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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-05

"A large number of District res
idents who have maintained vot-
ing rights in the States do cast
ballots. The Virginia population
of voting age is estimated at
2,043,000. This is an increase
of 10000. or 3.6 per cent over
the 1852 figure.
In Maryland, it is estimated
1T million will be old enough
to vote, a gain of 10000, or 10.4
per cent.
The bureau put the Virginia
vote for President at 100000.
or 31.4 per cent of the civilian
population of voting age. In
Maryland. the 1852 vote was
given as 9O2 900. or 58.6 per cent.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-05

As q service to the Districts absentee
voters. The Stor is publishing voting
regulations in each stote for next
November's election. One Stote will
be published each ,doy. Woteh for
yours. Todoy's instoIIment is for
residents who wish to vote in Illinois.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-05
102.7Mi|Iion Old Enough
ToVote, Bureau Estimates

The Census Bureau estimated today that civilians
will be old enough to vote for President in November.
This represents increase of as Million Al per cent
the figure for the 1852 election.
Those who cast votes for President in 1852 numbered
$4,000, 627 of the civilian population of voting
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-03
'Operu Singer Loses
Income Tax Bottle
BY The Associated Press

Lauritz Melchoir. the opera
singer. and his wife lost a court
fight yesterday to recover $79,-
$40 in income taxes in a claim
based on war time losses in Ger
many.
The United States Court of
Claims ruled that the couple
failed to file in time their claim
of personal property losses in
1915 resulting from plundering
by German and Russian citizens.
They claimed that the losses
in East Germany entitled them
to a deduction on their tax re-
turns from the year ended April
80, 1916. But the court ruled
that the deadline in this case
for filing was July Is, 1916, and
that the claim was not filed
until July, 1949.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-03

national registration examina-
ton qualifying her to practice
occupational therapy, the Ameri-
can Occupational Therapy Asso-
citation has announced. Miss Platt
graduated from the curriculum
in occupational therapy at New
York University School Of Educa-
ton.
\ 4 \
Lehigh University has an
nounced the appointment of Ed
ward C. Stewart, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles T. Stewart, 56l7
Ruatan street, College Park
MD as assistant professor of
psychology. Mr.. Stewart is a
graduate of the University of
Maryland.
Virginia H. Sinclair, 14lS
Montague street NV, has been
awarded a professional nurse
traineeShip for study in the Duke
University School of Nursing,
Miss Sinclair is a graduate of
the Garfield Hospital School of
Nursing.
X +
The Washington Chapter of
the Lafayette College Alumni
Association has awarded a schol-
arship for study at Lafayette
College. Easton, Pa, to Robert
Lewis, son of Mrs. Esther M.
Lewis. 4033 Seventh street NE.
Mr.. Lewis is a graduate of Nc
Kinley High School.
| \ 4
Miss Bobi Hobbs, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. E. c. Hobbs, 100
North Frederick street, Airing
ton, has been elected secretary
of the student government at
Pennsylvania University Ogontz
Center.
Miss Martha Mitchell, daugh-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-03
Unit Head Named
By Salvation Army

1t. Everett Leonard has been
appointed commanding officer
of the Fairfax County Salvation
Army service unit.
1t. Leonard, formerly assist
ant officer of the Washington
Harbor Light Alcoholic Center,
was welcomed to Fairfax County
at a meeting of the Salvation
Army Advisory Board.
1t. Leonard is currently Sec
rotary and treasurer of the
Washington Ministerial ASsocia-
ton.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-03

ter of DR.. and Mrs. Howard
Mitchell, 6611 Sixteenth street
NV, has been elected to the
Student Government Board of
the freshman class of Trinity
College.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-03
COLLEGE NEWS
COLLEGE NEWS
Glen Echo Girl Wins
Four-Yeor Scholarship

Blackburn College Carnvile Ill., has four-year
scholarship Margey Rnehart daughter Of Wilson
r. Rnehart 6l04 Wehawken road Glen Echo Rnehart
is a graduate of BetheSdaCh Chase High School.
Judith Plat 1927 Farragut NV has passed the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-01
Gen. R. c. Hood Assumes
Command at BOILING Base

