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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-01-28

as suggested at a meeting a few
nights ago, the L'Enfant Plan is
still up-to-date, and it is the subse-
quent plans which are obsolete, al
though they were probably thought
more practical 10y their less far
sighted makers"
The Fort Drive project will be
pushed, Gen. Grant explained be-
fore the meeting. The only section
now built is between Nebraska ave-
nue. and Fort Reno. in the vicinity
of the Woodrow Wilson School. He
said early construction of the Mill
tary Road section across Rock
Greek Park is planned.
"A well-balanced and co-ordi-
mated development, in which each
element is felt to be adequate and
adapted to its function, is a pri-
mary condition of a beautiful city,
as well as of a comfortable one" he
said. From time immemorial, dig.
nifty and civic beauty have been
accepted as prerequisites to a
worthy capital, and we propose that
beauty continue to characterize our
Nations Capital"
But he suggested that the old
State, War and Navy Building be
preserved as an object lesson of how
wrong architects can be when they
are most confident that they are
right.
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State Senators
.De|ayActiono on
Income Tax Bill
Plan to Keep Maryland
Levy at z Pct. Sent
Back to Committee
By J. B. Zotmon
Stor Sfoff CORRESPONDENT

ANNAPOLIS, Jan 2S.-The ques-
ton of how much State income tax
Marylanders will have to pay this
year remained undecided today
An administration backed measure
to keep the tax on earned income at
2 per cent yesterday was returned to
Senate committee where it may be
amended.
Meanwhile. the House Ways and
Means Committee was putting It's
stamp of approval on two bills intro
duced by Delegate Bandiere. Demo-
crat, Of Baltimore to make even
heavier tax cuts.
AS the tax law now stands, Mary
landers would be called on to pay
2l2 per cent of their net earned
income and S per cent on their in
vestment income in the returns due
April Is. The present rate on earned
income is per cent.
Senate Delays Action.
1t is almost a certainty that the
law will be changed, but just how is
the big question.
The Senate was slated to take final
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-01-28
Two Liquor Permits
Rejected, 4 Granted
In Prince Georges

Two requests for alcoholic bev-
erage permits were rejected by the
Prince Georges County Board OF
License Commissioners yesterday
either because of opposition or i'm
proper applications.
Four applications for new permits
were approved. as were four requests
involving transfer of ownership OF
location. Action on another was
postponed.
The board denied a request by
Calvin M Taylor, who had sought
an off sale beer, wine and liquor
permit at the Friendly Market, 1900
Old Fort road, Friendly, after a
controversial, three-hour hearing on
the petition at Upper Marlboro
A group of 81 persons, represented
by Attorney Samuel5sW. j H. 5Meloy
appeared in protest against the pc
tition.
Request Turned Down.
The board turned, down the re-
quest of Frank =. Langley for an
on-sale beer and light wine permit
for the Skyline Restaurant, $3.50
Suitland road. Morningside, when 1t
was shown that only S of the IL
signers on the application were
registered voters. Ten are required.
Transfer of the license issued to
Ralph ]. Boatright at the Stop Right
Liquor Store, 5431 Defense highway,
near Bladensburg, to Liquors, Inc,
at 5l19 Defense highway, was dis
approved for two technical reasons.
A warning instead of suspension
or revocation of license was given
owners of the Old Brick Inn, Upper
Marlboro. Ellis Silverstone, man
ager, who was convicted in Upper
Marlboro Police Court last month
for selling beer to an 18-year-old
boy in November, accepted full
blame, asserting the boy lied about
his age. Attorney Frank M. Hall,
who represented the corporation,
pointed out that the owners were
cleared in connection with permit
ting that sale.
Other Actions Taken.
Other actions taken by the board
included:
Approved the transfer Of ownership OF
the Dixie Pig. Bladensburg road and De-
tense highway, Badensburs; from the
Dixie Pig, Inc, to the r. g. M. Co. Inc
The new owners have an on-sale beer,
wine and liquor permit.
Granted an on-saie beer and light wine
license in the H. H. Restaurant sos
sjxty-hrst avenue, Fairmont Heights, to
Granted an off-sale license for beer,
wine and liquor sales in the De Luxe
LiquoT Store, at the Fairmont Heights
address salso, to Ella A. Rawlings.
Granted the same type. of license sto
Jack Segal for an establishment at 51O9
T street, Bradbury Heights. and to Lincoln
l.. Anderson and ohnnie Christine Ander-
son for the Ell Gee Liquor Store, l1I5
Fifty-seyenth avenue, Chapel Oaks.
Approved the transfer in location of
the of-sale liquor store Of the. Greenbelt
in rear of the Greenbelt Firehouse to 31-M
Approved transfer of an off-sale beer.
wine and liquor license for the Colmar
Manor Market, 1911 Bladensburg read,
from Philip Weinman to corporation.
Postponed until February "a a hearing
requesting transfer of the on-sale beer and
light wine license for the Maryland Park
Market.
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Western Shore Commissioners
Ask More State Aid for Schools

