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Evening star., 1949-08-17
Prince Georges Court
May Decide Today on
Slot Machine License

A decision on a request BY
attorneys for the Prince George:
County Commissioners for dis
missal of legal attempt. to force
the board to issue a slot machine
license to. a Mount Rainier mar
is expected today in County Cir.
cult Court 9
HlSe request, filed dfyesterday by
Jerrold v. Powers and Robert B
Matthias, was in answer to a petit
ton brought by Robert w. Nc.
Cullnugh, attorney for Hal C. Bell
Counsel for the commissioner!
claimed the county heads were
unable to issue the license III view
of a court ruling last June ir
which Judge Charles c. Marbury
held that the county's slot ma.
chine law was unconstitutional.
His ruling was made in a sui
by c. Walter Mendrix of Silver
Spring. Montgomery County. whe
operates coin-operated amuse.
ment devices in Prince George!
County.
Mr.. Hendrix had been refused
licenses for the machines under
the county's new slot machine
law on the ground that he was
not Prince Georges resident. a:
required under the law. He has
appealed the court ruling to the
Maryland Court of Appeals.
Mr.. Bells application for a Ii.
cense was rejected last month by
the commissioners, who contendec
Judge Marbury's decision hac
permanently prohibited them from
issuing such a license.
Immediately after attorneys fol
the commissioners filed their mo.
ton for dismissal of Mr.. McCul.
lough's petition, the latter entered
a demurrer opposing the request
He said that if Judge Marbury
overrules his>demurrer and grants
the motion to dismiss. he will take
the question to the Court of Ap-
pealS.
Evening star., 1949-08-17

Douglas Vance. 81. of the 110o
, block of Morse street NE, was
fined s100 and given a suspended
60-day Jail sentence in Silver
Spring Police Court yesterday on
charge of possessing numbers
slips.
Trial Magistrate William b
Wheeler also imposed IS fine on
Vance on a charge of passing a
stop sign. j,
Detectives said they arrested
Vance, who is colored. last
Wednesday in his car near the
Baltimore g. Ohio Railroad sta
ton in Silver Spring.
In another case Moses Wynns
Al, colored. of the 800 block of U
street NV, waived preliminary
hearing on four housebreakine
charges and requested jury trial
on two, theft charges. Bond was
set at $4,000.
Wynns was arrested Sunday
near Georgia avenue and East
West highway, Silver Spring
about an hour after police received
report of an attempted break-ir
at the Falkland Pharmacy, East.
West highway and Colesville road
Evening star., 1949-08-17
Governors Of Three States
To Join in Bay Cruise
BY the Assoeiofsd Press

ANNAPOLIS, Aug. II. The
Governors of Maryland. Delaware
and Pennsylvania will go cruising
down Chesapeake Bay Saturday
on business and pleasure trip.
Cows. Duff of Pennsylvania and
Carvel of Delaware will be guests
of Gov. Lane of Maryland on the
State Yacht Potomac.
Gov. Lane said Senator Nc
Grath, Democrat, of Rhode Island,
President Truman's nominee for
Attorney General, also may make
the trip.
The business part of the trip
will involve a discussion on CO.
Iordinating efforts to deepen the
Chesapeake-Delaware canal from
Its present ~ feet to about
I35 feet.
Evening star., 1949-08-17
John H. Coleman Elected
President by Virginia EIks
sv the Associated Press

NORFOLK, Va, Aug. 17.-The
Virginia State Elks' Association
yesterday elected John H. Cole
man of Lynchburg as president.
The delegates chose Richmond
for the 1850 meeting.
A dance at the Shrine Beach
Club, Virginia Beach, last night
was the concluding event OF the
Elks' annual convention.
Other officers named were: John
H. Simmons, Petersburg, first vice
president: Charles D. Fox, jr.,
Roanoke, second vice president;
c. j. Siegrist, Newport News, third
vice president; Charles w. L.
Profh1, secretary, and Brooks
Anderson, Norfolk, treasurer.
c. Thomas Akin, Norfolk, was
appointed sergeant-at-arms, and
v. King Pifer, Hampton. chaplain
Evening star., 1949-08-17
Is Out Of 100 Food Places
In Alexandra Graded A

Eighteen Alexandria food estab-
lishments out of more than 100
examined have been given Grade
A ratings, Health Of1cer DR..
Thomas F. McGough reported yes
terday.
The health officer said he an
ticipated many other eating
places would come up to the
Grade A requirements by the time
the next inspection is made. Those
that received top rating are:
Chris Lunch. Fireside Inn, Lit
tie Tavern, G. C. Murphy Co., Red
Lobster. Regal Lunch, Steve's
Place, Dixie Pig Barbecue. Auburn
Pharmacy. Balances Pharmacy,
four Peoples Drug Stores. War
field Drug Store. Wauhop's,
Carousel and Henderson's Drug
OGOI6s
Evening star., 1949-08-17
.Mofat Photo.

