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Evening star., 1950-05-21
Arlington Women Voters
To Study State Finances

The League Of Women Voters Of
Arlington prepared yesterday for
full-scals study Of Virginia fiscal
affairs. The study will be In line
with a State league project.
More than 100 members at
tended the luncheon meeting held
at the Lyon Village Community
Center and heard national conven-
ton reports by Mrs. Curtis john
son, Mrs. Carl Marcy, Mrs. Charles
E. Planck, Mrs. Harold Stone and
Miss Audrey Warren.
The Arlington group had as its
guest of honor Mrs. Fester Foster
Of Loudoun County. State league
president; Mrs. Stone, retiring vice
president of the United States
league, and Mrs. Edward Macy,
president in Fairfax.
Mrs. Foster distributed copies Of
the Virginia leagues pamphlet on
State finances. Mrs. William Wild
hack. Arlington president, pre-
sided.
Evening star., 1950-05-21

Officials said. however. that the
lake can be finished in a few days
of dry weather.
Joseph B. Morris, new assistant
county agent who is to direct rec
reational facilities at the center,
is planning a program that will
integrate rural and urban groups.
THE center is for all Of the
people of Montgomery County.
which means it is for the use of
both rural and urban groups" MFR.
Morris said.
I'VE hope to organize a recre-
ational program here that will
bring the two groups closer to-
gether."
When completed the center is
expected to be valued at $4O0, 900.
Most of the funds necessary for
construction have been donated.
Evening star., 1950-05-21
Librarians Seek
Maryland Repeal
OF Loyalty Law
Nv the A,,oe;o,sd Pres.

TOWSON. Md. May 2o.-The
Maryland Library Association to-
day placed itself squarely in op-
position to the States anti-sub-
versive Ober law.
The association voted 103 to 8
to seek repeal Of the law. 1t
authorized its executive board to
join other groups in an educa-
tional campaign to encourage its
defeat in a referendum in Novem-
Der.
The law provides heavy penalties
for activities declared to be sub
versive, and requires public officials
and employees and most candidates
for election to sign affidavits that
they are loyal.
Among those who have been dis
missed was Miss Elizabeth Haas
OF the staff of ENOUGH Pratt LII
brary in Baltimore. She declined
to take the loyal oath required by
law.
Evening star., 1950-05-21
Top Flower Awards
Go TO D. T.. Woman,
Silver Spring Man

