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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-05-13
Administrations Airport
Plan Hit as Deferment

than travel time to the proposed
new airport site at Burke. Va.
In addition" he added,
Friendship is 81 miles closer to
any northern destination Thy air.
than Washington National"
Mr.. Rooney noted that. on the
basis of testimony four years
ago. Congress appropriated
money to buy part of the Burke
site. and asked:
What would you think if you
sat on this side of the table as
of four years ago and were told
it was a matter of the highest
Importance to have an additional
Washington airport and now
you find there are no immediate
plans to take care of the alleged
saturation of four years ago?"
Mr.. Rothschild said he
thought the stop-gap moves
proposed by the administration
did amount to some immediate
plans.
No Plans Revealed
The Commerce official also re-
fused to be tied down on what
plans, if any, the Government
has for land already purchased
at Burke.
How much land do you have
out there in the title of the Gov
ernment?" Mr.. Rooney asked.
Mr.. Rothschild replied, about
1850 acres. at a cost of about
ST million.
|, IT assume, the Commerce Of
fetal added, lit could be sold
for what it cost or more, since
there has been a considerable
housing development in that d.
rection."
Then I take it you would
favor the complete abandon
ment of that site as an air.
port?" Mr. Rooney asked.
NO." Mr.. Rothschild replied.
Il was indicating, if it should
become necessary to sell it. there
would be no loss to the tax
payers"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-05-13
THE METROPOLITAN VIEWPOINT
Growing Traffic Paralysis Poses
Problem Involving Entire Area

thence to Third street NV;
southwark to F street S.W.
Important in Maryland will
be the new Route 240. an ex-
pressway from Rockville to
Cabin John, where it links with
the long-planned George WASH
ington Memorial Parkway. 1t
will feed traffic to Connecticut
and Wisconsin avenues, Bradley
boulevard and River road, all of
which will be improved.
Widening to four-lane thor
oughfares is planned for Viers
Mill road. Old Bladensburg road
and New Hampshire avenue.
The Washington Annapolis
freeway, already begun, is NOV
ing toward the District. The
freeway and the Baltimore park
way will connect with a new Dis
trict highway to the East Capitol
Street Bridge. which opens next
fall. South of the bridge, the
District will develop the Ana
costa parkway.
Of Prime Importance
Some planners regard Mary
lands program for a circum-
ferential county belt hign-
way as of prime Importance. The
divided, four lane road-with
limited access-will form an arc
around the District in Montgom-
cry aid Prince Georges. The ter
minals will be at bridgeheads in
Cabin John on the northwest and
opposite Jones Point on the
southeast.
Such belt would relieve
traffic congestion downtown by
making it unnecessary for all
vehicles to pass through "the eye
OF a needle" 1t would also give
individuals greater latitude in
choosing radial roads between
suburbs and city.
Virginia's highway building is
complicated immeasurably by
the Potomac River boundary.
Every road leads to a bridge
and there are not nearly enough
bridges.
Everyday more than 100000
vehicles whip across the Poto-
mac.
Not Whole Solution
Additional bridge construction
will not, of itself, solve the
Northern Virginia road problems.
Most of its principal through
fares are inadequate for the
present-day load.
A long-range project of utmost
Importance will be the CONVEX
sion Of Arlington boulevard into
a limited-access. divided high
way from the Potomac to Fairfax
circle. 1t will abolish the areas
most exasperating bottleneck,
the quilt interchange at
Seven Corners.
Whatever improvements are
made in the Metropolitan Area
will relieve the crush where
people and traffic congregate.
Another installment Of 1.-THE
Metropolitan Viewpoint" will
appear in The Star on Mon
day. 1t will deal with the sub
ject of schools.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-05-13
Tour of Avenue
Scheduled Sunduv

A historical tour along Penn
sylvania avenue is among the
activities to be conducted this
week end by the National Capt.
tai Parks Office, Edward j. Kelly,
superintendent, announced
The tour, starting at 2::30 pm
Sunday from the Treasury
Building and ending at the
Peace Monument, will be con-
Quoted by a park historian who
will relate the history of the
past and present buildings along
the Avenue.
Other activities scheduled are
as follows:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-05-13
Connecticut Avenue
Legion Post Elects

