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Evening star., 1953-11-03
Bethesda Chamber
Hears More Details
On 25-Year Planning

Two more phases of a 25-year
master plan for the Bethesda
business district were presented
to the Bethesda Chamber of
Commerce last night by Carroll
Sager, chairman of the groups
area planning board.
One proposal would extend
commercialization to Arlington
road on the west, except for a
narrow bumper strip of apart
ments. and to Pearl and Forty
sixth streets on the east, with q
bumper strip of parking lots.
Mr.. Sager said no pressure
would be brought for new COM
mercialization until land already
in that category is used.
Road Changes Hinted.
The second proposal, recon-
mended for early action, covers
these road changes:
l. Widening of Arlington road
from 20 to so feet and eventu-
ally to 80 feet.
2. Extension of Pearl street
north to Wisconsin avenue, near
the Bethesda Naval Hospital,
and south across the B. & o.
Railroad to connect with Forty
sixth street and across the
northwest tip of the Chevy
Chase golf course to Wisconsin
avenue, to form a bypass
around the present business dis
trict.
3. Completion of Glenbrook
parkway from the National In
Stitutes of ealth grounds
southwest to Little Falls park
way.
4. Widening of all streets in
the Woodmont triangle and ex-
tension of several to provide ac-
cess to the area from both Wis
consin avenue and Georgetown
road.
45% of Area for Parking Lots.
The proposed plan for the en-
larged business district, Mr.. Sa-
ger said. designates As per cent
of the area for public parking
lots.
Three remaining phases of the
master plan still incomplete in
clude proposals for balanced resi-
Dental areas to allow for more
economical public services, the
location and size of outlying
business districts and co-ordina-
ton of the first four phases into
the whole master plan.
The first proposed master plan
for the area. released in 1946 by
the Maryland National Park and
Planning Commission, has never
been adopted by the County
Council.
Hugo Brooks, chamber presi-
dent, said the new plans would
be available for inspection at
the Chambers Office and that
criticism will be welcome.
Evening star., 1953-11-03

A campaign poster urging the
election of Thomas B. Stanley,
Democrat, for Governor of Vir-
ginia today was reported placed
squarely in front of voters at a
Culpeper County polling booth. I"
Miss Frances Griffin, 1902
Southern avenue Sc, whose
home is in Culpeper County, re-
ported the incident after voting
in the Ell Dorado precinct of
Salem district.
A quick examination of elec-
ton laws does no show a specific
ban against such posters, al
though the law bars campaign
workers within 100 feet of the
polls. The general practice is to
bar campaign material within
the 100-foot radius.
Levin Mock Davis, secretary Of
the State Board of Elections, had
returned to his home on the
Eastern Shore to vote and could
not be reached for comment. An
aide in the Office at Richmond
said, however, that the reported
incident is unusual" and would
Evening star., 1953-11-03
Prince Georges Man
browns in Bafhtub

A 47-year-old Prince Georges
County man drowned in the
bathtub of his home yesterday.
The victim was Albert o. Be-
craft, who lived on Contee road
just off Gunpowder road in the
Laurel area. according to police.
Mr.. Becraft's body was found
face down in the tub, with the
tap on and the tub overfiowing.
His family was away at the time.
DR.. John T. Maloney. county
medical examiner, said Mr.. Be-
craft may have suffered a heart
attack or fainting spell.
Evening star., 1953-11-03
Council Studies
Severe Terms Of
Chi|d-Care Bill
Hearings Held Up
On Montgomery Plan;
Strict Rules Cited

