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Evening star., 1950-11-24
AIya Johnston Dies;
Pulitzer Prize Winner
BY the Assoeiuied Pres,

BRONXVILLE, N. Y, Nov. "a
Alva Johnston, 81, magazine
writer, author and winner of the
Pulitzer prize as a newspaper
reporter. died last night at
Bronxville Hospital.
Mr.. Johnston, resident of
Yonkers, won the Pulitzer prize
in 1922 for his coverage of the
American Association for the
Advancement of Science, in the
New York Times.
A native of Sacramento, Calif.
Mr.. Johnston began his news
paper career in 1906 as a reporter
for the Sacramento Bee. In 1912
he Joined the staff of the New
York Times and in 1923 he went
to the New York Herald Tribune
He became a free lance writer
in 1882 and many of his articles
appeared in the New Yorker and
the Saturday Evening Post. His
books included "The Great Gold
wyn" in 1897, Wilson Miner, the
Legend of Sport" in 1943 and "The
Case of Earl Gardner" in 1947.
Survivors include his widow,
Mrs. Evelyn Johnston; two daugh-
ters, Miss Elizabeth Johnston and
Mrs. Norman Erlandson; his
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ust Anticipate Future Traffic Problems of the Capital Area

ton Is a subway or elevated. An
extensive subway systemdn WASH
ington does not now seem feasible.
because sound operation demands
much heavier mass riding to sup
port subways than present and
future population denSities would
produce. Furthermore, the land
use plan aims at no material fur
ther concentration downtown, SO
that transit need not provide for
a much heavier flow than at pres
ent. In addition, in Washington
the transit flow branches out from
the center in many directions,
whereas subways require concen-
trations along few radial lines.
Bus traffic would benefit we'll
planned thoroughfare system.
Freeways and parkways would
make possible express bus serv-
ice to suburban areas almost as
fast as rail rapid transit. Within
the central area. however, bus
operation Is sure to be slowed
down by auto traffic. The Com
mission nevertheless recommends
gradual replacement of street.
cars with buses. It urges study
Of traffic rules, to speed up bus
movements downtown-perhaps
setting aside certain lanes for
buses only. or even prohibiting
private cars and delivery trucks
entirely on certain streets in the
rush hours. Since bus carries
about 80 times as many people
as an auto. 1t Is fair and rea-
sonable to delay as many as 80
autos in order to speed up each
bus. The goal Is to move people,
not vehicles.
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thoroughfare plan, particularly In
the outer parts Of the region. find
little justification in present traf-
fic volumes; but they are designed
to meet future needs Of parts OF
the region that are going to
double in population. The chief
and limited, value of an origin
and-destination survey is to gel
a better understanding of the
traffic habits of people in rela-
ton to present patterns of land
use and highway facilities.
The plan is an integrated net
work Of radial and circumferen-
tial routes designed to function in
combination and to serve all
major movements Of traff1c-now
and in the future. It recognizes
the greater need for circumferen-
tial routes that will arise in the
future when employment is more
widely distributed and when 9
larger city is spread over far
greater land area.
There would be three complete
circumferential routes in the
plan. The first of these would be
located about l mile from the
White House; its most important
function would be to carry traffic
around and through the centra
area, relieving this congested Sec
ton of unnecessary volumes. Tht
second would be between 3 and :
miles from the White House, fol-
lowing the route of Fort drive
through much of its length. The
third. an outer bypass route
would follow new alinement: i
would be between 6 and 10 mile:
from the White House.
Important Routes Listed.
Radial routes would extend
from the center to all parts Of
the urban area and beyond. I'm
portant among these would be
The Northwest freeway anc
George Washington Memoria
parkway to the northwest, the
Northern freeway to the north
the Baltimore Washington park.
way to the northeast, the Annap.
oils freeway and Suitland park
way to the east, Indian Head
highway and Mount Vernon Me-
mortal highway to the south
Shirley Memorial highway to the
southwest, and Lee boulevard to
the west.
