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JULY 24, 1941. **_

School Merger Approved by Fairfax Board

Falls Church to Retain Trustees In New Control

Special Dispatch to The Star.

FAIRFAX. Va„ July 23.—Final local action had been completed to-

day to bring about the consolidation

of the school systems of Fairfax

County and the town of Falls Church.

Adoption by the Fairfax Board of Supervisors of a concurring resolu- tion yesterday left legislative action :

as the remaining step. Officials said a bill authoriing the consolidation will be introduced when the General Assembly meets in January. The countv and Falls Church School Boards and the Falls Church Town Council previously had approved the merger.

Town Retains District. Under resolutions adopted by the

four bodies, children living in the corporation and outside may attend the schools most convenient without paying tuition as now required.

It is proposed that while there W’ill be a single school system, the town will operate as a special dis- trict. at least for the purpose of representation on the County School Board.

The consolidation plan was worked out by a committee, including rep- resentatives from the Board of Supervisors, the Town Council and the two school boards, and in effect substantially follows a recommenda- tion made several years ago follow- ing a survey of the town school system by a committee designated by the State Department of Educa- tion.

The supervisors at their meeting yesterday also approved a request from the School Board to apply to the State literary fund for addi- I tional money to carry out school construction projects for which bids were opened by the School Board Tuesday.

Fear Increase in Cost. Since all bids were in excess of

available funds, the School Board could only approve the low bid. sub- ject to approval of the supervisors, for an increased loan of $41,200. The projects are considered necessary at this time, and school officials fear that unless bids are let now the cost may be greater later.

To supplement the extra funds to be asked from the State, the School Board plans to sell the abandoned school properties at Snowden. An- drew Chapel and Burke. Idylwood and Woodlawn colored schools were recently s^Jd, and the proceeds also will be used for the projects.

Of the additions proposed, it is expected only one^Gum Spring Col- ored School—will be finished by the timeithe fall session opens.

Maryland Murder Trial To Reach Jury Today By the Associated Press.

CUMBERLAND. Md.. July 24.— The trial of Earl Loveless, 22-year- old Washington County farmhand, on a charge of slaying hLs em-

ployer is expected to go to the jury today.

Prosecuting Attorney Charles A Wagaman and Defense Counsel Omer K. Taylor began closing ar- guments this morning.

Loveless, accused with his brother- in-law. James Lee Miller, 29. of beating to death Raleigh Poffen- berger. Keedysville farmer and for- mer Washington County commis- sioner, testified in his own defense yesterday and denied the charge.

Chief Judge D. Lindley Sloan of the Allegany Circuit Court said Miller would go on trial Monday. He was indicted jointly with Love- less. but was granted a separate trial.

Loveless repudiated a purported confession which he said he signed because “I got so tired of the offi- cers cussing me and all that, that I would have signed anything.”

Farm Bureau Sets Picnic ROCKVILLE, Md.. July 24 * Spe-

cial!.—Annual picnic of the Mont- gomery County Farm Bureau will be held August 14 at Furnace Ford Bridge. Monocacv Park. Otto W. Anderson, county agricultural agent; Rufus B. King, assistant agent; James D. King, president of the farm bureau; Willard Harvey, Mrs. Ward A. Fulton. Mrs. Edwin D. Fry and Mrs. G. M. Hostetler make up the Arrangements Committee. ,

Make July Safer Every blot is a District traffic

death. The toll thus far ex-

ceeds that reported here during the same period last year. Keep the July calendar clear.

July, 1941 ~July3 July 6 July 9 Julyll July 13

• I • I • L * Juiy, 1940 July 6 [Jul7l7jJui725 July 291 • I • I • I • 1 Toll in Previous Months.

1940. 1941. January 5 13 February.. 5 3 March _6 5 April_-_1 7

May .8 6 June. 11 6

In July, Beware Of: 1. The hours between 3:30

and 6:30 pm. All four of the persons killed in traffic in July, 1940, were fatally injured within this three-hour period.

2. Crossing a street at a point other than a crosswalk. Two

pedestrians met death by this action in July last year.

The two other traffic victims were fatally hurt while either crossing a street at an uncon-

trolled intersection or driving an automobile.

MOTHER AND SON TRAIN FOR DEFENSE—Mrs C. E. Van Wie solders a lug on an electric magnet wire as her son Nelson in-

spects the job. Both are students in a defense course at Hyatts- ville High School. —Star Staff Photo.

