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0'Conor Plans Sharp Cut in State Expenses Seeks to Offset Loss in Auto and Tire Revenue By the Associated Press. ANNAPOLIS, Jan. 3.—Faced with a prospective loss of $2,000000 in State revenue in 1942 and 1943 be- cause of the Federal ban on new auto sales and tire rationing, Gov. O'Conor sald today he planned to cut State expenditures sharply to offset the expected deficit. Gov. O'Conor said he had in- structed fiscal officers and adminis- travite officials of all State depart- ments to cut down costs wherever possible and to spend no money not absolutely essential to proper func- tioning of their departments. ,‘ At the same time Gov. O’Conor | announced fromation of a new unit | of the Maryland State Guard for guard duty on Staie bridges and State property over an extended | period. EDMUND D. CAMPBELL. —Harris-Ewing Photo. Edmund D. Campbell Elected Chairman 0f Arlington Board Attorney Succeeds Pay on Per Diem Basis. Volunteer members of the new unit. the equivalent of a provost marshal division of military police, | will be paid on a per diem basis from: State Roads Commission | funds, the Governor said. Only guardsmen who have quit their civilian jobs are to be accepted for | service in the new unit. | The Governor emphasized that the new Guard unit was created only to guard State property end added “the State has not assumed | and under the direction of the War | Department is not expected to as- sume any responsibility for policing | private properties.” | The State Guard was originally | created, he said, to provide the State with a fully trained and equipped mobile force for the pro- | tection of life and property within the State during emergencies, pri- marily of a temporary nature. It was not contemplated, he added, that the Guard would be called to do sentry or semi-police duty dur- ing protracted periods. Mohr to. Command Unit. Brig. Gen. Dwight B. Mohr will be in command of the new unit, members of which will serve as other State employes and be paid on the basis of an eight-hour day, Gov. O'Conor said. Three shifts will be assigned to each post. | Gov. O'Conor said Col. Beverly Ober, superintendent of State po- lice; Maj. Gen. H. Conger Pratt, commander of the 3d Corps Area. | and Chairman Ezra B. Whitman of | the State Roads Commission were | to select the public property to be placed under State protection. | On another front of the State’s| war effort, Gov. O'Conor said he | had instructed the Public Service | Commission to take prompt steps to | provide expanded railway transpor- tation to defense workers in the industrial areas at Middle River, | Sparrows Point, Fairfield and | Aberdeen. | Approving a plan to reissue 1941 " license plates for 1942 with an addi- | tional corner tab, Gov. O'Conor said | the plan would result in a saving| to the State of approximately 90 per cent of the $28,000 spent an- | nually for sheet steel for noenm.‘ { | Remodeled Bank to Open For Public’s Inspection | The Citizens' Bank of Riverdale, | Md., which has just been enlarged | and remodeled, will be open to the | public, from 6 to 9 pm., Tuesday, it was announced yesterday. The number of teller's cages has been doubled, a night depository in- stalled, and a new vault added with facilites for 1,000 safe deposit boxes. Booths and an extra consultation room for safe deposit customers have been provided. The bank was opened November 20, 1928. Present officers are Max Vollberg, president; J. S. Caldwell | and Gershon P. Bickford, vice presi- dents; J. B. Waters, jr.. cashier, and william R. Reading, assistant cashier. Directors include Messrs. Vollberg, | Caldwell, Bickford, Waters and Al-| fred Smith, Robert A. Bennett, Wil- | liam F. Gasch, Herbert W. Wells, | Charles G. Souder, Frank Stephen, William E. Hutchinson, Ernest Maier, James S. Heal, Richard C.