These routes would not just
give direct access to the central
area but, by means of the ring
routes, provide for distribution to
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Federal employment centers are
decentralized.
These new and improved main
highways must be modern-at
least divided highways. and pref
erably freeways for ali types Of
traffic. or parkways for passenger
cars only and in certain cases
express buses. with no cross traf-
f1c, no driveways or parking, no
traffic lights. and only a few de-
signed points of access. They
must fit into a network for ring
roads and distributors broadly
visioned as a scheme for regional
communication.
They must be laid out in line
with land use plans-serving res
idential areas, but not smashing
through home neighborhoods. For
maximum traffic capacity and
safety. they must be bully 10 high
standards of curves, grades and
pavement width. Main routes in
the Metropolitan Area. inside the
District and outside, must be CO.
ordinated into a single network
of arteries, for trucks as well as
passenger cars and buses.
Designs for Future.
The thoroughfare plan Is based
on concepts of desirable future
land use. and location of Govern
ment establishments and employ
ment centers. Changes in these
elements will in time produce pro-
portionately large changes in
present traffic patterns. There
fore, it is clearly not possible to
use straight-1ine projections of
present origin and destination
patterns as a basis for planning
future highway facilities.
Many of the proposals in the
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DRYER Killed as Car
Hits Rock on Curve
BY the Associoted Press

CUMBERLAND, Md. Nov. "a
George L. Arbogast, 26, of Cum
berland, was killed and a COM
panion was injured today when
his automobile wrecked after hit
ting a rock on a curve at Route
36 and Wellersburg road, miles
west Of here.
Miss Arlene Whetzel was taken
to Allegany Hospital.
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HIT Mpnturiat1t

GARDINER, LoTTIS G. A tribute Of love
and affection to the dear memory Of my
beloved husband LOUIS G. GARDINER
who departed this life November %. 1947
Anniversary mass at ST. Mary's Church
Rockville, Md.
November brings sad memories
OF a loved one gone to rest;
You will never be forgotten
By those who loved you best
Eternal rest grant unto him. Lord.
May he rest in peace.
YOUR DEVOTED WIFE, MARIE A
GARDINER.
KURTZ. EDWARD T. In loving memory
of my beloved brother, EDWARD T
KURTZ. who passed away six years ago
November "a, 1914.
Time may pass and bring its changes
Fresh with every coming year,
But his memory will be cherished
In the heart that holds him dear.
SISTER, IRENE.
PARHAM, AGNES. In loving remembrance
of our devoted mother, AGNES PARHAM
who died seven years ago, November "A
1943.
And our hearts are Just the. same;
Our thoughts will always be OF you
While in this world we remain.
Some day we hope to meet you,
Some day, we know not when,
To clasp your hand in that beautiful land
HER pEvoTEp pAUoETERs. MRS R:
ANNA CHRISTIAN. MRS. GLEN
DORA, MRS. LUCILLE HILLS, MRS
MARY WILLIAMS
RAvNALL, JOHN AND ELLA. In lovins
memory of our dear parents. father
JOHN RAVNALL who passed to the
Great Beyond sixteen years ago. Novem,
Der l. 1884, and mother. ELLA RAW.
NALL, who answered the call seven years
ago today. November "a, 1943..
In memory's lovely garden.
- Where remembered Joy blooms 50 fair
Your memory, dearest parents,
Are the brightest blossoms there.
THEIR DEVOTED CHILDREN,
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Washington: Past and Present

The Stor is publishing the text Of the
kotionI CopitoI Pork and PIonnins
Commissions Comprehensive Plan foI
the development Of the CopitoI during
the next 30 yeors. This is the fourth
in q series of articles containing the
text. Another will oppeor tomorrow.
