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THURSDAY, JANUARY 26, 1950 irk

Bill Authorizes Fairfax Vote on

County Setup Clarke Will Introduce Measure for Choosing Type of Government

By Alex ft. Preston Star Staff Correspondent

RICHMOND. Va„ Jan. 26.—Fair- fax County voters would have the choice of selecting one of four new forms of government under legislation scheduled for introduc- tion in the General Assembly to- day. State Senator Andrew W. Clarke of Alexandria and Fairfax said he would introduce the mea- sure this afternoon along with bills to do the following:

Impose a State-wide 2 per cent sales tax patterned after the Dis- trict of Columbia law.

Permit local governing bodies to cancel personal property taxes if a sales tax takes effect. Require the Fairfax County School Board to be appointed by that county’s local governing body, now the board of supervisors.

Land Acquisition Bill. Authorize the Fairfax County

governing body to acquire lands f&r parks, playgrounds and recre- ational uses.

Abolish the tax on merchants’ capital.

Authorize county governing bodies to appoint administrative officers to be the executive head of government.

In addition, Senator Clarke will submit a measure relating to fees paid by applicants for real estate licenses.

Fairfax County voters could de- cide first whether they desire a chance in the form of government and second, which of four forms would be preferred if the majority approve. The bill requires a ref- erendum on the question when either the Board of Supervisors or 1,000 qualified voters petition the court. The first question on the ballot would read: “Shall the county change its form of govern- ment?” Boxes marked “for” and “against” follow.

Majority Vote Required. Beneath that is this question:

“If the county changes its form of government, which of the fol- lowing forms of government shall it adopt?”

Then, listed below are, “The county manager form of govern- ment;" “The county executive form of government,” and “The county executive secretary form of government,” and*,“the county director from of government,” 1 x

A majority vote would be re- quired to make any change, from the present supervisor form. The bill provides that if' a majority votes for a change but fails to

i choose one of the four alternate I forms then a second referendum r shall be held with the two types

of government receiving the high- est number of votes being placed on the second ballot.

Senator Clarke’s State wide sales tax bill, like that in Wash- ington, would apply to retail sales of 14 cents or more. A 1-cent tax would be levied on purchases of 14 through 50* cents; 2 cents on those from 51 through 99 cents, and 2 per cent on all purchases of more than $1.

Use Tax Provision. A use tax provision is included

to cover purchases made outside the State. Unlike the District of Columbia law, there is nothing in the bill to exempt sales under $1.25 of food consumed on the premises.

Among the exemptions Senator Clarke has written into the meas- ure are sales between manufac- turers; gasoline, farm feed, seed and lime; sales to the Federal Government and to other States that similarly exempt purchases by Virginia; amusement and sports admissions; food consumed off the premises; newspapers, casual sales, food on interstate trains and airplanes, fuel, pre- scription medicines and farm and seafood products sold directly by the producers.

Senator Clarke’s bill would be the third sales levy measure in- troduced so far.

similar to Byrd Measure. The companion bill to exempt

personal property from taxes, if local governing bodies desired, would apply only to property not used in businesses if the sales tax were adopted.

Appointment of the Fairfax County School Board by the coun- ty supervisors would accomplish the same purpose that State Sen- ator Harry F. Byrd, jr„ of Win- chester seeks in a bill with State- wide application. Senator Byrd’s measure has stimulated some op- position and local measures nor- mally have better chance of pas- sage.

The supervisors would replace present members as their terms expire and name new members for four-year terms, but on the basis of magisterial districts, as at pres- ent. The School Trustee Elec- toral Board, which now names the board members, would be abol- ished when terms of present mem- bers expire.

The measure regarding acquisi- tion of Fairfax park land is merely an extension of special powers previously granted Ar- lington, The supervisors could Issue bonds or borrow money for land acquisitions providing they met requirements of general laws.

The administrative officer named by the various county governing bodies—if they so desire—would have most of his authority subject to approval of the governing body. If the governing body re- fused to appoint such an officer, 10 per cent of the voters could petition the court which would itquire the appointment.

Bazile Election Due Today After Probe Is Denied

Assembly Democrats Unanimously Name Him in Joint Caucus Sy a Staff Correspondent of Tha Star

RICHMOND, Jan. 26.—Judge Leon Bazile was scheduled to be re-elected by the General As- sembly today after a House com- mittee killed a move to investi- gate his fitness for office.