| Zantzinger and Samuel H. Harvey. | ( Prince Georges Kiwanis Club Installs Officers Svend C. Helfer of Cheverly, Md., was installed as president of the Prince Georges County Kiwanis Club Friday at ceremonies conduct- ed by Arthur C. Keefer, first presi- dent of the club. Mr. Helfer succeeds Herbert W. Wells. Other officers installed were Dr. YLouis M. Jimal, first vice president; Irving Billhimer, second vice presi- dent; Prof. Larry J. Hodgins, secre- ; Harry D. Eisenhauer, treas- urer, and Inspector Richard H. Mansfield of the Metropolitan Po- lice Department; James H. Baines, Dr. Ronald Bamford, Dr. A. Kirk Besley, Leonard H. Burch. J. R mond Fletcher, Mayor of Cheverl: | John T. McVearry and Perce ol Wolfe, board of directors. Park Hills Association To Form First-Aid Units A meeting of the Park Hills (Md.) | Civic Association will be held Wed- nesday at Montgomery Blair High School in Silver Spring to organize first-aid units. The territory covered by the as- sociation extends from Dale drive to Sligo Creek and from Saratoga | avenue to Greenbrier street. Officers of the association are J. E. Hayes, president: R. D. Boyd, vice president; C. L. Walker, secre- | tary; G. B. Birrel, corresponding| secretary; G. D. Gardiner, treasurer, | and P. H. Hoddinott, L. U. Ross and | R. J. Peake, delegates to the Mont- gomery County Civic Federation. | Deputy Clerk Named FAIRFAX, Va., Jan. 3 (Special) — W. Franklin Gooding of Oakton, for several years an employe in the office of County Clerk John M. Whalen, yesterday was named a deputy. Mr. Gooding will take the post formerly held by S. Sterling Swart, jr., of Fairfax, who resigned F. Freeland Chew; Hanrahan Renamed Edmund D. Campbell, Washing- ton and Arlington County (Va.) at- torney, was named chairman of the Arlington County Board at its first | meeting of the year yesterday. Mr. Campbell, who is now serving his third year as a member of the board, succeeds F. Freeland Chew. | The new chairman has long been | active in public utility matters and started the movement for reorgani- zation of the County Public Utilities Commission shortly after being elected to the board. During his term of office he has introduced several measures seeking | adjustments of gas and water rates. | Hanrahan Is Reappointed. THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, Richmond Lists 181 Living Units For Patent Staff Coe Orders Changes In Offices; Transfer Date Not Settled Exclusive of furnished and un- furnished rooms, nearly 800 housing units are now available in the Rich- mond area for the 13200 Patent Ofce workers listed for transfer to that city, according to a special survey made by the Richmond Chamber of Commerce, & prelimi- nary report of which was received yesterday. The survey showed 233 houses for rent or sale in the Richmond area, with 144 new houses for sale, mak- ing a total of 377. Also available are 79 apartments in private homes, 158 apartments in apartment houses, and 167 flats, or 404, in all, in this classification. This makes a total of 781 housing units. The Richmond Chamber of Com- merce also reported that 630 rooms are for rent, many of them large enough to accommodate twe per- |sons. In 274 of the rooms listed, | meals are also available. These fig- | ures, it was explained, do not include hotel rooms. Details Not Given. The report received here yester- day contained no data on rents, or the desirability, and physical con- dition of the housing units listed. Detailed information on these and other matters is expected in a later report. Conway P. Coe, commissioner of patents, returned to Washington yesterday from a visit to Richmond, where he inspected the Export Leaf Tobacco Building, which the Patent Office has taken over to provide office space for examiners and other personnel to be moved from Wash- | ington. _!n a statement following his e‘lec-= With government engineers and tion Mr. Campbell declared: “Ar-| representatives of the Public Build- lington is probably destined to be- |ings Administration he completed come the largest city in the State|arrangements for the changes neces- despite anything we may wish 10 d0 sary to adapt this building to the abgut 1:- e Sr Prahk C Hanra special needs of the Patent Office. ounty ana T . a4 15 han wes Teappointed for another | . Transfer e e year and again was selected as clerk | titions betwe th 1 and secretary of the board. jres e B The mew board chairman _an- located for various units, a good - | deal of work still remains to be nounced he soon would name mem- | done before Patent Office workers bers of the County Public Utilities | So0€ bEOre PRt b e Com- Gommission to fill expiring terms. |, iccioner ‘Coe is not yet ready to Defense Progress Reported. | fix definitely the date on which Harrison Mann, defense co-ordin- | ator for Arlington, reviewed prog-|files and equipment from Washing- ress made in setting up emergency | ton will begin. defense agencies. | Of the personnel to be transferred Mr. Chew, who also is the county’s | to Richmond, it is estimated that | chief air-raid warden, said he plans | nearly 60 per cent own homes in to purchase six 5-horsepower sirens | the District. Some employes have and eight 2-horsepower sirens sim- | already indicated their intention of ilar to those acquired by the Dis-| keeping possession, temporarily at trict to augment those now in oper- | least; renting rooms in Richmond ation on the firehouses. They will |and returning here to spend week be bou County Board recently made avail- | cases, it is said, homes have already able for emergency defense pur-|been purchased in Richmond. chases. Mr. Chew said the devices| Others plan to rent their Washing- would cost about $4,000, plus an in- | ton homes and move to Richmond stallation fee, the amount of which | “for the duration.” has not been determined. | oOf the approximately 1200 em- Mr. Mann reported that the ployes listed for transfer, not all county has more auxiliary nremen{ will require houses or apartments per capita than the District of | in Richmond, officials pointed out | Columbia. yesterday. This assertion later was denied by To Approve Some Transfers. Chief M. P. Divine of the Ballston| In cases where the removal will said the county lost many firemen | individual, the Commerce Depart- to other fire departments or the | ment is expected to approve re- Federal Government, where salaries | quests for transfers to other agen- | are higher. Mr. Divine renewed 8 | cies remaining in Washington. Such plea made earlier for increased | requests will not be approved. how- salaries for firemen. ever, merely because the shift to Favor Salary Increases. | Richmond will cause inconvenience, The board, split by a vote of 3 to 2, | it was said. approved a resolution by Leo Lloyd, | seconded by Basil De La which favored raising the wag for the lower salaried county em- es | Richmond, will transfer his office | here from the third to the first ployes and instructed the county floor of the Patent Office, where manager to report on proposed sal- | the search room is located. Offices ary increases at the next ‘meeting. | also must be improvised on the first Mr. Chew and Mrs. Elizabeth B.lfloor for the defense, liaison and Magruder, both of whom voted | other uits remaining here. Material against the resolution, said the reso- | in the scientific library and base- lution was “vague” because it did | ment files essential to the work of not define the low-salaried group |the examining divisions will be and they said the salary of county | moved to Richmond, Commissioner employes already had been estab- | Coe said. lished in the annual budget. | Mr. Lloyd declared the question was one of poiey which shouia be V/rginia fo Induct Darden determined by the board and not | the actual transfer of personnel, | ght out of the $10,000 the |ends with their families. In some | Commissioner Coe, who will divide | shmutt, | his time between Washington and| warden, the block wardens are C. E. | by the county manager. He criti- cized past actions of the board in delegating more power to the county manager. ‘Will Enforce Bicycle Law. The board announced that the bicycle ordinance, which went into ly, despite the failure to | immediatel obtain license tags. Mr. Chew, sponsor of the law,| declared: “The primary purpose of the ordinance was not to charge 25 cents for a license, or to collect money for the county, but to en- force safety regulations. There are certain requirements as to lighting | after dark and other regulations | governing the operation of bicycles in a safe manner. There is no rea- son why these provisions cannot be enforced immediately.” Bundles for Bluejackets Unit Will Be Formed A meeting of the executive board of the Montgomery County Branch of Bundles for Britain will be held at 11 am. Friday at the home of Mrs. E. Brooke Lee, Silver Spring, Without Fanfare Jan. 21 By the Associated Press. RICHMOND, Va., Jan. 3—The inauguration of Colgate W. Darden, jr. of Norfolk as Virginia's 60th Governor under the Constitution and | effect January 1, is to be enforced | she asth to be elected by the peo- | ple will be accomplished with ut- most simplicity January 21. The usual parade, fanfare an | even the traditional 19-gun salute to the new executive will be done away with in interest of the more serious business of defense. Less than two hours of the time of the new Governor and the Gen- eral Assembly will be expended on the ceremonies. The State Department of the American Legion will tender a ban- quet February 2 at the Hotel John Marshall in honor of Mr. Darden and Lt. Gov.