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Evening star., 1951-05-10
Nearby Virginia Today
To Seek State BACKING
For Sewage Survey

Backed by the Northern Virginia
Regional Planning Commission,
representatives of nearby Virginia
communities today will ask the
Virginia State Water Control
Board to approve an extensive sur
Ivey of sewage problems in Alex
andria, Arlington, Falls Church
and Fairfax.
| The Northern Virginia planners
strongly indorsed the engineering
survey at a special meeting last
night, calling it the "best ap-
proach" to IAN area-wide prob
lem"
At the same time, the planning
group urged the committee pro-
posing the sewage survey to
broaden its scope" Of delibera-
tions to include an extensive study
of water supply problems for the
four Virginia communities.
Regional Disposal Plan.
Proposed by Bertram M. Gross
of Arlington, the resolution said
such a study should embrace the
possibility Of setting up a re-
gional sewage disposal and water
supply authority"
Todays appeal before the
Water Board viii be made by
members of the interim commit
tee appointed in December to
study sewage disposal problems
The board will be asked to ap-
prove the survey and at the same
time permit Alexandria enough
time to participate.
At present. Alexandria is un-
der orders from the Water Board
to have sewage treatment facili-
ties in operation by July /, 1852
This would not permit Alexandria
time to await results of the six
months area survey before pro.
ceeding with a $4.5 million sewage
disposal program of it's own.
! The survey is expected to show
whether a joint sewage disposa,
arrangement among the com
munities would be more feasible
than number of separate
plants.
Arlington and Fairfax are pro.
ceeding with plans for separate
treatment facilities of their own
Both communities realize, how.
, ever, that additional facilities will
be needed in the near future ane
!, for this reason are behind thu
regional survey.
Committee Members Listed.
Members of the interim com.
mittee planning to appear before
the Water Board meeting toda,
Iare Robert w. Cox, committe,
chairman; B. Alden Lillywhite
Albert A. Smoot, c. Luckett Wat
kins and j. H. Mccarthy.
Others planning to appear il
behalf of the survey, but who arr
not interim committee members
are James j. Corbalis. jr., Fairfax
, sanitary engineer; Arlington
!, County Manager A. T. Lundberg
Arlington Public Works Directo,
R. M. Writ, Thomas M. Niles O.
Greeley & Hansen and M. H
Klegerman of Alexander Potte
Associates. The latter two firm
l would conduct the proposed sur
Evening star., 1951-05-10
0n|y3Senators
Vote Grants for
Raid Shelters
KnowIund Bill for
SIS Million Killed;
'BIonk Check Hit

The Senate has turned thumbs
down, for now at least, on Fed
eral grants for provision of atomic
bomb shelters or related protec-
tive facilities in the States.
Only three Senators voted for
such grants last night when a
test vote was taken. They were
Republican Senators Knowland Of
California and Thye of Minnesota
and Democrat Holland of Florida.
Pending was a Knowland pro-
posal to amend the third supple
mental appropriation bill to grant
$25 million for Federal matching
money to State programs for pro-
Itective facilities.
He pleaded that Congress should
not throw wet blanket" over
such programs. He stressed that
experimental work must be done
so the States will know how to
plan.
Industrial Protection Urged.
Senator Thye joined in to say
that the country must be prepared
to protect its strategic industrial
centers. Otherwise, he said, an
enemy atomic bomb might wipe
out all skilled labor and tools in
some vital areas.
Senator Holland said the sum
asked was only one-third of what
the House mad approved.
But only these three stood up
for the fund when the test came,
An attack on the program was
led by Senator Gordon, Oregon
Republican. who called the re-
quested fund a blank check"
since Civil Defense Director Mil
lard Caldwell could not say yet
how the money would be spent.
Senator Bridges, Republican, Of
New Hampshire, ranking minority
member of the Appropriations
Committee, voiced concern as to
whether the proposed shelter
grants would be the beginning Of
huge Federal aid. The total cost
has been estimated roughly at
$500 billion.
Il Others Voice Objections.
Senator OMahoney, Democrat.
OF Wyoming. and Senator Salton-
stall. Republican, of Massachus-
let's, also objected to the shelter
money. The latter said shelter
protection is a State and local
responsibility.
For the Federal contribution
toward shelter program, the Gov
(lernment had requested $3.50 nail
lion. The House cut this to SIS
million, and the Senate Appropri-
ations Committee recommended
nothing.
Senator Knowland, however
won Senate approval of a minor
increase m another civil defense
fund, raising from STA million to
$75 million an amount allocated
to the operations of the Civil De-
IfenSe Administration.
Under this, $713,000 would be
written into the Senate bill for
research and development of civil
defense programs. Also the fund
for training and education would
be raised from $500, 900 to $787 900.
Evening star., 1951-05-10
.2-Woy Radio Equipment
Tested for Police 'CycIes