Maj. Gen. Reuben c. Hood.
ir., today took command of Boil
ing Air Force Base, Headquarters
Command of the Air Force.
The post was held previously
by Brig. Gen. Stoyte o. Ross who
left last month for Denmark to
assume command of the Mill
tary Assistance Advisory Group
there.
Gen. Hood was the COM
mander of the Caribbean Air
Command with headquarters in
the Panama Canal Zone before
his new appointment. He had
served in Panama since 1858.
Entered Service in 1928
The new base commander. born
in Atlanta. Ca, in 1907, began
his Air Force career in 1923
when he was appointed a I'd
lieutenant in the Air Reserve.
Between 1929 and 1880 he served
at Langley (Va.) Air Force Base
and subsequently headed the Air
Corps Detachment at Edgewood
Arsenal. Md.
During World War II. Gen.
Hood served in the Far East as
Chief Of Staff of the China
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-01
Funds Allotted
For Handicapped

Uncle Sam has allotted $780,
1877 to the District for programs
to help disabled persons over
come handicaps and get jobs, the
Office Of Vocational Rehabilita-
ton announced today.
The Office. a branch Of the De-
partment Of Health, Education
and Welfare. said Maryland's
allotment is S71l,444. and Vir-
ginia's is sl.260,079.
I'm order TO receive the grants,
the States land the DISTRICT
must invest their own funds on
"a matching basis" the announce
ment said.
That would mean this area
would have to furnish local funds
as follows: District. s124.446;
Maryland. 1881 $50. and Virginia.
1851. 444.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-01
Starlight Movies
Playground Film
Program for Tonight

Programs are sponsored by The
Evening Star in cooperation
with the Film Center Of WASH
ington and the recreation de-
partments of the District and
Arlington. Prince Georges and
Montgomery Counties:
Washington. at Dusk
Ress Park, Twenty-sixth and o streets
Tssoms. Fourth and Van Buren, streets
Rosewood. Third and Eyarts streets NE.
.Gallinser and Twenty-seeond streets
Cook North Capitol and p streets NV
Loyeioy Twelfth and d streets NE.
Carver. whittinEham and Lane streets
Psrksids. Anscos,ia and Gran, streets
Jefferson. Elahth and H streets sw
Congress HeiEhts Savannah and Randle
Hillsres,. Thir,y.seeOnd and Denver
Arlinrton County. $50 Pm.
Patrick Henry, zoo walter Reed drive.
Carver Center South Queen and South
Thirteenth street
Prince Georges County. $50 PM.
Fairmont Heights Elementary School.
sheriff and Addison roads Fairmoni
Beitsviiis Elementary School. Powder
MIL road. Beltsville
Mont9omery County, $40 PM.
lLynnbrook Recreation Center Newdals
,6 snd LSnneroes drives Bsthsses
svenue silver sprirs
Maryvale Elementary School. Crab ave.
nue. and MAeArthur drive, Rockville.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-01

Burma India Air Service Com
mand.
From 1945 to l948 he was sta
toned in the United States as
Deputy Chief of Staff in charge
of operations and also as chief
of the Organization and Man
power Division.
An incident occurred in 1916 in
which he saved his own life and
that of five others when he crash
landed a BIS he was flying at
Andrews Air Force Base after the
nose gear of the plane had frozen
in fight.
Served in Brazil
During 1949-5l Gen. Hood was
in Brazil as military attache.
He returned to the United States
to take charge of the Air Com
mand and staff College at Max
well Air Force Base. Ala.
Early in 1854. the general led
a jet fighter goodwill tour Of
Central and South America
known as wings for the Amer
icas." which won wide acclaim
for demonstrations Of jet pre-
cision flying.
Gen. Hoods decorations and
awards include the United States
Distinguished Service Medal,
Legion of Merit. Distinguished
Flying Cross. World War II
Medal. Army Commentator Rib
bon. Asiatic Pacific Theater
Medal and American Theater
Medal. He has been awarded nu-
merous foreign decorations in
.cluding the Military Division OF
the Most Excellent Order Of the
British Empire.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-01
2-Acre Lot Proviso
Adopted in Fairfax
President Vetoes Bill
On Cos Station Zoning

tons had tried for years to get
approval to rebuild. Year after
year they succeeded in getting
bills introduced to exempt the
stations from coming restrictions
In 1858. a bill finally got
through Congress but was vetoed
by President Eisenhower as spot
coming" that could set a prece-
dent for appeals by 5000 other
owners of ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
properties In Washington.
The Commissioners had testi-
fed or sent representatives to
testify against the bill in both
the House and Senate this year
Commissioner Robert E. Nc
Laughlin called such spot zon-
ing" the very antithesis OF
coming itself. tending to break
down coming"
New regulations proposed by
the Districts coming consultants
would provide for the gradual
elimination of such nonconform
ing uses from the coming map
James K. Eagan, general coun-
sci of the American Oil Co.,
owner of the Massachusetts, and
Wisconsin avenues station, said
all we want to do is make a
modern station out of the place.
He said the station is already
doing a tremendous business
$4,000 gallons a month.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-01