-elect Willlam M. d ‘Tuck. Both Mr. Darden and Mr. Tuck were World War Marines. Other special guests will include State Senator William D. Medley of the Northern Virginia district and Delegates Charles R. Fenwick of Ar- | | of Fairfax. lington County and Richard R. Farr | to complete plans for the organiza- | tion of a Bundles for Bluejackets unit in Montgomery County. Mrs. William R. Throckmorton, chairman of the Chevy Chase unit of Bundles for Britain, yesterday announced that beginning this week there will be a change in the office schedule. Headquarters at 150 West Leland street will be open only on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 10 a.m. until noon. Permits Total $412,058 ‘WINCHESTER, Va., Jan. 3 (Spe- ¢ial) —Building. permits issued at the city manager's office here dur- ing 1941 were slightly under the 1940 total of $500,000. The 1941 | permits had an estimated value of $412,058. Officers to Be Elected Election of officers will feature & meeting of the Woman’s Democratic Club of Silver Spring, Md., at 8 p.m. tomorrow, at the home of Mrs. Donnell’ Masson, 632 Sligo avenue. A talk on current events will be 10 join a private accounting firm. [} given by Mrs. Arthur L. Blakeslee. [ Heart Attack Is Fatal To Harry P. Irons den death in his home at Glen Echo, Md., yesterday of Harry P. Irons, 56, for the last 13 years ah employe of the Government Print- ing Office. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Lenora Irons; a daughter, Mrs. Irons, all of Glen Echo. He also peka, Kans. Funeral services will be held at 2:30 p.m. tomorrow from the Pum- phrey funeral home at Bethesda, and burial will be in Cedar Hill Cemetery. Mr. Irons was a native of Topeka. 2,077 Get Wedding Licenses ROCKVILLE, Md., Jan. 3 (Spe- cial) —Marriage licenses issued here during 1941 totaled 2,077, it was & nounced today by Mrs. Lestef Bogley, license clerk. The tot” believed to be & record for A heart attack caused the sud- | Irving Houghton, and a son, Arnold | leaves a brother, Arthur Irons, To- | bacco Building in Richmond, Patent Office is expected to occ ‘Air-Raid- Personnel For Two Hyattsville Wards Announced Wardens and Telephone Operators for First and Second Areas Listed Air-raid personnel for the first and second wards of Hyattsville and for the town of Edmonston, Md., were announced yesterday. Councilman Thomas E. Hume is | deputy warden for the second ward, which is set up in five block dis- tricts. The districts and personnel | are: No. 1—Wingrest and Deway streets, Central, Columbia and Park avenues. Wardens, J. E. Ferrier, J. C. Brooke, O. L. Simmons, G. J. O'Hare, J. W. Taliaferro, R. H. Johnson; operators, Mrs. C. J. Kel- ley, Mrs. E. F. Mortimer, Mrs. G. C. Manuel, Mrs. H. M. Rice and Mrs. R. H. Johnson. No. 2—Ravenswood, Hyatt and Johnson avenues. Wardens, B. F. Sanders and Frank Bagot: opera- tors, Mrs. B. F. Sanders, Mrs. Edith M. Bagot and Mrs. C. J. Pierson. Others Selected. No. 3—Schley, Littlefield, Wine, | Luttrell and Ralston avenues. War- | dens, C. L. Craig, H. E. Hampshire, J. W. Camp, Everett Wilcox, T. D. Jarrell and George Wiseman; oper- ators, Mrs. Eva Wilcox, Mrs. J. W. | Camp, Mrs. J. B. Reeside. jr.. Mrs. T. D. Jarrell, Mrs. C. P. Smith and | Miss Helen G. Moffaf. No. 4—Banner, Arbor, Ivy, Mel- | rose and Columbia avenues. War- dens, Alfred Keir, N. H. Spicknall, C. York and Joseph M. Munroe; | | Volunteer Fire Department, Wwho|impose an unusual hardship on the | operators, Mrs. Thomas E. Hume, Mrs. G. L. Anderson and Mrs. | Joseph M. Munroe. No. 5—Chillum avenue, Prospect avenue and Hamilton street. War- | dens, Claude N. Davis, jr., and F. | S. Paxton: operators, Mrs. Mar- garet Davis and Mrs. Mary Paxton. In the first ward. where Council- man Thomas E. Arnold is deputy Wisinan, Curry J. Carter, John J. Anderson, J. P. Garrity and John L, Clarke. Warden operators are to be announced. Wardens named for Prince Georges Gardens Apartments are R. T. Sanner and D. H. Bellman. | | Apartment (block) wardens are | T. C. May, J. A. Yznaga, J. R. | Rowell. J. O. Peterson, jr.; H. Tue- | hey, W. T. Lewis, York Hollings- | worth, K. D. Ackad, Dr. K. L. Gross, | E. W. Osann, P. L. Schwartz and C. F. Baker. Edmonston Appointments. In Edmonston the town air-raid warden is Mayor Gibson L. Moore. The two wards have been designated sectors 5 and 6. In sector 5 the warden is J. E. | Reeves. Block wardens and opera- tors are: Block 1, J. A. Stephenson; operator to be appointed; block 2.