Evening Star Newspaper, January 10, 1942, Page 19

A—16 = Change Sought In County Fund Deposit Law Arlington Treasurer Troubled by Excess Money Banks Refuse By ALEXANDER R. PRESTON. A feature of the Virginia law which discourages some banks from accepting public funds for deposit would be changed to make such de- posits desirable, under a plan an- nounced today by John Locke Green, treasurer of Arlington County, Va. Mr. Green said he will discuss with State Senator William D. Medley and Delegate Charles R. Fenwick a special act for Arlington County dur- ing the Virginia General Assembly, which convenes Wednesday at Rich- mond. Because of rapidly mounting rev- enues from year to year, Mr. Green has found himself in the uncomfort- able position of having on hand more of the public’s funds than the banks will accept. The county treas- urer has had to resort to depositing the excess collections. which this year amounted to $140.000, in a bank safe deposit vault until regular bank accounts drop to a point where the banks would accept the money from the vault. Would Amend Tax Code. Mr. Green will ask the legislators to seek an amendment to the tax code which now requires that before | any public funds may be deposited in any Virginia bank, the bank must | deposit with some other depository or trust company sufficient bonds to | cover the amount of the deposit. The effect on Arlington County, | where tax revenues are rapidly| growing larger each year, is to cause | all of the banks doing business with | the county, to put up a large number | of bonds which must be insured. | The result is that most of the banks are reluctant to be put to the | expense of paying insurance pre-| miums on bonds which are to serve as security for money on which there s no profit. | For the past two years, Mr. Green has utilized to the fullest extent the deposit margins allowed by Arling- ton and Alexandria banks, and this year he made arrangements with 2 depository in Charlottesville to ac- cept part of the county's money At the close of 1941, Mr. Green had $1.239,000 on deposit in several banks. The sum represents about the maximum amount of bonds the financial institutions would offer &5 security. | Sees Highe. Level. “If business conditions continue at the present level,” Mr. Green de- clared, “we will have even more money to place in safe deposit vaults this year.” The treasurer will ask that legis- lation permit the banks doing busi- ness with Arlington County to de- posit their bonds securing the accounts with the State treasurer’s | office at no charge for the custody | and insurance of these bonds. The | banks would be permitted to do this | in lieu of the present procedure. The legislation would also provide | that, in the event of any litiza- | tion concerning the custody of the bonds depisited with the State| treasurer, the State would give its C. & O. Canal. name of Andrew Jackson. Friends warned Mrs. Durston it w.s dangerous business to sketch bridges in wartime. She was quizzed by only two policemen, however, one mounted on This is the sixth in a series of sketches FOREST ARCHWAY—Of 70 full bridges in the District and 110 smaller spans, Helen Gatch Durston chose to sketch r The Star a viaduct that lifts Massa- chusetts avenue across Rock Creek Pari. which is officially classified as a bridge. this is the most recently completed span in Washington. The $500,000 stone-fac:d concrete arch was opened to traffic in April. Oldest Washington bridge is a 1:tle Wisconsin avenue structure over the Built about 110 years :go, it bears in crumbling sandstone the Except for the Scott Circle underpass, to appear in Key Bridge, wi The Star each Saturday.) th Georgetown as a background. motorcycle, the other on horseback. They suggested she next draw Francis Scott Auto Wrecked In Police Chase; Youth Killed Trapped After Dash At 90 M.P.H. From Baltimore; 2 Hurt A 90-mile-an-hour chase from Baltimore ended in death for one Washington youth and injuries for | two others when Washingtor