Evening Star Newspaper, January 28, 1942, Page 24

== SR IO Washington and Vicinity Fenwick Drafts Bill fo Ratify Airport Plan Bases Legislation on Move to Keep Area Within Virginia By ALEXANDER R. PRESTON, Star Staff Correspondent RICHMOND, Jan. 28—In an effort to speed up settlement of the controversy involving jurisdiction over the Washington National Air- port, Charles R. Fenwick, ‘member of the House of Delegates from Ar- lingtort County, today was preparing legislation which would, in effect, ratify the terms of a congressional bill submitted by Representative Randolph, Democrat, of West Vir- ginia. Although the congressional meas- ure is still pending and a vital amendment has been proposed which would place the airport in the District of Columbia, the Arlington legislator is preparing a bill to an- ticipated congressional action which he feels would be acceptable to the General Assembly of Virginia. The legislation to be offered the General Assembly in accord with Representative Randolph’s proposal is to establish the Virginia-District of Columbia boundary at the high- water mark of the Potomac River on the Virginia shore except at the airport. which would be included en- tirely in the Old Dominion and be & Federal reservation. Opposes Nichols Amendment. The amendment to Mr. Ran- dolph’s bill was submitted by Rep- resentative Nichols, Democrat, of Oklahoma, and would carry out the boundary lines suggested by Mr.| Randolph, except that the airport would be placed in the District of Columbia. Mr. Fenwick does not agreed with | Representative Nichols’ amendment, nor does he believe the General As- sembly would vote the necessary ratification of such an agreement. The General Assembly, however, would be asked to reserve to this State the right to collect automobile gasoline taxes and to require that the airport observe Virginia liquor laws. The Governor and attorney general of Virginia would be em- powered to negotiate with the Fed- eral Government on all other con- ditions involved in the settlement of the boundary dispute. U. S. to Police Area. Mr. Fenwick pointed out that Ar-| lington County would not stand to lose by such an arrangement. Since the State would not provide police and fire protection and these func- tions would fall upon the county, he | | | The Ll41 . Foening Star WASHINGTON, D. C., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 28, 1942, STADIUM EMPLOYE ATTACKEDJames L. Fowler, guard, is shown pointing to the window in the Riverside Stadium through stadium ice-maker, with rope a | fire. which two men reportedly escaped after binding J. Gordon Oster, nd setting his nightclothing on —Star Staff Photo. — Stadium Icemaker 'Found Bound, Ablaze In Barred Room Tells Story of Seeing Two Men Fleeing Through Window After Setting Fire Sereamingy for aid;” J. Gordop Oster, 40-y -old master icemaker, | In Alfa Vista Permit Is Revoked For "Cotfon House’ Commissioners Hold Structure Does Not Meet Building Code By u §taff Cotrespondent of The Star. ROCKVITLE, Md., Jan. 28—The Approval Due On Bill to Clear Housing Project Favorable Report on Virginia Legislation Set for Today By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. RICHMOND, Va., Jan. 28.—A bill to permit the Metropolitan Life In- surance Co. of New York to proceed with the construction, ownership and operation of a $7,000,000 hous- ing development in Alexandria for 1,760 families will be reported favor- ably from the House Committee on Insurance and Banking tomorrow afternoon. Favorable sentiment for the meas- ure was expressed by committee members at a public hearing yester- day at which no serious opposition developed because of the national emergency features of the proposed | Alexandria project to provide mod- | erate cost housing facilities for white collar defense workers. One high light of the committee’s hearing was to bring out into the open the reported indorsement of the Alexandria project by “the high- est authority.” At public hearings by the Alexandria City Council and in other arguments in behalf of the housing project there, “the highest authority” was reported to be be- hind the enterprise, but no one was able to develop the source of the support. Somervell Letter Read. Andrew D. Christian, attorney for the insurance firm, read go the com- mittee a letter from Brig. Gen Brehon Somervell of the office of ‘the