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Mother and Son Join Radio Defense Class At Hyattsville

They're in Group of 23 Which Includes Seven Women

Seven women and 16 men. includ- ing a mother and her son. are work- ing side by side at long benches in the Hyattsville High School to learn the intricate defense job of radio assembling and wiring.

As members of a class in the Prince Georges County vocational :

defense training program, they will probably find jobs waiting for them in defense industries at the end of their six-week course, according to Instructor Ian Gordon.

The mother-son classroom ‘•team" is Mrs. C. E. Van Wie of 1 Carroll street. Riverdale, and Nelson. 17. an

engineering student at the Uni- versity of Maryland.

She Wanted Outside Interest. Mrs. Van Wie said she has a

brother, brother-in-law and nephew in navdl radio work. With Mrs Van Wie it's a case of feeling a need for an outside interest. For her son, j the course provides additional train- ing to that he is receiving at the university.

Preliminary instruction in the course, held from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Mondays through Fridays, was

devoted to learning the funda- i mentals of soldering and wiring, accomplished through the medium of the simple doorbell apparatus, which each student was required to

j put together. Pupils learned to read radio diagrams. Next the stu- dents are to work on single-tube radio assembly and from this grad- uate to the “heavy stuff." including power supply units. When they finish training they will be quali-

j fled for jobs as wiremen and as-

semblers in airplane radio work and other defense jobs.

Some women in the class have had earlier experience in electrical work. Mrs. Esther Cawthorne of 1004'.. I street S.E.. before her hus- band became a Navy Yard em-

j plove, operated a radio shop in St. Louis, Mo., with him for 10 years.

Mother of 3 in Group. Mrs. Cawthorne is the mother of

three children, and in the ordinary 1 way would have her hands full keep- ing house. "But why sit at home.” she said. “You can't tell when this knowledge will come in handy, and besides you never can have too much education.”

Mrs. Jane S. Shaffer of 903 Wine avenue. Hyattsville. joined the class because she wants to lend a hand in the defense program.

“It's the patriotic thing to do these days.” said Mrs. Shaffer, a former

I school teacher without any previous electrical training. Mrs. Shaffer

j said site would like to get a job in a ! nearby defense plant.

Headley Continues In Serious Condition B> the Associated Press.

BALTIMORE, July 24.—Coleman Headley, 26. University of Maryland track coach, remained in a serious condition today, although Uni- versity Hospital physicians had re-

moved a bullet that entered his chest and lodged near the spine.

Physicians who removed the .38- caliber bullet iate yesterday said it had punctured *a lung and parts of the stomach, causing a consid- erable loss of blood. Mr. Headley has had four transfusions.

The former track and football star was shot Sunday night in an

altercation at a Washington boule- vard tourist camp near Dorsey.

U.S.O. Names Chairman For Arlington Drive

Arthur Stic’kley. 2d, has been ap- pointed chairman of the Arlington County drive for United Service Organizations funds. He received notice of the appointment in a letter from National Chairman Thomas E. Dewey, it was announced today.

Mr. Stickley, an attorney prom- | inent in civic affairs in the county, I wall call a meeting, probably next week, for organization of the cam-

paign. Several persons expected to take an active part are now' busy with the aluminum collection drive and civilian defense registration, but will be free to devote their at- tention to the U. S. O. work early next month, he said.

18 Naval Projects For D. C. and 2 Nearby States Approved

House Passage Sends $244,268,500 Bill To Senate for Action

Eighteen naval shore facilities projects in the District. Maryland and Virginia, costing almost $10,000.- 000. are included in the $244,268,500 authorization bill passed by the House and sent to the Senate late yesterday.

For the District there are four projects, amounting to $570,000. A total of $7,438,000 was authorized for 10 Virginia projects, and $1,985,- 000 for four projects in Maryland.

The measure provides $235,000 for a storehouse and accessories at the Naval Research Laboratory at Belle- vue. D. C. and $90,000 for an

ordnance storehouse for the naval magazine at Bellevue. The other two District projects are $125,000 for additional radio facilities and buildings at the Naval Air Station In Anacostia. and $120,000 for addi- tional aviation facilities at the reserve aviation base in Anacostia.