A joint caucus of House and Senate Democrats last night unanimously renominated Judge Bazile and legislative officials said his re-election today would follow.

Delegate William J. Gibson of Fredericksburg, who instituted two resolutions calling for an in- vestigation and read a long list of charges questioning Judge Bazile’s fitness for office, said that as far as he was concerned, no opposition would be made today.

Resolution Withdrawn. Delegate Gibson said he re-!

garded the vote of the caucus as similar to that of a party pri- mary, and when the Democrats agreed in caucus all members of the party were pledged to sup- port the nominee. He did not attend the caucus, however.

Last night’s development came less than two hours after conclu- sion of an afternoon-long House Courts of Justice Commitee meet- ing on the matter. Mr. Gibson had withdrawn one of his resolu- tions calling for the investigation, and the other, which he pressed before the committee, was “passed by indefinitely” — or killed — be- cause, the chairman said, “we do not find sufficient evidence to pursue the matter.”

This was the climax of a routine session at both ends of the Capi- tol.

Fenwick Speaks. *

State Senator Charles R. Fen- wick of Arlington delivered the major address of the day when he warned that the budget pre- pared by former Gov. Tuck fails to meet urgent needs in the fields of health and mental hygiene. He said that if some funds were not granted, the health and mental hygiene programs would he "set back many years."

“We hear a lot about sex crimes," he said. "Practically all authorities agree that the answer is not in laws alone. It is in the functioning of mental clinics to head off these crimes.”

He cleplored failure to include funds in the budget which were requested by the Medical College of Virginia and University of Vir- ginia for medical and dental in- struction.

He quoted Dr. Joseph Barrett, commisioner of health and insti- tutions as saying that if adequate funds were available, between 60 and 70 per cent of mental patients could be cured. Another 10 per cent would be kept out of mental hospitals if adequate clinic facili- ties were provided, he added.

He said mental hospitals need $23,000,000 but the budget allows only $1,500,000 outright and an- other $11,000,000 on a conditional basis. An additional $4,000,000 in the biennium would properly staff the institutions, he said. Mental hygiene clinics need $55,000 but were given only $15,000 he warned.

Recfor of SLCIement In Alexandria Quits

The Rev. Darby Wood Betts has resigned as rector of St. Clement Episcopal Church, Alexandria, effective this summer.

Mr. Betts was appointed in Octo- ber by the Episcopal Church Gen- eral Convention to serve a three- year term on its Commission on Architecture and Allied Arts. In conjunction with this work, Mr. Betts has accepted a post as assis- tant chaplain and lecturer in re- ligion at Columbia University. He also will study architecture there.

A St. Louis native, Mr. Betts is a graduate of Washington & Lee University and the Virginia Theo- logical Seminary. Alexandria. He will receive a master’s degree from the seminary this spring.

Fairfax Youth, 19, Dies Of Car Crash Injuries

A Fairfax County youth died last night of traffic injuries suf- fered December 4.

Henry R. Detwiler, 18, Clifton, died in Arlington Hospital of head injuries. His right eye had been removed by surgery because of the injuries.

The youth was a passenger in a car which ran off the road in- Oakton. Fairfax police listed the driver as Charles W. Pearson, jr., 22, Route 1, Clifton. He was placed under $500 bond pending trial on a reckless driving charge. Police said the car apparently went out, of control while rounding a curve and hit a fence.

Young Detwiler was the son of Mrs. Evelyn Bremer, Clifton.

Standards Bureau Samples Breath to Protect Radium Workers

Physicist Leroy Stock- man starts a breath sample through the testing equip- ment. Brass cylinders ara

ionization* chambers.

Alexandria Opposes Use of Referendum on

Fairfax Annexation The Alexandria City Council

last night voted against the use of a city referendum in its plans for annexation of V/2 square miles from Fairfax County.

By a 4-3 vote, the resolution by Councilman Marshall Beverley was tabled. The council also unanimously opposed anti-annex- ation legislation introduced this week in the General Assembly.

Action against the State legis- lation was taken on recommenda- tion of City Manager Guy Ancell. He explained the bill would make a referendum mandatory in any annexation suit, and predicted it would hinder cities in any such proceedings.

Beverly Warns of Cost. In requesting a referendum on

Alexandria’s present annexation plans, Mr. Beverly warned it may. prove too costly. He said the city’s bonded debt already exceeds $9,000,009f More would have to be added for 4&rovea*ettU$%Mny rural territory were annexed* he said.