quartermaster general of the War Department, written to Fred- erick H. Ecker, chairman of the board of the Metropolitan Life In- surance Co. The letter indicated President Roosevelt had considered the Alexandria project as a good in- vestment. The letter, dated September 3, from Gen. Somervell, declared: “I discussed with the President this morning the state of suitable housing space in Washington and in particular in Arlington County, in proximity to the new War Depart- ment Building. The President | evinced a great deal of interest in | | the matter, and I asked his authority to approach vou with the request that a housing development be un- dertaken by your company. The President approved the idea. “This office will stand ready to assist you in every way possible in obtaining whatever priorities may be necessary for the completion of the work.:kd w Tt was vel at the r- lfin. sponsared estimated such services to Whe air-| ga5'found gn his quarters at River- port would cost the county” about | gige Stadium early this morning with $50.000 annually if the airport was| his night clothing in flames and his ceded to Virginia outright. If the| hangs and feet tightly bound with airport is made a Federal reserva- | rope. He was rushed to Emergency tion, he said, the county would be| gocpita) where physicians told S. G. relieved of the burden of this serv- ice, which is primarly a Federal Government obligation. | Delegates H. B. Davis of Princess Anne and Fenwick offered a bill yesterday broadening the authority of the State Corporation Commis- sion’s aeronautics division over air- ports. It would authorize the com- mission to purchase land for air- ports and aircraft and give it full power to supervise and regulate fields to which it makes grants of funds. y The Arlington delegate also dis- closed he has prepared a bill which would require the State Corporation Commission to notify local govern- ing bodies of proposed changes in public utility rates or schedules be- fore such changes are authorized. The bill is the result of a request of the Arlington County Board. which asked that such a law be enacted following the merger of the Rosslyn Gas Co. with the Alex- andria Gas Co. about three months 880. All public utilities, including transportation companies, electric and gas firms, would be required to inform the local governing bodies‘ of any contemplated changes in rates or routes. In the event the carporation commission decided a public hearing would be necessary, the proposed’law would require that the commission inform the local governing bodies of the application before any change is effectuated. A Senate resolution against di- version of the gasoline tax revenues was responsible for a split in the vote of the Northern Virginia dela- tion at yesterday’s session of the House. Fenwick Opposes Diversion. | Leoffler, stadium owner, that Mr.| controversy over erection of a “cot- ton house” in Alta Vista appeared settled today following the revoca- tion by the County Commissioners yesterday of a building permit for the structure. Vigorous protests by residents of by Dele Page gaites Robert, F. Baldwiny of Norfolls and C. @. Louderback of | , was introduced for the | specifie purpose of legalizing the Alexandria project. the area against erection of the | Oster has a chance to survive. | dwelling had been made at a hear- Homicide detectives began inves- tigation of a case which was baffling, th as to motive and the method | of the savage attack. Robbery was | discounted as a motive because $417 was found in a pillowcase on which the vietim's head had been resting and two diamond rings were left un- touched with other valuables on his | dressing table. | Mr. Oster's shouts were heard at | 5:15 o'tlock by the stadium night | guard, James L. Fowler, 64. The ‘ only entrance to Mr. Oster’s second- | ‘floor room is up a flight of stairs | and through a trapdoor in the floor cember 17. building does not comply with the county building code. | Mrs. Ola Powell Malcolm, senior | home economist of the Department | of Agriculture Extension Service, |had obtained the permit last Sep- tember 27 to erect the house on a lot in the 5500 block of Oakmont avenue, adjoining her own home at | 5511 Oak place, Alta Vista. The commissioners appropriated $2,000 for the remodeling of the old of the room. When Mr. Fowler tried | Blair School in Silver