police, operating under radio instructions, trapped their high-powered coupe | here on a holdup and robbery flash. | Fatally injured in the auto wreck | which ended the pursuit was Walter { Linwood Ivery, jr., 25, colored, 122 Bates street NW. He-died in Cas- ualty Hospital at 2:15 a.h. today. Last night Baltimore police spread the alarm to Maryland and Wash- ington police that three young col- ored men had escaped after striding into a Baltimore corner drug store | and taking $50 from the cash reg- Arlington Gives . County Workers Pay Increase Employes Who Earn Under $2,000 Yearly Raised 6 Per Cent After heated debate, during which F. Freeland Chew, a board member, charged the proposal was not in harmony with the county manager form of government, the Arlington County (Va.) Board today by a vote of 3 to 1 approved a report by County Manager Frank C. Hanra- han calling for a blanket 6 per cent pay increase for all county employes making less than $2,000 a year. ‘The board appropriated $12,720 to cover the increase, which was made effective January 1 and which will end June 30. County Manager Hanrahan had been instructed to report on the matter following a proposal, intro- duced last Saturday by Leo Lloyd, | which was passed by a 3-to-2 vote. $64,000 Surplus Expected. ister while Samuel Gordon, clerk, looked on helplessly. Witnesses to this and another holdup attempt told of a green automobile with District of Colum- ‘bm license plates, and the lookout for this car was broadcast. Speed Near 100 Miles Per Hour. | Maryland State Police reported | such a car sped by them at River- | dale. Its speed was approaching | nearly 100 miles per hour, they de- | clared, and they lost it. The trail was picked up by Prince Georges County Policemen Richard when they, too, were left behind, they warned the Washington police radio dispatcher, Charles Clay, jr. Policeman Clay laid a trap by radio- ing motor cycles and scout cars to take emergency posts at highways entering the District. Scout Car 122 was on hand when a green coupe entered on Bunker Hill road NE. The chase lasted for 313 miles in about as many minutes, police said, until the pursued car skidded in snow and crashed into a | tree in front of 417 Columbia road Nw. Like almost any Rock Creek picture, this is framed in a lacework of fine trees. The artist came three days to catch the spirit of their morning shadows. horsemen jog along a small stretch of the more than 30 miles of gark bridle path. Theodore Roosevelt was one of many famous men who have loved Rock Creek and its park. Among the few who have turned it to utilitarian purposes was Robert Fulton, who is said to have tested his model of the steamship Clermont in the Two brook. Above this forest scene rumble busses and the stream of Massachusetts avenue auto traffic. Within two blocks of here are the British Embassy, humming Police said the driver, Charles Jackson Benjamin, 22, colored, 16 | Patterson street N.E.. ran from the car. Police Pvt. D. E. Allen leaped | from the scout car and fired one shot. Benjamin, though not hit, | halted. Pulled From Car. Pulled from the car and sent to Casualty Hospital in an ambulance with international transactions, and the Japanese Embassy, tightly closed. Maryland -C—hurches List Sermon Topics For Tomorrow Mt. Rainier Lutherans To Inaugurate 5 P.M. Vesper Service A vesper hour at 5 pm. will be inaugurated tomorrow at the Trin- ity Lutheran Church in Mount QVirgirlia Pastors iisl Themes of Sermons For Tomorrow Arlington Methodists To Hear Chaplain Frazer Discass ‘Filipinos’ Chapliuin Harry C. Frazer, U. 8. A., | will be ;uest speaker at the Calvary | Methodist Church, Twenty-third consent to be sued and would desig- | Rainier, Md. The Rev. Edwin E.