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the Bureau of Ordnance, will take
over command at the laboratory at
8 am. tomorrow. relieving Rear
Admiral B. Hall Hanlon.
Admiral Hanlon will assume
command of the Gun Factory at
II am. to release Rear Admiral
Frank G. Fahrion for duty as COM
mander of destroyers in the At
lantic Fleet based at Newport,
Rhode Island.
Admiral SCHNEIDER, riding in the
gunner's seat of a dive bomber
as an observer over Tulagi, be-
came the first man to shoot down
a japanese Zero. Later he was
in aerial combat in the battles
of Salamau, Lac, Midway, Quad
alcanal and the first battle of the
Solomons. He tolds the Navy
Cross and the Silver Star.
Admiral Hanlon, wartime chief
of the Pacific Fleet underwater
demolition teams, replaced Rear
Admiral Frank E. Beatty as COM
mander of the White Oak labora-
tory last March. He holds the
Navy Cross, awarded for his Serv-
ices with the underwater demoli-
tion teams during pre-invasion
operations at Two Jima, and has
been awarded the Legion of Merit
and Bronze Star.
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to Cumberland in 1850, when work
was discontinued, was the sue
cessor to the Potomack Canal ven
ture. For that Gen. Washington
personally had subscribed funds
The Federal Government has a
CONSIDERABLE investment in the ca
nal property on which it is now
getting little return, Congress was
informed. It purchased the canal
in 1888 for So million from the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad ana
since then has spent considerable
for maintenance and repair.
Maryland also has a real interest
at stake in the proposed develop
ment of the parkway, which the
report says can be built without
injury to historic values.
The route passes through coun-
try identified with important pc
riods of history. Along it passed
the Inflated Braddock Expedition.
Fort Frederick protected the Co.
lonial frontier. In the Civil War.
Lees army crossed the Potomac
twice to fight at Antietam and
Gettysburg. At Harper's Ferry
thousands visit the scene of John
Browns last stand.
The route provides for easy
motoring, rising from 5 feet above
sea level at Washington to $40
feet at Cumberland.
Potentially it would be one of
the easiest reached scenic routes
in the East, catering to popula-
tion of 20 million people living
within a radius of $50 miles. Just
outside that radius is the 10 mill
lion population of the New York
area. Within a few minutes dis
tance are the IA million people of
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planning for the National Park
Service. Harry T. Thompson, as
siStant superintendent, will appear
for National Capital Parks, which
now administers use of the canal.
Initiated by Beall.
Required Maryland cooperation
in giving additional land for the
parkway was initiated by Mr..
Beall. His bill authorizes the In
terror Department to exchange
land with the B. g. o. Railroad
for a marshalling yard in Cum
berland. The railway owns a
small portion of land desired as
part of the parkway, it was said.
The bill also would authorize
the Interior Secretary to accept
sufficient Maryland lands through
gifts and exchanges, to bring the
right of way to a width of 100
acres a mile, or total Of 16,800
acres. There would be no cost
to the Government. but additional
legislation would be required.
At this stage of the proceedings,
lit was said, no call is being made
on Congress to appropriate for
construction of the parkway. For
this reason estimated construction
costs were not being cited. They
would naturally run into millions
of dollars.
About 4,768 acres of the re-
quired land are in Government
ownership, leaving some 1890
acres for Maryland to present, if
willing. OF the latter, 5000 acres
are privately owned between the
canal and river. AS surveyed, the
route would be convenient for Is
miles of four-lane roadway, ex-
tending along the Washington end
where traffic would be heaviest.
The remainder would be two lanes
with 12-foot shoulders.
The eastern terminus, between
Washington and Great Falls, is
already under development by the
National Capital Parks as part of
the long-projected George Wash
ington Memorial parkway. The
canal parkway also would be un-
der supervision of that agency,
the local unit of National Park
Service.
Scenery, History Cited.
The report is lyrical in calling
attention to the superb and
widely varied scenery" and his
torical significance of the canal
that was intended to fulfill George
Washington'S dream of a water
Valley with Chesapeake Bay. The
c. & o. canal, started July 4, 1928
in Georgetown and completed only
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By Nelson M. Shepard

