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Ten fire companies responded to the fire, and firemen had to chop their way through the roof because of heavily barred doors and windows. John Simpson, chief of the Silver Hill Volunteer Fire Department, estimated damage at $35,000. State Police said the figure may run as high as $60,000. No one was in the single story frame building at 3615 Branch avenue when the fire started about 2:45 a.m., according to Chief Simpson. The fire is believed to have started in the kitchen, then swept swiftly through the building. A passerby called firemen. The fire caused extensive damage to the kitchen, store room, and bar area, Chief Simpson said. Cause of the blaze is unknown, the chief said. Canal Road Section To Be One Way For Inbound Rush Canal road between Arizona avenue and Foxhall road will be switched to one-way traffic for inbound drivers during the morning rush hours in about two weeks. Traffic officials hope the one-way system, between 7 and 9:30 a.m., will help ease backups of cars coming from Virginia over Chain Bridge. Under the new system, the bridge’s two inbound lanes in the morning will be able to feed into Canal road’s two lanes. At present, the left-hand lane of traffic coming off Chain Bridge is routed to a left turn onto Arizona avenue. Drivers now using the west-bound lane of Canal road during the morning rush hours will be detoured at Foxhall road. The most direct route to Chain Bridge for these out-bound motorists will be Mac-Arthur boulevard. The one-way system will go into operation during the week of April 10, traffic officials said. Middle's Pal Will Keep Date Set 18 Years Ago ANNAPOLIS, April 1 (AP). — A Naval Academy midshipman today will meet a girl with whom he’s had a date for a midshipmen's dance for 18 years. Midshipman Mike McMahon won’t be able to keep the date, though. He’s got another date for the annual Easter Ball. Instead, he’s arranged for the young lady. Nancy Lee Cuth Bertson, to go out with a friend. It all started back in April, 1942, when Mike's parents served as matron of honor and best man at the New London (Conn.), wedding of the couple. THE EVENING STAR Washington, D. C., Saturday, April 1, 1961 Maryland's Lawmakers Pushing Windup Action on Tawes' Tax Bills By a Star Staff Writer ANNAPOLIS, April 1.—The Maryland General Assembly raced toward adjournment today with most of Gov. Tawes' tax program still to be acted on, in the House of Delegates. So far, administration leaders have managed to beat any attempts to curb its taxing measures and it appears likely the program will emerge unscathed. The Senate yesterday approved increases in the State sales and cigarette taxes. The House so far has not taken up the sales tax but has given preliminary approval to the cigarette tax increase. Opponents of the cigarette tax managed yesterday to put off the final vote on the measure in the House until today. The State cigarette tax, which is opposed by the tobacco-growing counties of Southern Maryland, would be increased from 3 cents to 6 cents a pack. Senators from the tobacco counties staged a seven-hour filibuster against the tax Thursday night, but the bill was approved yesterday by a vote of 19-7. New Formula Set The sales tax bill, which was approved in the Senate by a 22-5 vote, would drop the starting point of the tax to items costing 25 cents and extend the tax to restaurant meals costing $1 or more. The start-Virginia Crashes Take Toll of Nine By the Associated Press The Easter weekend got off to a disastrous start on Virginia’s highways yesterday. Nine persons lost their lives in accidents and the State’s road toll for the year climbed to 164. On this date last year, the death count was 151. Six of those who died yesterday perished in collisions. Two were killed in a car-train crash. A 4-year-old boy died when hit by a car. The most spectacular wreck involved four automobiles on U.S. 301, 8 miles south of Bowling Green in Caroline County, and claimed the life of Thomas Lynn Amspacher, 20, of Wrightsville, Pa. who were to become Nancy’s parents. Both men were aboard the submarine Grunion, which was lost with all hands on its way to the Aleutians shortly after the wedding. Several months later—after the birth of Nancy Lee—Mrs. Cuthbertson received a telegram from Mrs. McMahon suggesting the "date for Annapolis hop in 1961." At the time, Mike was 3 years old. The mothers decided to complete the arrangements this year. “I'm looking forward to meeting her,” Mike said yesterday. In spite of the complications. The passengers in the car, driven by John Marnon, 26, of the Marine stationed at Camp Lejeune, N.C., were hurt. The other car was driven by John Dewdncy, 23, of the 1600 block of W Street S.E., police said. Two teen-age girls in the other car were slightly injured.