provides for continuation of the
program until September. 1850,
will be passed.
Under existing legislation the
support program would not apply
to crops raised this year and
would have to be discontinued
next June /, in the middle of the
Southern Maryland selling season.
Sees bright Future"
Speaking at Triton Beach, Anne
Arundel County, shortly after the
close of the most successful sales
season the five counties have ex-
perienced in peacetime, Mr.. Sass
Ger said it was reasonable to ex-
pect a bright future"
He made it clear, however. that
any such forecast depends upon
the success of the world rehabili-
tation program.
Because of the dollar shortage,
foreign countries which prefer to
buy Maryland leaf are finding it
difficult to continue purchases.
Switzerland, in a more favorable
dollar position, has assumed first
place as an export outlet.
Just before his addresses. Miss
Mary Carolyn Davis, 16. of Pts
Getaway was selected to represent
the county in the State Miss
Farmerette Contest" August q at
the Timonium Fair. Runnerup
was Miss Thelma Wilson of Upper
Marlboro. Third place went to
Miss Doris England of Clinton.
The girls were chosen on the
basis of charm, personality and
farming activities.
DR.. Seckinger Talks.
In another speech DR.. Daniel L.
Seckinger, assistant health cff1-
Ger of the District Of Columbia.
told the group that the disappear
ance of top soil from Southern
Maryland farms means lower
ing of the quality OF food on
which farmers and city people
depend.
DR.. Seckinger urged co-opera-
tion between urban and rural
people to further the soil con-
servation program now under way
in Southern Maryland.
Representative SasScer and DR..
Seckinger were introduced by
Harold C. Townshend, president
of the Prince Georges County
Farm Bureau. Mr.. Townshend an
lnounced that his 400-member
bureau had begun a drive to in
crease It's roster to at least 600.
Evening star., 1949-08-17
By Corter Dowson

Rockville's volunteer firemen
are beginning to believe in saw
dust wedding aisles as lucky
omens. e.
All II couples who in as many
years have been married in pub
lie at the Rockville firemen's car
nival have lived happily ever after
at least without a divorce. =.
And the firemen areTcounti1e
on this years couple. Arthur
Fleming. 81, Rockville Post Office
employe. and his 18-year-old
briGe, Dorothy Lucille Campbell
Fleming of Gaithersburg, to main
tain the record. The two were
married last night at the carni-
val, and like their predecessors
they spoke their vows ever loud
speaker in view of a merry go
round and walked down a sawdust
aisle edged with 5000 cnlookers.
One year a couple got a little
too much sawdust in their shoes
as they marched down the aisle,
Fire Chief w, Valentine Wilson
recalls. After the ceremony they
joined the carnival and didn't
turn up for more than year to
claim their $500 set of furniture,
which is one of the wedding pres
ents" the firemen give them.
Started in 1882.
Besides the furniture. the fire.
men also provide the wedding
license, ring. minister. bridal
gown, bridegrooms and ushers
white tie and tails and flowers.
Chief Wilson originated the
public wedding at the Rockville
carnival back in 1882.
Some of the townfolk weren't
too much in favor of the idea and
almost talked a town minister out
of performing the ceremony" Mr.
Wilson said. Later they found
out the ceremonies are all very
Evening star., 1949-08-17
Star Movies

Community movies. sponsored
by The Star, the Recreation De.
partment and the Film Center
which have been postponed be.
cause of rain, will be held tonight
Programs of comedy, sports, car.
toons and musicians will be shown
at the following Fairgrounds anc
recreation centers: .
ss Anscestia; es;a.. between sousa and Eleventh
Buchanan, Thirteenth and D street.
Dupont-stoddert, C street of Rids,
road Sc
Langdon. Eighteenth and Franklir
stodderta,, Thirty7ninth and calver
Takoma, Fourth and Van Buren street,
Bundy.. Fourth and o streets NV
Howard, Fourth and w streets NV.
Lincoln. Sixth and L streets Sc.
Rose Park, Twenty-seventh and
streets NV
Evening star., 1949-08-17
Sasscer Sees Need
To Roost Market for
Mary|and Tobacco

