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Evening star., 1950-10-20
Alexandra Is Center
For Annexation Area
In Fairfax, Court Told

Alexandria is the business and
social center for residents of the
rs square miles the city seeks to
annex from Fairfax County. a
'three-judge annexation court at
Fairfax was told yesterday.
Philip Hall, Alexandria director
of planning, testified that approx
imately 10 per cent of the areas
residents make retail purchases ir
Alexandria; about Is per cent
work in Alexandria; more thar
half use Alexandria Hospital, ano
about the same proportion attend
churches and theaters there.
Mr.. Hall was preceded on the
witness stand by Alexandria Vice
Mayor Albert A. Smoot. Testi-
mony began yesterday after two
days of touring Alexandria and
Fairfax to acquaint the court
with the land involved.
Mr.. Smeot said the Alexandria
Council decided to file the annex
alton suit after studies were made
by a Council committee and pro-
fessional engineers.
v. Floyd Williams, city attor-
ney, termed county services in
the disputed territory poor" He
said that the city "can and will
provide good services.
Mr.. Williams told the court that
Alexandria had not asked for the
urban-developed areas south of
the city because we didn't want
to take their (Fairfax's) heaviest
assessed areas"
The area sought by the city is
sparsely settled, except for the
huge Shirley-Duke apartment de-
velopment on Little River turn
pike.
Hearing the case are Judge Paul
E. Brown of Fairfax, Judge Walter
T. Mccarthy of Arlington and
Judge jeff Walter of Accomac.
Evening star., 1950-10-20
| McKeIdin Recording
Proising Gov. Lane
Heard by Democrats
By the Associated pre,s

BALTIMORE, Oct. 90
There were two United States
Senators and a Governor-all
Democrats-on the platform
at the big Democratic rally
here last night, but most of
the applause followed the
words of a Republican candi-
date.
The words were recorded.
1t was a speech made by Re-
publican Theodore r. Nc
Keldin over a year ago in
which he praised the admin
istration of Democratic Gov.
William Preston Lane, jr.
Now Mr.. McKeldin is the
G. o. P. candidate for Gov
ernor and, in personal ap-
pearances, is assailing Gov.
Lanes program. .
Evening star., 1950-10-20
Admiral McCrea 10 Speak
On u. n. in Alexandra

A talk Tuesday by Vice Admira,
John L. McCrea, a former aide
to President Roosevelt, will high.
light United Nations Week OBJ
servance in Alexandria. Admira.
McCrea will speak at pm. al
the First Baptist Church of Alex.
andria.
At q luncheon the same day
Mrs. Mary D. Mack, State De.
partment information officer, will
speak at the city's YWCA.
Alexandria schools will partici-
pate through dramatic skits pre-.
pared by the students. posters
made in the art classes and show
ing movies of United Nations &C.
tivities. Churches. club and civic
groups also have been asked tx
sponsor special programs.
The Falls Church and Center.
vile Lions Club will join the OBJ.
servance at joint dinner meet.
ing at 7:15 pm. Tuesday in the
Centerville School. Army motion
pictures of the Korean campaign
will be shown.
Evening star., 1950-10-20
DIR. Negherbon Sues to Regain
Zoology Post at Maryland U.

A Washington man has filed
suit seeking to compel the Uni
versity of Maryland to restore
his job as an assistant professor
of zoology.
DR.. Williamson o. Negherbon,
1924 Thirty-eighth street NV,
filed the suit yesterday in Superior
Court in Baltimore.
He contends the university dis
missed him without proper cause
last June and asks that his con-
tract be reinstated for two more
years at $4,000 annually.
Asks Files, Books.
The Associated Press reported
that DR.. Negherbon also asked
that the university be ordered
to give him back his personal
files, correspondence, instruments,
books, projection equipment, slides,
Harvard thesis and experimental
animals and plants. =
In his suit. DR.. Negherbon
Evening star., 1950-10-20
! Doomed Negroes Appea|
To Virginia Supreme Court
BY The Assoeiated Press

