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Evening star., 1949-10-06
State Plans Extension
|0f Western Avenue
Into Silver Spring

Engineering studies are under
way by the Maryland State Roads
Commission on extension of West
ern avenue from Rock Greek Park
to Silver Spring.
This was disclosed last night
by Gov. Lane at a Joint dinner
meeting Of the Silver Spring
Board of Trade and the Bethesda
Chamber of Commerce at the In
dian Spring Country Club.
Although the Governor did NOT
elaborate at that time. he said
today he hoped construction could
start next year.
1T depends on a lot of factors, .
he said. including the speed with
which we can get the necessary
rights of way and whether we
can assign sufficient personnel to
the job."
Would Link Two Areas.
If and when the 2-mile project
is carried through. it would pro-
vide a close link between Silver
Spring and the Bethesda Chevy
Chase area south and west of
Rock Creek.
Western avenue now ends at
the west side of Rock Creek Park
and the NATURALIZATION Cap
ital Park and Planning Commis-
sion has set aside strip running
from this terminus to East West
highway.
According to Gov. Lane. the Sill
yer Spring terminus would be just
north of the District line in the
vicinity of the Falkland Apart
ments.
Little Trouble on Right of Way.
Maryland planners anticipate
little difficulty in getting rights of
way because most of the required
land lies within park property
owned by the Park and Planning
Commission.
The Governor also told the ap-
proximately 300 persons attend
ing the dinner that the State
plans to spend between 1000, 900
and $6.000,000 on the widening of
Georgia avenue between Colesville
road and Glenmont.
He said contracts for the work
will be awarded soon. Plans call
for two 12-foot traffic strips on
either side of a raised 10-foot di-
viding platform in the center.
Evening star., 1949-10-06
Fairfax Board baIks
Al Business Rezoninq
Along Shirley Highway

Determination to keep the Shlr-
ley highway as a scenic parkway
unmarried by commercializatior
was expressed by the Fairfax
County Board of Supervisors yes
terday.
Vernon Lynch sought to have
81 acres rezoned from agricultural
to general business: The tract
fronts on Shirley highway at the
Springfield cloverleaf traffic inter-
change. Traffic can get on and
of the highway only at seven
points-f1ve cloverleafs and two
other road intersections.
The County Planning Commis-
sion recommended granting the
|rezoning because. it said, the
cloverleaf areas are the only logi-
cal places for business along the
highway. Restrictions against es-
tablishment of other entrances to
the thoroughfare will keep busi-
ness from springing up all along
the highway. it was argued.
A group Of Springfield area
residents urged the supervisors to
approve the rezoning request.
They said shopping facilities are
needed in the area.
Board Chairman G. Wallace
Carper said If the rezoning were
granted he did not see how the
supervisors could deny any future
requests for business zones along
Shirley highway.
II think we would be defeating
the very purpose for which the
highway was built Mr.. Carpel
said. 1--WE don't want it to look
like U. S. No. / highway"
The board rejected the applica-
ton.
The supervisors rezoned for
business approximately 16 acres
adjacent to the Shirley-Duke
apartment project on Little River
turnpike. The tracts lie on both
sides of the road, and builders OF
the apartment project propose tc
erect a large shopping center.
A decision OF the Board OF
Zoning Appeals permitting con-
struction at Groveton Of a water
pumping station and tank by
Fairfax Hydraulics, Inc, was up
held by the supervisors. William
Raugust, attorney for George
Herring, who lives adjacent to the
pumping station site, appealed the
zoning groups decision to the
supervisors because he said the
construction would adversely affect
Mr.. Herring's property. The tank
and pumping station would be
within 40 feet of Mr.. Herring S
property. the board was told.
Evening star., 1949-10-06
CLOSED School Board Sessions
Are Proposed After FIureups

A proposal to close Board of
Education meetings to the public
and the press to avoid airing
grievances" in public has been
made by Mrs. James w. Williams,
board member.
Mrs. Williams made the sugges-
tion yesterday during the regular
meeting of the School Board, a
meeting marked by flareups be-
tween members and bad feelings.
/ In order to have a smoothly
working school system, Mrs. VIII
liams said, the board should have
closed meetings and discuss in
privacy the problems of the school
system. She made the remarks
after another member, Adelbert
w. Lee, had taken School Supt.
Hobart M. Corning to task, charg-
ing he failed to give the board all
he facts in a report he made pre-
Evening star., 1949-10-06
8FoI|s Church Children Treated
After Drinking Spray Solution

lane; Ben Fisher, 8. son of Mr.
and Mrs. Joseph Fisher, 1902
Trace place; Penny Adams. Z
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Jerome
Adams, All jackson street; April
Melbourne, 8. daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Roy Melbourne. ). 408 jackson
street: Robert Rhoads, 4. son OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Lee Rhoads. 407
Rosemary lane. and Gordon
Strickler, 4. son of Mr.. and Mrs
Marshall Strickler. 800 Rosemary
lane.
Mrs. Deibler said the children
got the spray out of their base
ment where it had been stored
for three years.
She said she learned that they
filled it with water at a neighbor'
house. then took turns drinking.
Evening star., 1949-10-06