$1,720,000 for Academy Area. Major part of the Maryland pro-

gram is an authorization of $1,720.- 000 for the Naval Academy area, to provide adequate instruction and training for the authorized increase

In the number of midshipmen. Projects there will /include clearing and conditioning of recently ac-

quired land along the Severn River adjoining the academy, and con-

struction of 10 small brick homes, one large frame dwelling and a com-

plete water supply system with purifying equipment and electric and telephone systems.

Other items in the Naval Academy- budget include extension of the gun shed for ,drills. additional boat re-

pair and storage facilities, additional transportation to carry midshipmen to the rifle ran^e. civilian and en- listed personnel for the experiment station, power plant improvements and recreational facilities for en- listed men.

$170,000 for Piney Point. Other Maryland projects: $170,000

for improvement of the torpedo testing facilities at the naval torpedo range. Piney Point. Md.; $55,000 for buildings and accessories at the Naval Powder Factory. Indianhead, and $40,000 for additional radio facilities at the Naval Radio Station at Annapolis.

Funds for establishment of a fleet school at the naval operating base at Norfolk. Va„ to match the one

at the destroyer base in San Diego, Calif., also are provided. These schools are intended to furnish facilities for advanced training for men who are partially prepared for the next rating.

The Naval Affairs Committee deleted from the bill funds for con-

struction of a railroad from Fred- ericksburg to Dahlgren, Va., to facilitate transportation.

A total of $2,125,000 is provided for additional fleet supply facilities at the naval supply depot at Norfolk.

Auto Injuries Are Fatal To Margaret Howard Special Dispatch to The Star.

LEESBURG. Va., July 24.—In- jured in the overturning of an auto- mobile. Miss Margaret Howard. 19- year-old daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Herbert Howard of Leesburg, died yesterday in a Covington <Va.) hos- pital.

Miss Howard, her mother, other members of the family and a friend w'ere returning from Charleston, W. Va., when their automobile went over an embankment after a blow- out. Others in the party escaped serious injury.

A graduate of Leesburg High School in 1939, Miss Howard had at- tended Southern Seminary, Buena Vista, for one year.

Besides her parents she is sur- vived by a sister, Mary; and five brothers, Jack, Thomas. Freddie, Franklin and David Howard.

Funeral arrangements have not been completed.

Louis R. Lenhart Dies GERMANTOWN, Md., July 24

(Special).—Louis Russell Lenhart, 45. died here yesterday of a heart attack. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. tomorrow at the Neeles- ville Presbyterian Church, followed by burial in the Forest Oak Ceme- tery, Gaithersburg.

Growers Told Of Tax Peril to Tobacco Prices

5,000 at Outing Hear Gov. O'Conor And Sasscer

B? ft Staff Correspondent of The Star.

SEASIDE PARK, Chesapeake Beach, Md., July 24.—War took a

back seat and tobacco was the by- word as 5,000 persons flocked to

this bayside resort yesterday for the annual outing of the Maryland To-

bacco Growers' Association.

They heard Gov. O'Conor reiterate

a pledge made last year that all the facilities of the State govern-

ment will be used to promote the

best interests of Southern Maryland leaf growers in the marketing of their crop. In addition, the Gov- ernor declared these facilities again will be available to the committee

appointed last year to study to- bacco marketing in the State and which will renew its efforts this year in co-operation with the Uni- versity of Maryland’s extension service.

Another speaker, Representative Lansdale G. Sasscer, told the audi- ence that in view of the increased demand for Southern Maryland to- bacco and resulting higher prices for it. any additional taxation on

cigarettes will be injurious to the area’s tobacco industry.

Dr. Symons Speaks. Another speaker. Dr. T. B. Symons,

director of the University of Mary- land's extension service, warned to- bacco growers against thinking that increased prices they obtain from their crop this year because of the war are due to the loose-leaf mar-

ket, which is now in its third year of existence in Southern Maryland

Gov. O'Conor reviewed the work of the committee he appointed last year to study tobacco marketing in the State and expressed disappoint- ment that no legislative action was taken on the committee's recom-

mendations. He pointed out that tobacco is!

raised on nearly 5.500 farms in1 Southern Maryland, involving about 38.000 acres and producing an av-

erage crop of between 24.000.000 and 32.000 00 pounds annually, whose value varies between $5,000,000 and $6,000,000. depending on the size and price of the crop.

He declared that as a result of the war American imports of Turk- ish tobacco have been cut off and the demand for Southern Maryland leaf has been increased because of its similarity to Turkish brands.

