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The Wrangell sentinel., 1953-02-27

would tighten the liquor law pro- visions in some respects, relax them a blt in others.
 Here's a box score on some of the bills high spolss
 TIGHTENISGs Sets bar cIosiuz hours for the whole Territory. for bids liquor sales on credit: makes the 200-faot distance a liquor sell CT must be from a school count from the school ground not the schoolhouses extends the distance Co Ia quarter mile outside of towns. sets limits for the number of dis pensarias in towns - but not too tightly. Present license holders are
 safe if they mind the rules and 50-ro0m hotels could get under the wire regardless of the limit.
 RELAXING. Signatures for a license endorsement. within three miles of a towns limits. would have to be secured only from a quarter mile instead of from two miles a. round, feminine waitresses "of good moral character" would be allowed in drinking spots. wo- man could even amix or coueoet drinks" if she were the manager or license holder closure penalties for the first and second violation of liquor laws would be Iessened but an establishment still would forfeit it's license and he padlocked after a third
 The new bill also would provide that if anyone under 21 and over l6 buys or tries 10 buy liquor he would be guilty Of an offense. The present. law puts sole responsibility on the dispensary if a minor is on The premises. II still would be re- sponsibIe and could lose its license after three offenses.
 The bill calls for five-day re- voking of the license for a first u- guor law violation instead f 8 days 15 for the second, instead of 90. q
 The bill has the same closing hour provisions as the one intro duoed two weeks earler It would set a 1 a. m. closing except in night spots where there is live en- tertainment and where the cabaret tax i spaid They could stay open to 2 a. m.
 The bill would forbid cities to change those hours.
 One of the complaints reported
The Wrangell sentinel., 1953-02-27

sa5#eE. Third Division BeHHbli- cans. It substitutes for one they dropped in in the first week Of che session then pulled oul Rablsou had described IL at the tIme az a diu providing for local option. but chat provision had been omitted in tHe drafting
 To get a local option election in au outside precinct under the pro posed law, 85 per cent of the total numbers Of voters in the last gen eral election would have to petit ion for it.
 The petitions could set forth whether the vote should he on the fzsue of any liquor sales at all in the precinct or whether t could be sold only in stores. in restaurants or al bars.
 Incorporated cities and towns already have the Unlicensed right of local option on liquor. The bill
The Wrangell sentinel., 1953-02-27
LIMITED LOCAL OPTION LIQUOR BILL INTRODUCED IN SENATE
 By Jim HutCles0u
 Aszueiated PressI
Asu eg Press

JUNEAU - i substitute liquor central bIll dropped into tae Sen ate lie this week carries a sec rion that probably can be labeled accurately as q limited local 8p- l5u. praFiso.
 The b.il would allow the yatee Of a precinct otside an incorporated city or town 10 keep any liquor establishments from coming in. But il also carries a clause that holders of existing licenses cant be booted out Of the precinct by any local vote as long as -hay a- bide by the liquor laws.
 The bill was introduced by Sen ators Paul Robson and GerrIt
The Wrangell sentinel., 1953-02-27
KING SALMON DERBY
JContinued frora Fsee onen

lGontinued fron FsEe Gne1 and the Wrangell King Salmon Derby Committee in all cases will be final and only salmon caught in accordance with the above rules vii be accepted and entered in the l953 Wrangeu King Salmon Derby
 The WrangeI King Salmon Der 6y Committee assumes no liability ioH ehange= in schedules af a-izes aae la circumstances beyond it's sanlrols H does l. assume any ltaai.t5E for personal injury or loss pr damage to equipment and gear which may be sustained in fakfna par in fals derby.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1953-02-27

from bar operators in such cities as Anchorage and Fairbanks is that the cities clamp down on clos ing hours while the spots outside the cities. but in easy drunken driving range, can operate until che wee hours and draw the trade after the city spots are closed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-23
Voorhees, Sentence
Undergoing Review
BY the Associated Press

