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WASHINGTON AND VICINITY

.WEDNESDAY, JUNE 13, 1945.

$650,000 Bond Issue 0. K.d for Prince Georges

Funds to Be Used For Construction of New Schools

The Prince Georges County Board of Education yesterday approved the issuance of $650,000 worth ol bonds for school construction. This represents half of the $1,300,000 bond issue authorized for this purpose at the last session of the State Legislature.

Supt. of Schools G. Gardner Shugart said the $650,000 program includes construction of two new

junior-senior high schools, a new

elementary school and additions tc three existing buildings.

The two new high schools will be built in Upper Marlboro and Oxon Hill with the present schools there to be used for elementary pupils The new elementary school will be built in Landover Hills.

Addition Planned. There also will be an addition tc

the Cheverly-Tuxedo School, ex-

panding it to a 10-room building with an auditorium and cafeteria; a three-room addition, including two classrooms and an auditorium, to the North Brentwood School and the addition of shop and home economics rooms to Lakeland High School.

The North Brentwood addition al- ready is under construction, Mr Shugart explained, and plans are

being prepared for the Cheverly- Tuxedo and Lakeland projects. Plans for,the other schools will be drawn in the near future. Construction is

expected to start in about a year, he said.

Mr. Shugart also announced that the new elementary school in Green- belt will open next fall. Children living south of Eastway in the town will attend the present school and those living north of the street will attend the new school, Mr. Shugart said. All school-age children at-

tending the child-care center in Greenbelt will attend the old school regardless of where they live, he added.

> Trustees Appointed. The following school trustees were

appointed by the board; Mrs. Agnes Yingling and Mrs.

Madeline Bell, Bowie Elementary; Samuel Geasey, Forestville; Porter W. Beale, Ager Road, and Charles Dent, Forestville Colored School.

The board created the office of supervisor of school cafeterias, al- though no one has been appointed to the post yet. The salary has not yet been fixed.

The resignation of Mrs. Maude G Hyle as supervisor of elementary schools was accepted.

U. of M. Students to Meet Today to Air Grievances

University of Maryland students will hold a mass meeting at 1:20 p.m. today at the Coliseum in College Park'to a4r their grievances against the Institution’s administration and to recommend changes in policy.

The meeting was arranged by the student board after a 26-member university student committee con-

ferred with Dr. H. C. Byrd, univer- sity president, Monday. Dr. Byrd said students will be excused from classes from 1:20 to 3 p.m. to attend the assembly.

At Monday's conference with the student committee, which charged last week that the university’s ad- ministration was ’’undemocratic and dictatorial,” Dr. Byrd pointed out that most of the things of which the group complained were required by law.

Toscanini Gives $10,000 For Italian Opera House Special Radio to The Star and Chicago

Daily News.

MILAN. June 13.—Countess Wally Castelbarco, daughter ot Arturo Toscanini, appeared in the Milan City Hall this morning to present Mayor Antonio Greppi with two checks for 1,000,000 lire ($10,000) each, to be used in the reconstruc- tion of La Scala Opera House which was gutted by Allied bombs

The first check was from her fa- ther, conductor of the NBC Sym- phony Orchestra; the second from Snia Viscosa, Italy’s largest manu-

facturer of rayon. Countess Castelbarco has been a

refugee in Switzerland during the last year and a half of the war.

Society Plans Dance Tonight The North Carolina State Society

will hold its final dance of the sea-

son at 10 o'clock tonight in the main ballroom of the Shoreham Hotel. All servicemen in uniform are invited as guests.

Meats, Fats, Etc.—Book 4, stamps V-2, W-2, X-2, Y-2 and Z-2 re- main valid through Septembei 30; stamps E-2 through J-2 good through June 30; stamps K-2 through P-2 good through Julj 31. Stamps Q-2 through U-2 valid through August 31.

Canned Goods, Etc.—Book 4, stamp: D-l, E-l, F-l, G-l and H-l re- main valid through Septembei 30; stamps N-2 through S-2 good through June 30. Stamps T-2 through X-2 good through July 31 Stamps Y-2, Z-2, A-l, B-l and O-l valid through August 31.

Points for Fats—Your meat dealei will pay two red ration points foi each pound of waste kitchen fat: you turn in.

Sugar—Stamp No. 36 valid for ! pounds through August 31. Next stamp valid September 1.

Gasoline—A-15 coupons are valid through June 21. B-6, C-6, B-2 and C-7 coupons good for 5 gal- lons each.

