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Evening star., 1955-03-08
Silver Spring Board
Hits Shopping Center
Plan for White Oak
Star stah Photo.

Silver Spring Board of Trade
members last night denounced a
proposed shopping center in the
White Oak area as unnecessary
and too close to Silver Spring"
The protests were voiced at a
Montgomery County Council
zoning hearing in Montgomery
Hills Junior High School. A re-
quest was under consideration
for commercial coming at Coles
vile road and New Hampshire
avenue. miles north of the
Silver Spring business center.
The land reclassification is
sought by Hydena Corp, for a
3.3-acre tract. Blair Lee III.
representing the applicant, de-
clared the shopping center is
needed because rapid develop
ment in the Four Corners area
has made it lone of the hottest
areas in the county"
Too Close, Fig Says.
Sam Fig, a Silver Spring
builder, said the applicants ARE
thinking of another Silver Spring
/. it's too close to Silver
Spring"
Plummer M. Shearin, speaking
for the Trade Board and the
Four Corners Businessmens As
sociation, told the council there
is no evidence of rapid growth to
justify the facility.
The rezoning petition earlier
was supported by the Maryland
National Capital Park and Plan
ming Commission. The commits
sion's technical staff, however,
reported the rezoning should be
refused. County Council mem
bers took the request under ad-
vlsement.
Hotel Zoning Opposed.
Another request for CONNER
cial zoning-to allow construc-
ton of a 81 million hotel in Sill
yer Spring-Was protested by
owners of three neighboring
apartment projects.
The rezoning application
was filed by Mrs. Esterlene Bell,
owner of the Blair Mansion Ho-
tel. which she hopes to replace
with a 150-room hotel, four-to-
six stories high with basement
parking.
Joseph M. Matthias, Mrs. Bells
attorney, said rezoning is asked
only for an area of 1851 square
feet. The hotel site is between
Blair road and Eastern avenue
about 700 feet from Georgia ave-
nue..
c. Gregg Everngam, represent
ing the rezoning opponents, told
the council permission for the
hotel should be applied for
through the County Board of
Appeals on special use permit
basis. He said the request, if
granted by the council, would
constitute spot commercial zon-
ing in an aDartment district
Evening star., 1955-03-08
Business Group Urges
Right-to-Work Law

ANNAPOLIS (SpeciaU, Mar.
ga group of Prince Georges
County businessmen, described
by one of them as the biggest
taxpayers in the county" came
to the Legislature last night to
urge passage of the so-called
rlght-to-work bill.
The bill, which would outlaw
the union shop, as is done now
in Virginia and II other States,
has been introduced here by
Senator James Weinroth, Demo-
crat, of Cecil County. 1t is be-
fore the Senate Labor Commit
tee.
The Prince Georges business
group, led by banker-business-
man, Alfred H. Smith, treated
the Prince Georges Senator and
delegates to dinner and then
recited their reasons for favor
ing the Weinroth measure, which
is stoutly opposed by organized
labor.
Robert B. Swope of the
Southern Oxygen Co.. Bladens-
burg, said:
The decision on whether we
move our plant back to Virginia
depends a lot on your attitude
toward this bill"
j. R. Richardson of the Mary
land Electronic Manufacturing
Corp, College Park. called the
union shop IAN alien and dis
torted concept of majority rule. u
Everyone ought to have the
right to work without paying
dues" the lawmakers were told
by Phil Lustine, Hyattsville auto
dealer.
Contractor Sam Merando said
he has building contracts in both
Maryland and Virginia.
"In all our union disputes in
' Virginia. We sit down amlcably
and work out our differences,
he said. But not in Maryland.
Lumberman Frank L. Ewing
said that unions have gained
so much strength, they are In
. position TO do US great harm.
Evening star., 1955-03-08
Ex-Guord Accused of Robbing
Father, Held for Grand Jury
Mother Asked Arrest
Of Son After HoIdup
With Gun in Home