A long dormant plan to con-
struct a 168-mile Potomac River
parkway from Great Falls to Cum
berland, Md. on the scenic route
of the Federally- owned Chesa-
peake & Ohio Canal will be re-
vived at a hearing at 10 am.
tomorrow before a House Public
Lands subcommittee.
Planned as a major recreational
project and alternate east-west
traffic speedway from Washing
ton, it would have access to 13
United States and Maryland high
ways if Congress approves the
recently surveyed route. Federal
park officials predict it would draw
twice the normal travel of Blue
Ridge parkway.
A report recommending the prof.
ect as both practicable and ad-
visable" was given to Interior
Secretary Chapman nearly a
month ago to submit to Congress.
Representative Beall, Republi-
can, Of Maryland, prevailed on the
Interior Department to hold UP
the report temporarily. He is spon-
soring the parkway legislation in
the House. He persuaded Repre-
sentative Engle, Democrat, of Cali
fornia. to schedule a hearing on
the bill this week, before his sub
committee. The procedure is un-
usual, for the pending report is
in answer to an edict of Congress.
The parkway project has been
pending a long time. Two years
ago, after much agitation, Congress
directed the National Park Service
and Bureau of Public Roads to
determine the feasibility of con-
verting the old canal route into a
traffic parkway. It voted $40, 900
for a thorough survey. Since the
study was made, the road agency
was transferred from Federal
Works to the Commerce Depart
ment.
The more than 100 miles of riv-
er frontage along the route to
Cumberland has potential value"
to the public. it was claimed, in
offering excellent facilities for
fishing and boating. The plan was
said to involve restoring water to.
26 miles Of the abandoned canal.
That would give 81 miles for boat
ing on the canal, including the 10
miles now in use between George
town and Seneca.
Mr.. Beall will be a witness be-
fore the House subcommittee to-
way route connecting the Ohio
morrow. So will Conrad L. Wirth,
chief of land and recreational
Evening star., 1950-07-25
Man Given 10 Years
For FutuI Shooting

James Boyd, 26, of the 400 block
of Princess street, Alexandria
yesterday was sentenced to 10
years in the penitentiary on a
second degree murder charge.
Alexandria Corporation Court
Judge William P. Woolls imposed
the sentence after Boyd, who is
colored, pleaded guilty to shoot
ing Walter Underwood, 26, alse
colored, during a street fight Jan
uary Is.
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Navy Command Shift!
Affect Gun Factory
And Ordnance Plant

Changes in command at the
Naval Ordnance Laboratory at
White Oak, Md, and the Naval
Gun Factory here have been an
nounced by the Potomac River
Naval Command.
Rear Admiral Walter G. Schin-
dler, former chief of research for
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VAHospita|P|an
Revised 10 Stand
A-Bomb Attacks
Security Boord
Urged Change for
500 Bed Buildino

Plans for the new Veterans Ad.
ministration hospital on the SOL
diers' Home grounds are being
changed to make it an atomic
bomb resistant hospital" it was
learned today.
VA officials said the plans were
changed at the request of the Ma
tional Security Resources Board
and its Civilian Mobilization
Office.
Under the new program, plans
will virtually have to start from
scratch" officials asserted. There
will be reinforced walls, stout sup
ports and generally strengthened
construction. The new 500-bed
hospital is estimated to cost
around So million, compared with
$6 million for the conventional
VA hospital, such as the one at
Birmingham. Ala.
Want Within Cities.
A VA spokesman said it wants
to continue to construct its hos
pitals within a city closer to med
lcal centerS. He explained it is
easier to staff the hospitals. He
declared there is no present inten-
ton of movng the new VA hos
pital out Of Washington. There
is only the delay in revising the
building plans, looking to A-bomb
warfare.
The cost of an "A-bomb re-
sistant hospital" is estimated at
from 20 to 80 per cent higher
than for the ordinary hospital.
VA has the money on hand.
VA recently advertised for bids
for a new hospital in Cleveland,
but Cancelled the call at the re-
quest of the National Security Re-
sources Board. VA is revamping
its plans to meet the A-bomb
threat there also, and plans to
adopt this program for all new
VA hospitals.
President Truman asked the
Federal departments and agencies
last Friday to cut down civil works
projects to aid the national de-
fenSe program. But in view of VA
hospital Importance, this phase is
not expected to be affected.
Concentration Feared.
Some proposed new public build
ings here may be affected by the
policy of the Resources Board,
which has warned against too
much concentration of Federal
agencies in any one area because
of the danger of enemy attack.
During hearings on the pro-
posed and still-pending new build
ing for the Bureau of Old Age and
Survivors Insurance, the question
was raised as to whether any new
public buildings should be placed
at Suitland, Md.
The bureau now is located in
Baltimore. A House-approved bill
for a new building here is pending
before the Senate Public Works
Committee.
A proposal for a SIS million
building here for the Federal De-
posit Insurance Corp. also is be-
fore Congress. The Senate Pub.
lie Works Committee has approved
a bill to authorize the FDIC to
spend its own funds for the struc-
ture here. This measure may be
called up for action on the Senate
floor tomorrow. The House, how
ever, recently struck from a big
bill increasing authority of the
FDIC, an amendment authorizing
the new building.
Evening star., 1950-07-25
House Unit Studies
Bill 10 Limit Number
OF Taxicabs Here

