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Evening star., 1953-11-15
Tokomo Park Mayor to Head
Municipal League in '54-'55
Ross Bevi4Ie Chosen
AS Group Concludes
PorIey in Baltimore
By the Associated Press

BALTIMORE. Nov. 14.-Mayor
Ross Beville of Takoma Park
today was elected to take over
as president of the Maryland
Municipal League next year. His
election was the final business at
todays closing session of the
Leagues 9Th annual convention
Mayor A. Hartley Stevens of
Snow Hill, succeeded Mayor
Herbert w. Reichelt of Mount
Rainier in the presidency at the
close of the convention and Mr..
Beville will succeed Stevens next
fall.
The mayor and municipal Off
cials renewed their insistence on
a greater degree of home rule by
adopting a resolution asking the
General Assembly to put a con-
Stitutional amendment on the
subject before the voters.
Another resolution asked coun-
ties to grant the taxpayers liv-
ing in incorporated communi-
ties some reduction in county
taxes, in consideration of the
fact their city taxes provide
some services the county would
otherwise have to furnish.
Hartford County already had
such a system. Residents of Bel
Evening star., 1953-11-15
Waterford Foundation
Picks Three Directors
Special Dispofeh TO The Sior

WATERFORD, Va. Nov. a.
The Waterford Foundation
this week elected three new di-
rectors. They are Mrs. j. j.
Payette, Mrs Sara Rusmiselle
and Fred Osler. Mrs. Payette
will serve a one-year term. Mrs.
Rusmiselle and Mr.. OSler will
serve three years.
Directors reelected for a one
year term are Mr.. and Mrs.
James Birchfield, Mrs. Fred
Stabler. r. j. McCray and the
Rev. John B. Kelly.
Reelected for two-year terms
are Mrs. Eleanor Canty, Mrs.
Emma Gentry, Albert Lueders,
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Rogers and
Mrs. Marie Schmidt.
Serving three-year term will
be Mrs. Charles F. Gill, C. A. r.
Lindquist, Mrs Louise Lueders
and Leon Wolcott.
Evening star., 1953-11-15

The Arlington School Board
will meet at 8 pm. Tuesday to
consider a resolution for the sale
Of bonds it has on hand. Funds
are needed to continue paying
contractors working on new
school buildings.
Previous attempts to sell bonds
on the open market have been
unsuccessful because of litiga-
ton against the board. Still be-
fore the courts is an appeal by
attorney John Locke Green of
a suit brought by attorney Miles
Spence Bray to oust Federal
employees from the School Board.
Got 81 Million Last Month.
The State Retirement Board
bought $2.5 million block of
bonds and permitted the School
Board last month to pay about
81 million in construction bills.
Additional bonds must be sold
to carry the building program
after next January, however.
The School Board. at its reg
ular meeting yesterday, agreed
to ask Federal assistance for
nearly 81 million in new build
ing projects. The request to the
Government would be made un-
der Public Law 815, which al
locates funds to areas where de-
fense activities have resulted in
an influx of Federal workers.
School to Cost $2.4 Million
A new Kenmore Junior High
School, to be built on the site
of the present Glen Carlyn Ele-
mentary School. would cost 81
403,750 The present school
would be a wing Of the junior
high.
A 14-classroom school would
be built as the new Glen Carlyn
Elementary at an estimated cost
of $613,O00.
Another new school. to be
known as Ashlawn, would be
built between Arlington boule-
ward and Wilson boulevard,
west of Montague road, at a cost
of $4,000.
The board announced that
jamestown and Tuckahoe ele-
mentary schools will open No
vember 80.
Evening star., 1953-11-15
Southern Presbyterian
Faculty Sessions 10 Begin
BY the Assoc,a.ed Press