—Star Staff Photo by A.C. Chinn. The tax now is 51 cents, and meals are not taxed. The sales tax is designed to pay for a $9.5 million program of extra aid to localities for education and welfare. The $5 million which would be raised by the cigarette levy increase also would go to the localities. The Senate, with its major legislation cleared, is in a position to adjourn. If the House gets into a bind on the tax program today the Senate could go home and leave the Delegates dangling. The State Teachers’ Association still hopes the House will upset Gov. Tawes’ program and provide a bigger pay raise for teachers, but chances of that are dim. Lawmakers Anxious The session legally could go until midnight Monday but lawmakers are anxious to adjourn today. The General Assembly last night enacted and sent to Gov. Tawes a bill aimed at tightening Maryland’s unemployment compensation laws. The Senate accepted a conference committee's recommendation, which went along with House amendments watering down the bill considerably. Organized labor, which had MEMO FROM THE EDITOR The Youth Peace Corps: How Will It Work? A HISTORY-MAKING AMERICAN MISSION— For an inside look at one of the most exciting and beneficial programs that this country has ever undertaken, the Youth Peace Corps plan, see This Week Magazine in The Star this Sunday. Learn how and why the plan will work as shown by Senator Hubert Humphrey, an early sponsor of the project. POETRY IN PAINTING— The Corcoran Gallery of Art next week will exhibit the paintings of Albert Pinkham Ryder and SUNDAY, The Star Magazine, brings you a word-and-picture study of how Mr. Ryder’s paintings are poetically tinged with a unique quality of haunting loneliness. FISHING, EXOTIC STYLE—A true fisherman may spend astronomical sums to hunt elephant in wild est Africa, but when he hears fish jumping, there's only one thing to do: Go fishing. Outdoor Editor Charles Covell tells you about two Area anglers’ adventures with Somalian catfish on The Sunday Star’s Leisure Sports Page. THE EARLY DAYS OF THE CIVIL WAR— Beginning this Sunday in The Star’s big color comic section, see the first of a new 13-week continuity in "The Old Glory Story”... a series that ranges from Fort Sumter through the removal of the Confederate capital from Montgomery, Ala., to Richmond, Va. In The Star’s own Civil War Story, SUNDAY, The Star Magazine, brings you a recount of pre-war activities in Charleston, S. C. A NEW DISNEY CLASSIC—Nikola, Wild Dog of the North, is the subject of the latest dramatic story in Walt Disney’s Treasury of Classic Tales. Taken from the James Oliver Curwood story, "Nomads of the North," look for the first installment this Sunday in the comic section. Phone Lincoln 3-5000 for Home Delivery tried to kill the bill, was successful in blocking its effect. Originally, the measure would have denied jobless pay to anyone who voluntarily quits his job, is fired or refuses to seek employment. As enacted, the bill leaves it to the head of the Department of Unemployment Security to decide such matters. The bill also increases the weekly benefits from $35 to $35 a week. Tawes Signs Bill The House rushed through a bill which heads off a tax raise on employers scheduled to go into effect today. Gov. Tawes signed the bill last night. The tax was scheduled to go up to replenish the jobless pay fund, but officials said the fund would not drop too low if the increase did not go into effect. Also enacted and sent to the Governor was legislation calling for the construction of a bridge from the mainland to Assateague Island on the Atlantic Coast. The long-sought bridge will be paid for jointly by the State and Worcester County, and will become a toll bridge after three years. Another bill sent to the Governor provides a $1.5 million State fund to help build private, non-profit nursing homes. Final approval also was given to a $5 million bond issue for a State-local program of building junior colleges. Board Stand I Avoided on Election Bill The District's Board of Elections will remain neutral during Monday's public hearing on a draft elections bill for the city. The board reached this decision yesterday after a detailed discussion of the voting proposal. The 10 am. hearing in the District Building will be on the legislative proposals from the Corporation Counsel's office to carry out the District’s newly won suffrage rights. Washington residents were given the right to vote for President and Vice President with ratification this week of the Twenty-third Amendment. Drafted after Parleys The proposed bill that will be aired at the Monday hearing would give the city a presidential voting law through amendments to Washington's 1955 primary elections statute. It generally is in line with provisions of an election bill introduced by Representative Broville, Republican of Virginia. The measure being proposed by the Corporation Counsel’s office was drafted after several conferences with representatives of the Board of Elections and the city's two major political party organizations. At yesterday's meeting, the three elections board members decided that they will attend the Monday hearing, but will limit their role to answering questions. The idea was that to offer opinions would be out of line with the board’s functions. Board members noted that they could offer suggestions to the Commissioners in conferences after the hearing. Petition System Opposed During the discussions of the draft bill's provisions, one member, Charles H. Mayer, questioned the requirement that a minority party must use a petition system to get on the ballot. Mr. Mayer, the board's lone Democratic member, said this requirement might be considered discriminatory and might generate a legal challenge by a minority party. The bill's requirement is for a petition. signed by at least 500 voters and payment of 10 cents per name. Board member West