Urges Cut in Expenses. The Governor also expressed hope

that the Nation would not be drawn into the war but at the same time

1 warned that State and local gov- ernment expenses should be reduced in order that both agencies may give the naUonal defense program complete co-operation.

Representative Sasscer said that as European imports of American tobacco had decreased, the demand

j for Southern Maryland tobacco had proportionately risen, thus forcing up prices obtained for the leaf.

He declared that additional taxes on tobacco would decrease its con-

sumption which would have an ad- verse affect on prices at the mar- kets.

In addition he said that since i there is no over-production in the Southern Maryland tobacco industry and a growing demand for the leaf, there is no need for tobacco quotas in the area. This is particularly important, Representative Sasscer declared, since the economic wel- fare of the Maryland tobacco indus- try has a close relation to the wel- fare of the entire State.

O’Conor Awards Prizes. Following the meeting, over which

George Sachse, association manager, presided, prizes were awarded by Gov. O’Conor to tobacco growers who had turned in their samples earlier

The grand prize for all counties represented went to Miss Rosina Keller of Waldorf in Charles County, who also won first prize in the Charles County competition,

i Other winners and the counties they represented were Richard Ward of Lothian, first prize, and Lawrence W. King also of Lothian, second prize in the Anne Arundel County competition: Lawrence Pardoe of Island Creek, first prize, and T. Stanley Sunderland, second, Calvert County: Miss Keller, first prize, and S. C. Linton of Riverside, second, Charles County: Ellis E. Trueman, Brandywine, first prize, and Clar- ence E. Trueman, also of Brandy- wine, second, Prince Georges Coun- ty, and Clifton Downs. Avenue, first prize and Irving Harrison of Chap- tico, second, of St. Marys County.

Program for Army Recreation Camp Dedication Completed

Soldiers by the truckload will roll into the Army's new recreational camp at the south end of Arlington Memorial Bridge tomorrow after-

noon in preparation for its dedica-

; tion at 1 pjn. Saturday. Convoys will bring men from as

j far as Indiantown Gap Military I Reservation, Pa.—men who have

j done "exceptionally well in tough workouts and deserve a week end of fun

Brig. Gen. James A. Ulio, chief of the Army’s morale branch, will deliver the principal address at the dedication ceremony. Lt. Col. Wal- ter H. Long, in command of the tent town, will be master of cere-

monies. As envisioned by Gen. George C.

Marshall. Army Chief of Staff, the camp will accommodate 1.000 sol-

I diers within walking distance of downtown Washington, yet out of its dense traffic area. On week ends deserving military men will be trucked here from camps and vis- itors here on leave also will be given room at any time. Men may sleep

all day, come and go as they like, eat well for less than a dollar a day. The camp Jias arranged reduced rates on sightseeing buses, theaters and elsewhere—so that the man in uniform may have a "big week end for two or three bucks.” according to Col. Long.

District Commissioner John Rus- sell Young. Mayor William T. Wil- kins of Alexandria, Va.; County Manager Prank C. Hanrahan of Arlington, Va.. and James C. Mc- Entee. head of the C. C. C„ will be among the dedication speakers. Mrs. Julian Schley will represent the Soldiers. Sailors and Marines' Club and the women of Washington, and several soldiers will make brief re-

sponses. The Army Band will play. Nearby Camps to Be Represented. Listening will be 200 men from

Port Belvoir, 200 from Port Eustice, 200 from Fort Monroe, 39 from Fort Meade, 82 from the Indiantown reservation and 90 from Edgewood Arsenal

This will be the first group to enjoy two recreation halls and other facilities at the camp, built on a site formerly occupied by a C. C. C. outfit.

SHE GETS AROUND—Her offspring safely tucked in with only his head protruding, this Bra-

zilian tre sloth lost no time in demonstrating her tree-climbing technique when turned loose for

the first time at the Zoo yesterday. —Star Staff Photo.

Committees Named For Young Democrat Session August 9

Banquet Will Feature

Eighth District Meeting In Charlottesville

Plans for the annual convention of Young Democratic Clubs of the 8th congressional district, to be held at Charlottesville August 9, have been announced by District Chair- man William T. Sweeney of Prince William County.

Convention headquarters have been established at the Monticello Hotel, and committee meetings will be held at 11 a m., with the busi- ness session to open at 2 p.m., fol- lowed by a banquet in the evening.

