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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-04-08
$1,000 Fire Damages
Guithersburq House

Fire caused an estimated $4,000
damage yesterday to the home Of
Hiawatha Frazier. 20, colored, on
Snouffer's School road. Route l.
Gaithersburg.
Three units of the Gaithersburg-
Washington Grove volunteer fire
department responded.
The interior and one wall Of
the small frame dwelling was de-
stroyed. Cause of the blaze was
Undetermined.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-04-08
dNew Fairfax County Executive Tackles Complicated Job

burg, the Massey brothers finished
the county high school and both
studied civil engineering at VPI.
II haven't the least idea," Mr..
Massey said, why I decided to
study engineering. I can't recall
today that I had any particular
reason for doing it,"
Community Teachers.
When Mr.. Massey started in
grade school in Spotsylvania, the
schools were hard to reach in his
section of the county, so a number
of families got together and hired
community teachers.
I'm this way" he said, Eve
didn't pay too much attention tt
the year. but more to the progress:
of the student. When I got tt
high school it wasn't a matter Of
how many years I had been II
school, but whether I was qualified
to start high school work.
II had only one man teacher un
til I got in college," he said, "ant
I got a letter from him just befor'
I came up here. He is H. j. 7
Webner. principal in the Bailey
Crossroads School. He wrote tina
he was glad that I was coming tt
Fairfax and suggested that we ge
together sometime and discuss OLE
times"
Mr.. Massey got into municipal
work as soon as he left college. HI
was first employed as municipal
engineer at Fredericksburg ant
worked his way up to assistant tt
the town manager there.
While at Fredericksburg he me
Mrs. Massey, a student at Mar,
Washington College. and the,
were married soon after sh
finished school.
Then came the opportunity t,
Igo to Salem, Va, the county sea
of Roanoke County, as city man
ager. From Salem he went t,
Henrico as county manager, wher
he remained for IL years befor
accepting the Fairfax Count,
position.
Mr.. Massey believes that IL
Fairfax he will have many of tn
same problems he faced in Hen
rico. The two counties are some
what similar in being adjacent t,
rapidly growing cities. The mail
difference, he said, is that he grew
up with Henrico. while he is land
ing in the middle in Fairfax.
People about the court hous
will tell you that the county's frs
executive will not have an cas-,
task.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-04-08
.46 County Firemen Finish
Maryland Training Course

Forty-six f1remen representing
five Maryland county fire depart
ments will receive training certifi-
Gates at 8 pm. Friday in the
Montgomery County Court House.
Begun six months ago by the
Rockville Volunteer Fire Depart
ment. The classes covered all
phases of e-fighting. Three
Firenlen's Training Courses Of
fered by the Maryland University
Fire Extension Service in CO.
operation with the Maryland
State Firemen's Association were
taught.
Basic and advanced courses
were conducted by Assistant Chief
Thomas Slater of the Rockville
Volunteer Fire Department. A
third course was under Chief Mike
Mcbride of the Takoma Park Fire
Department.
Robert Byrus, director Of fire.
mems training for Maryland. will
present the certificates.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-04-08
DOG Outwits Animal League
To Stay on Roosevelt Island

for the dog because it may be
dangerous.
Eats But Keeps Distance.
League employees found that the
dog would eat horsemeat, bread
and puppy biscuits but he always
kept his distance to avoid capture
They hesitated to drug the dog
because they might never find
him on the heavily wooded island
Mrs. Thyme said the dog is
wearing a collar.
If Mr.. Wuestenhagen's visit is
unsuccessful. she says, well just
get him so fat, he'll quit being SO
smart. Then we'll catch him."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-04-08
Butler Regrets
McKe|din Stand
ForEisenhower.
Senotor Fuvors Taft,
Criticizes Governor
For Following Dewey