Southern Maryland's tobacco
industry must look to expanded
markets for continued prosperity,
Representative Sasscer. Democrat,
of Maryland. said yesterday in a
speech in which he declared the
Government price support program
had brought economic aalvation'
to the area.
Mr.. Sasscer told 200 Prince
Georges County growers and their
families at the county's first Farm
Bureau day that the support plan
inaugurated this year was de-
signed not as a profit taking
scheme but as insurance against
disaster
He indicated that he believed
that a House-approved measure
now pending in the Senate which
Evening star., 1949-08-17
Fairfax zoners
Firm on Rules
For Setbacks
Board Denies ; Pleas
For Vuriunces From
Ordinance Standards

The Fairfax County Board of
Zoning Appeals served notice yes
terday that it is not going to give
routine approval of exceptions to
setback requirements.
In three cases. the board denied
applications for variances from
setback standards of the zoning
ordinance. In another case. the
board refused to agree to the
amount of setback proposed by the
applicant.
The ordinance sets these STAN
dards for location of improve
ments: setback in front in rural
areas. rs feet from the center of
the right of way or so feet from
the right of way. whichever Is
greater; in suburban and urban
areas, so feet from the center Or
80 feet from the right af way.
Sideyard Setbacks.
Sideyard setbacks must be Is
feet in rural zoning. Is feet in
suburban and 10 feet in urban.
The required rearyard setback is
rs feet in all cases.
The board denied the request
of G. E. Sanford for permission
to build an attached garage with
in one foot of the side property
line on a lot in Mount Zephyr
subdivision, Mount Vernon dis
trict, and the request of John E.
Neal for permission to erect
dwelling with less sideyard set
back than required on a lot in
Boulevard Acres. on George Wash
ington Memorial highway.
The board also refused to grant
the application of N. c. Murphy,
jr., to build an attached garage
within approximately IA feet of
the side property line on lot in
Springdale subdivision, Mount
Vernon district.
30-Foot Setback Asked.
Mrs. Blanche H. Nichols had
asked permission 10 lOcdCe OWel-
ling within only 30-foot setback
from Route 7 on a lot in Drains
vile district, but the board ruled
that the house cannot be built
closer than 40 feet from the high
way.
A request by the Alexandria
Water Co. to set up water pump
ing plant at Occoquan was ap-
proved by the board. The COM
pany said the installation would
include dams. intakes and con-
duits for it's proposed new water
supply plant.
Also granted by the board were
requests by the National Memo
rial Park. Cemetery Association to
add approximately 81 acres to its
grounds near Lee highway south
of Falls Church. and by Kielsgard
Bros. to operate a public recrea-
tion park. including swimming,
boating and fishing. south of Lee
highway approximately mile
west of Fairfax.
Evening star., 1949-08-17
BY the Asseeioted Press

BALTIMORE, Aug. II. Con-
troller James j. Lacy has figured
out that $13.03 was collected in
sales taxes for every person in
Maryland during the past year.
Mr.. Lacy's figures are based on
total collections for the year ended
June 80 of $28, ,000.914 and an
estimated population Of 2,148.000.
Baltimore city merchants turned
in more than half the total.
The five counties with the most
revenues were Baltimore, $1,846,-
Evening star., 1949-08-17
Carnival Weddings Succeed
AT Least Couples Stay Married

solemn affairs with no frivolity
and bystanders even whimper
But we don't take any chances
For the last II weddings. State
Firemen's Association Chaplain
James c. Minter has conducted
the ceremonies
Most of the nuptials have run
smoothly. the 58-year -old chief
VINO is IN charge of Nationwide
I'm prAtsctior7Stor the Veterans
administration, Recalled.
But he remembers one that
edged on the border line. Thai
! was the time bridegroom. kneel-
ing at the altar with his bride
whispered. II can't get up"
Early Application.
From behind a palm tree, the
fire chief sputtered encouragement
and directions. Once in the car,
however, the groom tainted. He
wasn't out long enough. though.
to warrant first aid by the rescue
squad who were acting as ushers, -
Mr.. Wilson said.
The 5-year-old ring bearer in
the inaugural event in 1882. Ernest
E. Helbert, retracted his steps in
1948-with a bride on his arm.
The fire chief said he received
three applications from couples
who wanted to be this years
publicly welded"
Mr.. Fleming was sure of himself.
He applied to the fire chief during
the 1948 wedding to make sure
he'd be in the. spot he was last
night.
AS to why the marriages have
been such successes, Fire Depart
ment General Counsel David E.
Belts, thinks he has the answer
IF they love each other enough
to be married at a carnival public
wedding under the populace' eyes
| they've got enough love to hold
them together for life" he said.
Evening star., 1949-08-17
First Pollution Case
In Maryland Will Be
Heard in Hyattsvine
A hearing to determine why the