President Eisenhower late yes
terday vetoed a bill that would
in effect have exempted two gas
oline stations from residential
coming restrictions.
The two stations, at Wisconsin
and Massachusetts avenues NV
and at Sixteenth street and Ar
kansas avenue NV, now are
permitted to operate under what
is known as 'nonconforming'
use of zoned property, but not to
expand.
The vetoed legislation would
have permitted changes to mod
ernize the stations.
In statement explaining his
action, the President pointed out
that there are approximately
5000 instances in the District oil
"nonconforming" use of zoneo
property. He said it would be
unfair to legislate benefits fol
the two gas stations and not the
others.
Mr.. Eisenhower also recalled
that a three-year study of zon-
ing problems by the District
Commissioners and the National
Capital Planning Commission i;
near completion. He expressed
hope that this study would Offer
some solution to the "noncon.
forming use" problem.
Owners of the two gas sta.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-01
Hospital Drive Blocked
Against Referendum Plan

A campaign by the Silver
Spring Hospital Association to
encourage residents who have
signed petitions for a referendum
on the hospital bill to have their
names withdrawn has blown up.
In an advertising campaign
the hospital association has been
listing facts about the bill au-
thorizing a SO million bond issue
for construction of the hospital.
AT the bottom of the ad has been
a coupon to be signed by resi-
dents asking the supervisor of
elections to withdraw their
names from the petition.
Can't Strike Name
j. Hodge Smith, attorney for
the election supervisors, has
ruled that the board has no
authority Ito strike or withdraw
the names of any signers from
the petition"
Persons mailing the ms
to the election supervisor are
getting in return a form letter
from Miss Rose K. Dawson, ma
jority clerk to the supervisors
reciting the rule.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-01

The, ruling states that a per-
son who has signed any petition
has the right to have his name
withdrawn "at any time prior
to the time it is filed officially
with this Office but this is a
matter which the particular in
dividual must take up with the
person or association obtaining
the signature"
Duties Are Outlined
The duties of the election
supervisors are confined to ex-
aiming the petition to deter
mine if it contains enough sigma
lures, whether they are sigma
lures of duly registered voters,
and checking the sufficiency Of
aff1davits and other matters.
Petitions for the referendum
on the hospital bill have been
circulated by the Montgomery
County Referendum Association,
headed by Julian A. Bartolini.
Miss Dawson said she had re-
|ceived more than 80 requests for
Withdrawals.
The deadline for filing the
petitions is August IA.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-01
POLICE TO AUCTION
TRANSIT SYSTEM
FOR SMALL FRY

Washington police will
auction of a transit system
at 10 am. tomorrow.
Some 221 vehicles-all
gagged to fit the needs of
younger folk-will 60 to the
highest bidder at the police
warehouse. behind 469 C
street NV.
Over the months. police
have come up with bicycles,
tricycles and wagons. stolen
or lost, and never claimed.
Since most policemen either
walk or ride in automobiles,
the auction was decided up
on as the best means of get
ting the stuff out of the
warehouse.
Inspector Earl P. Hart
man, chief clerk of the
Metropolitan Police Depart
ment, will be in charge of
sale open to any parent or
child in search of this type
of transportation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-01
SEC Is Studying Effort
I O Block Transit Sale

the etc assets for $13,540,00
equal to S14.10 a share.
Seeks Proxies
Mr.. Stempil said he had asked
stockholders to designate him
as their proxy and to vote
against the Chalk proposal. His
plan calls for postponement of
Fridays stockholders meeting
until August Is, the day before
the etc franchise expires and
the Chalk deal is to be closed
He urged that the postponed
meeting consider a possible offer
to be made on or before August
10 providing an all-cash pay
ment. The Chalk deal calls for
down payment Of $9.6 million
with the balance to be paid ovel
is years secured by real estate
mortgage liens.
The SEC spokesman said will
lful violation of its requirement.
that proxy solicitations bt
cleared by the agency are pun.
ishable by a fine up to $4,000
and two years Imprisonment OF
both. He said, however, that
this penalty is rarely used, but
that the commission or the COM
pany can ask an injunction tc
stop uncleared proxy solicita-
ton, if the SEC feels the public
interest would warrant such 9
move.
Mr.. Stempil would need $780,
001 shares of stock to block the
Chalk deal Friday. He said to-
day that he had "close to 100000
shares pledged to me 80 days
ago" and that he had received
proxies for $50 more shares this
morning.
Meanwhile, Morris Fox, local
trucking operator formerly asso-
ciated with Mr.. Stempil and who
brought Mr.. Chalk into the pic
ture, yesterday asked for a court
ruling to block three Washing
tonians from suing him for a
commission in connection with
/ the deal.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-01
District Sets
Homes Project
For Hearing