A Washington woman and q
Silver Spring man won top prizes
yesterday in the Silver Spring
Garden Clubs ninth annual spring
flower show at the Takoma Park
Junior High School.
Mrs. B. L. Butcher, 1903 Allison
street NV. won gold ribbons for
the best iris in the show. light
blue Missouri. The entry of Robert
c. Minor. 435 Greenbrier drive,
Silver Spring, won the gold rib
bons in the arrangements category.
Ralph w. Bissonette. 1905 Dale
drive, Silver Spring. was show
chairman and also won several
awards.
Flower judges were DR.. Conrad
Link, of the University of Mary
land; Wilbur H. Youngman. gar
den editor of The Star. and Edwin
c. Powell and Winn T. Simmons,
retired Department Of Agricul-
ture specialists. Judges Of ar
rangements we're Mrs. S. Will
liam Jones, Pottsville. Pa; Mrs.
J. G. M. Bunting. Wynnewood.
Pa, and Mrs. L. H. Rittenhouse,
Haverford, Pa.
Prize winners follow:
q. r ~ Won BerneWitz, first: r. J. Roy, sec
ond. Whites Mrs Butcher lonly award).
thde Bartett fns seeond nds' and Ms
srs. s&senfs Butchers ao trst !gold rSSen slsoS
Ms Ms Sa4tfss GnaFlss Il 1h,rG Williams second an"
fsnss Psrples MIS- MIS- Ti@s Ruteha4 Sny ny
colors: Mrs, Bartlett lonly award: Cop
h.r esftSns seaTd.ss MTs wam. Mfs 1n ssrets
FIRST; Mrs Butcher, second. and Miss Han
Tee peony-E. C. Powell tonly entry and
s:n:si NE ss.' HSs 'sts; tn;$ f$ sS
aHd Mrs. Harold XII ziTEi9; s thiTa; JPSSsTi Ps5sni-
ffSSSer fo1ers Ms MS zola Ola BasBer, t,rst; Mr, Roy.
second, and Mrs. Katherine List. third.
Snlly ssaTas white H5; ,m.p Purmsn ast
Awards. Bi-color: Miss Hanley (only
award): Lavender: Mrs. Purman. irst:
sRs Mrs RED EG:ssr M2s rar%sn sssSad Sn
award).
Other house plants-gloxinia: Mr.. Bis
sonette, first and Miss Hanley second
Arrangements-miniatures: Mrs. N. L.
Dieffenderfer, first; Mrs. NJ. W. Cogar,
Ralph Torrey. honorable mention: small
Mrs. Edward M Dawson, frst; Mrs. Joel
Warren second Mrs Cogar, third. and
Miss Hanley. honorable mention: and "A
Basket Picnic": Mrs. Charles Grover, nrst;
Mr. Minor, second. and Mr.. Finch. third.
Also, "A Mountain Peak Vacation: Mrs.
Torrey, hrst Mrs. Grover, second. Mrs.
Dawson. third, and Mrs Cogar and Mrs.
Lillian Powers. honorable mention: For
Men Only" Mr.. Minor. nrst; MT Torrey,
second. and Mr.. Finch; third: "vasation Vac Aar
Finch. second; "A Hat for Gala Vacation
Evening: Mrs. Grover. first; Mrs. Cogar,
second; Miss Adelaide Barker. Kensington.
third, and Mr.. Finch, honorable mention:
Vacation by the Sea-: Mr.. Minor. first
(gold ribbon also); Mrs. Powers, second.
and Mrs. Iseii. third.
Junior classes-tBy the Sea-: Helen VII
lalon,, FIRST, Katherine Won Bernewitz.
Thru Woods and Fields: Betty Hsnley.
rst Jimmie Pres.oT secend; P1ed ySn
Club exhibits---silver Spring women's
for hrst place; Glenwood Road Garden
Club, second and Takoma Horticulture
Club. honorable mention.
Evening star., 1950-05-21

cutting, saving and hauling
about 100000 board feet of lum-
Der, already has been completed.
Crews under the direction of As
sistant County Agent R. N. Whipp
went into the woods where trees
had been donated to the center,
cut them down and dragged them
out to mills. Other volunteers
then hauled the sawed timber to
the center. All lumber was, in this
way, donated to the center.
Lake Still to Be Finished.
Another project that may not
be completed this week is the
center's lake, to be bordered by q
track. Work on the dam was
last May. and heavy equip
ment was used Is days this month
until forced to stop because Of the
weather.
Evening star., 1950-05-21
Churchwomen Speed
Clinton Fund Drive
spseioI pispoteh to The Ssor

CLINTON. Md. May 2o.-Con-
struction of a 100000 church
here will begin ahead of schedule
as a result of a fund raising
scheme employed by Court ST.
Johns, No. 1487, Catholic Daugh-
ters of America.
s The churchwomen's organiza-
tion, under the direction OF Mrs
Pauline Blandford, held county
fair" in the parish hall a few
days ago which showed a net
profit of $1,054.61.
They presented check for that
amount to their pastor, the Rev
Casimir P. LoSinski.
The check brought the amount
of cash on hand for the new
church to more than $4,000. In
addition, there are uncollected
pledges which will bring sub
stantial sum.
Mrs. Margaret Loveless, the
courts publicity director, said
work on the new church will be-
gin when the cash fund reaches
q total of 100000.
Evening star., 1950-05-21

More than 100 volunteers -
farmers turned carpenters and
masons and a few digging bitches
were on the job yesterday con-
structing the Montgomery County
Cooperative Agricultural Center
at Gaithersburg.
BY next Saturday night center
officials hope to see completed an
auditorium. additional livestock
barns, a band shell and horseshow
and other amusement facilities.
The center was started last
May when volunteers, working a
single day, built cattle barns and
put the finishing touches on the
center's administration building.
Later in the summer the county
three-day fair was held on the
grounds.
County Agent o. w. Anderson
and w. Lawson King, chairman
OF the Work Committee, said
Evening star., 1950-05-21
By ChorIes J. Yorbrouoh