Something must be done, Mr.
Kahl said the association told Gov
Lane, or school building will lag
behind needs.
Dr.. Thomas G. Pullen, State SUI
perintendent, has proposed S145.-
100000 construction program for the
next five years. He told the legis,a-
tive council in December that emer-
gency grants might be necessary to
prevent part-time class schedules in
some counties.
Mr.. Kahl said Gov. Lane asked
him to confer with DR.. Pullen and
prepare a solution to the counties
fiscal problems.
The State now appropriates ST.
100000 year to help build schools.
It does so by guaranteeing each
county $40 per pupil for scent ad-
dition to the tax rate. Quadrupling
aid could mean a $40 guanartee for
20 cents on the tax rate.
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Mrs. Renkes had been cooking and
a container of food started to burn,
producing smoke that overcame her
Firemen said the smoke could easily
have proved fatal.
James said one pan of food had
cooked over and extinguished one
burner on the gas stove but that
other burners still were lighted.
The natural gas now used will not
cause asphyxiation, experts say, but,
if room is air tight, can cause
suffocation when sufficient oxygen
is used up. Manufactured gas for
merly used here would cause
asphyxiation.
Miss Renkes arrived home about
an hour after James discovered her
mother. neighbors said.
James, an eighth grade student
at the Thomas Jefferson Junior
High School, Arlington, has been
serving The Star since November,
1947. He moved to Arlington from
Hyattsville. Md, six years ago with
his family. Mr. Zabawa is an elec-
trician.
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Rites Held Here Today
For Judge |. {. Lenroot

The congressional delegation from
Wisconsin, judges from the Court
of Customs and Patent Appeals and
other close associates and friends
served as honorary pallbearers to-
day at funeral services for Irvine
l.. Lenroot, 70, former Senator from
Wisconsin and a judge on the Court
of Customs and Patent Appeals.
He died Wednesday at his home,
2230 California street NV.
The services were held in the
Mount Pleasant Congregational
Church and were conducted by the
Rev. DR.. Russell A. Clinchy, former
pastor there. Burial will be in Judge
Lenroot's native city, Superior, Wis.
In addition to the Wisconsin con-
gressional delegation, the following
were pallbearers at the services:
Judge Finis j. Garrett, Judge Charles
S. Hatfield, Judge Joseph r. Jack
son, Judge Oscar Bland, Frederick
w. Smith, Judge Lenroot's former
secretary; Elisha Hanson, his former
law partner; former Senator Robert
M. La Toilette. jr.; Monte Appel and
Vice Admiral William T. Tarrant,
U. S. NJ, retired.
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Virginia Orders Study
On Hospital Location
BY the Associated Press