Shoes—Airplane stamps 1, 2 and 2 in Book No. 3 good indefinitely foi one pair of shoes each. An as-yet- unnumbered shoe stamp become: valid August 1.

Fuel Oil—Periods 1, 2, 3, 4 and S coupons good for 10 gallons pei unit through August 31. Al] currently valid coupons, except foi serially -numbered coupons of defl> aite value, will expire August 31

Nancy Gatch Tells of Thrills Of 30 Months' Duty Overseas

Red Cross Worker Recalls Release Of War Captives

The thrill was mutual. They were American soldiers just

released from captivity in Germany where through months or years they hungered for the sight of an Ameri- can girl.

She was a Red Cross girl who for 30 months had watched and served and comforted the shattered victims of battle.

When they came together in the 95th Evacuation Hospital, with the 7th Army, not far from Munich, it was her greatest thrill of the war

to see their happiness. Undoubt- edly, for them, it was also the greatest thrill, considering their bleak days and nights as prisoners of war.

She is Nancy Gatch, daughter of Rear Admiral and Mrs. Thomas L. Gatch, 3103 Macomb street N.W. Admiral Gatch is Judge Advocate General of the Navy. Miss Gatch landed yesterday in a plane from Europe after 31 months of service which began at Oran in North Africa a month after our troops landed there. She was with a gen- eral hospital and then a Navy hos- pital at Oran for 17 months.

Four Campaign Stars. A capsule version of her experi-

ence after that is in the jibbon the Army gave her along with the nurses in the 95th Evacuation Hos- pital. It bears four campaign stars, Naples, Rome, Southern France and Germany. But the capsule version wouldn’t tell of a dinner with Presi- dent Roosevelt when he was on his way to Cairo, nor would it relate the story of a dinner with Gen. Eisenhower.

It wouldn’t tell of terrifying bombs in Naples. It wouldn't tell that she replaced a Red Cross worker killed with the 95th Evacu- ation Hospital at Anzio. It wouldn't tell of landing on D day plus four, in Southern France. It wouldn’t tell of a mad chase northward through France without food for three days because the 7th Army advanced so fast.

It wouldn’t relate anything of a sudden retreat when a German

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NANCY GATCH. —Star Staff Photo.

Strasbourg. It wouldn’t list the long days and nights in the tent wards of the hospital, encouraging hope in the wounded and the surgical cases, particularly those mutilated or with amputations.

Greatest Thrill. “The greatest thrill, though." Miss

Gatch said, “was when our boys who had been prisoners of war started streaming back. They all

I were routed through hospitals for a

checkup. The way they grinned and beamed and sat around and just looked at us was enough to—well, it was the finest thing that hap- pened to me.”

Her worst time in the service, Miss Gatch said, was just after the 7th Army crossed the Rhine.

"The Germans had mined the area thickly,” she said, “and almost every case that came in demanded major surgery. Most of them were ampu- tation cases. They kept coming until we had a big backlog of sur- gery. That was the worst time.

“But our GIs are the greatest soldiers in the world. There isn’t any question of it. They have a sense of humor that carries them through anything.”

Fairfax Group Urges National Fire Safety Code for Schools

The Fairfax County School Im- provement Association today urged adoption of a "nationally recognized safety code" as a basis for further fire inspections of county school buildings.

In letters to the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors and County Fire Chief John H. Carper, the as- sociation praised the board for its appointment of a county fire chief last March, adding that his position as county fire inspector can be "greatly strengthened” by the back- ing of a code.

Speaking for the association, Mrs. Lee F. Johnson, secretary, said she would “like to recommend the building exits code published by the National Fire Protection Associa- tion and approved by the American Standards Association.”

Serious Thought Needed. “With this code as a guide,” Mrs.

Johnson said, “the Jefferson High School Building is one which should cause serious thought by all county officials. If this building is, as Mr. Carper is quoted as saying, one of the best-arranged school buildings in the county for fire pro- tection, then the entire school build- ing situation in the county is one to cause grave concern.”

Mrs. Johnson made these com-

parisons between specifications un- der the National Fire Protection Association code and conditions found at Jefferson School:

The code requires that outside stairs, or fire escapes, shall be built permanently to the ground, while the escape at Jefferson is of the swinging-ladder type.

Jefferson Exits Cited. Access to outside stairways, un-

der the code, shall be through door- ways flush with the floor, while the escape at Jefferson must be reached through windows with sills 3% feet from the floor.

The code requires that all outlets latch from the inside, while at Jeff- erson all doors lock by keys and in- stance are known where outside door exits at Jefferson have been kept locked during school hours with the key in the possession of a pupil.