William r. Clay has been
elected commander of the Con-
necticut Avenue Post No. 1863 of
the American Legion.
Other officers are j. R. Cor
man, jr.. senior vice commander;
j. Fred Burns, junior vice COM
mander; D. K. Robinson, ad-
jutant and finance officer;
Heber H. Rice, historian: Edward
L. Poole. sergeant at arms;
Willis c. Brown. chaplain, and
Carl w. Bollum, ST.; C. Daryl
Bailey, j. E. Bailey and Charles
E. Rhodes, members of the
Executive Committee. Installa-
ton ceremonies will be held
June 8 at the Bethesda Recrea-
ton Center.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-05-13

The administrations approach
to Washington's airport problem
has been attacked on Capitol
Hill as lust a deferment" of
the problem.
Representative Rooney. Demo-
crat, of New York took Com
merce Department officials to
task on the matter during re-
cent House Appropriations SUBJ
committee testimony. released
today.
l. S. Rothschild. Commerce
Undersecretary. informed the
legislators of the administration
decision not to spend Federal
money for a second airport that
would take the pressure of
Washington National.
Instead, he said, a number OF
stop-gap moves were proposed
to increase Washington Ma
tional's capacity, use Baltimore s
Friendship Airport to meet some
of the need, and discuss with
Washington area officials the
possibility of their putting UP
some money for an eventual
new airport here.
Sees Deferment
II do not know to whom we
should be grateful for that situa
tion," Mr.. Rooney said. but il
seems to me this is just defer
ment of this problem. We were
told four years ago that it was
absolutely necessary as safety
matter to have an additional.
Washington airport that
Washington National was at
saturation point"
The New Yorker especially
questioned the feasibility OF
using Friendship for Washington
air traffic, even on a temporary
basis.
Mr.. Rothschild replied he hac
studies indicating ground trave
from Washington to Friendship
under any set of traffic condl-
tions," is only IS minutes more
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-05-13
BY JOHN v. HORNER

Metropolitan Washing n
spends a million man-hours a
day getting to and from its work.
For practically everybody, this
is one of life's big headaches.
And unfortunately, no immediate
relief is in sight because traffic
constantly worsens.
In the mass movement of the
labor force between home and
Office, the community is losing
more than time; it also suffers
staggering annual loss in lives
and property.
Furthermore, it loses it's COL
lective temper each morning and
afternoon. How much that af-
fects health, happiness and the
pursuit of business has never
been accurately calculated.
Transportation, traffic and
highways are related problems
of the kind that link the inter-
ests of all 1.8 million people now
living in Metropolitan Washing
ton. The conditions in each of
our political Jurisdictions directly
affect those in all the others.
Two Cases
Suburbanites who work down.
town must drive to their jobs or
rely on public transportation.
For Clyde FRANKLIN, who lives
in Cherrydale, the problem is not
difficult. He belongs to a car
pool and gets to his Office in Is
or 20 minutes by using the
George Washington Parkway.
S. H. johnson is not so fortu-
nate. In the rush traffic around
1880 am. he needs up to SO
minutes to cover the Is miles
from his Fairfax rambler to the
Federal Triangle. Whereas, Mr..
FRANKLIN parks free on a Gov
eminent lot, Mr.. johnson pays
SIPS day to keep the car at
Wrinkle Tenders, Inc.
One of Mr.. JohnSon's Office
colleagues. who lives in Silver
Spring. allows As minutes to ride
a Capital Transit bus downtown
from Georgia and Alaska ave-
nues. in the rush hour. If he's
willing to spend 80 cents instead
of a Decent token to take an
express. the man can cut his time
by Is minutes.
Washingtonians get to work
in a variety Of ways: BY auto
mobile, bus. streetcar, taxi,
motorbike, bicycle and footing it.
For some, it takes longer than
residents of the nearby suburbs.
For example, a man living on
Mississippi avenue Sc. making
transfers between buses, can
easily spend 40 minutes reach
ing the Triangle at rush hour.
Some bus passengers in Alexan-
dria and Arlington make their
trips in 20 minutes.
The townsman. however, usu-
ally gets the better break on
fare costs.
Facilities Overwhelmed
The growth ofA Metropolitan
Washington has overtaxed all
forms of transportation and vir-
tually all road systems. In
March Capital Transit alone
hauled l.654.000 passengers a
day-300,000 during every rush
hour.
Within the last IA years auto
mobile registrations in the area
almost doubled. They rose from
100000 in l94l to 100000 this
year.
The Virginia section, embrace
ing Alexandria, Arlington, Falls
Church and Fairfax, showed the
biggest gain, percentage-wise.
The registrations there jumped
from $4,000 in 194l to 10000
at present
The Maryland section also con-
tributed heavily to the upswing.
Montgomery and Prince Georges
Counties had 10000 registrations
in 1941 and now have l89, 900.
III the District, the figures are
$4,000 in 194l and 207 900 now.
Every motorist knows how
these increases affect traffic.
Shirley highway, once a de-
lightful dream, is at times a
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-05-13

