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Evening star., 1952-10-24
Alexandra Prepares
Sewage Plant Plans

Alexandria yesterday submitted
to the Virginia State Water Con-
troll Board a progress report on
the city's pollution abatement pro-
gram.
The control board last month
ordered Alexandria to make
monthly reports through Novem-
ber. The one submitted yesterday
by City Manager Ira F. Willard
lis the first.
The report is in the form of a
diary, listing % meetings, tele-
phone conversations and other ac-
tions in preparation for construc-
ton of a sewage disposal plant.
Several of the conferences were
with Fairfax County officials to
work out possible joint use Of the
disposal plant and trunk sewers
Other conferences were held with
New York bond attorneys and en-
gineers concerning creation of an
authority to administer the city's
sewage disposal system.
The report said preparation OF
a final draft Of the sanitation
authority ordinance was started
two days ago.
v. Floyd williams, city attorney
said he expected the ordinance
would be completed within two or
three weeks.
Evening star., 1952-10-24
Additional Taxing Power
Favored by County League
By the A.soeioted Press

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va, Oct
24.-The League of Virgins
Counties favors legislation which
would grant additional taxing
power to the counties, William
IB. Speck, league field secretary
said today.
A resolution passed at the an
nual meeting Of the league al
Natural Bridge this week author.
lied a committee to study new
tax sources for the counties, to be
incorporated in legislative pro-
|posals made by the league.
The league in preliminary dis
cussions said there is a discrep-
ancy in the taxing privileges OF
cities and counties, and that addi-
tional funds are needed to support
such programs as school building
In other actions, the league
authorized an appeal Of the recent
81, $50. 900 rate increase granted
the Chesapeake & Potomac Tele-
phone Co., and authorized two
committees to study methods of
appointment of county school
boards, and whether county board
meetings should be open to the
public.
Evening star., 1952-10-24
D. {. Hotel Cook Indicted
On Charge Of Perjury
BY the Associated Press

ELL1COTT CITY, Md, Oct.
PA 30-year-old Washington
hotel cook was indicted on per-
jury charges by a Howard County
grand jury yesterday on charges
that he lied at his trial here
October 10.
The accused, Edward Wanzer.
in a move of his own, yesterday
filed an appeal of the Jail SEN
tence handed him by Judge James
Clark in a seven-count conviction
for illegal sale of alcoholic bev-
erages and gambling.
The sentence was 11R months
in the House of Correction and
$500 fine.
Wanzer was released from Jail
yesterday on $4,000 bond and then
posted an additional $1,000 bond
on the perjury charge.
The indictment did not specify
details of the perjury charge, but
stated that the charge was based
on statements by Wanzer that he
had not been previously convicted
of a crime.
Evening star., 1952-10-24
Buck|and Sells Angus
AT S353.95 AVERAGE
BY a stoff Correspondent Of The s.or

BY q StoH Correspondent OF The Stov
GAINESVILLE, Va, Oct. GA
handful of buyers paid total of
$50 800 at historic Buckland Hall
Farm near here yesterday for 152
purebred Aberdeen-Angus cattle.
The average was $353.95 per
animal.
While prices did not reach those
paid for top cattle last year. Dave
Canning executive secretary of
the Virginia Angus Society. de-
scribed the sale as satisfactory.
He urged farmers to buy working
cattle while prices are reason
able.
The top price in the sale, 81 100,
went for a heifer. She was pur-
chased by Mr.. and Mrs. Milton r.
Wescott of Elysian Farms near
Haymarket. Mr.. Wescott is a
Falls Church nurseryman.
Buckland Hall Farm. estab-
lished in 1750 by a Col. Love. was
later owned by Mitchell Harrison
lof Philadelphia. who established
there one of the top shorthorn
herds of the country.
Mr.. HarriSon's daughter subse-
quently established an Angus herd
which was sold yesterday. The
farm has been purchased by Jack
Solomon. who is moving his Angus
show herd here from New York.
Mr.. Solomon is a New York res
taurant operator.
Evening star., 1952-10-24
Democrats Set Up
Club for Eisenhower