Mrs. Johnson pointed out that the code states that these are “mini- mum requirements,” and in all cases better construction should be used where possible.

She added that under these mini- mum standards, wooden stairs and wainscoating are prohibited, al- though the Jefferson stair halls are wood to a height of three feet, par- titions between rooms and hallways are more than half wood, and to the ground level from the second floor, the stairs and stair treads are made entirely of wood.

In the letter to the board, the association said that while it now is understood that the upper floor at Jefferson will be closed next year, that in the event overcrowding should force the use of this floor, “it would seem to us not to be a waste of taxpayers’ money to build an acceptable fire escape even

though the use of the building would be strictly temporary.”

Hearing oq ABC System Set June 19 in Alexandria By the Associatea Press.

RICHMOND, Va„ June 13.—The public will get a chance to voice its approval or disapproval at a hearing in Alexandria June 19 on the meth- ods of distribution of alcoholic bev- erages in Virginia.

The commission set up by the 1944 General Assembly to study the ABC Board, will attempt to determine at the hearing the general attitude of the public toward rationing, price and enforcement policies.

It also is interested in the public’s view on revocation of licenses and of the so-called “social clubs,” but which "in fact are devices to evade the spirit of the ABC Act.”

Findings and recommendations of the committee will be reported to the Legislature at least 30 days be- fore the next regular session.

George H. Lamar, 78, Prominent Attorney In Montgomery, Dies

George H. Lamar, 78, Rockville, prominent Washington and Mont- gomery County attorney who was associated with-- the late Senator Blair Lee of Maryland for several years, died Monday evening after a

long illness. Mr. Lamar, a cousin of the late

Supreme Court Justice L. Q. C. Lamar, was active in Mr. Lee's cam-

paign for the Senate and also in Montgomery County politics. He was influential in obtaining local option for the county and was a civic leader for many years in both the county and State.

He served as president kX the County School Board for six years and was an active member of the Methodist Church.

Born in Auburn, Ala., July 20, 1867, Mr. Lamar was a graduate of Alabama Polytechnic Institute and of Georgetown University Law School. He entered law practice here after graduation.

Until his retirement several years ago, Mr. Lamar was trustee for the Massachusetts Avenue Park and Heights syndicate in the District. He was a 32d degree Mason, a Knight Templar and past president of the Southern Society of Washt ington. He served a term as na- tional worthy grand chief of the Alpha Tau Omega Fraternity.

Surviving are his children, Mrs. Nolan B. Harmon, jr„ South Orange. N. J.; Mrs. Richard Waters, Car- son City, Nev.; Mrs. H. Stafford Bryant. Lynchburg, Va.; Dr. Ed- ward S. Lamar, Washington; Mrs. Charles F. Schley, East Orange, N. J., and George H. Lamar, jr., Bal- timore. A sister, Mrs. Annie Cole of Boonesboro, Md., also survives. Mrs. Lamar died in February.

Funeral services will be conducted in the Rockville Methodist Church at 10:30 a.m. tomorrow. Burial will be in Rockville Union Cemetery.

Front Royal Flyer Freed From Nazi Prison Camp

Flight Officer Thomas H. Riven- bark, 25, Army Air Forces, of Front Royal, Va„ was liberated April 29 from a prison camp in Moosburg, Germany, by the 14th Armored Di- vision.

Plight Officer Rivenbark, the pilot of a B-26 bomber, was shot down over France in April, 1944.

A native of Teacheys, N. C., he attended public school in Hopewell, Va., and moved to Front Royal in 1938. He entered the service in May, 1941, and went overseas two years later.

A brother. Pvt. Thomas V. Riven- bark, is stationed with the Amer- ican occupation forces in Germany.

Barretts Give $1,000 For Alexandria YWCA

A gift of $1,000 from Dr. and Mrs, Robert South Barrett to the Alexan- dria YWCA building fund was re-

ported today at a luncheon meeting of campaign workers at the George Mason Hotel.

Report of a $1,000 gift last week from the Michelbach family and of several other advance gifts have given the $50,000 fund a good start, according to Miss Alice Whitton, campaign chairman. Gifts from the public will be solicted starting today.

Dr. Barrett gave the city the public library building, the Boys Club building and donated to many other charitable funds in the city. He is the national president of the Elks as well as a Masonic leader.

