CLASSIFIED—READERS' CLEARING HOUSE WASHmRwiND mum CS-RADIO FASHIONS—SOCIETY—CLUBS Ufa Ipbenittg f&faf MONDAY, MARCH 23, 1953 B * Adventist Elder Plan to Elevate W.LKing Seeks Dies of Injuries Roads in Flood McNayr's Post; After Accident Area Shelved Foe of Charter Louis Cornelius McKeldin Indorses Dairyman Applies Is Victim os Bus Hits Move for U. S. Aid For Managership in Cars at Park ¦ College At Peace Cross s^mrn El Letter to Nesbitt Elder Louis G. Cornelius, 38, Gov. McKeldin’s plan to build an official of the Seventh Day W. Lawson King, dairyman elevated roads through the and large land Adventist Church, died yester- Bladensburg owner in Mont- Peace Cross area gomery County, has applied for day at Prince Georges General temporarily has been shelved Hospital from injuries he suf- the $12,000 per year county while efforts are pushed to get manager fered in a traffic post, it was learned accident Thurs- prompt Federal flood control today. day near College Park. help. ¦HMhK The job crash The Governor yesterday will be vacated about Killed in the was Mrs. sent April 16 by Irving McNayr, La 40, a letter to Budget G. Verne B. Richards, of Director who will leave to become a pub- 4208 Kaywood drive. Mount Rai- Joseph M. Dodge indorsing the lic nier, Md., driver of efforts of administration consultant one of the Representative Small, with the Institute Inter- Republican, of Maryland get of cars involved. to American affairs in Bogota, Mr. Cornelius was driving an- a Federal appropriation for the Army Colombia. other car when a Baltimore- Engineers’ proposed Bla- Mr. King today confirmed densburg flood control project. re- bound bus crashed into the two ports he was seeking the posi- vehicles. The letter, according to the tion. He said he had sent a Press, Associated "• application Director of Centers. indicated that - letter of to Council Gov. McKeldin’s pjggpPl* M mm l' „i, He was home elevated road President George F. Nesbitt. mission secre- plan would be held up at least tary of the Potomac section of 30 days ||pgfc 13 Applications Filed. the until prospects for Fed- JB Bl church and lived at 7904 eral aid are According to Mr. McNayr, 13 Long Branch determined. If parkway, Takoma nothing is done or “definitely applications for his job have Park, Md. His other duties in- officially by STUDENTS PAINT WHITE HOUSE SCENE—Putting the fin- indicated” by that time, he said, been received the cluded work as secretary of the the State Roads county. He said Mr. King's bid School ishing touches on a White House Easter egg-rolling scene Commission Sabbath program in this would be ordered to resume was not among those on file area and director of health and painted by fourth-grade pupils at Graham Road Elementary in his in preparation of plans for the office. Three of the ap- welfare centers, including one at School Fairfax County are Karen Rogers, left, of 210 Rogers plications from residents of Church, elevated road project. are 523 Sixth street N.W. He was to drive, Falls and Alfred Braun, 9, of 1612 Poplar drive, the county suburban area. have opened a new center this Falls Church. The eight-foot painting will be sent to Presi- Plan Was Attacked. Mr. King, 54, operates a num- week at Covington, Va. dent Eisenhower by the 37 pupils who participated in the Gov. McKeldin’s road eleva- ber of dairy farms in the county The Potomac section includes project. —Star Staff Photo. tion plan aroused a wave of pro- and is one of the leading milk Virginia, the District and part of test when first announced last producers in the State. He lives Maryland. month. Mayors and town coun- on a farm bordering Route 240 Earlier, Mr. Cornelius had cilmen in the Peace Cross area between Gaithersburg and Rock- performed similar duties in West Plans Group Opposes Harrison Mann Files protested that the elevated road ville. He was one of the founders Virginia, Western Pennsylvania project would help traffic but do of the Upper Montgomery and New Jersey. He had been nothing to eliminate flood con- County Farmer’s Club. associated with the Potomac sec- 3 Petitions for For Virginia House, ditions on surrounding property. The dairyman’s extensive busi- tion for about 10 years. The Prince Georges County ness operations also have carried him Attended School Here. Commissioners got into the con- into the banking business. Wheaton Rezoning First Arlington troversy two weeks ago, asking In addition, he owns one of the A native of Eldred, Pa., Mr. in Gov. McKeldin to consider the oldest Pontiac dealerships in this Cornelius studied theology at the Three petitions for commercial Harrison Mann, 45, Washing- Federal flood control project in NEW PRINCE GEORGES FIRE COMPANY—Chief James R. Welch, right, of the new Chillum- area and operates a large farm- Washington Missionary College, zoning in Wheaton have been ton attorney and former chair- opposed by the lieu of his elevated road plan. Adelphi Volunteer Fire Department, shows his company's Ralph Small, jr., of er’s supply house in Gaithers- Takoma Park, from 1938 to 1942. Maryland-Na- truck to N. the burg. tional Capital Park and Planning man of the Arlington County The letter to Mr. Dodge was Boulevard Heights Fire Department. Mr. Small is chairman of a committee which yesterday Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Charter Opponent. Florence L. Cornelius, and his Commission because the prop- Democratic Executive Commit- Gov. McKeldin’s first indication inspected the new Chillum-Adelphi company and recommended its acceptance