Evening Star Newspaper, July 18, 1936, Page 14

Drought b PARKWAY SURVEY NEAR GREAT FAL[Sl IS GIVEN APPROVAL Carderock Prospectus to Be Speeded, Also Site at Battery Cove. URGE SCHOOL OPENING AT 9:15 INSTEAD OF 9 Planning Commission Favors Study of Zoning and Platting Regulations in District. Surveying of the 120-acre Carderock property near Great Falls and steps looking toward transfer to the Na- tional Park Service of 46 acres at Bat- tery Cove. near Alexandria, Va., both as links in the Potomac River Parkway from Mount Vernon to Great Falls, were approved by the National Capi- tal Park and Planning Commission late yesterday in the closing sessjon of a two-day meeting. Other important actions of commission included: A recommendation that the District public schools open at 9:15 am. in- stead of 9 am. to relieve traffic hazards. Approving a study of the District goning, platting and subdivision regu- lations with a view to extensive modi- fications. A recommendation that school site purchases be tied in with the park and playground plan and that further | studies be made of combined school, playground and recreational centers such as that at Takoma. Approval of plans for a number of playgrounds and recreational areas with a view to their possible develop- ment with W. P. A. funds. Approval of two new Alley Dwelling Authority projects. Naming the four new Mall drive- ways after the first four Presidents, instead of after States, as had been proposed. Survey To Be Speeded. Surveying of the Carderock estate, which has a frontage of about a mile and a quarter along the Maryland shore of the Potomac south of Great Falls, will be done by National Parks Service workers during the Summer. Laying out of picnic sites, bridle- paths, footpaths and bathing and boating facilities were among tenta- tive suggestions for development of the property. Frederic A. Delano, chaiiman of the Commission, reported that he, Rep- resentative Smith of Virginia, and ‘Thomas S. Settle, secretary to the commission, had visited Secretary of ‘War Dern and made a formal request that the Battery Cove property be transferred to park authorities for de- velopment as a part of the riverside parkway. The 46 acres in the tract are all *“made” ground, at the extreme south end of Alexandria, adjoining the Jones Point lighthouse and the southern corner stone of the District of Colum- bia. An old Civil War fort also ad- Joins the property. Settle said that it was tentatively proposed to open a drive from the Mount Vernon Memo- | rial boulevard into the Battery Cove area. Division On School Hours. The School Board, it was reparted, took a poll of parents to ascertain whether there was a preponderance | of sentiment in favor of 8:30 to 9:30 | opening or continuation of the present 9 am. time. There was a sharp divi- sion of opinion in the answers, it was reported. “There may be some administrative reason why the schools should not open at 9:15,” Settle explained. “That, however, is out of our jurisdiction. The Commission is charged, among other taings, with making traffic stud- | fes for the District and our recom- | mendation for the change in the school hours was made purely on the basis of its favorable effect on traffic and safety.” The 9:15 recommendation, it was | reported, was made on motion of | Genator King of Utah, chairman of the Senate District Committee. | John Nolen, director of planning of | the commission, submitted a supple- | mental report on the Milwaukee traf- fic survey, which led to a request yesterday afternoon by Senator King | that further studies be made of the | local traffic problem and of the whole | local zoning, planning and subdivision | situation. No specific proposal was outlined but the commission voted to call for the return to Washington of | Alfred Bettman of Cincinnati, zoning expert who has worked on the local situation, for a 10-day period later in the Summer. King asked that plans be worked up for any necessary | legislation. Nathan Wyeth, municipal architect, submitted landscaping plans for the | new Judiciary Square project. Con- struction of a new Police Court Build- | ing is about to start there. No details of the two alley dwelling | projects approved yesterday were made | public, Settle explaining that parts of the properties involved still are in process of acquisition. Decision to recommend naming of the new Mall drives for the first four" Presidents was by unanimous vote of the commission, which will recom- | mend the names to Secretary of In- | terior Ickes, head of the National Park Service, which has jurisdiction | over the Mall. The four drives, in order, from Constitution avenue south to Independence avenue, would be named Madison drive, Washington drive, Adams drive and Jefferson drive. The commission voted to skip an August meeting and will hold its next session here September 24, 25 and 26. 