Blood Donations Sought The American Red Cross mobile

blood donor unit will be at the Hyattsville Elementary School on Olive street from 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. June 21. The quota for that day is 160 pints. Appointments may be made by calling Mrs. Dwight B. Galt, Warfield 1876, or Mrs. R. D. Mattingly, Hyattsville 0211, both of the Prince Georges County Red Cross Chapter,'

Prince Georges May Get 2 New Swimming Pools

Work Would Be Part Of $1,000,000 Program Of Improvements

Construction of two public swim- ming pools in the metropolitan area of Prince Georges County may be included in a $1,000,000 improve- ment program for the area.

This was indicated by the county commissioners at their meeting yes- terday in Upper Marlboro after Judge Vincent A. Osterman of the county Orphans’ Court asked that pro- vision for two pools to cost approxi- mately $40,000 each be made in the $1,000,000 bond issue approved at the last session of the State Legis- lature.

Judge Osterman emphasized the need for such a project “for our children.” He said the only public pool in the county at present is in Greenbelt and has facilities to care for only the residents of that com- munity.

Carson Approves Proposal. Board Chairman William A. Car-

son expressed his approval of the proposal, but pointed out that it must be submitted first to an ad- visory committee to be appointed soon, which will recommend im- provements under the program.

He told Judge Osterman to appear before the commissioners again if the advisory committee refuses to approve construction of the pools.

Street maintenance and lighting facilities were approved for the Chapel Oaks subdivision. Also ap- proved were street maintenance and the collection of trash and garbage for Dillon Park.

Trash Contract Approved. The commissioners approved a

contract with Frederick R. Bean, Landover, providing for the collec- tion of trash and garbage in Coral Hills at a cost of $150 a month. Residents of the area will pay $1.50 a month for the service.

A permit was granted Edward B. Shugart to operate a riding academy on lots 50 and 51, block 25, Greater Capitol Heights.

Trial Magistrate Arthur P Owens reported collection of $1,353.45 in fines and costs last month. Of this amount, the commissioners receive $439.60.

Collection of $32 in fines and costs during May was reported by substitute Trial Magistrate Henry H. O’Neill. Of this, $21.50 goes to the commissioners.

Falls Church, Herndon Hold Elections

Town officials were elected yes- terday in two Fairfax County com- munities.

In Falls Church, where only 161 ballots were east, Sherman Wells, incumbent councilman from the First Ware}, defeated his opponent, James E. Durant by a vote of 105 to 5$. ThlA w-|fc, the only contest in the election.

Other dJuiijlrMeh. elected without opposition, were Archie T. Munson, Second Ward, 139 votes, and Sar- gent White, Third Ward, 125 votes.

In Herndon, M. Waite Wilkins defeated Frank Mahoney for mayor by a vote of 115 to 36. Mayor Rus- sell A. Lynn did not file for re-elec- tion.

Holden S. Harrison, candidate without opposition for treasurer, polled 150 votes. Those elected to the council were Dr. D. L. Detwiler, 104 votes; Granville S. White. 86, Silas F. Hutchinson, 122; John Mc- Daniel, 105; w, Bentley Harrison, 104, and Grayson B. Hanes, 80.

First Woman Elected To Leesburg Council

LEESBURG, Va.. June 13 (Spe- cial).—The first woman ever to serve on the Leesburg Council pre- pared today to take her seat on the town’s Governing Board after her election yesterday in the regular city election. She is Mrs. F. P. Smoot, wife of a Leesburg dentist, who polled 130 votes.

Those re-elected to the Council are J. L. McIntosh, C. W. Fiske, J. L. Oliver, L. C. Rollins and J. H. Turley. E. N. Bradfield was re- elected mayor by a vote of 228, and George E. Ward was re-elected re- corder.

In the Purcellville election, voters returned Mayor S. Hawpe Adams to office by a write-in vote, defeating A. F. Anderson, the only candidate to file for the office. Mr. Adams polled 93 votes.

Newly elected council members are H. M. Ball, jr„ Aubrey C. Hall and Koy J. Pancoast. Re-elected to the Council were J. Derry Tribby, C. M. Graham and L. K. McDaniel. Robert George was elected recorder.

Montgomery to Stage Garden Contest Again

The annual contest for Victory gardens in Montgomery County will be conducted again this year, the county Victory Garden Committee announced today.

Interested residents are urged to register their gardens at their local Victory garden centers immediately so that they can be judged within the next two weeks. They also will be judged again in the fall.

Both backyard gardens and com- munity gardens are eligible to enter the contest. The Kiwanis Club will be one of the sponsors in the. Be- thesda area. Other sponsors will be announced' later.