|and Griat streets south, Arlington, nate a proper official to act as de- | Pieplow has taken as his topic for | ot g pm tomorrow. Chaplain Frazer fendant in the suit. | By this method, Mr. Green said, | banks which have bonds available, would be more agreeable to match the county’s deposits because no ex- penses would be incurred in hand- ling the county’s money. “Several bankers with whom I have discussed the plan have ex- | pressed the opinion that it would be of great help to the county,” Mr. Green declared. D. C. Man Held in Bond 0f $1,000 in Tire Shooting BY the Associated Press. PRINCE FREDERICK, Md., Jan. 10—Trial Magistrate William W.| Duke yesterday held a Washington | man under $1000 bond after a| Broome Island resident swore out a warrant charging him with shoot- ing holes through two tires and several windows of a trailer there. | Mr. Duke said John Wagner of | the 200 block of Thirty-fourth street | N.E.. Washington, was char~ed with | malicious destruction of property,| driving while intoxicated and reck- less driving. Mrs. Benson Elliott swore out a warrant charging that Wagner, who has a summer hcme next to the| Elliotts’ on Broome Island, threat- ened to shoot at a trailer, owned by | Charles Burgee, Washington, parked | behind the Ellictt home, took a rifle from his car, and sent bullets through the two front tires and/ several windows on it. Wagner was arrested by State's Attorney Arthur W. Dowell and Sheriff Alan Ross while driving. ‘These officers placed the other two charges against Wagner. Mr, Duke said Wagner was to be tried today. War Co-crdinator Named WARRENTON, Va., Jan. 10 (P).— M. J. O'Connell of Warrenton, for- | mer president of the Virginia Public | Service'’ Co., has been made co- | ordinator for Fauquier County war | activities. Red Cross Seeks Funds for War The District Red Cross is ap- pealing for $750,000 as its quota of the American Red Cross War Fund Campaign for $50,- 000,000 to provide relief for American war victims and to carry on rapidly expanding Red Cross services for the armed forces. Today the District stands at $86.552.97. Checks should be made pay- able to the American Red Cross and envelopes marked “For the War Fund.” Any bank will accept your contribution and forward it to District Red Cross headquar- ters, 2020 Massachusetts avenue N.W. There are also booths in leading hotels, department stores and at Union Station, fund | This the initial service, “A Deep Need— | The Return to the Christian Family Life.” He will speak at the morn- ing service on “God, Give Us a Puri- | fied Heart.” Holy communion will also be celebrated. Hyattsville Memorial Methodist. | W. Clark Main an-| The Rev. nounces that the Rev. Chesteen Smith will speak at 11 am. on “Per- | sonality and the Christian Task.” | is continuing the January | preaching mission which is a part of | the church’s 150th anniversary pro- gram. Mt. Zion-Cedar Grove Baptist. The Rev. C. A. Brubaker will | preach at 10 a.m. at the Mount Zion |* Church on “The Sin of the Hour.” He will use the same subject at Cedar Grove at 11:30 am. His sub- ject at 3 pm. at the Travilah Church will be “The Living Past.” Berwyn Presbyterian. ‘“‘Consecration of the Entire Life” will be the theme at 11 am. of the Rev. Milton B. Faust. At 7:45 pm. he will speak on “Faith and Its Power.” Mount Rainier Methodist. Co-operating with the churches of the community in observing a week of prayer, the Rev. Clarkson R. Banes will have as his subject at 11 am. “Prayer for Today.” He will | speak at the evening service on “The Efficacy of Prayer.” Hyattsville Scientist. “Sacrament” will be the subject of | the lesson sermon at 11 am. in the | Masonic Hal! Gallatin street. Silver Spring Calvary Lutheran. The Rev. Carl A. Koerber will speak at 11 a.m. on “St. Paul's Cer- tainty of Eternal Life.” Boyds Presbyterian. Communion service and sermon by the Rev. James Patterson Kerr will be held at 11 am. Silver Spring St. Luke Lutheran. “The Obedience of Christ” will be the sermon subject in the Silver Theater. Greenbelt Community. The Rev. Wilmer P. Johnston will spcak at 11 am. in the Community Building on “Living for the Things Worth While.” Kensington Baptist. “Do I Have Anything to Give?” will be the subject at 10 a.m. of the Rev. Clarence E. Jones, jr. The Rev. Dewey Moore, Southern Baptist mis- sionary to Italy, will speak at 7:30 pm. Bethesda Presbyterian. ‘The Rev. James S. Albertson will speak at 11 a.m. on “The All-Seeing Eye.” “Christ and Human Need— Jealousy” will be Dr. Albertson's theme at 5 p.m. Bethesda Christian. “The Good Fight of Faith” will be the theme of the Rev. William G.