Eight Falls Church children had
their stomachs pumped out yes
terday at Children's Hospital after
they drank a solution from an
old garden spray.
One, Laurie Hyde. 3. had to
return to the hospital after the
initial treatment and was ad-
mitted as a patient. Laurie, the
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. John
Hyde, 316 Rosemary lane. was re-
ported improving satisfactorily to-
day.
The Hydes had another child
in the party that frightened the
entire neighborhood.. He is John
Hyde, jr.. 4.
The other children were Philip
(Flip) Deibler, 4. son of Mr.. and
Mrs. w. D. Deibler. 400 Rosemary
Evening star., 1949-10-06
Democratic Club Meets
Toniqht in Lyon Park

The Democratic Club of Ar
lington will hear the party's can
didates for county and State Of
fees at a meeting at 8:15 O'Clock
tonight in the Lyon Park Com
munity House.
The public is invited to hear the
candidates present their views on
issues in the general election No
vember 8.
Evening star., 1949-10-06
Fire Damages Interior
OF Arlington Shop

A fire blamed on a defective
drinking fountain motor damaged
the interior of Henard's Specially
Shop at 1852 Wilson boulevard
Arlington, early this morning.
Clarendon, Ballston and Cherry
dale fire department units extin-
guished the blaze in about 80 min
utes. Fire Chief "A. G. Scheffel
said the fire damaged interior
woodwork in the front of the store
and a quantity of merchandise.
Evening star., 1949-10-06
Falls Church Police
Seek Dynamite Caps
In Hands Of Children

Police have warned parents II
and near Falls Church that theil
children may be in possession o1
highly y-dangerous explosives, which
already have inflicted serious in
jury on one boy.
| Approximately so dynamite
caps. taken Monday, from a con-
struction firm, are believed dis.
tributed among children.
| One of the caps. which his fathe,
first thought was bullet, exploded
Tuesday in the hands of Clarence
| w. Case, jr., 10. of 1920 Cedar
lane, Sleepy Hollow, tearing of
two fingers and a part of thumb
He also may have suffered injury
to his eyes, it was reported today
at the Episcopal Eye, Ear. Nose
and Throat Hospital, where he was
taken from Arlington Hospital.
Pupils Checked.
Police today were checking pu-
pills at Falls Church schools in an
effort to find all of the missing
explosives. A search yesterday
produced IA.
Two of those recovered were
taken from a 6-month-old baby
police said. The infant was
chewing on one and was holding
the other when his mother re-
ceived a telephone warning from
police.
The police had just learned from
a school child that he took sew
eraI caps home. They Immediately
phoned his mother and described
the caps.
Have you seen any of these
objects?" an officer inquired.
YES" replied the mother. still
unaware of their danger. my
6-month-old baby crawling on the
floor behind me has one in his
mouth and one in his hand. Why?"
Mother Faints.
What she heard caused her to
faint, police said. Later. the po-
lice helped her sweep five more
from beneath a. davenport.
According to 1t. Edward Simp-
son, box of IS or 10 caps was
taken from a jeep of the Roam &,
Poppelman construction firm near
Oak Street School.
The Case youth said he was
given a cap by playmate. This
boy. in turn. had received a num-
ber of them from schoolmates at
st. James Parochial School.
Some of the boys questioned re-
ported they found the caps on
the banks of Tripp's run, near
Oak street.
Clarence Case was injured while
picking at one of the objects with
a nail.
The copper-colored caps re-
semble cartridges. They are
cylindrical and about one and a
half inches long.
The copper-colored caps resem-
BILE cartridges. They are cylin-
drical, ~ inches long and 3/16th
of an inch in diameter. They are
hollow on one end and for this
reason have been used by some
boys as whistles, by blowing hard
across the open end.
Police said some Of the recov-
cred caps have tooth marks.
Evening star., 1949-10-06
Calvert Agriculture Fair
Gets Off 10 Good Start
BY fhe Associated Press