LEXINGTON, Va, Nov. IA
The first Of a series of Southern
Presbyterian faculty conferences
will be held here November 81
and %, with the Presbyterian
professors of Washington and
Lee University and Virginia Mil
itary Institute as hosts.
Leaders at the Lexington con-
ference will be Dean Francis E.
Rosecrance of New York Uni
versity. DR.. Roland M. Frye of
Emory University and DR.. Ian G..
Barbour of Kalamazoo College.
Michigan.
The conference, an outgrowth
of the National Faculty Chris
tian Fellowship. will be attended
by Presbyterian professors from
Virginia colleges.
Evening star., 1953-11-15
Annapolis Prepares
To Mark Maryland Week
By the Assoeioted Press

ANNAPOLIS. Nov. 14.-Ann-
apolis will observe Maryland
Week next year with the open
ing of several dozen homes and
showplaces to public inspection.
Historic Annapolis, Inc, an
organization promoting the res
toration and preservation of CO.
lonial landmarks, will superin-
tend the event. It will begin en-
Maryland Day, March 25, the
320th anniversary of Marylard's
founding
A number of recently restored
structures will open during the
week. George Schaun, executive
secretary, announced.
Evening star., 1953-11-15
Arlington 10 Consider Arlington Will Use
Sale Of School Bonds Part Of Playground
AT Session tuesday For Fairfax Drive

Part Of little Rocky Run play
ground was taken over by the
Arlington County Board yester-
day for future extension of Fair
fax drive.
In the same motion. however,
the board promised to buy ad-
joining land for the playground
to replace the property taken for
the highway.
The proposed one-way thor
oughfare will run from Arling-
ton boulevard to an existing sec
ton of Fairfax drive at Danville
street in Clarendon.
No Road Funds Available.
No funds are available at pres
ent to build the new road but
the board acted yesterday so that
the Arlington boulevard exit will
be built as part of current prof.
ects. The new Fairfax drive will
leave the boulevard between new
overpasses being built at Court
house road and North Tenth
street.
The plan was opposed by the
Courtland Civic Association.
Spokesman for the association
protested use of park land for
the highway and voiced other
objections.
The board agreed to buy more
park land and also promised to
build a pedestrian overpass so
that children could cross over
the highway to get to the play
ground.
The project also drew opoosi-
ton from the Arlington Plan
ming Commission. The County
Board no longer recognizes the
commission as its advisor on
planning, relying on the newly
established Arlington Develop
ment Committee. The commit
tee had no recommendation on
the Fairfax drive project.
County Purchasing System.
The board received another re-
port from the commission. This
was a recommendation that the
county planning Office bring the
six-year improvement plan up to
date with a report for 1954-59.
The board referred the commits
sion's suggestion to the Devel-
opment Committee.
In other business. the board
voted to consider at its next
meeting a resolution setting up
a county purchasing system.
A new purchasing division
would be established under the
director of finance. A board of
Standardization would be created
to adopt specifications.
Purchases under $2,500 could
be made on the open market
without advertisement. The
county purchasing agent would
be authorized to contract for
purchases amounting to between
$2,500 and $4,000 after receiv-
ing sealed competitive bids.
Only the County Board could
contract for amounts above
$4,000.
Evening star., 1953-11-15
Arlington Man Sentenced
To 9 Years in Staying
BY the Associated Press

CENTREVILLE, Md, Nov. IA.
William Albert Watkins, 90, of
Arlington, Va, has been con-
victed of second degree murder
and sentenced to nine years in
prison in the Staying of a fell
low plaSterer.
A jury that deliberated 3
hours and 10 minutes last night
found Watkins, colored, guilty
in the death of Jess Millner,
%, also colored, of Arlington.
The State contended Watkins
stabbed Millner with a penknife
after drinking spree in the
Kent Narrows area where both
were working last Memorial Day.
Evening star., 1953-11-15
Sirens to Launch Campaign
For Families of Dead Firemen