The Montgomery County
Council today got a proposed
child-care ordinance but de-
clined to set public hearing
when it noticed it's severe terms.
The ordinance would require
child-care license of any per-
son providing care for more than
two children, other than rela-
tives, whether permanent, in
termittent or temporary"
Mrs. Stella B. Werner said
she believed the ordinance would
require a license even for a per-
son having birthday party.
The 14-page ordinance would
require license fee of 500 for
persons caring for up to nine
children and $50 for those caring
for 10 or more. Violation of the
ordinance would be punishable
by $100 fine or six. months in
jail.
Barred in Residential Area.
The ordinance also would re-
quire that no license be granted
for a home in a residential area
unless the licensee went before
the Board of Appeals for per-
mission to operate as a special
exception. Certificates from the
Fire Marshall, Division of Build
ing Inspection, Health d. part
ment and Welfare Department
approving the child care home
also would be required.
No license would be granted
any person who had been con-
victed Of a crime involving vio-
lence or moral turpitude.
Provisions of the ordinance
would not apply to court or well
fare department. foster homes
or to any overnight care center
that already had license from
the State.
Some Called BurdenSOme.
The ordinance includes eight
pages of health standards and
welfare department regulations.
Some of the regulations, includ-
ing the keeping for a year of
daily menu records would be
highly burdenSome, Council
President George F. Nesbitt
said.
The ordinance was drafted by
the County Attorneys Office after
a 4-year-old boy died in Ia
koma Park nursery home sew
eral weeks ago. The council last
week prodded the attorneys Of
flee to complete it's work on, the
ordinance so that a public hear
ing could be held.
After brief discussion of the
proposed ordinance today, how
ever, the council declined to set
a hearing until it has studied it
further.
Evening star., 1953-11-03
Panel Series TO Discuss
Nearby MARYLAND Schools

The first of six monthly radio
broadcasts under the auspices Of
the Montgomery and Prince
Georges Counties School Boards
will be presented at 2::30 pm.
Sunday over station WGAY,
Silver Spring, Md.
Participants will be school
superintendents. School Board
members, PTA officials and
faculty members.
The initial program subject
will be What Do We Expect
From Our Schools?" Judge AL
fred Noyes. of the Montgomery
County Juvenile Court, will
moderate.
Evening star., 1953-11-03
By Tom Burke

Title to five acres of land at
Jones Point, Va, claimed by a
Maryland Representative to be
within Prince Georges County,
is being sought by a prominent
Montgomery County attorney
and political figure.
Warren Browning, chairman
of the Montgomery Democratic
State Central Committee OBJ
tanned a special warrant author
izing a survey of the disputed
land, long believed part of
Alexandria, on October 81, two
days after The Star revealed the
dispute, it was learned today.
After the survey, which would
be made by the Prince Georges
County surveyor, Mr.. Browning's s
claim for a patent to the vacant
land" would lie in the Land
Commissioners Office at Annap-
oils for six months. If no objec-
tions are filed to the claim, a
value would be placed on the
property and he would receive
title to it after payment of the
assessment.
Actually, the question of
whether the land lies within
Prince Georges County or Alex
andria comes first. The question,
raised by Representative Small,
Republican, of Maryland's 5th
District, has been referred to
Maryland's Attorney General for
a ruling.
Based on Geological Survey.
Mr.. Small based his claim that
the land is in Maryland on a
geological survey map prepared
by the Interior Department and
on a Corps of Engineers map.
Both show the boundary line be-
tween Prince Georges and Alex
andria cutting across the tip Of
land leaving about five acres on
the Prince Georges side of the
boundary.
~ Mr.. Browning said today he
has not yet presented the war
rant to the Prince Georges
Evening star., 1953-11-03
Low Blow Charged to Foes
OfWomon Running for Judqe