Yesterday was the day when
5000 persons, members Of the
Board of Trade and their guests
felt they were kids again.
Today is the day they wish they
hadn't.
For the Boards 54th annual
outing, the weather provided
built-in refrigeration with glum
skies and chill wind which shiv-
cred the gathering at Chesapeake
Beach, Md, but failed to dampen
the occasion.
1t was a day that boys will be
boys-from the sudden exertion
of volley ball and a conservative
track meet to horseshoe pitching.
Despite temperatures that never
topped 81 degrees. the situation
remained fluid and more than
5000 Board members and their
guests Joined in.
Sound effects today will be
creaking muscles.
Guests included high Govern
ment officials. judges and men,
bers of Congress.
The throng did away with 1000
pounds of chicken, 240 pounds of
tomatoes, $500 dinner rolls, $50
pounds of cold cuts. 100 gallons
of baked beans, 125 gallons of
potato salad, 140 gallons of sea-
food creole, numbered hot
dogs and much coffee.
The dinner, served in Beach
Parks great dining hall, was
brought to the scene in four
trucks.
At the point when the multitude
really felt it's youngest, Fred Nal
ley and his troupe of rubbery
tumblerS from the Trinidad Boys
Club convinced them they weren't.
The tumbling performance by
about a dozen of Mr.. Nalley's
charges was one of the highlights.
So were the midway shows and
stage shows.
Nearest thing to swimming was
a shivering toe-dipping, for pic
ture purposes only, by General
Chairman A. w. Lee. In a bor-
Evening star., 1950-05-21

land street, Chevy Chase. issued
statement pledging an active
campaign to convince the Re-
publicanS of this State that I
should be their candidate in No
vember."
County Unit Gives Support.
Il am neither for nor against
any person or group within the
Republican Party" he said. "and
I hope and believe my candidacy
will be looked upon with favor by
the rank and file Of my party"
Senator Davis, who is complet-
ing his first term in the General
Assembly. has the support OF his
party's State Central Committee
for the county.
In a four-page pamphlet iS-
sued simultaneously with the
Senator's announcement, the COM
mittee urged all Maryland Re-
publicanS to vote for him.
Davis Platform.
Senator Davis platform includes
more home rule for counties and
municipalities: the calling Of q
constitutional convention to draft
a new State constitution subject
to a referendum: revision and
simplification of the State budg-
etary system; a change in the
present method OF appointing
county boards Of education. ex-
emption from the sales tax Of food
consumed on the premises, and an
investigation of assessment pro-
cedures.
Senator Davis, 81, Is director Of
the Inter-American schools Serv-
ice Of the American Council on
Education.
He is former minister to Costa
Rica. ambassador to Panama.
business manager Of Stephens Col
lege, Columbia. Mo-, and president
of the National Park Seminary.
Forest Glen. which was taken
over by the Army as a hospital in
1942.
Support Drummed Up.
A 50-man flying squad. spear
headed by Montgomery County's
six Republican delegates, has been
touring the State for the last sew
eral weeks drumming up support
for Mr.. Davis.
Mr.. Davis led the county ticket
which swept the field in the 1946
election and ended a longtime
Democratic control OF the county.
Others mentioned as possible
gubernatorial candidates are
Royden Blunt. Howard County in.
dustrialist; State Senator Harry
T. PhoebuS OF Somerset County;
Thomas B. r. Mudd Of Charles
County. and Theodore r. Nc
Keldin. former mayor Of Balti-
more.
Evening star., 1950-05-21
virginians Organize
Planning Association,
Plot Education Drive
BY the Associated Press