An Eisenhower-Ta clash among
leaders of the Maryland Repub-
lican Party was out in the open
today.
Senator Butler. Republican, of
Maryland says he's for Senator
Taft.
Furthermore, the Senator de-
clared in a statement, he doesn't
believe Gov. McKeldin should
presume to dictate" the candi-
date the Maryland delegation
should back for the presidential
nomination.
Mr.. McKeldin, on the other
hand. has strongly indicated he's
for Gen. Eisenhower.
After lunching with the general
in Paris Sunday, the Governor said
Maryland's "a delegates to the
G. o. P. national convention in
Chicago beginning July Z will be
pledged to him as favorite son
candidate on the first ballot.
Always Follows Dewey.
And if he is not nominated, Mr..
McKeldin declared, I'VE will de-
eide who the delegation will vote
for" Then he added:
II always follow the leader
ship of Gov. Dewey (of New York;
and Dewey. as you know, is back
ing Eisenhower"
It was that statement to re-
porters, as reported by the Asso-
ciated Press, which caused Sena-
tor Butler to criticize the Gov
ernor.
II am sorry to see from the
Governors statement that he is
following the twice-discredited
leadership Of Gov. Dewey"
Mr.. Butler commented. while I
am for Senator Robert A. Taft,
and I believe in him sincerely, I
want to see the people of Mary
land, and not the Governor. select
our delegates to our national
convention"
Mentioned for Vice Presidency.
Gov. McKeldin often has been
mentioned as a possible vice
presidential nominee. Many be-
: lieve the purpose of his confer
ence with Gen. Eisenhower during
his three-week European tour is
to determine how the general
would view the Governor as his
running mate.
Many Republican leaders be-
sides Senator Butler are known
to be Taft men. It is felt they
could block Mr.. McKeldin'S plan
to carry Maryland for Gen. Eisen-
hover, unless the general collected
a large write-in vote in the May
5 primary.
The question Of whether Mary
lane Republican voters will be al
lowed to write iY Gen. Eisenhower
or any other choice for the NOM
nation, however, is still before
the courts. The Maryland Court of
Appeals was scheduled to hear
arguments on the issue today.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-04-08

Alexandria motorists are going
to be asked a lot of questions in
the next several months.
It is all part of a traffic survey
which is just getting started un-
der the direction Of John T.
Hanna, city traffic engineer OF
Richmond, and Marshall B. Nc
Reynolds, his associate.
The only visible signs of their
work so far are the many yellow
traffic counting boxes on streets
Throughout the city. The ques-
tioning is due to begin Monday.
About a dozen Alexandria fire.
men are to cover the downtown
area, asking each parking motor
list whence they came, how long
they plan to stay parked, how
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-04-08
Parents lake Turns
IN Radio Campaign
For Safe Drivinq

Montgomery County parents are
filling in as radio announcers to-
day in a campaign for safe driving
near school buses.
Each is minutes throughout the
day a parent is scheduled to make
a spot announcement over station
WGAY urging motorists to observe
the school bus law, which requires
automobiles to stop when school
buses are discharging or loading
children.
The program is sponsored by
the Montgomery Council of Par
|ent-Teacher Associations, the
Montgomery Police Department,
the American Automobile Associa-
ton, and station WGAY.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-04-08
Timber Burned in Year
Would Build a City

Every year thousands Of homes 90
up in smoke-before they ore built.
The couse is something we ore all &C.
quointed with-forest fires. The tim.
Der lost in forest fires in America eoch
year would build oil the houses in q
city Of holt million population. Who
is responsible for forest fires? Nine out
Of 10 ore coused by pure and simple
eorelessness on the port Of people like
you. This terrible destruction must
stop II we ore to keep America strong.
Please be eoreful Remember, only
you con prevent forest fires.
Published as o service in eo.opero.
tion with The Advertising cosneiLl
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-04-08
HyaftsviI|e Council BaIks
Membership in LEAGUE

