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Evening star., 1951-03-31
Bethesda Area
Master Street
plan Adopted
| Woodmont District
Changes Adopted
After Hearing

Inc MafylanQ-NatlOn Capital
Park and Planning Commission
has adopted a new master plan
|of streets and highways for the
Woodmont Triangle business dis
trict of Bethesda.
Cecil A. Eby. vice chairman and
park commissioner, said the new
plan contains'most of the changes
recommended by the commission
and discussed at a public hearing
held last January.
These changes include:
/. The addition of an 80-foot
Iright-of-way connecting Norfolk
lavenue and Cheltenham drive at
the intersection of Wisconsin ave-
nue., forming a street throught
which traffic may pass from the
triangle to points east of Wis
consin into the East-West highway
east of Bethesda Chevy Chase
High School.
2. The inclusion as a right-of-
way of the small triangular parcel
at the intersection of Arlington
avenue and its intersection with
Norfolk avenue.
100-foot Parkway.
8. The extension of Glenbrook
parkway north of Battery lane
to the National Institutes Of
Health property. with 100-foot
right-of-way, thus forming a 100
foot parkway which may at some
future date be extended through
to Wisconsin aveune.
4. The widening of Battery lane
east Of Glenbrook parkway to
60 feet.
S. The widening of Cordell or
Melrose avenue between Arlington
and Wisconsin avenue to 10 feet.
Mr.. Eby said the principal
change from the original plan
discussd at the January hearing
is the decision not to abandon
Middleton lane west of Wisconsin
avenue. The Commission decided,
however, to reduce the right-of-
way from 80 to so feet and rec
commended that ordinances be
passed by the County Council al
lowing traffic to move one way
only from Wisconsin avenue. The
Commission pointed out that this
would make it possible for traf-
fic coming south on Wisconsin
avenue to turn into the proposed
new shopping areas in the tri-
angle, and then move northward
on Arlington avenue, returning to
Wisconsin at several points above
the congested area.
Another revision from the orig
inal plan is the changing of the
name Arlington avenue to Wood
mont avenue. This was done to
eliminate confusion because Of Ar
lington road in Edgemoor.
Other Changes Made.
These other changes from the
original proposal were made:
l. The abandonment of the
widening of Middleton lane east
of Wisconsin avenue.
2. Similar abandonment of the
widening for Avondale street and
the reduction of the planned
right-of way on Chase avenue
from 80 feet to so feet.
8. The extension of st. Elmo
avenue between Woodmont CAR
Ington) and Wisconsin avenues
and abandonment of plans to
widen st. Elmo to 80 feet. A TO-
foot right-of way was adopted in
stead.
Mr.. Eby said the development
of the Woodmont Triangle as a
commercial area could now goI
forward with some assurance that
there will not be further revisions
of the plan in the near future"
Evening star., 1951-03-31
Capital Transit
Seeks toDrop
TwoM0feLines
| Seeks Permission
To Abandon Nearby
Maryland Service

.
lther curtailment of suburban
Maryland bus service because an
other company has been given
permission to expand it's routes.
1t filed a request with the Inter-
state Commerce Commission and
the Maryland Public Service Com
mission last night, asking permis-
sion to abandon portions of the
Z-6 and the To lines, in addition
to seven other lines which the
company already has been author
lied to discontinue at midnight.
The portion of Z-6 that Capital
Transit proposes to eliminate is
lalong Old Bladensburg road, be-
tween Franklin avenue and Piney
Branch road. On the To line,
the company seeks to abandon
that portion on Old Bladensburg
road between Franklin avenue and
Piney Branch road, and on Piney
Branch road between Old Bladens-
burg road and Flower avenue.
Service to Start Monday.
This latest move came after two
other bus companies were given
permission by the PSC and ICC
to operate three lines which Cap
Iital Transit is abandoning.
Oriole Motor Coach Lines, Inc,
was given permission for Is days
to operate the Y-3 and G-8 routes,
and Bison Bus Lines, Inc, was
given similar permit to operate
the o. line serving Kenwood.
Both companies said they would
start service on Monday.
Capital Transit, which received
permission to abandon the seven
lines on grounds that they were
not profitable, protested Orioles
proposal to operate the Y-3 route,
claiming it would duplicate parts
OF other lines still in operation.
Merrill Asks Hearing
E. D. Merrill, Capital Transit
president, wired the PSC and the
1CC that Orioles application for
the Y-3 line was "only an excuse
to enter into competition with
Capital Transit Lines"
He said his firm wanted an op-
portunity to be heard in the mat
ter.
E. Cleveland Giddings, vice
president of Capital Transit, said
Orioles Y-3 application duplicates
Capital Transit's Z-6 line from
Four Corners to Franklin avenue;
the T-2 line from Franklin avenue
to Piney Branch road and Flower
avenue. and the Z-8 line from
Pinsy Branch road and Flower
avenue to Sligo road.
The Y-3 route runs from Four
Corners to the District over Old
Bladensburg and Piney Branch
roads.
Capital Transit raised no OBJ
lection to Orioles assumption of
the G-8 route, which serves
Greenbelt.
Service Ends at Midnight.
Capital Transit service on the
two lines ends at midnight to-
night together with service on five
other nearby Montgomery and
Prince Georges County routes.
Other lines being abandoned by
Capital Transit are N-8 to Glen
Echo; KS, along Sheriff road
from the District line: F-8, from
Baltimore boulevard in Hyattsville
over Colesville road to Rhode
Island avenue; H-3, serving the
Riverdale- -Eastpines area.
Evening star., 1951-03-31
Rescue Squod Elects