PRINCE FREDERICK, Md, Oct
6.-The annual Calvert County
agricultural fair got off to good
start yesterday and there were pre-
dictions 1t would be one of the
best in its history.
A number of entries were re-
ceived, including produce, tobacco,
corn. garden products, canned
goods, and orchard and dairy
products. They will be judged to-
day.
The show is being held at the
fair grounds here.
Between $500 and $4,000 in
prizes are to be awarded. The fair
concludes Saturday.
Evening star., 1949-10-06
New Montgomery Voters
Registration Starts Oct. "a

Registrations of new Montgom-
cry County voters will be accepted
by a Board of Registry from z
to 5 pm. and from 6 to 10 pm.
October "a through November 5 in
the Silver Spring and Bethesda
County Buildings.
A board will sit for the same
purpose at the two buildings from
7 to 10 pm. November 18 and Is,
December 2, 9 and 16.
To be eligible to register, per-
sons must have lived in the State
at least one year and in the coun-
ty six months prior to a general
election.
Evening star., 1949-10-06
Federal Agency
School Burdens
To Be Outlined
House Group to Hear
Views From Virginia,
Maryland Areas

A subcommittee of the HOUSE
Committee on Education ane
Labor will launch an inquiry mex
week into school problems imposed
upon communities in which there
is, heavy concentration of Fedora
agencies, it was learned today.
Educators in nearby Virginia
and Maryland are among those
invited to make known their view.
on what the Government shoule
do to help carry the burden o1
local education.
Supt. William A. Early Of Arl.
ington. said an effort would be
made to present a strong case
for material financial assistance.
Testimony Is Desired.
The subcommittee's work will be
purely investigative, a spokesman
said. It's meetings will not consti-
tute hearing although the testi-
mony is desired because of points
raised by pending legislation.
The committee will spend the
first three days of next week ques-
tioning representatives of about Is
Federal agencies which operate
heavily throughout the country
such as the armed services.
Virginia educators will appear
at 10 am. next Thursday. and a
Maryland delegation will appear
the following day.
After the committee assimilates
the information it wants., it is ex-
pected to propose a system OF
meeting the school problems. Al
present. some communities receive
Federal aid on a temporary basis
Educators Listed.
The Virginia educators invited
to address the committee are DR.
Dowell Howard, acting superin-
tendent of public instruction;
Supt. T. c. Williams of Alexan-
dria, Sdpt. Irwin 'Schmitt of Falls
Church and Supt. w. T. Woodsor
of Fairfax County.
In the Maryland delegation will
be DR.. Thomas G. Pullen, State
superintendent; Supt. E. w
Broome of Montgomery County;
Supt. G. Gardner Shugart OF
Prince Georges County. Supt
David S. Jenkins of Anne Arundel
and Charles w. Willis of Bel Air,
representing the Hartford County
Board of Education.
Educators from the District
have not been invited to appear
because the committee considers
the District to be in a separate
category.
Mr.. Early said the problems
raised by heavy concentrations OF
Federal activities are acute In
many areas.
Exemption Gut 1axes.
In Arlington. he pointed out,
Federal installations are valued
at 1902, 100000 These are tax
exempt. II they could be taxed
at even 40 per cent of their value,
he said, the county would receive
50 100000 in new revenue.
The superintendent said the
land taken by the Federal Gov
ernment formerly produced some
revenue. At the same time Ar
lington lost this tax money, he
said, it had to assume the new
burden of educating the children
of thousands of Federal en-
ployes assigned to the Federal
agencies.
Mr.. Early said that while he
was superintendent of the schools
in Norfolk County, Va, Federal
funds were supplied to build 16
schools, in recognition of Gov
ernment obligations.
Evening star., 1949-10-06
Locust Hill Citizens
Call Meeting Tuesday

The Locust Hill Estates Citi-
xens' Association will meet at 8:15
pm. Tuesday at the home of DR.
Karl Habel. president, $500 Locust
HUI road, in the community north
OF Bethesda.
Officers of the association are
ivan H. briggs, vice president:
Mrs. L. NJ. Mckenzie, secretary
: id L. M. Mckenzie, treasurer.
Evening star., 1949-10-06
a BrookeviIIe Farms
Ordered Re5urveyed
For Tax Assessments