into the Prince erties have been tee, today an- that he was willing to wait Georges County Volunteer Firemen’s Association. The association is due to act on the recom- Mr. King has clashed with the parents, four and two , brothers recommended government sisters, all of Eldred. for off-street parking in the com- nounced hi s awhile longer for Federal action mendation April 8. The new company will serve the area around Chillum which has been the charter leaders on Funeral services were to be mission’s zoning plan for the candidacy for before proceeding with the ele- center of a long dispute over fire protection responsibility. —Photo by E. O. Gosbee. a number of occasions. He feels Ik the held at 4 p.m. today at the Ta- area. vated road plan. present council has failed koma Park Seventh Day Ad- The applications are among 17 House of Del- it The Governor’s letter said he to set policies which could be ventist Church, Carroll and Wil- in Montgomery and Prince egates, subject 1 wanted “to our con- carried out by the county man- indorse ager. low avenues. Burial will be in Georges Counties which the plan- July 14 / gressman’s efforts to obtain an Waynesboro Fire Two in Same Car Are Charged Eldred. ning agency recommended for appropriation at the current A prominent Democrat, he is strongly opposed to non-partisan At the time of the accident, denial. Fourteen others were ap- session of Congress, so that Fed- was returning from a proved. eral may $500,000 As Hit-Run Vehicle Injures Pair elections of county councilmen, he busi- was the first construction get un- Burns Path long by ness trip to Baltimore. He had Allrecommendations were sent to derway sooner advocated charter leaders announce A than scheduled Two men who were in the same Rubin, 29, of 423 North Thbmas of the county. planned to attend a family re- to the Montgomery County Coun- in the race for by the Corps of Engineers.” He cil Mm car have been charged with hit- street, Arlington, a Defense De- Mr. King feels the council union at Eldred over the week and the Prince Georges County A r 1 i n g ton's mm added: In Business District partment employe. Commissioners, and-run by Fairfax County police His wife must be responsible to a political end in observance of his who have final new quota of Jlllt “It is of great concern to me ¦y Paula, 29, also was injured zoning authority. Jg tho Associated Press also organization and that the pres- mother’s birthday. three House HBf that the people residing in the after an accident Saturday in and fair today. The three Wheaton '***JH| WAYNESBORO. Va., Mar. 23. is in condition ent councilmen have not accept- petitions, seats. Incum- areas flooded by the Anacostia which an Arlington man was Both are in Garfield Hospital. involving lots now in the resi- Mr Mann —The most devastating fire in ed such a responsibility. Visitor Is Hurt Critically bents holding ’ ’ River be given relief as early hurt critically. A person in the car, dential A zone, were filed by possible. Waynesboro’s history yesterday third Mrs. Favors County the two present seats, J. May- as ... As you must Police charged T. Haley, 29, Harley, 21, of 1902 Resident. When Car Falls on Him Howard Larcombe, attorney burned a $500,000 path of de- J. Barbara North for nard Magruder and George realize, the solution of the colored, of Merrifleld as driver Fifteenth street, Arlington, “The council has repeatedly An Atlanta man who was E. T. Tetter; Earl Blundon and struction in the business district. was Damm, also Democrats, have not Peace Cross flood problem is of the car at the time of the treated at Arlington Hospital gone out of the county to look spending his vacation here is Francis M. Huggins, jr., agent The cause of the blaze was and yet announced whether they will in the national interest, as well accident about 6 p.m. Saturday for people,” Mr. King said. “I in critical condition at Provi- for F. R. and Ellen A. Funk- still a mystery today. released. run for re-election. as in the interest of the Mary- on Arlington boulevard «t Gal- Police said driver car feel there are people in the dence Hospital with a fractured houser. The lots are on the north When the flames flared up of the The is of land citizens who have long suf- road. the were injured county who have enough sense skull suffered when his fell side of Ennalls candidate a member periodic shortly before midnight Satur- lows in which three car avenue. the 10th District Democratic fered from flooding and They placed the charge was T. J. Harley, jr., of the Fif- to hold down the county man- on him yesterday. The applications in concomitant health day, it appeared the entire same question, Committee and also is on the hazards, of 12,000- against James Daniel Bell, 35, teenth street address. He was ager’s job.” He is James C. Bruce, 27. He the said, over economic and personal in- downtown district this commission affect State Democratic Central Com- loss population city might be en- colored, of Route 3, Vienna, and not charged. Mr. King is married And has and two other men had jacked two acres the relatively security.” of scarce mittee. He is a former vice- gulfed accused him of driving the car The police report said the car three children. up his car to switch the tires A land which residential lies chairman of the Arlington Civic Joint Costs Estimated. But 200 firemen, pouring water from the scene. driven by Haley side-swiped the Although the council on March when he crawled under the car within convenient walking dis- Federation 15 