| Oram at 11 am. Bethesda Lutheran. The Rev. Raymond A. Vogelev's theme at 11 a.m. will be “It Becom- eth Us Also.” Cabin John Methodist. “He Led Captivity Captive” will be the sermon subject at 11 am. of the Rev. U. S. A. Heavener, Bethesda Baptist. Dr. D. W. Moore, missionary from Italy, will speak at 10:55 a.m. “Self- will spe:k on “The Filipino Renais- sance.” At 11 am. the Rev. Thomas G. Bets:hler will preacn on “The City of ¥od.” Cymmunity Methodist. The Fav. Walter M. Lockett, jr., will prea:h at 11 am. on “Upon This retary o the Priends’ Meeting of Washing ‘on, will speak at the young- adult felowship service. Che'rydale United Baptist. At 11 am. the Rev. Elmer Lucas will disciss “Will There Be Degrees of Punihment in Hell” and at 8 pm, “Wiy Do Men Go On in Sin?” Curendon Methodist. “At tre Cross Roads Again” will be the .ermon theme of the Rev. George 3. Oliver at 11 am. and “Where Certainty Is Found” at 8 pm. Cherrydale Baptist. The Fav. Willlam Herbert Brown will sperk at 11 am. on “Legalism Condem:ed” and at 7:30 p.m. on “Christ, the Universal Sovereign.” Miss Doothy Otten will speak at junior cturch at 11 am. R:surrection Lutheran. At 11 :.m. the Rev. Carl F. Yaeger will preich on “Resolution and Re- generatim.” Services will be con- ducted a. 3008 Wilson boulevard. Baliston Baptist. “Divin: Reassurance” is the 11 a.m. sernon topic of the Rev. Franz G. Borbe. “Fajth Has Its Way” will be his su»ject at 8 pm. Rock Spring Congregational. Topic »f the Rev. Paul R. Hunter at 11 a.n. will be “A. B. C.s of Re- ligion.” At 6 pm., M. R. Paul of O. P. M. wil speak at community club services. Viezna-Oakton Methodist. “Makirg Progress Real” will be the 10:3( a.m. sermon theme of the Rev. Hexy G. Balthis at Oakton. The sam: topic will be used at Vien- na at 1130 am. at Dunn Loring at 3:15 pm and at Merrifield at 8 pm. C(rossman Methodist. “The Vystery of Godliness” will be discu.sed by the Rev. John Rall- son Hentricks at 11 am. ClLirendon First Baptist. The Fev. Frank L. Snyder’s 11 am. sermon topic will be “Your Prayer Frogram” and at 7:45 pm., “Where Will You Spend Eternity?” Central Methodist. Topics of the Rev. Harry W. Craver 1 11 am. will be “Cast Thy Bread U>on the Water” and at 7:30 pm., “Beaking Jail” The Rev. E. Leon Snith will speak at junior church ¢z 11 am. Penhing Drive Christian.’ At 11 am. the Rev. Berwyn E. Examin:tion” will be the Rev. J. Raymoni Nelson's subject at 8 p.m. 3ethesda Methodist. Worshp service will be held at 11° am. Mrs. Samuel MclIntosh, presiden. of the Washington West District »f the Women’s Society of Christia- ‘Service, will be in charge of worshp at 8 p.m. Cajitol Heights Christian. Ordinstion and installation of new officers s slated at 7:30 pm. The Rev. O. F. Sherwood will speak lg:’fl! o1 “Working Together With Rock.” st 7 pm., Allen White, sec- | Jones will talk on “Making Our Truce With Thee.” Arlington Methodist. “Thy Kingdom Come” wilt be discussed by the Rev. P. Lee Pal- more at 11 am. and at 8 p.m. “Our Modern Babels.” Bethel Evangelical and Reformed. at 11 am. and the Rev. Lee A. Peeler has chosen the topic “What to Wear to the Communion.” Services will be held at the Kate Waller Barrett | School, 4400 North Henderéon road. | Wilson Boulevard Christian. The Rev. Ira P. Harbaugh at 11 | For a Certain Man.” Arlington Baptist. At 11 am. the Rev. Erwin Hayes Puryear will talk on “Paul’s Paradox !in Roman: 14, and at 7:30 pm.,, “Confessing Sin.” Arlington Presbyterian. The Rev. Walter F. Wolf will preach on “Stir Up the Gift,” at 11 am. Young people's services at | 7:30 pm. | Arlington Faith Lutheran. | “spirit—Through Hearts” will be the 8:30 am. and 11 am. sermon | topic of the