|gin g five-month program in cele- | Si G. Rohmer, Mrs. Francis R. James | erator to be appointed; block 4, A. E. Tracy, Mrs. Paul Hammer; block 5, A. L. Slaughter, Mrs. E. M. Middle- ton; block 6, William Brown, Mrs. J. E. Reeves and Mrs. F. R. Coburn; block 7, Albert Redd, Mrs. Irene Honeman: block 7, Charles T. Appel, | | Mrs. C. T. Appel and Mrs. R. S. i Gailmard. | In sector 6 the warden is O. R. Butler. Block wardens and opera- tors are: Block 1, Clifton Brown, operator to be appointed; block 2, Walter A. Powell, operator to be appointed; block 3, Hubert Roberts, operator to be appointed; block 4, George Connors, Mrs. C. W. Flor- ence; block 5. James Finley; block 6, Jefferson Davis; block 7, Kinjiro Matsudaira; block 8. Robert Jen- kins; block 9, George Fenwick; block 10, Harold Manning; block 11, Leo Clements. Montgomery Man Called Suicide by Coroner By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. ROCKVILLE, Md., Jan. 3.—Al- bert Griffith Hawkins, 24, died yes- terday at Montgothery County Gen- eral Hospital from a head wound inflicted with an automatic pistol Thursday at his home on the Lay- tonsville-Olney road, according to police. Dr. C. E. Hawks, county coroner, issued a certificate of sui- cide. Police said they were told by the | victim's wife, Mrs. Lillian Hawkins, |18, that she and her husband had | quarreled Thursday. Soon after- | ward, she said, she heard a shot | |in the basement of the house and | found her husband lying wounded | on the floor. i irginian in New Post The State Department announced day that Stephen C. Brown of | , Va., formerly Vice Consul g, China, has been desig- secretary 6f . 3 D. C, JANUARY 4, 1942.- Tire Rationing Officials Named In Virginia Montgomery Delayed, But Board Is Ready In Prince Georges Automobile and truck tire ration- ing officials for nearby Virginia areas were announced yesterday by Chairman Gardner L. Boothe of the block' 3, Clinton L. Mattingly, op- | NEW HOME OF PATENT OFFICE—This is the Export Leaf To- Va., which the United States upy soon. Removal of employes Call for Orga 3, | (No. 21 of a Series.) Private office buildings, homes and apartments, take precautions against raids. Except where one organization occupies an entire building, the’ building manager or superintend- ent in most cases is the air-raid warden. His job is to find the safest place in the building for refuge and to build up a staff of volunteers to fight incendiaries, give first aid, serve as auxiliary policemen and help with evacua~ tion to refuge floors. Either vol- unteers or the building personnel act as maintenance squads, han- dling damaged appliances. ‘With daylignt raids the prin- cipal danger to office personnel, one organization occupying an entire six-floor building has ar- rangéd this setup: The switchboard operator would set off two sirens within the building at the air-raid signal. Three monitors or floor wardens have been assigned to each wing of each floor for evacuation pur- poses. At the signal one would go to the stairway entrance on his floor; the second to the land- ing between floors and the third would remain behind to see that every one had left the floor. Would Aid Evacuation. ‘The monitors would evacuate the workers to the third and fourth floors of the six-floor building, where all glass parti- tions have been removed. On the fourth floor is the first- aid room. Each floor has a first- aid squad. . like must | air | | | | | l You and an Air Raid Private Office Building Plans nization of this agency from Washington of the Federal Government’s decentralization program. | Three Commitfees | Named by Leary To Ration Tires to the Virginia capital is part —A. P. Photo. House D. C. Group to Study Transportation Of Federal Workers tires and tubes through three | With rationing of to begin tomorrow | committees named yesterday by Chairman Whitney Leary of the District Tire Rationing Boards Exec- utive Committee, Chairman Ran- dolph announced last night the | House District Committee will meet | | this week to consider emergency | plans to assure adequate transpor- | | tation during the war for the thou- | ; | sands of Government workers in the Also at the signal, the elevators would be brought to the top floors and stopped. Venetian blinds would be dropped in all windows as a percaution against flying glass. Four trained men would go to the roof where buck- ets of sand stand ready for use against incendiary bombs. Buck- ets of sand have also been dis- tributed to both wings of the sixth floor and to some of the lower floors. The organization has purchased asbestos gloves and hoods, shovels and rakes for fighti# g incendiary bombs. It has increised its staff of watchmen, painted all sky- lights black and removed fuses from corridor lights for blackout purposes. 