An attempt by Mayor JESSE
Baggett to bring the city of Hy.
attsville into the Maryland NUM-.
cipal League was unanimously de.
feated last night by the City
Council.
The Mayor said that since thu
city is the fourth largest in thu
State. it should belong to thu
league. Councilman Tom Arnold
chief spokesman for the opposi'
ton, commended the $240 needed tt
join the league might be used bet.
ter for raising the salaries of city
policemen.
A request by the city to install
national advertising signs on it!
239 parking meters was turned
down by the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Capital Park and Planning Com.
mission.
The city would have received 81
cents a month for signs on eacf
meter. The commission, however
said such an act would not com.
ply with its zoning ordinance con-
cerpng advertising.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-04-08
ookbinderWoIking PicketLine
Is Injured Critically by Truck

A striking bookbinder was
knocked down by q truck and in
jured critically yesterday while
walking in a Silver Spring picket
line.
He is Otto Zahn. 46, of 601s
North Nineteenth road, Arlington
He was admitted to the Wash
ington Sanitarium. Takoma Park
with a possible skull fracture ano
back injuries.
Douglas A. Jones, colored, 81
of the 1900 block of Pitts street
Sc, was arrested about an hour
after the accident. He was
charged with hit-and-run, reck.
less driving and driving under the
Influence Of liquor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-04-08

The Arlington Animal Welfare
League is engaged in a battle Of
wits with a German shepherd dos
on Roosevelt Island in the Po-
|tomac.
The league has tried to rescue
the dog from the island with cage
traps, other dogs, food and friend
ly conversation. But the black
|and-tan shepherd refuses to have
Anything to do with human beings
To Try German Commands.
Next week end an Arlington dog
owner who speaks German, Will
liam Wuestenhagen, 2446 South
Oakland street, will go to the
island with Paul M. Thyme, whose
wife heads the Arlington league
They will see if the dog will re.
|spond to commands given in Ger
man.
Mr.. Wuestenhagen's German
shepherd, Rolf, was condemned
Ito death last week when a county
court judge found him vicious
but the 3-year -old thoroughbred
lis still alive pending an appeal tt
Circuit Court.
Mrs. Thyme says harbor police
and Potomac boatmen claim thai
at low tide the dog could leave
the island if he wanted to. They
are mystified by his insistence or
remaining there. Two dogs, near.
lily dead of starvation, were taker
Ioff the island last winter, Mrs
Thyme said. The body of thirc
was found there.
The dog was first seen on thu
island about the middle of las
month. Mrs. Thyme discouraged
people from going to the islane
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-04-08

Montgomery County police said
Mr.. Zahn was on the sidewalk
when struck by the overhangine
body of the truck, as its wheels
scraped against the curb.
The accident happened in front
of the Cornelius Printing Co., 81
Burlington drive. Mr.. Zahn hac
been assigned to picket duty there
in the current bookbinders' strike
Police said a witness noted the
license number of the truck that
hit him.
Mr.. Zahn is an employe of the
William Norwitz Co. at 81
Twelfth street NV. A unior
spokesman said pickets Gus.
tomarily are assigned to Other
firms.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-04-08
IMcKeIdin Letter Tells
10 Candidates in 5th
He Endorses No One
By J. L. Michael

