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Richmond Timeo-Dispotch Monday March 1M7 Jewish Post Installs New Officers Judge to Open Trial Today In Bank Case Training Meeting Is Scheduled By Airborne Unit The first training meeting for officers of the Eightieth Airborne Division of the Army's Organized Reserves has been scheduled for 8 today at reserve headquarters First and Broad Streets Colonel Joe A Hinton unit instructor for the division will speak on and Preparations for an Airborne Operation General a captured German film depicting the typical use of paratroops in combat will be shown and future training meetings will be discussed Officers to be assigned to the 25 units of the division in the Richmond area as soon as authorization for the activation of the units is received here as well as officers assigned to division headquarters are urged to attend the meeting Phot Carlton and Calvin Smith Look Hopefully at Sky Umplet is Pessimistic Widely Divergent of March Weather Prospects In Snow-Sated Richmond Peacetime Brings Nose Dive In Victory Garden Projects Installation of officers in boil Post 155 of the Jewish War Vet era ns and its Ladies Auxiliary highlighted a meeting of over 20 members of that organization am guests at Hotel Richmond las night Mack Frankel national vice commander of the JWV Fourtl Region and Harry Wrengrow na tional executive committeeman were scheduled to address tb meeting but wired that indemen weather prevented their reachin Richmond by plane Installation of officers of th local post and the auxiliary wa conducted respectively by Wil Ham leper past commander Post 155 and Mrs Ethel Novak of Washington national hospita of the auxiliary San Heller past department com mander was slated to conduct th installation but also was unabli to attend Officers assuming lcadershii for 1947 include Sam Silver com mander Dr Yale Passamaneek senior vice-commander Sam Uno witz junior vice-commander am Betty Thbakin adjutant Net-officers of the auxiliapr are Mrs Bessie Stickler president Mis Hannah Tatarsky senior vice president Airs Dorothy Caplar junior vice-president: Mrs Dor Lewis treasurer Mrs Mary Klinr chaplain Mrs Rose Bridge guard Mrs Mollic Harowitz recordin secretary Mrs Josephine Silver man corresponding secretary Mrs Ida Wilkins historian an Mrs Alary Cohen patriotic in structor Commendation to the Richmnm post and the auxiliary for thei activities at McGuire Veteran: Administration Hospital was ex tended bv Mrs Novak and a pie for increased membership In th auxiliary and a call extend ing brotherhood among all vet era ns' organizations regardless their was Issued Mrs Sarah Kohen of Washingtor national vice-president of th Fourth Region Auxiliary Congratulations to the JWV fo work during the past year wer extended by Rabbi Ephraim Shim off of Sir Moses Monti fieore Cbn gregation Synagogue and Rabt Nathan Kolling of Beth-el Sync gogue Ramp Garage Planned At Lynchburg LYNCHBURG March 2-Plan for the erection of a huge ram garage at Ninth and Cbmmero Streets have been announced Edgar Shaner who amid th building will have a capacity 700 cars and will contain a cafe teria Mr Shaner aaid start of cor struction will await completio of a deal for property most which already has been put chased Chit of the structure i estimated at 8300000 jyJi luimumwB hoof relieves torture of BACKACHE Join tbs milfimie ha sums hf Johnson's Banc 1 mair to relievo backaches quickly Tsais doctors with i prove it at Using thia i a heating pad you Tha mild medication atira np Tunil-tinn iivits jnur bark amna pain and stiffness It's dean Its 1 strength last lor days Back Plastsb guards against chilling Straps minds gives anpport right on the aore spot Made by Johnson i bib that baa men hr fifty yearn At aH drag i Reynolds Gems Are Stolen In Florida MIAMI BEACH FLA March 2 iV) Detective Sergenat Pierce said today jewelry worth 829245 had been stolen from the home of Mr and Richard Samuel Reynolds during a home movie show Mr Reynolds is president of the Reynolds Metals Company and other corporations and has a home at 712 West Franklin St Richmond Va Sergeant Pierce said members of th family were entertaining friends at a home movie show Saturday night when the thief or thieves entered througn a second-floor balcony The burglars ransacked the upstairs bedroom of Mr and Mrs Reynolds and a downstairs bedroom of their son and daughter-in-law Mr and Mrs David Reynolds The jewelry was insured Pierce said" Pierce said most expensive item stolen was a platinum bracelet with three large diamonds 48 emeralds and 400 small diamonds valued at 86000 Numerous other items including broocnes bracelets rings and clips were included in the loot the detective added Citizens' Association To Elect Officers Directors of the Richmond Citi-sens' Association will elect officers for the organization at a meeting on March 10 at 4:15 Hugh Thompson Jr executive secretary haannounc-ed The meeting will be held in the conference room at the Allison Building Dr Ralph McDanel Is chairman of the nominating committee and other members are Robert A Cole Brooks George A Missimer Murray and Robert A Wilson Dr Edward Grant To Address Kiwanians Dr Edward Grant will speak on the Builder of at a meeting of the Kiwanis Club of Richmond at 12:45 today at the Hotel John Marshall Members of the Richmond School Board and Fred Dixon min-1 