Sanitary Commission Sued for $100,000

The Washington Suburban Sani- tary Commission of Maryland is named defendant in a $100,000 dam- age suit filed in Montgomery County Circuit Court at Rockville by Joseph Horgan, route 1, Rockville.

The action, brought by Attorneys Edmund L. Jones, Washington, and Robert Peter, Rockville, is an out- growth of a collision between an auto, driven by Mr. Horgan and a

Sanitary Commission truck. Mr. Hdrgan claims he was seriously injured in the crash.

According to the declaration, the accident occurred October 21, at the intersection of Massachusetts ave- nue and Newport road, Bethesda.

CAB DRIVERS RECEIVE POLICE COMMENDATION — Col. Edward J. Kelly, police superin- tendent, congratulates the three taxicab drivers who won certificates yesterday for assisting police. Left to right, are John G. Youngblood, 6918 Willow street N.W.; Stuart Adler, 1122 Spring road N.W.; William E. Heflin, 1206 Myrtle avenue, Takoma Park, Md.; Lt. Joseph D. Harrington, taxicab squad head, and Col. Kelly. —Star Staff Photo.

Caretaker, 74, Wife Beaten While Asleep In Alexandria Cottage

An aged couple who acted as

caretakers for Ivy Hill Cemetery on King street road, Alexandria, were badly beaten early today as

they slept in upstairs rooms in a

cottage at the cemetery entrance. The two, now under treatment

at the Alexandria Hospital, are J. C. Winterwerp, 74, and his wife, Margaret, 72. Mr. Winterwerp suf- fered severe head injuries, while his wife had 14 stitches taken to close a wound over her right eye.

Police, who reached the house to find the couple in a state of collapse, said Mr. Winterwerp had managed to reach a telephone in a down- stairs room to call them.

Police had no clues as to the identity of the intruder. The cot- tage is in a sparsely settled neigh- borhood. Other than the estate of Commonwealth's Attorney Albert V. Bryan just across the street, there are no near neighbors. The couple lived alone in the cottage.

Police said there was no apparent robbery motive, as Mr. Winterwerp's gold watch was found on a dresser, and $8 in cash was found lying on

a desk near the telephone. Police said several patches of dirt

were found on Mr. Winterwerp's bed, and a few small pieces of bark were found on the bedroom floor. A cellar door was open.

14 Hurt at Baltimore Park In Roller Coaster Crash By the Associated Press.

BALTIMORE. June 13.—Four- teen persons were injured yesterday when one car on the Carlin's Park roller coaster stalled near the peak o{ a rise, 60 feet above ground and a; second plunged into it.

None of the victims, all of whom were from Baltimore, were critically hurt. Two suffered leg fractures.

With the exception of a few who had to be carried to the ground by park employes, the injured made theih way down by way of a cat- walk. Several ambulances took them to the West Baltimore General Hospital.

Police said employes knew the crash was coming several seconds before it occurred, but could do nothing about it. A mechanical de- fect was blamed for stalling the car.

WMAL Aiding Farmers In New Weather Forecasts

Co-operating with the Weather Bureau and the Maryland and Vir- ginia Extension Services, Radio Station WmAl now is bringing long-range weather forecasts to farmers in this area.

The new 72-hour forecasts are made twicd daily, at 6:05 a.m„ and 12:14 p.m. Mondays through Sat- urdays. From information sent by agricultural agents, it now is pos- sible for the forecaster to tell farm- ers not only that the day will be cold and damp, but that it will be poor haying weather.

The new service has been de- scribed by county agents as a “val- uable” contribution to farming, par- ticularly in view of the present food shortages and the need for increased

production._, Knox Estate Accounting Shows 2 Million Receipts By the Associated Press.

CHICAGO, June 13.—The first current accounting in the estate of Frank Knox, former Secretary of the Navy and publisher of the Chicago Daily News, reporting total receipts of $2,159,281, was approved yesterday by Probate Judge John F. O’Connell.

Frederick Lundgren. attorney for the estate, said $203,000 had been placed in trust as a voluntary set- tlement for Mr. Knox’s three sisters, who were to be legatees only if his widow, Annie, did not survive him. The sisters are Mrs. Emma Fairfield, Kendall, Fla.; Mrs. Sarah Reed, Evanston, 111., and Miss Elizabeth Knox, Grand Rapids, Mich.

Mr. Lundgren said Mrs. Knox has already received $600,000 in cash and miscellaneous stocks from the estate.

Girl Plunges to Death After Being Saved Once By the Associated Press.