RICHMOND, Va, Jan. 28-The
State Board of Health has been
directed to make study to seek
the best location for a tuberculosis
and mental hospital center for
Negroes.
After the study is completed the
board will report its recommended
ton to the Governor.
Two of the possible sites which
have been mentioned most fire.
quently for a proposed Negro medi-
cal center are the so-called Elko
tract, east of Richmond. and the
other is III the vicinity of the
Medical College of Virginia.
Some time ago the Health De-
partment started negotiations with
the Department of Mental Hygiene
which controls the 2,4O0-acre Elko
area six miles east of Richmond
for joint use of the land for a
Health Department tuberculosis
hospital and a colony for feeble
minded Negro children,
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BY the Asseeioted Press

ANNAPOLIS, Jan. 2S.-The West
ern Shore County Commissioners
Association has asked Gov. Lane to
increase State aid for school build
ings.
Christian H. Kahl, president Of
the association and of the Balti-
more County Beard of Commission
ers. said the group yesterday asked
the Governor to raise the incentive
fund four times.
The Western Shore officials, ac-
companied by some Eastern Shore
commissioners, also suggested the
State could help by indorsing county
bonds, issuing State bonds for use
of the counties, dividing necessary
issues between State and county
or helping only counties which have
reached the peak of bonded indebt-
edneSS.
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Confession Reported
In Schoolgirl Staying
By the Asseeiotsd Press

SUFFOLK. Va, Jan. 28.-Sheriff
Frank J. Culpepper of Nansemond
County said Yesterday that Otis
Moore. IS. had confessed to the
Staying of Velma Willie. 15-year-
old Wilroy schoolgirl, whose mutt
lated body was found Tuesday night
by Nansemond County police.
Moore, who was released from
the Central State Hospital in
Petersburg after having been a
patient since February, 1929. was
quoted by Sheriff Culpepper as say
ing he strangled the girl Tuesday
morning after she had refused his
demands and threatened to call her
parents. He will face preliminary
hearing in iNansemond Trial JUS
tice Court next week. Sheriff Cul-
pepper said.
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Planners Continue
Study on Extending
independence Ave.

Federal planners yesterday with
held approval of program to ex..
tend independence avenue east
ward, beyond Capitol Hill, pending
more detailed study, but they re-
luctantly approved the site op-
posite the National Gallery of Art
chosen for the Mellon memorial
fountain.
Action was taken at the closing
session of the National Capital
Park and Planning Commission S
monthly meeting.
The design of the Mellon foun-
tain and its location on a triangle
on the east side of Sixth street at
the intersection of Constitution and
Pennsylvania avenues NV. al
ready has been approved by the
Commission of Fine Arts. III
The planning commission feels
that the triangle Is not an eminent
ly suitable place for such fine
memorial" Mai. Gen. U. S. Grant
III, chairman. announced, but it
won't interfere with plans for traf-
flc characterization at this point"
Stadium Project Studied.
Before adjournment, the COM
mission referred to its staff for
study a proposal that minor
sports stadium be built on some
suitable site in the District Not
knowing of any suitable site off,
hand, the commission directed that
study be made to determine
whether one can be found. This
action, however. did not indorse
Sucn a stadium as a commercial
project.
The group studied three aiterna-
tive plans for extending and WIDEN
ing independence avenue to solve
a bottleneck that affects both auto
mobile and transit traffic. The
problem has been under study in
cooperation with District officials
for some time.
Involves Property Purchase.
The plans generally call for WIDEN
ing Independence avenue in the
vicinity Of the Botanic Gardens and
extending it, through B street, to
the Library of Congress and Old
House Office Building. Considerable
property would have to be bought
Gen. Grant said, and it was felt
the plans call for more thorough
study.
The Federal planning offcialc
held an afternoon session with the
Joint Committee on the National
Capital. an advisory group, repre-
senting nine civic and professional
societies. No actions or recon-
mendations were considered, but the
joint committee was brought up 10
date on the comprehensive plan for
Washington and the redevelopment
program.
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Robinson Again Heads
Apple Blossom Festival
Special Dispateh 10 The stor