NATURAL BRIDGE. Va, May
20.-The Virginia Citizens Plan
ming Association was organized
here today and Immediately opened
a campaign to educate the man
in the street" about planning
problems.
Donald r. Locke, Norfolk plan
ming engineer, was elected first
president Of the group after adop-
tion Of bylaws making any Vir-
ginia citizens interested in plan
ming eligible for membership.
Elected vice president was Mrs.
Robert S. Pickens, chairman of
the Loudoun County Planning
Commission. The organization S
first directors named today were:
Kenneth G. McWane, traffic and
planning engineer of the State
Highway Department; Harold
Baumes. executive secretary of the
League of Virginia Municipalities;
Col. Robert Mari. dean of engi-
neering at VMI; Paul B. Mat
thews. Roanoke County engineer;
Clarence B. Kearfott, chairman of
the Bristol Planning Commission
and William H. Speck, executive
secretary of the League of Vir-
ginia Counties.
The bylaws emphasize that the
board of directors and slate of Of
f1cers shall represent all parts of
the State and 80 far as prac-
ticable" consist of an equal num-
Der of urban and rural members
and an equal number of expert
and lay members.
Paul E. Middleton of Alexan-
dria, former member of the In
diana Economic Council, sounded
the keynote of the session with
the statement that experts and
professionals should be on tap but
not on top in your proposed or
ganization."
Evening star., 1950-05-21
Maryland DAv Opposes
Cuts in Hospital Program
By the Associafed Press

FREDERICK, Md, May 90
Delegates to the State convention
OF Disabled American Veterans
today adopted resolution oppos-
ing any cuts in Federal hospitali-
zation or rehabilitation programs.
They voted to ask Maryland's IS
Congressional delegation to try to
block all legislation proposing
such cuts.
The annual banquet and awards
ceremony was held tonight.
New officers of both DAV and
its auxiliary will be elected to-
morrow at the concluding busi-
ness session.
About $50 delegates are attend
ing the convention.
Evening star., 1950-05-21
By t,.e Assoeioted Press

ANNAPOLIS, May 20. - The
State capital, a mellow 301 years
old, has growing pains.
1t wants more space but the re-
ception from the area it's court
ing for elbow room is not al
together hearty.
That area now pins the City OF
Annapolis into less than three
quarters of a square mile for 49,
$50 inhabitants.
Should the restive city annex
its neighbors to create an Annapo-
lis of 5.55 square miles and $4,000
citizens?
The question will be answered
Tuesday when voters in the sur
rounding area up for annexation
go to the polls. Annapolitans
themselves will not vote.
4,4S0 to Vote.
About 4,480 persons are eligible
to cast. ballots. If they oppose an
nexation, they will remain on the
fringe of the Second District of
Anne Arundel County. still under
the county government.
Each voter also may choose two
aldermen to represent his ward
in an expanded city council, If
annexation carries. Nineteen can
didates-10 Democrats, seven Re-
publicans and two independents
will run for the two seats reserved
for each of four wards into which
the suburbs proposed for annexa-
ton have been divided.
Homewood is typical of several
neighborhoods which may be an
nexed. They are so close to town
visitors don't know they have left
Annapolis when they are in them.
The area hens in Annapolis on
three sides-the fourth is bounded
by the Severn River. All but a
tiny segment lies within the Me-
tropolitan sewerage district.
Sewers in 2 Areas.
Property owners pay the Dis
trict 34-cent sewer tax. So do
those in Annapolis proper. But
sewers have been built in only two
of the outlying sections, Eastport
and Germantown Homewood.
Proponents of annexation insist
more sewers and water lines would
be provided sooner by a bigger,
buster city than by the largely
autonomous sewerage commission
and the County Sanitation Com
mission.
Since Annapolis levies no 'front.'
foot charges for sewage installa-
tions, they say improvements
would cost the homeowner less.
Voted in Annapolitans also
would enjoy considerably lower
tax bills, annexers maintain. That
is because of the 81 city tax rate,
which cannot be raised because
it is fixed in the municipal char
ter. and because Annapolis water
rents are cheaper.
Advantage Questioned.
Foes reply tax bills would not be
cut for everyone. And since con-
struction bond issues will even
tually be retired. they say 'front.'
levies for sewer and water lines
will not last forever.
They do not cheer claims that
Evening star., 1950-05-21
Virginia COP. Group
Hears Mrs. Farrinqton