Tomorrow and Tuesday, the
firemen and other campaign
workers will visit homes in Uni
versity Park between 7 and $50
pm.
Two benefit dances have been
arranged in the Bowie f1rehouSe
next Saturday night, and in the
Oxon Hill firehouse Thanksgiv-
ing night.
Contributions also may be
mailed to Firemen's Welfare
Fund, Box 521, West HyattSville.
William r. Stainback and
John T. Streets were killed when
a truck sideswiped their ladder
truck on the Hyattsville over
Evening star., 1953-11-15

Hyattsville flremen. who have
been ringing door bells in a
house to-house fund canvass will
pull out all stops in the noise
department today.
At / pm, the towns three
fire sirens will go off simultane-
ously with four short blasts, sig
mailing the start of the door-to-
door campaign in Hyattsville.
Solicitors are collecting money
for the families of two Hyatts-
vile volunteer firemen killed Oc-
tober 81.
During the past three days
workers have covered neighbor-
hoods adjoining HyattSville.
Today's soliciting will con-
TIM E to 6 pm.
Evening star., 1953-11-15

stitutions will be more than
names and budget items to us
during the legislative session. :.
There is not enough empha-
sis on a positive program of re-
habilitation in most of the men
tai and penal institutions. The
Industrial Home for Women is
an outstanding exception.
tuberculosis Problem Cited.
THE extremely limited num-
ber of activities available to
patients in mental hospitals, the
high incidence of TB in both
mental hospitals and penal insti-
tutions, is deplorable and facili-
ties to handle TB patients seem
Woefully inadequate. 1t is shock
ing to find that a disease which
could be virtually erradicated is
still such a major problem in
Virginia"
E. c. Compton, Delegate-elect
from Albemarle and Greene
Counties, said, 1T would have
been mighty nice to have had
the $40 million that has been re-
funded to taxpayers to meet
some of the needs we saw" He
said he had not made up his
mind whether the law should be
repealed.
Delegate-elect Charles Wamp-
Ter of Harrisonburg, likewise
withheld decision on the tax law,
but said, "As we have seen, the
penal institutions generally are
very far ahead in buildings and
are more adequately stated
than the mental institutions.
Impressed by Stats.
John C. Webb, newly elected
delegate from Fairfax County
and Falls Church, said, Il have
been tremendously impressed,
first of all, by the quality, inter
est and ability of the States in
stituional employees. The i'm
preston is gained that these
people are, to a great extent,
truly dedicated to rendering a
public service in a Christian
manner.
Secondly, previous legisla-
lures, especially in recent years,
have made terrific progress in
recognizing human needs.
Thirdly, we still have a long
way to go. Human needs are
not being fully met in great
many areas of governmental re-
sponsibilitv"
The number of those making
the tours last week varied from
day to day between 20 and more
than 30. Some older members of
the Legislature also made the in
Spections.
Among places to be visited this
week are the University of Vir-
ginia and Blue Ridge Sanitorium
at Charlottesville: Madison Col
lege, Harrisonburg; School for
the Deaf and Blind, the Wood
row Wilson Rehabilitation Cen
ter and Western State (MentaD
Hospital in the Staunton area;
Southwestern State Hospital,
Marion; Virginia Polytechnic In
stitute. Blacksburg and Virginia
Military Institute, Lexington.
Evening star., 1953-11-15
Rates for Rooms 10 Rise
AT Alexandra Hospital

Alexandria Hospital yesterday
announced rate increases of so
cents and 81 on all rooms be-
ginning Friday.
Hospital officials said the in
creaSes are necessary to keep up
with higher operating costs.
Under the new rate schedule,
ward rates of $10.50 per day will
go up to $11; semiprivate room
rates go from $12 to $3.50, and
private room rates of $14 and
SIS go up to SIS and Sic.
Evening star., 1953-11-15
Charges Are Dropped
In 'Tricked' Children Case
By the Associoted Press