WINCHESTER, Va, Jan. oh.
Delmer Robinson, ST.. has been re-
elected president of the Shenandoah
Apple Blossom Festival, Inc, which
will stage the annual blossom cele-
bration here April 1929.
Mr.. Robinson, who has been &C
lively identified with the organiza-
ton since the festival was launched
Is years ago. is general manager
and treasurer of the Robinson Ice
g. Cold Storage Corr.
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Morningside Residents
Plan to Droft Charter

About 200 residents of Morning
side, Md, last night decided to pre-
pare a charter for their community
and present it to the Prince Georges
legislation delegation at Annapolis.
Plans for the charter were out
lined at a mass meeting sponsored
by the Morningside. Village Citizens
Association. Harold Shugarts was
named chairman of q committee to
draft the charter.
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New Dual Highway
From D. C.. Line to
Mottowomon Urqed
SpeeIoI Dispatch 10 The stor


ANNAPOLIS, Jan. ga res
olution asking the State Roads
Commission to build a dual
highway from the District of
Columbia line to Mattawoman
Creek in Charles County will be
introduced in the Senate today,
with a suggestion that the
Federal Government pay a
share of the cost.
1t will be offered by Senator
James B. Monroe. Republican,
of Charles County. The new
construction would replace a
17-mile section of Route S,
which he described as narrow,
crooked and rough"
Senator Monroe said he be-
lieved that because of the heavy
traffic to and from the Patuxent
base, the Federal Government
may be willing to help finance
the project.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-01-28
81 Sworn as Citizens
In Prince Georges
Naturalization Rites

Ceremonies in which 30 persons
were naturalized as citizens were
held yesterday in the Prince Georges
County Circuit Court at Upper
Marlboro.
They took oaths before Circuit
Court Judge Charles c. Marbury
and were presented certificates of
naturalization by w. Waverly Webb,
clerk.
All but two are residents of Mary
land. Many of the women are war
brides.
Oldest Is 10.
Oldest of the group was Mrs.
Edith Mary White, 10, Of Greenbelt.
a native Of Nottingham, England
Mrs. White, now a widow, came to
this country in June. 1914.
The youngest was Richard Leon
Plumb, II, District Heights. Born
in Kaluga, Russia, on October is,
1881, he was brought to the United
States 81 months later. He is q
student at Randolph Macon College,
Ashland, Va.
Two other listed Russia as their
birthplace. They are Benjamin
Fleitell, so, of Takoma Park. a
native of Trostanetz, Russia. and
Mrs. Esther Fagia Romerowska, 40.
widow, of Hyattsville. who was
born in Wyleka, Russia.
Native of Germany Listed.
Others who were naturalized and
the countries where they were born
are:
Mrs wilhelmina Whiteman, 80, Green
formerly Of Brentwood, but now living
il WsSh!nston Phl1ppn n, Isfna,; MS Mrs
ada; Alberico Di Paolo, A, Hyattsville
Italy: Mrs Elizabeth Jane G.avely. 49,
College, Park, England; Mrs Marguerite
suitland. Scotland; Mrs; Mary Lucille
wsls Mis Es4s f Syf b.Ss ayeF %a
dorf. Canada: Mrs; Jansje Hennnekes,. as,
MEYERS tss g. nri
Aus Aust hsse Pe,eT 0n kotsiiakos y Green
.lni Brisu!io. =. Hyattsvilie: italy; MS
Mrs. Laura Mattera, A, Capitol Heishts,
Also, Mrs. Mary E. smeltzer, 80, 1886
Lucia NARROW 20. 1902 Sixteenth avenue
Takoma Park, Canada; Mrs. vaida L.
Cook. 80. Takoma Park, Australia; Mrs.
Bridget A. Baden. IS. Brandywine
Enslewood, Scotland Mrs. Solange Butkow.
70. Coral Hills, France; Mrs. Wal Ping
Lin Wong. ~. Riverdale, China; Mrs.
Scotland; Mrs Monioue Gouin Adams, ~
Mount Rainier, France; Mrs. Derdre Anne
Fauntleroy, %, Upper Marlboro, Eng
land. and Mrs. Eileen Christina Gardner,
30, Landover Hills, England.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-01-28
Forty Boys Implicated
In Scooter Paris Theft
In Chevy Chase Area