100TH BROADCAST TODAY The program, “Labor News Review,” was to set an all-time record in this country with its 100th broadcasting at 1:30 p.m. over station WJSV today. It is the oldest sustaining program presented weekly from the station’s studios. The program is presented by Albert N. Dennis, the “radio news voice of labor,” who gives a review of current new trends and events as they affect organized labor. Prominent guest speakers have discussed important labor problems during the more than two-year period the program has been on the air and a “labor question box” has been a popular feature. the | | building, to be erected in the commun- '| - Who’s Who THE EV. @ at the Zoo || Rare Wolf, Feared live up to his evil reputation. BY W. H. SHIPPEN, Jr. OMETHING of the mystery and superstition of his native pam- pas clings to the “ghost” wolf, who bears an evil reputation. Yet in captivity he has developed a mild, inoffensive and even timid dis- position, seeking nothing better than to be left in peace to lead a solitary existence. His bad name comes from the In- | dians who can scarcely be persuaded to hunt or trap him because they fear some supernatural power. The | “ghost” or maned wolf shares his reputation with the almost unexplored | savannahs and river jungles of the Matto Grasso. His nocturnal, solitary habits have contributed, perhaps, to the native superstition. The zoo's maned wolf, | one of the rarest animals on exhibit anywhere, was captured in Brazil and brought to New York by the captain of a fruit boat. By Matto Grasso Indians, Came to U. S. as a Cub. The “ghost,” or maned wolf, of Brazil, who has failed to —Star Staff Photo. The wolf was a cub then, and new to captivity. He lived up to his repu- tation by snapping and snarling at his Kkeepers, who were very happy to be rid of their charge when they reached port. The wolf, however, has improved marvelously in disposition and health. He has grown much taller and de- veloped & beautiful, reddish-brown coat of long hair. The maned wolf is perhaps more closely related to the fox than the wolf family. He hunts at night and alone, usually far from the haunts of man. Timid, fleet and stealthy, he moves like a phantom through a country sparsely inhabited by Indians and rarely visited by white men. Thus a “ghost” wolf is almost un- known to the world’s zoological col- lection. Tomorrow: Soko, the Zoo's vet= eran chimpanzee. TWO DIE, SEVERAL HURT IN TRAFFIC Bethesda Man Succumbs to Injuries in Conduit Road Crash. Traffic mishaps in the Washington area resulted in two deaths and injury | to several persons in the past 24 hours. | The fatalities were not included in the | official Traffic Bureau yearly toll, how- | | ever, one of the accidents occurring in inearb)’ Maryland and the other on | Government property. | | Edgar Frazier, 24, of Bethesda, Md., | | died in Georgetown Hospital yaterduyi |a few hours after the automobile in| | which he and two others were riding | left Conduit road and crashed into & | boulder. His neck was broken and his | | skull fractured. | Killed by Truck. In the other fatal accident George Eades, 40, colored, 121 L street south- | westy was crushed to death by a back- ing truck while at work on the site of the new Archives Building. Eades was hauling bricks in a wheelbarrow when the truck backed over him. Sylvester Gordon, 27, of 1300 Fox- hall road was seriously injured when struck at Canal and Foxhall roads by & car that police were told failed to stop. | | Ribs Are Fractured. At Georgetown Hospital it was said Gordon was suffering from rib frac- tures and that he may have internal injuries. Police arrested Frederic Stabler, 43, of Waterford, Va., in connection with the accident. He was ordered held at the seventh precinct pending the outcome of Gordon's injuries. WILLIAMSPORT GROUP T0 WEIGH MEMORIAL By the Associated Press. WILLIAMSPORT, Md., July 18.