Committee appointments have been made by Mr. Sweeney as fol- lows :

Credentials—Mrs. Thorton Goods,! Alexandria: John Paul Jones, Ar- lington: Downey Smith, Charlottes- ville: Burnett Miller. Culpeper; Ed- win Lynch, Fairfax; John A. K.

: Donovan. Falls Church; Herbert Phipps, Fauquier; Mrs. W. J. Dunn. Elk Hill: Miss Mildred Russell, Loudoun, and Percival Lewis, Prince William.

State and legislative—Joseph L. \ Pancoast, Alexandria; James J. Gorman, Arlington; Robert Taylor.

I Charlottesville; French Slaughter, Culpeper; Mrs. John Ferguson, Fair- fax: Mrs. Julia Grow, Falls Church: :

Mrs. Ray Larcombe, Warrenton; Mrs. E. M. Boggs. Clint Saffer, Lees- burg; James Bushong. Madison; Miss Margaret Banks, Orange; Miss Walser Conner. Manassas, and Frank P. Moncure, Stafford.

; Permanent organization—Lewis M. Coyner, Fairfax: A. E. Fitzhugh, Ar- lington: Mrs. Velma Stansbury. Al- exandria; William Duke. Charlottes- ville; Miss Martha Bickers, Cul- peper; Miss Marie Formad. Falls Church; Ian Montgomery. Warren- ton; E. M. Boggs. Goochland: Mrs. R. M. Early. Standardsville; Dr. Frank Smoot, Leesburg; Milton Pettit, Louisa: Mrs. Joseph Fray, Madison; Judge 'Plunkett Beirne. Orange, and J. J. Davies, Manassas.

Resolutions — R. C. L. Moncure, Falls Church; Thomas P. Chapman, jr., Fairfax: Edward L. Bain. War- renton: William H. Brown. Manas- sas; Walter F. Young. Alexandria; Elwood Clements, Arlington; Jessie B. Wilson. Charlottesville; John Fray, Culpeper; G. Grayson John- son, Hylas; Nimrod Early, Greene; Josh Russell. Leesburg; Bruce Box- ley, Louisa: Eugene Aylor, Madison; Henry DeJarnette, Orange, and Dan Chichester, Stafford.

Rules—Franklin P. Backus. Alex- andria; Charles Meyer, Arlington: Jack Martin. Charlottesville; John Thornton, Culpeper: James C. King, Fairfax: Robert Rollins, Falls Church; J. Alfred Austin, Fauquier; Matt Anderson, Oilville; J. Leake Dean, Ruckersville; Mrs. Lloyd Slack, Leesburg, and Miss Louise Renalds, Criglersville.

Constitution and by-laws—Mayn- ard Magruder, Arlington: Judge James Reece Duncan, Alexandria: Paul E. Brown, Fairfax, and Mrs. George Turberville, Centreville.

APPOINTEE — George F. ■Rosy) Pollock, alumni secre-

tary of the University of

Maryland, has been commis- sioned a captain to head the

Hvattsville company of the new' Maryland State Guard. Waldo Burnside, counsel to the Prince Georges County Com-

missioners, and Maurice P. j McGrath, employe of the Dis- trict of Columbia government, have been offered commissions as lieutenants in the company.

Prince Georges Asks $587,000 U.S. Funds For New Schools

Virginia Board to

Hold Hearings at

Alexandria Tuesday A Prince Georges County bid for

$587,000 for new schools necessitated

by the national defense program was forwarded to Federal authori-

| ties today as the Virginia P. W. A. 1 Priorities Board announced hear- ings in Alexandria Tuesday on ap- plications for Federal aid in the nearby Virginia area.

The Prince Georges County re-

quest was among a list from Mary- land cities and counties throughout the State, which also included a

I Charles County bid for $400,000 for ! two new' schools near the Naval Powder Plant at Indianhead. Con- gress has provided $150,000,000 to finance P. W. A. programs needed as a result of the national defense program.

The Government, board, headed by Carroll Beal of the Public Works Administration, will weigh the rela- tive* importance of the projects and submit its recommendations to the Federal Works Agency, which has charge of the allocation.

The hearing in Alexandria Tues- day will be held in the auditorium of the Virginia Public Service Co. The Regional Board has concluded its studies in Richmond recently on

requests from the Hampton Roads area amounting to $20,000,000. which will be sent to Washington for final action. A hearing will be held later in the Radford area.