A. Hamilton said he did not think this provision should be eliminated. "If you open the gates, you might have 50 parties" on the ballot. Mr. Hamilton said. Ernest Schein, chairman, said he thought the board should concern itself with administering whatever election procedure is enacted into law. Burglars looted Brentwood Safe The safe of a Brentwood (Md.) plastering firm was broken open and $600 in cash taken last night, town police reported. The thieves apparently entered the Novinger Co., 3801 Cedarcroft place, by forcing open a rear door, and then used a metal tool to pry open the safe, according to Town Police man W. C. Hurt. Frank Polter, vice president of the firm, said thieves also had entered the building last summer and carted away a safe containing $100. North Assails Delay In Stock Sale Curb Prince Georges Areas To Get Water, Zoning Law Rules Out Cut-Rate Liquor Department in G. E. M. Store By JAMES B. ROWLAND Star Staff Writer ANNAPOLIS, April 1. —Zoning control and water and sewer services are slated for outlying Prince Georges County, but cut-rate liquor patrons are about to lose their only local outlet through action of the Maryland Assembly. The State Senate yesterday enacted laws extending the Maryland-Naional Capital Park and Planning Commission Regional (zoning) District throughout the county excluding the Aquasco, Nottingham, and part of the Brandywine election districts, and the town of Laurel. Another law enacted extends the Washington Suburban Sanitary District. It is the statutory Commission District to the new limits of the regional district. Residents, however, will not have to pay WSSC levies until they receive water or sewer service. Liquor Store Affected The cut-rate liquor department of the G. E. M. store in Chillum will be closed under a bill prohibiting a license for a package store open only to restricted clientele. G. E. M. customers must be Government employees and obtain a membership card. Attorneys for the store earlier said they would contest the bill in court, claiming it is unconstitutional. Senators also enacted a liquor bill calling for an election in the Darnestown district of Montgomery County to decide if that area should remain dry. Other Bills Enacted Other bills enacted by Sen- Suspect Faces Hearing On Big Heroin Seizure By JOHN NEARY ( Star Staff Writer A 36-year-old District man was in Alexandria city jail today awaiting a hearing on what Federal agents termed the biggest local narcotics seizure in nearly a decade. The man, James Campy (Cue Ball) Irby, of the 1700 block of Corcoran street N.W., was arrested at National Airport last night after arriving on a flight from New York City. Agents said he was carrying pure heroin worth more than $50,000. He was charged with illegal possession of narcotics. Irby was ordered held on $25,000 bond for a preliminary hearing at 2 p.m. April 6 by United States Commissioner Stanley King. Irby, who told a reporter he works as a house painter for an interior decorator, said he was unable to make the bond. Watched for Months LeRoy S. Morrison, special agent in charge of the Washington. In the field office of the Treasury Department's Bureau of Narcotics, said daily surveillance of Irby had extended over a three-month period. Seizure of the drug, out of lawed in this country since 1924, will mean a scarcity in the Washington area and higher prices for addicts. Agent Morrison said. The heroin, found in inside pockets of Irby's raincoat, was in two plain brown paper bags, each containing five 1-ounce cellophane packets, agents said. Harvey B. Cohen, assistant United States Attorney at Alexandria, said a "very conservative estimate" would value the quantity at $50,000. Its sale value, he said, could reach $75,000. Agents called the seizure the biggest here in five to 10 years. Neatly Dressed The 10 ounces of heroin could have been made into 25,000. James C. (Cue Ball) Irby leaves the Alexandria Post Office Building last night after his arraignment in connection with a $50,000 hero seizure.—Star Staff Photo. The passage included measures to: Extend the park district in Prince Georges to include areas in the Lanham, Seat Pleasant, and Kent districts, but exclude Belair and District Heights. Authorized a $600,000 bond issue for parkland purchases in Prince Georges, and permit park purchases in upper Montgomery County. Increase annual liquor license renewal fees in Prince Georges from $100 to $1,000 over existing levies, and extend workmen’s compensation benefits to the county’s volunteer firemen and rescue. Authorize Prince Georges to establish a self-insurance fund for schools and public buildings. Senators also enacted a bill changing a section of the Wheatley pinball law to make it conform to a new version of a Federal gambling law. The section pertains to remote control devices on pinball machines. The Maryland law provides that a Federal gambling stamp on a pinball machine shall be prima facie evidence of gambling—illegal in Prince Georges. 