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Evening star., 1949-12-30
Two Contracts LET
For County Sewers

Contracts for two major sewer
construction projects in Mont
gomery and Prince Georges Coun-
ties were awarded yesterday by
the Washington Suburban SAM
tary Commission.
Both projects are part of a
Sanitary Commission program to
reduce pollution in the Potomac
and Anacostia Rivers. The bids
were received Tuesday.
The firm of w. F. Wilson &
Sons, Inc, of Brookeville, Md,
was awarded the contract for con-
struction of a 6,550-foot trunk
sewer extending along the Cabin
John Branch from the Chesapeake
g. Ohio Canal to Booze Creek.
The firms bid price was $218,873.
The 24-inch sewer line will con-
meet with a similar existing sewer
in the Booze Creek Valley and will
discharge into the proposed Poto-
mac River interceptor, project
expected to start in the spring.
The Leo Butler Co. Of Silver
Spring was awarded the contract
for construction of a 3,840-foot
outfall sewer extending along the
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad from
Branchville road to Hollywood on
the-Hill subdivision, near Branch
vile. in Prince Georges County.
Their bid was $40,119 and calls
for construction of 18-inch pipe.
One other minor contract also
was awarded. It was for S5,194
for construction of sewer and
water lines in Claymore avenue,
Rosemary lane and Hitchine Post
lane, Riggs Mill District, near
University Park. The successful
bidder was the firm of Nickles
Brothers of HyattSville.
Evening star., 1949-12-30
There Is So q Santa Claus,
But 4 Are a Crowd Any Time

an adolescent eyebrow when a
fourth Santa arrived-this one
sporting a sign saying he was
afraid of planes and liked a nice
safe sleigh.
So the retailers bureau is look
ing into the situation. President
John Lacy has named a commit
tee of merchants to study the pos
silibity of having just one Santa
Claus arrive next year.
Police, Chief j. B. Brown says
he'd favor the rationing of Kris
Kringles. It would cut down the
number of parades from the air
port to the city and thereby ease
one traffic headache.
Evening star., 1949-12-30
Couple S Hearing Put Off
In Child Neglect Case

A hearing in the case of a
Colmar Manor couple charged with
contributing to the delinquency of
their four children was continued
to February 16 in Hyattsville Po-
lice Court yesterday.
Trial Magistrate Arthur P.
Owens granted the postponement
after the father, Marvin E. Arthur,
80, said he is attempting to get q
Job on a Virginia dairy farm.
In the meantime. Judge Owens
said, the children, ranging in age
from Is months to 9 years, will
remain in foster homes under the
supervision Of the Prince Georges
County Welfare Board.
Arthur and his wife, Martha,
%, were arrested December Z after
Colmar Manor town police re-
ported finding both intoxicated
and the children living in filthy
condition" and badly in need Of
food.
Evening star., 1949-12-30
Mrs. Woeers Appointed
Virqiniu Film Censor
By the Assoeiofed Press

RICHMOND. Va, Dec. 30.-At-
torney General j. Lindsay Almond,
jr., yesterday announced the ap-
pointment of Mrs. Russell Fergu-
son Wagers Of Appomattox as q
censor in the State Division Of
Motion Picture Censorship.
She was named to the three
member board to fill the vacancy
left by the death last week Of Mrs.
Judith K. Roberts Of Henrico.
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Sesqui Commission
May Reopen Booth
In Union Station

The Capital Transit Co.'S
information booth at Union
Station, which will be closed
permanently tomorrow night,
may be replaced in the spring
by a booth set UP by the Ma
tional Capital Sesquicenten-
nial Commission.
The transit company an
nounced a week ago that it
would close the station booth
as a matter of economy. 1t
was set up in the fall of 1914
to tell wartime visitors to the
city how to reach places by
bus and trolley. Since the war
it has mostly served tourists,
answering about 400 questions
a day.
Evening star., 1949-12-30
Falls Church Council Backs
New Municipal Building