A Democrats for Eisenhower
Club for Montgomery County was
organized last night at the home
Of F. Moran McConihe, near
Rockville.
According to Robert H. Myers
Chevy Chase attorney, the organ
lzation of the club was spanked by
Brig. Gen. Harry H. Semmes
U. S. A., retired, one of the AZ
Maryland Democrats who issued
q joint statement earlier this week
that they were going to support
Gen. Eisenhower for the presi-
dency.
Gen. SemmeS was elected chair
man of the group. Mr.. McConihe
and Edward B. Beale, also of the
Rockville area, were named vice
chairmen.
Gen. Semmes was awarded Dis
tinguished Service Crosses in both
World Wars I and II. He is an
investment lawyer. He strongly
supported Senator Millard E
Tydings, Democratic candidate
who was defeated for reelection
In 1850.
Mr.. McConihe and Mr.. Beale
both are past presidents of the
Potomac Democratic Club.
Evening star., 1952-10-24

524 the registered The Republicans
445 The Democrats usually Republicans but the
district has history Of voting for G. p candidates.
For instance look at these Republican victories Two
Democratic Gov W. Preston Lane lost all of the five counties
including his home Washington Countyto Gov Mceldn to
the $1,000 nearly $4,000 time
cratic Senator Mard Tydngs like fashion,
Ito 4S000 to Senator Butler Mr. Bea of carried
Portable H. toad 900 lead a Democrat
In the last presidential election carried district
to 48700 although President did
majority in Aegany County But Mr. Bea swept the district
10000 to $4,000, against Democrat.
Mrs Werner and Mr. Hyde nomination the wayby
getting enough their home Montgomery offset
losses of all the other four counties combined Latest registration
figures show that Montgomery 42 of the
voters in the district.
Evening star., 1952-10-24
Bockus, Former Mayor, Named
New Judge of Alexandra Court
Will Be Junior
To WooIls on
Corporation Bench

Franklin P. Backus. former
Mayor of Alexandria. has been ap-
pointed the new judge of Alexan-
dria Corporation Court.
The appointment was made by
Gov. Battle yesterday. The Cen
|eral Assembly authorized the new
judgeship this year because Of the
growing amount of cases in the
court.
Mr.. Backus will be junior judge
to William P. Woolls.
Ordinarily the General Assem-
bly, elects judges. but the Governor
may make an interim appoint
ment when the Assembly is not
in session. Election of a perma.
nent judge may be taken up al
the forthcoming special session o1
the General Assembly in Decem-
ber.
The appointment came after a
long controversy over who would
get the position. The Alexandria
Bar Association last April in
dorsed Police Court Judge James
r. Duncan. Gov. Battle took NO
action on that recommendation
Last week a group of attorneys
who disagreed with the bar as
sociation majority presented Gov
Battle with a petition in behalf
of Mr.. Backus. Mr.. Duncan's sup
porters heard of this and promptly
paid personal visit to the Gov
ernor. They contended that the
bar associations Endorsement
should decide the choice.
Appointment of Mr.. Backus
will create a vacancy on the
City Council, of which he is 9
member. The law requires the
City Council to petition the court
Evening star., 1952-10-24
PouItrymen Hear Robertson
Hit Unlimited Farm Subsidies

ing that the worlds food needs
were met.
1--WE know however, that seven
years after World War II We are
continuing costly type of pro-
gram which can become much
more costly if production con-
tinues to expand after our Euro
pean allies are again able to feed
themselves and our foreign re-
habilitation aid has been ended"
he added.
Hits Congress Action.
Senator Robertson said he had
always supported what I re-
garded as a well-balanced agricul-
tural program" but he deplored
action of the last Congress for ex-
tending the period during which
mandatory price supports are to
be applied at 80 per cent Of par
ity."
And Senator Robertson said he
regretted "even more the position
taken by candidates for high office
who have Endorsed that action and
promised in some instances to 60
even more in the future" He
went on:
II agree with the position taken
by the American Farm Bureau
Federation and the National
Grange that the Government
should not guarantee profitable
prices to any economic group.
Some protection against unreason-
able price declines can be provided
but the program should be
flexible"
Evening star., 1952-10-24
BY the Associated Press

ROANOKE, Va, Oct. 24.-Sen-
ator Robertson, Democrat, of vir-
ginia, spoke out here today
against unlimited farm subsidy
programs and said he was certain
that "all Virginia farmers prefer
a free market to a subsidy pro-
gram which inevitably will be
followed by a program of distaste-
full regimentation,"
1--WE are on dangerous ground
whenever we find ourselves pro-
ducing any agricultural product
for sale to the Government rather
than in the free competitive mar
kets of private enterprise" Sena-
tor Robertson said in a speech
prepared for a breakfast session
of the Virginia State Poultry
Federation.
Frozen Turkey Purchase.
Virginia's junior Senator was
referring to the Agriculture De-
|partment's purchase of frozen
turkeys-including 10000 pounds
from the Old Dominion-for dis
tribution to schools for profit
lunch programs.
Senator Robertson said there
are instances where farm subsidies
are justified. and that this was
the case particularly during and
after World War II as a protec-
ton to producers of non-basic
crops" for their response in see
Evening star., 1952-10-24