FORT MEADE, Md, Feb. 49,
Review proceedings start today
in the case Of 1t. Col. Melvin B.
Voorhees,. former 9th Army chief
censor in Korea who was sem
fenced to dismissal by a military
court Saturday.
Col. voorhees,, a former Ia
coma (Wash.) newspaper editor,
said he was delighted" because
the sentence was "just severe
enough to insure the appellate
action that I want"
OF Army review action, Col.
Voorhees, said;
"This is only the first round
in this thing, and I hope the
case goes to a court high enough
to render an authoritative and
binding opinion"
If the review procedure fails
to clear him, Col. Voorhees, said,
he may take his case to the re-
Gently established three-man
Court of Military Appeals. II
necessary, he said, he will try
for a Supreme Court hearing.
A court-martial board convicted
Col. Voorhees, on five counts OF
failing to clear his writings with
the ARMY before their n,lhIico-
ton, wilfully disobeying an order
to withdraw a book manuscript
from a publisher. and submitting
two newspaper articles directly
to the Pentagon instead OF
through. Army channels. The
court set his penalty at dismissal
and forfeiture Of pay and allow
anceS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-23
Devereux and Edison
Urge China Blockade
By the Associated Pres,

BALTIMORE. Feb. %. Two
American Marine heroes OF
World War II yesterday adj
vocated a United Nations
blockade against Communist
China to shorten the Korean
war.
One of them retired, Mai. Gen
Merritt A. Edison, said the
blockade should include Russian
operated Port Arthur and
Dairen. Gen. Edison won the
Congressional Medal Of Honor
for leading forces on Tulagi and
Guadalcanal.
On a television program with
him; Representative Devereux
suggested major Chinese ports
could be sealed off by station
ing two or three destroyer:
across their seward approaches
Mr.. Devereux. former brigadier
general who commanded the de-
tense Of Wake Island. said air.
craft carriers also might bt
needed to protect the blockade
vessels.
Both Mr.. Devereux and Gen
Edison discounted the possibility
that the Soviet Union might
enter the war because of a block
ade.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-23

slash. would reduce this property
assessment to 9.29 cents.
Meanwhile, the 1858 session
of the General Assembly is half
over. If the legislators were to
get a report card, it could be
marked Good"
Although there still are the
major items to be settled, the
Legislature is in better snaps
than usual" says Senate Pres
ident Della of Baltimore.
On the record, the Senate has
passed 70 bills, of which % have
been enacted by the House, and
approved IL resolutions and four
joint resolutions.
The House has passed 80 bills
Cot which the Senate has con-
Cured in 27) and 10 resolutions
and three Joint resolutions.
Still before the lawmakers,
however, are the budget and pos
sible tax cuts and budgetary re-
auctions: the teachers salary
increase; the 12-year roads pro-
gram to cost the taxpayers about
a billion dollars overall; a pro-
posed revamping of the horse
racing administration; a manda-
tory auto inspection bill: and
leasing and tax bills affecting
oystermen. Not counting. of
course, the flood of local bills
that must be acted on.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-23
kensington Y-Teens Ask
Parents 10 Tea March |

The operating committee Of
the KenSington Y-Teens will
give tea for parents of junior
and senior high school teen
ayers in the Kensington Area,
Sunday. March /. at the home Of
Mrs. Lyman B. Smith, 394l
Washington street. Kensington.
Md.
The purpose of the tea is to
acquaint parents with the Y.
teen program and give them an
opportunity of meeting the
YWCA staff who assist in plan.
ming the program. Mrs. George
Sanford, president of the Mont
gomery County YWCA board.
Miss Polly Billiard, director of
the Montgomery County YWCA.
and Miss Esther Durkee, director
OF the county teen-age program.
will be guests Of honor.
Assisting Mrs. Smith will be
Mrs. James Beddie, chairman Of
the operating committee, Mrs.
Ralph Berry, program advisor.
and Mrs. Ralph THOMPSON.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-23
SobeIoff Group Urges
Uniform Statutes for
Maryland Juveniles
BY the A.soeiosed Press