“If we sXtppld annex the pro- posed territory." said Mr. Beverley, “it will cost us mffltons to purchase schools and roads and give services to the community.”

The councilman then quoted a verse from Shakespeare’s Hamlet to illustrate his point:

“Truly to speak, sir, and with no addition, We go to gain a little patch of ground that hath in it no profit but the name.”

Smoot Proposes Tabling Move. The motion for a referendum

was tabled, on motion of Council- man Albert A. Smoot. Council- men Roy Bragg and Leroy Bend- him voting in the minority with Mr. Beverley.

Speaking against an annexa- tion referendum, Mr. Smoot charged that some of the costs anticipated by Mr. Beverley would not materialize.

“I also oppose a referendum be- cause I feel Virginia has one of the fairest annexation laws in the whole Nation,” said Mr. Smoot. He declared some planners have called Virginia’s laws the “best.”

City Ready to File Suit.

“However, I would not oppose a referendum on any proposed bond issue that may arise for the new territory,” said Mr. Smoot. He said an annexation referendum would serve only as a “delaying action.”

Councilman Smoot said after the meeting Alexandria is about ready to file its suit. He said th£ final report of surveyors is ex- pected Friday.

The council unanimously voted to ask that the Legislature ap- prove a higher State welfare bud- get than has been requested. Copies of the action will be for- warded to Alexandria’s represent- atives in the Assembly. Mr. Smoot said the proposed budget was not sufficient to meet welfare needs in localities, and added that more Federal funds would be available if a higher welfare bud- get is approved.

James Carey's Daughter Remains Unconscious

Patricia Ann Carey, 8, remained in critical condition today at Washington Sanitarium.

The child, daughter of a CIO official, has been unconscious since hit by an automobile January 5. She has shown some improvement under new methods of “sup- portive” care being used.

Her father, James B. Carey, is CIO secretary treasurer. The Careys live at 8 Hilltop road, Silver Spring.

Alexandria Ordnance Proposed For Ratproofing of All Buildings

Alexandria rats are going to be put but in the cold. An ordinance proposed to city council would re-

quire ratprooflng of all buildings. This means closing all means used by rodents to get in and out of homes and business places

It also would be unlawful to provide "rat harborage.” This is defined as any condition “which

provides shelter or protection for rats.”

The law was approved on first reading after health officials ex-

plained it would not impose any "fancy” requirements on residents. A public hearing will be held.

In case the shut-out treatment fails, the law would permit resi- dents to “eradicate” the rats by several methods—including trap- ping and clubbing to death.

James E. Harding, laboratory electronics mechanic, uses a high frequency electrical discharge (2,000 volts) to test a breath sample flask for vacuum. In a complete vacuum, interior of the sealed flask will give off a bluish light under the electric charge.

—Star Staff Photos.

By Charles i. Yfrlpuflli Stand®** is im-s

Uling a gallon-sized brass chamber so sensitive it can de- tect radioactivity while a Geiger counter stays dumb, the bureau is sampling the breath of scores of radium workers over the Na- tion to protect their health.

During World War I and imme- diately thereafter, a number of employes of plants manufacturing radium dials for watches and air- craft died because of the effects of inhaling radioactive particles. It jumbled up their blood count and eventually attacked the tis- sues.

There was a lack of detecting apparatus and a means of deter- mining What human tolerance Was.

Now, in the bureau’s radon testing laboratory, six men and 27 of the brass radon ionization chambers are getting the answers and sending them out daily to in- dustry, to State health depart- ments and military establish- ments. •

Guide for Health. It’s the biggest breath-sampling

test since prohibition. The project, aside from its re-

search value, is largely an indus- trial health aid. Similar testing laboratories have been established in private business, but virtually all health authorities look to the bureau’s work for the right answer.

In one of the rooms of the materials testing laboratory on the bureau’s sprawling grounds are rows of what appear to be stunted" milk cans.

Each contains a flask of human breath. Some contain air samples taken from rooms where the wprkers spend their day in some phase of radium work.

Health departments -in their areas or health officers inside the plants order the periodic breath and room-air sampling as an ob-

ivious precaution, ip breathing, (the worker inhales-riny particles pblf the material. When the par- ticle, often too small to see, hits the lungs, it begins to emit radon gas.