headed with the phrase do you
know" refers to the woman as
being promoted by. a local polit-
1cal faction for the appointment
to the office of Judge of your
Juvenile Court :"
Mrs. Pancoast has been recon-
mended- for the Office of Juvenile
Court judge. Alexandria's Cor
poration Court and Circuit
judges are expected to meet this
week to consider the appoint
ment of the Juvenile Court judge.
Previously, that judgeship was
an elective Office.
Another part of the ad asks
"The People of Alexandria" If
they know that a petition in be-
half of "a certain woman" origi-
mated and "has been circulated,
repeatedly, from the law Office of
your present State Delegate who
seeks reelection"
Calls Her Qualified.
The Alexandria delegate to the
Virginia Legislature who is seek
ing reelection is Armistead L.
Boothe, Democrat. Referring to
the ad he said:
'If a petition in her behalf
originated in my Office, I was
not aware of it. But if I was
presented with such a petition, I
signed it. I regard Mrs. Pancoast
as eminently qualified without
comparing or contrasting her
with any one else"
Other Alexandria lawyers and
judges professed surprise at the
advertisement, but would make
no comment for the record.
Last summer Judge West was
in the news after he called po-
lice and said his wife was max
ing a disturbance in his Office.
Mrs. West was charged by an
Alexandria policeman with dis
orderly conduct.
Mrs. West was acquitted in
Police Court on August 26 by
Judge James r. Duncan, who
held that an old city ordinance
under which the arrest had been
made was invalid.
Evening star., 1953-11-03
If Players Protest
Mixup of Chips,
They're Gambling
BY the Associated Press

BALTIMORE, Nov. 3.-Chips
on a table are not prima facie
evidence of gambling.
So 1t. Joseph Byrne, chief of
Baltlmore's vice squad, has his
own method Of determining
whether it's gambling or merely
a friendly game of skill.
He mixes up the chips so no
one knows whose is which, 1t.
Byrne said in Central Police
Court yesterday. IF they aren't
gambling, it doesn't make any
difference to them," he ex-
planned.
Evening star., 1953-11-03
Prince Georges Joycees
Commended by Muyor

The Better Buying Committee
Of the Prince Georges Junior
Chamber of Commerce last night
was commended by Mayor c. r.
Davis of College Park for it's
campaign to encourage shopping
in the county.
This was the first public rec
ognition of the promotion project
financed by Prince Georges
County merchants.
Evening star., 1953-11-03
Methodists List $329,152
In Drive for $500, 900

Ninety-nine churches have
contributed $685. ,152 towards the
$S00,00 goal of the Methodist
Baltimore Annual Conference
church extension crusade, it was
announced last night.
The Rev. F. Olen Hunt, of the
Methodist General Board of
Missions and Church Extension,
made the report to a meeting
in Hamline Methodist Church,
Sixteenth and Allison streets
NV.
Evening star., 1953-11-03

A newspaper advertisement
asking residents of Alexandria
if they wanted a "childless wom-
an" as a Juvenile Court judge
was described today as a blow
below the belt"
The Alexandria Gazette said
the three-column advertisement
yesterday was inserted by the
present judge, Marion B. West,
whose term expires January 81.
The post in question will be
filled by appointment, effective
January l, and the only woman
candidate mentioned so far is
Mrs. Irene Pancoast, the present
substitute judge.
Stirs Up Much Comment.
The advertisement, which ap-
peared among numerous other
political statements on the eve
of today's local elections, at
tracted considerable attention
and off-the-record comment.
Mrs. Pancoast declared she had
read the ad, but felt it unneces-
Sary to comment. I'm this case
I think it's better to say moth
ing" she added.
Mrs. PancoaSt's husband and
law partner, Joseph Pancoast,
however, said with some heat
that the advertisement was "hit-
ting below the belt"
Ad Poses Questions.
The advertisement is headed
with the words, in bold face:
People of Alexandria. It
is your Juvenile Court"
Among the questions asked in
the ad are these:
do you want:
"Such a politically handpicked
judge for your Juvenile Court?
"Such a woman judge. having
no children of her own, and ap-
parently desiring none, but
clothed with full judicial power
to dictate to you how you must
raise your children, and to re-
move them from your home and
custody at her sole diScretion?"
The advertisement was not
signed. but asked for advisory
ballots to be mailed to Friends
Of the Juvenile Court, c/o Juve-
nile and Domestic Relations
Court, Alexandria, Va"
Says Ad "Speaks for ITSELF"
Asked about the three column
ad. Judge West said the ad
speaks for itself" He would
not confirm or deny that he
placed the advertisement, but re-
piled in answer to all other queS-
tions, II have no statements to
make at ALL"
Another question in the ad.
Evening star., 1953-11-03
ArIundriu Gurden Club

