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Evening star., 1952-09-05
Iakoma Park Council
Calls Rental Session

Whether to continue rent con.
trols in Takoma Park, Md, will
be determined BY the City Coun.
Gil on September q, it was agreed
at a public hearing in the fire.
house there last night.
Mayor Ross Beville said last
nights meeting was called to de.
Itermine the rental situation a.
well as whether controls shoulc
be retained. Councilman James B
Parkhill, chairman of the Civic
Improvement Committee, presided
or 116 persons present, 81 spoke
in favor Of controls and Is were
against. After the two-hour hear.
ing a vote Of those left in the
audience indicated II in favor anc
18 against.
Speakers said that Rockville
Mount Rainier, Riverdale, Green.
belt and other nearby communi.
ties recently had voted to retair
the rent regulations until Apri
80. 1858. Several young wives o1
veterans said they could not raise
families on present salaries anc
rent increases which they fell
would following lifting of controls
Property owners and operator.
OF apartments, however. said they
should get a fair return on theil
investments. One reported there
were 4,700 apartments and &c
houses in the rental areas.
Evening star., 1952-09-05
Petitions in Arlington
Ask New Realty Unit

A new effort to establish a de-
partment of real estate assess
ment In Arlington was made yes
terday with the filing of petitions
asking a referendum November 4
on the question.
Ashton c. Jones, jr., and L. L.
Ecker RACE. members of the Fiscal
Affairs Advisory Committee to the
County Board, filed the petitions
with Circuit Court Judge William
d. Medley. They said approx
mately' 1900 persons had signed
the petitions.
Last year the County Board es-
tablished a department of real es-
tate assessment under a county
ordinance. Attorney John Locke
Green. then county treasurer,
challenged validity Of the ordi-
nance and won a decision from
the Virginia Court Of Appeals in
his favor.
The law enabling a referendum
on the question this year was
passed by the General Assembly
II placed on the ballot, the new
proposal would raise the number
of local referenda questions to be
answered to six.
| Already scheduled to be voted
on are: A proposal to incorporate
Arlington County which requires
answering of three questions; a
Question Of whether the county
manager should serve for an in
definite period or for one year;
and, whether county department
heads should be appointed BY the
county manager or County lizard.
Evening star., 1952-09-05
Maryland Woman Ready to Pay
Bill for Cent in State Taxes

Miss Lucille Haun, %, of 10026
Tenbrook drive, Silver Spring
says her unpaid balance Of a 1851
Maryland income tax bill is going
to cost her 4 cents.
The worst part Of it is, how
ever, 8 cents of the cost will sc
for postage.
Miss Haun recently received the
1-cent-due bill from the State ano
was told she had until September
Is to pay up. She laughs when
she thinks that the State income
tax division has spent 3 cents tc
get back l cent due it.
Miss Haun is a clerk at the Safe
way store, 9515 Georgia avenue
Montgomery Hills. She said she
and her boss figured out the
amount Of tax she owned for 1851
and then she mailed an initia.
one-third inStallment. r.,
Evening star., 1952-09-05
|25O-Car Parking Lot
Planned at HyattsviI|e
On Old Mansion Site

I Work will begin next week on
new 250-car city-operated park
ing lot in Hyattsville.
The lot will be located behind
the commercial development along
the $500 block of Baltimore ave-
nue., near the Hyattsville Armory.
It may be completed by Christ
mas.
To make room for the parking
lot. a nearly 100-year-old Co.
lonial-type home, once a land
mark in Hyattsville, will be torn
down. The home is part of the
old Rosemary Howard property
which sits upon a hill in back of
the armory.
| ESQ Parking Meters.
Razing of the old mansion Is
the initial step in the parking
tlot construction. The lot will
.cover a 312-acre tract and viii
be equipped with $50 parking
meters.
/ According to Mayor Jesse Bag.
gett. use of the parking meters
Eventually will make the lot self.
sustaining They also will save
hiring of parking personnel. The
meters, to cost motorists five cents
an hour, can be used to park from
one to eight hours.
! The new parking lot will cost
at least $150,000," Mayor Bag
lgett reported. This includes $75,-
900 for purchase of the land. Until
the meters are paid for, half o1
the receipts will go to the firm
manufacturing them and the rest
ito the city of Hyattsville. When
paid IN full; all money will 60 to
the municipality. The meters cost
$50 each.
7 At present. Mayor Baggett dis
closed. Hyattsville's 235 parking
meters along various streets OF
the community return some $12,-
900 to $4,000 annually to help pay
city debts.
/ Answers City Prayers.
/ In more ways than one, the new
lot will be the answer to our
prayers" Mayor Baggett said.
One possibility, although Hyatts-
lville officials have not yet acted
on it, would be the elimination OF
parking, at least during rush
hours. along the heavily-traveled
Baltimore avenue. The stretch
from the bottom of the bridge
across the Baltimore & Ohio Rail-
road at least to the Armory always
has been a traffic bottleneck be-
cause Of the heavy load Of trucks
and cars using Route /.
Mayor Baggett said, however,
there are no plans for prohibiting
such parking. He indicted that
much will depend on the success
of the new parking lot.
Evening star., 1952-09-05