SPOKANE, Wash., June 13.—A young woman who was saved by a postman Monday as she slid through a 14th-floor window of the old Na- tional Bank Building fell to her death from the same building yes- terday, police reported.

Patrolman Denzil H. Cole, who investigated, identified the girl as the same one who was saved by Postman F. Anthony Elbert. He said she gave her name as Barbara Carter, 22.

Postman Elbert caught the girl by an ankle as she slid through a window. His calls for help brought an elevator operator, who helped pull the girl to safety.

Marlboro Purchasing New Fire Equipment

The Marlboro Volunteer Fire De- partment is purchasing a new 500- gallon fire truck at a cost of ap- proximately $4,500. Fire Chief J. H. Richards announced today.

The new engine will supplement the two present trucks of 500 and 100 gallons each which are about 15 years old.

Purchase of the new engine is be- ing made through popular sub- scription with about $2,500 received to date. An attempt to raise the remaining funds will be made at a carnival to be held July 16-21 in the rear of the Upper Marlboro Courthouse.

4 School Principals In Alexandria Put On 12-Month Basis

Four Alexandria school principals will be employed on a 12-month basis as part of an experiment for which funds were made available recently by the Virginia General Assembly.

At a meeting of the Board of Education last night T. C. Williams, superintendent of schools, an- nounced that money had been re- ceived to extend the employment of four of the school principals.

They will be paid out of State funds during three summer months when they ordinarily would not be paid. This plan, Mr. Williams said, is expected to increase school ef- ficiency by making administration a year-around matter. During the summer the principals can make plans for the next year and study problems that have arisen during the preceding year.

The board ratified the selection of Howard Richardson of George Washington High School, Mrs, Pauline Gorham of Jefferson School, Miss Leslie Cox of Maury School and M. P. Pitts of Parker-Gray School.

The board also approved the ap- pointment of Irving Lindsey as prin- cipal of the summer school which opens this week with an enrollment of 413 pupils. Miss Leah Dolph was approved as school attendance offi- cer and Miss Elizabeth Goode as assistant principal of Jefferson School.

Mr. Williams announced that an attendance of more than 91 per cent had been maintained in schools throughout the season. He also an- nounced that Alexandria stands sec- ond in the State for inexpensive textbook rentals with an average of $1.68 per grade.

Arthur M. King, chairman of the board, and Purvis Reynolds, whose terms expire on July 1, expressed to the board their appreciation for the co-operation they have received during their years of service. The City Council is expected to name their successors before the July meeting of the board.

2 Jersey Papers Shut Down As Printers Report 'Sick' By the Associated Press.

JERSEY CITY, June 13.—Failure of composing room employes to re-

port fcr work today halted publica- tion of two Hudson County evening newspapers. The printers say they are sick.

Herman Lazarus and Sydney Lazarus, publishers, said the Ba- yonne Times would not go to press for the first time in its 75-year his- tory.

The Jersey Journal of Jersey City did not publish yesterday, and Ru- dolph E. Lent, business nlanager. said it was unlikely the paper would be published today.

Printers on both papers are mem- bers of Jersey City Typographical Union Local No. 94 (AFL).

Lent said disagreement over sev- eral issues in a new contract had been certified to the Newspaper Commission of the War Labor Board about six weeks ago, and that if the men were staying out to speed up a War Labor Board de- cision “there is nothing the Journal can do.”

42 fo Receive Diplomas At Rockville High School

Dr. Paul F. Douglass, president ol American University, will be the principal speaker at graduation ex- ercises at 8 o’clock tonight at Rich- ard Montgomery High School, Rock- ville. Diplomas will be presented to 42 students.

The graduates are: Ball, John Anson Dander. Eleanor P. Gates, Philip W., jr. Hamilton, V. M. Smith. Harold C.. jr. Holland. Martha C. Adamson, Barbara L. Marshall, Betty Jo Browning. Harriet R.Perry. Hazel Howes, Mary E. Baker. Helen L. Louthan. Danetta Butt. Callsta Mill. Eleanor Dicks, Isabel C. Nichols. Rosalie R. Garland. Gladys M. Ruffo. Anna Kitts. Louise M. Slefert. Barbara E. Lechllcer, Hazel May Stevens, Anna L. Miller, Janet A. Bailey, Howard Owens, Ruby Mae Carr, William E. Poole. Mary V. Duckworth, Harry Runion, Thelma V. Preeburger. Milton J. Staver. Doris Mae Greene, T. O.. jr. Woodford. Evelyn B. Hathaway, George R. Beane. Audrey C. Pier, Eldridge M. Burrows, Doris A. Wisner, WUiiam M. Cole, Celestine Barry, Mary Ellen Stevens, Mildred V.