RICHMOND, Va, Oct. 20.-The
Virginia Supreme Court was asked
yesterday to reserve a Richmond
City Hastings Court decision de-
nying petitions for writs of habeas
corpus to seven Martinsville
Negroes sentenced to death for
raping a white woman.
A petition for a writ of error
was filed with the Supreme Court
clerk by Martin A. Martin, coun-
sci for the seven condemned men.
It asked the Supreme Court to
decide whether the executions
could be carried out without vio-
lating the fourteenth amendment
to the Federal Constitution. It
contended that the death SEN
tence as punishment in rape cases
Is reserved exclusively in Virginia
for Negroes.
Evening star., 1950-10-20
7ydinqs Cut Off for 4 Minutes
Of Radio Blast at Fulton Lewis
Commentator Offers
Senator Another
Broadcast Period
BY the Associated Press

BALTIMORE, Oct. Ex-senator
Tydings, Democrat, of Maryland.
took over Fulton Lewis, jr.'s radio
time last night to refute the COM
mentator's contention that the
much-publicized investigation of
the State Department was catch
ing up" with the Senator at elec-
tion eve.
But no one outside Baltimore
heard all of Senator Tdyings' re-
marks. He was "off the air" for
the first four minutes and 20 Sec
onds of the broadcast over the
Mutual Broadcasting 70. because
of a mechanical failure.
Mutual informed the Senator
he could have had Is minutes
more later last night or at 8
o'clock tonight.
Lewis Offers Radio Time.
Then Mr.. Lewis wired the SEN
ator, campaigning for his fifth
consecutive term, and offered him
the same time over my entire
network which you had tonight
for tomorrow night :"
But Senator Tydings didn't say
what he intended to do.
1t already was planned for the
Senator to transcribe a follow-up
speech today at Salisbury for re-
broadcast to several Maryland
stations tonight.
Senator Tydings took to the
air, he said, to answer Mr.. Lewis
assertions that his conduct as
chairman of the subcommittee
investigating charges of Commu-
mist inf1ltration into the State
Department was catching up to
me"
Smear Campaign Charged.
"On the contrary" he contended
in his address. Il believe that the
people are becoming fully &C
quainted with the complete polit-
ical character of the smear cam
paign intended to spread the
impression that conscientious
job was not done in the investiga-
tions."
Mr.. Lewis. in his telegram, noted
you did not mention the j. Edgar
Evening star., 1950-10-20

Winesap grown there has unusu-
ally good lasting quality. Some of
them will stay in the warehouse
until June and still be firm.
In Cold Storage Plants.
The early Delicious, which is
very perishable, has been in and
out of the cold storage plants, as
have the peaches, which are prob
ably bigger cash crop in the
Piedmont than the apples.
One of the cold storage plants
is now processing the York, pairing,
coring, slicing and Quick-freezing
them for apple pies baked in pie
bakeries and restaurants through
out the Nation.
The frozen pie filler also is
available to the housewife at the
grocery stores but it has been slow
in gaining favor. For the most
part, she is still willing to pare her
own apples.
The Albemarle Pippin, a green
apple which once made the county
famous, is going out Of production.
Evening star., 1950-10-20
Citizens Group Asks List
OF Civic League Members

The Fairfax County Federation
OF Citizens Associations last night
called on the Fairfax County
League of Civic Organizations to
list the names of it's member
groups.
The request was proposed by
Harold A. Ward, former fedora
t1on president. He asserted the
league consists of "non-existing
organizations. The, fedora ton
vote was to 7 in favoring of re-
questing the leagues membership
list.
The federation and league are
on opposing sides in the current
government reform fight in Fair
fax. The federation is for a.
county manager system and the
league favors an executive form
OF government. Voters will choose
between these two governments
and retention of the present ex-
ecutive secretary form in a ref
erendum November 7.
Two federation delegates last
night urged support of the execu-
tive plan. They were Richard M.
Smith and Alfred w. Trueax of
the Mclean School and Civic
League, which is supporting the
executive plan.
In other actions, the fedora
tlon agreed to offer it's services
to the county civil defense organ
iZation.
The Leesburg Pike Citizens
Association was admitted to mem
nershlp. An application to Join
the federation was received from
the Bucknell Manor Citizens AS
SOciation,
Evening star., 1950-10-20
GO. Pledges
Home Ru|eFiqhI
In Montgomery
Council Candidates
Recall Democrats
Opposed Charter