Spring to | to open the trap door he found it|house the Silver Spring Health Cen- | so heavily barred from the opposite | ter following a recommendation by side that he had to use a sledge Dr. V. L. Ellicott, county health Mr. Christian testified that Met- ropolitan Life proceeded with acqui- sition of the 187-acre tract and made improvements pending passage ing before the commissioners De- | of legislation, on the representation | In their decision yes- from the State Corporation Com- | | terday the commissioners said the | mission that such legislation would | be approved by that body. Citizens’ Opposition Withdrawn. President Glenn Richards of the | North Ridge Citizens’ Association of Alexandria, the body which led opposition to the project when the question of rezoning was involved before the City Council, declared that since the citizens lost their fight before the City Council they did not seek to further oppose the project. which is regarded as a national defense enterprise. He warned, however, that projects of such magnitude would. in post-war periods when housing vacancies Fine Arts. " - Virginia Legislafure ‘Studies Pay Hike and \Liquor Tax-Cut Bills State Employes Seeking War Bonus; Cost Put At $5,500,000 By the Associated Press. RICHMOND, Va., Jan. 28—Sug- gested salary increases which would cost the State an estimated $5500,- 000 by June 30, 1944, and proposed burrow into revenue at the rate of | about $2.350,000 a year were be-| fore the General Assembly today. The salary proposal was submitted | by a committee representing 15,000 | State employes at the final joint| hearing of the Senate Finance and | House Appropriations Committee. | It would enlarge on former Gov.| | Price’s suggestion of paying a “war bonus” to State workers earning less than $2,000 annually by grant- ing nlbonux( to h.lx‘mu employes, re- | gardless of their gs. on the EERE {Rr Price’s plan, his state | of the Commonwealth message on | the first day of the 1942 session, | would pay a bonus of 10 per cent on the first $1,000 of the employe’s salary and 5 per cent on the second ! $1,000, with the bonus not to raise | the total earnings above $2,000. Darden O. K.'s Liquor Tax Cut. ‘The proposed reduction in the liquor revenue was a substitute measure for the original bills to re- peal the taxes on alcoholic beverages imposed during the administration of Gov. Price. It would repeal the flat 10 per cent levy added to the selling price of hard liquor and wine but leave unchanged the ;-cent per bottle tax charged on beer selling for more than 10 cents. The beer tax yielded more than $350.000 of the total of about $2.700.000 realized during the first year of the new liquor taxes. A public hearing on the repeal | measure, which Gov. Darden said | hammer to open it When the door flew open, out tumbled the blazing victim. Mr. Oster slid to the bottom of the | stairs, where Mr. Fowler doused | the flames with water. Still con- scious later at the hospital. Mr. Oster was quoted by Mr. Loeffler as telling this story: He waked from a sound sleep when he felt some liquid being sprin- kled over him. He’ found that his | hands were tied behind him, and | his feet were bound. Then he felt | searing fire—and glimpsed two | dark-skinned men disappearing | through the single window of his | room. He could give no explanation of the attempt on his life. The window through which his at- tackers disappeared is about 15 feet above the ground. It could scarcely | be reached from below except by | ladder and is too far under the roof | | man to guard county schools. the regolution be set aside because of a | “gpnsideration of a task of much more importance.” He said the Legislature already had placed the facilities of the State at the dis- posal of the Governor in national defense and that Virginia's chief executive should not be hampered by restrictions, such as limitations on the expenditure of gaso- line tax revenues. The House adopted the Senate resolution against diversion of gaso- line tax funds, but amended it so as to provide that nothing in it shiould be construed as to interfere with powers granted the Governor i/ the national defense effort. Will Form Fire Auxiliary An auxilary to the Hillandale (Md.) Volunteer Fire Department will be formed at 8 p.m. tomorrow at the home of Ransom Miles, Over- look drive, Hillandale. All women m the fire area