— The Williamsport Memorial Associa- tion will meet at the town building here Monday to consider definite plans for a monument to the 14 high school children killed in a train-bus crash at Rockville, Md., on April 11, 1935. A memorial library and community ity park, has been proposed. FLYER FILMS TOP OF MT. MKINLEY Leader of Geographic Expe- dition Makes Rare Shots at Cold Heights. Flying in thin alr and sub-zero tem- peratures, Bradford Washburn, leader of the National Geographic Society’s Mount McKinley A4erial Expedition, looked down on North America’s highest peak and focused his still and | motion picture cameras on its sum- mit, according to an announcement from the soclety’s Washington head- quarters. Leaving Fairbanks, Alaska, the ex- pedition’s base, Washburn reported that at 7,000 feet his plane flew through a sea of cumulus clouds. Above them, however, there was un- limited visibility for hundreds of miles in every direction. Photographs were made of the routes by which the two ascents of the mountain have been made, and also of nearby Mount Foraker (17,000 feet), which was first climbed two years ago. Th. plane, & Lockheed Electra of the Pacific Alaska Airways, was | equipped with a controllable pitch propeller, especially designed for high altitude flying. When the air became so thin that breathing became diffi- cult, and the thermometer registered below zero, Washburn and his com- panions made use of their oxygen equipment. The fiyers encountered a minimum of 9 below zero. At Fair- banks the mercury registered 77 de- grees above. The ceiling of the Mcunt MeKinley fiight was reached when the altimeter registered 21,000 feet over th: summit. The plane, piloted by H. E. Robbins, then wa~ making 134 miles an hour as Washburn's camera recorded the mountain below. Mount McKinley, dominant feature of McKinley National Park, is more than a mile higher than Mount Whit- ney, highest peak in the United States. “John Doe” Held. BEL AIR, Md,, July 18 (#).—A man who said his name was “John Doe” was held in the Hartford County jail today, pending a hearing on a charge of attempted burglary at Aberdeen. The man was shot, but not seriously wounded when he was surprised in a general store by a night watchman. Young Washington Constance Louise Munns, 10, Ernest Munns, 404 South Clinton School. She is shown admiring is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. terrace, and attends the Cocke a collection of Japanese curios. Monday: Clara Crumrine, 7, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bert Crumrine, and Bill Papas, 7, son of Mr. and Mrs. at the New York Avenue Playground. Leon Papas, _Star Stap Photo. SAFETY OF T-MAN CARSPOINTED OUT BY FRED A. SAGER Utilities Chief Engineer’s Brief.Takes Hour at Hearing. ROBERTS TO QUESTION COMMISSION’S AIDE Economy of Operation Stressed by Witness, but Schedules May Be Slowed, He Says. Because Fred A. Sager, chief engi- neer of the Public Utilities Commis- sion, testified late yesterday that one- man street cars are safer and more economical than two-man cars, the hearing on the Capital Transit Com- pany's petition to extend one-man service will go into its second week Monday. Richmond B. Keech, vice chairman of the commission, who has acted as a one-man commission throughout the hearing, ruled that William A. Rob- erts, people’s counsel, should have an opportunity to cross-examine Sager and ordered the next session to pe held Monday at 10 am. Sager, slow spoken and deliberate, presented a prepared statement of 27 pages, that required more than an| hour to deliver. He presented statistics to show that the one-man car in every year since 1924 had fewer accidents per 100,000 car miles than the two-man car. The average ranged from 256 to 28.6 (or one-man cars, and from 244 to 46.1, for two-man cars. “It is generally recognized,” he said, “that the one-man car as equipped with safety devices is actually safer in operation than the average two-man car.” Conclusion Held Unwarranted. Roberts objected strenuously to Sager’s testimony on the ground that he was drawing conclusions unwar- | ranted by the evidence, but Keech ruled that his long statment would be | accepted. Sager also teslified that the com- pany under present wage schedules can save $841,000 per year by operat- ing one-man cars and at the same time not be placed in the position of having to lay off men. The operation of one-man cars will slow down the schedule of regular cars, he said, since actual timing shows tha’ one-man cars are about one mile per hour slower than two-man vehicles. “The evidence clearly indicates,” he said, “that one-man car operation in | this jurisdiction is slower than two- man operation.” He also testified that it takes longer to load and unload passengers of a ne-man car than for a two-man car. Before Sager took the stand a num- ber of transit company employes, taken from duty especially for the purpose, testified against the exten- sion of one-man car service. Lacks Wanted Witnesses. William F. Simms, president of the sociation of Street and Electric Rail- America, and a former employe of the company, testified earlier in the day that the “extra” list was too small for him to procure the witnesses