A House District Subcommit-
tee today took under advisement
"a bill to limit the number Of taxi
cabs in Washington after hearing
witnesses for and against the pro-
posal.
Representative Kennedy. Dem
ocrat, of Massachusetts,, Subcom-
mittee chairman, announced the
record would be kept open for
statements from others who did
not testify today.
Since he was the only subcom-
mittee member at the hearing
he said he would submit the rec
ord to the full subcommittee for
consideration at a later date. He
did not indicate any conclusions
of his own.
West Approves Bill.
Speaking for the District Com
missioners, Corporation Counsel
Vernon E. West approved the
pending bill with some important
amendments. His chief proposal
was to strike a proviso which
would prevent any taxicab licenses
already issued to be "sold, as
signed or transferred"
Mr.. West said the Commission
ers feel that If a licensed driver
dies his survivors should be per-
mitted to continue operating the
cab if they wish.
The measure, introduced by
Representative Beall. Republican
of Maryland, would authorize the
District Public Utilities Commis-
sion to limit the number of cabs
But, Mr.. Beall explained in urging
his bill, it would not take away
rights from any person now own.
ing license.
1857 Licenses i'm Use.
James H. Flanagan, chairman o1
the PUG, refused to express hi
views on the pending bill. He said
however. that ''if a regulation i.
to be imposed. this is the way tt
impose it,"
The number of taxi licenses ir
use July 20 was 1867, Mr.. Elan.
Pagan said. On July 81, he said, 2!
more licenses were issued by thu
District Commissioners.
Most of the spokesmen for thu
taxicab business said limitation
would improve conditions of an in.
dustry in which men were said tx
be working too long at too small az
income.
Two independent owner-drivers
William A. Frye, and Leon Drumm
opposed the bill outright, contend.
ing it would lead to a monopoly
by the big organizations to thu
disadvantage OF the individua
! owner.
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Liquor Permits Suspended
AT Two Restaurants Here

The Alcoholic Beverage Control
Board today suspended the liquor
licenses Of two restaurants.
Theodore Mars, proprietor OF
the American Grill, 139 B street
Sc, received a 21-day suspension
effective August 1, on charges that
he permitted a bookmaker to op-
crate.
Peter J. Malevitis, proprietor o1
Pete's Restaurant, 1926 M street
NV, was given a seven-day sus-
pension, beginning August /, or
charges that he sold liquor to ar
intoxicated person and permitted
fighting in his restaurant.
Evening star., 1950-07-25
Fuirfox Court Suspends
Delinquency Sentence

Jean B. Harp. 80, of the 600
block of Westcott road, Falls
Church, yesterday was given a six
months suspended jail sentence in
Fairfax Trial Justice Court on
a charge of contributing to the
delinquency of a 10-year-old girl.
Harp was arrested July 10 on
complaint of the girls father, who
said his daughter had been mo-
Tested.
Evening star., 1950-07-25
Search for Body Of Man
Lost in Potomac Dropped

FREDERICKSBURG, Va, July
25.-Search for the body Of a
Fredericksburg man missing on a
boating trip on the Potomac River
has been called off.
Friends began the search Sun
day when Nello G. Musselman, Is,
employed by an electrical appli-
ance firm, failed to appear as pre-
arranged at Fairview Beach. Mr..
Musselman had rented an out
board motor boat on Aqua Greek
for the trip to Fairview Beach
Saturday. I
Evening star., 1950-07-25
Beverage Group p
Asks Freeze on
Food Prices
Restuuruteurs Seek
Legislation Now
To Roll Back Costs