A talk by Mrs. Joseph r. Far
rington, wife of the Delegate from
Hawaii, highlighted a meeting of
the Virginia Council of Republic
can Women's Clubs, yesterday in
Alexandria.
About IS persons attended the
luncheon meeting in the George
Mason Hotel. Mrs. Colin c. Mac
Pherson Of Arlington, State presi-
dent, presided.
The women made plans for the
forthcoming congressional prima-
ries and elections. The two COP
9th District candidates, Tyrrell
Krum of Fairfax, and Hal Flood
Hughes, Arlington, were present.
Robert Humphreys, public re-
lations director for the Republi-
can Congressional Campaign Com
mittee. talked on the origin and
growth of socialism and commu-
nism.
Other men attending were Al
bert P. Hinckley Of Orleans, Va,
9th District Republican chairman;
I. Lee Potter, Arlington chairman,
and Nathan Paulson, Alexandra
chairman.
Evening star., 1950-05-21
Neighboring Residents to Vote
Tuesday on Joining Annapolis

q larger Annapolis would be q
healthier Annapolis, more attrac-
tive to business and industry look
ing around for a place to settle.
The spokesman for a group
of opponents in fashionable
Wardour, defended the tradition
of Colonial Annapolis. with it's
old homes, narrow streets and
rich history, in letters to the local
papers.
An industrialized Annapolis,
wrote George D. Marshall, jr.,
would have "as much tourist and
vacation appeal as a subway ride
from Times Square to Grand
Central Station"
Issue Long Debated.
Annapolis property is now
evaluate at almost $14 million.
Under present assessments, An
napolis expanded would be worth
$21 ,721, sill.
Annexation has long been de-
bated by the natives. Five years
ago a move to unite one border
area with the city was rejected.
Agitation over new sewers revived
the issue in 1949, when the Gen.
eral Assembly passed a locally
sponsored measure to set up a
charter commission.
John Lansdale, retired railroad
executive and former Army En-
gineer colonel, headed the group
which charted greater Annapo-
lis" Mapped in West Annapolis,
Wardour, Cedar Park, German
town. Homewood. Eastport. Tyler
Avenue, Forest Hills, Fairfax and
Parole.
Over a year ago, before the
election Of a Republican mayor
and several new aldermen, the
city council went on record for
annexation. The revamped coun-
Gil has not spoken.
Evening star., 1950-05-21
Hearing Set Wednesday
On Iakoma Park BUDGET

A public hearing on Takoma
Parks proposed $3.50, ,62o budget
for the fiscal year beginning july
will be held before the City
Council at 8 pm. Wednesday In
the f1rehouse. Carroll and Den.
wood avenues.
Council approval Of the pro-
posed expenditures would result
in reduction from $1.13 to $l.10
per 500 in the municipalities tax
rate. The current budget totals
$309.771.
Items in next years budget in
clude s27.973 for the city govern
ment; police. s47.02l;. fire de.
partment. $34,2S0: streets, $685.
545; sanitation. $78,530 and mis-
cellaneous. $26,280
Evening star., 1950-05-21
Housing Plan
AT Virginia U.
To Start in Fall
New Units Expected
To Be Completed foI
Use by September
Special Di.poteh 10 The Star