w. c. Groves has been elected
president of the Prince Georges
County Rescue Squad. Other Off
GERS are w. r. Beatty, vice presi-
dent; Paul Sorrensen, secretary;
Henry kirkpatrick, treasurer;
Richard Hughes. chief, and Will
/ liam Deeck, assistant chief.
Evening star., 1951-03-31
Paws for Track Removal

RICHMOND, Va, Mar. 81. (P)
The Virginia Transit Co. today
paid the City of Richmond $685.
295 as the first of three install
ments to cover the removal of
etreetcar tracks from the city
atreetS.
Evening star., 1951-03-31
Damascus PTA to Meet

The Damascus, (MdA High
School Parent Teacher Associa-
ton will meet in the school hall
lat 8 pm. Monday.
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Bonus Off on Wrong Start.
He took full advantage of the
opportunity. When the House re-
convened for its night session, the
veteran educator lobbyist was pre-
pared. A motion to reconsider the
Afternoon vote was approved and,
back for final realing once more,
Delegates whizzed the bill through
by a T9-to-36 roll call. DR.. Byrd
appeared in the House chamber
soon afterward wearing his
brightest victory smile.
Senate sponsors of the bonus
measure got their bill on the floor
but were stymied because they
mistakenly fixed the Nations en-
TRY into World War I in 1918 in
stead of 1917. A necessary amend
|ment gave opponents an opportu-
nifty to demand that the bill lie
over for a day under the rules.
The 11th-hour attempt to raise
teachers pay stemmed from legis-
lators' fear of retaliation from the
school lobby. Democrats and Re-
Ipublicans were trying to outdo
each other throughout the day in
la bid for teacher votes.
Evening star., 1951-02-18
Race Relations BeHermenf
Awards Presented 10 -Four

Four persons last night received
the 1850 achievement awards Of
the District graduate chapter of
Omega Psi Phi Fraternity for
outstanding work in the better
ment of race relations in their
particular fields"
The awards. presented at a ban
quet in the Twelfth Street YMCA,
we're made to Mrs. Mary Church
Terrell, outstanding colored leader
here, in the field of human rela-
tions; Edward j. Kelly, superin-
tendent of National Capital Parks,
in the field of public administra-
ton: Robert L. Taylor. managing
editor of the Pittsburgh Courier,
Washington branch, in the field of
public relations, and Gardner L.
Bishop, a member of the Con-
solidated Parent Group, in human
relations.
Hiram F. Jones. president Of
the graduate chapter, made the
presentations. T.
Evening star., 1951-02-18

ment of all principal problems,
and declared the Soviet govern
ment is fully aware that the West
ern powers have neither the
desire nor the means to enter a
war of aggression"
Direct Reply Made to Stain.
Earlier, a Foreign Office state
ment had replied directly to Stall
ms assertion that Mr.. Attlee SLAM
dered the Soviet Union by his re-
marks in the House of Commons
that Russia is building up her
armed forces.
The British statement said the
most accurate figures available"
had been presented to the Com
mons, showing Russia has ITS ac-
tive army divisions, $4,000 tanks
and 10000 aircraft.
Premier Stain may call this
demobilization, but the figures
speak for themselves, the state
ment said. These vast armed
forces have been maintained, as
every one knoS, at the expense
of the already very low standard
of living of the Soviet people,"
1t added that Stain was try
ing to exploit the natural desire
for peace throughout the world
in order to SOW dissension in the
free world.
Secretary of State Acheson said
at a recent Washington news con-
ference that the military strength
and preparations of Russia and
her satellites would be a suitable
topic for discussion at any new
Big Four parley.
u. N. Committee Called.
The most positive reaction to
the Stain interview was the sum-
moning of the three-nation U. N.
Good Offices Committee at Lake
Evening star., 1951-02-18
Professionals in Service
Form Fellowship Group
BY the Associated Press