The Buildings and Grounds
Committee of the Falls Church
City Council last night decided to
recommend construction Of a
cinder block municipal building at
the city's property yard on Gordon
road.
If the committees recommended
ton is approved by the city coun-
Gil, the building will contain
Offices for the water, sewer and
street departments. City Man.
ager Roy Dunn said administra-
tive departments will remain in
the city hall.
Mr.. Dunn originally had recon-
mended construction of prefab-
ricated metal building at the prop
erty yard.
Evening star., 1949-12-30
Arlington Man Fined
On Liquor Charge

One man was convicted and an
other acquitted of charges of pos
sessing illegal whisky in Arlington
County Court yesterday.
Judge Hugh Reid imposed fine
of $50 on Charles K. Bowles. col
ored, 470O block of North Seven
teenth road, Arlington. Gilbert
Moten, colored, of the 2100 block
of North Culpeper street, was ac-
quilted. They were arrested in a
vacant lot in the 1900 block Of
Lee highway December %. Police
said they had q gallon jug OF
moonShine.
Evening star., 1949-12-30
IS School Projects
Get State Loans in 7
Maryland Counties

A list of 18 school projects in
Montgomery and Prince Georges
Counties for which the two areas
will receive advances of 100000
and $356,483, respectively, under
the States $5O,OOO.000 school loan
program was made public today
by Gov. Lanes Office.
The money is coming from the
States surplus and will be repaid
when the bonds actually are sold
by the counties.
The $50,O00,000 authorization,
under which the counties and
Baltimore borrow money on State
credit, was re-enacted at special
session of the General Assembly
December II. The original bill,
approved at the regular session
last winter, was invalidated by the
Court of Appeals because of a
technical error.
Projects Listed.
To prevent any delay in allo-
eating the funds, the new measure
provided that up to $4,000,000
could be taken from the State
treasury for the use of counties
in immediate need of school con-
struction money.
The IL Montgomery County
projects, including requests ap-
proved for advances from the
State surplus, are:
Montgomery Blair High, $45, 900;
Alta Vista Elementary, 100000;
Rockville Consolidated Negro Ele-
mentary, $59,125; Rolling Terrace
Elementary, $101.250; Oakland
Terrace Elementary, $118.125; East
Rockville Elementary, $105. 900.
Prince Georges Projects.
Also, Rock Creek Hills Ele-
mentary, $1o1 $50; Somerset Ele-
mentary, $60,0OO; Oak View
Elementary, 100000; Viers Mill
Elementary, $101 ,250; Bradley
Elementary, $25,00O, and Glen
Haven Elementary, $55, 900.
The six Prince Georges projects
and the advances authorized for
each are: ,-..
Hyattsville unior-Senior High,
$72,230; Mount Rainier er-Brent-
wood Elementary, $62, 1896; Blad-
ensburg or-Senior High, $20,-
TOT; Langley Park Elementary,
$40, ,791; Fairmont Heights Junior
Senior Negro High, $24,784, and
Suitland Junior Senior High,
$126,075.
Evening star., 1949-12-30
|brannan Plan Faces
:
Opposition Of Farm
Bureau in Maryland