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va, May
20.-Students entering the Uni
versity of Virginia next Septem-
ber will be the first to benefit
from the low costs and the close
associations of system Of resi-
dence Houses.
To bridge the gap from high
and preparatory schools to the
university, President Colgate w.
Darden has organized Lower Di-
vision of the Arts and Sciences.
1t is expected to help the enter
ing student lay a solid foundation
for a successful university career.
The division will be admins
tered by a committee under the
craftsmanship of Lewis M. Ham
mend. professor of philosophy and
assistant dean of the summer ses-
sion. The program follows plans
of Thomas jefferson, university
founder, and is similar to pro-
grams at Yale, Harvard, the Uni
versity of Chicago and elsewhere.
Function Is Explained.
jefferson planned a university
not just of students and faculty,
dormitories and classrooms, but
as an "academical village" a
community of learning in which
young men would live, study and
play in. a continuing process of
education.
1T is no longer possible for the
University of Virginia to function
as single social unit; it is much
too large for that" President Dar-
den explained. 1T must be organ
lied into smaller groups, and the
Lower Division and the Houses
which will be units within the
Lower Division are designed pri-
marily to accomplish this"
Each House will have an apart
ment for junior faculty member
who will be resident adviser.
Selected older students also will
live in each House as counselors
for the new men. Each House will
have it's own student lounge and
recreation room, and athletic fields
are being land out nearby for
athletic contests between House
teams.
Ten Houses Being Built.
Ten of the resident Houses are
being built, and four to six of
them will be ready for use in Sep
tember. In each will be rooms for
between 10 and 1875 students who
will enter directly from high
schools or preparatory schools.
Cost per student may be reduced
as much as $3.50 for the season.
In explaining the new House Or
ganization, President Darden said,
"a most valuable aspect of uni
versity life is the opportunity it
provides for pleasant association
and profitable discussion.
students soon find that the
hours spent with each other or
with congenial faculty members
can be as profitable as those spent
within the classroom. The process
of education is a continuous one:
it should neither start nor stop
at the classroom door.
after students entering the uni
versity from high schools and
preparatory schools have been in
Quoted into the general student
body through the Lower Division,
and their habits Of study have
been set. they may with profit
take up residence on the Lawn or
Ranges or in fraternities or houses
bordering on the university, much
as they do now"
Evening star., 1950-05-21
Harrisonburg Population
Shows Increase Of 1896
Sn.eioI Dispatch 70 The s,or

HARRISONBURG, Va, May 20.
Preliminary figures for the 1850
census give Harrisonburg a popu-
lation Of 10,764. a gain Of 1896
in the last 10 years. John w.
Wheeler, Seventh District acting
census taker informed Mayor
Laurence L. Loewner today.
This makes Harrisonburg q city
of the first class under the State
a city Of 10000 or
more population.
Harrisonburg had population
Of 9,768 in 1910. and 1882 in 1880.
In 1920 the census figure was
5.875. and Harrisonburg became
a city of the second class in 1916
when 1t exceeded 5000.
Evening star., 1950-05-21
Lofoyette Unit Reflects
Messmore KendolI
BY the Assoeio,ed Press

FREDERICKSBURG. Va, May
20. - Eighteen Members of the
American Friends of Lafayette
opened their 10Th annual meeting
here today and reelected Mess
more Kendall. New York attorney
industrialist. as president.
Maj. Roger Leguay represented
French Ambassador Henri Bonnet,
who was unable to attend today's
meeting.
Evening star., 1950-05-21
Leap Saves Driver
AS Train Snoshes
Car in MARYLAND
By the Asseeiated Press

& HAGERSTOWN. Md, May 90
James A. Thompson. IL, of Cham
bersburg, Pa, jumped out Of his
automobile a few seconds before
q train smacked into it at a grade
Ctossing here today.
I He escaped injury, but the car
was virtually demolished.
Police said Mr.. ThompSon'S S
automobile had hit a safety bea-
con, then ran up on the tracks,
where it became wedged.
He was charged with reckless
driving.
Evening star., 1950-05-21
Ocean City Sprueed Up
To Open 18th Season
BY the Associated Press

Ocean City, Md, May 20.-This
Atlantic resort is perking itself
up for the opening of its 18th sea-
son Memorial Day.
Since last Labor Day, a quarter
mile has been added to the board
walk. There is also a new band
stand, a new public park, and
scores of new apartment houses
and private homes.
Ocean City has "a conventions
listed for the coming season. The
largest will be the Maryland State
Firemen's Association gathering
June 2l-23.
Evening star., 1950-05-21
Dr.. Kerekes to ToIk

DR.. Thor Kerekes, professor of
history at Georgetown University,
will be guest speaker at a meet
ing Of the R.O.N.S. Chapter of
the Reserve Officers Association
at 8 pm. Tuesday in the Anchor
age Room of the Naval Medical
Center, Bethesda.