A major aim of the Compre-
hensive Plan for future develop
ment of Washington is moving 2
million people. their supplies and
other goods, wherever they need
to go-quickly. safely and eco
nomically. We must solve our
present problem Of transporta-
ton and foresee solutions to the
problems of the future.
The traffic that now clogs the
streets is at its worst when people
are going from home to work and
back. In all our cities, more and
more people driving to work, from
more and more Spread-out resi-
dental areas, have made the traf-
fic problem acute and very costly
to solve. In Washington, work
places are so concentrated in Fed
eral Offices that congestion is espe-
cially critical.
1t is to the downtown business
district and the Government CEN
ters nearby that most people want
to go. OF every six people enter
ing that area, one now walks, two
come in car or taxi, and three
ride public transportation. But
more and more people are trying
to use private autos. From 8 miles
out and beyond, people entering
downtown use cars more than
walking or public transit.
In the District, there is one
auto for every 63 persons. The
trend is toward a higher ratio of
cars to people. In the years ahead,
there will be not only more people
but probably more cars in rela-
ton to the number Of people.
Congestion Is Costly.
In addition, truck traffic is an
increasingly important part of the
lifeblood of American cities. Traf-
fic jams that delay Washington S
trucks are a real factor in rails
Ing prices and the cost Of living.
Congestion Is not only incon-
venient, it is wasteful and costly.
There are three attacks on the
problem, which must all be used
at once. Most basic: Cut down
on the amount of travel needed,
by getting home and work closer
together. This is one of the major
purposes of the comprehensive
plan. to be attained by spreading
Federal employment centers
throughout the metropolitan re-
gion.
Second. and cheapest, but pos
sible only as the third step Is
undertaken: Make public trans
portation so quick and convenient
that more people will use it to &C
to work and fewer will drive
Third. most costly. but also nec-
essary in spite of what can be
done through the first and Sec
ond: Create a system of collec-
tor and distributor roads. both
radial and circumferential ir
function, that will redistribute
traffic through the region ano
diminish the volume demand
within the central area. This will
entail cutting through modern
highways, widening certain ole
ones, building some new bridges
and providing new parking facil-
tiles.
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outer and inner residential areas
and dispersed employment GEN.
tiers. In many instances the plan
has been arranged to provide sep
arate routes for passenger cars
and trucks.
A few expressways cannot solve
the problem, nor can a system
limited to radial routes or cir
cumferential routes. The individ-
ual will make many trips involv-
ing many combinations of types
and kinds of routes. The inte-
grated network is designed to
meet his needs.
To keep the streets open for
moving traffic and to assure cars
a place to stop at the end of
the trip. more offstreet parking
must be created. New zoning
regulations should see to it, In
areas where such regulations are
equitable. that all new buildings,
whether apartments, stores, or
offices, provide their own parking
The Federal Government should
do as much as is practical to take
the lead. Every new Federal
building should have parking
space for its own employees ano
official visitors. varying with the
type of activity and location.
In built-up areas like downtown
zoning cannot help. Before streets
can be cleared of parked cars anc
freed for traffic use. new parking
facilities must be created. Where
it cannot be done by private enter
prise, public powers and money
must be used for this community
problem, through the parking
agency already established.
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Thoroughfores

The central area will always be
the main focus of traffic. More
efficient design and use of radial
streets, going out from the center
like the spokes of wheel, are es-
sential parts of the Regional and
District Thoroughfare Plans. AS
outlying centers develop, for
homes, business and employment,
cross connections will be more
and more necessary-circumferen-
tlals, ring roads. distributors-to
move traffic more directly and to
bypass through traffic around con-
gested areas. Today. a good cir
cumferential route Is badly needed.
This need will be emphasized as
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Rail, Air and Waterways

Railroad routes in the metropo-
Titan region do their work ade-
quately. Changes proposed are
double tracking the Virginia ave-
nue. tunnel and building an alter
nate rail bridge or tunnel across
the Potomac for north-south train
movement. Remaining grade
crossings should be eliminated.