Two Maryland Wills Give Estates to Widows Special Dispatch to The Star.

ROCKVILLE, Md.. July 24.—The estate of Chester A. Gwinn of Chevy Chase was left to his widow, Mrs. Lillian A. Gwirm, under terms of a will admitted to probate here. The will, dated January 28, 1930, names Mrs. Gwinn and the First National Bank of Alexandria as executors. The value of the estate was not re- vealed.

Mrs. Ara M. Ward receives the entire estate of her late husband, Harrison G. Ward. Darnestown dis- trict farmer, under provisions of his will, also admitted to probate here.

Filling Station Operator Slugged in Argument

Earl Hindel. proprietor of the Fireside Inn at T. B., Md., was seri- ously injured last night when a

colored man attacked him during an argument over payment of a gaso- line bill at his filling station adjoin- ing the Inn.

Aluminum Collection Drive Speeded Up in Virginia, Maryland

Prince William, Loudoun Workers Complete Plans To Start Tomorrow

The aluminum collection cam-

paign in nearby Virginia gained mo-

mentum today as local chairmen in Prince William and Loudoun coun- ties completed their plans starting tomorrow.

In Prince Georges County, Md.. Boy and Girl Scouts started out

early on a house-to-house collection. Children from playgrounds in Ar-

lington County launched individual contests for a prize to be awarded the group collecting the largest amount during the campaign.

Arlington County Boy Scouts com-

pleted plans at a meeting last night for co-operating in the drive Friday.

Theaters Aid Drive.

In Montgomery and Prince Georges counties, ‘'aluminum mat- inees" were to be held at the Sidney Lust theaters today, where admis- sion would be a donation of alumi- num articles for the national defense program.

In Covington. Va.. an oddly-bat- tered piece of metal he had treasured for 10 years was donated by E. H. Bobbitt, the Associated Press re-

ported. It was a piece of aluminum sheeting from an Army airplane, the one in which his son. Lt. E. H. Bob- bitt. jr.. was killed in a crash on

Cheat Mountain, W. Va.. Christmas Eve, 1931.

Dr. George B. Cocke, chairman of the aluminum drive in Prince Wil- liam County, announced the ap- pointment of these co-chairmen;

Mannasas. Mrs. W. L. Lloyd. Mrs. Robert Lewis. Miss Alice Webb. Miss Catherine Pattie. Mrs. C. C. Lynn, sr.: Mrs. E. B. Moncure and F. D. Cox; Dumfries, the Rev. A. H. Shu- mate; Triangle. D J. Martin; Oc-/ cuquan, Capt. Thomas Joyce; Quan-

i tico, Mrs. H. Ewing Wall: Quantico Post, Maj. Gen. Little: Independent Hill, Mrs. Edward Herring; Joplin,

j Mrs. W. F. Keyes: Nokesville, Mrs. Ernest Spittler and Mrs. C. B. Mar-

j tin; Greenwich, Mrs. M. B Leech; Catharpin. Mrs. Jack Alvey: Sud- lev, Mrs. Joseph Lyon, and Hav- market, the Rev. W. F. Carpenter.

Loudoun Workers Ready. Philip Connors of Middleburg.

Loudoun County chairman for the drive, announced that collections will start tomorrow morning and last

! through Monday. J. R Lintner. Leesburg: S. Hawpe

Adams, Pureellville. and D. C. Sands, jr., Middleburg. are the

| county vice chairmen. Mrs. A. W. Massey, head of the Red Cross Motor

| Corps in Loudoun, is in charge 'of ! transportation and the storage and j weights will be in charge of the j Leesburg Lime and Fuel Corp.

The county has been divided into magisterial districts with the fol- lowing chairmen: Broad Run. Ro- land C. Cochran: Leesburg. Mat Pulliam: Yeager Gum. the Rev. R. L. Moore: Jefferson. Leroy Cham- belin: Mount Gilead. Charles Far- rar: Lovettsville, the Rev. A. F. Tobler, and Mercer, Duke Tyler.

Chesapeake Bay Ferry Moves to Block Strike By the Associatec1 Press.

BALTIMORE, July 24,-a strike threat by unlicensed crewmen and dock workers of the State-owned Chesapeake Bay Ferry was countered yesterday when employes involved were inducted into the State merit system.

In a letter from Harry C. Jones. State employment commissioner, the workers were reminded that merit system employes were liable to lose their jobs because of absence irom duty.