The Maryland Farm Bureau
Federation is expected to go on
record opposing the Brannan farm
plan at the bureaus annual meet
ing beginning January at Balti-
more.
Wilson Heaps of Hartford
County, State bureau president,
said the organization. represent
ing approximately $4,000 Mary
land farm families, will officially
oppose the Brannan plan. The
National Farm Bureau already
has adopted resolution in oppo-
sition to the plan.
Mr.. Heaps said the bureau also
is expected to ask the Legislature
to pass a standard time law for
Maryland.
He said farmers have indicated
they are burdened with extra costs
and experience much confusion
because of daylight saving time.
Object to Clock Tinkering.
He said they have no objection
to any individual going to work
an hour earlier, but object to set
ting clocks back an hour. He said
the bureau will adopt the slogan,
Don't tinker with the clocks"
The 5-day meeting actually is
a series of separate conventions,
starting next Friday with the 18th
annual meeting of the Maryland
State Poultry Council, that runs
for two days. The mezzanine of
the Lord Baltimore Hotel will be
crammed with egg and chicken
exhibits, mostly from the Eastern
Shore. The poultry exhibit en-
tries must be in by midnight. jan
uary 3. These should be mailed
to w. H. Rice, poultry department,
University of Maryland, College
Park.
One Day Meetings Planned.
On Monday, January 8, the
Maryland Crop Improvement As
ISOLATION, the Maryland Stock
mems Association and the Mary
land Vegetable Growers Associ-
alton will hold their one-day meet
ings.
The States beekeepers meet
the following Wednesday. These
gatherings are in addition to the
Farm Bureau Federation meeting.
Among convention speakers Will
be Roger Fleming Of the Washing
ton Farm Bureau Office, who will
discuss the. 1850 outlook; Murry
D. Lincoln, president OF the Farm
Bureau Insurance Co., Of Colum-
bus, Ohio, who will speak on de
mocracy and Abundance" and
Mrs. Philip Jones, regional direc-
tor of the Associated Farm Bureau
Women, who will address a meet
ing of farm women.
Evening star., 1949-12-30
WASHINGTON Hub of Network of Superwoy From Maine Florida
By WiIIiom A. MiIIen

Washington is destined to be-
come the hub of a great network
of superhighways that will fit into
a gigantic Maine-to-F Florida pro-
gram.
With Maryland and Virginia
pushing important highway i'm
provements, the program in this
area is far beyond the drawing
board stage, for some links have
been completed and others are
we'll under way. New bridges, no
tably across Chesapeake Bay and
the York and Patuxent rivers. will
carry the traveller over sizeable
bodies of water.
Paramount in the program is
the new Baltimore Washington
Parkway, stalled for the time be-
ing on the District side. due to
lack of adequate Federal funds,
although Maryland is actively at
work on it's part of the project.
Because final plans for route
either directly through Baltimore
or bypassing that city have not
been threshed out, the program
seems stymied there also.
Vital Links in Program.
Vital links in the program are
the new ANNAPOLIS Washington
and Frederick Washington high
| ways.
Virginia has made its contribu-
ton in the form of the Shirley
Memorial highway, which stretches
from near the Pentagon Building
bypassing historic Alexandria, to
join U. S. Route near Wood
bridge. Improvements on Route
/ are in progress in the Old Do
minion also.
Look at the overall picture. In
Maine, from Portland to Kittery,
stretches the Maine Turnpike. a
toll road. New Hampshire is con-
tinuing the program through the
narrow portion of that State that
touches the ocean. Officials say
Massachusetts has no present plans
for continuing this specific pro-
gram, but there are fine highways
that link up the State, east and
west.
Through Connecticut, the Will
bur Cross highway and the Mer-
rit Parkway-a toll thoroughfare
carry the traveller to New York
City. The Hutchinson River Park
way in New York is another link in
the lengthy travel chain.
118-Mile Jersey Pike.
From the George Washington
Bridge across the Hudson River,
the 118-mile New Jersey Turnpike
| is planed to Deepwater, N. j.. clear
across the State. running in a
southwesterly direction. It will
connect with the Delaware Me-
mortal Bridge, now being con-
structed near Wilmington. The
New Jersey Turnpike, toll road,
will cost $230.000, 900, according
to estimates. Construction is
slated to begin early next year,
with November. 1851, set as the
completion goal.
n Delaware is planning an ex-
perssway across the State as a
link in this Atlantic Seaboard
ultra -motorway.
Maryland State Roads Commits
Evening star., 1949-12-30