A former guard for a private
detective agency was ordered held
today for Arlington County grand
jury action on a charge of rob-
bing his 70-year-old father of
his pension money at gunpoint.
He is Keyworth Birch. Al. who
was arrested yesterday in
Charles Town, w. Va, a few
hours after Arlington police
learned from his mother of the
Sunday robbery
Capt. Dudley H. Rector, head
of the Detective Bureau, said the
father, Albert c. Birch, of 2761
North Quebec street, Arlington,
was too terrified to call police
because his son had threatened
to kill him if he did.
Keyworth Birch was first ar
rested in Charles Town on a
reckless driving charge. He for
feited $50 collateral, but was
picked up again soon afterward
at the request of Arlington police.
County police first learned of
the holdup when the fathers
former wife, Mrs. Leslie Dicker-
son, called to ask that they ar
rest her son. Keyworth had been
living with his mother in the
400 block of H street S.W. She
and Mr.. Birch have been di-
vorced for 26 years.
The father told police his son
walked into his home on Sum-
day, produced a gun, and de-
manded money.
Mr.. Birch said he gave him his
wallet containing $94 and that
the son took all but 81. The
money, he said, was what re-
mained of a social security pen
sion check he had received on
Thursday.
Keyworth was hired last Au-
Evening star., 1955-03-08
0'Hare and Walker
To Run for Mayor
OF Hyattsvi||e

Two Hyattsville City Council
members last night declared
themselves candidates for mayor
in the city's election to be held
on May 2.
They are George J. O'Hare
and Jacob S. Walker.
Mr.. O'Hare, of 1921 Forty
second place, is a lawyer with an
Office in the District. He has
been a member of the council
from the first ward since 1851.
Mr.. Walker. of 5000 Forty
third avenue. is printer with
the Government Printing Office.
He has been a member of the
council from the second ward
since 1850.
Registration Dates Set.
The council voted three sue
cessive Mondays as registration
dates for the May 2 election
April 4. II and 18, from 9 am.
to 9 pm. First and second ward
registration will be in the council
room. Third, fourth and fifth
ward registration will be in the
Palmer Ford showroom, 1892
Hamilton street.
Voting machines in each ward
will be used if possible, accord
ing to Harry Styne. council
president.
The council voted to recon-
mend to the Prince Georges
County Commissioners and to the
county's delegation in Annapolis
that paid firemen be included in
a welfare and pension bill.
Senate Bill Opposed.
The council also opposed
Maryland Senate Bill 1923, now
in committee in Annapolis, as
an infringement on local tax
sources.
I'VE have no business paying
for something we do not receive, u
declared Sylvan Dietz, protesting
HyattSville's contributions to
Prince Georges County revenues
Mr.. O'Hare also expressed re-
sentiment over Hyattsville's serv-
ices to neighboring area. He
declared that rs per cent of
Hyattsville's fire calls come from
outside the city's corporate
limits while these neighboring
areas paid only about $4,000 of
the fire departments budget OF
about $4,000.
Evening star., 1955-03-08
ShopIifting Couple Gets
Year, S Suspended Term

A housewife who shoplifted
in Arlington and her husband
who returned the stolen goods
for refunds" each were given
a l2-month suspended Jail sem
tence today in Arlington County
Court.
Mrs. Virginia OMalley, %,
and her husband Thomas, 27, a
painter, who gave an address at
motel in Groveton, Fairfax
County, were arrested yesterday
by Detective Sergt. Russell L.
Runyon and Elmer L. Redmon.
Detective Capt. Dudley H.
Rector said the two were being
questioned about a number Of
shopliftings besides the theft
from Sears, Roebuck 81 Co.. with
which they we're charged yes
terday.
Capt. Rector said the shop
lifting was done by Mrs. O'Mal-
ley. Then her husband returned
the clothing, saying it did not
At, and demanded a refund. His
failure to produce a sales slip
resulted in the arrests.
Evening star., 1955-03-08
Petition Asks
Gradual Shift
ToInfegration
5000 Signatures
Said to Be on
Montgomery Pleas

