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Evening star., 1950-08-02
Committee 10 Study
Police Needs Named
In Prince Georges

The Prince Georges County
commissioners yesterday directed
a three-man committee to study
the need for additional police pro-
lection.
Asserting there Is mo question
the county needs more police" the
commissioners assigned Jerrold v
Powers, their attorney; Carl Mace
county controller, and Police Supt
Ralph w. Brown to conduct the
study.
Among suggestions to be con-
sidered, besides determining how
many additional men are neces-
sary, will be the. possibility of hav.
ing a woman in the detective
bureau.
118-Acre Tract Rezoned.
In their busy session at Upper
Marlboro. the commissioner re-
zoned a 118-acre tract near the
Prince Georges Golf and Country
Club for industrial use. Their de-
cision, the commissioners said
will add about s38, 900 tax revenue
annually.
T. Howard Duckett. attorney
for the applicants, Stewart
Brothers, Inc, said a national
food chain store concern will use
the property for a warehouse and
assembly plant. He did not name
the company.
The commissioners also:
Denied George C. Casio permis-
sion to operate a rest home at
4910 Forestyille road.
Granted the District Heights
Terrace, Inc. permission tt
build a swimming pool adjoining
their property on Seventy-sixtl
avenue, District Heights. provided
it is operated on a private club
basis.
Gas Station Authorized.
Granted the Mercer Building
Corp. permission to operate ga
station on the Washington -OXo1
Hill road, Forest Heights.
| Agreed to act on a resolution
creating a county personnel boart
at 2 pm. August IS and invited
comments and suggestions from
residents.
Ordered that bids for improving
Chillum road from Riggs road tt
the District line be readvertisee
for opening August %.
Approved appointment of Mrs
Dorothy Bringas. member of the
Anne Arundel County health de.
partment, as a county public
health nurse.
Granted carnival permits tt
Hunteman-Huf American Legior
Post. Mount Rainier, for an affair
at Queens Chapel and Chillun
roads, August 14-19: Bladensburs
volunteer fire department, for ont
at Annapolis road and Edmon.
ston avenue, August 1926, ane
St. Hugh's Catholic Church
Greenbelt, for one next to tht
Greenbelt swimming pool, Au
gust 14-19.
Evening star., 1950-08-02
a in Fairfax Group
Urge Adoption Of
County Manager Plan

Four speakers for the Fairfax
County Taxpayers Advisory Asso-
citation last night urged adoption
of the county manager plan.
They spoke at the third hearing
at Fairfax conducted by special
commission studying local govern
ment. The commission was ap-
pointed by the Board of Super
visors after a referendum on the
manager plan had been requested.
1t is expected that the referen-
dunn will be held in November.
George w. Kirkley of Centre
vile, vice president of the asso-
citation. presented figures showing
that three of the county's magis-
terial districts with a total popu-
lation of 16,809 have equal repre-
sentation on the Board of Super
visors with three other districts
totaling 81 1886.
The only alternative to the
manager plan" said Mr.. Kirkley.
may be swallowing the bitter pill
of redistricting."
Other association spea kers
were Edward Gibbons of SPRING
field; Lamotte B. Fields, Shreve
road. and Writ Ferguson. West
Leesburg pike.
Adoption of the manager plan
would eliminate the elective Offices
of commissioner of revenue and
treasurer. now held by John w.
Ferguson and Lewis M. Coyner.
both of whom also spoke last
night. A director of finance would
be appointed by the manager.
A final hearing will be held by
the commission at 8 pm. Friday.
Speakers will be representatives
of the Committee for Good Gov
ernment and heads of three
county departments, health, well
fare board and the school board.
Evening star., 1950-08-02
Early Approval by House
Sought for New Airport

Chairman Crosser of the House
Commerce Committee hopes to gel
favorable action by the House soor
on the Senate-passed bill to au-
thorize another commercial air.
port for the Metropolitan Area.
The bill was approved yesterday
by the Commerce Committee and
sent to the House.
Representative Smith. Demo
crat, of Virginia. has indicated he
may make an effort to amend ii
on the floor.
Mr.. Smith said he does not in
tend to block the measure, but
that he feels his constituents in
nearby Virginia, where some sites
for the $14 million field are under
consideration. deserve to be con-
suited before final decision is
reached on the airport location.
Evening star., 1950-08-02
Montgomery Woman Faces
Trial Over Pets in Trailer