NORFOLK, Nov. 14.-Charges
against a Navy officer accused Of
giving chocolate laxative to
children Halloween night were
dropped Friday when Juvenile
and Domestic Relations Court
Justice Herbert G. Cochrane
permitted withdrawal of a dis
orderly conduct warrant.
According to witnesses, the
officer, 1t. Fred G. Barham, has
apologized to persons offended
by his actions on the night the
children were "trick-or- treat
ing"
The warrant was obtained by
Mrs. Alice Estelle Watkins,
mother of two of the tricked
children.
Evening star., 1953-11-15

Air, for example, pay 81 cents
less in county taxes on each
$1O0 of assessed valuation than
other county residents.
George w. Della, president of
the Maryland Senate, told a
convention session yesterday
some of his colleagues in the
Legislature fear they will be-
come only f1gureheads if home
rule is adopted.
Delegates to the convention
attended the Maryland Missis-
sippi football game at College
Park.
Evening star., 1953-11-15

congressional post now held by
the G. o. P.'S Richard H. Potf
of Radford, one of three Re-
publicans that Virginians sent
to Congress in the Eisenhower
sweep last year.
The 36-year-old newspaper
executive and farmer-a grand
son of the late Senator Carter
Glass-issued this statement:
II am a candidate for Con-
gress from the 9Th District, SUBJ
ject to the Democratic primary
next July. 1 hope I will have
the support of the people of the
9Th District.
During my campaign I ex-
pect to set forth my position
without hedging on the issues as
they arise. The voters rightfully
expect it intend to do it "
Headed Eisenhower Backers.
Although this will be Mr..
Glass first bid for elective office,
he has a record of political sue
cess behind him in campaign
endeavors. His first undertaking
was as Lynchburg area chair
man of the Virginia Democrats
for Eisenhower in last years
presidential election. Last sum-
mer he was local manager for
Thomas B. Stanley'S campaign
for the Democratic nomination
for governor and he was in
charge of Mr.. Stanley's cam
paign for election last week.
Mr.. Glass entry in the 9Th
district political arena, which
has shown a decided Republican
leaning in the last two general
elections, raises the question OF
what reception a Democrat from
the conservative eastern part OF
the district will get from the
G.. O. P.-minded western section.
Was Page In Senate.
A native of Lynchburg, Mr..
Glass got his first taste of Con-
gress when he served as a page
in the Senate in 1922. He
was graduated from Washington
and Lee University with B.A.
degree in 1898, attended the Lon
don School of Economics. New
York University night law school
and received his LIB. degree in
1947 from the University OF
Virginia Law School.
He served in the Marine Corps
from 1910 until 1916 and was
called back to active duty at
the outbreak of the Korean war
in 1850. He served from July.
1850, to September, 1851. and
holds the rank of lieutenant
colonel in the Marine Corps
Reserve.
Mr.. Glass is married to the
former Mariana Rhett dupont
of Charleston, S. c. They have
three daughters.
To the question of whether
he has the support of the So
called Democratic organization,
Mr.. Glass answered:
IT hope I will get it. So far.
however, I have consulted only
with people in the Lynchburg-
Campbell Bedford area. Most Of
these people you probably would
class as organization. some you
would not. In any event, hope
will get the support Of all
Democrats.
Cites Burton Support.
He added that former Rep
resentative Clarence G. Burton,
one-time mayor of Lynchburg.
who bowed to Mr.. Poff last year
in his bid for reelection. has
assured him of his active sup
port.
otherwise. I probably would
not attempt it," Mr.. Glass said.
The announcement came as a
surprise in district political cir
cles, although Mr.. Glass name
has been mentioned from time to
time since Mr.. Poff'S election.
Several Roanoke residents have
been looked on in the days since
the gubernatorial election as
possible candidates in view Of
the Importance political strate-
qistS have attached to that citv.
Evening star., 1953-11-15
Assessment Bill
Being Revised
ByMrs. Law|or
Delegate to Seek
Better Formula
To Help Counties
Rv Charles Anffmnn
By chorIes [. Hoffman