10-Story Building Organized. As an example of office build- ings with hundreds of different tenants, in one 10-story office building the superintendent as building warden has written each tenant, asking for a list of all personnel and asking volunteers to man services. Here, the third to seventh floors would be used for shelter of those on the three top floors, with building wardens to. keep people away from win- dows and glass doors. Sand in buckets has been placed at all doors leading to the roof and 5-gallon portable pumps are also being provided. Each tenant is responsible for blacking out his own offices with the man- agement responsible for the building lights. Tomorrow: What will be done for you in an air rgid. Hyattsville Church fo Begin 150th Anniversary Services | | The Hyattsville (Md) Memorial | Methodist Church tomorrow will be- l | bration of its 150th anniversary, cli- maxed by the anniversary ser- mon to be given May 24 by Bish- op Adna Wright Leonard. The observ- ance this month g will be marked Silver Spring 0. E. S. Will Install Officers Mrs. Otelia T. Littlefield will be installed .as worthy matron of the | Iver Spring (Md.) Chapter, Order | of the Eastern Star, at 8 pm. Wed- | nesday in the Silver Spring Masonic | Temple. She succeeds Mrs. Hazel | Hall. | Mrs. Isabelle Marshall, past grand matron of Maryland, will act as installing officer. Other officers in- ducted will include: John J. Dolan, worthy patron; Miss Florence E. Gladmon, associate matron; Roy C. Routzahn, associate | Metropolitan Area. | In making public the personnel | of the three 3-man rationing groups, | Mr. Leary said acceptances of all but | |one of the nominees had been | received. ‘ Members of Committee No. 1 are J. M. Sanders, 1114 Vermont avenue |N. W.; Dr. John F. Preston, physi- cian, who conducts The Evening Star | Medical Clinic, and Milton W. King, | | Southern Building. | Covers Medical Profession. | | ‘This committee will deal with ap- | | plications for tires and tubes for members of the medical professions, | for ambulances and for fire, police, Northern Virginia Regional Defense Council. In Prince Georges County, Md, the tire-rationing board named Pri- day prepared to open its office to= morrow, but operations were de- layed in Montgomery County be- cause two members of the three- man board named by Gov. O'Conor said they found it impossible to serve. The Virginia appointments were made by Brig. Gen. J. Fulmer Bright, State director of rationing, Mr. Boothe said, and the new offi- cers soon will be sworn in as Federal officials. The machinery of rationing tires is expected to be delayed a few more ‘days, Mr. Boothe explained, because of the failure of the Federal Gov- | ernment to supply the necessary rationing forms. May Name More Officials. Additional administrators will be appointed whenever necessary, but such a move will be left to the dis- cretion of the local defense councils of each jurisdiction. Mr. Boothe de- | scribed those whose appointment he | announced yesterday as “eminently fair-minded citizens.” One or more distribution officers | and a review board of three mem- bers has been named for each juris- diction. Persons seeking tires will first apply to the distribution officer and if his ruling is not agreed on, an appeal may be taken to the re- view board. In Alexandria, the distribution officers were listed as David C. Book, 205 Russell road, and John W. Ayres, 1008 Prince street. The Re- view Board consists of E. C. Gibbs, 128 South Royal street; Charles Jones, Virginia Public Service Co. Building, and James Armstrong, 815 King street. Arlington Appointments. Three distribution officers for Arlington were appointed. They are John De Lashmutt, 901 South Highland street; J. Maynard Ma- gruder, 2801 Wilson boulevard, and Thomas Edwards, 6005 North Wash- ington boulevard. The Review Board |is composed of H. Bruce Green, county courthouse: R. C. L. Mon- cure, East Falls Church, and Mrs. E. W. Gaumnitz, 4010 Twenty-fifth street north. C. Pembroke Pettitt of the county courthouse, Waite Wilkins of Hern- don and Manly P. Rust of Falls Church