Gov. McKeldin will indorse nc
candidate in Maryland's scrambled
5th district House race.
His hands-of policy was an
ncunced in letter mailed to each
OF the 10 Republican aspirants just
before he left Friday for a three
week trip to Europe and Israel
Gov. McKeldin's aloofness was
revealed today by State Senator
John r Fletcher of Prince Georges
County.
All Out for Winner.
IE his letter to Senator Fletcher
Gov McKeldin said:
Referring to your telephone
call in which you suggested that
there may be those who would
claim my support for one or an
other of the candidates for the
5th district seat in the House Of
Representatives, I want you tt
know that I have offered no sup.
port to any candidate in the dis
trict
II consider each of the severa,
candidates for the Republican
nomination a friend of mine anc
the winner in the primary shall
have all the support I can give in
the campaign which I believe will
end in Republican victory in No
velnber"
Small's Race Prompted Query.
Senator Fletcher said the cir
cumstances under which Frank B
Small, jr., of Prince Georges, one
of his opponents, entered the con-
test leading to the May primary
prompted him to urge Gov. Nc
Keldin to clarity his position.
"A few days before he filed,
Senator Fletcher said, mfr. Small.
publicized his intention to confer
with Gov. McKeldin before max
ing up his mind.
1.-THE result was that, when Mr.
Small posted his entrance fee, il
was construed as meaning that
Gov. McKeldin said, Go ahead
Frank, you have my blessing"
Clarity Held Necessary.
The impression was strength
ened, Senator Fletcher added, by
the Governors open approval oil
Representative j. Glenn Beall ano
his yelled" Endorsement of State
Senator Dewitt S. Hyde of Mont.
gomery County. Senator Hyde i!
contending for the 9Th district
House seat.
"Since he had gone that far, Il
was reasonable to believe thai
he might 60 further" Senator
Fletcher asserted, land the neec
for a clear-cut statement was
heightened by the fact that the
Governor will be away until just
before the primary"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-04-08
Maryland Board Favors
State Control Of Gao Canal

CUMBERLAND, Md, April g.
The Maryland Board of Natural
Resources last night agreed to look
into the possibilities of having
Chesapeake & Ohio canal prop
erty returned to the State.
They said the 185-mile route
could be developed for recreation
industry and game facilities.
Board members voted unani-
mously to have the Chesapeake g.
Ohio Canal Committee explore the
possibility Of having canal prop
erty west of Great Falls returned
from Federal to State ownership.
Three State Senators met with
the board. They were Neil C.
Fraley of Garrett County, De Witt
S. Hyde, Montgomery. and David
K. Mclaughlin. Washington.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-04-08
Alexandra to Quiz Motorists
To Get Facts in Traffic Survey

long they would like to park and
other pertinent facts.
When the parking inventory is
complete, it is planned to check
the origin and destination OF
moving traffic through the city
The traffic engineers might stop
the same car several times in each
day, but they hope the drivers
will be cooperative.
The five-month survey also will
cover a study of the city's traf-
fic control ordinance. a check on
timing of traffic signals, and the
administrative policies and pro-
cedures of the city's traffic con-
troll department.
It is the first survey Of its type
that city officials can recall be-
ing conducted in Alexandria.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-04-08
Fire Marshal Named
By BIadensburq Council

The Bladensburg Town Council
last night appointed Fred E. Ken
nard, jr., to serve as town fire
marshal until June 30.
Mr.. Kennard, who is 40, lives at
4215 Fifty-fourth place. He has
been a member of the Bladensburg
Volunteer Fire Department for
four years. Mr.. Kennard also is a
telegraph operator with the Dis
trict Fire Departments fire alarm
office.
The appointee replaces Albert L.
Snyder of 5535 Volta avenue, who
resigned recently after a row with
Bladensburg Police Chief Clifton
BARLEY,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-04-08
Eisinger Elected President
OF Bethesda Chamber

Roger w. Eisinger, jr.. of the
Eisinger Mill & Lumber Co., was
elected president Of the Bethesda
Chamber of Commerce last night
Hugo Brooks was named vice
president and Scott Brewer, treas
urer. New directors are H. I. Pat
terson, retiring president, and
William K. Hodges.
Mr.. Patterson was presented a
kit Of tools in appreciation Of his
work during the past year.
Capt. John N. Enyard, in COM
mand of the Naval Medical School
spoke on Chinese medical prac-
tees. The meeting was held at the
Kenwood Club.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-04-08
Prince Georges Board
Continues Suspension
|0f Welfare Director