he | desired. At the request of 8. R. Bowen, gen- eral counsel, the company released the men Simms wanted to testify, in- cluding L. E. Weaver, Arthur Snell, Millard F. Edwards, A. A. Lansilhdo, Howard F. Norford and James 8. Ayers. All of them have had service on both one and two man cars and unan- imously they objected to operating the one-man vehicle on the ground that it is injurious to their health and too much work for one man to do. Their testimony was aimed to off- set that of Edward C. Spengman, a former operator for the company, who presented an extensive argument favoring single-operator cars. Court Battle Possible. Walliam McK. Clayton, chairman of the Public Utilities Committee of the Federation of Citizens’ Associa- tions, who has taken an active part in the proceedings throughout the week, indicated that if an adverse ruling is given to the people’s objec- tions to one-man cars a court battle may ensue. “It all depends,” Clayton said, “on what the federation and the Public Utilities Committee have to say.” Roberts declined to indicate whether he would take action or accept the ruling of the commission in case the 40 additional cars are authorized. - |BOYS HELD IN CAR THEFT CAUGHT HOUSEBREAKING | Returned for Court Trial, They Promptly Try to Enter Neighbor’s Place. \ Two brothers, 16 and 12, recently arrested on charges of automobile | theft were in custody again today, this | time booked on a charge of house- | breaking. | They were returned from New York several days ago to face a Juvenile Court trial on the auto charge. There was no room for them at the Receiving | Home and they were permitted . to await the hearing at their home, 142 P street southwest. | Last night they were arrested by Detective Robert J. Barrett, who lives at 526 Pirst street southeast, as they were attempting to enter the home of his next door neighbor, John Risnick, at 524 First street southeast. They fled, but Barret caught them after a | short chase. RUMANIA TO GET ARMS VIENNA, July 18 (#).—The Czech government was reported yesterday to have guaranteed Czechoslovakian in- | dustries payment for armament deliv- eries to Rumania totaling 200,000,000 crowns ($8,200,000). The guarantee was given by the government, it was said, to assist her Rumanian ally in building up defenses Another 90,000,000 crowns ($3,690,~ 000), owed by Rumania to Czechoslo~ vakia, was reported to have been con- verted into & long-term loan. local division of the Amalgamated As- | way and Motor Coach Operators of | te C., SATURDAY, VETERANST0 HOLD MEMDRIAL ATES AT 2 P, TODAY Second Division’s Program Calls for Election in Morn- ing Session. BANQUET TONIGHT ENDS ACTIVITIES OF REUNION Maj. Gen. James G. Harbord Will Make Main Address at Dedi- cation Service. Veterans of the Second Division As- sociation today dedicate to the mem- ory of more tham ¢,200 of their World War dead an impressive memorial on Constitution avesmse, near Seventeenth street. Colorful ceremonies were scheduled at the memorial at 2 p.m., with Maj. Gen. James G. Harbord, a wartime commander of the division making the principal address. Meantime the business of the eight- eenth annual reunion of the associa- tion was docketed at & meeting at the ‘Willard Hotel this morning. Officers were being elected, ways and means provided for publishing the history of the diwision, and the next reunion city chosen. Pittsburgh has been putting up the strongest appeal for next year's gathering. Last year Pittsburgh stepped aside for the Na- tional Capital, when it was decided to dedicate the World War Memorial to the division here. Annual Banquet Tonight, Following the dedication this after- noon, the reunion will close with the annual banquet in the ball room of the ‘Willard Hotel. Gen, Harbord, who now is chairman of the board of the Radio Corporation of America, in New York, was the sec- ond A. E. F. commander of the Sec- ond Division. Eighteen years ago to- day he led the men he addresses to- day, n a drive against the Germans at Solssons. Because the Second Division in- cluded units from the Army, Navy and Marine Corps, representatives of all planned to participate in the dedica- tion. Music is being furnished by both the Army and the Marine Bands. Air- planes from Quantico will dip in sa- lute; and honors be paid the wartime | commanders of the division. Maj. Gen. Omar Bundy, the first comman- der, will be honored in his absence, as he is confined to Walter Reed Hos- | pital Gen. Harbord and Maj. Gen. John A. Lejeune, receive the traditional flourishes by bugles, ruffles by drums, and General's March, by combined bands. On behalf of the mothers whose sons gave their lives with the division, Mrs. ‘Lily Mosher of New York City, whose son was killed at Chateau Thierry, will place a basket of flowers on the monument, and there will be | children of veterans. ‘War-time music representing all played by the military bands. of 21 guns will be fired on the Ellipse by four guns of the 16th Field Artil- | lery, from Fort Myer. The ceremonies will be broadcast over the Nation-wide N. B. C.