The Police Department today
began testing equipment of two
manufacturers with a view toward
installing two-way radio equip
ment on Is departmental motor
cycles.
All of the departments 100
motorcycles are currently equipped
with receiving sets. Scout cars
are equipped with sets which can
both receive and send messages.
Evening star., 1951-05-10
Dc. Held Liable
For Injuries on
Icy Sidewalks
Appeals Court Sends
Womun's Damage Suit
Back for RetriuI

The United States Court of Ap-
peals ruled today that the Dis
trict may be liable for damages
suffered by persons who are in
jured in falls when snow and ice
piles up abnormally along side
walks and crosswalks.
While the city cannot be re-
quired to remove all of heavy
snowfall from streets or to clear
the whole of a sidewalk. the court
said, it must do what is reason
able under the circumstances" to
offset dangers created by cold
weather elements.
In an opinion by Judge E.
Barrett Prettyman, the Court of
Appeals ordered a retrial in Dis
trict Court of suit filed by
Estelle Smith. She sued for per-
sonal damages as the result Of a
fall at Fourteenth and K streets
NV, February 4, 1948. She con-
tended the Commissioners should
have cleared the crosswalks and
made them reasonably safe for
pedestrians by sprinkling sand or
ashes.
Prettyman States Rule.
The District Court trial judge
directed the jury to return ver-
dict for the District and the
plaintiff appealed.
The governing rule in such
cases was stated by Judge Pretty
man as follows:
eff snow or ice has been per-
mitted to remain untreated I.
and has been forced into q.
shapes of such size and location
as to constitute a danger ag-
gravated over it's original mere
slipperiness and if such con-
dition has remained for a suf-
ficient period of time to give :.
the municipal authorities op-
portunity for them to remedy it,
the municipality is liable -
In the directed verdict District
Court had held the plaintiff failed
to show there was a defect in the
crosswalk on which she slipped.
But the Court of Appeals said the
trial judge did not indicate
whether by defect" he meant q
structural defect or one created by
snow and ice.
Doesn't Change Liability.
The appellate court declared
that the Districts snow removal
laws did not change the laws
governing liability in regard to
safe conditions on the public
streets.
What the municipality is re-
quired to do to Offset the dangers
created by the elements is that
which is reasonable under the
circumstances. wrote Judge Pret-
lyman. "It cannot be required to
remove the whole of a heavy
snowfall or to make the middle
of the street suitable for pedes-
trian travel, or to clear the whole
of a sidewalk"
Concurring in Judge Pretty
mans opinion were Judge Bennett
Champ Clark and George T.
Washington.
Evening star., 1951-05-10
Potomac Yields Body
OF Drowned Fishermen

The body of Levi j. Carter, So
colored, of 4418 Falls Terrace Sc.
was recovered from the Potomac
River near Chain Bridge yester-
day. He drowned Saturday when
he fell from a rowboat while fish
ing near the bridge. His body
was identified at the District
morgue by his brother, Charles
Garter of 1923 Eighth street NV
Evening star., 1951-05-10
Arlington Red Cross
To Mark Anniversary

The Arlington County Red
Cross chapter will mark the 10th
anniversary of the Red Cross and
the 34th year of the county unit
lat a meeting at pm. Monday
at the chapter house. 1888 Lee
boulevard.
Robert Harry, recently ap-
pointed regional director of the
Red Cross eastern area, is to
speak. J. F. Abel. chapter chair
man, urged former board men,
berS and volunteers to attend.
Evening star., 1951-05-10

White House, where she "swapped
stories" with Mai. Gen. Harry
Vaughan, the Presidents military
aide.
Lived Here Since 1921.
Born in Abba, Iowa, the Dis
trict's Mother of the Year has
lived in Washington since 1921
She describes her earliest recol-
lection as "going in a carriage
with the family to meet my father
Capt. John M. Porter, who was
coming home on furlough after
being wounded" in the Civil War
Evening star., 1951-05-10
Red Cross Chapter Election