AS for terminals, some re-
arrangement is desirable at Union
Station for better handling OF both
arriving and departing passeng-
ers by auto, taxi, bus. and street.
car. A study of freight, produce.
and truck terminals would be
desirable, as some change in ar
rangement may cut down on local
trucking.
Air transport is increasingly i'm
portant. The National Airport is
the second busiest in the country.
and an alternate major airport
will soon be needed. Several pos
sible locations have been studied
by the commission and the Civil
Aeronautics Authority. The CAA
forecasts that within 10 years
there may be need in the region
for as many as II new airports
for personal and nonscheduled
flying.
The commission recommends
setting up a regional airport au-
thority as the only means to
orderly development and operation.
AS soon as this authority, in CO.
operation with the planning COM
mission, has worked out a CO.
ordinated plan, necessary sites
should be purchased and then pro-
tected through zoning to preserve
approach lanes. Also. because Of
air traffic volumes, abandonment
of Boiling Field and Anacostia
Naval Air Station for military fly
ing should be considered.
Potomac As Natural Asset.
Waterways are important to
Washington for short haul sand
and gravel movement but not as
a major freight or passenger port.
The National Capital Is almost
unique among American cities in
that most of the water front is in
public ownership.
While it is true that park and
recreation uses predominant,
nevertheless that part of the water
front most needed and logically
adapted for commercial or other
nonrecreational uses has been or
can be developed in complete har-
mony with park uses and the plan
as a whole. Waterfront recrea-
tional facilities should be i'm
proved, with attention to facili-
ties for small craft and spec
tators' participation in such events
as the Presidents Cup Re-
gatta. The Potomac is Washing
tons greatest natural asset.
The chief OF engineers is now
making a comprehensive plan for
the future development of the
Washington water front. The COM
mission has recommended that the
plan include a commercial deep
water terminal at Alexandria and
considerable increase in wharf
and mooring facilities for small
boats. In connection with the Hood
control and navigation report on
the Anacostia River, the. commits
sion has approved the extension
of the Anacostia River channel to
Bladensburg.
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Public Transit

People who ride streetcars and
buses suffer most from traffic con-
gestion. If more people used pub
lie transit, there would be fewer
private cars using the streets and
therefore less congestion. Transit
itself would become quicker and
more comfortable. and the public
would not be required to spend so
heavily for new street and bridge
improvements to handle such VOL
umes of automobiles.
The problem is to persuade peo-
pie, by transit improvements, to
reverse or at least check the trend
away from transit riding toward
use of private autos.
The quickest mass transporta-
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Mountuineer Is Isl

MOSCOW. Nov. "a (F.-An
Azerbaijan mountaineer, Ibrahim
Gadzhiev, recently celebrated his
151st birthday. a Soviet newspaper
reported today. The dispatch said
Gadzhiev despite his advanced
age feels in good health" His
family was said to number about
so persons.
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mother, Mrs. Luella Johnston; a
sister. Mrs. Floyd Bryant. and
three brothers. Markham, Robert
and Dave Johnston.
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Marksmen are out to kill the
seals which are spelling the fish
ing off Britain's Norfolk coast.
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LAURA s. WALLACE. Worthy Matron.
Attest: OSIE RITTER. Secretary. "a
soUsA, LOUIS PINTO. On Thursday. No
Of 500 Que st. NV. beloved husband Of
Dorothy Carpenter Sousa and father Of
Louis, jr.. and James Sousa. Also sur.
E. sousa. and other relatives and friends
Notice OF funeral later. Arrangements
by Mcclure. Inc. 26
STEVENSON, ETTIE L. On Thursday
November %. 1850. ErTIE L. STEVEN.