A continuing fight for hom
rule was pledged last night b.
two Republican candidates for tn
Montgomery County Council.
One of the candidates, Harol,
F. Hammond, who is seeking re
election, spoke before the Rose
mary Hills Citizens Association
The other, Mrs. Kathryn j. Lawlor
appeared on a forum conducte,
by the Woman's Club of Bethesda
Inc.
Both pointed out all six Col
Council candidates are supported
by the county's Charter Commit
tee, which played a major part il
bringing about Montgomery
present charter form of govern
ment.
Mr.. Hammond also charged tina
the Democratic candidates art
"weaseling" on the zoning issue b,
refusing to take a clear-cut posi-
ton on the question of large seal
commercial developments in tn
county.
Stand on Record.
Mrs. LaWlor said the fight fol
non-partiSan election of council
candidates, stymied as a result O.
the Lindsay law approved at tn
1945 session of the General AS.
sembly, would be carried on if til,
Republican candidates are elected
while the Republican part,
stands on record of supporting
home rule" she declared, 9TH,
Democrats do not like to be re.
minded of their fight against it
The council has built foundation
for good government. We wan
the superstructure to At tn
foundation"
At the same time, R. Duncan
Clark, Montgomery Republican
campaign chairman, announced
that State and local COP candi
dates will tour the county Thurs.
day. The tour will leave tht
party's Silver Spring headquar.
tiers, Georgia and Wayne avenues
at 10 am.
McKeldin to Speak.
A rally will be held that nigh
at 8 o'clock in the Silver Spring
Armory. Speakers will include
Theodore r. McKeldin. candidat,
for Governor; Representative,
Beall. who is seeking reelection
from the 9Th district, and vii.
liam A. Gunter. candidate for at.
torney general.
Another rally will be held at
pm November in the Bethesda.
Chevy Chase. High School Audi.
torium, with John M. Butler
Republican Senate I candidate
scheduled to make the principa
address.
Meanwhile, E. Brooke Lee: for
mer county Democratic leader
last night denied a Charter Com
mittee charge that he controls the
Democratic slate for county Of
fees.
THE charterites have been run
ming the county government dur
ing recent years." he declared
1T would seem more appropriate
for them to tell the voters about
their own record than to continue
their tactics of the last 10 years
of attacking me-"
Evening star., 1950-10-20
4-HCIub Members
Compete for Prizes
Al Marlboro Fair

Southern Maryland farmers ano
homemakers of the future took
over today at the Upper Marlboro
fair.
Livestock entered by All Club
boys competed this morning for
part of the fairs $4,000 in prize
money. The boys paraded their
animals before the judges in the
show ring in the beef cattle barn.
A special prize was a silver tro-
ply offered by the Maryland
Hereford Breeders Association for
the best animal of that breed in
the junior division.
Girl All Club members were
to begin their activities this af-
ternoon modelling latest styles in
clothes of their own making.
School children throughout the
county were given an opportunity
to visit the fair today when
classes were suspended while
school officials conducted census
of pupils.
Also on today's schedule was
the judging Of hogs, draft horses
and sheep.
A total of 100 dairy cattle were
put through their PAGES in the
judging ring yesterday.
In the Jersey division the senior
and grand champion bull and fe-
male were shown by N. C. Stiles
and son of Gaithersburg, who also
entered the junior champion fe-
male.
John Stiles of Mt. Airy showed
the Junior champion bull. Ayre-
shires, owned by William H. Hill
of Woodbine, took all champion
ship ribbons for that breed
Guernseys from the farm of Her
bert Snyder at Union Bridge du-
plicated that performance in theii
division. A. Doty Remsberg ano
H. Irving Stine's Holsteins from
Knoxville made a clean sweep Of
Holstein championships.
Evening star., 1950-10-20
Women Democrats
PIon Tea in Arlington