are invited to attend. ) | of another temporary building. No Prints in Mud. There were no prints in the mud beneath Mr. would indicate a ladder had been placed there, but these might have been obscured when. the blazing | mattress and bed clothing from Mr. | Oster’s iron cot were tossed out the window. Mr. Fowler reported after a checkup that he found every ‘exit door of the stadium locked. Mr. Oster's window was partly open when he came to the rescue, he said. The liquid sprinkled on Mr. Oster might have been ether, according to his employer. When Mr. Leoffler arrived, he said, he smelled some- thing “like that.” Mr. Oster is known to every skater |in the Eastern Hockey League— | being recognized as perhaps the best | sharpener of skates in any of the | cities the teams touch. After last | night's game between the Wash- ington Eagles and the New York Rovers—an infantile paralysis ben- | efit—he worked on 10 pairs of the Rovers’ skates, made a fresh supply of ice for the rink, went out for some supper and retired at about midnight. ‘He was sapparently in good spirits and unworried. No one was seen to go to his room L] Oster's window that | | officer. | Winship Green and Byron Sedg- | wick, members of the Board of| | Managers of the health center, said |that the cost of remodeling the | | building would total about $4,000. | They said $1.000 of this amount has | already been raised. The clinics at the center will be operated by the Health Depart- ment in co-operation with the Sil- ver Spring Public Health Lay Com- mittee, headed by Mrs. A. O. Den- ham. Willard Sauder of Damascus was appointed a clerk in the county ac- countant’s office, effective February 1, at a salary of $125 per month. Daniel C. Barnes of Silver 8pring Spring was named a special police- He will replace Charles E. Richardson, | who has resigned. | line to allow access from that direc- | Harvey‘ w van GOSEH . ’ Mr. Fenwick delivered the princl- | tjon, No ladder was found on the pal address in the House of Dele-| gcene, nor were footprints discov- gates against using the gasoline tax | ereq, Across Twenty-sixth street funds for other State governmental | two soldiers were on sentry duty in functions. Delegate Maurice D.| front of temporary War Depart- Rosenberg of Alexandria told the|ment structures. Pvt. Bernard House that he believed the GOvernor | shapez, on duty from 4 to 6 am., should have all the facilities of the | s34 he saw nothing unusual before State in furthering the national de- | fre engines arrived at the scene. fense program. | The soldier said he was positive he “It seems to me that in times gould have seen any one taking & such as these when it is imperative | jadder from the construction site that we maintain, as far as pos- sible, funds for future expenditures, we could well reiterate the policy of opposing gasoline tax diversion when the revenue from this seurce will be drastically curtailed in the future because of the tire short- age,” Mr. Fenwick said. iMr. Rosenberg asked that |72, Old ‘Fiddler’ Buried | Bpecial Disvatch to The Star. BERKELEY SPRINGS, W. Va., Jan. 28.—Harvey W. Van Gosen, 72, known as one of the few remaining old-time “fiddlers,” who died Sun- day at his home near here, was buried yesterday after services at a funeral home here. He played for Presidents Wilson and Coolidge, as well as other nota- bles, and was called to Washingtdn a number of times to perform. with him last night, Mr. Fowler said, | and he has never had visitors there, | except his wife and child. Mrs. Oster and their baby live at 602 Plymouth road, Westgate, Balti- more. Mr. Oster was employed in Baltimore as an ice-maker for many years before coming here with the opening of Riverside Stadium. Wife Saw Hockey Match. As is her custom, Mrs. Oster saw last night’s hockey match with her husband and was with him until about midnight, when she left to return to Baltimore, according to her mother, Mrs. Mamie Chance. Mrs. Chance said Mr. Oster had no known enemies. The money found in his room was being saved for taxes and bills, she said. Mrs. Oster left for Washing- ton immediately after hearing of the injuries to her husband. Mr. Oster is muscular, but is not a large man. His small room is be- neath the upper stadium seats and has a sloping roof. Its furniture is simple—the iron cot prevented flames from spreading—and the decorations are mostly