cipal of John Marshall High School together with members of Key Club will the Key Club will be special guests of the dub Walter J-Wilkins will present the Key Club charter Red Cross Leader Named STAUNTON March 2 Mrs Charles A Holt has been named head of the division in the annual membership roll call of Augusta County Chapter American Red Cross which opens its drive March la Under her: direction the division will make house-to-house solicitations in the I residential areas Three Killed As Traffic Toll Hits 97 Soldier Veteran Are Among Victims Private First Clui Ward Armour Snow 21 no address listed was killed Instantly about 8:10 A yesterday when the automobile he was driving collided with an Atlantic Coast Line passenger train at the grade crossing on Route 60 about a half mile west of the Richmond city limits David Andrew Smith Jr 20-year-old discharged Negro war veteran of Staunton was killed Instantly early yesterday when the sled on which he and two other Staunton Negroes were coasting struck a parked automobile In Staunton Smith's death was reported to have resulted from a fractured neck The other two coasters Jlmbo Caul and Theodore Wright were in a serious condition in a Staunton hospital Smith entered the armed forces In February 1945 and was discharged last December 7 after service in the Philippines with sn engineer regiment Henry Gatheright 86 Negro of Reidsville C7 was killed instantly early yesterday when he was struck by an automobile on Route 29 a mile south of School-field in Pittsylvania County The three deaths sent the Virginia traffic toll to 97 for 1947 Four persons were injured early yesterday when the automobile in which they were riding skidded off Mountain Road near Glen Allen in Henrico County and crashed Into a tree Multiple Cuts The Injured were listed at Medical College of Virginia Hospital as Charles Bamer 25 Miss Bortia Baraer 23 and William Bar-ner 32 all of the first block North Boulevard and Miss Dulcie Mills 16 of Glendale All suffered multiple cuts and bruises Two persons were injured late Saturday night In a three-car col- lision on Route 298 near Urbanna The injured both brought to MCV Hospital for treatment were Willie Willis 46 and llarvey Wilson 29 of Shackelford Neither was believed to have been Injured seriously Andrew Snead 68 of 3108 Carolina Ave was injured late Saturday when he was struck by an automobile at Sixth and Marshall Streets Ha was-treated at MCV Hospital for multiple cuts and bruises Police said the automobile was driven by William Stewart of Jetenville William -Faria 21 of 2521 East Franklin St suffered back and neck Injuries In a two-car collision on United States Route 1 near Ashland Saturday night Gilbert Hague 5a of 709 Arnold Ave was injured late Saturday in a two-car collision at tha intersection of Meadow and Cary Streets He also Was treated for several fractured riba' Bridge Tourney Is Concluded Winners Named Open pairings yesterday afternoon and last night concluded a three-day bridge tournament sponsored by the Richmond Bridge Association and held at Hotel Jefferson Final tabulations of the results of matches were not available early today In the team-of-four play Saturday a mixed team composed of Mrs Folllne of Richmond Miles II Gent and Mrs Stella Landauer of Norfolk and LeRoy Thurtell of Washington took fint place An all-Washington team composed of Miller- Roberts Boyd Mrs Cotter and White finished second and a Baltimore team composed of Arthur Schlesinger James Hunter Charles Shapiro and Miss Peggy Hamilton took third In the pair gamea played Friday for the Old Dominion trophy Mn Robert Bayliss and Mrs George Whitfield placed first The Weather Reading at Weather Bureau at Chimborazo Park Temper Maximum Minimum S3 35 33 34 43 a 17 B4 Mran 11111171 II 17771171 Nnrmal temperature for thia date Deficiency yeeterday Deficiency aince March 1 Excess autca January 1 Precipitation Rainfall 13 hour ending 6 30 RhjnfdU 24 hour ending 6 23 Deficiency alnca January 1 30 Deficiency aince October 1 67 Observation at Yeeterday wtocM Special Data at Neon W1 bUbl 84: hui Sunaet today Sunrise tomorrow Station: Hlgl RICHMOND 35 Alpena "ft Asheville 28 Atlanta Atlantic City 44 Birmingham at Boa Ion Buffalo Burlington Chattanooga Chicago Cincinnati Cleveland Datla Denver Detroit nth PM 6:37 AM Paeo Port Worth Calveetoa Jacksonville Kansas City Key West Knoxville little Rock Louisville Memphis Meridian Miami Minn -St Paul Mobile Montgomery New Orleans New York Norfolk Philadelphia Phoenix St laau la San- Antonio Savannah Seattle Tampa 53 35 54 01 46 4-H Club Plans Program For March 18 The Glen Allen 4-H Club will hold a special assembly program on March 18 in place of similar ceremonies to be staged by other Henrico County clubs during National 4-H Club Week which starts today according to Miss Frances Gibbs county home demonstration agent Postponement of its presentation in observance of 4-H Week was caused by crowded conditions at the school and inability of school authorities to schedule the program during the period March 1-9 Miss Gibbs said Meanwhile Chesterfield County 4-H Clubs will observe the annual event by sponsoring a series of educational programs to which parents of members will be invited in an attempt to outline the activities of the 275 boys and girls who are currently enrolled and to increase membership in the 14 clubs