have been named distribu- tion officers for Fairfax County. The Review Board for that county consists of Andrew W. Clark, Belle Haven; John W. Rust, courthouse, | public health, sanitation and m’illlnnd H. A. Storm, McLean. | services. Members of Committee No. 2 are { R. Scott Smith, 4701 Connecticut avenue N.W.; Selden M. Ely, 2918 Cortland place N.W., and Raymond , 822 Connecticut avenue N.W. This group will handle appli- cations for public transportation vehicles, for transportation of stu- dents and teachers to and from school, and for necessary transpor- tation of employes on industrial, mining or construction projects, Third Group Incomplete. Members of Committee No. 3 are Paul B. Lum, 1073 Thirty-first street | N.W., and John W. Guider, Colorado Building. A third member is to be named to this group, which will deal | with applications for essential trans- portation of materials, such as ice, fuel, building materials and the like, and services by common carriers. The tire-rationing staff is housed | in the old Force School Building, 1700 block of Massachusetts avenue N.W., where their offices will open at 9 a.m. tomorrow. The first step to be taken by a petitioner for new | tires or tubes, Mr. Leary has an- nounced, is to drive the vehicle to one of the two automobile testing stations, at Tenth and F Streets SW. | or at West Virginia and Central ave- nues N.E., for a check on conditions of old tires, and to obtain applica- | tion blanks there. In announcing the transporta-| tion meeting of the House District Committee, Mr. Randolph said rep- resentatives of all mass transporta- | tion agencies—the Capital Transit Co., interburban bus lines and taxi- cab concerns—are to be invited to pool their views as to what steps should be taken to increase facili- ties. The date for the special meeting is expected to be fixed tomorrow. Mr. Randolph said it would be called “before the end of the week.” | Situation Acute. | Mrs. Daniel C. Sands of Middle- burg is the distribution officer for Loudoun County. W. S. Prancis of Hamilton, J. S. Whitmore and R. J. McCray, both of Leesburg, comprise the Review Board. In Prince William County Claude Hixson of Manassas is the distribu- tion officer and the Review Board consists of J. L. Bushong, Manassas; B. L. Trenis, Nokesville, and C. C. Cloe, Triangle. Meanwhile it was announced that the newly appointed tire rationing board for Prince Georges County, Md, will open offices tomorrow in the County Service Building in Hyattsville Leonard Burch is chairman of the board. Other board members are Robert M. Hardy of Meadows and Sherman M. Hollingsworth of Uni= versity Park. Mr. Burch said the location of tire inspection stations will be ane- nounced this week. Those seeking to purchase tires should have their need for new tires certified at a county tire in- spection station before making ap- plication to the board. Mr. Burch said citizens of the county will be informed in the near future as to where application blanks for new tires may be obtained. Quotas for January of 65 tires |and 54 tubes for passenger cars, motorcycles and light trucks and 107 tires and 89 tubes for trucks and buses in Prince Georges County were announced Thursday. Start of tire rationing in Mont- gomery County will be delayed fol- lowing the resignation over the week end of S. Walter Bogley, cashier of the Bank of Bethesda. as chairman of the County Tire Rationing Board, and Frederick L. Thomas of Sandy Spring, another member of the board. Both men said the job “was too big for them.” This leaves Douglas by the appear- |ance of guest ipreachers at each of the Sunday services. At the 11 am. service tomor- row, the Rev. Dr. John R. Ed- Dr. Edwards. | wards, superintendent of the ‘Wash- ington West District, will speak on | “Our Confident Hope.” | son, wary He will be followed on succeeding | sentinel. Sundays by Dr. Chester Smith, Dr. Jacob S Payton and Dr. James Arlington Youth gufe, patron; Miss Alice Gladmon, secre- | tary; Mrs. Gladys L. Moseley, asso- | ciate conductress; Mrs. Edith Coon, | chaplain; Mrs. Catherine Wheeler, | marshall; Mrs. Mary R. Marston, organist; Miss Mary Margaret Perry, Adah; Mrs. Edna Pumphrey, Ruth; Mrs. Beatrice Dillon, Esther; Mrs. Mary Hammack, Martha; Miss Ale- tha Biggs, Electa; Mrs. Emma Nel- der, and Harry Atherton, Shera Montgomery. The transportation situation. al- | Diamond of Gaithersburg as the sole ready serious, has become more acute | member of the board because