The Women's Democratic Divi-
sion of Arlington County will give
a tea from 4 to 6 pm. Sunday in
the Lyons Village Community
House. Lee highway and High
land street, Arlington.
Guests of honor will be Repre-
sentative Smith, Democrat, of
Virginia; Fred Bach, Democratic
candidate for the Arlington Coun-
ty Board. and members Of the
newly organized Fairfax County
Democratic Division.
Evening star., 1950-10-20
Chamber to Be Host
To County PIuy Bourd

Members of the Prince Georges
County Recreation Board will be
the principal guests at the
monthly meeting of the Prince
Georges Chamber of Commerce
at z pm. Monday.
Temple R. FARRELL, county rec
reation director, will speak on.
past, present and future county
recreation programs for the coun-
ty. The affair will be held at the
Prince George Golf and Country
Club. lash -
Evening star., 1950-10-20
Charlottesville Gay for Apple Festival
By George Kennedy
Stor Stoff Correspondent

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va, Oct.
20.-The orchard bough is heavily
laden in the Virginia Piedmont
hereabouts. The crop is the best
in years and the price is a profit
able one to the producer.
And there has been dancing in
the streets as this old university
town celebrated its first apple
harvest festival week, in beautiful
October weather. promotion
of the local merchants with the
slogan Buy in Charlottesville"
This afternoon, Gov. Battle and
the mayors of the surrounding
towns will lead a parade with the
princesses of the festival, each
on a highly decorated float. Later,
the queen of the festival will
be crowned between halves of the
apple harvest football game, Fish
burne Military Academy against
Hargrave Military Academy.
Last night, the princesses in
dazzling attire were the attrac-
ton at the apple harvest dance
at the Fry Spring Club.
Main Street in Bunting.
Main street is all red, white
and blue bunting. Every store win
dow has apples on display and
sweet cider freshly pressed from
the early Delicious variety is
available at every refreshment
stand.
The exhibit in the Armory
where one booth is stacked with
bushels of polished apples and the
rest devoted to commercial ex-
hibits of sprays, fertilizers. prun-
ing knives, ETC., is disappointing.
But the display in the orchards
20 miles west of here near Crozet,
the center of Albemarle County's
orchards, is incredible-it's hard
to believe that so many apples
could be punched on each tree.
The pickers, mountain men who
consider the season a bonanza.
seem oblivious to the possibility of
falling as they stand on their
swaying ladders and grab apples
with both hands.
They leave the trees stripped
clean and d woman in the team
goes about beneath picking up
the apples they have knocked off.
There are not many winqfalls. A
hormone spray, a recent develop
ment, causes the apples to stay
on the tree until they rot. The
pickers get 13 cents a bushel and
on a crop like this one are able
to pick 80 bushels a day, a little
over $40.
At Crozet, named after the
Chesapeake g. Ohio engineer who
tunneled through the Blue Ridge
to the West. the two big concrete
cold storage warehouses, each
with more than 100000 bushels
capacity, are filling up with Vir-
ginia Winesaps. the mainstay of
the Albemarle County crop. The
Evening star., 1950-10-20

The trend is to red apples and
mass production methods.
Mr.. Apple of Alberlmarle Coun-
ty Gust as Senator Byrd is the
Mr.. Apple of Shenandoah Valley
is Chesley A. Haden of Crozet. Mr.
Haden. who is So and weighs 26C
pounds. has nine orchards, a fruit
forwarding establishment and a
big sorting and packing plant at
Crozet.
With Wit and IdiOm.
A graduate of the university
who speaks with the wit and idiom
Of the mountain people, he has
cheerfully operated through the
fat and the lean years either on
money from the banks or on his
own.
AS it happens, his orchards are
having their off season in this year
of big production and high prices
(normally an orchard will produce
heavily every other year, but he
never mentions that as he tells the
visitor about the current pros
perity.
Evening star., 1950-10-20
Community Fair Set