A Montgomery County woman
faces trial Tuesday on charges of
maintaining a public nuisance by
allowing dogs and cats to occupy
trailer at Patton drive and Miles
road, Silver Spring.
Mrs. Marion Helen Barbour
posted $500 bond pending hear
ing of her case in Silver Spring
Police Court Tuesday.
Police said Mrs. Barbour was
charged after neighbors COM
planned of the noise and odol
caused by six dogs and nine cats
in the trailer she formerly occu-
pied.
A court order forced Mrs. Bar
bour to move from her trailer be-
cause it did not conform to Zonine
requirements. but the pets stayed
police said.
Evening star., 1950-08-02
Arlington Boy Hurt
lin Fall From Window

A 3-year-old child who suffered
head injuries when he fell from
a second-story window yesterday
was reported in a satisfactory
condition today at Arlington Hos
pital.
Barry Shalowitz, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Marion Shalowitz, 80 North
Thomas street, fell from the win
dow, according to his mother,
after children playing in the room
had removed q screen.
Evening star., 1950-08-02
Bergman Cartoon Combuts Hourdinq

In the second week of July, as
the thin line of American shock
troops was being pushed steadily
backward by the North Korean
Communists, an increasing wave
of scare buying was sweeping the
country.
The Star, as did other news
papers, urged the public to take
it easy" But the buying kept on.
Then came stories of American
soldiers shot through the head
with their hands tide behind
stories backed up by battlefront
photographs.
The Stars Pulitzer Prize win
ming cartoonist, Jim Bergman,
was struck by the tragic irony of
the situation. He drew his car
toon of July IA as result, cap
tioning it Reaction at Home to
Tragic News Abroad
Publication of the cartoon has
resulted in an unusually large
number of requests for copies.
Most of them have come from
retailers and wholesalers trying to
check the boarding tide by dis
playing the cartoon in their stores.
In the few days following pub
llcatlon, MI. Bergman received
well over 100 telephone calls.
mainly from small grocery and
delicatessen stores, asking if they
might have copies.
To other members of The Stars
staff since have come both written
and telephone requests.
Giant Food Stores, Food Fair
Super Markets, District Grocery
Stores, Sheridan Super Markets,
Shirley Food Stores, United Food
Stores, Nationwide Stores and
Peoples Drug Stores have asked
for copies of the original in a
poster size
In addition to Washington
stores and chains serving Wash
ington, copies have been requested
by the United States Cane Sugar
Refiners Association; the Hinky
Dink chain, serving Iowa and Ne
braska; the First Methodist
Church of Biloxi, Miss; Needham,
Louis & Brorby, advertising
agents for the Marshall Field Co.
in Chicago, and others.
Some, like the National Associa-
Evening star., 1950-08-02
Fairfax School Board
To Buy II More Huts
For Classroom Use

The Fairfax County School
Board has decided to buy II more
Quonset huts for use as class
rooms during the session begin
ming this fall.
The board yesterday authorized
purchase of the huts from the
Navy at Annapolis. They will
make a total of II Quonset huts
In use by the county school sys-
TEN.
The school board has plans for
SOS million building program
but sale of the construction bonds
has been delayed by legal techni-
calities.
The Quonset huts-intended tc
relieve overcrowding in regular
classrooms until new schools are
ready-each will be divided into
two classrooms. They will be dis
tributed as follows: Two at Mount
Vernon High School: one each al
Falls Church High School, Wood
lawn Lee-Jackson. Fairfax Ele-
mentary. Franklin Ssherman
Franconia. Groveton. Dunn-Lor-
! ing and Chesterbrook
/ The huts. formerly used as
homes for Naval personnel, are
being sold for $3.50 each. but the
county has to pay for dis
mantling. moving and erecting
them at the new sites. The
county also will have to buy oil
heaters.
To accommodate extra stu
dents at Herndon, the Schoo
Board authorized rental of foul
rooms at the new Herndon Volun-
teer Fire Department, about one
block from the school.
The county expects an enroll
ment of about $4,000 this fall
an increase of about 1000 over
! this wear.
Evening star., 1950-08-02
Bethesda School Roof Fire
Causes $500 DAMAGE