sion officials had this to say about
toll roads: while many States
are building toll roads to provide
revenue funds for future construc-
ton, Maryland, thus far at least,
has felt something of a moral
obligation not to do so. Due to its
geographic location. the collection
of road tolls amounts to charging
admission to the Nations Capt.
tai"
No Toll Road in South.
Federal officials here say there
is no toll road in the South to
serve through travel. It is con-
sidered unlikely That Virginia
would favor toll roads, because the
good condition of U. S. Route
Number l precludes the State set
ting up a toll road in competition
with this.
Likewise there is practically no
chance that a toll superhighway
would be constructed in the Dis
trict.
The Maryland State Roads
Commission has plans for su-
perhighway from Baltimore to
link up with York, Pa, and
the Pennsylvania Turnpike, which
now runs from near Harrisburg
to near Pittsburgh. Another ap-
proach to this turnpike could be
by way of the new Washington
Frederick superhighway.
The Maryland Commission also
has plans for a new Baltimore to
Frederick superhighway.
Highlights of Progress.
Here are highlights of the Mary
land road program:
l.. The Baltimore Washington
Expressway is now under construc-
ton from the Baltimore City line
to the Jessup road, near Jessup.
The highway on into Washington
is planned to skirt Fort George G.
Meade, run through Beltsville and
Greenbelt and meet the District
at New York avenue NE. The
Federal Government is expected
to build from the Jessup road on
into the District. The nearly IL
miles of superhighway the Roads
Commission is building will cost
almost $15,000,000 It includes a
new bridge across the Patapsco
Evening star., 1949-12-30
Frederick Mons S Body
Is Found in Hurbor
BY the Associoted Pres

BALTIMORE, Dec. 30.-The
body of a man found floating in
the harbor was identified yester-
day as that of Thomas M. Ham,
mond, about 80, of Frederick.
Police said identification was
made by a relative, Thomas Eichel-
berger, with whom Mr.. Hammond
lived. -...
Mr.. Eichelberger said Mr.. Ham
mond had not been seen In Fred
erick since December 18. He had
been q restaurant worker.
An autopsy was scheduled.
Evening star., 1949-12-30
BY the Assoeiated Press

HAGERSTOWN, Md, Dec. 3d.
Is there a Santa Claus?
BY all means, say Hagerstown
residents. In fact, there are too
many of them.
The local retailers bureau says
it has received a number of COM
plants concerning the oversupply
of Jolly old st. Nicks.
For instance, this year, three
Santas arrived by plane on differ
ent days. causing no end of con-
fusion among the small fry.
And, residents pointed out, who
could blame the kids for raising
Evening star., 1949-12-30
HyottsviIIe Boy, II, Hurt
In Fall OFF Bicycle

F'rodey Dashiell, II, a fifth
grade pupil at the Hyattsville Ele-
mentary School. suffered a pos
sible sconcussion yesterday when
he feH from his bicycle while rid
ing 81 Farragut street. near
Fortyzsecond avenue, Hyattsville.
The boy, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Louis L. Dashiell, 1915 Fortieth
place, aHyattsville, was reported in
good condition at the Prince
Georges General Hospital.
Evening star., 1949-12-30

River, as well as a spur road to
the Baltimore City Friendship Air
port, now being built.
2. The Annapolis Washington
Expressway: Parts of this are
under contract and under con-
struction. It will replace the old
Defense highway as the major traf-
f1c carrier from the new Chesa-
peake Bay Bridge. This entails
the building of new bridges across
the Severn River, about a mile and
a quarter upstream from the pres
Evening star., 1949-12-30
Health Officer Resigns