The Arlandria Garden Club
will meet at z pm. tomorrow in
the Alexandria Floral Co., 1900
Prince street, Alexandria, for a
demonstration of flower arrang-
ing. After the demonstration.
the club will hold q business
meeting at the home of Mrs.
James Hardee, 80 Walter Reed
drive.
Evening star., 1953-11-03
Montgomery Attorney Seeks
Title toPdrt of Jones Point

County surveyor because there
are several other matters I want
to explore on the question"
"I am pretty well convinced
that the land belongs to Mary
land" he declared.
Any one, even a nonresident
of Maryland, could have filed for
patent to the land, Mr.. Brown
ing, who lives at 5409 Moreland
lane, Bethesda, said.
Should objections be raised to
his claim either by individuals,
a government agency or a mu-
nicipality, such as Alexandria,
the Land Commissioner would
decide the question of owner
ship. His ruling may be ap-
pealed to the Maryland Court of
Appeals.
No Plan for Development.
Mr.. Browning said he has no
definite plans for development
Of the property which lies near
the fashionable Hunting Towers
Apartments in Alexandria.
There is no question of its
desirability." he declared.
Most of the so acres compris-
ing Jones Point is a military
reservation at this time. How
ever, the Army recently asked
the House and Senate Armed
Services Committees to permit
it to transfer the land to Gen
eral Services Administration for
disposal as surplus.
It has been generally accepted
that the boundary between
Maryland and Virginia is the
high-water mark on the Virginia
side of the Potomac River. Jones
Point is largely filled land
and has been added to by "nat-
ural accretion," Mr.. Browning
said. :
Since the high-water mark
has changed, the question arises
as to whether the situation is
the same as at Colonial Beach,
Va, where piers built out into
the water from the Virginia side
are considered in Maryland.
Evening star., 1953-11-03
CoIesViIIe Road
Pool Proposal
Hit at Hearing
Commercial zoninu
Is Opposed by SO
Residents of Area

A proposal to put CONNER.
cial swimming pool on Colesville
road near the Ednor shopping
center last night met with the
determined opposition of more
than SO area residents at a
Montgomery County coming
hearing in Silver Spring.
The County Council, conduct
ing the hearing in the Silver
Spring Liquor Dispensary Build
ing, was petitioned to grant
Commercial D zoning for a 15-
acre tract near Colesville road
and Cedar lane.
Speaking for the applicant,
Charles Wesner, vice president
of Suburban Recreation, Inc,
said the corporation plans to
construct a 165-by-75-foot pool.
Lack Held a Disgrace.
THE lack of swimming pools
in Montgomery County," Mr..
Wesner declared, lis a disgrace.
He said those who object to the
project are mostly over 40 years
of age.
Sixteen men and women, resi-
dents of Ednor, Sandy Spring
and neighboring communities,
told the councilmen that should
the pool plan fall through, their
beautiful countryside would have
been opened to commercial en-
croachment. Among the speak
ers and their comments were:
Lotion Wesley, representing
the Enterprise Farmers Club
I'm over 40 but I like to swim.
We're not against the swimming
pool but We oppose the CONNER
cial-zoning possibilities it pre-.
Sents."
w. j. Thomas III of Sandy
Spring, owner of property ac-
ross the road from the SWIM
ming pool tract-"Spot CONNER
cial zoning is not desirable in
our county"
Elmer Rensch, of Ednor -
"The tract is adjacent to a piece
of property l bought in 1885
to get away from the noise of
the city"
Fred Telford. of Ednor, owner
of abutting property u look
with CONSERVATION on this pro-
poSal. 1t would change the char
acter of the whole neighbor-
hood"
Mrs. Roy w. Crum-"We don't
want any Coney Island under
cur noses"
Another Proposal Opposed.
In other zoning business, the
council heard the application of
Robert L. McKeever. jr., for
Residential C classification of a
two-acre tract in Forest Glen
near the McKenney Hills Ele-
mentary School.
The requested zoning, which
would allow the construction of
medium density apartment
buildings, was opposed by several
nelghboring residents and area
groups.
Robert N. Jeffrey, speaking for
the Forest Glen Citizens Asso-
citation, said apartment buildings
on the tract have been opposed
oy 167 petition signers who, he
said, represent virtually all the
residents of Forest Glen"
Mr.. McKeever, however, told
the council his land was insult
able for single-family dwellings
ard if he were unable to use it
for medium density apartments,
the land might have to be sold
fOI taxes.
Evening star., 1953-11-03
Early Vote Heavy
In Nearby Virginia as
State Picks Officers
Continued From First Page0