Rev. George J. Grewe- | now. | Dublin Chapel Methodist. | The Rev. Harry P. Baker will preach on “One to Win One,” at 11 am. and at 7:45 pm. on “The Old- Time Religion.” Vienna Presbyterian. The Rev. Horace C. Lukens will speak at 11 am. on “The Educa- tional Program of the Church.” Triangle Baptist. “Voices of the Early Christian™ will be the theme at 11 am. of the Rev. Herbert S. Reamy. He will speak at 8 pm. on “Signs of the Times.” McLean Presbyterian. ‘The Rev. Franklin B. Gillespie | will speak at the communion service at 11 am. Ballston Presbyterian. “A Doxology for Today" will be Rev. Linius L. Strock. Mount Olivet Methodist. The Rev. Charles L. De Long will speak at 11 am. on “Let Us Pray.” Falls Church Baptist. “Why Does Not God Do Some- thing?” will be the theme at 11 am. of the Rev. U. S. Knox. Barcrof! t. ‘The Rgv. George W. Raines will speak at 11 am. on “Jesus in 1942.” young people at 7 pm. Falls Church Presbyterian. The Rev. Alton B. Altfather is be- ginning a series of sermons entitled “In the Shadow of the Cross.” His theme at 11 a.m. will be “The Prob- lem of Loneliness.” Fairfax Methodist. “The Fear that Would Silence the Prophet” will be the Rev. Floyd M. Lucas’ sermon subject at 11 am. Church school at Pender will be 10:30 am.; Burke at 3:30 am. Westminster Presbyterian. “A Century of History” will be the at 11 am. Baltimore May Ration Streetcar Rides By the Associated Press. BALTIMORE, Jan., 10.—Tire-ra- covers 92 square miles—today were tioned. Heavy demands on transit facili- ties may bring a day of “no permit, no ride,” a transit line official said. “Actual rationing of rides may seem far fetched, but it is well to be ready for anything.” India’s Railway Board wants to buy nearly 90 locomotives, but can find no plant in the world not too busy to make them. -lx Holy communion will be observed | am. will preach on “Leaving a Good | Home,” and at 7:45 p.m., “Looking | | | the sermon subject at 11 a.m. of the | Five Stations Set hp i For Inspecting Tires In Montgomery | Rationing Board to Meet | Monday to Examine Applications | stations in Montgomery County, Md., where application blanks for | tires may be obtained and inspection | made of old tires was announced | today by the County Tire Rationing | Board. Gaithersburg; Burrows Service Sta- | tion, Bethesda; Takoma Motor Co., Takoma Park; Partin Motor Co, Rockville, and Wolfe Motor Co., Silver Spring. Applications also may be obtained at the office of the board in the Farmers Banking & Trust Co. at Rockville. The board will meet Monday in | Rockville to examine applications filed up to that time. The county | quota of tires and tubes for January | is 81 tires and 68 tubes for passenger cars and 112 tires and 94 tubes for trucks and buses. | Chairman Cites Requirement. Julius P. Stadler, chairman, warned that the board has no dis- | cretion regarding issuance of per- mits for sale of tires except to those individuals and types of business especially named in the law. “This board can issue permits only in accordance with the law and it is hoped that the general public will not make the work more diffi- cult by swamping the office with applications which cannot be| granted,” he said. Applications will not be granted unless the old tire | or tube is turned in. | Other members of the newly cre- ated board are J. Horace Smithy of | There will be special services for preaching service at theme of the Rev, F, W. Haverkamp tioned Baltimoreans — whose city told streecar rides might be ra- P | mile-per-hour run from Baltimore, one occupant. Policeman Harry T. Sullivan, uniform is Policeman J. A. Hunt. | Bethesda and Douglas Diamond of Gaithersburg. Meanwhile, at Upper Marlboro, it was announced that the trial of Charles Samuel Williams, 21, of Mitchellville, colored, on charges of receiving an automobile tire, tube and wheel stolen from Alex Harmel, also of Mitchellville, will be re- sumed Monday before Trial Magis- trate Walter L. Green. Testimony yesterday revealed that the missing tire had been