according to Stanford Vas-sar assistant county agent Guy Davis assistant county agent in Ilenrico announced last week that all 15 of the clubs in that county will conduct observances during the week set aside for nation-wide recognition of 4-H activities The Glen Allen club will conduct a campaign during its observance of to raise funds for sending a representative to the Jamestown 4-H Summer Camp All members will participate by selling four-leaf clovers signifying the four-point appeal of the youth organization head hand heart and health Surpluses Set Aside For Vets Exclusively The War Assets Administration yesterday said it was offering approximately 838000000 worth of surplus stock set aside exclusively for veterans and was simplifying the procedure by which the surpluses might be acquired Notification of sale of the set-aside surpluses including such items as cameras and photographic equipment typewriters refrigerators laundry equipment and dental instruments and supplies will be made in the Richmond region through newspapers advertisements the WAA said Under the new procedure a veteran may buy property for his personal use by presenting his discharge or release papers it added Woman la Burned As Furnace Backfires Mrs Laura Boaze 59 of 1618 Floyd Ave suffered serious burns about 1 yesterday when a furnace she was firing at her home backfired She was taken to Medical College of Virginia Hospital where attendants said she suffered first degree burns to her face and shoulders and second degree burns to both legs Her condition was undetermined last night reduction In the frozen vegetable products both in- the production and distribution stages such that comparable foods may compete on a price basis at the retail level To bolster this promise the bank offers these figures: The 1946 per capita consumption (civilian) was 315 pounds Fresh vegetables accounted for 269 pounds or 85 per cent of the total canned vegetables 44 pounds or 14 per cent and frozen vegetables only two pounds or a mere 1 per cent With such a preponderance of fresh vegetables in the national diet the bank sees no immediate disaster facing the producers of such garden truck nevertheless the trend is noted carefully and the bank points out that the percentage of frozen and canned vegetable consumption is rising The consumption of fresh vegetables also is up however which means that folks are eating more these days While the canning of foods exclusive of the sea fqods has become quite an industry in Virginia the bank finds that the proportion of the output to the national total is somewhat negligible only 072 per cent as a matter of statistical fact Maryland's average is 345 per cent based on 1939 figures Values added bv the processing of vegetables in Virginia in 1939 the records show was 82-055000 This type of manufacturing gave employment to 2454 persons Peaks Noted There are as the bank points out peaks of employment in the vegetable canning industry as in other types of manufacturing For example the peak in 1939 in Virginia was 7585 in September which was 31 times the average for the year The answer to that one is thaf a lot of people worked at canning vegetables during September and other jobs probably on the terms during the rest of the year Commercial vegetable growing is an agricultural operation that is quite different from ordinary terming The canners normally make contracts in advance with the growers to buy all the vegetables that can -be produced on a given acreage apedfied hi the contract Such contracts naturally protect the grower to some extent against the uncertainty of one of the most uncertain of all agricultural pursuits a phase of the fanning business which may be obliterated by a late freeze too much or too little rain by an invasion of pests or any one of a dozen pther disasters At least the preproduction contract! give the grower a definite market for whatever he may wrest from the ground and the elements and save from the insects Judge Waties Waring of Charleston today was to begin hearing the latest chapter of the United States case against William Reeves Gardner one-time bank examiner for Virginia and nine other defendants accused of defrauding the Farmers and Merchants Bank of Fsed-ericksburg of 6435660 The Charleston judge was to call the long-pending case against the 10 persons at 10 A today in Federal District Court here Included among the defendants will be bank officials from several Virginia towns and a member of the Virginia House of Delegates Specificially the defendants are charged with complicity in a check scheme whereby the government contends they "knowingly unlawfully wilfully and misapplied funds of the defunct Fredericksburg bank Gardner himself who once was vice-president of the bank now is serving a seven-year term in the State penitentiary for alleged eminent of 875000 from twi bezzlement dairies on whose rectors he served Defendant Hospitalized The Fredericksburg man recent ly has been a patient in the pen itentiary hospital here and according to physicians has suffered from a heart ailment and high blood pressure since a Federal grand jury brought the rase to light here in October of 1945 Although the nine other defendants in the bank case have entered pleas of not guilty Gardner is yet to be arraigned having been under care of his physician when his arraignment was scheduled early