Charles Harry Wood, Clinton,
was accused of the larceny Octo-
ber %, of six cattle valued at 5000
from farm near Accokeek owned
by Lewis D. Greed.
Also indicted were two Fred
ericksburg (Va) youths charged
with the cap pistol holdup October
S of Lawrence Posy, an Indian
Head Naval Powder Factory
worker.
The two, Robert Carpenter. 10,
and Judson Hart, 81, were in
dicted for robbery in connection
with the holdup and also for burg
larry of Posy's home near Pisgah
Mr.. Posey testified at prelim-
mary hearing that he was held
up late at night near his home
by three youths wearing masks
and brandishing a huge pistol.
He said he gave them the three
dollars found In their pockets
when they were arrested the next
day. The third youth was turned
over to juvenile authorities.
Evening star., 1949-11-24
|McGruth to Give Talk
At K. of G. Breakfast

Attorney General McGrath VIII
speak at q memorial breakfast Of
the Edward Douglass White
Council. No. 2,473, knights Of Co.
lumbus, of Arlington. at 9:15 am.
Sunday at the National Airport.
Council members will receive
holy communion in memory Of de-
ceased council brothers at q 1880
am. mass in st. Charles Church,
Arlington.