The Prince Georges County
chapter of the American Red Cross
will elect new officers and board
members at its annual meeting
lat 6:15 pm. tomorrow in the
dining hall at the University OF
Maryland. Guest speaker will be
State Senator J. Raymond Flet-
lcher.
Evening star., 1951-05-10
License Plate DeadIine
Is Midnight in Maryland
By the Assoeioted Press

BALTIMORE, May 10.-The
deadline for putting on your 1851
license plates is midnight tonight
If you're caught with the old
tags on your passenger car afte,
the deadline. it means $40 and
costs.
The March 81 deadline was
postponed until tonight because
the department of motor vehicles
ran out of materials for the new
plates.
Evening star., 1951-05-10
Committee Head Named

Carl H. Hink has been ap-
pointed chairman of the Munich
pal Affairs Committee of the
Greater Falls Church Chamber of
Commerce to succeed Lytton H.
iGibson, resigned.
Evening star., 1951-05-10
Virginia Board
.ToAsk Shakeup
.
In Park Planning
To Urge Congress
To Put Council
In Control of Work

Planning Commission will ask
Congress to order drastic shake
up in Washington area planning
transferring major control from
the National Capital Park and
Planning Commission to a new
widely representative area coun-
lcil.
AS approved unanimously by
the Virginia planners last night,
a proposed bill to set up the new
council would reduce the NCPPC
to planning and advisory zoning
body for the District.
In addition, the city's zoning
machinery would be revamped by
wiping out the District Zoning
Advisory Council and the District
Zoning Commission. The NCPPC
would take over the advisory
functions, and the Commissioners
would be responsible directly for
zoning regulation.
Eight Council.
A committee. headed by Bertram
M. Gross of Arlington. submitted
the proposed bill.
While the draft is subject tc
change, Mr.. Gross said, full dis
cussions" were held with Repre-
sentative Smith, Democrat, of Vir-
ginia in drawing it up.
The proposal would set up ar
Ieight-member area council. in
lcluding two members each from
the District, Maryland and Vir.
ginia. These six. along with two
members at large, would be ap.
pointed by the President. The
council would be authorized to-:
/. Prepare a comprehensive
plan of expansion for the entire
area.
2. Take over power of the
NCPPC to control location of both
Federal and District government
buildings within the District.
To Plan Six-Year Program.
| 3. Control locations and con.
Istruction of Federal and Distric1
projects in nearby Maryland anc
Virginia, unless such locations art
specifically approved by Congress
/ 4. Set up a six-year public work.
program for the entire area.
5. Take over from the NCPPC
the authority for developing the
areas park system. The pro-
tposal also would make an addi-
Itional $4.5 million available tt
help pay for park development II
Virginia.
Several members of the plan.
ming unit questioned the propose
to extend authority of the Council
over District government buildings
within limits of the city. Bott
Mr.. Gross and Albert A. Smoot
of Alexandria, who helped draw VI
the bill, indicated they woulc
not push for retention OF thi.
point.
i Nearby Areas Given Voice.
A main purpose of the new pro
lposal, Mr.. Gross said, is to giv'
Maryland and Virginia repre-
Isentatives a voice in the expan
sion of the Federal Government
into their areas. where nom
exists now"
The development plan. which
would be drawn up under the pro
posal, would mot deal with mat
ters which can be more appropri
ately handled by planning agen
cies" within each jurisdiction.
Mr.. Gross said discussions vii
be held soon with the NCPPC
which is drawing up its own pro
posal for a new planning pro
. gram.
Meanwhile, Chairman Nicely O
the Senate District Committee ais
has introduced a planning agenc
bill, which includes the two-mem
: ber ratio from the District, Mary
> land and Virginia.
Evening star., 1951-05-10
Engineering Group to Meet

The annual Washington-area
section meeting of the American
Society for Engineering Education
will be held Saturday at the Naval
Postgraduate School in Annapolis
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-11-05
Pan American Carries
 7o Weekend Passengers