Miss E. Susan Hendricks, sus-
pended director of the Prince
Georges County Welfare Board,
today faces the alternative of re-
signing or answering charges of
inefticiency before the State en-
'ployment commissioner.
The Welfare Board at a special
meeting last night voted to con-
tinue her suspension, Chairman
John w. Sharper said today.
Mr.. Sharper said the board has
asked Miss Hendricks to appear
personally for a courtesy" hear
ing and is waiting for her to set
Ia date.
Until that question is decided
the State employment commits
sioner will not be officially mott
fed. We're doing all we can to
save Miss Hendricks from embarl
Irassment," Mr.. Sharper said.
Mr.. Sharper said the board last
night acted unanimously. with al.
six regular members and Thomas
E. Latimer, chairman of the coun-
Ity commissioners, present. The
meeting was held at the Laurel
home of Mrs. G. w. S. Musgrave
a member of the board.
Charges Not Amplified.
Miss Hendricks was suspended
with pay March II after she was
accused of incompetency. The
Welfare Board refused to amplify
the charges at a stormy meeting
last week with the county COM
lmissioners.
Mr.. Latimer said today, how
ever, that the accusations are OF
Ia purely administrative nature
Mr.. Sharper said member OF
the board telephoned Miss Hen
bricks during last nights meet
ing and asked her to set a date
for a personal appearance. She
was not present when the sus-
pension order was approved
Miss Hendricks replied that she
could not make such an arrange
|ment until she had consulted hel
attorney" Mr.. Sharper said, "ano
we are now awaiting word from
her"
Opportunity to Explain.
Mr.. Sharper made it clear that
he views Miss Hendricks pro-
ljected appearance as an oppor.
tunity for the board to explain
to her why its members believe
she should quit.
UNLESS she resigns" Mr.
Sharper declared, charges will
be fled"
The present complex affairs Of
the welfare board are somewhat
similar to the situation which
existed in 1949 when eight stat
workers preferred ineficiency
charges against Miss Hendrick!
before the Maryland Employment
Commissioner.
The commissioner, after &
hearing, sent the case back tt
the county with instructions thai
the problem be settled at the
local level.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-04-08
By jones Birchfield

Few Fairfax County residents
have yet had glimpse of Carlton
C. Massey, their new county execu-
tive.
But those who see him every day
lat the courthouse, or who have met
him at the one or two social func-
lions he has attended believe he is
just the man for the county.
Mr.. Massey has been on the
$4,000 a year job as the county's
first executive for scarcely al
month. He came to the Northern
Virginia county from Henrico
where he served as county man
ager. At "A. this will be his third
position as head of a county or
municipal government.
The minute he stepped into his
Office on the second floor of the
Fairfax County Court House, Mr..
Massey found himself up to his
eyes in work.
Just in Time for Budget Job.
He had just completed a county
budget before leaving Henrico, and
got to Fairfax in time to direct the
preparation of the budget there
a budget calling for expenditures
of about Sill million, record for
the county.
It's no wonder, then, that he
has been close to his desk, with
little time to go out and get
acquainted. He did address the
st. Patrick's Day meeting of the
Annandale Businessmen's Associa-
ton, and attended a stag smoker
of the local bar association, but
other than these outings, he has
been tied to his desk most of the
time.
Then, too, Mr.. Massey has been
working with a social handicap
since his arrival. His family-his
wife, Margaret, and their two
daughters-will remain in Hen
rico County near Richmond until
school is over. But after that they
will be at home in their new house
on Telegraph road, on the edge
of Alexandria.
Homecoming For Wife.
This will be something of a
homecoming for Mrs. Massey who
was Margaret Cunningham, an
alexandria girl.
Mr.. Massey is a man of few
words. He isn't distant, nor abrupt,
nor unpleasant. His office door is
open to all who have business
with him, and he gives the dis
tinct impression that his Office
is a place of business.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-04-08
College Park Man Gets
Term as Tipsy Driver

Marion L. Kimball, 80, of Col
Ilege Park, was sentenced to sc
days in Jail yesterday in Bethesda
Police Court on charges of drunken
driving and driving with a re-
voked permit.
Kimball was arrested Saturday
lby Pvt. Baird Cowell as he was
driving in front of the Chevy
Chase Fire Department on Con-
necticut avenue. A third charge
of reckless driving was dismissed
by Trial Magistrate Oscar j. See