Petitions. which sponsors said
contain 5000 signatures. were
presented today to the Mont
gomery County Board Of Edu.
cation calling for a gradual pro-
gram of school integration.
Tracy C. Coleman, president
of the Colesville PTA, who
served as spokesman for the
group of petitioners. urged that
the board take no hasty action
on integrating the schools.
He said his group was COM
pletely in accord with the
boards announced policy Of de-
laying the start of integration
until the Supreme Court hands
down an implementing ruling.
His group, he said, wanted a
reasonably efficient and eco
nomical' plan, not a hasty pro-
gram that would cause hard
feelings for years to come" He
challenged the 12-year time table
for integration drawn up by the
boards Advisory Committee on
Integration.
Sees Shorter Time Possible.
A sound program, he said,
could be accomplished in less
than IL years once the educa-
tional problems involved are
solved. He said it was not a
matter entirely of new buildings
or redistricting.
The petitions, he said, repre-
sented the majority of opinion
in at least four parent-teacher
associations.
Most of the support for the
petitions came from the up
county area where. Mr.. Coleman
said, residents are alarmed over
the prospect of hasty integra-
ton"
The petitions were distributed
by volunteer group which had
no formal organization.
Inc petltlonS ask for gradual
integration with due regard for
local conditions and school facili-
ties, school assignment to meet
local need and requirement, and
continuation of existing transfer
regulations.
T.
| File of Letters Shown.
Willard G. McGraw, board
chairman. displayed a bulky file
OF letters from groups and indi-
viduals on integration.
Among these was letter from
the Montgomery County Chapter
OF the American Veterans Com
mittee, challenging the boards
stand that it has no legal author
ity to effect integration.
John D. Rice, chapter chair
man. sited court rulings in Balti-
more and Washington, where
integration began last Septem-
Der upholding the School Boards
action in both cities.
He suggested that the County
Attorneys office be requested to
submit an opinion in the light
of these rulings.
Evening star., 1955-03-08
Chamber Directors
Back 'Riqht to Work

The "right-to-work" measure
now pending before the Mary
land General Assembly earned
the backing in Hyattsville last
night of the board of directors of
the Prince Georges County
Chamber of Commerce.
The board acted after a dis
cussion on whether it had the
right to pass on such policy mat
ters. on behalf of the chamber.
Evening star., 1955-03-08
2 Sanitary Commission
Bills Go to McKeIdin

ANNAPOLIS, Mar. 8 (SpeciaD
The Maryland State Senate
last night enacted two bills con-
corning the Washington Subur-
ban Sanitary Commission and
one concerning the Prince Geor-
ges County jury system.
Sent to Gov. McKeldin after
unanimous passage were bills to:
/. Require the Washington
Suburban Sanitary Commission
to hold hearings, after published
notice, on any proposed rate
increases.
2. Require the commission to
prepare and make public its an
nual operating budget by No
vember l each year and hold a
public hearing on it in December.
3. Increase the number of
jurors available for petty and
grand juries in the Circuit Court
in Upper Marlboro.
Evening star., 1955-03-08
MeKe|din Signs Bill
For Single Division
Of Industrial Safety