By chorIes l. Hoffman
The Maryland legislative
Council will soon get a Mont
gomery County delegates re-
quest that the States assessing
procedures be revamped.
Mrs. Kathryn j. Lawler, county
delegate to the General Assem-
bly,, said yesterday she was re-
drafting her bill calling for full
cash value or actual sales value"
assessments of real property for
State purposes.
Mrs. Lawlor and Delegate j.
PAUL Marshall submitted the bill
last February, but it died quickly
in the House Ways and Means
Committee.
Although the law now provides
for full cash value assessments,
the tax commission allows
county assessors to deduct for
inflationary or other abnormal
factors.
Larger Counties Suffer.
Mrs. Lawlor believes her pro-
poSal will get a more cheerful
reception next February as the
larger counties, in effect con-
tinue to assess themselves out of
sharing in State school equaliza-
ton funds. If the Legislative
Council does not introduce the
bill, Mrs. Lawlor personally will
sponsor it.
The measure follows lines rec
commended by a State commits
sion in 1850.
Full cash values would be used
in determining the amount of
school equalization funds each
county receives.
A local government, however,
would not have to use these
figures for local taxation. 1t
could take any percentage of the
cash value of the property for
its purposes.
The need for some such legis-
lation was pointed up in Prince
Georges County recently when
the commissioners said they
wanted to cut assessments 10 per
cent across the board.
Would Cut Assessments.
The Prince Georges body said
a $14 surplus would permit the
assessment cut.
But Prince Georges County, if
permitted to slash its assessment
base, would stand to gain $6,500
in State equalization funds for
every 81 million clipped off the
base.
Theoretically State school aid
is distributed under a formula
involving enrolment and assess
able bases-the poorer the coun-
ty, the greater the State aid.
A suit, filed several months
ago by the Homeowners Tax
League in Montgomery County
Circuit Court, charged the State
Tax Commission had failed to
make uniform the assessments
throughout the State.
James P. Parker, attorney for
the league, says the ratio OF
assessments to actual sales
values ranges from "a per cent
in one small county to 70 per
cent in Baltimore City. Mont
gomery County's ratio is SO to
SIS per cent, he asserted.
Report Due Next Sunday.
If this is true, it means some
counties-probably the smaller
ones-are getting more than an
"equalizing" share of State
school funds.
A report from the State Tax
Commission on this subject will
be released next Sunday, ac-
cording to Chairman Deeley K.
Nice. The report was compiled
by four assessment supervisors
after an eight-month survey of
the situation in every county of
Maryland.
Montgomery County residents
will get a chance to hear Mr..
Nice explain the commissions
equalizing job at 8 pm. Novem-
ber q at the new county Office
building in Rockville.
Evening star., 1953-11-15
Charlottesville School
Work Sturts Tomorrow
SpeeieI pispoteh 70 me star

CHARLOTTES VILE, Va,
Nov. 14.-Work on Charlottes-
ville's two new elementary
schools will begin Monday.
The schools are to be con-
structed under a $976,355 con-
tract awarded last Monday to
the Motley Construction Co. of
Farmyale.
Evening star., 1953-11-15
Auto Victim Dies

CHARLOTTES VILE, Va,
Nov. IA (Pl.-Raymond Berkeley,
26, of Staunton died in a hos
pital here today of injuries re-
ceived yesterday when he was
struck by q car at Staunton.
Evening star., 1953-11-15
Carter Glass
Grandson Bids
For House, Seat
Lynchburg Publisher
To Enter Democratic
Primary in 1854
By the Assoeiased Press

LYNCHBURG, Va, Nov. IA
Powell Glass. jr.. co-publisher of
the Lynchburg News and Daily
Advance, tonight announced his
candidacy for the 9Th District
seat in the House of Repre-
sentatives subject to the Demo-
cratic primary in July of 1854.
He was the first Democrat to
enter the field in an effort to
wrest from the Republicans the
Evening star., 1953-11-15
Arlington Women Voters