Regular bond buying through pay- roll savings lets our fighting forces know the home front Is behind them.

Simpson Praises Work Of Police in Solving Corens Murder Case

Members of the Montgomery County police force who investi- gated the Corens murder case were

praised yesterday by State’s At- torney Joseph B Simpson, jr„ in a letter to the county commissioners.

Henry H. Corens, 44, Bethesda, was sentenced to 18 years in the Maryland Penitentiary last month after being convicted of the second- degree murder of his wife Pearl in Anne Arundel County Circuit Court.

In his letter Mr. Simpson said the crime would not have been solved had it not been for the fine work of the policemen assigned to the case. He said they displayed outstanding ability and “acquitted themselves in a manner that was a credit to both the county and themselves.”

Will Buy $150,000 Bonds. The board authorized the Wash-

ington Suburban Sanitary Commis- sion to purchase $150,000 worth of War Bonds for its sinking fund. The bonds will be credited to the county's quota in the Seventh War Loan drive.

The commissioners also approved a resolution providing for a 30-cent tax on residents of Capital View Park for installation and mainte- nance of street lighting facilities in the area.

Mrs. Virginia McLaughlin, public health nurse, was granted a three- month leave of absence without pay, beginning Monday, to enable her to take a special course in tuberculosis nursing at Wayne University, De- troit.

Carnival Permits Granted!’ Dr. V. L. Ellicott, county health

officer, told the board that during Mrs. McLaughlin’s absence Miss Doris Johnson of the Public Health Service nursing staff will be as-

signed to the county on a part-time basis.

The Wild Life Achievement Club Chapter, Izaak Walton League, was

granted a permit to hold a carnival August 13 to 25. on Georgia avenue

adjacent to the Hot Shoppe, Silver Spring.

A similar permit was granted the Takoma Park Lions Club for a car- nival July 23 to 28, on the same

property.

Virginia lattlemen Map OPA Marketing Conference By th« Associated Press.

STAUNTON, Va.. June 13.—A committee of Virginia cattlemen, headed by Agriculture Commissioner L. M. Walker, jr., will leave soon for Washington to confer with OPA representatives in an effort to ob- tain Improvements in livestock mar- kets.

The committee was appointed Monday night at a meeting of 100 livestock dealers, producers and breeders, who met to discuss how prices may be stabilized, the market strengthened and how more outlets can be obtained for cattlemen in Virginia. Mr. Walker said Virgin- ians have more livestock in their pastures than ever before.

Date of the meeting will be set after Representative Robertson of Virginia confers with OPA officials.

Discussing what he called a de- clining livestock market, despite the shortage of steaks in retail stores, Mr. Walker declared that "there is no shortage of cattle, yet conditions are chaotic.”

In a roundtable discussion, cat- tlemen evidenced a general dissat- isfaction over the appointment of Representative Anderson of New Mexico as Secretary of Agriculture.

Bank Employes Seize Man Presenting $5,000 Check

Samuel Courtney, 35, of Lake City, S. C„ was seized by employes of the Bank of Commerce and Savings, Seventh and E streets N.W., yester- day after he allegedly presented a check for $5,000 on which was written a threat.

The check was given to Miss Jeanne Holmes, 24, a teller, who told the man she did not have-that much cash on hand, but would go to another cage and get it. Police said she whispered a warning to fellow employes and two of them overpowered Courtney, holding him until officers arrived.

The check was turned over to agents of the Federal Bureau of In- vestigation who are preparing charges. Miss Holmes could not re- call tire exact wording of the threat.

Soldiers to Get Service For Buying War Bonds By the Associated Press.

BIGGS FIELD, El Paso, Tex.— Squadron G boys are looking for some brisk War Bond buying this month.

Lt. Richard R. Whipple, squadron commander, announced he would serve breakfast in bed for one day to the enlisted man in his outfit purchasing the most bonds in June.

Not to be outdone, S/Sergt. James Finley said he would make the bed and police the area of the GI rank- ing second.

Offer Rejected •

For Alexandria Firehouse Site

$25,000 Deal for Braddock Road Tract Falls Through

The Alexandria City Council pre- pared today to find another lo- cation for a firehouse for the north- west section of the city after re- jecting the offer of a site at Brad- dock road and Windsor avenue last night.

Malcolm Matheson, Jr., had offer- ed to sell the city a four-acre tract on Braddock road for $25,000. The council refused this offer. Mr. Matheson previously had refused to sell a part of the tract.