Particles in LuPgp. Life of the gas itself is short-

lived, but the particle creating it remains in the lung. Day-after- day inhalation will bring on ill- ness.

When breath-testing day comes, selected workers inflate a bal- loon. Then the air is fed into one of the vacuum flasks sent out from the bureau, repacked and returned here for the tests. With it goes an identifying name or number and the date of filling.

On reaching the testing project here, the breath is started through a process, principal phase of which is the ionization chamber. But it includes a huge bank of tubes, electronic devices and methods of drawing moisture and oxygen from the sample.

First tangible result—which gives the “count” determining the amount of radioactive ma- terial in the lungs—comes to the physicist on a remade device, which IBM once made to auto- matically count traffic.

However, depending on how they want to get the information, the physicists can put the pulses of the radioactive material on a loudspeaker, on a screen or on the recording tape.

It isn’t as simple as that. Listen to Physicist Leroy L. Stockman:

“Then the pencil work starts. You have a ‘background count’— due to radioactivity in the cham- ber walls. You have a ‘standard count’—established through tests here. You have a count for the breath sample. •

“You subtract the background count from each of the others.

“Then the activity of the radon is the ratio of the count of his breath sample to the count due to the known amount of radium.”

Get it?

2,000 Youths Due at Talks Of Seventh-Day Adventists

More than 2,000 Seventh-day Adventists youths of the Wash- ington Metropolitan Area are ex- pected at Youth’s Congress tomor- row and Saturday at the Sligo Seventh-day Adventists church, Flower and Carroll avenues, Ta- koma Park.

Elder Theodore Lucas, associate secretary of the youth division of the General Conference of Ad- ventists, will speak. Elder Warren N. Wittenberg, youth leader of the Potomac conference, will direct the congress.

Meetings will be held tomorrow night, Saturday afternoon and Saturday night. The final session will be broadcast.

Father of Four Faces Morals Ctase Hearing

A Navy veteran and father of four children, was to be given a

hearing today in Takoma Park Police Court on a charge of in- decent exposure.

Police said the man, Frederick Schroeder, 26, of the 800 block <ff Geranium street N.W., has been held in the Silver Spring jail in default of $1,000 bond after his| arrest Tuesday. I

Driver Won't Be Charged In Death of Corporal

Arlington authorities will not charge the driver whose car killed Corpl. Le Roy J. Ayers Saturday.

Thomas Gilmer, assistant Com- monwealth’s attorney, said there is not sufficient evidence to issue a warrant against Joseph A. Quig- ley, jr„ 19, of 1801 Otis street N.E.

Corpl. Ayers, 34, an Army cook, was hit as he walked on the Shir- ley highway cutoff to Washington boulevard. He lived at 1335 South Twenty-eighth street. Arlington, and was stationed at Port Myer.

Alexandria USO Dance A dance commemorating Presi-

dent Roosevelt’s birthday and the March of Dimes campaign will be held at 8:30 p.m. Saturday at the Alexandria USO Club, 100 block of Sonth Washington street, Alexandria.

PTX Plans Square Dance A square dance sponsored by the

Charles Barrett School Parent- Teacher Association will be held at 8:30 p.m. Saturday at the Blessed Sacrament Church, Brad- dock and Seminary roads, Alex- andria.

Mrs. Marjorie R. Townsend (left) and Miss Patricia A Mullen, physical science aides at the bureau, handle mo « phases of the tests, Mrs. Townsend with a radon stanu. 4 sample in front of the condenser racks and Miss Mullen at the pressure gauge of the chamber.

Anti-Blood Clot Drugs Save Eye and Aid Sight Of Arlington Man

The combined use of drugs which prevent blood clotting has saved the eye of an Arlington man

who suddenly lost his sight a

month ago, and has restored some

of his lost vision.

Lloyd F. Wood, 31, of 424 North Thomas street, Arlington, lost the vision in his right eye during the night of December 16. The day previously, he said, his vision “blanked out a couple of times,” but the temporary condition passed.

Doctors determined that the blindness was Caused by a clot in the main’ artery leading to Mr. Wood’s right eye, restricting lie vision to distinction of light and darkness.

Can Distinguish Movement. Mr. Wood, business manager of

the National Wildlife Federation here, said he now is able to .see shadows in front of windows and can distinguish movement.

