Evening star., 1949-11-30
Trailer Camps
Warned toGet.
County License
Montgomery Lists
Penalties for Failure
To Meet DeodIine

to apply for licenses by February
l, 1850. or face fines ranging
from $50 to $500 or up to 80 days
in jail.
The warning was issued yester-
day by the County Council under
law passed at last years special
session of the General Assembly.
Council President Frederic p.
Lee said the newly-organized De-
partment of Inspections and Ii
censes will begin Immediately to
enforce the law.
Hs also instructed the council
clerk, John McElroy, to send
copie es of the warning statement
to "all known camps" A. Morton
Thomas, head of the Department
of Inspections and Licenses. said
a survey is under way to deter
mine the number of trailer camps
in the county.
Linthicum Reports on Work.
Detective 1t. G. w. Linthicum,
in reporting on the work of the
county Detective bureau, recon-
mended the adoption Of ordin-
ances regulating the purchase of
firearms and the use of pinball
machines by juveniles. Similar
recommendations were made re-
Gently by Police Inspector James
S. McAuliffe.
Declaring that "any one can get
firearms in the county now with
out any difficulty" 1t. Linthicum
proposed that prospective pur-
chasers be required to make ap-
plication to the dealer. who, in
turn, would forward it to police
for investigation.
He also urged that persons Is
years of age be prohibited from
playing pinball machines, which
he described as a nuisance" He
said the devices constitute a temp
tation to storekeepers to make
cash payoffs.
Councilman j. Douglas Brad
shaw remarked that the machines
should be taxed out of existence" I"
but the later acknowledged this
would be illegal.
Tenney Appointment Approved.
In other business, the Council
approved the appointment by
County Manager Irving G. Nc
Nayr OF Morgan L. Tenney. Gar
ret Park. and Walter H. Kessler,
jr., Arlington. as zoning and Ii
cense inspectors at annual salaries
of $4,000 each.
Mr.. Tenney. 80. is an attorney
and was formerly employed by a
Washington law flrm. Mr.. Kessler
is % and former employe of the
Washington branch of a detective
agency. At present, he operates
personnel agency in Washington
with his father.
Mr.. Lee announced that a re-
suit of requests by citizens of the
Four Corners area, the county will
build a temporary sidewalk along
the north side of Old Bladensburg
road from Scully drive to the
Four Corners School.
The Council received a copy of
a letter from William F. Childs,
chief engineer of the State Roads
Commission. to A. L. Grubb. engi-
neer of bridge design for the COM
mission, instructing him to- start
work at once on a pedestrian
underpass at the Baltimore g.
Ohio Railroad and Bradley boule-
ward, Bethesda.
McNayr Gets Complaints.
In another letter. Sam Fig, Sill
yer Spring builder, complained
that land he gave the county
three years ago to clear the way
for the proposed extension Of
Western avenue is being used as
a public dump. The complaint
was referred to MIR. McNayr.
The council also received, q
complaint from Mrs. Barbara
Winkler, 9131 Jones Mill road.
concerning delay in completing
the widening and resurfacing Of
Jones Mill and Jones Bridge roads
from East-West highway to Con-
necticut avenue.
Mr.. McNayr explained that the
contractor, F. o. Day. Bethesda,
had been unable to get sufficient
bridge workmen and steel. He
added. however. that the project
should be completed within a
week.
Approval was given proposal
to resurface and build curbs and
cutters along Stateside drive near
Takoma Park. The cost was esti-
mated at $14,694.