A fire which started in discarded
paint cans did an estimated $500
damage to the roof of the Bethes-
da Elementary School yesterday
The fire was discovered by
painters who were readying the
school for the fall term. Bethesda
and Chevy Chase fire companies
extinguished the blaze.
Fire Chief A. J. Bargagni said
the flames jumped from the pile
of cans on the side of the building
and ignited the roof under the
caves. The fire was over the kin
dergarten room in the rear of the
school. Chief Bargagni gave the
damage estimate.
Evening star., 1950-08-02
Type Concealed

PARASITIC Gutenberg Bible,
first book printed with movable
type, was made by the printers to
appear as a handicapped manu-
script, so that their invention of
type would not be discovered.
Evening star., 1950-08-02
Hoqerstown Council
SweIters Over Plea
For Christmas Tree
BY the Associated Press

HAGERSTOWN, Md, Aug.
2.-The city council was
sweltering through a session
when Councilman j. T. Hell
lane got to his feet with a
motion that the city erect a
Christmas tree in his ward
next December.
Just wanted to get it in
early so there wouldn't be any
argument, just wanted to
make sure it was on the rec
ord" Mr.. Hellane explained.
His motion lost for want of
a second.
Evening star., 1950-08-02
M)e Epenitrg $tar

This 2Ox28nch poster based Jim Berryman cartoon of
July H. has been designed by The Star meet the unusual
number of for copies Washington stores and other
organizations Business firms schools churches Government
agencies and other organizations obtain copies without
charge by writing Poster Room Evening Star
Building. Star Staff Photo
Evening star., 1950-08-02
Eus Service to End

RICHMOND, Aug. 2. (P)-The
Reynolds Bus Lines, Inc, has been
authorized to abandon operation
of passenger bus service between
Harrisonburg, Va, and the Vir-
ginia- West Virginia line. The au-
thority was granted by the State
] Corporate Commission Monday,
Evening star., 1950-08-02

Business firms, urches
schools, Government agencies and
other organizations may obtain
copies without charge by mailing
their requests to Bergman Poster,
Room 500, Evening Star Building.
Evening star., 1950-08-02

Cand1dateS Tor the Democratic State
Central Committee are Camilla O. Bow
man, Warren Browning: Ward "; Cad
dington, Mary Helen Gingery. Alice W
Walsert John 1rI7 R Foley Foley Leg xIor D9noysn
K Davies, jr.. and Carey E. Quinn
Running for delegates to the Demo
Asa William Ioyd Bnrne Nathane
J; Ely, Blair Lee, III. James J; Lynch
Phillip Thorson. Leonard j. Williams
Do; Amy, joyce Nader, Lou Prentiss
Chiids and theodore Beall Sinclair.
On the Republican ticket for State
Ce7tral Committee, are william Thomas
DuVall, Olice D. Kinsman. Wilbert Nc
1nerney. Wilbur Rogers, Wesley Sauter
games " Gum, George e Warner il;
Leroy Miles, Fermon j. Plummer. r
Puncan Clark. A: 2. GUIDE Walter w
For delegates to the State Convention
Brooks Perring. Clyde v. Hyson: Pay
willard. F. Kruhm. Gilbert GUIDE. Gordon
I. Hawk and George W. johnson.
Evening star., 1950-08-02

Seventh Circuit.
Democrat. Dudley Digges, La Plata
Smyrna times., 1950-01-05
PROGRESS ON
NEW BRIDGE
Approach Piers on Delaware
River Memorial Bridge To
Be Completed Soon
$50 FEET ABOVE WATER

With the concrete work on both
the land and water approach piers
ON the Delaware River Memorial
Bridge, on both the Delaware and
New Jersey approaches, scheduled
to be completed next week, present
indications are that during the
next year most of the construction
work on the new bridge will be
above water and can be viewed by
visitors to the site.
Completion of the approach piers
will not mean that all of the con-
crete work on the piers for the
new structure will have been fin
ished since considerable work re-
mains on one pier for the main
support steelwork and the anchor
age piers, to which the suspension
cable will be anchored, also remain
to be completed.
However completion of the ap-
proach piers will permit the start
of placing the steel supports on
these piers, which work is expect
ed to get underway within the
next month. The placing of these
girders, which will support the
roadway approaching the suspen-
sion area, is expected to require
some time.
Erection of the two main sup
port arches, which will have steel
beams extending $50 feet above
the water line, will probably follow
the steel work on the approach
piers. Winding of the suspension
cable will await the erection of
these support piers and the COM
pletion of the main anchorage
piers.
Ever since construction work on
the bridge has been started, most
of the work, except for the land
approach piers, has either been on
or under the water with only small
Smyrna times., 1950-01-05