1,000 capsules, each worth about $2 apiece. The drug is taken in travenously, or inhaled. Irby, neatly dressed in a grey neck pullover, an open-necked green sport shirt and brown slacks, appeared calm at his arraignment. Agent Morrison said Irby put up no resistance as agents collared him when he was about to step into a taxi in front of the airport's main terminal building. Irby has a two-page FBI record going back to 1944, Agent Morrison said, including a previous narcotics conviction. District in 1945 and housebreaking and larceny counts. The seven narcotics agents had the airport staked out with two men in two cars and men inside the terminal, and outside to watch arriving planes. Irby’s arrival was flashed to other agents by an agent with a two-way radio. The contents of the packets was tested immediately after Irby's arrest. Irby was held by Commissioner King under a complaint filed by an agent charging him with violation of the Harrison Act, which prohibits possession of narcotics. Term Mandatory Violation of the Harrison Act is punishable by a mandatory jail term from 5 to 10 years for a second offense. offense along with a possible fine of up to $2,000. Agent Morrison said surveilance began after "a reliable source of information in this area said he (Irby) was going up to New York to get it and coming back." The agent said his team had staked out the airport for nearly a week waiting to make the arrest, but Irby's arrival and departure times varied. Agent Morrison said they watched yesterday morning as Irby's wife drove him to the airport from their home. Labels Parley Move to Kill Savings Bill By a Star Staff Writer ANNAPOLIS, April 1. —The sponsor of a bill aimed at preventing multi-stock savings and loan associations from dumping stock on the market before a new Maryland regulatory bill goes into effect charged last night that attempts are being made to kill the legislation. Senator John Clarence North, head of the Banking and Insurance Committee, sponsored an emergency bill after Maryland Attorney General Thomas B. Finan said that some savings and loan associations were preparing large issues of stock. Under the Case bill enacted by the General Assembly and signed by Gov. Tawes a few days ago, the multi-stock savings and loan associations would have to get approval of a new 7-seven-member regulatory board before they could sell stock. But the Case bill does not go into effect until June 1. Senator North's bill would require the associations to get approval from the attorney general for stock sales until the Case bill goes into effect. Parley Slated The North bill has passed the Senate and is in the House Ways and Means Committee. Delegate Roy N. Staten, Democrat of Baltimore County, yesterday offered an amendment to the bill and the committee decided to call in Senator North and Mr. Finan today to discuss the legislation. Senator North said the move was a “delaying tactic” and could kill the bill. The General Assembly plans to adjourn today. Mr. Staten said in the committee that he believes “someone has pushed the panic but ton” resulting in the introduction of Senator North’s bill. He said, however, that if the bill is to be passed he wanted it to restrict only "public” sale of stock. He said he had not discussed the amendment with Senator North. Mr. Staten is executive vice president of Security Financial Insurance Corp., a firm run by Baltimore County Democratic leaders, which insures deposits in savings and loan associations. Most of its clients are multi-stock associations. A bill to curb operations of Security Financial was passed by the General Assembly after a bitter fight. Among the stockholders and directors of the Security Financial is A. Gordon Boone, Democratic majority floor leader and chairman of the Ways and Means Committee. Bill Was Amended Multi-stock associations would have been outlawed by the Case bill as originally drafted but it was amended to allow those in operation as of January 1, 1961, to remain in business. Meanwhile, attorney general Finan announced that several multi-stock savings and loan associations have agreed to withdraw their plans for further sale of stock. He said they volunteered to change their plans after several Conversations with him this week. Mr. Finan said the conferences disclosed there had been prepared for public offering about $4.50 million worth of stock. He also announced that a "cease and desist" order had been issued to block temporarily sale of stock by the American Fidelity Building & Loan Association, Inc. A hearing on the order has been set for April 6. Heart Group To Hold Annual Cardiac Session The Heart Association of Northern Virginia will hold its fourth annual cardiac symposium April 26 at the Holidays Inn, Shirley highway and South Glebe road. Physicians in training, medical students and registered nurses are invited to attend the day-long session on heart research. Dr. Howard O. Mott, president of the association, said. The symposium is part of the group's educational program to present the latest developments in the diagnosis and treatment of cardiac diseases. Dr. John W. Roark will be moderator for the first session which starts at 8:30 a.m. Dr. Joseph Beinstein will moderate the afternoon session. Dr. J. Willis Hurst, chairman of the department of internal medicine at the Emory University School of Medicine, and Dr. William Likoff, clinical professor of medicine at the Hahnemann Medical College, will join a number of leading Washington area physicians on the panels. Seek Blood Donations The Red Cross bloodmobile, sponsored by the Lions Club of Silver Spring, will receive donations from 3 to 7:45 p.m. (Monday at the Red Cross (chapter house, 2020 East-West highway). 