A hearing to determine why the
A. H. Smith Sand & Gravel Co.
of Branchville, Md. has not COM
piled with a Maryland Water
Pollution Control Commission
osder will he held at 10 am.
Friday in Prince Georges County
Magistrates Court at Hyattsville
The hearing will be the first
time the commission has gone to
court to inforce an antipollltion
order. ss
The commission said the gravel
company was ordered to reduce
the rpouution emptying into In
dian Creek, a tributary of the
Anacestia River.
The commission said the order
to the gravel company also pro-
vided that a plan for pollution
reduction be sent the commission
in writing. They said the COM
pany refused to comply with this
section of the order.
RICHMOND, Va, Aug. II (P.-.
Complaints over pollution of -Four
Mile Run. a stream between Alex
andria and Arlington, today we're
on file with the State Water Con-
troll Board.
Heading a delegation complain
ing of conditions yesterday was
B. H. Griffin. director of the Ma
tional Airport Immediately to the
north of where the stream empties
into the Potomac River. z. w.
Goodwin of the Public Buildings
Administration and j. N. Roberts,
also of the airport, corroborated
statements that sewage creates
disagreeable odors at the airfleld
and fouls pumps on which the air.
port depends for fire protection.
The board said it Is keeping IN
touch with progress made by
Arlington and Alexandria in clear
ing I'D conditions there.
Evening star., 1949-08-17
Sales Tox in Maryland Yields
|$13.O3 d Person in Fiscal Year

sos; Montgomery, $1,218,807; Al
legany, 1896, 1928: Washington,
$919,306. and Prince Georges,
$685. ,059.
In his analysis, Mr.. Lacy found
that general merchandise and food
and beverage yielded the most
money. There we're 1000 month
ly sales tax returns and the aver
age amount was SIS.
Returns from the other coun-
ties included Anne Arundel, $701,-
l17.42; Calvert, $97 ,850.64; Charles,
Sl60,732.16; Frederick, $648. $685.
IS, and st. Mary's, $143.024.o6.
Evening star., 1949-08-17
Bright Name Sought
For Freedom Fairs
Entertainment Area

What is a good name for
the entertainment area of the
Freedom Fair?
At the House Appropriations
subcommittee hearing on the
appropriation for the fair.
Chairman Cannon of the
committee recalled that, at
the st. Louis Worlds Fair,
the area was called "the
Pike; at Chicago, "the Mid
way" and at San Francisco,
"the Trail" But no one came
forward with a name for the
area at next years fair here.
If you have a suggestion.
mail it to Edward Boykin, Ma
tional Capital Sesquicente1-
nial Commission, 1400 Penn
sylvania avenue NV.
Evening star., 1949-08-17
College Park Rotary to Meet

Maj. G. B. Enders. attached to
Id Army Headquarters at Fort
Meade, will speak on Inside In
ternational Relations" at the
weekly dinner meeting of the Col
fge Park Rotary Club at 6:15
O'clock tonight at the Varsity
Grill, College Park.
Evening star., 1949-08-17
You Don't Have to Miss q Thino
When you go on vacation, you don't have to miss

vacation, you don't have to miss a thing.
You can relax and still get all the news
and features from home as published by
your favorite newspaper. The Star.
You can have The Evening and
Sunday Star mailed to you for only
$1.50 a month.
The Star is also available at news
stands or by carrier delivery at most
nearby summer resorts.
Arrange to have your favorite news
paper follow you wherever you go. Call
atlon delivery of The Evening and Sum-
Evening star., 1949-08-17

Sterling 5000 for vacation del
day Star.
Smyrna times., 1949-07-21

sey Sires in the Bull Stud of the
State Cooperative available for SER
vice to any dairyman in the State.
The report issued by the Bureau
of Dairy Industry shows that al
most 1000 bulls are now giving
service to 316,177 herds in 1858
artificial breeding associations
throughout the Nation. The rapid
growth of the program is shown
by the increase over 1948 of 81, ,6s4
or 40.S percent, in number Of herds
and 1888, or 1874 percent, in
number of cows. Artificial insem-
ination is the answer to the prob
lem of spreading by mechanical
means, the usefulness of outstand-
ing bulls to large numbers of cows.
For instance, natural service may
produce rs to so calves a year from
one bull. BY artificial means it has
been possible to inseminate more
Smyrna times., 1949-07-21
Marines Accepting Young Men