-Red network from 2 to 3 p.m. Listeners, it was predieted by radio officials, will be able, because of a special pick-up, to hear not only the address, but also the roaring of planes overhead as they dip in aerial tribute, the sound of marching feet as troops are deployed about the memorial; the crisp mili- tary commands, and a description of the massing of the colors. Maj. Frank E. Mason of New York City, president of the association, will preside. The memorial, designed by James E. Fraser, famous sculptor, shows a great open doorway, flanked by in- scribed wings of stone, before which stands an 18 feet-high bronze sword, symbolic of the Second Division's stand at Chateau Thierry and Belleau Wood, where it barred the way to Paris against the enemy. During that historic battle Harbord was in com- mand. Cafe de la Paix Enjoyed. Last night the veterans held a gen- eral get-together, in the ball room of the Willard, which has been converted into a Cafe de la Paix. This has been the central gathering place for the veterans during the reunion, although separate units have held dinners, and reunions of their own. A novel display in the lobby of the hotel is a huge enamel map showing the achievements of the Second Divi- sion. It was devised by Col. John A. Holabird of the 15th Field Artillery, and W. P. Healy. The historical data was checked by officials of the War Department. The Second Division hopes to find a permanent place for its display in Washington. Among the candidates for president of the association is Capt. William D. Meyering of Chicago, formerly of the 23rd Infantry, and the first man to receive the Distinguished Service Cross from Gen. Pershing. He was formerly sheriff of Cook County, Michigan. Water Gate tomorrow, shown floral tributes by a boy and & girl, ! three branches of the service will be | Salute | JULY: 18, 1936. SEARCH EXTENDS Luther Cummins, Alexan- dria, Believed Seen by State Patrolman. By a Staff Correspondent of he Star. ALEXANDRIA, Va, July Search for Luther M. Cummins, missing from his home since Thurs- day afternoon, was extended through- |out Virginia today after a State | patrolman reported seeing a boy answering his description near Rich- mond yesterday. The patrolman, R. H. Lester, as- signed to the | Alexandria dis- |triet, didnot |know of the search for young Oummins whea he noticed a bare- foot boy on the highway outside | of the State capi- ital yesterday afternoon. Here- | ported the inci- | dent after learn- ing of the youth's disappearance. ‘When Luther failed to return home | Thursday night firemen and members | of the rescue squad searched Four| { Mile Run swamp in the vicinity of his| 15, | Luther M. Cummins. lad. Bloodhounds, obtained from the Lorton Reformatory by Fire Chief James M. Duncan, jr. were used before the search was abandened at 1am. The boy's parents, Mr. and Mrs. David Frank Cummins of Hume Spring, were at loss to explain his disappearance. They do not believe he became lost in the swamp, as was first thought, because they said he | knew “every inch of ground” in the marshy area near his home. His father and uncle toured the Richmond Highway south of Alex- andria yesterday in the hcpe of find- ing some one who may have seen him. Luther’s mother said there was no reason for him to have run away. A member of the Metropolitan Boys' Club Band of Washington, he had planned to go to New York with the band tonight, she said. Luther is 5 feet tall, weighs 100 pounds, was barefooted, dark com- plexioned and was wearing a white shirt and blue trousers, — — Idea Given Rich Sleepless. Coming to the rescue of the sleep- less millionaire, Rai Bahadur Ramji- das Bajoria of Calcutta, India, who offered $10,000 to any one who could help him get to sleep, H. de Vere Stacpole, the novelist, has sent a suggestion from his home, Clff Dene, Bonchurch, Isle of Wight. He wrote: “Have an electric light at the bed- side with the bulb blackened so that only a small ray of light escapes. Lie with the eyes fixed on the ray. The room must be in darkness.” Symphony Concert Leader ALFRED WALLENSTEIN, Who will lead the first symphony concert of the season at the rehearsing the orchestra this \ ~Star Staff Photo. home for three and a half hours in| an unsuccessful