The annual community fair
will be held from 2 to 9 pm.
tomorrow at the Fairland School
on Columbia pike. between Sill
yer Spring and Laurel, Md, under
sponsorship Of the Fairland
Parent Teacher Association, the
citizens organization and other
groups.
Evening star., 1950-10-20
Two Liquor Hearings
In County Put Off
As Groups Protest

Lie EIlIlCc 1eOTBeS Liquor
Board yesterday postponed to No.
vember Is hearings on two ap-
plications which have met stiff
opposition from civic groups.
One was a request for transfer
of an off-sale beer, wine and
liquor license from Grover G.
Aderholt. of Silesia, to Langley
Liquors. Inc, 1903 University lane.
The other was an application
for an on-sale beer. wine and
liquor license for the House of
Henley" restaurant at 7109 MARI
boro pike.
Both hearings were postponed
at the request of the applicants.
Only Two More Open.
At the same time, the board an
nounced. at the close of the ses-
sion, that only two more alcoholic
beverage licenses-one for on
sale and one for off sale of beer,
wine and whiskey-are available.
The number of licenses that may
be granted by the board was
frozen by the 1949 General AS
sembly at 10 more than had been
issued as Of April %, 1949. The
total number permitted is 352.
The board refused to issue its
one remaining off-sale license to
Raymond c. Anderson for a
liquor store on the Baltimore
boulevard at Muirkirk.
/ Acting Chairman William H.
Brooke told Mr.. Anderson the
board felt there are enough liquor
places in that area.
/ Transfer of the license held by
Mr.. Aderholt has been opposed by
the Adelphi, Lincoln Valley and
Hampshire Suburban Citizens AS
sociations and the Hampshire
Green Community Association.
Spokesmen for the civic groups
said they objected to the transfer
because the Langley Liquor Store
would be located between two
schools and close to a third. They
also claimed it would be near
several existing and planned
churches.
The transfer was asked by Harry
L. and Sylvia B. Isikoff and Harry
Bonnet. A hearing was set for
the boards August meeting but
was postponed. It was deferred
again when the board met in
September.
Rum Row" Protested.
Protests against the House of
Henley application. filed by Charles
r. Margaret E. Carrick, were
heard in August. Civic leaders of
the area said sale of intoxicants
there would result in another
rum row" on the Marlboro pike
and would create a traffic hazard.
In another action yesterday, the
board approved transfer of an on
sale, Class B beer, wine and liquor
license from James o. and Mar
garet E. Stevens to William c.
Ryan and Gladys K. Haberman
for the 4400 Club, 4400 Rhode
Island avenue, Brentwood.
The following license applica-
tions were approved: Nellie Hop
kins, on-sale, Class D, beer and
light wine, at Hopkins Inn on the
Bowie-Laurel road near Laurel;
on-sale, Glass c for the Veterans
of Foreign Wars post No. 1862 at
German avenue, Laurel, and Glass
B, beer and light wine license for
the Glenarden Townhouse, Glen
arden.
Evening star., 1950-10-20
Cab Fares Increase

The Montgomery Cab Co.
Bethesda, will increase fares ir
the 30-cent zone to SO cents, be-
ginning Monday. Officials said
the increase was necessitated by
corresponding increases in the cost
of gasoline. oil and tires. The
zone covers the area between the
District line and Bradley lane.
Evening star., 1950-10-20
Assembly Action
On Fairfax Setup
Urged by Barber
Says 'TuiIor-Mode'
Government Con Be
Obtained Quickly
By jones BirchfieId