The District Commissioners
have scheduled an informal
hearing for II a m. tomorrow on
the proposal of AL Wheeler to
build 10 homes on the site of the
Catholic Home for Aged Ladies,
3043 P street NV.
MIR. Wheeler. lawyer and chair
man of the Democratic Central
Committee for the District, plans
to give the city land for a T.
shaped street or alley running
into the block.
At the same time. the Com
missioners authorized the nam
ing of Inhabited alleys. This re-
versed a six-year-old policy. Brig.
Gen. Thomas A. Lane, Engineer
Commissioner, said the reversal
was made because of recent re-
peal Of the ban on alley dwell
ings and would facilitate identi-
fication of alley residences.
Another fight was brewing in
Georgetown, as residents asked
the Commissioners to block con-
struction Of a three-story park
ling garage in the square bounded
by M. Thirtieth and Thomas
Jefferson streets and the Chesa-
Ipeake and Ohio Canal.
They charged that the garage
planned by the Golden Commits
lsary Corp, would be a Serious
menace to health by cutting of
the light and air from is sur
rounding row dwellings. half Of
which stand 20 feet from the
proposed open-deck parking ga
rage, and by creating noise, nox-
Iious fumes and vapors."
Also, they said. the garage
would depreciate the value Of
surrounding dwellings, which
have been restored at an aver
age investment of $4,000"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-01
BY HECTOR Mclean

The Securities and Exchange
Commission is studying an ef-
fort to block the sale of Capital
Transit Co. assets to o. Roy
Chalk for a possible violation of
its regulations, The Star learned
today.
A commission spokesman said
there had been no clearance of
an attempt to obtain proxies by
Washington lawyer I. William
Stempil.
Mr.. Stempil, whose earlier bid
to take over the dying franchise
of Capital Transit was rejected
by the District Public Utilities
Commission, said he had sent
out 500 requests to Capital
Transit stockholders to give him
their proxies.
Friday Meeting Called
The Chalk-CTC deal is subject
to approval by holders of two.
thirds of CTC's 100000 shares
of stock at special meeting
Friday. A management spokes-
man said today the company is
confident the deal will be APP
proved by the necessary $4,000
shares of stock.
Also, the spokesman said, the
management expects approval Of
its plans to reorganize as the
Universal Corp. and continue ir
other business activities.
Meanwhile, the company stock
which has par value of $3.50
scared to a record high on the
American Stock Exchange yes
terday of 1914. The stock
dropped to Is at the close yes
terday. The only sale this morn.
ing-for 20 Shares-was at 1874
The price has risen nearly 81
in less than a week, repeatedly
because of the management
statement that the reorganizec
company could realize tax bene.
fits as high as $3.50 million.
The Chalk deal is to buy out
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-01
Sitter Zoninq
Law Applies to
RuroI Areas