BALTIMORE, Feb. 23.-The
Sobeloff Commission believes
Maryland should dc, away with
its patchwork OF six sets of
juvenile court laws and work
out statutes to at any case in
the 8-17 age bracket from Gar
rett to Somerset County.
The group studying State gov
eminent with an eye to its re-
organization found that 81 out
Of every 1000 Maryland young
sters between 8 and II are juve-
nile delinquents.
This is above the national
average Of lit for every 1000,
but the commission said Mary
lands percentage was higher
because the State makes wider
use Of its courts in dealing with
delinquents and hence has more
complete records.
Members Split on Details.
Commission members could
not agree on any detailed plan
for control of juvenile delin-
quents.
Some thought it might be well
to concentrate in a special divi-
sion of the Department of We'll
fare all of the responsibility for
handling delinquents.
Others held out for an entirely
new department. completely re-
moved from welfare, which took
the training schools under it's
supervision in 1948. The COM
mission agreed that the matter
should be studied further.
Two Recommendations.
Among specific recommended
tons were:
!. That the State should for
bid placing a delinquent child
under 10 IN a training school
''if more appropriate and ade-
quate facilities for such children
are available"
2. Placing of juvenile court
jurisdiction in Maryland circuit
courts, with one of the circuit
judges assigned to act as juvenile
court Judge.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-23
MARYLAND Planners Recall
Work as Fate IS Debated

lof house numbers. avoiding du-
plication, and insuring that the
National Capitals system along
such thoroughfares as Wisconsin
and Georgia avenues are carried
forward in Maryland. tThe COM
mission also has charge of street
naming). Drafted a new public
building code. Insuring best land
use.
The drawing up of master
plans for coming, highways
parks and sectional coming plans
for specific areas. It is now
working on a master school plan,
in cooperation with Montgom-
cry and Prince Georges school
authorities. A recreation plan
has been developed.
Land Acquired.
Aided in obtaining housing
and Federal Office building prof.
ects and studied the possible
future locations for such prof.
ects in a dispersal program. Ac-
quired land, before it could be
Subdivided, for extensive recrea-
tional and scenic areas in the
valleys of the Potomac River
tributaries here. This is the most
expensive part of it's operation,
because it must buy acreage in
quantity. But in the past two
years, the Federal Government
has not contributed its financial
share toward the park program,
under the Capper- Cramton Act.
Under this. the Federal Govern
n1ent contributes one-third for
ment contributes one-third for
land acquitions and loans two
thirds.
The commission has acquired
land along the Northwest Branch
Parkway of the Anacostia River;
in Rock Greek Valley from the
District line to Viers Mill vii
lage: in Sligo Park from the
Northwest Branch west of
Queens Chapel road to just
south OF Wheaton; acquired a
small part of Cabin John Branch
north of Wilson lane: acquired
some land in Paint Branch val
legs, and in Little Falls Branch.
Some 372 acres are to be pur-
chased in Oxon Run.
Commission Personnel.
J. Bond Smith, general coun-
sci, is the only original member
of the staff still with the COM
mission. T. Howard Duckett,
chairman Of the board of the
Suburban Trust Co., and E..
Brooke Lee, long a Democratic
power in Montgomery County,
were instrumental in forming
the commission.
Now, Robert M. Watkins is
commission chairman; Richard
F. Green Is vice chairman and
park commissioner and these
commissioners also serve: Her.
bert w. Wells, Carlton E. Pyles,
Donald E. Gingery and Sidney
M. Oliver.
Among those who have con-
tributed materially to the com.
mission program are: Irving c.
Root, its chief engineer and
city planner. who later became
superintendent Of the National
Capital Parks and is now with
the Interior Department, and
Frederick w Teummler. its di-
rector Of planning, now in
private practice.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-23
Key Civilians Invited
10 See s. Atomic Tests
BY the Assoeiassd Press