advertised job opening in and was the county’s It is estimated the into the raging buildings, snuffed Critically injured was Paul Harley auto. the to inspect the wheels, witnesses tance of the major concentra- first co-ordinator of civil defense. elevated the newsletters of the Interna- said. tions of road plan would cost the State the flames sufficiently within five citnmercial zoning in A graduate of the University of hours bring the blaze tional City Managers’ Associa- Mr. Bruce and his wife had Wheaton. $650,000. The Army Engineers’ to under Virginia, Mr. Mann helped to control. Girl, 19, tion, no applications as yet have been staying at the home of “Approval of the petitions,” comprehensive flood control plan Engaged Missing been to establish the University’s center on the Firemen from nine communi- McKeldin Acclaims attributed this source. Mrs. Bruce’s sister, Mrs. Barbara the commission asserted, “would other hand would cost has in Northern Virginia. He is a the about ties and cities—including Lex- The council feared the Dalton, 4253 Sixth street S.E. only encourage further scattering Federal Government From Brookmont Home $12,000 year salary past president of the Washing- $8 million, ington, 36 miles away—were a would make Yesterday, the Bruces accom- of commercial and render and the State and it difficult for them to obtain a uses ton chapter of the University of county summoned. The only casualties A 19-year-old waitress who House Committee's panied the Daltons to the home increasingly difficult the assembly $5 million. Virginia Alumni Association. were two firemen who suffered planned to be married in August competent, experienced man for of Mrs. Dalton’s mother, Mrs. ... of parking areas of adequate Representative Small seeks to the position Mr. Mann was a Marine cap- minor injuries. has been missing from her home job. The on an av- William Dalton, at 7180 Fort size within serviceable range of have Congress appropriate the March 12, according to Budget erage carries about a $16,000 sal- Hill, Md. the major tain in World War II and saw necessary Fire Chief Guy Rusmiselle since $2 Million Cut Foote road, Oxon frontages on Georgia funds for the Army estimated the damage at be- Montgomery County police. ary in communities of Montgom- avenue action in the Philippines. An By Associated Press The accident occurred about 1 and the Kensington- Engineers’ plan. tho ery’s population class. Fairfax ad-_ Episcopalian, is a member of tween $500,000 and $750,000. The missing girl is Ruth Vir- p.m. at the Fort Foote road Wheaton road.” he Last Col. Alan J. ANNAPOLIS, Mar. 23.—Gov. county pays SIB,OOO petitions the Virginia, week. Mc- The fire started in an unused ginia Beach, daughter Mr. its executive dress. William Dalton and his Other opposed by the com- District and Su- of mission ye: Cutchen, District engineer, dis- five-story grain by Beach, McKeldin today congratulated a year. J preme Court bars, and lives at mill. Fanned and Mrs. J. R. 6411 Mac- son, Harold extricated Mr. Bruce , By, - Duffl e- residential A office was studying Ways Com- (slngle-lamlly aetached homes) and C 1818 South Arlington Ridge road. closed that his a brisk east wind, the flames Arthur boulevard, Brookmont, the House and Means Other names mentioned as from car took him (apartments) to commercial D for under the and ot land on His wife former possible revision of the flood con- shot out to adjoining structures. mittee trimming $2 million potential candidates none of to Hospital. °L Piney branch road is the Frances project, may Md. off his $195 budget. Providence near Old Bladensburg road. Hart of Roanoke. They have two trol which reduce “That old mill was a fire Mrs. Beach said her daughter million whom has filed an application—- Mo°re. R-55 (single-fam- the cost by $1.4 million. The include David Scull, ily detached homes) to K-18 (low density children. hazard,” said Chief Rusmiselle. left for work about 9:45 a.m. Governor said he hopes Silver apartments) of land on the east side of “Ifit had been and March 12 has not the General Assembly will go Spring businessman and presi- Buclt Lodge road near Powder Mill One of his principle campaigns condemned and been r °ad' Heights torn down, probably would A along with in dent of County Commerce Virginia to Mark Birth H° subdivision. has been to urge amendment we heard from since. waitress the committee the the b *rt Bainum, residential A to of had budget cut, which result Associations; Alex K. Hancock, commercial D of property at Woodbury the Hatch Act to permit Federal Maryland U. to Hold not have this fire.” at a District White Tower res- could and NeW York avenue Takoma Three buildings were taurant, she to in Maryland’s general property the county’s finance director; Ot Thomas Nelson Page Park ' employes to participate in party destroyed failed report By tax rate Thomas F. Halley. R-55 to C-2 politics. —the grain mill structure, a there and has not picked up pay being slashed to an all- Mason Butcher, county director The 100th anniversary of the (general commercial) of land at Sixty- Conference of Industry building supply time low of cents. aventie and Annapolis road, Oak- firm and a hard- due her. 5% of public works and J. Owen of Thomas Nelson Page, lyn road. Oaklyn The com- birth suggested subdivision. The University of Maryland ware concern. Six other build- The girl wearing a navy At the time the Governor Harvey, chief of the road main- mission that the land be re - was same of the South’s greatest writ- 101 to c ,in