COLUMBUS, Ohio. Feb. IT.
Formation of the United Fellow
ship of Protestants in the Armed
Services-to replace World War
lis servicemen's Christian League
announced today by DR.
Luther Wesley Smith.
DR.. Smith heads the youth pro-
gram committee of the general
commission on chaplains of the
National Council of the Churches
of Christ in the U. S. A. He spoke
at concluding convention session
of the councils division of Chris
tian education.
Evening star., 1951-02-18
Reserves
Continued From First Page.)

VCOnGlnueQ from FlISC faSeJ
service period under which
reservists are being called up.
These expiring enlistments. in
all the services. apply only to en-
listed men. Under present law
and policies. there is no specific
time for reserve commissions to
expire, officials said.
A spokesman said the Marine
Corps also has a policy not to
call up reservists with short
service" left.
In addition, 1t was reported, Air
Force policy planners are working
on a program under which men
will not get active duty orders If
their enlistments have only a
certain period to run. Army
spokesmen said no policy has been
set yet for its reservists.
Depends on World Situation.
Officials stressed that present
policies depend entirely on the
status of the international situa-
ton. If it becomes more serious,
they said, steps may have to be
taken to keep reservists in hand
and prevent loss of mean COM
pleting regular enlistments.
Most Navy and Marine Corps
reserve enlistments are for four
year periods, which, with extern
sions, means that the enlistments
of many who signed up after
World War II will end this year.
The Marine Corps already has
called up its ground organized
reserve and some enlisted men of
the volunteer reserve. Others now
are being called. The Navy, Off
cials said. is ordering to active
duty about 47,000 enlisted reserv-
lists this spring.
Under present recall plans, most
of the Army and Air Force re-
servists who will be affected are
members of units.
Evening star., 1951-02-18

Success for Monday to study the
big If" in the interview-did Sta
lin hint that the door might be
open to further negotiations in
Korea?
The. Stockholm Dagens Nyheter,
liberal Swedish newspaper. said
Stain hoped to spoil British
American cooperation "by influ-
encing that section of British
opinion that is still faltering."
The Conservative Yorkshire
Post said Stalin's interview was a
piece of vulgar abuse" and was
full of lying accusations" 1t
predicted that little could be ex-
pected in the coming months ex-
cept a continuance of the cold
war.
In Kingston, Ontario, Canadian
External Affairs Minister L. B.
Pearson said Stalin's accusation
that Canada is among nations
trying to unleash a new war
speaks well for Canada's rearma-
ment program.
Russians Seen Interview Target
Italy's Foreign Minister, Carlo
SforZa, said he believed the Stain
interview was given for the bene-
fit Of the peoples of Russia ano
her satellites, rather than for the
Western countries.
"It could be-" he said, "that
in wide areas cut off from any
contact with the free world, the
interview could be taken as q
document for peace.
But for us in the West, who
remember several offers of con.
troll and reduction of specific
armament. controls and reduc.
tions which were always turned
down by Russia, the document
can appear only as a rather un.
happy polemic document"
Evening star., 1951-02-18
-Four Die, 13 Injured
As Fire Destroys Old
Denver Athletic Club
BY the Associated Press