dreadful nightmare. Just four
years ago, the Shirley stretch
from the Pentagon to Glebe road
carried $4,000 cars a day. Last
year it handled 44,500 a day
That's an average of nearly
1000 vehicles every hour.
Between Glebe road and the
Alexandria city limits, the traf-
fic flow on Shirley highway last
year was 1850 cars a day. In
1850 it was 1878.
Even with three major inter-
changes under construction in
1854, Arlington boulevard av-
eraged more than 81 900 vehicles
a day between Fort Myer drive
and Tenth street.
On Bladensburg road last year,
$4,000 vehicles rolled across the
District line every "a hours. In
the same period. 34,700 crossed
the line on Rhode Island ave-
nue. and $1,000 more on the
brand-new Baltimore Washing
ton Parkway. Even so, these
arteries were outdope by Wis
consin and Georgia avenues,
each of which had counts ex-
ceeding $4,000 per day.
The Baltimore Washington
Parkway illustrates how the
whole community benefits from
good planning and execution
of highway programs.
Greenbelt Time Slashed
1t used to take residents of
Greenbelt more than 80 minutes
to drive the devious route into
Washington. Using the park
way, they now ride across the
District line in IL minutes. Many
of the 1000 residents find it ad-
vantageous to form car pools.
Others use the towns shuttle
bus from Greenbelt to Branch
vile, where they board Capital
Transit streetcars or buses of
the Greyhound and Trailway
companies.
Although no immediate re-
lief is ahead for traffic and
highway problems, there is real
hope in the future. The District.
Maryland and Virginia all have
plans that should ease the
metropolitan headache.
One of paramount importance
is the Districts long-range
project for an Inner loop" in
the crowded downtown business
section. This will be a limited
access expressway of six and
eight lanes.
The reason for this loop is
clear: No matter how we'll
Maryland and Virginia handle
their highway building and traf-
fic, there will be bottlenecks I'M
less the District copes with the
traffic flowing from the two
States.
Results Years Away
Construction will start on the
downtown loop toward the end
of 1855. Completion will require
many years and many millions
Of dollars, but when it is finished,
there will be an expressway that
runs as follows:
From South Capitol street
westward along F street S.W. to
the Fourteenth street bridges;
thence to Lincoln Memorial:
northward beneath Washington
Circle to T or U street NV:
eastward to Florida avenue and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-05-13
County History Group

The May meeting of the Mont
gomery County Historical Society
will be held at 8 pm. Monday at
the Society's new home, Glen
view" near Rockville. Com
mander Richard C. Drumm Hunt
will relate the history of the
erset-Drummond Friendship
Heights area.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-05-13
Upper Potomac
Dams Weighed
To Control Flow
Commission Told
Of Savage River
Project Benefits
By JAMES r. BIRCHFIELD
Star Stan Correspondent