1t has been announced by Mas
ter Sergeant Daniel p. Lewis, MOO
in charge of the Marine Corps Re-
cruiting Office in Wilmington, that
the Marine Corps is once again ac-
cepting young men for enlistment
with no waiting period required.
All applicants who applied for the
Marine Corps prior to July have
now been enlisted and there are
openings for new applicants. Men
18 years of age may enlist for one
year, and others between the ages
of II and 20 have choice of 8 or
4 years. Applications are stiH be-
ing accepted for woman marines
from young ladies between the
ages of 20 and 80. This is the first
time since March that, the Marine
Corps has opened their ranks to
all phases of enlistments. The Will
mington recruiting office is open
daily from 500 am. to 4:30 pm.
Smyrna times., 1949-07-21
Service Readies Head
quarters For Fair-Goers

An array of colorful exhibits will
greet visitors who enter the Agri-
cultural Extension Building this
year at the Kent-Sussex Fair, the
week of July 26-30. AS in previ-
Gus years, the building win be fill
ed with educational exhibits in the
home demonstration agricultural
and Al fields. Daily demonstra-
tions, broadcasts and movies are
being scheduled to tie in with these
phases of agricultural extension
work. The All section of the
building will feature competitive
exhibits of boys and girls in vari-
GUS club projects such as clothing,
canning, cooking, home improve
ment, gardening and field crops.
Activities for Alters which will
take place in this building during
Fair week include Dairy Foods
Demonstration Contests, July 27,
at 1:30 pm; Dairy Production
Demonstration Contests, July %,
1:30 pm; and judging contests for
club members entered in poultry,
dairy, vegetable, clothing, baking,
food preservation and swine pro-
jects. The judging contests will
take place July 20, with the three
highest scoring persons in each
contest from each county receiving
a free scholarship to the 4-H Short
Course at the University of Del
aware. Upon the stage of the ex-
tension building will be a model
'L-shaped" kitchen, designed to
stress convenience and attractive
ness through proper arrangement
of equipment. The kitchen will al
so be used for demonstrations.
Other homemaking exhibits will
depict the uses of milk in the diet,
and new lighting fixtures plus ways
of improving old lighting fixtures.
The agricultural exhibit will show
how the millions of dollars annual
loss to Delaware agriculture can
be reduced by using better man.
agement practices and reducing
diseases in the fields of poultry,
dairy, grains and fruits and vege-
tables. The Delaware Farm and
Home Hour will be broadcast daily
at 1890 DIST. from the Extension
headquarters, while plans are being
made also to show movies on agri-
cultural and homemaking topics
at intervals during each day.
Smyrna times., 1949-07-21
Boys, Girls Have Chance
To Win Ayrshire Calf

Delaware All Club members and
all other rural boys and girls under
18 years of age have an opportun-
ity to enter a nationwide contest
in which two pure-bred Ayrshire
calves will be awarded, one to a
boy, another to a girl. The two
prize calves will be given by the
Ayrshire Breeders Association for
the best letters on the subject,
"Why I Want An Ayrshire Calf"
The contest closes on August 1,
and entries should be mailed the
Contest Committee, Ayrshire
Breeders Association, Brandon,
Vermont. After receipt of all en-
tries, the breeders group win send
entries from each state to the re-
spective state heads of the agri-
cultural colleges. The best four
letters from each state will be Sc
lected by the college heads and
forwarded to the Ayrshire Breed
ers Association in Brandon. From
these letters a special committee
of judges will select the final two
winners. The winners will be Sc
lected on the basis of the best and
most clearly stated reasons for a
youngster wanting an Ayrshire
calf. Entries must be more than
100 words and not more than $50
words. The contest is open to all
boys and girls under 18 years of
age whether or not they already
own any Ayrshire. Final awards
will be made at the First Interna-
tional Dairy Exposition in Indian
apolis, Ind, on October 7, 1949.
Smyrna times., 1949-07-21
Artificial dissemination Making
Rapid Strides

A1NAA1N1
Artificial dissemination of dairy
cattle, recognized as one of the
greatest production-improvement
aids ever developed for owners of
both small and large herds, is now
operating in every state. Nearly
two and one-half million cows are
enrolled in artifcial-breeding asso-
Citations this year, the us. Depart
ment of Agriculture announced.
Delaware is listed by the Bureau
of Dairy as having a Statewide or
ganization with three operating
units at the beginning of this year.
There are 833 dairy herds with
6,788 cows enrolled for service in
the State Cooperative. The num-
Der of cows bred during 1948 was
3,479 COWS. There are Holstein
Sires, 4 Guernsey Sires and 8 Jer-
Smyrna times., 1949-07-21

than 10000 COWS in a year to a
single bull. The supply of good
proved sires necessary to a general
Improvement program is far too
small to allow any great number of
dairymen to get the services of
such bulls by natural matings.
Smyrna times., 1949-07-21

The chief deliberative body of
the Presbyterian Church is the
General Assembly.