confined to photographs of skaters, exist, control the rental standards|met with his approval, will be held | of a community in which they are located. City Manager Carl Budwesky of lem now encountered by the Fed- eral Government in the Washington area. He cited the type of housing developments undertaken by the Government in and near Alexandria. “Housing is going to be provided by one agency or another,” Mr. Bud- wesky declared. “We would a thou- sand. times prefer the type of de- velopment planned by the Metro- politan, which is a well-planned community, than the low-cost hous- ing projects the Federal Govern- ment has already built in Alexan- dria. These Federal projects, very Jrankly, are not an asset to the community.” Mr. Budwesky suggested only one amendment: That the local govern- ing bodies be given an opportunity to be heard before the State Cor- poration Commission before such nousire projects are approved. Cites Population Growth. Mayor William T. Wilkins of Alex- andria declared, “The time has long since passed when we can afford the people of Alexandria proper shelter.” After disclosing the “phenomenal growth” of the Washington Metro- politan Area in recent years, he said City Council, which approved the project by a 6-to-3 vote, had in mind “convenience and necessity” when it rezoned the site of the project. Council, indorsed the views of Mr. | Budwesky and Mayor Wilkins. Councilman James Armstrong, who attended the hearing, did not testify. Delegate Maurice D. Rosenberg of Alexandria said he did not wish to thwart the project in his com- munity, but warned that some limi- tation as to size should be placed by the Legislature. He said exceedingly large housing projects would exert 2 major influence on the life of a community. He also criticized the life insurance firm for not informing City Council at the time rezoning hearings were held in Alexandria, that the enactment of a State law would be necessary before the | project would be completed. He asked that the proposed law be amended so as to limit the size of such projects to a maximum of 2,000 living units and suggested another amendment giving local governing bodies the power to determine the desirability of such projects. Mr. Baldwin declared, after the hearing, that he believed the bill could be amended to meet all objec- tions ang at the same time be ac- ceptable to the insarance company. ”» Alexandria recited the housing prob- | Eugene Simpson, member of City | | by the House Finance Committee | tomorrow afternoon. | | Gov. Darden’s bill for streamlining | the civilian defense organization under the Chief Executive; another | measure to regulate more closelyi operations of small loan companies, | and a resolution calling for a con- stitutional amendment to eliminate the poll tax as a prerequisite to! voting went before the Legisiature yesterday. Defense Bill Drafted. The new defense legislation was | drafted by representatives of coun- ties and cities in conference with members of the Assembly. The bill would concentrate authority in the | Governor and local government offi- | | »fals, but the local officials’ authority would be exercised only with the ap- proval of the Governor. The new organization would sup- plant the State and regional de- fense oouncil system set up under Gov. Price, although councils could be formed under the new legisla- tion to serve in an advisary ca- pacity. Senator Charles W. Crowder of Richmond introduced the small loan bill, which would prohibit the loan companies from using financial | statements made by borrowers in | any future litigation against them. Senator Vivian L. Page of Nor- folk offered the resolution for a constitutional amendment eliminat- ing the poll tax as a voting pre- requisite, similar to proposals ad- vanced tn previous sessions of the Legislature. Tax Deduction Proposed. Another measure, sponsored by Senator Leonard G. Muse of Roan- oke, would permit the amount paid as Federal income tax to be de- ducted from income before figuring the State income tax. The Finance Committee agreed yesterday to increase from $1,500 to $5,000 a year the State appropria- tion to Stratford, the Lee birthplace, in view of a probable heavy de- crease in tourist travel and conse- quent reduction in the usual income from visitors. Also reported was a bill by Dele- gate Charles R. Fenwick of Ar- lington to