Forty scooter driving boys in the
Bethesda-Chevy Chase area are
implicated in a series of thefts,
burglaries and housebreakings &C.
curing over a period OF two years,
Montgomery County police charged
yesterday.
Most of the boys - members of
well-to-do families-have admitted
stealing tires and other articles for
use on their scooters, police said.
They are from IA to l6 years old.
Approximately $1,000 worth of
stolen tires and tools has been re-
covered and the police expect to
retrieve that much more.
No Evidence of Gang Action.
The boys have been turned over
to their parents pending decision
on court action. Detectives have
been in consultation with juvenile
authorities on what steps to take.
Detective Eergt. John P. Leahy
and Detective Corpl. Edward Bar
Der said there was no evidence OF
gang action on the boys part
Rather, they said, it was case OF
follow the leader"
The detectives said one boy stole
a rubber tire from a wheelbarrow
in 1947 and put it on his scooter.
Another followed suit and the fad
spread.
Others May Be Implicated.
Subsequently, however, the scooter
crowd began picking up tools from
construction project sheds, includ-
ing electric motors. These were
used to build and work on scooters
Before the detectives stepped in
the boys committed an undeter-
mined number of thefts, at least
Eight larcenies. two burglaries anc
four or tive housebreakings, police
said.
Only two or three of the youth.
questioned so far denied theft &C.
cusations. detectives said. Thes,
finally admitted taking part in the
tons. and virtually every boy
has supplied the name of another
The detectives expressed BELIZE
that others will be implicated.
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39,065 els in Virginia
At School or in Trades
BY the Associated Press

ROANOKE, Va, Jan. 28-Ap-
proximately 39,065 veterans were in
school or engaged in on-the-job
training in Virginia under the CT
bill or the Vocational habilitation
Act at the close of 1948, the Vet
Grams Administration announced
today.
Henry G. Moore, manager of the
VAS Roanoke regional Office, said
an analysis showed:
In school, 23,243; on-the-j job
training, 9,815, and on-the-farm
training, SCOT. December subsist-
ecce payments to these veterans
....>led $':243,s8s.o7.
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Woman, Overcome in Kitchen,
Saved by Star Carrier Boy, 10
Rescuer Smushes
Arlington Window
To Aid Deof-Mute