portions of this work being visible
to spectators.
When the erection of the steel
work gets underway next month,
all of these operations will be visi-
BILE to the public and can be viewed
from either the Delaware or New
Jersey shores.
Smyrna times., 1950-01-05

feature a number of "firsts", it
was announced today by w. t.
Doughten, local dealer. An out
standing development in this years
car will be that the customer will
have his choice of automatic or
standard driving for the first time
in Chevrolet. Likewise, it was an
nounced that the 1850 car will be
available in IA models, with a
choice of IA color combinations. At
Smyrna times., 1950-01-05

Saturdays new car showing here,
residents of the district have been
invited to attend the "open house"
first day events as guests of the
local leadership. Last January,
record crowds viewed the new
models and it is expected that the
1850 showing will be marked by
an all-time new attendance here.
Smyrna times., 1950-01-05

DEAF MUTE MAKES GOOD STAR SALESMAN For the manv
thousands handicapped there story deaf mute
who has made good
with fast talking Ralph Wilson, 6 and top for
psCoa has turned his handicap into
silence Julius Dars Akron PepsCoa Bother is the business
man who conceived for Ralph "Sent Salesman lob when the
Gear mute returning his
plant service wrote on slip "couId my pear
n OF stacking bottles at the bong Darsy replied scrb.
nne nac o would you like to become Merchants
IKE e way Ralph makes minute by helping to set
up displays and other aids
Wilson'S his other firms to employment deaf
mutes Picture shows Wilson e giving Mr. Darsy (rqht
report of a days sales. - -" N's"|
Smyrna times., 1950-01-05
CHURCH WORLD SERVICE
Dorothy Nichols Joins Church
World Service

World Service
Dorothy Nichols of New York
City has accepted the chairman
ship of the Advisory Youth Com
mittee of Church World Service,
interdenominational relief and re-
construction agency.
The Youth Advisory Committee
was established for the purpose of
stimulating greater interest in
overseas relief and rehabilitation
through young people in this coun-
try.
Miss Nichols, who was gradu-
ated from Hunter College last jan
uary, is chairman of the National
World Relief Youth Committee of
the Episcopal Church, and a MEM
ber of the National Youth Com
Smyrna times., 1950-01-05

mission of the Episcopal Church.
Previously she was active in vari-
Gus parish, diocesan, and provin-
cial youth activities.
Smyrna times., 1950-01-05
1850 CHEVROLET PREMIER

w. t. DOughten Announces 1850
Chevrolet Showing Here Saturday
Saturdays premier showing of
the new 1850 Chevrolet here will
Smyrna times., 1950-01-05

Subscribe to The Smyrna Times. sl.5o
Per Year. IN Advance
Evening star., 1950-02-24
Indictment by lnnuendo

Police Chief Barrett has reason to be in
dignant over the publicity given an unreleased
report" alleged police corruption. The
report" according to District Attorney Fay,
really is summary of complaints made to in
vestigators during the long grand jury inquiry
into gambling operations here. Mr.. Fay says the
complaints were presented to the special grand
Jury. 1t ignored them. In fact the jury ap
parently was so little impressed by the allega-
tions that it failed to mention possible police graft
in its supplemental report on the gambling prob
lem. The disclosure of the complaints-some OF
which are said to be anonymous-has the un-
fortunate effect of casting doubt, without ade-
quate supporting evidence, on the integrity of
the Police Department. If any members OF the
Police Department are crooked they should be
indicted on substantial evidence, not on hearsay.
Until such evidence can be produced, fimsy
charges that have been ignored by the grand
jury should not be used to destroy public conf
dence in the police Indictment by innuendo is
as unfair to the Police Department as it Is to
private citizen.
Evening star., 1950-02-24
By Charles f. TroceweH