Mrs. Werner, 81, who was one
of the leaders in establishing a
charter form of government for
Montgomery County, is the first
woman in Maryland to receive a
party nomination for a full term
in the House.
She ceased campaigning every
Tuesday and sometimes in the
evenings, to take care of public
business as member of the
Montgomery County Council.
Sometimes she is called the
dining room candidate" because
that is where she maintains her
campaign headquarters in her
home at 6807 Forty-ffth street,
Chevy Chase.
Although the far reaches of the
district, Allegany and Garrett
Counties, have more registered
Republicans than Democrats, she
has made a strong bid there for
Ilabor's support. The labor vote is
probably more important there
than anywhere else in the District.
She has large following among
womens organizations-so much
$50 that supporters of her opponent
organized a Women-for- Hyde Club
to Offset the effects.
Mrs. Werner denies political
charges that she favors central
lied government. To refute this.
she cites her prominence in the
fight for Montgomery County
home rule" a few years ago.
Although she has met her op-
ponent on the same platform sew
eral times, she refused his most
recent challenge to debate, she
says. because she didn't want to
increase his audience.
Early in the campaign, there
were persistent rumors that Mrs.
Werner did not have the support
of the Democratic organization.
particularly the precinct workers.
But these reports have been con-
Ivincingly refuted by responsible
leaders, from E. Brooke Lee on
down. She, herself, is an ardent
supporter of the Stevenson-Spark-
man ticket.
One reason for the rumorS was
the candidates determination not
to accept campaign contributions
large enough to be construed as
an attempt to influence her vote
in the House. Instead, she prefers
to receive contributions of $40 or
less from individuals.
Active in the Bethesda Meth
odist Church, Mrs. Werner has
taught Sunday School since she
was 16. She was born in Baltimore
and was educated at Eastern High
School, Washington, and Goucher
College.
She was personnel manager Of
Ia large Baltimore department
store before marrying John Wer-
Iner, mechanical engineer with
the Government. They have two
daughters and a granddaughter.
Evening star., 1952-10-24
$567,OOO Arlington School
To Be Dedicated Tomorrow

The new $567, 900 Claremont
Elementary School, 4700 South
Chesterfield road, Arlington, will
be dedicated at $3.50 pm. tomor-
row.
Among those participating will
be DR.. Barnard Joy, chairman of
the Arlington County School
Board: T. Edward Rutter, super
intendent Of Arlington County
schools; DR.. Levin B. Hanigan.
principal, and Mrs. Charles Strain,
president of the Parent-Teacher
Association.
The Rev. Paul S. Carter, pastor
of the Greenbrier Baptist Church,
will give the invocation.
Evening star., 1952-10-24
Three Large Forest Fires
Char 1,5OO Virginia Acres
By the Assoeiafed Press

After a second day of wide.
spread forest fires, State forestry
officials anxiously wondered today
which of the States dry wood.
lands would be next.
Three large fires ragged yester.
day near Portsmouth and II
Pulaski and Tazewell Counties.
The Pulaski blaze was the larg.
est and had charred some 1,00t
acres Of forest by last night.
Some 500 acres of woodland
were destroyed near Portsmouth
in dismal swamp forests of Nanse
mond and Norfolk Counties. For
estry officials thought this wa
started by hunters. but had NJ
proof.
Evening star., 1952-10-24
Dickerson Man Held
On Arson Attempt

A 33-year-old Dickerson, Md.
man was held for action Of tn,
Montgomery County grand jury
yesterday on charges of attempted
arson and attempting to defraud
Stanley D. Tibbs appeared be.
fore Trial Magistrate Walter H
Moorman in Rockville Police
Court to face the charges.
Detective Sergts. Frank Grigg.
and Jesse B. Day said Mr.. Tibb.
rented a house and moved inte
it August Is. They said early the
next morning his furniture, in
sured for $1,000, was badly dam.
aged by fire.
Police said the house had beer
rented from Eugene B. Casey
former aide to the late President
Roosevelt.
Evening star., 1952-10-24
Both Parties Indorse
Independent Slate
For Arlington Board