+ RICHMOND, VA, Dec. 80. lP-
The State Health Department has
announced the resignation, efec-
tive January Is. of DR.. E. D.
Hardin as health officer Of the
Page-Warren-Shenandoah health
district.
Evening star., 1949-12-30

ent bridge near the Naval
Academy and the South River. A
spur road will be built into An
napolis, with provision for a con-
nection with Route 301, running
into Southern Maryland.
8. The Chesapeake Bay Bridge.
This project, to cost around $41.-
600, 900, will be a combination OF
causeway, low level bridge and
high level bridge. The j. A. La
porte Co., 1101 Wilson Boulevard,
Arlington, Va, has started, under
Evening star., 1949-12-30

highway. This will be an entirely
new highway. It will be modern
expressway to replace the present
winding Route 24O to Frederick. A
considerable section of this is in the
current program and construction
will be started as soon as feasible.
Evening star., 1949-12-30
Virginia Plans
Primary Road
Improvements
Projects Include
Work on Two Routes
In AnnunduIe Area
By the Associofed Press

RICHMOND, Va, Dec. 30.-The
State Highway Department today
listed a number of road construc-
ton projects scheduled for 1850 to
improve the primary highway
system.
The department said much of
the years emphasis will be placed
on "stage construction" beginning
or continuing long-range modern
ization plans as set forth in the
States 20-year plan for developing
the road system.
Other work will see an emphasis
on eliminating scattered bottle
necks and accident-prone loca-
tions, officials said. The depart
ment also hopes to put under
construction a number of modern
ization projects designed to relieve
congestion on primary highway
extensions in the cities.
- Says List Is Only Partial.
In describing 1850 projects, the
department emphasized that the
list is only partial and that un-
foreseen delay may cause post
ponement of some. Among those
listed were:
Relocating Route 287 at Lovetts-
vile in Loudoun County to elimi-
nate a bottleneck.
Improving Route 236 east and
west of Annandale in Fairfax
County and undermining Route
244 between Annandale and
Bailey's Cross Roads.
Building new bridges and road.
way approaches on Route 256
across the South River at Grot-
toes, on Route 80 across the Maury
River near Rockbridge Baths, and
on Route 259 across Lynville
Creek at Broadway.
Road to Be Modernized.
Beginning the modernization of
United States Route 301 east from
the Potomac River bridge and of
Route 287 between Bowling Green
and Carmel Church.
Continuing improvements on
Route 20 between Charlottesville
and Scottsville and on Route Is
near Haymarket.
Continuing the modernization
of United States Route II between
Staunton and Lexington. and OF
United States go between Clifton
Forge and Covington with con-
struct;on of bridge across Island
Ford and four-lane divided ap-
proaches to the bridge.
The Department plans, too. to
place an emphasis on putting
under construction a number OF
urban improvements. In many
instances, it was explained. con-
siderable time is required to pro-
gram these projects since State.
city and Federal funds are gen.
orally involved and the three
agencies must agree on plans, cost
and specifications. In the case
Of railroad crossings, the. carriers
also participate.
S20,000,o00 Available.
Distribution routes in Waynes-
boro and Charlottesville are con-
templated as part of the 1850 pro-
gram, highway officials said.
approximately $20,000,000 will
be available for primary road
construction during 1850, the de-
partment said. An additional
$21 900 900 is available for main
tenance and construction of the
secondary highway system. Main
tanning the primary highway sys-
TEN will require an additional
100000.
1.-THE $2O,O00,00O available for
primary construction will not go
as far as might appear" one road
engineer commented. "Often, it
costs between 100000 and $780,
900 to construct one mile of
modern highway. Spread over
n mn S..;11r f,,~Ie r1 ro ,,ir511,
Evening star., 1949-12-30