effort to locate the| Forecasts Boost in Maryland and Virginia Milk Prices [FEED PRICES SGAR ok on_Constitution avenue, near Seventeenth street, shown getting finishing touches by a work- man preparatory to its official dedication this afternoon. —Wide World Photo, HUMOR APPEALS Director for First Sunset Symphonies Proves Easy to Interview. Alfred Franz Wallenstein, dis- cellist, leaned back in his chair, grinned at a circle of newspaper re- porters and announced he would rather swap yarns than be inter- | viewed. the symphony orchestra of the Wash- | ington Summer Concerts Association in its first three “sunset symphon- is scheduled for tomorrow really—not after that first smile. If any one in the circle expected the young artist to fit the popular con- | ception of the temperamental con- | ductor, he was disappointed. As he walked into his hotel last | night to greet the waiting reporters, | Wallenstein looked like the sort of | a fellow you'd expect to see trying out frame, he could pass for a young college student any day. ‘Wallenstein, of course, did not ex- pect to deprive the reporters of their interview, but neither did he plan to let the evening slip by without get- ting a few yarns out of the way. There was the time, for instance, cello in public at the age of 9.) Wallenstein was coming. | on the alert, discovered that business | always was better if if he “billed.” the American-born cellist as a Dan- ish, Polish, Prench or German artist —or whatever nationality was dom- inant in that particular town. The press agent brought himself to ruin, | however. “The funniest—and last—job he did | for me was the time he went to the wrong town and put posters all over the place,” Wallenstein said. “I had o let him go after that.” Wallenstein, who at the age of 13 was accompanist for the renowned American tour, said that during his recitals on his many concert tours, he used to “count the house” while the pianist played the opening scores of the concerto. One of Wallenstein's earliest jobs lin, how to play the cello. about 14 years old then. When the conversation drifted into more serious veins, the conductor said he believes the radio has made tre- mendous strides in developing the love for good music, and that it is the only fleld that is giving the younger American musicians a real chance. “American have to fight like dogs to get anywhere in the musical world, be- cause musicians of foreign countries have always been considered superior,” he said. “Right now we have greater talent here than on the other side of the ocean.” ‘Wallenstein said that probably the only way in which America will bring classical music and symphony orches- tras to a popular plane will be to levy a small “music tax.” “Let’s do away with this idea of s few people supporting an orches- tra. Music should not be considered a luxury. The younger generation must be made music-conscious. We should consider music just as impor- tant in the schools as many other phases of education.” The conductor, who resigned his post as first cellist of the New York Philharmonic - Symphony Orchestra last Spring to devote his entire time to conducting and to the musical di- rection of the Mutual Broadcasting System, said he plans to continue playing the cello, but “only for my own amusement,” for the most part. He had been with the Philharmonic since 1929. Blowout Breaks Leg. ELKTON, Md., July 18 (#)—Willlam McNutt of Darlington was pumping up He was IN DAIRY SECTIONS AS PASTURES BAKE | Fields in Worst Condition in FOR MISSING BOY| O WALLENSTEIN jes” at the Water Gate of the Ar- | lington Memorial Bridge. | concert. | evening at 8 o'clock. But it wasn't a formal interview, | The first | for any Olympic berth. Athletic in | The press agent, however, always | Russian dancer, Paviowa, on a South | was teaching his hero, Charlie Chap- | | | 10 Years, With Grass 56 Pct. Below Normal. CATTLE ARE SUFFERING FROM LACK OF FOOD Heavy Rain Before Tuesday Seen Only Hope of Averting Boost in Cost. By the Associated Press. » BALTIMORE, July 18.—Shortage of rain and the “worst pasture conditior in 10 years” made it probable today that milk producers in this vicinity will be forced to boost prices by Tues- day. L. W. Heaps, executive secretary of the Maryland State Dairymen’s Asso- ciation, termed the situation “very seri- ous.” He said a heavy rain prior Tuesday might forestall the price Taise. The drought, farmers reported, has hit pasture land heavily and cattle are suffering from the continued heat and poor food. In addition, the cost hay—usually depended upon as a & plementary feed—has risen. 