A plea to retain Fairfax
County's present form of govern
ment until the General Assembly
can make needed changes was
voiced today by William j. Barber,
vice chairman Of the county's
Committee to Retain Represent
ative Government.
Mr.. Barber pointed out that if
either reform plan of government
is adopted by the voters in the
November 7 referendum, the new
plan would not go into effect until
January, 1852.
At that time, he said, the Gen.
eral Assembly will be in session
and could grant Fairfax a tailor
made form of government best
suited to meet the county's prob
lens.
Grain Clarifies Stand.
Meanwhile. Walter c. Grain,
chairman of a former Fairfax
County Government Study Com
mission, issued a statement clar-
flying his stand on the proposed
government changes.
Mr.. Grain emphasized that he
believes the present form of gov
ernment should be- changed. He
predicted, however, that a ma
Jority of voters will vote change
because they would prefer to have
government something like that
OF Arlington County.
He said this type Of reform
can be effected by the State
Legislature to fit the county's
needs. A vote against change
in the November 7 referendum.
Mr.. Grain said, will not necessarily
mean that the voters want to re-
tain the present system. but that
they prefer a government form
devised especially for the county.
Refers to Report.
Mr.. Barber referred to the ma.
jority report by a 21-man Gov
eminent Study Commission which
staetd that the commission would
have preferred to draft a charter
for the county which would retain
the most desirable features in the
present supervisor form.
There is little doubt" Mr..
Barber said. that the legislature.
treating the matter as an emer-
gency, would authorize an early
effective date for the change, thus
giving Fairfax County a tailor
made form practically as quickly
as it would get an ill-ftting,
ready-made one as result of an
affirmative November Z vote"
MIR. Barber said Arlington,
which was given its own govern
mental form by the General AS
sembly, continues to elect its
treasurer and commissioner of
revenue. Both of these offices are
combined under either the county
manager or county executive plan
to be voted on in the referendum.
Few Counties Use Form.
He added that of the few Vir-
ginia counties that have adopted
an administrator type of govern
ment, all but one have found it
necessary to alter the system to
better fit the needs.
An analysis of a cross section
OF county manager governments
has shown that only II counties
in the United States have adopted
county manager governments. ard
all of these plans are different.
Mr.. Barber said.
There certainly should be no
rush to switch to another form
OF government, especially one de-
signed l8 years ago as a broad
plan with the hope it would fit
any or all of Virginia's vastly diff
ferent, 100 counties" Mr.. Barber
Evening star., 1950-10-20
Citizens Group to Meet

The Evans Parkway Cameron
Heights Citizens Association will
discuss plans for Halloween
party during its meeting at pm.
Tuesday at the Glenhaven Ele-
mentary School, Silver Spring.
Evening star., 1950-10-20
Dinner at OIney Church

ST. Johns Church, Olney, Md.
will hold an oyster, ham and
chicken salad dinner at 3 pm
tomorrow in the parish hall.
Evening star., 1950-03-03
Damages in 7 Rail Deaths
Based on Life Expectancy
BY the Associated Press

PATERSON, N. j., Mar. s.
Since women have longer life
expectancy than men, q jury ruled
yesterday. the father OF q young
woman killed In a grade crossing
accident is entitled to extra dam
ages.
Miss Jean Panepinto's father
Peter, Of Fair Lawn, was awarded
$42 900 in his suit against the New
York. Susquehanna d Western
Railroad.
The mother Of = young mar
killed in the same accident wai
awarded $28,200. She is Mrs
Mary Capone Of Paterson. Hel
son. Harry. and Miss Panepinto
both 81, were killed when thei,
car was struck by a Susquehanna
train June 10, 1948.
The jury said the difference II
the awards was based on the as.
sumption that a young woman's
life expectancy is 31a years longer
than that Of a young man. Theil
decision was based on medica.
testimony during the trial.
The plaintiffs introduced testi-
mony that no gateman was or
duty at the crossing during the
early morning hours when the
crash occurred.