SON. beloved wife of the late Rev. Hugh
Horace L. Stevenson. She also is sur
vived. by. five grandchildren, five great
toVe Of Baltimore. ore Nd. Services T at the
s. H. Hines Co. Funeral Home. 2901
14th st. NV. on Saturday, November 25
at pm. 1nterment Fort Lincoln Gene
SUMMERS, HAZEL. On Tuesday. Novem.
Der 21, 1850. at Freedmens Hospital
HAZEL SUMMERS Of 6ls Kastle pl. ne
loving wife OF Rev, James E. Summers
She also is survived by four daughters
Summers: six sons. Charles. Gerald. Jo-
seph. Albert. Eric and James E. Sum-
mers. 1r. her mother. one grandmother
AFTER s9a many Gher rsy rsssvei Novemer apd Tenas g
friends may call at Henry s: WASHINGTON
g. Sons Funeral Home. 1925 Deane ave
ne. Funeral Saturday, November 25. a,
! pm. from the Tabe5nacle Baptist
Rev. G. L. Washington offciating Rel
atives and friends invited. Interment
Woodlawn Cemetery.
SWANK. WILLIAM SAMUEL. On Thurs
fsy noEem0sE sd sa wIGAM 2SG n hs sAmU
sWANK. father Of Roy swank and Ruby
La Grave. Mr.. Swank rests at Hilton's
Funeral Home, Barnesvills, Md Services
4vVtn 10 hr1I A@aN 1hAr NJ
2 pm, at the Dickerson Methodist
Church. Interment Monocacy Cemetery
Beallsville. Md. %
swEETNAM. LAURA WENONA. At Mary.
land Nursing Home, Germantown, Nd.
on November %, 1850, aunt of Louis A
Yost, ST.. and sreat-aunt Of Louis A
Yost, jr.. of Silver Spring, Md. Services
at Chambers Funeral Home. 14o0 Chaplin
st; NV. on Saturday; Novemoer 20, al
10 am. Interment Glenwood Cemetery
TAYLOR, CLARENCE BROWN. Suddenly
on November %. 1850. at his residence
s23 North Columbus ST.. Alexandria, Va.
CLARENCE. BROWN TAYLOR, beloved
husband Of Ruth o, Lyles TayloT. de: Dc:
M. Taylor and James R. Taylor. He alst
is survived by one son-in-law. one daugh
ter-in-law. one grandchild. two stepsons
other 9TH 'ieHs'- relatives and friends. Notice @ O.
funeral later.
THOMAS, RACHEL. On Friday, Novem
ber "a. 1850. at her residence, 1929 Pari
rd. NV, RACHEL THOMAS. She is sur
vived by one daughter, Susie Winston
two brothers. Lee and Zeb Thomas sever
grandchildren, eleven great-grandchil
dren and a host of other relatives ane
friends. Friends may call after 10 I'm
on Saturday, November IS, at Johnson 8
jenkins Funeral Home, 2053 Georgi;
ave. NV. Funeral and interment il
Louisa County. Va.
WARD, ETHEL M. Suddenly, on Thurs
day, November 23. 1850, at her residence
400 Fairmont st. NV. ETHEL M
WARD, for many years employed will
Army Supply at the Pentagon, sister o
Miss Winifred Ward of Evanston, Ill.
and Mrs. Nuckolls of Chicago. Ill. Sery
ices at the 8. H. Hines Co. Funeral Home
2901 14th st. NV, on Saturday, Novem
Der rs, at IL noon.
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Dratha

HAWKINS, VILLA s. On Friday, No.
of 1909 18th ST. NV. Notice of funeral
later. ARRANGEMENTS by Fraziers Fu-
neral Home. 25
HAYCOCK, ALBERT MARSHALL. On
Wednesday, November 22 1850, at Provt-
dence Hospital, ALBERT MARSHALL
HAYCOCK. beloved husband of Mary
Mrs. Marguerite Cusick, Mrs Helen M.