The Freehill amendment re.
coming two-thirds OF Fairfax
County into two-acre lots was
adopted officially today.
1t became effective imme-
diately, sharply upgrading for
mer development requirements
under which one-half acre was
the largest lot size.
The vote was 5 to /, with SUI
pervisor Stuart De Bell voting
alone against the new plan.
The supervisors had agreed by
IA vote of 4-3 on July S to adopt
the Freehill amendment, but
since that time there had been
Irumors of a compromise to re-
duce the tWo-acre lot size re-
quirement to one acre.
Makes Decision Final
Today's action, however. makes
the decision final on one of the
most restrictive coming plans
ever adopted in the Washington
Metropolitan Area.
The amendment takes its
name from Chairman Joseph H.
Freehill, who originally Spon-
scred it. The coming plan closely
follows the master plan recon-
mendation of Francis Dodd Nc
Hugh.
The amendment restricts resi-
Dental development throughout
most of the rural two-thirds Of
the county to minimum lots of 2
acres.
Within the urban belt of the
county nearest Washington it
establishes zones requiring lot
sizes of ! acre. a half acre,
$1,000 square feet, 1880 square
feet and 10000 square feet.
The latter two figures are aver.
age lot size requirements.
1HECc OlZtS EEeVlOuSIy
Under the old county coming
regulations there we're only three
lot size categorieS-a half acre,
1880 square feet and 10000
square feet.
Before the vote was taken Brig.
Gen. Richard P. Ovenshine asked
whether a written opinion had
been received from Common.
wealth's Attorney Robert Fitz-
gerald about validity of the zon-
ing amendment. Mr.. Fitzgerald
had commented at the July 5
meeting that he did not believe
la 2-acre lot requirement would
stand up in court.
I Chairman Freehill replied that
he had been waiting for a writ
ten opinion from Mr.. Fitzgerald
since last January 18 when he
first proposed the coming amend
ment, but never had received
one. Mr.. Fitzgerald was not
present.
/ Voting for the amendment be.
sides Mr.. Freehill and Gen. Oven.
shine were William Moss, A..
Claiborne Leigh and Mrs. Anne
Wilkins, who moved for its adop.
ton.
Supervisor James Keith was
absent. He had voted against
the plan at the July S meeting.
\ Mr.. Moss, who had voted
against the two-acre plan at the
earlier meeting, said in voting
for it today he wanted it under
stood the amendment always was
subject to revision. Mr.. Freehill
agreed that was the case.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-01
ChiIIum Lions to Dine

The Chillum Md Lions Club
will hold a dinner meeting a.
7:15 O'Clock tonight at the
Langley Park Hot Shoppe
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-01
Street Scenes !.

Two pups begging milk
from a milkman making de-
liveries on Wisconsin avenue.
A motorist getting out of his
car on Eighth street near NJ
street S.W., while the auto
was halted in trafflc, to res
cue a small kitten which had
wandered beneath the car. -.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-01
PAINTING BY A VICTIM LIKE THEMSELVES

DT y VIZ
Some students
today pictures
in the Health Education Building
E 1922 Lee highway
place NV Standing cleft right
NV Miss
ter who teaches art the patients Miss Willie
Red Cross Motor Service painting Louisiana arths sufferer
a $500 prize-Sar Staff Photo. -
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-01
CONVENTIONS
TODAY

The National Association
Of Candy Wholesalers meets
in the Sheraton Park Hotel.
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1956-04-20
CAPITAL Hill School

The third grade pupils will sponsor the primary Health
assembly playe entitled Jane Becomes Happy Child will
be presented Pupils participating in the paye Carol
Lewis Betty Williams John Johnson Betty Brooks Lou Gary
Hughes Warren Bakely Emma Jean Mitchell Joseph C. Hen
~, F1oyce Ware, Noah Simmons Kenneth Robinson, Emily
Ruth johnson and Viola Vaughn.
During the 81 grade Nature study activity period Yyonne
Croston chairman of Dune Life committee Charles Hunt
chairman of Tracks and Trails short talks
free hand drawing demonstrations the class Shirley
Mitchell Marsha Majors and Carol Nelson discussed other
Sand Dune. Pearl Chapman Emmanuel Wilson and
Harrison discussed Velvet Color plates and charts
from the National Audubon society used in the serapbook
made by the class.
Catherine Wright Gloria Jean Carroll Charles
Dozer Sylvia Fingers Danne Cornish Ada b. Staten Pearl
Chapman Shirley Mitchell and Doris Williams will dig and
clean bushes shubbery school
during Cleanup week wener will climax the days
job,
The first grade girls and boys entertained the presehoo
children with party recently This interesting
peenee for the % girls and boys who response the
invitations that mailed TO them.
The agenda included registration cards each
child acquainted period tour of the building, lunch
outdoor activity period, rhythmic songs nursery rhymes
and expressions Two films shown entitled THE
Little Red Hen eenered around oral expression and pictures
story book characters 'Tommys Day" emphasizing the
home family desirable practices of personal cleanliness tooth
diet family relationships and his classroom school,
Mrs Ruth Johnson, pre-sehool chairman and Mrs An
Jones' PTA president attendance the party
Mrs Johnson early and the day with the children
assisting in many of the activities.
Mrs. Ruth Jefree of the Pet Mix company served deli