Pan American World Airways carried 79 passengers on weekend flights in and out of Juneau with 35 arrivals and A departures.
 From Seattle: Dr. and Mrs. John Clements, Lulu Davis, Robert Duck worth, Harold and Helen Foss, Wallis George, Oscar Johnson, Lois Jund, Fred Kislingbury, c. Michol- son, M. Olson, Paul Troost, E. G. Wernentin, A. Wilson.
 Col. E. Landreth, MT. and Mrs. Richard Robinson, A. w. Bolay, Mrs. A. Bowles and Verona, Mrs. R. D. Cameron and Linda, H S. Chris jensen, MT. and Mrs. Paul Doyle, Everett Dezell, Irene Lenz, Martha Farce, D. Settler, Clara Sturgill, Frank Tilson, Lynn Winter, Willard Wood.
 To Seattle: M. Franks, Mrs. M.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-11-05
20 YEARS AGO FIFE FIT EMPIRE
NOVEMBER 5 1881

 the cablehip Delwood cable Alaska replaced members transferred other force remained keep the craft condition.
 expected $20OO0000 oneenth of budget goods This plshed through tariff
 Juneau fiemen were to feast preceding monthly meeting this evening large members expected Alfred Ruoaa entertained the at Sigrid Dancing playing enjoyed many pieces silverware
 Security Petersburg ports
  business between pounds selling for pound
 the disposal would cording Gray City Clerk
 Weather: High, 40; low 36 rain
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-11-05
lilfing of Sale On Gold Restriction Is 10 Be Asked

WASHINGTON, Nov. 5-tRASen- ator Pat McCarran D-Nevl is ex- pected to try in 1852, for the fourth time since 1948, to persuade Cong ress to lift government restrictions on the sale of gold.
 First, of course, he'll have to win a fight with ill health. The 75-year- old veteran lawmaker suffered a heart attack Thursday and is ex- pected to be hospitalized several weeks at Reno, Nev.
 McCarran's recent speeches show he has been considering the intro- duction of a bill aimed at freeing the nations gold miners from g straight jacket" which he said was "clamped" on them in 1934.g ssb
 McCarran would restore to miners the right to sell gold in open nal.- kets around the world and to buy possess, import and export the pre- cious yellow metal
 Miners in this country have had to sell their gold to the U. s. Mint for the past IT years, at $35 per fine ounce,
 This situation, McCarran believes should be changed in order to in- crease production of gold needed to build up Uncle Sams stockpile both in peacetime and wartime.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-11-05
For the Love of Saps
Seattle Timesl

Washington States Douglas fir forests have a new enemy bears. Foresters report that since 1945 fairly open Douglas fir stands iii the Olympic Peninsula, bears have killed 100 trees to every one killed by fire"
 Bears, the foresters say, have recently acquired taste for tree saps, particularly the sap of the Douglas fir. They claw the bark from young trees and lick up the sap exuded from the wood. Stands on old Douglas fir have suffered most
 A committee of the American Society of Forest CTS have examined some COCO acres of Olympic Peninsula forests and reports that on some acres bears have killed many as 50 per cent of the young Douglas fir trees.'
 No need to suggest immediate remedy It has been taken. The State Game Department has de- clared the bear a predator in all parts of Clallam Jefferson Ktsap Mason and Grays Harbor Counties outside of federal forest Hunters pre- mitted to kill bear in thes at any time of the year. And if the reports of the foresters are not exaggerated it would behoove the United States For est Service and the sNational Parks Service to take similar action.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-11-05
Monday, November 5, 1851
POSTAL IMPROVEMENTS

The improvements in postal service that arc planned by the Post Office Department will be wei comed by most people in Juneau and it is good to know that civic groups in town are offering their assistance to R. C. Sheldon postal inspector, who is arranging for city delivery for downtown pickup service and a possible downtown contract post office. -
 If rural delivery be added to the service of the local post office will be greatly appreciated by the hundreds of people who live on the highways out of town s#
 Postal rates will be higher in a few months The day of the penny post card will soon be among our memories. The only additional cost for mail delivery will be 3 cents instead of cents for local mail
 MT Sheldon says that he is here in response to request from Alaska's Delegate Bartlett So Juneau, along with Anchorage Fairbanks and Ketchikan owe the delegate thanks for bringing to the attention of the Post Office Department several needs in the way of improved service.
 The mail man will save lot of people a lot of trips to the post office, when winter weather arrives. And mail delivery will change our daily habits.
 There will be citizens who prefer their trips
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-11-05

Jerseys Mary Norton, Minnesota $ lone Hunt, and Wisconsin's Mrs. Dan Hoan. All agreed that as be- tween India Edwards and Frank Mckinney, Mrs. Edwards was their gal and they would stick by her through thick and thin. So, failing to get, past ,king-maker Connolly for an appointment, they sent letter to the President urging him to inter- vene personally with Mrs. Edwards and limiting that if he did not per- suade her to stay, his hand-picked candidate might not be committee picked next day
 Truman got the letter, hurriedly called Mrs. Edwards, apologized for the misunderstanding and urged her to remain. She agreed.
 Thereafter opposition to new Chairman Mckinney gradually melt ed-especially after his resound- ing speech next day promising to clean out influence peddlers.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-11-05
THE LADIES REVOLT