WINCHESTER, Va, May 49,
The Interstate Commission on
the Potomac River Basin was
asked today to consider the
feasibility of promoting addi-
tional dams in the Upper Poto-
mac Basin.
Julien A. Patrick, chairman Of
the commissions Industrial Com
mittee, said the efficiency of the
Savage River Dam indicated the
desirability of constructing fur
ther holding basins in the upper
area.
Mr.. Patrick said the Savage
River Dam has done a tremen-
dous work in preventing flood
damage to Cumberland and in
regulating the flow of the upper
Potomac River during dry
months.
He said that, in his opinion.
holding dams in the headwaters
will aid tremendously in provid-
ing more water for farms and
communities downstream.
Flow to Sea Measured
Mr.. Patrick's theory was Sec
onded by DR.. H. N. Young, di-
rector of the Virginia Agriculture
Experiment Station, who said
about 60 per cent of the rainfall
during the winter runs down
rivers into the ocean. In the sum-
mer. DR.. Young said, only about
per cent of the rainfall passes
into the sea.
DR.. Young indicated that one
of the problems in future water
conservation for irrigation will
be the impounding, or holding
back, of surplus rainfall for use
during the growing season.
DR.. Young said the consumer
will benefit from improvements
in irrigation techniques.
He said irrigation will enable
the farmer to cut production
costs, thereby enabling him to
sell his products cheaper.
DR.. Young said there is still
much to be learned about the
costs of irrigation in the So
called humid East. He said eX-
pertinent stations are working
on the problem.
He said the laws of riparian
rights do not take into con-
sideration the use of water for
agricultural irrigation purposes.
He said that demand will de-
termine future policies of water
use
Cites Western Laws
William j. Burke, of the Presi-
Dental Advisory Committee on
Water Resources Policy, traced
| the development of Western
water laws of appropriation.
He showed that, in the States
where a little bit of water must
cover a lot of land, water rights
are primarily devoted to agricul-
tural purposes.
| Addressing the meeting last
night. c. E. Busby of the Soil
Conservation Service said East
ern States are proceeding slowly
to formulate their own water
laws.
Mr.. Busby said Eastern States
need to focus attention on the
methods of providing fair means
for the division of water supplies.
In its final session today. the
commission will hear reports and
recommendations from its vari-
Gus committees.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-05-13
SEE HOME BUYS
IN THE STAR FIRST

u you ore planning to buy home,
shop the big real estote section OF
The Stor tomorrow. When you shop
The Stor real estote section first you
get o heed stort in your importont
weekend search for just the house
you wont. Every Saturday in The
Stor you will find the widest voriety
Of real estote offerings for sole in the
Washington oreo.
Don't miss the big reoI estote sec
ton in The Stor tomorrow. Reed The
Stor resulorIy. Phone Sterling $4,000
for convenient home delivery.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-05-13
Citizen Group Elects

Howard T. Heun has been
elected president of the Rock
Creek Hills Citizens Association.
Other officers are Foster Falken-
slime. vice president; I. Fillmore,
secretary, and L. A. Meadows,
treasurer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-05-13

Another installment Of 1.-THE
Metropolitan Viewpoint" will
appear in The Star on Mon
day. 1t will deal with the sub
ject of schools.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1955-08-18
Three Injured In
SarahsviIIe Wreck
Treated AT Cambridge
St. Francis Hospital

Three GAINESVILLE residents, one
formerly of Noble county, were
injured Saturday evening when
their car overturned on SR lat
one and one-half miles east of
Sarahsville.
The car was driven by Clar-
ence Snyder, 33, of 704 Putnam
avenue, GAINESVILLE, who suffered
decorations of the right ear and
leg; his wife, Lois Snyder, the
former Lois Ruth Watson, of the
Mt. Ephraim community, who
sustained cuts about the face
and multiple bruises and Robert
Swingle, 80, Of 806 Chester street,
GAINESVILLE, who suffered bruises
about the body and an injured
right wrist.
All three were treated at ST.
Francis hospital, Cambridge, and
then dismissed to their homes.
The state highway patrol said
that Snyder lost control of his
car on a curve in the highway.
State patrol said that no
charges have yet been filed in
the above accident.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1955-08-18
CIemenfine Gregg

Mrs. Clementine Larrick Gregg
81, passed away at 1890 a. m.
August Is at the home of her
son, E. r. Gregg, Supt, of JEFF
ferson schools, Dresden.
She was the widow of Henry
M. Gregg, former teacher in the
Noble county schools, who died
in 1926.
She was born near Pleasant
City, the daughter of Thomas
and Hannah Johnson Larrick.
Since early childhood she had
been an active member of the
Methodist church.
In addition to the son in whose
home she died, Mrs. Larrick is
survived by one daughter, Isa
Gorby, of Hiramsburg; four
grandchildren, seven great
grandchildren and one brother,
E. j. Larrick. of Akron.
The body will be at the Baugh-
man funeral home in Dresden
where friends may call Wednes-
day evening. Funeral services
will be held Thursday at 2:30
o. m. in the Hoskinsville Meth
odist church and burial will be
made in the church cemetery.
Rev. Gilbert B. Heaton will be
the officiating minister with the
Murphy funeral home, of Cald-
well, in charge of arrangements.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1955-08-18