Somehow. she says, her mathe-
matics broke down and when she
wrote a check for the remainder
she missed the mark by q penny.
Benjamin F. Marsh, chief of
the Maryland income tax division,
said the incident demonstrates
the accuracy of machines and the
fallacies of human endeavor.
He said key-punch machines
automatically sort bills, separat-
ing the paid from those with q
balance due. A balance Of even
a penny is tossed out by the
machines.
I'VE go through these manuals
"" Mr.. Marsh said, ''but when
you're handling thousands you
can't catch every one. It was one
lof those mistakes that happen.
We've got too much to do here
to deliberately bill some one for
lone cent"
Evening star., 1952-09-05
Arlington Man Convicted
'0f Illegal Whisky Sales

An Arlington man, arrested Au-
gust % in a police roundup OF
liquor law violators, was convicted
yesterday of illegal sale of whisky.
Arlington County Court Judge
Hugh c.: Cregger postponed sem
fencing of Harry B Oliver. IS, col
ored, of the 5000 block South
Twenty-seyenth street. until Wed
nesday.
Oliver was one of % persons
arrested when 10 private homes
were raided by county police. BE
has two other charges against him
illegal possession Of firearms anc
possession Of an unlicensed jukt
box. The charges will be heare
Wednesday.
Charges against two other per.
sons arrested in the raid, Marine
Pvt. Prince Arthur Blue. 20, oi
Camp Lejeune, N. C., and River.
Burrell, jr., 90, Of the 200 BLOCK
South Monroe street. were dropped
yesterday on recommendation oi
Commonwealth's Attorney William
j. Hassall. Both were accused oi
aiding and abetting the illegal
liquor sales.
Evening star., 1952-09-05
Absentee Voting in
MICHIGAN

As a serDice to the Districts
absentee uoters The Star is pub
fishing uoting regulations In
each State for nert November's
election. One State ,oiu be pub
Hshed each day. Watch for
yours. TodGy'S installment is for
residents who ,Dish to vote In
Michigan:
Officers to Be Elected: United
States Senator, 10 Representa-
tives to Congress. Governor and
other State and county officials.
Residence Requirements: State.
s months; city or township, 80
days..
Registration: In person or by
mail, with city, village or town.
ship clerk. Permanent II elector
votes at least once each four
years, Register for election
through October 6.
Absentee Voting: Permitted in
both primary and general elec-
ton. Request ballot Of city, VII
lage or township clerk from tho
18th day to 2 pm. Of the Satur.
day before an election.
Voted ballot must be received
by clerk before polls close on cleo.
ton day.
Further information mar be
obtained in the lobhy of The
Star Building. Eleventh, street
and Pennsylvania apenne NV,
where the District League Of
Women Voters has set Fp a
Doters' serUice desk. 1t Is open
from, 10 am. to 8 pm. Monday
through Friday and from 10
am. to S pm. Saturday. Tele.
phone Republic 099l
Tomorrow: MissoaraS
Evening star., 1952-09-05
u. .Court0pens Way
For Arlington Vote on.
Resuming Remit Control