The drugs responsible for the improvement, doctors said, are heparin—a fast-acting anti-coag- ulant which appears normally in the blood—and dicumarol—a syn- thetic drug which acts more slowly to prevent clotting.

Dr. Benjamin Manchester, as- sistant professor of clinical medi- cine at the George Washington University Medical School, said there is no way to determine how much additional improvement will result, because the extent of tissue damage in the eye is un- known. The damage occurred after the clot shut off the blood supply and before treatment with the drugs was begun.

Eye Has Been Saved. By halting the clotting action

however, doctors feel Mr. Wood’s eye has been saved—in addition to the improvement which has fol- lowed treatment with the drugs.

Mr. Wood was referred by Dr. R. A. Cox for treatment at the G. W. hospital clinic, which re- cently received a grant from the Washington Heart Association to continue the anti-coagulant stud- ies.

Judge Warns Motorists On Passing School Buses

By the Associated Pros*

FREDERICKSBURG, Va., Jan. 26.—Trial Justice A. Nelson Wal- ler says he is going to crack down harder on motorists found guilty of failing to stop when approach- ing a school bus that is taking on or discharging passengers.

The Spotsylvania jurist called a meeting of State police in this area and told them he will im- pose fines of not less than $50 upon such offenders. In the past he has assessed fines of $10 to $25.

Judge Waller sa)d his new policy was the direct outgrowth of the deaths of two school children in Stafford County last week.

U. S. Will Offer to Sell Town of Greenbelt to

Any Veterans' Group The town of Greenbelt, Md.,

soon will be offered for sale by the Government to organizations of veterans who may be interested in buying the property as a whole.

Detailed plans for the sale, to- gether with the price and condi- tions, are expected to be ready for announcement within six to eight weeks, John Taylor Egan, commissioner of the Public Hous- ing Administration, disclosed yes- terday.

The offer to sell to veterans’ organizations will be for a limited time only. If such an organi- zation fails to qualify as a pur- chaser within the time limit, the Government will dispose of the property otherwise, either by negotiation or competitive bid- ding, the agency explained.

1,878 Unit Development. A PHA spokesman said this will

be the first time the 1,878-unit development covering more than 3,000 acres, has been offered for sale.

Another of the three Govern- ment-owned “Greentowns” was sold about a month ago. This 742-unit property was Greenhills, near Cincinnati. It was sold to the Greenhills Home Owners Corp., a non-profit veterans’ or- ganization for $3,511,300.

The Public Housing Administra- tion has as yet set no definite price for Greenbelt, though an appraisal has been made on which a price will be based.

Greenbelt is located about 15 miles from Washington in Prince Georges County. It has a popula- tion of about 7,500 persons, and is the largest of the “Greentowns.” The third such town built by the Government during the early 30s is Greendale, near Milwaukee, which has 637 dwelling units.

Mr. Egan said the law permits the agency to sell Greenbelt on a negotiated basis at its fair market value.

Cash or on Terms., A sale may be made either for

cash or on terms, with a down payment of at least 10 per cent and the balance amortized over not more than 25 years at 4 per cent. The Government is author- ized to accept a first mortgage or deed of trust against the property as security.

Veteran purchasers must agree to admit any present residents of Greenbelt to membership in their organizations under the same terms and conditions applying to other members.

The older part of Greenbelt was designed as an “experimental community.” It was partly built by work-relief labor, and con- tains 878 units. Early in World War n, 1,000 units of war housing were constructed on the site.

“PHA hopes to sell both sec- tions of Greenbelt as an entity to a single purchaser,” the agency said.

Retired Navy Man KillsWife, 60, Shoots Himself in Anne Arundel

ly th« Associated Press

RIVIERA BEACH, Md„ Jan. 26. —A retired Navy chief boatswain shot and killed his 60-year-old wife and then critically wounded hilhself last night, Dr. John R. Clafly reported.

The Anne Arundel County medi- cal examiner ruled the shootings in the couple’s first floor apart- ment ih the nearby Bar Harbor community were “murder and at- tempted suicide.”

Mrs. Agnes E. Aacs was found dead with two bullet wounds in her head. Her husband, Walter, 61, is in South Baltimore General Hospital with a head wound.

Mrs. Aacs, dressed In pajamas,

was found in bad by the ambu- lance crew of the Riviera Beach Volunteer Fire Department. Her husband was slumped unconscious in a living room chair with a .38 caliber revolver in his lap.