The timely arrival of a l3-year-
old carrier boy for The Star
last night saved the life of an
elderly woman who had been acct
dentally overcome by smoke in the
kitchen of her Arlington home.
The boy is James J. zabawa, jr.,
BAL North Edison street. Arlington,
who serves The Star in the Airing
ton Forest section. The woman he
saved is Mrs. Marie Renkes. IA, a
deaf-mute who lives with her
daughter, Miss Dorothy Renkes. at
108 North Ediso. street.
According to James, neighbors of
the Renkes and Arlington police,
this is what happened:
James went to the Renkes' home
about 7:30 pm. to collect for The
Star.
Il knocked on the door because I
thought Miss Renke was home" he
said. When no one answered. I
looked in the window and saw Mrs.
Renkes lying on the floor. The
room was filled with smoke.
Il ran next door (the residence of
Mr.. and Mrs. Marion E. Taylor at
104 North Edison) to get help"
James told Mrs. Taylor what he
had seen. and she sent him to the
home of Mr.. and Mrs Avery S. Hoyt,
at 1903, because Mr. Taylor was not
at home.
Mr.. Hoyt and James ran back to
the Renkes, and the boy broke a
window and got into the house. He
turned off an unlighted gas burner
on the kitchen stove and then let
Mr. Hoyt in the front door
Together they carried the uncon-
scious woman to a chair on the
porch and wrapped her in blankets
and a coat.
Mrs. Hoyt called police, who dis
patched the Arlington Fire Depart
ment rescue squad. The squad re-
vived Mrs. Renkes by administering
oYvopn
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action yesterday on the earned in
come bill, previously given House
approval. Instead. it was sent back
to the Finance Committee, where
an amendment TO cut the rate on
the first 81 900 of unearned income
to per cent may be adopted
Senate Floor Leader L. Harold
Sothoron said he would introduce a
bill to repeal a provision of the tax
law requiring nonresidents to pay
taxes on, income earned in Mary
Mr.. Bandiere introduced his two
tax-cut proposals during the first
week. OF the 1949 session. They
would
1. Increase a taxpayers deduction
for dependent children from S4OC
eac hto $500 for the first, $3.50 for
the second and $500 for all others
2. Set the unearned income rate
at 2 per cent for the first $4,000 and
5 per cent for all over that.
Would Cut Revenue 4 Million.
Mr. Bandiere estimated that II
both were passed it would cut about
81 1000, 900 from revenues.
A House leader predicted both
Bandiere bills would pass the House
but be killed in the Senate
Meanwhile. General Assembly ap-
proval of a $2,500,O00 toll bridge
across the Patuxent River between
Charles and Calvert Counties ap-
peared assured as a result of Gov
Lanes promise to support it.
The Governors stand was taken
yesterday after a conference with
Senators Louis L. Goldstein of CAL
vert County, Sothoron of Prince
Georges, Wilbur Dulin of Anne
Arundel, all Democrats; James
B. Monroe of Charles and Paul J.
Bailey of st. Marys, Republicans:
Senator Goldstein said he would
introduce a measure to authorize
construction early next week.
In discussing plans for the bridge
Senator Goldstein said it would ex-
tend nearly mile between Holloway
Point, Calvert County. and Bene-
dict, Charles County.
81 Toll to Be Charged.
Its cost would be amortized over
"a 15-year period by charging a 81
toll, the Senator explained. The
two counties now are connected by
"a privately operated four car ferry
Senator Robert B. Kimble, Re-
publican, of Allegany County, said
he would introduce a veterans bonus
bill Monday.
He said the measure has been in
dorsed by all State veterans groups,
with the exception of the American
Veterans Committee, and would in
volve total outlay of about $780,
100000
PSC Change Proposed.
Each of the five geographical di-
visions of the State would have q
representative on an enlarged Pub
lie Service Commission under a bill
introduced by Senator Goldstein.
The bill was offered yesterday as
one of II Senate measures. The
House also received II new pro-
posals, including one which would
make it a misdemeanor, punish
able by fine of up to 500. for a
person to hunt on posted land with
out the permission of the owner.
Senator Goldsteins PSC bill
would specify that the commission
would have one member each from
the Eastern Shore, Western Mary
land, Baltimore City. Central Mary
land and Southern Maryland. At
present the PSC has three COM
miSsionerS.
Earlier in the session, Senator
Goldstein introduced a bill to in
crease the membership of the three
man State Roads Commission in
the same manner.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-01-28
Geographic Talk TONIGHT

Charles w. Allmon will speak on
Shores and Sails in the South
Seas to the National Geographic
Society at BIS o'clock tonight in
Constitution Hall Mr. Allmon, who
follows a career of world travel and
photography, will describe native
Polynesian life on Moorea and Bora
Bora in the Society Islands group
in the South Pacific.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-01-28
FuIIs Church VIEW to Dance

Falls Church Post 9274, Veterans
of Foreign Wars, will hold dance
from to II pm. tomorrow in the
Odd Fellows Hall on West Broad
street for the benefit of a model
:. alton club sponsored by the post.