require pawnbrokers to furnish the police by noon of the following day with a list and description of property pawned. United States Senator Byrd yes- terday accepted an invitation to deliver the principal address at the Assembly’s biennial commemorative session in the restored Colonial cap- itol at Williamsburg. [ > Tire Deflaters Just Youths Having Fun By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. ALEXANDRIA, Va, Jan. 28—A wave of wholesale tire deflations and valve thefts perpetrated Saturday and Monday nights on the auto- mobiles of approximately 50 citl zens in the Del Ray section ha been cleared up with the arrest of two boys in their early teens, police report. The boys first let the air out of the tires and then took the valves from the inner tubes. Sergt. J. T. Butler and Officers C. D. Carter and Richard Burrell liquor tax decreases which would | caught the boys. Sergt. Butler said | they confessed they deflated the tires “for fun” and surrendered the valves they had stolen One of the boys was kneeling over a front tire of a car, pressing the valve, when police caught him, Sergt Butler said Both boys were jailed. but Sergt. Butler doubted they could be pun- ished under the law with more than a reprimand. ' Prince ( Georges Board To Compile List for Post-War Projects Commissioners Asked to Draw Up Plans for as Many as Feasible The commissioners of Prince Georges County, Md. yesterday agreed to provide the Public Work Reserve and the National Resources Planning Board with lists of proj- ects which may be undertaken in the county after the war. Looking ahead to the day when action may be necessary to cushion the shock of post-war deflation, the | commissioners discussed the coun- | ty’s problem with Martin F. Kunkel, area planning engineer for Public Work Reserve. who requested that the commissioners compile three lists, showing: (1). Public works projects which, under normal conditions, would be undertaken in the county within the next six vears. (2). Projects which the county might be inclined to undertake with the assurance of Federal aid. | (3). Projects which are “fanciful,” the result of wishful thinking. Asks Plans Be Drawn. Society and General PAINTING WINS STAR PRIZE—“Spring Fragrance,” painted by Andrea Pietro Zerega, which took first place and The Star’s prize of $100 in exhibition of the Society of Washington Artists at the Corcoran Gallery of Art. Shown with the painting are the judges of the show (left to right): John Walker, curator, National Gallery of Art; Dr. John R. Craft, director, Washington County Museum of Fine Arts, Hagerstown, Md.,, and Thomas C. Colt, director, Virginia Museum of —Star Staff Photo. Evening Star Prize In Art Exhibition Goes To Andrea Zerega Paintings and Sculpture Of Society of Artists To Be on Display [ { ‘The Evening Star Prize of $100 for the painting adjudged best in the fifty-first annual exhibition of | the Society of Washington Artists has been won by Andrea Pietro Zerega, 3014 Q street N'W. Mr. Zerega's still life, “Spring Fragrance,” was chosen late yester- day after an afternoon of delibera- tion by the three judges—John Walker. tional Gallery of Art: Thomas C. Colt, director of the Virginia Mu- seum of Fine Arts. Richmond, and Dr. John Richard Craft, director of the Washington County Museum of | Fine Arts, Hagerstown, Md. Exhibit Opens Sunday. | “Spring Pragrance.” together with ' the Council soon. chief curator of the Na-| $2,500,000 Park Proposed in Alexandria City Council Studies Project Involving R.F.C. Loan By » Statf Correspondent of The Star. ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28.—The City Council has under consideration a self-liquidating park and recrea- tion project proposed for a 108-acre site near the north limits of the city and to be financed with a $2.500,« ol:: Reconstruction Finance Corp, n, Mayor William T. Wilkins said the undertaking was proposed last week and that engineering and several other phases were being investigated before any action is taken by the Council. Eyesore Would Be Removed. | The site of the project borders | Four Mile Run west of the city | dump, which now is closed, but re- | mains a civic eyesore the Council | would like to eliminate, Mr. Wilkins said. Should the project be under- taken, the*dump would be covered with earth and landscaped to pro- vide an attractive entrance to the