Richard C. Bowie, secretary of the International Longshoremen's Asso- ciation, (A. F, L.i, said last night that unless tne State Roads Com- mission, which operates the ferry, cleared up several matters, a strike would be called at 11 a m. tomorrow, as previously announced.

He said some employes want to know whether seniority rights would be observed, whether their jobs would be secured through slack sea-

sons and whether there is any possi- bility of obtaining a shorter work week. He declared some worked from 60 to 65 hours a week at a rate of about 9 ta 10 cent# an hour.

Major Changes Forecast in Prince Georges

Shake-up in Political Posts Rumored In County Circles

In Prince Georges County political circles today, there was marked re-

action to reports of changes in sev- eral important posts in advance of the meeting of the Democratic Cen- tral Committee, scheduled for next week or early next month.

Involved in the shake-up necessi- tated as a result of the recent death of George N. Palmer, chairman of the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission, and the resignation of T. Howard Duckett, member of the commission and counsel to the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission, are several other jobs certain to be sought by Democratic leaders throughout the county, a survey showed.

Among the county posts soon to be filled, besides the two vacancies on the park and planning commis- sion, are a judgeship, a place on

the Democratic Central Committee, a post on the County Board of Zon- ing Appeals and perhaps one on the County Welfare Board.

Main Is Mentioned. Most prominently mentioned for

the place on the Park and Planning Commission to succeed Mr. Palmer is Irwin I. Main, town clerk of Seat

IRWIN I. MAIN. —Harris-Ewing Photo.

Pleasant, chairman of the Welfare Board and president of the Seat Pleasant Volunteer Fire Department. He is a grocer and professional bondsman.

Mr. Mam also is slated, according to sources close to the administra- tion. to take the vacancy on the State Central Committee left vacant by Mr. Palmer's death, although he probably will not succeed to the chairmanship left by Mr. Palmer.

The senior member of the Central Committee is Mrs. Man- Browning of Riverdale, but because of the nature of the chairman's duties and necessity for frequent trips, she Is expected to step'aside in favor of one of the men members of the com-

mittee. Henry Cord of Ardmore, State land commissioner, and a Cen- tral Committee member, has been mentioned for the chairmanship, but several considerations are re-

ported to affect the decision. In Line for Park Post.

Mr. Main also is one of those in line for the chairmanship of the Park and Planning Commission, a

post which pays $3,000 a year. By 1

a “gentlemen's agreement," the 1 chairman is chosen from among the ! Prince Georges County members of the commission, while the secretary- treasurer and commission counsel are named from among the Mont-

| gomery County members. The place on the County Board

of Zoning Appeals will occur only if Dwight Galt, the chairman, is named to the Park and Planning

I Commission, an appointment that has been forecast for several weeks since the resignation of Mr. Duckett.

Providing the appointment of Mr. Galt goes through as scheduled, Edward A. Fuller of Hyattsville, a

; county newspaperman and member of the Democratic State Central Committee, is believed in line for

I the place he vacates. Another vacancy might be created

i bv appointment of Mr. Main to the Park and Planning Commission and Central Committee, one on the County Welfare Board, of which he is chairman. It is considered likely that he would resign the chairmanship on the board in order

■ to have time to serve in the other j positions. George Cook, a Repub- i lican and member of the Welfare

j Board, is considered a probable ! choice for the chairmanship, but speculation has not gone so far as

picking a successor to Mr. Main. The appointment of a successor to

judge Joseph C. Mattingly, who re- tired from the Circuit Court bench July 7. is still undecided, but the choice apparently has been narrowed to two candidates, S. Marvin Peach and State Senator Charles C. Mar- bury. Both have been indorsed by the Special Advisory Subcommittee on appointments of the Maryland State Bar Association, which, in ef-

| feet, eliminates several other candi- dates reported in the field a few weeks ago.

New Route Approved For Virginia Bus Line

The Interstate Commerce Com- mission has approved bus service over an adjusted route in Arlington

| County by the Arlington & Fairfax Motor Transportation Co., it was announced today.

The route is as follows: From the intersection of North Woodrow street and North Fairfax drive over Fairfax drive to North Washington boulevard, thence over North Wash- ington boulevard to South Ives street and over South Ives street and Columbia pike to Highway No. 1. From the last point the route con- tinues into the city as at present.

The commission order will become effective in 20 days, unleea ntoep- tioni are filed.