please the song sparrow. A depth of 2
inches is just about right.
All birds will use it, of course, includ-
ing those four-legged "birds," the squir-
rels and the tortoises.
Nothing is pleasanter than to watch
some old turtle" take his bath in such
a place. With all of him in and his head
sticking out on that long neck, he makes
a picture that might have been seen in
the early centuries OF the world In
gigantic proportions.
It is interesting to note that no bird
has been studied more than our little
song sparrow. Books have been written
about him alone and countless hours
spent in writing down his song varia-
tionS. It Is a simple tune, but can be
varied many hundreds of ways and it is
varied by this industrious bird, always
searching for food and always singing
about his task, happy example to man
kind.
From Alexandria, Va. A. D. M. writes:
1--WE have bird feeding station in our
yard which attracts many birds each day.
This morning, February 16. for the
first time this season three blue birds
came"
Bluebirds usually start about March l,
but the comparatively warm winter has
upset the normal bird schedules.
Groups OF Is and 40 robins, respec-
lively. were reported being seen in the
vicinity of Washington In early Feb
ruary.
Evening star., 1950-02-24
Rewriting Czech History

Two years ago this month, with the help of
the Kremlin, the Czech Communists robbed their
countrymen of freedom Ever since then, after
the fashion of all the other squalid little satellite
tyrannies behind the Iron Curtain, they have
been resorting to every form of deceit and
terrorism to make sure that liberty stays dead
In Czechoslovakia and that the Soviet Union
will always be the master there.
In line with that objective, the Red regime at
Prague is now busily doing its best to blacken
the names of Thomas G. Masaryk and Eduard
Benes-Masaryk,, the George Washington of the
independent Czechoslovaka that came into being
after the First World War, and Benes, his sue
cessor They are both dead, but there are still
too many Czechs who remember them for what
they were-national heroes, stout defenders of
Evening star., 1950-02-24
This and That

Eve separated them several times, but
noticed that the battle continued even
after we went into the house.
"The next morning when we went
into the yard the nest was empty. We
investigated and found one decapitated
fiedgling. Much as we dislike to do so,
we blame the brown thrashers.
"Are we correct? Will this pair build
in this bush again this spring?
And still another thing: Couldn't
you be kind to inveterate clippers Of
your articles and have the date of ap-
pearance printed with each article? It
would save so much time. This tells
you how much we appreciate your
articles. Sincerely, c. l.. D."
The bird probably was q song sparrow,
but might be a white -throated sparrow.
The white crowned sparrow is another
possible candidate.
Many song sparrows stay with US all
winter. No song is more liked in the
cold, nor any more frequently heard.
This is small bird, but very friendly
one, especially in the summer, when he
often hops within few feet Of lawn
chair.
He is q diligent searcher Of lawns. He
likes his bath, sometimes spending as
much as 10 minutes at it. The song spar
ground
1t is a good thing to establish such
bath. If for no other reason than to
Evening star., 1950-02-24

democracy, militant foes of the very kind of
evil that has overthrown the free republic they
founded. So the Communist tyranny, besides
removing their pictures from all Czech school,
rooms and destroying all postage stamps bearing
their portraits are rewriting history to vilify
them as couple of reactionary capitalist stooges
who must be depised instead of honored.
Low and repellent as this is, however, it is
not surprising. 1t is typical of totalitarianism
anywhere-under a Hitler or under a Stain
Truth, when it gets in their way, is brazenly
transformed into the opposite of reality The
thing speaks pretty much for itself In face of it,
nothing could seem more naive than the current
clamor for action to persuade the Kremlin to sign
an atomic agreement and honestly live up to it.
Evening star., 1950-02-24
"THIRTY-FIRsT STREET Sc.

"THIRTY-FIRST STREET Sc.
Dear Sir:
"A small bird friend has been quite
puzzle to us, 50 we are coming to
you for help.
This little fellow has grayish-
brown body with lighter breast and with
tan stripes running down the back and
on the wings and curved stripes down
the breast.
HE has the size and general char
acteristics of the chippy sparrow; that
is, he works diligently on the lawn for
long periods at time, but he does not
have the reddish-brown cap nor the
other colorings of the chipping sparrow.
"Just now he has been working right
ahead for the past half hour, but we
did see him fly directly away from us
the other day and there was definitely
a fash of white on his back.
Can you tell us who he Is?
Another thing that haSs been puz-
zling us for the past year:
Last spring we were fostering cat
bird family in bush honeysuckle near
our outdoor fireplace.
"The mother bird became SO tame
that we could come very near the nest
even after the fledglings were several
weeks old.
lone, Saturday afternoon there were
battles between this pair, of catbirds
and pair of brown thrashers that per-
sisted in staying In the creeping roses
on the bank above the fireplace.