ANNAPOLIS. Mar. 8.-Gov.
McKeldin gave final approval
yesterday to establishment of a
single division of industrial
safety which had been urged by
organized labor in Maryland.
The bill was among "a the
Governor signed into law. He
now has signed IT passed at this
session of the Legislature.
1t Incorporates safety divisions
now operating independently in
the Department of Labor and
Industry and the Industrial Ac-
cident Commission. 1t also brings
the board of boiler rules under
the Department of Labor and
Industry whose commissioner
will be the ruling authority of
occupational safety.
Compliance Power Provided.
A safety advisory board of
five members will make recon-
mendations for safety rules to
the commissioner who will have
power to make industries comply
with them.
Among the bills also signed
were two which remove truck
transportation of milk to Balti-
more from jurisdiction of the
Public Service Commission.
This was victory for dairy
men who claimed the State reg
ulation forced them to pay high
er freight rates than free COM
petition among haulers.
The controller also was grant,
ed power to regulate the size
of beer containers. This law
was caused by his desire to pro-
hibit brewer from distributing
beer in 10-ounce can.
Woman Jurors in More Counties.
Only three counties, Calvert,
Garrett and Howard, remain in
the State where women are not
allowed to serve on juries after
Kent and Carroll were opened
to them today. The Governor
earlier had signed a bill remov-
ing st. Marys from the men
only" counties.
Hunting while drunk was ap-
proved by the Governor, too, al
though earlier a report from his
office had him wary of the ability
to enforce such a law.
The new laws also include the
Attorney General among officials
who are to be sworn in the pre-
sence of the Governor and pro-
hibits manufacture of explosives
within a mile of any town or
village in Kent County.
The latter is the aftermath of
an explosion in which II were
killed at Chestertown last year.
Evening star., 1955-03-08
Maryland Road Probe
Bill Advances, Still
Faces Rough Fight

ANNAPOLIS, Mar. 8. - An
Eastern Shore Senator's reluct-
ance to vote kept alive today a
Senate bill to probe the Mary
land State Roads Commission,
but the measure still faced rough
shedding over the rest of the leg
islative course.
Senator North, Democrat, of
Talbot. who had opposed the bill
in previous preliminary tests,
passed last night when his name
came up on roll-call for tenta-
tive approval. This left the vote
at 14-l3 in favor, setting the
bill up for final passage.
Kimble Changes Tally.
The vote tally on the roads,
probe bill had been 14-12 in
favor, then moved to 14-13 after
Senator Kimble, Republican, Of
Allegany, who also had passed,
added his vote to the negative
side.
Senator North could have
thrown the vote into a tie, which
would have meant rejection of
the bill. by following Senator
Kimble's action. But he failed
to do so. and the me easure
squeaked through the prelimi-
nary.
The young Talbot County Sem
ator later explained he thought
the bill needed Is votes to pass
this test. He said he will be re-
corded against the bill when it
comes up for final passage.
Another Vote Needed.
Majority Leader Turnbull
Democrat, of Baltimore County
one of the bills sponsors, must
whip up another vote to get the
Is needed to get it through the
Senate and over to the House.
The Democratic cry for a
probe of the roads agency was
sounded last fall by H. c. Byrd
former University of Maryland
president, in his unsuccessful
campaign for Governor.
Evening star., 1955-03-08
Gov. MckeIdin
Denies Plan 10
Run for Senate
Published Reports
Million Per Cent
Untrue, He Says
By the Asseeiaisd Press

ANNAPOLIS, Mar. 8. - Gov.
McKeldin says he does not plan
to run for the United States
Senate in 1856.
There have been published re-
ports political strategists at the
White House were trying to get
Gov. McKeldin to run for the
Senate next year.
'1t's a million per cent un-
true" Gov. McKeldin said, at a
press conference.
II do not plan to run for the
Senate in 1856"
Butler Term Nears End.
The six-year term of Mary
lands Senator Butler. a Repub-
lican, runs out early in 1857, so
his seat comes up for contest in
next years primary and general
elections.
Gov. McKeldin's political fu-
ture became a lively topic last
fall when he was the first Re-
publican Governor of Maryland
ever elected to a second term.
His tenure in Annapolis will
continue until January. 1859, and
State law prohibits a third term.
The published reports about
which Gov. McKeldin was ques-
toned represented White House
circles as fearful Senator Butler
will have tough shedding against
the Democratic nominee in 1856.
Gov. McKeldin, with his demon
strated vote-getting powers in
two Statewide elections, would
be better bet.
Beall Trade Reported.
Another report going the
rounds is that Gov. McKeldin
and Senator Beall, Maryland's
other Republican Senator, have
joint plans for 1858, when both
come to the end of their cur
rent terms.
Gov. McKeldin would support
Senator Beall for Governor, the
Western Maryland Senator would
support Gov. McKeldin for the
Senate.
The Governor did not COM
ment on this possibility.
Democrats Jockeying.
In the jockeying for the Dem
ocratic nomination, four names
have emerged:
George P. Mahoney, narrowly
defeated in two races for Gov
ernor and the unsuccessful Dem
ocratic nominee for the Senate
in 1852.
Clarence w. Miles, Baltimore
attorney and financier who is
president of the Baltimore
Orioles and a long time party
figure.
w. Preston Lane, jr.. Hagers-
town attorney and newspaper
publisher who failed when he
tried for a second term as Gov
ernor in 1850.
Millard E. Tydings, the for
mer long time Senator who was
defeated by Senator Butler in
1Q60
Evening star., 1955-03-08
Gen. Arnold to Speak