The Oranized Women Voters
of Arlington will meet at noon
Tuesday at Hogates Arlington
HouseXto elect officers.
The Nome nugget., 1953-02-16
OTHER LEGISLATION

Congressman Short, chairman of the House Armed Services Com mittee, introduced a bill which authorizes the appropriation of $4,517,OO0 for Alaska Communi- cation System facilities, as fol- lows: Anchorage, $698,OOO; Bar row, $262, ,6OO; Bethel, $228,9OO; Big Delta, $91,2OO; Cathedral Bluffs (Tok Junction., $436, 300; Cold Bay, S65,50O; Cordova, s2,6OO; Craig, $15,6OO; Curry, $73,5OO; Fairbanks, $18O,3OO; Gull kama, $232,OOO; Haines, $69,4OO; Harding Lake, s8,5OO; Healy, $75,OOO; Johnson River, $8,5OO; Ketchikan, $233, 800; and Kodiak, S34O, 100.
 Others are: KCtzebue, $262, 2,0O0; Naknek, $53,OOO; Nome, $162,1OO; Northway, $94,8OO; Palmer Tok Junction, $115,0OO; Petersburg, $128, 200; Seward, S88, 800; Sheep Mountain, $189,OOO; Sitka, S76,- 200; UnalasRa, $89,2OO; Valdez, $173,5OO; Whittier, $4,6OO; and Wrangell, s5O,4OO.
The Nome nugget., 1953-02-16
Fairbanksan Driving Tractor Killed In Collision With R.R. Locomotive

FAIRBANKS, R- Billy Miller, about 50, was killed outright at a railroad crossing just north of here Friday when the tractor he was driving was struck by an Alaska Railroad locomotive.
 Witnesses told Investigating of ficers Miller was driving near the tracks in the same direction as the train when he suddenly swung out to cross the tracks and was killed in the collision.
 Investigators said the tractor apparently was making too much noise and Miller didn't hear the approaching train. He was long time resident of Fairbanks.
The Nome nugget., 1953-02-16
Kodiak Mayor Urges
 Continued Leasing Govt. Vessels for Alaska Trade

WASHINGTON, R-The mayor of Kodiak urged Friday that the government continue to charter three vessels to the Coastwise Line and two others to the Alaska Steamship Go.
 The Maritime Board declined last September to renew the ship charters to the companies. An ap- peal by Coastwise from the deci- sion is now being heard by Mari time Examiner A. l.. Jordon.
 Mayor Lee c. Bettinger testi- fled that Kodiak Island, off the Alaska mainland, is almost en- tirely dependent upon water borne transportation and that everything possible should be done to improve shipping.
 Large civilian and military con- struction programs are now under way that will practically double the size of Kodiak city, Bettinger said, adding:
 "We must have more service than we have had in the past"
 B. H. Parkinson, vice president and general manager of Coast wise Line also urged the Maritime Board to renew charters on the three Liberty-type ships formerly operated by his company.
The Nome nugget., 1953-02-16

mitted a $15 million request for the 1854 fiscal year, subject to re- vision by the new administration.
 Of the $29,208,200 so far ap- propriated, $5,283,396 have gone for water projects, $2,754,924 for sewer projects, $3,747,959 for streets, $12,436,515 for schools, $3,49O,27O for other buildings, $208,35O for utilities, $22,100 for electric projects, $135,OOO for hospitals or health facilities, and $1,129,686 for expenses of the program.
The Nome nugget., 1953-02-16
MASONS TO HOLD ANNUAL GEO. WASHINGTON PARTY

Anvil Lodge F. & A. M. is en- tertaining next Saturday evening at the Masonic Temple with their annual George Washington Birth day Party.
 Visiting Masons and their fam flies as well as Eastern Stars, fam flies and escorts have been invited to the party It is scheduled to start at 500 p.m., said Boyd liar wood, VIM.