56 Per Cent Below Normal. University of Maryland extension service statisticians said pasture land in most of the State is 56 per cent below normal, with the fields in the worst condition recorded since 1926, John R. Weeks, Weather Bureau fore- caster, said no rain was in prospect immediately. Wilbert L. Smith, president of the Frederick County Farm Bureau, re- ported conditions in his area were “nothing near normal.” The price of hay, he said, has gone to $15, with dairy feed up $9 a ton. Kenneth Ramsber, Howard County agent, asserted however, that cattie in his county “were doing well.” Lower Eastern Shore. The University of Maryland ex- perts said the poor pasture conditions prevailed throughout the State with 18.— | tinguished American conductor and | the exception of the lower Eastern Shore. Heaps said the present price to milk producers—23 cents a gallon— left little margin for them to pur- chase hay or feed at the prevailing “This is all to formal,” said the 37- | high prices. He estimated a four year-old artist, who is here to direct | cents per gallon increase possibly would suffice. Such an increase would | mean a four cents per gallon boost |in the retail price of milk here. VIRGINIA INCREASE EXPECTED. RICHMOND, Va. July 17 (®) Kone Brugh, member of the State Commission, said today that rapidlv ‘ldvlnflng feed costs and decreasirg | production because of drought condi- tions probably would force an increase in milk prices on most Virginia mar- kets soon. Brugh has just completed an in- spection tour which he said revealed conditions worse than he thought ex- isted. Dairymen reported they made only half a crop of hay and sileage in some instances, and many now had ! their cattle on Winter rations. Scarcity of milk has pushed prices for the surplus for manufacturing purposes beyond the price for fluid milk for private consumption, he said {he had learned in some places. If this unusual condition continues with- out an increase in prices to the con- | he was making an extensive tour as | sumer, he said, dairymen would pre- a cello soloist. (He began playing the , fer to sell their product to processors. He a had an “advance man” whose duty | 8reed that if the it was to go into each town a few | Was raised a cent rays ahead to let the townsfolk know | Pass the entire increase to the pro- Brugh said some distributors had price to consumers a quart they would ducers, while others said they would pass on the bulk of the rise. NO PRICE RISE HERE. Despite & decrease of approximately 5,000 gallons in the daily local milk supply over a period of a week, due to drought and feed shortage in the milk-producing areas upon which the | Maryland-Virginia Milk Produ Association draws for supplies, the: | is no immediate prospect of an in- | crease in prices locally, it was stated today at the association headquarters. “As far as we know new, no increases in retail milk prices in Washington 1s expected,” the association announced. | 1ast week the local milk supply de- | clined sharply, but that during the past two days the production appar- ently has been stablized and, while it still is short of the former aver- age of 65,000 gallons a day, the situ- ation is not regarded as serious. | If, however, the supply should again begin dropping at the rate of | 1ast week, it is possible the effect might bhecome serious and might re- sult in increased prices. The asso- ciation explained that it has nothing to do with the retail prices in Wash- ington directly, but that it antici- pated no change in the retail prices and contemplated no immediate change in the prices it pays producing farmers in the local area. e NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE BOYS LEAVE FOR CAMP. Members of “CJ” Club to Cook and Handle Own Affairs at Summer Horae. Twenty boys, members of the “CJ" Club of Neighborhood House, were leaving at noon today for Charlottes- ville, Va., to establish their own camp in a nearby farm house, cook for themselves and handle their own affairs generally. The club, one of many maintained at Neighborhood House, decided to make its own camp this Summer in- steaa of going to one of the established camps. Neighborhood House also is sending its full troop of Boy Scouts to camp for two weeks. Educator to Fill Pulpit. ‘WARRENTON, Va., July 18 (Spe- cial) —The Pulpit Committee of the Warrenton Presbyterian Church has obtained the services of Rev. Donald W. Richardson, D. D. professor of Christian missions at Union Theoloz-¢ 8 heavy truck tire. The casing burst, threw McNutt backward with such X here tomorrow morning lo(uhhh[vu ical Seminary, Richmond, to preach The pastor, . Julian Lake, is on his vacation, ) b4 It was explained that during thedy