Twenty-thousand members of
the armed forces and hundreds
Of key civilians will take lessons
in atomic age warfare in the 1853
series Of nuclear tests.
From the services, the Penta.
gon announced last night, will
come officers and enlisted men
$4,000 from the Army, $500 from
the Nay and Marines and $500
from the Air Force.
The civilians invited to witness
the first "shot," presently SEIZED.
uled for March II, included Gov
errors. Mayors, other officials
and State and metropolitan civil
defense workers.
Although there was no official
word, 1t Is generally expected.
that tests will include the first
firing Of nuclear charged shells
from one Of the Army's new $50
millimeter. 85-ton mobile guns.
The tests are conducted in
Nevada, about 80 miles north
west of Las Vegas.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-23
Maryland S Senate
Tackles 7 Plans for
Cutting Taxes Tonight
BY the Associated Press

ANNAPOLIS. Md, Feb. 23.-
The Maryland Senate tonight
takes up two conflicting ways of
cutting States taxes by some IS
million.
Political ties will play no small
part.
Here's the way it shapes up:
After first informing the Gen
eral Assembly no tax relief was
in sight under the proposed
1854 budget, the State Board
of Revenue Estimates reconvened
a week ago and agreed to up
their estimates of State income
through taxes by more than IS
million. The board recon-
mended the money be returned
to the taxpayers in the form of
Is per cent cut in income taxes
and some reduction in real es-
tate taxes.
Gov. McKeldin Immediately
Endorsed this program. The
House of Delegates quickly
passed such a bill and sent it
to the Senate.
Want Own Legislating.
There it ran into a roadblock
Thursday. thrown up by group
of Democrats who, as Senator
Turnbull. Democrat, of Balti-
more put it, was tired of having
the board do the legislating and
deciding for U.S."
The IL objecting Democrats
have been working on a tax-cut
plan of their own and said they
want time to study the Repub-
lican administrations plan more
closely.
But they indicated they favor
granting a 20 per cent slash IN
income taxes instead of the pro-
posed Is per cent cut and still
keeping the property tax cut
through budget reductions.
These Democrats are the same
bloc who tried unsuccessfully to
wrest control of the top Senate
Offices from the So-called party
line" Democrats. The insurgents
said they wanted to cleanse the
State party Of defeatism and
get in some new leadership.
Odds Seem Opposed.
On the fact of it, the odds
appear to be against them.
It win take 20 o. the 20 votes
in the Senate to suspend the
rules and amend the present bill,
which calls for the Is per cent
tax cut plus real estate tax re-
lief. Then it would require Is
votes to enact the amended bill
as an emergency measure. which
it would be.
The Governor said in his bud
get message the property tax
rate must be increased from 6.04
to ll.29 cents on each 500 worth
Of real estate.
The real estate tax cut pro-
posed by the Governor. along
with the Is per cent income tax
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-23
Fenwick Opens
Campaign With
Talk Tomorrow
Virginion to Speak
On 18-Stotion Setup
In Governor Race
1Y the Assoeieted Pros,

Virginia's Democratic CAM
paign for Governor picked UP
momentum today while the Re-
publicanS continued to play a
tit-for-tat game over who'll
carry the G. o. p. banner in No
vember's election.
State Senator Charles Fen
wick. one Of the three candidates
for the Democratic gubernatorial
nomination, announced he would
deliver the first Statewide
broadcast in this years CAM
paign Scrapping.
Senator Fenwick said he would
outline plan "of great interest
and Importance" to Virginians in
an Hesitation hookup tomorrow
night. He didn't mention the
nature Of the plan. except to say
he believed it would become "a
basic policy in the continuing
economic growth Of our State"
First in Series.
He said his radio address
would be the first of a series
through which I hope to take
my program for progress to the
public"
The Arlington lawmaker has
another speech on tap this week,
too, when he invades the North
ern Neck Thursday night to
speak at White Stone in Lancas-
ter County.
Senator Fenwick's competitors
for the Democratic nomination
are former Representative Thorn
as B. Stanley of Henry County
and Russell Hatchett of Virginia
Beach. Delegate Robert White
head, has said he will announce
his decision this week.
Mr.. Hackett, former town
manager at Virginia Beach, will
kick off his campaign Thursday
in a speech before the Norfolk
Woman's Club.
Meanwhile, State Senator Ted
Dalton tossed the ball to q coll
league, State Senator S. Floyd
Landreth in the Republicans L
don't want to be-a-candidate
game.
A boom to nominate Senator
Dalton, 48-year-old Radford at
torney, started growing last
week after Senator Landreth
and other G. o. p. leaders said
they regarded him as the party's
best hope in the Governors race.
Dalton Favors Somebody Else.
But Senator Dalton expressed
GOODNESS to the suggestion and
said he hoped some one else
would be nominated.
II think he's the ideal man
and will be our best bet," said
Senator Dalton.
Senator Landreth, who IS
State G. o. P. chairman, opposed
the Democrats William M. Tuck
in 1945. He lost by a sizeable
margin.
The only person who has ex-
pressed interest in getting the
G. o. P. nomination is Nile
Straughan, 45-year-old Fred
ericksburg businessman, but the
party's higher councils don't
give Mr.. Straughan much of a
chance.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-23