the next few weeks. This is ex-
pected to save about $392,000.
Albert L. Deem, executive secre-
tary of the Maryland commission.
declined to speculate on what the
commission may do about the re-
quested fare increase.
Four Courses Open.
With it's request for an i'm
mediate emergency fare increase.
the transit company yesterday
filed a new tariff, embodying the
7-cent zone rates. effective in 80
days, or on Sunday, January 20.
-Four courses are open to the
commission:
It may permit an immediate
fare increase.
1t may permit the fares to go
up before the end of the 30-day
period but not Immediately.
1t may take no action but per-
NIT the new fare schedule to go
into effect on January 20.
It may suspend that new sched-
ule and direct that a rate hear
ing be held.
The company, in it's request to
increase it's Maryland fares, told
the Maryland commission that the
2-cent zone increase would add
about $486,000 to its annual rev.
enues. The revenues from the
Maryland operations, under re-
cently-granted wage increases,
will fail to cover costs by more
than $4,000 annually, the COM
pany said. Even with the in
creased fare the company would
continue to operate its Maryland
lines at an annual deficit OF about
$227 900, according to the COM
pany.
Zones 1h Miles Long.
The Maryland lines carry about
24,300, 900 revenue passengers a
year. The zones are about mile
and half long.
The largest patronage is on the
Branchville trolley line, the Dis
trict terminus of which is Potomac
Park. A rider going to Branch
vile from within the District now
pays the District fare plus Is cents
for the three zones to the Mary
land end of the line. Under the
new rate he would pay 81 cents
for the Maryland trip.
The largest number of riders on
the buslines are from Silver
Spring and it's area. That COM
munity's business district is with
in the first zone from the city.
Patrons in that zone would pay
Z cents instead of S cents. The
largest number of zones on any
one busline is four.
The petition filed by the COM
pany said it is asking the higher
fares because of the 10 cents an
hour granted employees July l.
1948, and of the additional 10
cent wage increase granted by an
arbitration board December Is,
retroactive to last July /.
The company said that annual
operating losses with the present
Scent fare per zone now are
$654,537. With the new wage in
crease, according to the company.
the losses will amount to $713,426.
Losses Are Cited.
Losses on street car operations
in Maryland will total $36, ,508, the
company said, and on bus opera
tions, $676,918.
The company said the value Of
its property in Maryland for rate
making purposes is not less than
81, 1,613, 800.
The last change in Maryland
fares was on June 6, 1948. The
5-cent-a--zone fare was estab-
lished then on lines in Prince
Georges County, meaning fare
increases for most users of those
lines. ...-.
The fare for school students
then was 3 cents a zone. but 1t
was advanced to cents. The COM
pany had to appeal to the courts
to put this into effect, but the 5
cents per zone rate for school
children was authorized on De-
cember ~, 1948.
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one of the first contracts in this
giant enterprise. to dredge chan
mel to change the ferry navigation
route from Sandy Point. This is
necessary to clear the way for
actual bridge construction.
4. The Frederick
Evening star., 1949-12-30
Lutherons Fix Budget

ROANOKE, Va, Dec. 80 R.-
A $4,000 budget for 1850 was
adopted by the executive council
Of the Virginia Synod Of the
United Lutheran Church in Amer
lea ct . meeting here yesterday. :,
Evening star., 1949-12-30
Alumni Reunion Tonight

The 1912 graduates Of Washing
ton-Lee High School. Arlington,
will hold q reunion at 8 O'Clock
tonight at Bauserman's Hall.
Evening star., 1949-05-24
lHumon Chess Game Introduced New Liner Could Cary
Society Natives, Suter Recalls 1900 in Wartime

A human game of chess helped
members Of the Society Of Ns-
tires get acquainted shortly aftes
the organization Vas founded -
years aso,
Jesse C.. Sat<r. eiyse editor al
The Eventnx Star. told thu group
last night how q checker hoard
was marked On the aoor Of the
Gayel Club. then located On Tnsr-
teenth street between q and II
streets NV.
Members Of the association
were ehessnen and we're moved
by two other members who d.
rectec them with long sticks
Kings were DESIGNATED by gilded
paper crowns
Through the human chess game
guessing games. and pinning ths
names Of members on their hacks
everybody In the society GOT "a
know each other and recruited
other native Waxhinstonians. Mr.
Suter said
The organization. founded By