Montgomery County tax omclalS
today prepared to resurvey four
Brookeville farms for assessment
purposes.
The study was ordered yesterday
by the State Tax Commission after
a hearing in Baltimore in which
the owner of one of the farms
accused the county's Appeal Tax
Court of being completely parti-
SAN"
The charge was made by Lensuel
Shovel. who owns 97-acre farm
assessed at $4,000. He and three
other farmers in the area had
appealed rulings by the Appeal Tax
Court.
The three other farmers involved
and their assessments are Walter
Groomes, $4,000; Thomas Leishear,
$3.50, and Robert F. Brown,
$9,93O.
Original Values Cut.
Original assessments on the
farms of Mr.. Shovel, Mr..
Groomes and Mr.. Brown had been
reduced about 1,500 each by the
Appeal Tax Court while Mr..
Leishear's assessment had been
cut about 5000.
Although the commission dis
missed the appeals of Mr.. Brown
and Mr.. Leishear because they
had filed petitions after the time
limit expired, their farms were
ordered included in the resurvey.
| Mr.. Shovel said the Appeal
Tax Court wanted so much to
help the County Council raise
more revenue for its improvement
program that it exercised bad
judgment.
'On the great majority of cases
and specifically on the cases of
my neighbors and myself" Mr..
Shovel declared, "the Appeal
Tax Court consisted of only two
members, and these two were
completely partisan"
Out of Proportion.
Members of the court are Leo
Bender, Windsor Hodges and Maj.
Gen. Charles D. Heron, U. S. A.,
retired.
Asserting that assessments on
agricultural area residents are out
of proportion with those placed on
those living in the suburban area,
Mr.. Shovel said:
without realizing what they
were doing, the county officials
laid the pressure on a minority of
the voters, who happen to be those
who will not receive the benefits
of the expenditures that this new
government is going to make.
He contended Howard County
| farms are assessed at an aver
age of $45 an acre, while compar-
able farms in Montgomery County
bear a $90-an-acre assessment.
Evening star., 1949-10-06
100000 Loan 5ough
In Falls Church for
School Construction

The Falls Church School Board
last night voted to ask the City
Council to borrow 100000 to
build a Junior senior high school
and an elementary school and to
enlarge the present Madison Ele-
mentary School.
City Attorney La Rue Van Meter
who also Is attorney for the board
said the request means tie council
must decide whether to ask Judge
Paul E. Brown of Fairfax County
Circuit Court to set a referendum
on the proposal.
The council meets Wednesday
and Chairman Helen Regan will
present the boards request. The
present jefferson annex to Madi-
son would be abandoned, although
the site would be reserved for pos
sible future school use.
In a statement which will ac-
company the boards resolution to
the Council, the board termed
present school conditions 'intol-
erable," adding that much of the
present problem was inherited
from Fairfax County. which ad-
ministered the schools until last
June.
The building program calls for
a modern" junior senior high
school with gymnasium. audi
torium and cafeteria. The ele-
mentary school would include a
community hall"
The building program should
require only nominal increase"
in the city's present school tax
rate Of $2.65 per 500 Of real prop
erty valuation, according to the
boards statement: n
Supt. Irwin H. Schmitt said that
the 100000 is the maximum
which the city can borrow because
of a legal limit imposed by vir-
ginia law.
Evening star., 1949-10-06
Ground Breaking Set
For Rock Spring Church

Ground will be broken at 1886
pm. Sunday for a nefghborhooo
house at the Rock Spring Congre-
gational Church, Rock Spring ano
Little Falls roads. Arlington.
The Rev. Paul r. Hunter, min
lister, said the SIS, 900 building will
be of Colonial design. It will fea-
ture four functional classrooms
with radiant heat, all oriented te
face south. The architect Is
James M. McCue and the builder
will be the firm of Miller Bros,
both of Arlington.
Evening star., 1949-10-06
EorIy Will Preside
At Educators Meeting

Arlington School Supt. William
A. Early will leave tomorrow for
Memphis, where he will preside
at a meeting of the National As
sociation of County and Rural
Area Superintendents, OF which
he is national president.
He will return next Friday.
DR.. Edward j. Braun. assistant
county school superintendent In
charge of budget and finance, will
return tomorrow from the annual
meeting of the American Associa-
Boston,
Evening star., 1949-10-06
School Dance Announced

The annual book dance of the
Montgomery Blair High School
Student Council will be held Sat-
urday night. The, dance is slated
each year to assist the high
schools library. This years pro-
ceeds will 60 toward the purchase
of new encyclopedias.
Evening star., 1949-10-06
Principal to Be Honored

Miss Mary Barbour, principal of
John Marshall School, Arlington,
will be presented a plaque by the
Parent Teacher Association at 8
pm. Monday for the founding
and continued promotion of the
schools library.
Evening star., 1949-10-06
Maryland Tax
Officials
Eva|uation Flaws
Legislative Council
Studies Continuous
Property Assessments
by the AssoeIoted Press