The council then decided to col- laborate with the Planning Com- mission, the fire chief, the State fire marshal and a member of the National Fire Underwriters in se- lecting a site.

The inability of the council and Mr. Matheson to come to terms forestalled action by a group of residents who attended the meet- ing to protest the location of the station in their neighborhood.

Materials Arrive. The council recently rescinded a

decision to locate the station on Cameron Mills road when members of churches in the area, the George Mason School P-TA and the North- ridge Citizens’ Association objected.

Meanwhile, City Manager Carl Budwesky pointed out that the ma- terials ordered by the Lee T. Tur- ner Co., which was awarded the contract to construct the firehouse on the original Cameron Mills road site at a cost of $45,000, had arrived, and would have to be stored at the city’s expense.

For the second time in six months, Maurice D. Rosenberg ap- plied to the council to rezone his lot on the southwest comer of Pitt and Cameron streets from C-l resi- dential to D-2 commercial, and in

! spite of renewed protests by resi- dents of the 500 block of Cameron street, the council reversed its orig- inal refusal and unanimously ap- proved the rezoning.

Mr. Rosenberg, who owns the property jointly with Roger Bailey, was represented by John Barton Phillips, his attorney, and also ap-

: peared in person to present sketches for the proposed building which will house offices on the Cameron street side, and three stores on the Pitt street side. These stores, according

jto the owner, will be leased for use as a book store, a real estate office and a dress shop.

Described as Eyesore. The present site is occupied by a

ramshackle wooden structure, and Mr. Phillips said the industrial character of the neighborhood on Pitt street in addition to the A. B. and W. bus terminal across the street would prohibit its use as a residential site, and that as it now stands it is an eyesore.

The protesting property owners, many of whom have lived in the street for several decades, cited the historic nature of the city and said a D-2 zoning would permit its use

jin the future by an enterprise less ; acceptable than the ones Mr. Rosen- |berg proposed.

At the request of Mr. Budwesky, the council decided to make a study of zoning law provisions permitting rooming and boarding houses in an A residential zone, and to clarify the law.

The request of Ebner R. Duncan to rezone 308 East Monroe avenue from B-l residential to D-2 commer- cial was denied when owners of neighborhood property raised ob-

I jections. | ine request oi Russell Mitchell ; Post 609. Veterans of Foreign Wars, to operate a recreational club for veterans in their new building at Prince and Alfred streets was grant-

! ed and the post was given permis- ision to use the Municipal Stadium for a fund-raising rodeo on July 12 through 15.

Public Hearing June 26. The council set June 26 for a

public hearing on the applications of Mrs. Robert S. Tarney, 301 East Alexandria avenue; Mrs. Nancy Dannenburg, 117 Randolph avenue, and Mrs. W. W. Roberts, 106 Prince street, to operate nursery schools, and directed that the applicants ob- tain the written approval of owners of adjacent property.

An ordinance was passed vacating an unnamed street in section two, Braddock Heights subdivision, and the city engineer was directed to obtain estimates on the construc- tion of a storm sewer to alleviate flood conditions on Summers drive and Glendale avenue as requested in a petition of residents of the area.

Ths sum of $1,000 w’as appropri- ated to construct a storm sewer on Montgomery street from Alfred to Patrick streets, and the city man- ager was also directed to have the sewer at the foot of Prince street extended further out in the river to relieve objectional conditions, p

The following applications for re- zoning were voted advertised and set for hearing on July 24: North- east corner of Patrick and Madison streets, from C-l residential to D-2 commercial; southeast corner of Al- fred and Oronoco streets, from C-l residential to D-2 commercial; southwest comer of Duke and Eliza- beth streets, from A residential to D-2 commercial; lots on north side of Walnut street between Common- wealth avenue and Marstellar street and at southeast comer of Walnut street and Commonwealth avenue, from C-l residential to D-2 com- mercial; lot on the west side of the 600 block of Patrick street, from C-l residential to D-2 commercial, and lots known as 600 South Washington street and 610 through 614 Gibbon street, from C-l residential to D-2 commercial.

Army Asks Sealed Bids On Muirkirk Buildings By the Associated Press.

BALTIMORE, June 13.—Sealed bids for approximately 40 buildings formerly used by the Army at Muirkirk, Prince Georges County, will be received until July 5, the War Department announced today.

Mess halls, barracks, post ex- change buildings, infirmaries, first- aid buildings, offices, garages and sheds averaging about 20 by 76 feet in size are included in the lot. The real estate project manager is re- ceiving the bids.