The Northern Virginia Build
ers' Association will hear Brig.
Gen. Milton w. Arnold, retired
Air Force officer and currently
vice president for operations of
the Air Transport Association.
at 7:15 o'clock tonight at the
Washington Golf and Country
Club.
Evening star., 1955-03-08
Builders Hear Boqqett

Jesse S. Baggett, president Of
Prince Georges Countys Board
of County Commissioners, will
address the Suburban Maryland
Builders Association at 7:45
o'clock tonight at the Indian
Spring Country Club, Silver
Spring.
Evening star., 1955-03-08

on the same day I went to a Pres
byterian Sunday school.
So I became well-acquainted
with the Bible. Later in my travels
for specimens I lived with French
Catholic missionaries in Malaga and
in the Solomons. l once visited the
holy places in Jerusalem with a
Moslem guide.
When asked for my favorite
Bible verses l am inclined to go back
to Genesis, where God formed every
beast of the field and every fowl of
the air; and brought them to Adam
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Evening star., 1955-03-08
Mrs. Bush to Speak

Mrs. Erna Bush will speak on
Growing Pains in Your Gar
den, at a meeting of the Alta
Vista Terrace and Wyngate Cit
liens Association at 8 p. m. to-
morrow at the Wyngate School,
Bethesda. Md.
Evening star., 1955-03-08
PTA Inteerotion Report

The Longview Elementary
School Parent-Teacher Associa-
ton will meet at 8 o'clock to-
night at the school in Gathers
burg, Md. A report on integra-
ton by the County Council of
PTAs will be read.
Evening star., 1955-03-08
Art to Be Oukridae Topic

"Art in the School, will be
discussed at the meeting Of the
Oakridge School nt-Teacher
Association at 8 o'clock tonight
in the school at Twenty-fourth
and Nash streets, South Arlins-
ton, Va.
Evening star., 1955-03-08
BiIIWould Bar
Liquor Stores
Near arChurcI1es
Sets Up l,000-Ft.
Buffer Zone in
Prince Georges
By Gene Goodwin
Ster Stoff Correspondent