The Republican and Democratic
Executive Committees in Arling-
ton have indorsed the county
board slate of the Independent
Movement.
The Independent Movement
candidates are DR.. Robert Det-
wiler, Mrs. Leone Buchholz and
Alvin F. Kimel.
The Endorsements had been ex-
pected since the two parties failed
to nominate their own candidates
before the filing deadline.
Leaders of both parties held
several conferences after an
nouncement of a special election
to f1ll three board seats.
Partisan Opponents.
Opposing the Independent
Movement candidates are three
non-partisans, Mrs. Robert Cox
Mrs. Martha Cannon and Will
liam j De Mix.
Independent Movement spokes-
men said the nomination of their
candidates was the result of q
spontaneous movement for better
government in Arlington and was
not the result Of a coalition of
political parties.
Under Federal Civil Service reg
ulations Government workers in
Arlington are forbidden to cam
paign for partisan candidates, but
may actively support independ-
|ents.
Seek Unexpired Terms.
The Independent Movement
slate was named to run for un-
expired terms of board members
ousted by a court decision ban
ming Federal employees from hold
ing local Office. In the race for
the four-year term, in which no
Independent Movement candidate
is entered non-partisan Ivan A.
Booker is opposed by Wesley w.
Cooper. Democrat; George M.
Rowzee, jr., Republican, and Jacob
Bechtel, Independent Republican.
Mr.. Rowzee and Mr.. Cooper have
Endorsed the Independent Move
ment candidates for the other
three seats.
The board candidates will ap-
pear at a meeting at 8 o'clock to-
night at Mckinley School, 1880
North Mckinley road.
Evening star., 1952-10-24
Widening Project
Begins Next Week
On Connecticut Ave.

i Work Is to begin next week or
the long-awaited widening o1
Connecticut avenue between
Chevy Chase Lake and the Jones
Bridge road.
State Senator Dewitt S. Hyde
of Montgomery County announced
yesterday that Russell H. Mccain
chairman of the Maryland Roads
Commission, has assured him that
work on the project would begir
within a week.
The read is to be widened from
two lanes to four along the three.
eighths Of a mile stretch, which
has long been recognized as ont
Of the worst traffic bottlenecks II
Montgomery County. Connection
avenue is a four-to-six lane dua
highway between Chevy Chas'
Lake near the Baltimore and Ohit
Railroad tracks and the Distric
line. and in the District, it accom-.
modates from four to six lanes o.
traffic
During the evening rush hour
traffic is often backed up fol
nearly a mile where Connecticut
avenue narrows to a two-lane
country road at the railroad
tracks.
Last month, a delegation of
Chevy Chase residents met with
the State Roads Commission to
urge immediate action on remov-
ing the bottleneck.
Mr. Hyde said since that meet
ing he and Representative Beall,
Republican, of the 9Th Maryland
District have been comforting al
most daily with individual men,
bers of the roads commission.
Evening star., 1952-10-24
Connolly Resigns Post
las Head of Hospital
Special Disposeh 10 The Stor

FREDERICKSBURG, Va, Oct.
24.-Thad F. Connally, admins
traitor of Mary Washington Hos
pital here since 1948. has resigned.
Personal reasons" were cited
by Mr.. Connally, under whose ad-
ministration q new SIS million
building was erected and placed
into operation. Mr.. Connally was
the first administrator for the
Icity's only hospital.
Evening star., 1952-10-24