park. According to tentative plans, the area would be developed as a recrea- tion center operating on a moderate fee basis and would include a large swimming pool, a day camp for 1,500 children. and playground facilities for children and adults, Mr. Wilkins explained. A program for parks and play- grounds in the city. calling for a bond issue of $200,000, recently was voted down by the Council. The | present proposal, however, would be self-liquidating and according to present estimates would pay for itself in about seven years. City to Sponsor Loan. City Manager Carl Budwesky ex- plained the proposal had been | broached by officials of the Welfare Department of the District, who were anxious to provide additional | recreational facilities for the entire | Metropolitan Area. As the site in question is within the limits of | Alexandria, however, the city will be asked to sponsor the loan appli- cation, “The city does not have $2.500.000 to spend on recreational centers,” Mr. Budwesky said. “but as soon | as T could determine that it would not become a financial burden on the city, I was authorized to dis- cuss the matter. Plans are now being discussed and probably some- ] thing definite can be placed before 67 other paintings and 15 pieces of sculpture, will be on display for the public beginning Sunday in the Cor- coran Gallery of Art. Members of the society, exhibitors and friends ! |Fairfax Board Announces will view the works from 2 pm. to | 6 pm. Saturday, which has been Army Induc'ion Of 26 ‘ designated varnishing day. | Bpecial Dispatch to The Star. | “Rebecca” won an honorable men- | FAIRFAX, Va., Jan. 28 —The Fair- | tion for Donald Coale. fax County Selective Service Board The judges also awarded four has announced the induction into bronze class medals and gave four service on January 12 of the follow- other honorable mentions. | ing registrants: Medal winners are followed below | Vernon E. Groves. Herndon: John by those earning honorable men- | p. Kadel, Route 1, East Falls Church; tions: i 3 .| Robert E. Kyle, Norfolk: Charles Figure composition — “Ginger.” Lee Deavers, Burke; Albert D. Jack Berkman: “Interlude” Mary | Maffett, West Falls Church: Spencer Power. Landscape—“The Storm.” | p, Isom, Clifton; Howard Miller, Oke Nordgren: “Carlos IV, Mexico | Ogkton: Perry Winston, Route 1 City.” Rowland Lyon. Still Lifer,nm{ Theodore F. Linton, Route “Still Life,” Dante Radice: “Mums.” |1 Alexandria, and Willie Clisson, Alexandra Kay. Sculpture—“Head | Route 1, Alexandria. in Marble.” Clare Fontanini; “Bev- | ¢ e ; erly,” Belle Bellerose. | Franklin Carberry Ritchie, Faire d | fax; Winston E. Ulrich, Route 1, Hundreds of Works Submitted. | Falls Church: James E. McCarty, Prior to the judging. a jury of | East Falls Church; Edwin Milstead, selection composed of officers and | Route 1, Vienna; Walter N. Shu, Executive Committee members of | 1210 Prince street, Alexandria; John the society formed the exhibition|C. Mann, Lorton: Amos T. Hopkins, from hundreds of works submitted. | Route 3. Fairfax: Bernard W. Burke, Mr. Lyon. president of the artists'| West Falls Church: Edward R. organization, headed the jury.| Lacey, Fort Belvoir; James E. More Others were Roger M. Rittase, vice row, McLean; Arthur C. Baggett, president: Omar Carrington, treas- | Route 1, Alexandria: Glenn S. Wells, urer; Garnet W. Jex, secretary, and | Falls Church; Wilbert Proffitt, Route Norma Bose, Catherine C. Critcher, |2, Vienna: Elbert W. Bradshaw, Robert E. Motley, William F. Walter ’ Route 2, Alexandria: Tyler Maffett, and Kathleen Wheeler, members of | jr.. Falls Church, and William Mid- the Executive Committee. dleton Hill, Falls Church, Artists who had received a medal Mr. Kunkel explained that the | within the past five years were not | Government wishes to have on hand | eligible to compete in the same class a “stock pile” of projects on which | in the current exhibition. Not more it may draw if the necessity arises. | than three paintings or three pieces He asked the commissioners to pro- | of sculpture could be submitted by & Maryland Private Jumps vide plans and specifications for as| pe! many of the listed items as possible, | and to appoint a co-ordinating com- mittee to study the problem further in conjunction with the P. W. R. It was pointed out that a plan | to postpone until after the war issuance of $500,000 in metropolitan