A Fedefal court ruling has
cleared the way for a vote tomor-
row on reinstatement of rent con-
trolls in Arlington County.
Judge Albert v. Bryan yester-
day dissolved a temporary re-
straining order which had pre-
vented two of the board members
from voting on the question. He
also dismissed suit challenging
the right of Federal employees to
hold any other Office and a motion
accusing the board members of
contempt of court.
An appeal was noted by John
Locke Green and William L. Win
ston, attorneys for three Airing
ton apartment developments, after
the three-hour hearing in Federal
District in Alexandria.
At a meeting on August Is the
County Board decided it woulc
act on the rent control question
tomorrow. Because of this action
Mr.. Green accused the two mem
bers of violating the restraining
order issued on August 10 al.
Though they did not vote on the
Question.
The decision yesterday has nc
bearing on a suit seeking to I'M
seat Arlington County Boarc
members who, are Federal EN-.
Iployes which was filed In Virginis
courts early this year. The Ar.
lington Circuit Court has rulec
that Federal employees are inelig.
ible to hold Office in Virginia un.
der an old law.
This ruling was appealed to the
Virginia Supreme Court of Ap.
peals and a decision is expected
next week.
The two board members In.
volved, Robert w. Cox and Alar
L. Dean. did not appear in court
yesterday. They were represented
by Attorney Malcolm D. Miller.
In deciding the case, Judge
Bryan commented on the Fedora
law cited by Mr.. Green and Mr.
Winston as banning Federal EN-.
ployes FROM serving as County
Board members. The statute de.
clares that Federal employees who
earn $4,000 q year may not hold
any other office.
Where Duality Is Involved.
"This statute does not disuual-
ify a Federal employe from ac-
cepting or from holding a State or
county Office" Judge Bryan ruled.
ut is. directed at the duality of
Federal Office and not to stimuli
taneous holding Of q Federal and
a State Office"
He ordered the temporary re-
Straining order, which would have
expired Monday. dissolved. Mr..
Green requested this order be
stayed pending filing Of an appeal
but Judge Bryan refused the re-
quest.
Evening star., 1952-09-05
Felled Tree Cuts Power
In Fenwick Park Vicinity

Electric power to several hun
dred families in the Fenwick
Park-Donna Lee Gardens area of
Falls Church was cut off this
morning when a tree was felled
across a power line in the 800
block of Rogers drive.
Ray c. Hopkins, Potomac dis
trict manager of the Virginia
Electric & Power Co., said no one
was injured in the accident. He
said service crews went to work
to repair the break Immediately
after it was reported at 9:10 this
morning.
Evening star., 1952-09-05
Eight Restaurant EmpIoye,
CHARGED With Gamb|inu

# dinner was a little late al
Hogate's Arlington House last
night, here's the reason:
Eight Of the restaurants en-
|ployes were arrested for gambling
about 4 p.m., and were not re-
leased from the police station until
nearly $50 pm.
Detective Russell L. Runyon also
charged one of the group with
possession of numbers slips and
operating a lottery. She was Mary
Elizabeth Gregory, 81. colored, of
the HOO block of Fifth street NV.
\ Policemen Charles Franklin and
William Cullins said they were
cruising on Wilson boulevard
when they noticed a card game
in progress in a parking lot be-
hind the restaurant,
Evening star., 1952-09-05
Glasses Start Monday
In Still Uncomp|eted
Fans Church School

Glasses will begin as scheduled
Monday in the new, but uncom-
pleted. George Mason Junior
Senior High School in Falls
Church.
Students will report at 8:05 IN.
and classes will begin at 8:15 am.
the School Board announced at a
meeting last night.
Eight classrooms and several
other rooms not originally intend
ed for classroom use will be avail
able for instruction during the
first several weeks of school. A
gymnasium, designed to serve also
as an auditorium, will not be
ready. nor will dressing and locker
rooms for boys and girls.
Strikes and Shortages Blamed.
The building has been under
construction since January, 1851
Material shortages and strikes
have been blamed for the delay by
the builders, B. & j. Construction
Co.
Board members questioned Har-
~ Berenter. partner in the build
ing firm, last night to determine
If the rooms promised for Mon
day will be finished on schedule
Mr.. Berenter told the board he is
unwilling to pay workmen for
overtime on Saturday and Sum
day because he already has lost
100000 on the project.
H. c. Nuttle of the Fidelity &
Deposit Co. of Maryland, bonding
firm which guaranteed satisfac-
tory completion of the building,
told board members his company
would aid in expediting compile
tion of the building.
Will Meet Monday.
The board agreed to hold a
special meeting at 8 pm. Monday
to determine if construction ef-
forts over the week end are sati-
isfactory.
All of the board members ex-
pressed concern over the condi-
ton Of a curving driveway in
front Of the school. The driveway
was planned for use by school
buses but representatives of the
architectural firm of Mcleod &
Ferrara indicted it may not be
completed in time for use Monday.
Evening star., 1952-09-05
Let's Get Out the Vote
By Alex R. Preston