ANNAPOLIS, Mar. 8.-Legis-
lation to ban any new alcoholic
beverage establishments within
1000 feet Of any public school
building or church in Prince
Georges County was to be intro
duced in the Maryland General
Assembly today by Primo e
Georges House members.
The delegation also agreed, in
q meeting here last night, to
introduce bills to:
l.. Authorize a $40 millio n
school construction bond issue
for the county.
2. Make it possible for liquor
licenses to be transferred from
one location to another and from
one owner to another at the
same time.
The ban on liquor and beer
joints close to schools and
churches has been sought by
civic and, PTA groups in the
past.
Defeated in 1853.
A bill was introduced in the
1858 Legislature to prohibit new
liquor licenses within 300 feet of
school or church property. That
bill was defeated. The measure
being put in today would make
the prohibition apply to the
actual school or church struc-
ture.
The $40 million school bond
authorization was requested by
the county School Board and
also approved by the county
commissioners. who actually
float the bond issue.
The $40 million, along with a
IS million authorization not yet
sold, is designed to carry the
county's school building pro-
gram through 1856. In that
time the county plans to build
a senior high school, two jun
ior-senior highs. four junior
highs, seven elementary schools
and eight additions and acquire
IA new school sites.
The second liquor bill agreed
upon by the delegation would
repeal the existing provision
that license transfers in owner
ship and location have to be
separate transactions, requiring
two hearings and two $100 trans
fer fees.
Limit to Be Discussed.
A proposal by the county LID
uor Board that the Legislature
increase by 100 the number of
alcoholic beverage licenses per-
mitted in Prince Georges will be
discussed tomorrow when the
board confers with the delega-
ton. The county is now limited
to 353 licenses, which the board
says gives rise to buying and
selling of such privileges at high
rates.
Last night the all-Democratic
Prince Georges delegation intro
duced a bill proposed by Dele
gate Carlton r. Sickles to per-
NIT special taxes for special
services in the unincorporated
areas of the county. That idea
also has been approved by the
county commissioners, who see
1t as a way of providing needed
municipal services to the urban
sections without burdening the
rural areas for their expense.
Delegate Hervey G. Machen
Democrat, of Prince Georges
introduced his welfare depart
ment investigation bill, which
has been in the mill for a week
The measure would appropriate
up to $4,000 to a nine-membel
committee to study the admin
lstratlon. organization and af-
fairs of the State and county
welfare boards" The bill was
sent to the House Ways and
Means Committee.
Evening star., 1955-03-08
A Tlruught fur Tnhay
Lenten Reflections by People You Know
By Dr.. WiIIiom M. Mann
Director Of the NetioneI zoeIesieoI Pork

There something in the Bible for everyone certainly
for the zoologist.
When boy walked miles each Sunday from
Montana ranch to get Baptist Sunday school Later
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1955-04-07
NATIONAL SUNDAY SCHOOL WEEK
April lily

rejoices in these words. They
are the basis for the Christians
hope, a hope founded on facts.
Jesus promised: Because I live,
ye shall live also" (John 14:19),
che that believeth in Olives for)
me, though he were dead, yet
shall he live; and whosoever
liveth and believeth in me shall
never die" (John 1925, 26). First
Corinthians IS explains more
fully this hope Of the Christian.
The Christians nope also in
ciudes the glorious appearing of
Jesus Christ (Titus 2:13). The
Lord Himself shall descend from
heaven with a shout, with the
voice of the archangel, and with
the trump of God: and the dead
in Christ shall rise first: then we
which are alive and remain shall
be caught up together with them
in the clouds, to meet the Lord
in the air: and so shall We ever
be with the Lord" q Thessalon-
ians 4:16, ~.
The reality Of the fact that
He (Jesus) is risen" gives
meaning and power to the
Christian faith. II is because the
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1955-04-07

Rev. Robert L. Bowen, of
Dayton, former pastor of the
Free Methodist church at Ava,
will leave Easter Sunday for Sac
Paulo, Brazil, where he will
attend the eth World Congress
on Evangelism" sponsored by
the Youth for Christ Inter
national.
There will be representatives
from all over the world attend
ing this congress. There will be
a week from April II to April "a
when the ministers will meet and
receive instructions after which
they will be sent out in teams
to all parts of Southern Brazil
to do evangelistic work.
While in Sac Paulo, Rev.
Bowen will visit with his broth
er, Don Bowen and family who
have been there about four years
as missionaries of the Free
Methodist church.
Rev Bowen, whose trip in part
is being financed by former
parishioners from Noble county,
leaves Dayton April 10 at about
10 p. m. and will fly by TWA to
Miami, where he will get on the
Pan American plane which
leaves Miami at 100 a. M. Tues
day. They will stop in Panama,
Quito, Ecuador, Lima and Peru
before arriving in Sac Paulo on
Friday afternoon, April IS.