Guiding the orderly develop
ment of suburban Maryland and
preserving the scenic beauties
along the stream valleys leading
out Of Washington are top
achievements of Maryland plan
nerS.
The Maryland-N National Capt.
tai Park and Planning Commits
sion, which has supervised this
development, is IS years old.
It's officials today surveyed the
growth of the past quarter of a
century as the Maryland Gen.
eral Assembly studied legisla-
ton introduced by its foes which
calls for the commissions aboli-
ton. Observers at Annapolis
report little likelihood that the
measures would pass in their
present form.
Critics say the commission
members, appointed by the Gov
ernor. are not directly respon-
sible to the people, that it spends
too much money and adds UNI
necessarily to the tax burden
and that many Of it's functions
overlap other services in Mont
gomery and Prince Georges
Counties.
Set Up in 1927.
The commission was set up by
an act of the Maryland General
Assembly in 1927. It has juris-
diction over 800 square miles in
Montgomery and Prince Georges
counties.
It's officials recalled how the
erstwhile farmland has turned
into sizeable subdivisions and
declared the population has
spurted from about $4,000 in
1927 to upwards Of 100000 now.
And tomorrow they expect great
er growth.
Dozens of shoppingf centers
now dot the sites Of yesteryear'S
barnyardS. And the old muddy
roads and COW paths have been
revamped into a planned sys-
TEN of paved thoroughfares and
high speed highways. Seeking to
avoid slum developments, the
commission laid down a program
for the creation of subdivisions
and street expansion to insure
that streets will link up in logi-
cal fashion with the Maryland
highway system. New homes
must meet certain standards In
uniform neighborhoods.
The Maryland-National Capt.
tai Park and Planning Commits
sion was the outgrowth Of the
setting up by Congress Of the
National Capital Park and Plan
ming Commission in 1925. The
Washington group succeeded the
National Capital Park commits
sion of 1924. In a landmark de-
cision. Congress passed the Cap
per-Cramton Park-Purchase Act
In 1880.
Sway Cooperation.
Maryland, the District and
Virginia are cooperating in this
program to preserve for the peo-
pie the scenic stream valleys of
the Potomac River and its tribu-
taries in this region.
The Maryland commission was
charged, among other things,
with continuing the park de-
velopment into the nearby Free
State stream valleys from the
National Capital.
The Maryland planners were
directed to coordinate the park
system and the construction of
orderly subdivisions.
Achievements Listed.
They listed these achieve
mentS:
Requiring that in new subdi-
visions, houses have uniform set
backs, from the street. Adequate
traffic facilities. The assigning
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-23
Gore Will Address
Historical Society

The Montgomery County His
torical Society will hold its an
nual dinner to honor the newly
elected officers at the Columbia
Country Club at $50 p. M. Wed
nesday. H. Grady Gore, new
president of the society. will
preside.
Senator Gore. Democrat, Of
Tennessee, will be the speaker
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-23
Rug Glasses Forming

Registrations for classes in
hooked rug making win be taken
between / and 3 pm. March 2
at the "Y" Cottage, ALL Moor
land lane, Bethesda. Instruction
begins March 8. Glasses will be
held each Monday from 10 am
to 3 pm. and will continue for
six weeks.