One reason Virginians do not
turn out at the polls in larger
numbers is because State election
officials seem to be Indifferent to
the problem. -
A far-reaching opinion by State
Attorney General j.. Lindsay Al
mond, (which permits many
thousands of new residents to vote
this year when they thought they
couldn't-was issued recently.
He says. in effect. that persons
who moved into Virginia after
January /, 1851 and before No.
vember 4, 1851, may register and
vote this year even though they
have not paid the State poll tax,
providing they were not billed for
the tax.
But do the local election officials
and registrars know this?
Some do and some don't.
Following Earlier Ruling.
Take Arlington, for instance.
Up until yesterday the central
registrar, Mrs. Mary Thompson.
had to follow an earlier ruling of
the attorney general which ap-
parently precluded all persons who
failed to pay a poll tax from vot-
ing in this important election
year.
Yesterday, Mrs. Thompson be-
gan following the policy of the at
torney generals later opinion.
The point is this: No one at
the State level told the Arlington
election officials about the newer
ruling which was made on June
80. They heard about it and had
to write to Richmond for a copy of
the opinion.
Alexandria, according to Fred
Petit, central registrar, still is re-
quiring poll tax payments of all
new registrants until it receives
notification requested from the
State. You can't blame Mr.. Petit
for not changing his policy as soon
as he read about the attorney gen.
erals opinion in The Star last
Sunday. AS a public official, he
must be notified through official
channels.
Fairfax Asks Clarification.
Fairfax, too. has written the
State Board of Elections asking
for Qualification. Here was an
other case where local officials had
to ask for the information. Until
the reply comes, Fairfax will fol-
low the old policy.
To vote in Virginia, a person
must have lived in the State for
one year. the city or county for
six months and the precinct for
30 days prior to the election. He
Evening star., 1952-09-05
Hunting on Sunday
Illegal in Virginia,
Almond Points Out
BY the Assoeiated Press

RICHMOND. Va, Sept. 5.-This
is the law, Mr.. Hunter:
Sunday is day Of rest for bird
and animal in Virginia.
And that means. Attorney Cen
eral j, Lindsay Almond says, that
you can't shoot a squirrel on your
own property on the Sabbath.
Mr.. Almond, in answering q
query from Game Commissioner
l. I. Quinn, pointed to a State
law which says it is unlawful Ito
hunt or kill any wild bird or wild
animal, including any predatory
or undesirable species, with gun
or other flrearm on Sunday"
Evening star., 1952-09-05
Virginia Art Aide Named

RICHMOND, Sept. S (P).-Dr
Richard G. Wiggin, formerly as
sistant professor of art education
at Pennsylvania State College, has
been appointed assistant super
visor Of art education in Vir-
'ginia.
Evening star., 1952-09-05
Let's Get Out the Vote
|Vrginio's New Poll Tax RuIinq
us Unfamiliar to Many Voters

also must have paid his poll tas
for the previous three years.
This year, however. the Genera.
Assembly passed a bill by State
Senator Charles r. Fenwick o1
Arlington which excuses voter.
from the first years tax wher
they move into the State afte,
the first of the year.
The new law did not take effect
until June % and the attorney
generak hadsindicated earlier thai
it could not apply until 1858. Or
June 80, however, he said the Law
is effective this year.
Since the 1852 poll tax is not
due until December the situation
is this: Those moving into the
State on or after January 2, 1851
and before November 4. 1851, n6et
not pay a poll tax, providing they
were not billed for it,.
Those moving into Virginia or
January 2. 1850, or later. neee
show that they have paid onl,
the 1851 tax, unless they got bill.
for the 1850 tax.
And those going into the State
on or after January 2, 1949 noec
show only the 1850 and 1851 pay
ments unless they were billed ir
1949.
State Officials Criticized.
Senator Fenwick criticized the
failure of State officials to notify
all registration and election off,
Gals at once of Mr.. Almond.
opinion. He said he had asked Mr.
Davis to getl out notices imme.
diately.
Mr.. Davis told The Star that
no notices had been sent put. anc
only those who had asked for an
opinion had been told about it.
This situation only came to q
head in the last few weeks" Mr.
Davis said. Il expect. to get, out
"a bulletin ~ everybody in the next
few days."
Registration books viii close
October 4 until after the elec-
ton.
In 1948 only $4,000, or Il pei
cent of Virginia's 1905 900 voters
cast their ballot for President
President Truman recently Ia
mented the fact that the nationa,
average turnout that year was
only 81 per cent. ..
Virginia's voting record OTTER
has led critics of the dominant
Democratic organization of Sena.
tor Byrd to charge that the vote
us deliberately kept low.
AS a matter of fact, Mr.. Al
mond's opinion on the poll tax
came to the public'S attention last
week end through the announce
ment of a Republican-Joel r.
Broyhill, a candidate for Congress
from Arlington.
Evening star., 1952-09-05
Maryland Dentists to Meet