The Restaurant Beverage AS
sociation today asked President
Truman and Congress for an
immediate freeze and roll-back of
food prices.
The organization pointed to an
alarming" increase in food prices
and said its members are "unwill-
ing and unable to pass such in
creases along to the consuming
public"
The association includes the
operators of restaurants serving
food and drink here and is affili-
ated with the National Licensed
Beverage Association.
the White House and to Congress
it asked immediate legislation
setting up "a form of control
necessary to stabilize the food
industry from the producer to the
consumer in order that a con-
tinuouS and uninterrupted flow of
food products shall be maintained
at a fair and reasonable COST"
Hoarding Cited.
Elmer F. Richter, executive Sec
retary Of the association, said res
taurant operators were faced with
price increases of 10 to 26 per
cent.
The organization said its mem
bers are small businessmen with
their life savings invested and
little or no capital reserves. It
said these restaurant operators are
faced with bankruptcy, ruination
and certain elimination from the
American economy" unless condi-
tionS are corrected.
It also declared its belief that
the food price increase has been
caused "by artificial stimulation.
boarding and the INSCRIPTIONS
operations of small group of in
dividuals seeking unethical profit
and gain"
Meanwhile, several food chain
stores entered the battle against
boarding with placards, letters
and newspaper advertisements.
One chain, hardest hit by an
unusual run on sugar, has posted
signs in each of its stores explain
ing the situation and limiting
customers to one package a day.
No Serious Shortage Seen.
Another has sent letters to
each individual member store
pointing out that no serious short
ages are expected in any commod-
tiles and urging patrons not to
become alarmed" These letters
have also been posted.
A firm which advertised its plea
declared that food prices need
not go up to any great extent" if
housewives would buy normally
what you need, when you need
it" without stocking up, and "if
you will not believe the rumors of
shortages"
In Baltimore the American Sug-
ar Refinery Co. issued a statement
saying its production is at a peak,
that supplies Of refined and raw
sugar are sufficient for normal
needs, and that there is no reason
to overStock.
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peanuts, Gene subsidized to her
favorite corner, lay down on her
stomach and purred. Smokey, on
the other hand, was busy shiny
ing up his new locust tree and
cautiously inspecting his new
billet.
Mr.. Lowe didn't seem too wor-
ried. The Zoos plan is strictly on
a playmate basis, he pointed out.
when it gets to the bear-hug
stage (bears mature in six years.
we'll separate them. They're too
much off-species to let them
mate"
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SIum Clearance Plan To Be Pushed Ahead

Plans for the Governments
vast slum clearance program will
go ahead for the time being, with
its administrators keeping close
watch on the international situa-
ton, officials said today.
AS a matter of fact, the pro-
gram is still in the paper plan
ming stage and will be for some
time. Two cities may be ready
for contracts to start work this
fall, but the rest of the country
is not that far along.
$50 far as we know, we would
80 ahead" a Housing and Home
Evening star., 1950-07-25
Bad Milk Sent
UnderWar.Ru|e,
House Unit Told
Producers Official
Opposes Bill for
Relaxing D. c. Tests

A lot of "bad milk" has been
imported into Washington under
relaxed local regulations, a witness
told a House District subcommit-
tee today.
Charles w. Holman, secretary
of the National Milk Producers
Federation, testifying against a
bill to change present rules gov
erning milk distributed. in Wash
ington, pointed out that during
the war, when a milk shortage
developed here, the Commission
ers relaxed the regulations to per-
NIT importation of milk from
farms outside the jurisdiction of
the District Health Department.
Since then. he said, certain Wash
ington dairieS have continued to
import milk.
During the last eight years
we've had a lot of bad milk in the
District" Mr.. Holman said. 1--WE
have some kinds of milk which I
won't drink because I know where
1t comes from"
No Health Problem.
Representative Miller, Republi-
can, of Nebraska, sponsor of legiS-
lation that would legalize the
importation of outside milk, COM
mented that the emergency sup
plies have not resulted in any
health problem here.
Mr.. Holman, who said his Or
ganization represents some Sc
dairy co-operatives throughout the
country, defended the local CO.
operative under questioning by
Representative Miller, and Sub
committee Chairman Abernathy.
The Maryland and Virginia Milk
Producers Association is consid-
cred one Of the most efficient in
the organization, he said. There's
not a better managed dairy CO.
operative in the United States"
Agrees With Smith.
The witness agreed with Repre-
sentative Smith, Democrat, of Vir-
ginia, that the association pro-
duces an ample supply of high
quality milk for the Washington
area and distributes it for a rea-
sonable price.
In his prepared statement, Mr..
Holman charged that liberalizing
of District regulations would pro-
vide IAN opening wedge" toward
the breakdown of high-quality
milk standards in urban areas
throughout the Nation.
He also argued that adoption
Of Mr.. Miller'S bill would break
down the local milk market here
and elsewhere and would "oper-
ate to encourage the further
monopolization of the dairy in
dustry in the hands of a few large
national and regional milk and
dairy product firms"
Adoption of the legislation, he
said, might also result in a "com-
pulsory uniform milk sanitation
law for the United States as a
whole" and a breakdown of pres
ent health standards in many
communities"
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Finance Agency spokesman said.
1--WE are not going to turn any,
body down until there is very
definite reason"
But he added that the agency
would watch the situation closely
with respect to whether operations
under the program actually would
at any time have an adverse eff
feet on the security economy.
The District has applied for
reservation of $2,250,000 in Fed
eral money under the national
um-clearance program, but has
not obtained any Of the funds
Evening star., 1950-07-25