Thompson and Mrs. Elvira M. Crymes,
and brother Of Mrs. Lula Calkins Of Kern
yer. Colo; Robert L. Haycock of wash
ington. D. c., and Ira c. Haycock of
Coral Gables. Fla. Funeral from his
late residence. 4215 18th st. ne, on
Saturday. November %, at $50 am.
High requiem mass at st. Anthony S
Church at 8 am. Relatives and friends
invited. Interment Cedar Hill Cemetery.
%
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bers Of Lebanon Chapter. No.
rs. o. E. S.. are requested to
assemble at the s. H. Hines
Co. Funeral Home, 2901 14th
st. NV. on Friday. November
"a. 1880, at Q pm, for the
purpose of conducting the fu-
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GREEN, REV. JAMES EDGAR. Entered
into eternal rest on Friday, November
"a, 1850. after brief illness, Rev
JAMES EDGAR GREEN of 27O6 South
18th ST.. Arlington, Va. pastor of tht
Mount Zion Baptist Church, Arlington
Va, beloved son OF the late Martha Elier lier
NJ Green, father Of Miss Christine Green
sylvester, Jessie, Charles, Richard A. A.
also is survived by two sisters. Mrs. Lizzie
Roane and Mrs. Maggie Upshur; twenty
one grandchildren, four great-grandchil
dren. other relatives and a host o
friends. Remains resting at the .Johi
T. Rhines g. Co. Funeral Home, Bird ant
Eye SITS. sw. Notice OF funeral later.
GRIMES, MoRDECAI R.. On Thursday
November %. 1850. at his residence
lilo ST. s.e.. MORDECAI R. GRIMES
the beloved husband of Edith Grimes an
father of John M, and Roy H. Grimes
Mrs. Melissa Pisciotta and Mrs. Emm
Thompson. He also is survived by fou
grandchildren. Friends may call at tn
Lee Funeral Home. 4th st; and Mass. ave
ne, where services will be held on Sat
urday, November 25. at 2:30 pm. In
terment in Cedar Hill Cemetery.
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GILBERT, MARION L. On Tuesday, No
vember 21. 1850 at her residence. 3100
35th st. ne, MARION L. GILBERT. be-
loved wife of Marion E. Gilbert and sis
ter Of Mrs. Lotta M. Foss, Mrs. Grace G.
Pusey, Mrs. Nellie Warf1eld of Washing
ton, D. C., and Ernest B. Bond of New
man, Calf. Friends may call at the Lee
Funeral Home. 4th st. and Mass. ave.
ne. where services will be held Saturday,
November 25. at 1890 pm. Interment
Fort Lincoln Cemetery. "a
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GILBERT, MARION. The officers and
8 members of Lebanon Chapter.
M No. 25. o. E. s.. are requested
NI to assemble at the Lee Fu-
AA~ neral Home. 4th st. and Mass.
ave. ne, on Friday. Novem-
" Der "a. 1850, at 1880 pm,
for the purpose of conducting
the funeral services for our late sister,
MARION GILBERT
LAURA 8. WALLACE. Worthy Matron.
Attest: OSIE RITTER. Secretary. "a
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e. Officers and members
Of Queen Esther Chapter, No.
l. o. E. s.. are requested to
attend the funeral services for
- Sister GRACE E. LEWIS, at
A the Vermont Avenue Baptist
Church. Vermont ave. between
Que and r sts. NV, Saturday,
er 25. 1850, at pm.
VILLA v. JEFFERSON, W. M.
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HOPKINS, JOHN A. On "wednesday. No
vember 20. 1850. at his residence. 6291
18th rd. north Arlington, Va, JOHN
A. HOPKINS. beloved husband Of Mary
s: Hopkins, father of Mrs. Roberta H.
Bleam, grandfather of Harvey A. Bleam.
E. Rowland Hopkins. Friends may call
at the Lee Funeral Home. 4th st. and
Mass. ave. ne, where services will be
held on Saturday, November 25. at IL
am. Interment Fort Lincoln Cemetery.