DENVER, Feb. 17.-Four per-
sons died and 13 were injured to-
day when flames leaped through
the Denver Athletic Club, widely
known living and gathering place
for business and professional men.
The fire hared in decorations
being put up by employees and
flashed through the six-story brick
building which has rs rooms.
The club recently was repaired
and renovated in both an old sec
ton. dating from 1889, and a new
section. built in 1926. and a grand
reopening was scheduled for to-
night.
100 Climb to Safety.
Approximately 100 persons slid
down drain pipes or fire depart
ment ladders to safety. Firemen
battled the flames for two and
half hours before controlling them.
The fire was believed to have
been started by a short in wiring
of the gymnasium on the second
floor. Fire Chief Allie Feldman
said the fire wass"the toughest one
in my So years on the depart
ment." Seventeen pieces of fire
department responded to alarms
and 100 firemen fought the flames.
Damage was estimated at SIS
million by j. M. Conway, club
manager. but he said repairs would
cost much more.
The dead were trapped on upper
floors. DR.. Eleanor Valentine of
the Denver General Hospital staff
said all OF them were asphyxiated.
Some Carried Down.
The Denver County coroner's
Office identified these dead:
John Charles Wild, about SIS,
club resident; John Meg. King,
"a. club resident; John Meg. King,
man, 68, Denver. club member;
Jennie Meade, SO, Denver, club
maid.
Firemen rescued many by put
ting up ladders to the windows of
the fame and smoke enshrouded
building. They carried some down.
Others climbed down themselves.
They were just too late to rescue
Mr.. Wild. He was trapped and as
smoke swirled about him he
leaned out a window, screamed
for help and threw down a hat to
attract attention. He finally COL
lapsed and only a dangling hand
was visible at a window. Ladder
crewmen found him but he was
pronounced dead after they
brought him down.
Two telephone operators, Char
lotte Swiers and Peggy Miller,
stuck to their switchboards in the
midst of the fire and called rooms
to warm residents and answering
calls from worried relatives.
Evening star., 1951-02-18
Family Income Medion $500
LIN 1o4o, Down $1OO in Year

There we're 8 million families
with incomes of $4,000 or more,
butt more than 10 million with
incomes under $4,000. Nearly S
million families had less than
81. 1000 for the year.
The average income of white
families was twice that Of nom
whites in 1949, compared with
nearly three times as great in 1889.
The continued though narrowing
differences reflect differences in
education, occupational expert
ences, and other factors"
Evening star., 1951-02-18
Note
Continued From First Page.)


the Communist coup in Czecho-
slovakia in 1948.
Waged a Campaign of vilifica-
tion and subversion" against pre-
mier Marshal Tito of Yugoslavia.
Violated the Potsdam accord by
sealing off the Soviet zone of
Germany, attempting to prevent
the economic recovery of West
Germany, breaking up the Allied
Control in Germany by with
drawing it's representative. set
ting up the Berlin blockade and
thus preventing the economic
and political unification of the
country.
Turned down the Marshal plan
and made her satellites follow her
lead.
Organized the Cominform.
whose first manifesto made clear
it's purpose of organizing and
directing every possible form of
agitation and action designed to
defeat the recovery of Europe"
Sought to stir up STRIKES and
social unrest" through various
Red fronts.
Either refused to join or with
drew from various international
and United Nations bodies.
Veto Declared Abused.
Abused the veto power in the
Security Council and refused to
accept plans regarded as reason
able by the vast majority for the
control of atomic energy and re-
duction of armaments.
Tried to keep her people "iso-
lated from the outside world. In
ignorance of the true facts and
inspired with hatred OF the West
ern nations" .....
Prevented conclusion of an
Austrian peace treaty.
Built up a military force in East
Germany, contrary to four-power
accords to demilitarize the coun-
try. rebuilt military forces in the
Russian satellite countries and
maintained forces of her own
"far superior in numbers to those
of all the Western powers put to-
gether."
Is now attempting to "mislead
world opinion as to the true
causes of world tension by a cam
paign of so-called peace propa-
ganda.
Reds Held Set to Use Force.
These facts, the British said,
proved to the peoples of the free
world that Communist imperialism
will not stop at agitation, threats
and subversion, but is ready to
use force to obtain its ends by
conquest"
Britain, slowly and unwill-
ingly" has come to the conclusion
that RusSia's aimes to undermine
the independence of free nations
and to build up a coalition to
undermine the United Kingdom,
the note said.
Britain declared she is con-
vinced the Russian people them
selves want peaceful collaboration
with the West and that Moscow's s
attempt ito disguise these facts
by accusing the democratic and
peace-loving countries of the West
of aggressive policies will deceive
no one"
The note stressed Britain's will
ingneSs to seek a peaceful settle
Evening star., 1951-02-18
FOUND

BOXER. male, fawn color; collar; vic
Fairhayen. Alex; found Feb. 10. Call AL.
1858.
CAMEO PIN; vicinity of 14th and Eye
SITS. NV. Phone Hobart SIR.
COLLIE-TYPE PUPPY, 3-month-old male,
dark brown and white, wearing red
collar. Call HU. 1886
RED COCKER SPANIEL, vicinity Naylor
Gardens. Call after pm. AK. 1904.
Evening star., 1951-02-18
Tort PiIferer Eats 708,
Then Lifts Health SuIts
By the As.ocioted press