News of Mrs. Edwards resignation hit the Democratic committeeman simultaneously with the news that Frank Mckinney was to be their new boss. Both caused consterna- tion, the former because Mrs. Ed wards is extremely popular, the second because Mckinney was al- most unknown to most Democratic leaders. Also southern and west ern Democrats felt that in view of the Vatican appointment, the new Chairman should have been a Protestant rather than continuing the thirty years of Catholic Party leadership.
 Leaders of the revolt included Carl Thompson, Democratic Con- mitteeman from Wisconsin,; the two Kansas Committeeman, Carl Rice and Georgia Neese Clark; and Ore gon's Monroe Sweetland. The latter suggested that delegation make personal protest direct to the Pre- sident
 Accordingly, Iowa's Florence Lynch telephoned king maker Matt Con- nelly to ask for an appointment King-maker Connolly refused. He did not want anyone disturbing his plans to put across his hand-picked National Chairman.
 The day before the committee was to have its rubber-stamp session, therefore, Mrs. Lynch called meet ing in her room in the Mayflower Hotel. Attending were: Pennsyl- yania's Emma Guffey Miller, New
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-11-05
KING-MAKER CoNNELLY

Thereafter Mrs. Edwards wrote the President, suggesting several prominent Democrats as National Chairman, including Alabama's Sen, John Sparkman, Denver's ex-Cong- ressman John Carroll and Price Administrator Mike Di Sale.
 Meanwhile, unknown to Mrs. Ed wards, presidential aide Matt Con- nelly was working feverishly to put over his candidate. Connolly, who fancies himself as king maker" and the real power behind the power, was plugging. for either Pennsyl- vaYrfa's Federal Judge Jim Mc- Granery or Indiana's Frank Me- Kinney. When Connolly heard that McGranery would probably be op- posed by Mayor Dave Lawrence of Pittsburgh and ex-Senator Francis Myers of Philadelphia, he devoted full time to promoting Mckinney
 Connellys maneuvering was Sc secret that neither retiring Chair man Bill Boyle nor Mrs. Edwards was aware of it. Eskr.
 Only on Monday, two days before the committee met, was Boyle in- formed by the President that Nc Kinney was the man" Boyle im- mediately got on the phone and passed the word along to key Demo- crats, including India Edwards. When she heard of it, she hit the ceiling, and promptly turned in her resignation as vice chairman.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-11-05
BILOXI GAMBLING BACKFIREs

The Air Force may retaliate against Biloxi, Miss, whose wide open gambling got Keesler Field into hot water with the Senate. What the sAir Force may do is quietly abandon lucrative, $43,- COG, 900 'expansfon program at Kees- Ter, thus depriving Biloxi of some juicy contracts and jobs. A g The reason sis that gambling has been so widespread in Biloxi that the Air Force couldn't keep Keesler- based personnel from gambling with out placing the whole city off lim- it's, including the leading hotels, bus station and even the basement of a church. Instead, Keesler Field tried to solve the problem by ex- banding the recreation program on the base, establishing a 10:30 pm. curfew and appealing to the Biloxi authorities to clean up their town.
 However, the gamblers continued to fleece 18-year-old recruits and others, until this columnist first exposed the whole sordid story last July. This columnist listed the num- Der of gambling joints operated wide open, reported that one Lieutenant had even committed suicide over gambling losses, and revealed that the majority of Keesler servicemen were around Is. The column then turned the evidence over to the Senate Preparedness subcommittee. As a result, Senate investigators cracked down on Biloxi, and the Air Force got black eye for not keep ing it's men out of the dives.
 Real blame, according to Senate investigators, rests squarely on Bill oXi authorities, who winked at law violations and openly conspired with the gamblers Since the gambling trade lured free-spending tourists into the town, which in turn lowered local taxes, the townspeople refused to get stirred up over young re- cruits squandering third of their pay.
 That is why the Air Force may now retaliate by abandoning it's 100000 expansion program at Keesler, which will cost the city more than it has been able to pocket in 10 years of playing footsie with the racketeers. For most of the gam bling profits don't stay in Biloxi. They go to the big-time operators in Manhattan.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-11-05
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