last month A writ has been Issued for his appearance in court today however and Frank Smyth Jr prison superintendent said yesterday that Gardner had been pronounced physically able to appear Other defendants in the case are Joseph Edwin Proffit of Floyd a member of the House of Delegates and president of the Floyd Cbunty Bank Kyle Weeks attorney and a law partner of Proffit Hugh Namon Rakes of Leesburg former operator of a 86000000 Virginia dairy enterprise his wife Mrs Lillian Connor Rakes Paul Karsten Jr a former vice-president of the Fredericksburg bank Clarence Leslie Robey president of the National Bank or Purcellville Harry Lamson Washington realtor Joseph A Sowers cashier of Floyd County Bank and Nelson retired Roanoke realtor 20 Counts Listed The defendants were accused in a 20-count indictment following a year-long probe by the FBI into the operations of the bank Judge Waring entered into the case last month when he was appointed by Judge John Parker senior circuit judge for the Fourth Circuit to hear the case for Judge Robert Pollard who plans to retire soon and who is occupied at the moment with other pending matters Judge Waring presided at the arraignment of six of the defendants in early February The judge has revealed that he hopes to settle the case once and for nil and has stated that he will countenance no unnecessary delay in the hearing of the case When the South Carolina judge presided at the arraignments in February he said he was at the and said be would that this is to be a trial and not a circus The jurist said at that time that attorneys had told him the hearing would require at least two or three months Judge Waring said both he and Judge Parker had agreed it could probably be taken care of in a time Attorneys representing the defendants are Butzner and associates of Fredericksburg defending Gardner Morgan of Leesburg representing Rakes and his wife Leith Bremner of Richmond defending Robey McNeill of Washington attorney for Lamson Carter Lee of Rocky-mount defending Proffit Sowers and Weeks and Stuart Campbell of Wytheville defending Proffit and Weeks Ash-bum of Norfolk representing Nelson William Goolrick ana Goolrick of Fredericksburg defending Karsten Robert McNeill of Washington representing Lamson Representing the government will be District Attorney Harry Holt Jr of Hampton and Norfolk Assistant District Attorney George Humrickhouse of Richmond and I Skyes of Norfolk special assistant to tha district attorney With the passing of the war and moat of the food rationing business not to mention the near-approach of Spring the homemaker's fancy to paraphrase Alfred Lord Is likely to turn lightly or even seriously to thoughts of gardening But be not alarmed ye diggers in the dirt for the competition this year is likely to be less keen than in previous years when wartime scarcities of food made the Victory garden blossom like the proverbial rose Take it from the Federal Re? serve Bank of Richmond gardening is likely to take a nose dive this year and for the simple reason that so many other forms of recreation are available to men and women who once worked diligently as tillers of the soil for two major purposes to off surplus energy and to produce food for their tables But the Victory garden will not disappear altogether from the landscape in Virginia where vegetable canning has become quite an important industry the bank says Some Diggers Remain Instead: Victory gardens of the war period will remain a wholesome recreation for some people but in the main thebe gardens will cease to be operated because other recreational activities with much less effort are more desirable to the rank and file of people particularly with gasoline available in unlimited So it seems 'there will atill be a few stolid persons who will dig among the weeds and grass and wonder whether beans should be planted in the light of the moon instead of in the ground There will be also the usual mild scramble for bean poles top dressing spades forks hoes and the other gadgets which the amateur gardener seems to require about the stuff to fill the garage to the roof leaving no room for the family bus All of which brings up the more or less general and everpresent subject of vegetables The Federal Reserve that envisions the prospect of increased demands for canned vegetables even in those communities whete the things grow like the grass as well in the cities with their industrial populations and a dearth of backyard Victory gardens Even the rural population" the bank goes on to say many areas have specialized in farm operations to a point where those on the land no longer grow much of their ownfood but buy in the can the same as city Which means merely that the as distinguished from the city and village gardener in many instances has become so engrossed with the production of major farm crops that he no longer has the time the energy or the land to devote to mere gardening After all a garden only produces if at all something to eat something to sell unless the gardener goes in for the hobby in a big way and as the bank points out grows a lot of greens sets up a canning plant and packs the stuff away with bright labels to remind the housewife of the verdure of Spring Then the bank goes on to discuss this new-fangled business of frozen foods a process which has brought brussels sprouts broccoli and even