Dr. Claffy said Mrs. Aacs had died “at least seven hours before” he viewed her body at 12:30 a.m. today.

Edward Koch, occupant of the apartment above, summoned the ambulance. He said he discovered the shootings through barking of the Aacs’ dog. He described the Aacs as a “model couple” and said both apparently were in “good health.” Neither he nor police was able to give a possible motive for the shootings.

Written Protests On Transit Fare Filed With PSC

Maryland Citizens Stress Value of Lines As Feeders to D. C. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star

BALTIMORE, Jan. 26—Resi- dents of nearby Maryland sub- urbs have filed strong protests with the Maryland Public Servic* Commission against a proposed zone fare increase on Capital Transit Co. lines.

i he commission is studying a request for an increase from the present 5-cent zone fare to 7 cents. Hearings closed Tuesday afternoon after a number of citi- zens had appeared in person to object to higher fares.

Meanwhile, the commission in- sured that the Maryland fares will remain at 5 cents a zone un- til May 28 unless otherwise or- dered. The commission said it cannot render its decision before Sunday, when the requested fare increase would automatically go into effect. Under Maryland law, transit rate increases, unless halted by the commission, auto- matically become effective in 30 days. The company filed its re- quest December 29.

Although the order can remain in effect for 120 days, the PSC is expected to rule on the case much sooner than that.

Citizens Stress Added Costs. Robert G. Gronewald, president

of the Capitol View Park Citizens’ Association, advised the commis- sion by letter his group has gone on record against the increase. He wrote:

"The proposed increase of 40 per cent in Maryland fares would represent for most users of the bus system in this community an increase of 6 cents each trip or 12 cents per day for each member of the family who uses the bus system, since most users continue to the terminal at the District of Columbia line at Georgia and Alaska avenues. In fact, most users from this community con- tinue into Washington, D. C., and the Maryland lines serve as valu- able feeders for the District sys- tem.

“The proposed sharp increase in bus fares will force a number of us to turn from public to pri- vate means of transportation. It may also be pointed out that the cost per mile of riding buses in suburban Montgomery County is higher than in the District of Co- lumbia and this disproportion would be increased by the pro- posed fare increases.”

Chevy Chase Group Objects. Mrs. Adeline M. Koenick, sec-

retary, Rock Creek Forest Citizens* Association, Chevy Chase, wrote that the executive committee of her group passed a motion ob- jecting to the proposed increase.

Mrs. Koenick declared the ob- jection is based on the mileage traveled in the two zones between Rock Creek Forest and Chevy Chase circle. In this distance of about 2y2 miles, she said, the fare would be 14 cents. In the District, she pointed out, one may travel up to 15 miles for one token. Tokens now are sold at the rate of three for 35 cents, witty trans- fer privileges.

Mrs. Bernard L. Teelyea. cor- responding secretary of the Prince Georges County Federation of Women’s Clubs, wrote:

“The protest is based on the considered belief that the Mary- land users of the transit com- pany are already paying suffi- cient fare for the service ren- dered and are not in a position to pay the increase asked by the company. It is our studied opin- ion that the increase sought would be warranted only after a very considerable improvement in the service rendered was actually effectuated and the ability of the consumers to pay was also en- hanced.”

More Bus Stops Suggested. Miss Ildria Bridges, 3905 Ken-

nedy street. Hyattsville, sug- gested restoration of the method of buses stopping on each comer, especially after rush hours. Her letter contended this should be done regardless of fare increases. She urged direct service during rush hours to downtown Wash- ington without cost above the regular fare. She declared there should be an increase in the size of the first zone between Mount Rainier and College Park and Riverdale, Md., to end at the shopping center at 38th and Hamilton streets. She said she pays much more money now for much poorer service than when the area was less densely popu- lated.

Paul Alexander, president of the Civic League of Brookmont and Vicinity, Inc., wrote that the tran- sit firm has given insufficient notice of its intention to raise fares. He declared the company has confused the issue with its presentation of facts about op- erating costs, income and profits and said “the need for a second fare increase within a year is neither apparent nor justified.”

14,000 Children Get 2 Days OH Next Week At Arlington Schools

Arlington’s 14,000 public school children will get a two-day mid-semester holi- day Monday and Tuesday.

Purpose of the recess, first such in the system’s history, is to give teachers a chance to evaluate work done so far and to plan for the aecond semester’s studies.