found on a car belonging to Wililams' brother, which had been parked near Wil- liams’ home. The wheel was found property, police said. Another Pleads Not Guilty. James Coleman, colored, 20, of Mitchellville, pleaded not guilty to a charge of stealing two tires from Mr. Harmel and was held for action | of the Circuit Court under $1500 Stations are King Motor Co., |bond after he demanded a jury trial. ‘ Williams said his brother, who lives in Baltimore, had left the car at Williams' home during a recent visit. The defendant said he didn't | know how the stolen tire got on the car, or what the stolen wheel was doing in the hen house. In continuing the case so that Williams' brother would have an opportunity to testify, Judge Green warned the defendant that, if he is proved guilty, he will be “punished to the limit.” | Becomes Rail Head's Aide Karl W. Fischer, who served 19 months as deputy transportation commissioner of the Advisory Com- mittee to the National Defense Council, has been named assistant to Ralph Budd. president of the Burlington Lines, it was announced yesterday. Mr. Pischer rose from timekeeper to transportation in- spector with the rairoad, and served with Mr. Budd on the Advisory Commission. Cashew nuts shipped from Bom- bay, India, to America in three months $112,000. L2 | were Ivery and Edward O'Neal Wil- | liams, 23, colored, 1235 Seventh street | N.W. The latter was in critical con- dition today with intracranial in- juries, shock, ragged laceration of the right knee, and possibly frac- | tured hips. Benjamin was taken first to Freedmen's and later to Gallinger | Hospital, not seriously injured. Later today Williams also was transferred to Gallinger, under police guard. Two revolvers were found on the floor of the car, according to po- lice. They said the coupe was list- ed as stolen here December 27. Baltimore Detective Lts. Michael Cooney and Henry MagerSupp re- turned to Baltimore today after a Location of five tire inspection b @ hen house on the defendants trip to Washington in an attempt | to link the District men with the | drugstore holdup at 1401 Edmonson . avenue, Baltimore, and an earlier | attempted robbery of the Herman | Levin liquor store at 910 Druid Hill | avenue. Three armed men entered | this store, but were baffled when the cash register stuck, police said. Supplies Urgently Needed For Casualfy Stations Dr. John M. Byers, Prince Georges County (Md.) health officer, yester- day issued a list of urgently needed supplies to equip the 10 casualty sta- tions set up recently in the county in connection with civijjian defense. Although the county commission- ers have appropriated 5,000 for medical and surgical equupment in the casualty stations, Dr. Byers said that this sum would purchase only | about one-sixth of the equipment needed. The health officer added that any one having any of the | needed supplies should communicate at once with his or her air raid war- den or with the physician in charge | of the casualty station in the area. The 1tems needed are: Cots, folding beds, mattresses, pil- lows, blankets, rubber sheets, bed linen, hot-water bottles, ice caps, bed pans, urinals, enema outfits, wash basins, waste buckets, gasoline or oil stoves, kerosene lamps, can- ‘dles, flashlights, batteries, matches, ‘su:ty pins &nd straight pins, soap, were valued at nearly |hand and bath towels, sterno-stoves | and wash cloths. END OF THE CHASE—After relays of policemen had failed to halt this fugitive car in its 90- 2 Washington tree stopped it effectively—and fatally for who was in on the chase, points out damage. In —Star Staff Photo. Pearson and Lee Pumphrey, and | In his report today Mr. Hanrahan said the county auditor had indi- cated there would be a possible sur- plus at the end of the fiscal year of $64,000. The county manager noted the increased cost of living in support of his recommendation and said he would make additional and detailed recommendations for all county em- ployes at a later date. The pay in- crease voted