spinach to many a table in recent years frozen food industry has made marked strides in recent notes the bank (Time was when the funnylooking frozen food locker contained nothing but fish which nobody wanted) question therefore arises as to whether this type of food processing will en-crpach on markets held by the canned products This question Involves the possibilities of cost Wind Again Snarl State Traffic Continued From First Page hour in Loudoun County where drifting snow from last tell has been a headache to the Highway Department for more than a week Drifting was particularly bad on Highway 15 south of Leesburg: Route 287 at the Brunswick Bridge and Route 50 between Up-perville and Paris In Richmond rain and sleet fell during the early morning but shortly after noon the precipitation turned to snow It failed to stick on streets due to the high temperature but the ground from which the previous snow had just melted was soon covered The snowfall subsided shortly before 6PM The local Wekther Bureau said the weather here would clear during the night with the temperature dropping to the middle twenties Monday the bureau said will be fair rather cold with sun and wind For the rest of the State the bureau said the prediction for last night was snow flurries in the mountains and cloudy and colder weather today Temperatures In Richmond yesterday wer compressed within a narrow range with a high reading of 35 and a low of 32 The normal for the date is 43 degrees Snow fell throughout the State yesterday but it failed to stick in the Coastal and South Central areas The Eastern section of the State from Fredericksburg and Lynchburg to Tidewater got its snow all right but roads remained free of ice and slush Air Travel Precarious The fall in the Lynchburg highway district ranged from two to five and one-half inches In Richmond the Weather Bureau reported a total precipitation of rally 20 of an inch between 5 A and 5 Air traffic in Richmond was more or less precarious during the day due to low ceilings but airport officials expected it to dear during the night Some scheduled flights passed up their landings here during the day but some planes landed as visibility improved for brief intervals To the North and East however the air service was snarled badly Local airport officials reported that conditions actually were better at National Airport than in Richmond but press dispatches from New York and New England said the storm had caused serious disruptions of plane service New England was blanketed with a snowfall which reached a depth of nine Inches In some places and storm warnings went up along the Atlantic Coast from Long Island to Maine because of an expected 50-mile gale Flights Canceled Overseas plane service suffered as severely as domestic flights in the New England area There was a wholesale cancellation of flights during the day for varying reasons snow-covered landing fields low visibility and snowladen winds The icy fingers of the March blast dipped into the deep South to cause concern over Northern citrus fruit crop and to force the mercury down to a very unusual 35 degrees at New Orleans Atlanta reported spits of snow during the day but the Plains States reported clear weather The snow blanket which covered much of Virginia and the States to the North and East stretched as far west as North Dakota and Minnesota The only serious mishap reported in the Old Dominion as a result of the recurring bad weather was in Staunton where a 20-year-old Negro ex-soldier was killed' and two companions critically Injured in a sled accident To Study Rewning Pies The Longdale Civic Association will hold a special meeting at 8 today at Longdale School to consider the rezoning request of CL Kelliaon who has applied to the Henrico County Board of Supervisors for a change in classification from residential to business for five blocks of the Biltmore subdivision adjoining Longdale The county Board of Zoning Appeals reviewed the case February 13 and announced a public hearing would be held on March 13 CAA Provides Funds For 29 Air Markers Virginia regarded as a prewar leader in the posting of air markers is the first State to be offered a chance to participate in Federal grants for similar work Director Allan CL Perkin son of the State Corporation Bureau of Aeronautics said yesterday Mr Perkinson announced that the Civil Aeronautics Authority has made available funds for 29 air markers in Virginia The money will be disbursed if it is matched by an equal amount from State or local sources The bureau director said that he is currently arranging for such matching funds which would al low the State to erect 58 signs giving the names of towns their latitudes and longitudes the distance to and accommodations of the nearest airports right away I EttSiftSE-St threat term thorn take did met gargle LUerine as BlBieaiEUBi ell SHE COULDN'T IEACI her husband any mote hia indifference seemed like a neb holding her away from him It waa Aar fault she finally learned far running careless rides in feminine hygiene Her doctor aaid: trust to now and the Ha prescribed brand disinfectant for douching aft apt Esny wife should know this powerful yet gentle germ-kiHer far mort dependable than salt soda or other homemade solutions Just follow easy directions like economy too Try it! 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