district general improvement bonds would not only enable the county to “get its money’s worth,” but would also help the county to carry out the necessary post-war economic adjustment. The commissioners ex- pressed themselves last week as favoring such a postponement. The bonds originally were scheduled for issuance this year. Approve Rezoning Requests. The commissioners approved three petitions for rezoning at yesterday's meeting, as follows: College Park Homes, R. M. Wat- kins, owner, for rezoning of six and one-half lots in block 6 of the proposed College Park Homes subdivision, College Park, from resi- dential A to residential C. This request was embodied in two peti- tions. College Park Homes, R. M. Wat- kins, owner, for the rezoning of parcel “A” and lot 17 in block 6 of the proposed College Park Homes subdivision, College Park, from resi- dential A to commercial D. The board acted favorably on a petition of Thomas J. Ashe and Martha R. Ashe for purchase from the county of three lots in block 54, section 8, Cheverly. The property came to the county at a tax sale| in 1933. The approved purchase price was $90. Widow Gets Estate ROCKVILLE, Md,, Jan. 28 (Spe- cial).—Under the will of Joseph W. Meade of Silver Spring, which was admitted to probate here yesterday, his widow, Mr. Ada Lois Meade, re- ceives the entire estate, value of which was not disclosed. TSon. ‘The exhibition has been hung in a second-floor gallery at the Cor- coran. It is to be on view until March 1. To Second Lieutenant Special Dispatch to The Star. | FORT GEORGE G. MEADE, Md,, Jan. 28.—Willilam R. Bradford, on | duty here with the 29th Division, There will be no admission fee at | holds the distinction of going from | any time, in keeping with the new Corcoran policy. Arlingfon Will Instruct Auxiliary Police Tonight County Manager Frank C. Han- | rahan and Chief of Police Harry L. Woodyard will conduct an instruc- tion meeting for approximately 50 Arlington County auxiliary. police- men at 7:30 o'clock tonight in the courthouse. Some of the policemen will be given their initial emergency assign- ments, Mr. Hanrahan said, while all of them will receive full details as to their duties in case of an air raid. County civilian defense headquar- ters announced registrants were still needed for emergency duty as nurses, nurses’ aides and hospital attendants. The county has plenty of air raid wardens, with a waiting list of candidates already estab- lished for this branch of the service. Virginia Planning Board Studies Fairfax Problem BY the Associated Press. RICHMOND, Va., Jan. 28—Hugh R. Pomeroy, director of the State | Planning Board, said yesterday that members of the board’s staff were working with county representatives on rezoning plans for counties faced with the establishment of nearby Army cantonments. The Fairfax County Planning Commission will confer with the State board Priday on extension of defense housing regustions appli- cable in Fairfax. | private first class to second lieu=- tenant in one jump. A member of Company F of the 121st Engineers, he worked as a weather observer at the Baltimors Municipal Airport before being in- ducted February 3 of last year. He has majored in physics in five years of study at Michigan State and George Washington Universities. Lt. Bradford, 26, lived with his parents in Glenn Dale, Md., and en- listed in the District National Guard in July, 1939, transferred to the in- active list in November, 1940, and then later was called to active duty. |1t is believed he will be assigned |to the aircraft warning service of | the Signal Corps. ArIingtonM—chilled In Shotgun Accident By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. FAIRFAX, Va, Jan. 28.—William S. Browning, 58, of the 6400 block of North Twenty-second road. Arling~ ton, was killed yesterday when his shotgun was accidentally discharged froth the rear seat of his car parked on the Falls Church-Annandale road. | J. A. Man of Fairfax, passing in his car noticed the body of Mr. Browning lying beside his automobile about 3 miles from Falls Church, according to Policeman James W, | Mulaney of the county police. Mr. | Browning was believed to have been loading some bushes in the rear seat when one of the branches struck the trigger of the shotgun. Dr. T. B. McCord, county coroner, issued & certificate of accidental death from wounds in the chest. [