NNO11OAA4uCO C1OIu I'll oC dSC'(
taxes had been paid by citizens
who had moved recently from
Arlington to Fairfax. They said
redistricting of the old precinct
had caused some of the confu-
sion.
There was some confusion also
in Arlington over poll tax pay
ments as well as proper voting
precincts because of redistricting
of the county since the last elec-
ton. About eight new precincts
have been added.
Interest in Local Races.
Hotly-contested LOCAL races
contributed to voter interest in
Arlington and Alexandria. In
general, lines were shorter in
Arlington which speeds up bal
loting by use of voting machines.
A 100-foot line was seen at an
Alexandria precinct. where paper
ballots are used, two hours after
polls opened at 6 am.
Progress at Precincts.
This is how voting was going
at some of the nearby precincts:
At Glencarlyn, one of Arling-
tons smallest, 140 had voted in
the first five hours out of a total
of $40 registered there.
Nottingham precinct had 161
in the first three hours and Lyon
Village had voted 1853 at the
same time.
Alexandria voters in the first
five hours had turned out in
these numbers in the first five
hours: First Ward at City Hall,
1874; Second Ward at George
Mason School, 371; Third Ward
at Cameron Fire House, 249
(said to be unusually large);
Fifth Ward at Maury School,
400; Fifth Ward at George Wash
ington High School, 268, and
Sixth Ward at No. 2 Fire House,
189.
Fenwick Aids Stanley.
In Arlington, State Senator
Charles R. Fenwick, who was
defeated by Mr.. Stanley for the
gubernatorial nomination in the
July primary, was passing out
campaign literature for his for
mer opponent and others on the
Democratic ticket. At that pre-
cinct, East Falls Church, in
Stewart School. SO had voted
in the first two hours.
Campaign workers were out in
full strength at all of the poll
ing places.
In Alexandria printed litera-
ture was being distributed for
individual candidates, rather
than for the full party ticket.
For instance there was literature
only for Judge James R. Duncan
or Judge James N. Colasante,
both Democrats seeking re-elec-
tion against a third Independent
candidate, Dennis r. AyreS.
In Arlington, Glen Bayless,
non-partisan candidate for the
County Board. had workers dis
tributing literature for him and
for two School Board candidates.
But the School Board candidates
were distributing literature with
out Mr.. Bayless' name.
Strong G. o. P. Challenge.
Mr.. Dalton is expected to
make the G.. o. P.'s strongest
challenge for the Governorship
but he has admitted that his
fight is all uphill.
There are no State Senate
races this year, but Republicans
are competing for 33 House OF
Delegates seats. Nearby Virginia
is electing its largest delegation
in history as a result of rediS-
tricting.
Evening star., 1953-11-03
Open House at School