BALTIMORE. Sept. S B-The
10th seniannuaf meeting of the
Maryland State Dental Society
win be held In Baltimore Sep
itember Il. 4
Evening star., 1952-06-15

! Gather eggs three times a day
store them in a cool moist place
and market them often to main
tain high quality.
Evening star., 1952-06-15

Drain your tractor or truck
radiator of antifreeze, 1t keeps the
motor from top performance dur
ing hot weather.
Evening star., 1952-06-15
Require
Attention Now

Lilacs need attention now fol
two reasons: A blight is causing
a general browning of foliage, anc
lilac miners are at work.
The blight is due to a fungu:
disease-the same fungus, says
Nestor E. Caroselli, associate pa.
thologist of the Bartlett Tree Re-
search Laboratories, which ha.
been found on rhododendron ane
dogwood this spring and which
produces bleeding canker in hard
wood trees.
In addition to discoloration OF
foliage, it produces small brown
sunken areas or cankers or
branches of new wood.
Best control Is to spray with
Bordeaux after the last bloom has
gone, prune out severly infected
limbs and fertilize the shrubs ia
restore lost vigor.
Young caterpillars of the lilac
leaf miner are now mining the
leaves Of lilacs just above the
ground line. Within week or SO
they will move to the tops of these
shrubs.
Good control can be obtained
now by spraying with contact
lnsecticide. When leaf miner in
festation is severe, the. plant is
weakened. thus reducing next
years bloom.
Evening star., 1952-06-15
Nitrogen Helps Pasture
Grasses Use More Fertilizer

Tests indicate applications of
nitrogen to native blue grass and
orchard grass not only increase
yield. but also the percentage of
phosphorus the plants take from
the applied fertilizer.
The experiment, conducted with
radioactive phosphorus, showed
that so pounds of nitrogen and SO
pounds of phosphoric acid per
acre resulted in yields twice as
high as when no nitrogen was ap-
piled.
The results also showed that
when so pounds Of nitrogen per
acre was applied, the uptake OF
topdressed phosphate increased
threefold.
The experiment is being con-
Quoted by the Virginia Agri-
cultural Experiment station.
These findings are part of an
overall experiment to determine
how much phosphorus actually
gets from the fertilizer into the
plants structure.
The phosphorus in the ferti-
liZer is made radioactive. After
the plant has had time to absorb
the fertilizer. geiger instrument
| is held next to the plant to meas
ure the amount of io-activity
and thus the amount of the radio
phosphorus that was taken up by
the plant.
Previous results have shown that
plants take more phosphorus
from fertilizer when it is broad
cast than when it Is placed in
bands six inches apart.
Test results also have shown
that phosphorus is made more
Evening star., 1952-06-15
Striped Beetle
Causes Damage
Cucunnbers

The striped cucumber beetle is
the main cause of cucumbers and
all vine crops dying overnight" J"
Those plants really started dying
when the seedlings first started
coming up. because that is when
the over-wintered beetles lay eggs
in the soil cracks alongside the
seedlings. These hatch out
worms" that play havoc with the
roots. destroying some plants
forthwith. Other plants persevere
until cucumber picking should
start. and then die. But when
the dying has started, the time
has passed for stopping the dam
age.
Several other beetles attack
vine crops. but their damage is
usually minor. The control pro-
cedure for striped beetles controls
them, too.
Start Control Early.
AS the damage starts when the
seedlings start, so must the con-
troll. The method is by busting,
Sitting through a porous sack or
with a popgun or a bellows duster.
Three per cent DDT dust may be
used, but to escape burning. "puri-
fed" DDT is recommended or,
more safely, 5 per cent methoxy-
chlor dust.
Five dustingS are recommended,
always in the middle of the hills:
CD When the first seedlings start,
CD three to five days later, 90
five days later. (4) 10 days later
and (5) in 10 days again.
The first three dustings are ef-
fective by getting some of the ma
terial into the open soil cracks
The last two dustings are for
placing the material about the
plants bases. to keep at their dis
tance the striped beetles that
arise from the worms" that have
escaped the underground treat
ment. For the later dustings with
a sitter. the plants leaves should
be parted with the hand to let
the dust fall through. A duster
would drive 1t there.