SHREWSBURY, England. -
Clifford George Moyle, 20, was not
getting enough to eat at his lodg-
ings. so he stole IL dozen jam tarts
from his employers. He ate nine
dozen of them.
Then. he told the magistrates
here. he did not feel well, so he
stole a tin of health salts. Moyle
was put on probation for two
years. ordered to pay $2.10 costs,
and the probation officer was told
to find him new lodgings.
Evening star., 1951-02-18
BY the Associated Prsss

American families had a median
income of $3,l00 in 1949, the Cen
sus Bureau reported last night.
That was q $100 decline from
1948. the first decrease recorded
in the postwar period, but $500
above wartime 1914 and 1945, Cen
sus Director Roy v. Peel said.
Median means middle point;
half of all other incomes were
higher. the other half, lower.
The bureaus report, made on
the basis Of a simple survey taken
in March, 1850, included these
observations:
Evening star., 1951-02-18
1o5th Coll Successful

MONTREAL lP.-Thomas lilies,
81, Hungarian immigrant, got busy
looking for job soon as he ar
rived here. He made 1914 telephone
calls to Montreal firms offering his
services. On the 195th call he got
a job.
Evening star., 1951-02-18
Gen. WooIey to Speak

Maj. Gen. George F. Wooley,
Montgomery County civil defense
co-ordinator, will speak at a meet
ing of the Northwood Park -Four
Corners Citizens Association at
$3.50 pm. tomorrow at the Four
Corners School on Old Bladens-
burg road. Silver Spring.
Evening star., 1951-02-25

ployes was justified. since these
employees were hired only for the
duration of the national emer-
gency program, and their accu-
mulated leave would be tie only
form of unemployment insurance
they would have on losing their
jobs.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. groups
main argument to Congress
against reducing leave will be that
the step would do much to destroy
incentive in Government.
James Campbell, new president
of the AFL American Federation
of Government Employees, recently
declared that leave given Federal
workers was the main reason many
key personnel remained in Gov
ernment.
Mr.. Campbell said that in many
cases employees are offered better
paying jobs in private industry
but decide to stay in Government
because of vacation benefits. Pri-
vate industry constantly adds in
centives. he said, in an effort to
keep workers and attract new
employees. He held that Govern
ment should do the same thing.
Mr.. Campbell said many indus
tries are hiring workers for de-
fense production on promises Of
permanent employment. This. he
said, places the Government at a
serious disadvantage in recruiting
essential personnel because the
Government makes it plain that
it's new employees will serve only
on a temporary basis.
Furthermore, Mr.. Campbell con-
tinued, employment records show
that because of the pressing re-
quirements of their jobs, many
Government employees never use
all of their 26 days leave. Also.
he observed, every hour taken off
for personal affairs and hours
late for work are deducted from
an employees leave, whereas pri-
vate industry seldom makes SINH
lar deductions from vacations.
TOP EXECUTIVES-Assistant
Evening star., 1951-02-25
H-Bomb Plant Reported
Considered for Alabama
By the Associoied Press

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. Feb. "a
Birmingham News tonight said it
was "authoritatively informed"
that IAN undisclosed site in Ala
bama is being considered for To-
cation of a huge H-bomb plant" "
The plant proposed for Ala
bama would be a link in the
chain of plants to complete man.
ufacture of the devastating H
bomb" the news said in its Sum-
day edition.
The Atomic Energy Commission
previously had announced loca-
ton of a site connected with de-
velopment of the hydrogen bomb
in South Carolina.
The News article said in part:
Cost of the proposed plant was
estimated at more than $50 mil
lion but the News source said this
figure was by no means definite.
that the plant cost might range
considerably higher, or lower
when the Acc finally determined
where it would be located"
Evening star., 1951-02-25
New Women's S Group
Formed at St. AIban' S

A new women's group organized
at st. Adams Episcopal Church in
memory of the Rev. Charles T.
Warner, pastor of the church from
1912 until his death in 1949, will
meet at 3 pm. tomorrow in
st. Adams guild hall, Wisconsin
and Massachusetts, avenues NV.
The new Warner Branch of the
Women of st. Adams plans an
outdoor fair May rs. Officers of the
group are Mrs. M. C. Dollman,
president; Mrs. John Ashton, vice
president: Mrs. Allen Briggs, treas
urer; Mrs. Richard Mullens,
recording secretary; Mrs. Dexter
Davidson, corresponding secretary
and Mrs. j. McKenny Berry, repre-
sentative of the executive COM
mittee Of the Women Of St.
Adams.