Rockville (Md.) Elementary
School teachers will held an
open house at 8:15 o'clock to-
night for the parents as part of
PTA meeting at the school.
Evening star., 1953-11-03
Bradbury Heights PTA

The Bradbury Heights CMd.)
School PTA will meet at 8
o'clock tonight in the school.
Evening star., 1953-04-24
-Four Children Slain
By AK Father Held
BY the s>Assoeioisd Press

QUEBEC. April 24.-The father
OF four children. found murdered
with an ak. was held in Jail
today awaiting the outcome of a
coroner's inquest.
Solicitor General Antoine Ri
ward said the father, Georges
Hebert. As, was arrested last
night and has made statements
to the police which would be in
troduced today at an inquest.
No charges can be laid under
Quebec law until the coroner's
jury has returned a verdict.
Hebert, a laborer, was picked
up shortly after he went to the
morgue and said his four chill
dren had been killed in a rail-
way crossing accident. An en-
ploye who doubted his story
telephoned the police.
OhlcerS went to the Hebert
three-room apartment and found
the bodies of the children-Rene,
9; Louisette. 7; Nicole. 5, and
Gaetan, 3. Their heads had been
smashed with an ak. =,
The Staying took place prob
ably Tuesday night or Wednes-
day. police said.
They said Hebert's pregnant
wife, who had been at the home
of her parents since Saturday,
was being held as a material
witness, but no charges would be
filed against her.
Evening star., 1953-04-24
Virgin Islands Divorce
Measure Is Vetoed
BY the Associoted Press

CHARLOTTE AMALIE, Virgin
Islands, April 24.-Gov. Morris
de Castro has vetoed a bill in
tended to clarity residence re-
quirementS for persons seeking
Virgin Islands divorces. He in
dicated the bill did not protect
adequately the interests of the
defendants in divorce cases.
The legislative assembly passed
the bill to meet objections raised
recently by a United States Cir
cult Court judge at Philadelphia
that Virgin Islands legislation
does not meet the standard of
American courts.
The judge said that persons
seeking divorces must be domi-
ciled where their petitions are
filed, with no present intention
of terminating such residence.
Existing Virgin Islands legis-
lation requires only that persons
seeking divorces be residents of
the islands for six weeks prior to
filing their petitions.
The vetoed bill would have
made the six weeks residence
equivalent to "domicile" for di-
vorce purposes.
Evening star., 1953-04-24

pot-lighted, do tricks and SOM
ersaults on the high ropes.
The feature of the act has
Oriol hanging from a trapeze by
his knees. In his mouth is a
rubber grip. To this is attached
a cable with a swivel at its end.
The swivel is attached to a hal
ter around the young woman'S
neck and this arrangement per-
mitS her to spin.
No Safety Net.
While spinning. Miss Oriol
blacked out. There was no net
under her. AS the crowd sensed
that something was wrong, Oriol
took the grip from his mouth
and grabbed the cable with his
hands, holding his wife aloft.
He called for help.
Caronas, who Is with the high
wire act from Czechoslovakia
saw the plight of the Oriols. He
scrambled up a rope ladder, un-
locked the halter around her
neck and brought her down the
ladder to safety.
Evening star., 1953-04-24

a national favorite rightnow!
That's because the values
there: big car ride, big car
comfort, big car stability
all the things that add
up to what you want for
yourself and your family in
today's traffic. Won't you
come in today2
Evening star., 1953-04-24
House Action Due Today
On tobacco Price Support

Legislation to provide price
support for the 1852 crop of
Maryland tobacco was slated for
action on the House floor today.
The measure was sent to the
floor by the House Rules Com
mittee for two hours of debate
to be equally divided between
proponents and opponents.
The measure authorizes the
Federal Government to support
the crop, ready to go on sale at
auction May 4, at 80 per cent
of parity.
The Rules Committee provided
that the bill would be open to
amendment from the floor.