By the AssoeIoted Press
BALTIMORE, October 6.-Statt
tax authorities admit the present
system of assessing property lead
to some owners getting an advan.
tage over others.
The whole question came in fol
a long discussion at yesterday!
meeting of the Legislative Council
recess fact finding body of the
Legislature.
There have been mounting pro-
tests from various counties over
the present "five-year continuous
assessment" plan now used by
Maryland in evaluating property
for tax purposes.
Works Inequalities.
Under the plan. each county il
divided into five districts, and one
district is reassessed each year
This means that each piece Of
property in each county is re-
surveyed at least once each five
years.
Albert w. Ward, secretary OF
the State Tax Commission, told
the council he agreed the system
works inequalities.
He added that the State must
decide whether "the cure is worse
than the disease"
Mr.. Ward said the best way to
cure inequalities would be to re-
assess every piece of real estate
every year. But that would cost
five times as much as the present
system, he added.
He explained the tax commits
sion now has power to review
assessments throughout any one
county at any time, if a county
proved that there were drastic
inequities in different districts.
Mr.. Ward also told the council
that assessors will make spot
checks throughout the State this
fall to see whether the evaluations
are uniform.
Some Law Assessments.
Some counties now place low
assessments on properties, he con-
tended. so that they may get more
money from the State in school
and welfare funds.
The State sets certain educa-
tional and welfare standards. 1t
makes up the difference between
the amount of tax monies col
lected by a county and the neces-
sary cash to meet those standards.
In other actions yesterday the
legislative council:
l. Indorsed by a 7-6 vote a pro-
posai that electric voting ma
chimes be placed in the House of
Delegates to speed rollcalls.
2. Decided to appoint a six
member committee to talk over
methods of appointing county
school boards with the State su-
perintendent of schools. Board
members now are appointed by
the Governor. Each legislative
session the question comes up as
to whether they should be elected.
3. Agreed to ask the Motor We
hicles Department and State
Roads Commission for their opin-
ion on the present fiat SIS and
$22 registration fees for farm
trucks.
4. Received a suggestion from
State Senator Turnbull, Demo-
crat. of Baltimore County. that
probationary drivers licenses only
be issued to minors. This license
would be suspended or revoked
automatically should a minor be
convicted of any traffic offense
worse than a parking violation.
5. Took under advisement pro-
posals by Welfare Director j. Mil
ton Patterson that the adoption
laws be amended. Mr.. Patterson
wants to prohibit individuals from
placing children in commercial
foster homes.
Evening star., 1949-10-06
Post to Give Oyster Roast

The Cissel Saxon Post of the
American Legion. Silver Spring,
will hold an oyster roast at pm.
Saturday on the grounds of the
home, 9O5 Sligo avenue.
Evening star., 1949-10-06
Harvest Dance Planned

| A harvest dance will be held al
$3.50 pm. Sunday at the Arlington
Jewish Center, 1920 Lee boulevard
under the sponsorship of the CEN
! ter and the Women's League.
Evening star., 1949-10-06
YOUNG Republicans to Meet

Montgomery County Young Re-
publicanss will hold a rally at {
o m. Monday in the County Build
ing, Bethesda.
Evening star., 1949-08-04

Firmly woven, attractive solid eolsr
Rayon satin bound. Wanted shades.
Full size.
Dsmestics, Street Floor
Evening star., 1949-08-04

Hesyy bronze 6-way floor lamp, 3
WSy center light and 3 candle
jiShts. Decorative and handsome.
CLimited auantity)
Lamps, Third Floor
Seward seaport record., 1949-12-09
At The Hotels

The New Seward-Dr H. E. Pope, Juneau; Lee F. Ryan, Bud Covey, Mrs and Mrs. J. B. Will mot, MT. and Mrs. Edward L.. Griffin, Anchorage;
 Rita Grady, Cooper Landing; Herb Lawrence, Seattle; Harry Johnson, Moose Pass; Bertha Winans, Medfra, Alaska; Martha Bishop, Tacoma, Wash; Robert Liesen, Fairbanks.
 The Van Gilder-Mrs. N Pa breke, Mrs. Helen Childress, La Jolla, Calif; Geo. Gray, Mir and Mrs. Sam Grycie, Seward; R. A. Michaels, Mrs. Rob't. N. Fairbanks, O. M. Beaver, Alfred Stear, Anchorage; MT. and Mrs. Ivan Darnell, Kenai; G. L. Hu- gen, Willinad, Minn.; MT. and Mrs. Rob't. F. Dale, Wayne, Neb.