Mr.. Hyde, a 43-year-old Be-
thesda attorney, has served the
last six years in the lower and
upper branches of the Maryland
General Assembly. He is running
partly on his legislative record
Mrs. Werner is running on his
record. too-except she is against
it.
He has been criticized for his
vote in the State Senate against
teacher pay raise bill and q
later vote to sustain Gov. Nc
Keldin's veto of that bill.
He says Mrs. Werner's position
on this Is "hypocritical and hel
arguments have been sheer
sophistry designed to mislead."
The Montgomery County Coun-
Gil, of which Mrs. Werner is a
member. considered the teacher
Ipay bill and decided not to recon-
mend its passage, he says. He
never heard anything from her
about the matter until the cam
Ipaign began, he says.
Mr.. Hyde also was attacked for
his sponsorship of a resolution in
the Legislature calling for a con-
stitutional amendment to limit
the rate of Federal income taxes
to Is per cent. Mrs. Werner says
the measure would cut the rate
for the rich and large corpora
tions and thus force the Govern
ment to raise the rate for lover
income groups.
Mr.. Hyde disagrees that it
would work this way. Also, he
proposed to remove the limitation
during emergencies.
He has challenged Mrs. Werner
to debate the issues on a wire
recorder because, he says, she has
deliberately distorted his views.
Mr.. Hyde's campaign manager,
Delegate j. PAUL. Marshall of
Montgomery County, was a strong
supporter of Senator Taft. But
since the Chicago convention Mr..
Hyde has made a strong appeal
for Gen. Eisenhower and ap-
Ipeared with the presidential nomi-
nee during recent tour through
Western Maryland.
Born in Washington, MIR. Hyde
was left fatherless in infancy. He
took law degree from George
Washington University in 1885
after having started his studies
in chemical engineering. He was
with the Farm Credit Admins
tration for five years before en-
tering the Navy. spending nearly
two years in the South Pacific
He emerged with the rank of
lieutenant commander.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hyde are active
in Christ Lutheran Church in
Bethesda. which he helped to
found. He had been reared as a
Methodist.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hyde make their
home at 1904 Elm street. Bethesda.
Evening star., 1952-10-24
New Group Joins
TaxCourtAttack
In Montgomery
Home Owners League
Holds First Meeting;
Hits Assessment Rise

The new Home Owners Tax
League, Inc, Of Montgomery
County Joined the battle over in
creased tax assessments last night
and charged the County Appeal
Tax Court with arrogant, rude
and high-handed tactics"
The organization held its first
general meeting in the Battery
Park Clubhouse, Bethesda.
Some of the IS home owners
present told of their experience
before the tax court. They COM
planned there was little hope Of
getting relief through the court
and protested the treatment they
said they received from the court.
Discouraged on Protests.
OF all the appeals made to the
court, the league said only l or
is per cent resulted in any relief.
In cases where disSimilar assess
ments are called to the courts
attention. the league said, lower
assessments would be raised to
comparable level with the higher
ones. The league said this dis
suaded many from making pro-
tests because they knew before
hand it would only result in rails
ing a neighbor's assessment.
James P. Parker of Westmore-
land Hills was named chairman
of committee to investigate
charges of assessment discrimina-
ton, and Brig. Gen. Adam Rich
mond, U. S. A. retired, was au-
thorized to set up a committee to
study the county budget. Mr..
Parker urged any one with pro-
tests to communicate with him.
Preston B. Haines of Bethesda
cited statistics which he said
showed that the cost of county
government has risen unneces-
sarily over the past four years. He
recalled that one of the basic
arguments for a home rule char
ter government which was adopted
in Montgomery in 1948 was that
it would be more economical.
Budget Rises Cited.
Mr.. Haines said the county's ex-
pense budget has increased 81 per
cent from $8.2 million in 1948 to
1882 million today; the budget for
the county managers Office has
risen 76 per cent in the last two
years alone from $4,000 in 1850
to $134,000 in 1852. He also cited
"a 72 per cent increase in general
debt service from SIS million in
1850 to $2.5 million today.
Mr.. Haines said the per capita
tax in Montgomery today is $500 SO
as compared with $139 in Primes
Georges, $133 in Baltimore County
and $83 in Anne Arundel County.
He urged that consideration be
given to the creation of a new post
of budget and procurement officer
in the county.
Evening star., 1952-10-24

have a slight paper majority
but where Republicans seem to
come off the winners.
They are trying to be elected
to a Republicans seat. Repre-
sentative Beall is ending 10
years in Office to run for the
Senate.
The five-county area ex-
tends from metropolitan Mont
gomery County all the way out
to the coal fields of Western
Maryland. 1t has been repre-
sented in Congress by Republi-
cans for So out of the last 80
years.
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Evening star., 1952-10-24
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Silver Spring Gallery
To Exhibit PAINTINGS

The Silver Spring Art Gallery
will exhibit paintings by Lyn Egg
bert, Helen Costello, Margare
Hardesty. Maj. Vincent Hack
U. S. A.. and Japanese porce'
lains and carvings loaned b!
James Feiser Sunday at 921t
Flower avenue. Silver Spring.
Also on the program will be al
informal talk by Mizuo Kurods
of the Japanese Embassy anc
showings Of Japanese films. Tht
works will be on exhibit through
November 81.