Billa Patterson, of BeIford
street, is visiting with friends in
Columbus this week.
MIR. and Mrs. Thomas Drake, OF
Jackson, Miss, have returned to
their home after spending a
weeks vacation with relatives in
Caldwell.
Dean and Earl Misel and Yves
Crowns, Of Marenyo, Iowa, visit
ed Wednesday of last week with
Mr.. and Mrs. Clifford Misel and
family, Of Dexter City.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Smith. OF
Dexter City, are spending this
week at Camp Sychar, near Mt.
Vernon.
Miss Sandra Lee Clark, who
IS employed in Wabash, Ind,
spent the weekend at the home
Of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Roy
Clark, of North street.
Miss Martha Mae Clark, of
Caldwell, is visiting in the home
Of her grandparents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Ira Clark, Sr., Of Minford.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. J. Estadt and
daughter, Kathy, are enjoying a
weeks jaunt in Canada.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Whit
comb and family have returned
to their home on North street
after enjoying a trip to New
York and the Eastern coast.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry ColIey and
son, Jack, of Caldwell, left Wed
nesday morning for Northern
Michigan, where they plan to
visit with Mrs. Colley's sister,
Mrs. John Harrington.
Mrs. p. o. Brown, of Dexter
City, spent the past week visit
ing relatives in Columbus.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Carrel
and daughter, of Barberton, are
visiting Mrs. Ida Morris, of Dex-
ter City.
Mr.. and Mrs. Forrest Howell
and family have moved to their
home in Dexter City, which
they recently purchased from
Paul Warren.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lester Timmons
and daughters, Of Carlisle, Pa,
spent a few days recently with
Mrs. Timmons' parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. P. r. Blake, of Dexter City.
MIR. and Mrs. Quaye Pryor and
daughters, Nesta Dawn and
Brenda Kaye and Mrs. John
Pryor, all of South Olive, visited
with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
r. w. Lowe, of Uniontown, Pa,
over the weekend.
Mrs. John Moses and son,
Johnny Bill, of Youngstown, are
visiting this week in the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. George Frye, of
Caldwell route.
Mrs. Lucille Fowler, of Bel
ford street, is visiting with rela-
tiVes and friends in GAINESVILLE
this week.
Russell Keith, of Columbus,
spent the weekend with his par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Russell Keith
Of Caldwell route 6.
Sam Ditch, student at Mt.
Union college, is spending a
weeks vacation with his par
ents,, DR.. and Mrs. E. G. Ditch
of North street.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1955-08-18

Miss Virginia Webster, senior
student nurse at White Cross
hospital, Columbus, is spending
a months vacation with her
parents, DR.. and Mrs. D. H. Web
ster, Of Lewis street. Miss Web
ster entertained Misses Mary
Crawford, Donna Timblin and
Christine Woolard, also senior
student nurses, the past week on
Seneca Lake.
DIR. and Mrs. ID. I'll. Webster,
of Lewis street, entertained MIR.
and Mrs. Miley Hellyer and chill
dren, Shirley and Jimmy this
past weekend, Mrs. Hellyer and
son, Jimmy, are spending this
week in the Webster home.
Barbara BOber spent the past
week in Columbus, visiting
friends.
Rose Lichwarcik, of Columbus,
spent the weekend with her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Pete Lich-
Warcik, of Caldwell route 6.
Mrs. OclO Polling, of Carroll
ton, is visiting with friends and
relatives in Caldwell this week.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1955-08-18
AIonxo G. Parks

Alonzo G. Parks, 80, retired
farmer, of New Concord, form
erly of Cumberland and the
Sharon community, died at 200
o'clock Tuesday at Bethesda hos
pltal where he had been patient
for eight weeks.
Mr.. Parks moved to New Con-
cord three years ago from a farm
south of Cumberland. He was
a member Of the New Concord
Methodist church.
He is survived by his widow,
Effie; three sons, Wiley Parks,
of near Cumberland, Alton, of
near New Concord and Ralph,
Of near Charlottesville; two
daughters, Mrs. Lucille West, of
Cumberland, and Mrs. Garnett
Chadwell, Of Canton; five broth
ers, Grover, Henry, Lewis, Forest
and Leonard Parks, and two
sisters, Mrs. Nancy Rose and
Mrs. Laura Bright.
Funeral services will be held
at 200 o'clock Thursday after
noon at the Cumberland Meth
odist church. Burial will be in
the Cumberland cemetery.