of the war, he said, and8s 8 | The work of the University of result special arrangements will | Maryland extension service will con- have to be made to provide accom- | tinue unimpaired for the present in modations for the anticipated in- | spite of the ban on automobile and crease in Federal workers. tires sales. Dr. T. B. Symons, di- “I don’t know what can be done | rector, said yesterday. now,” he declared. “But the agen- | Dr, Symons said that he believed cies that handle mass transporta-| local administrators of the new law tion should be in a position to know. | will recognize the importance of the They are to be called on for advice™ | work being done by the agricultural Mr. Randolph said the principal | extension workers, and that if any witness would be Gregory Hankin, tires are available for general civilian chairman of the Public Utilities |use the extension workers will not be Commission, with whom he has al- overlooked. Franklin J. Robinson is chairman of the Anniversary Committee, which includes Dr. Orson N. Eaton, Mrs. | Wwilliam E. Hutchinson, Mrs. William E. Lusby, W. Carroll Beatty, Edwin Hutchinson, William Lusby, Leslie Rev. W. Clark Main, pastor of the | church. Montgomery Defense Council Moves Office The Montgomery County (Md.) Civilian Defense Council vesterda! moved into its new headquarters at | the Silver Spring County Building. | "To provide space for the group the Maryland State Employment Office and the Silver Spring Health Center have been transferred to offices on the second floor of 8403 Georgia avenue. While some council furniture will be moved from the organization's former headquarters in the Silver Spring Armory, Albert E. Brault, executive director of the council, said that additional equipment, in- cluding desks and typewriters, will be furnished by the county. C. Reeley, Harold E. Barker and the | Ratcliffe, Pearl Harbor Note Says Mr. and Mrs. V. A. Ratcliffe, sr,, | of 2914 Twenty-fourth street North Arlington, Va., received a post card yesterday from their son, V. A. jr., 20, an aerial photog- rapher who had been stationed at Pearl Harbor, stating he was safe and in good health. He was graduated from Wash- ington-Lee High School, Arlington, two years ago. | Braithwaite Rites Set WINCHESTER, Va, Jan. 3 (Spe- cial) —Methodist rites will be con- ducted tomorrow at Cross Junction for Samuel H. Braithwaite, 80, Fred- | erick County farmer, fruit grower |and former postmaster, who died | Thursday night, He was a member | of the county School Board. | Ken-Gar to Name Wardens Residents of Ken-Gar, a_colored community just outside of Hensing- ton, Md., will meet at 8 p.m. Tuesday at the Ken-Gar School to select air | raid wardens and fire watchers and to organize first-aid classes. L ready conferred. He pointed out he had suggested | to Mr. Hankin the possibility of having the Capital Transit Co. use the rails of the Washington & Old Dominion Railroad in Virginia for | continuing services from Rosslyn to the heavily populated sections of | Virginia, at least as far as Falls Church. The Washington & Old | Dominion has abandoned passen- ger service on its line, but 1is using it for freight. Mr. Randolph said he wanted | officials of the taxicab companies | to testify chiefly on & resolution he recently introduced to exempt cabs from the Government’s ban on new tires and declare their cars | a public utility, and to show approx- | imately how many Government em- ployes use a cab each day to travel | to and from work. Red Cross Unit to Elect Election of officers will be held at the annual meeting of the Be-| thesds branch of the Montgomery County Red Cross at 10 a.m. Tues- day at the organization’s headquar- ters on Wisconsin avenue. $8,969 Profit Made By Frederick Fair By the Associated Press FREDERICK, Md., Jan. 3.—Life members of the Frederick County Agricultural Society, operators of the annual Frederick Fair, were told today that the 1941 fair was even more profitable than the 1940 exhibition. Secretary-Treasurer Guy K. Not- ter, reporting at the annual meet- ing of the society today, told mem- bers profits of the 1941 fair totaled $8.969.22. Net profit of the 1940 ex- hibition was $8920.69, Mr. Notter said. Sherwood Air-Raid Meeting A meeting of the Sherwood (Md.) School Parent-Teacher Association |to arrange plans for the protection of school children in the area in case of air raids will be held at 8 p.m. Tuesday in the school. Detalls wil ::n{remwd by P. G. Ligon, presi~