today affects any em- | ploye who has been with the county | one month or more and who earns under $2.000 a year. Declaring he had hoped for a larger pay increase, Mr. Lloyd said he was willing to accept the 6 per cent boost in view of the present | emergency. | Mr. Chew, who voted against the measure, told proponents thev were | not acting in an “orderly, business- | like procedure.” | Tax Rate Hike Seen. IV was jointed in this opinion by | Commonwealth Attorney Lawrence W. Douglas, who asserted the board “ought to have an eye on taxable revenues before putting through any arbitrary pay increase.” He added the increase may cause a rise in the county tax rate. To this Basil M. De Lashmutt, who seconded Mr. Lloyd's resolution for the increase, emphasized that the board procedure “has been most orderly,” and asked that his dis- | agreement with Mr. Douglas’ opin- | ion be noted in the minutes. Mr. Chew presented a substitute resolution asking for a $15,000 ap- propriation for county civilian de- fense in lieu of the pay increase. He was ruled out of order, however, by Chairman Edmund D. Campbell. Mr. Chew then said that the 6 per cent pay raise was “entirely in- adequate,” and added he would sup- port a motion for more money at the proper time. He suggested that any salary increase should be con- sidered when the county budget is submitted in March. Move For Delay Opposed. Bitter opposition to any delay on the proposal was expressed by Mr. Lioyd. “It is time,” he declared, “for the board to use some intelligence and apply ~money where it is most needed. I've lived on $1,500 a year and I know what it means.” In supporting the increase, Chair- man Campbell assured county em- ployes not covered by the raise that they and the entire salary system will be given consideration during l the preparation of the budget. ‘Two Babies Die in Fire |Despite Mother's Efforts By the Associated Press. PERRY HALL, Md, Jan. 10— Two baby girls burned to death in their blazing home last night de- spite frantic efforts of their mother to rescue them. The children, Betty Jo Ward. 3, and Nancy Lee Ward, 10 months | old, were trapved in the bedroom of | their three-room frame dwelling when a kerosene stove in the kitch- | en exploded. | The mother, Mrs. Ray E. Ward, | about 22, cut her hand when she | broke the kitchen door window try- | ing to rescue the children. | Mrs. Ward told police the oil tank | caught fire, and that she picked it up, rushing outdoors. The door slammed shut, and the fire spread from the stove through the kitchen. | She smashed the wigdow to open | the door, but the flames drove her | back. Mr. Ward, a garage worker, ar- rived home to find the house a mass of fire. | Nearby Areas to'Get Instructions on Tires Nearby Virginia tire rationing of- ficials will receive instructions for organization and distribution at 2 pm. Monday in the Warrenton Courthouse from Brig. Gen. J. Ful- mer Bright, State commodities ad- ministrator. Distribution officers and members of review boards from all of the northern Virginia towns and coun- ties will attend the meeting at which Gen. Bright will outline the procedure for rationing tires. 0. C. D. Physical Fitness Regional Chief Named By the Associated Press. BALTIMORE, Jan. 10—J. Ham- mond Brown, radio and outdoor edi- tor of the Baltimore News-Post and American, yesterday was appointed regional co-ordinator for the phy- sical fitness division of the Office of Civilian Defense. The region for which Mr. Brown was named co-ordinator includes Maryland, Virginia, Pennsylvania and the District of Columbia. Truck Driver Has Police Keep Hise Spare Tire By the Associated Press. BALTIMORE, Jan. 10. — Truck Driver George D. Hull played it safe: He hauled two huge truck tires into Western Police Station last night, asked police to keep them for him. He explained the tires were his spares, that he was driving through to Akron, and leaving his truck overnight in a parking lot. “You never can tell, you know,” said Hull. The police kept them. A