The Zoo is going to find out
how long bears stay bashful.
Today Frank Lowe, headkeeper
at the Zoo, decided it was time
for Gene and Smokey to start a
bear friendship. Gene is the
7-month-old hybrid bear who
wasn't supposed to live, and
Smokey is the 5-month-old Black
bear who got the hotpaw in a
New Mexico forest fire and has
since become the symbol of forest
fire prevention.
Mr.. Lowe eventually wants to
put both bears in the same cage
Evening star., 1950-07-25
Map shows the route of the proposed parkway.

the Washington Metropolitan
Area.
Engineers say it is REASONABLE"
to expect a peak Of $500 vehicles
per day between Great Falls and
Point of Rocks. They even sug-
gested the parkway might accom-
modate 10000 vehicles per day in
summer.
Would Use Tunnel.
A picturesque engineering fea-
ture Of the parkway would be the
3,080-foot Paw Paw Tunnel. A
masterpiece of early engineering.
the tunnel has a useable width of
"a feet. The canal is 10 feet wide
at this point: the towpath, S feet.
The parkway would use the tun-
mel.
Officials selected four locations
where they say water should be
kept in the canal for recreational
use.
Ample roadside parking areas,
picnic grounds and moderately
sized recreational buildings are
suggested along these routes.
Initially, roadside areas are
planned at the Monocacy River,
Harpers Ferry. Shepherdtown,
Falling Waters Four Locks, Big
Pool. Fort Frederick, Little Or
leans and Paw Paw Tunnel.
There are also numerous houses
for lock tenders. These sturdy
stone buildings have historic in
terest as early examples of crafts
manship. They are gradually de-
teriorating. the report said, and
ought to be preserved. The 100
year-old viaducts and culverts are
engineering examples also worthy
lof preservation.
Evening star., 1950-07-25
Camp Fund
Donations Totolinq
$20,056 Received

Additional contributions re-
ceived since the official closing
date of the Stars Summer Camp
Fund have brought the total to
$40, ,056.18.
Funds received too late for this
season will be used to start the
fund next summer.
Names Of additional contribu-
tors follow:
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$50 they won't get lonesome"
So he started the bear friend
ship today by putting 70-pound
Gene and 18-pound Smokey in
cages next to each other. Previ-
ously they had been monkeys
cage and Dingo cage apart.
Smokey showed his reluctance
to the whole deal by hiding be-
hind a tree in his cage and then
cli4lging to the cage wire. Gene
was peppery, because she was
weighed first before the introduc-
ton.
Appeased by bananas. bread and
Evening star., 1950-07-25
Cuba Can Supply U.S..
All Sugar Needed,
New Envoy Says

DR.. Louis Machado, new
Cuban Ambassador, told re-
porters at the White House
today that Cuba can supply
"all the sugar you need"
1--WE have plenty of sugar."
he said. Just let us know
how much you want"
DR.. Machado talked with
reporters after presenting his
credentials to President Tru-
man.
Evening star., 1950-07-25
Purse Theft Reported

Mrs. Gladys Crockett, 35, of 1927
First street NV, told police three
colored boys grabbed her pocket
book. containing IS, near Second
and T street NV, last night.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-06-09

BLANTON VISITS w. c. Blanton of Ketchikan is stopping at hte Baranof Hotel.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-06-09
25o POUNDS OF SHRIMP
 ARE PACKED EACH DAY AT FLOATING CANNERy HERE

The Anchor Fish Company's floating cannery, moored to the Juneau Lumber Company wharf at the south end of the Juneau water front, is packing about 250 pounds of cocktail shrimp per day.
 This was announced today by Don Mines, president of the company, who said the plant employed four pickers when it went into opera ton May 10 and has expanded pro- duction and hired three more pick CTS since that time.
 The floating cannery was brought here from Pelican in April. Harry Christman, trawling with his boat the Lawco, has been the only craft supplying the cannery so far. Christman has been getting his best loads from Taku Inlet and Port Snettisham, Milnes said.
 Mines said he is well satisfied with the operation so far. Its proved to me that the in- dustry has possibilities here, even though the shrimp must be shipped in competition with Wrangell and Petersburg" he declared.