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Evening star., 1944-01-25
Schools Will Get Fifth
Of State Expenditures
By the Associated Press,

Dy LIle ASSOCldIeO freSS.
ANNAPOLIS, Jan. 25.-Reporting
an increase in appropriations for
education in recent years, Budget
Director Walter N. Kirkman an
nounces that Maryland public
schools will receive approximately
one-fifth of the States total expen-
ditures during the current fiscal
year.
He said that the amount Of money
set aside for schools by the State
had increased consistently and
considerably since 1898.
In report to Gov. O'Conor, Mr.
Kirkman asserted that 20.8 per cent
Of the entire current State budget
will be used for public school pur-
poses-aggregating a total outlay Of
$40 ,200,260
Urging the Board of Public Works
to make provision for continuance
of the teacher bonus after May l
school superintendent said last
week that Maryland schools "do moi
receive an excessive share of the
public money. They explained thai
the increases did not keep pace with
other governmental expenditures
nor with the increased burden i'm.
posed upon the schools"
Gov. O'Conor said ut will be seer
that the public school system mos
carefully has received its fair share
of all funds appropriated in the
State budget"
Evening star., 1944-01-25
Mrs. Hurrison's Funeral
Held at Charlotte HoII

Funeral services for Mrs. Margaret
R. Harrison, SO, wife of Ferguson
Harrison, who died at her home al
Chevy Chase. Md, Saturday, were
held today in All Faith Episcopa
Church, Charlotte Hall, Md. The
Rev. Mr.. jenkins, rector Of the
church, officiated and burial was ir
the church cemetery.
Besides her husband, Mrs. Harri.
son is survived by daughter, Mrs
Margaret Reeves Selke, Evanston
ILL.,; two sons, Robert F. Harrison, ir
the Army, and Thomas S. Harrison
IN the Coast Guard; a sister, two
brothers and two grandchildren.
Evening star., 1944-01-25
Woman Reports Loss
OF $4,000 in JeweIrx

JeWelry valued at $4,000 was re-
ported lost or stolen yesterday by
Mrs. Stanley Smith of New York
who told police she was uncertain
where the loss occurred. It might
she said. have disappeared either on
a Pullman car en- route here from
New York or In taxi she took from
Union Station to the Shoreham
Hotel.
Among the gems, which were in
a blue silk purse, are a platinum
bracelet encrusted with diamonds
rubies and sapphires, valued at
81 900; pair of diamond clip ear
rings and platinum chain bracelet
valued at $400 each.
Evening star., 1944-01-25

who had been missing for two years.
The businessman got in touch with
the youths family.
After hearing Sirbaugh's report
that the missing soldier was Jap
exchange prisoner now on his way
back to the United States, the fam
lily couldn't do enough for Sirbaugh.
He was guest Of honor at q dinner,
entertained several times at the
family's home, given the use Of the
missing youths brothers car and
taken by the family to a doctor
when he developed a sore throat
The doctor sent no bill.
Some one in Cumberland, how
ever, became suspicious and thought
he had seen Sirbaugh before. The
FBI was notified and Sirbaugh was
arrested Saturday night.
It developed, according to the FBI
that Sirbaugh had been in the Army
from January to October, 1943, when
he was given a medical discharge
He has never been out of the United
States.
His face looked familiar to the
man who became suspicious, the FB1
added, because Sirbaugh had once
appeared as m entertainer IN Z
Cumberland n49hk club.
Evening star., 1944-01-25
Kemp 10 Recommend
Nursery Schools for
Arlington System
Declares Public Units
Needed to Supplement
Privote institutions

A recommendation that public
nursery schools be opened in Ar
lngton County will be presented tc
the school board tonight by Fletcher
Kemp, superintendent of schools
Edmund D. Campbell, Child Care
Committee chairman, announced
today.
This move follows yesterday s
committee meeting when Mrs
Hazel Moore, child care counsellor,
recommended establishment Of pub
lie nursery schools after a county
survey on the need for them. Mr.
Campbell said the committee had
accepted her reports and referred
them to him.
If the proposal meets with the
approval of the school board, Mr..
Kemp will proceed with plans for
the operation of nurseries.
This is an emergency service
provided to meet a war need" Mr..
Campbell said. TT will fulfill a
need not now being met by Arling-
ton County"
Mrs. Moore reported that private
nursery schools in the county already
are filled and have long waiting lists.
She pointed out that since the father
draft there has been an urgent need
for care of preschool children whose
mothers must work to supplement
family incomes
Miss M. Frances Cromwell, tech
nical adviser on nursery schools to
the Federal Works Agency and the
State Department of Education, has
come from the regional office to
work with Mr.. Kemp on the pro-
posed schools.
Evening star., 1944-01-25
Montgomery Appoint,
Committee Of Us
On Postwar PLANNING
Group Will Advise
On Projects Designed
To Provide Employment

The Montgomery County COM
missioners today appointed 225-
member advisory committee on
postwar planning to begin imme-
diately the planning of county prof.
ects to provide employment after
the war.
1t. Col. E. Brooke Lee, member
Of the Maryland National Capital
Park and Planning Commission and
chairman OF committee on public
activities Of the Maryland Postwar
Reconstruction and Development
Commission, was named to head the
advisory group.
Richard H. Akers, president of the
Montgomery County Civic Fedora
ton, was named vice chairman; Mrs.
Dorothy KuStz, executive secretary
OF the county welfare board, was
named secretary, and Fred w.
Tuemmler, director of planning for
the Planning Commission, was
named treasurer.
The commissioners said other
members of the group were selected
because their demonstrated ability,
technical education and experience
indicates they should be of marked
assistance in solving problems of the
postwar period"
Pointing out that it is doubtful If
private industry will offer adequate
postwar employment, the commits
sioners said it is important that
State and county projects be planned
now to offer jobs in this period.
Evening star., 1944-01-25
.lsNRshonmig
&Reminders@D

Canned and Frozen Foods, ETC.
Book No. 4, green stamps G., H.
and ] valid through February 20.
Stamps K, L and M will be
valid from February / through
March 20.
Meats, Fats, Etc. Book No. 8,
brown stamps r, S, T and U valid
through January 29. v now valid
through February 26.
Points for Fats-Your meat dealer
will pay you two ration points for
every pound of waste kitchen fats
you turn in.
Sugar-Book No. 4. Stamp 30 valid
for S pounds through March 81.
Shoes-Stamp No. 10 in Book No. 1
and stamp l on the "airplane"
sheet Of Book No. valid now for
an indefinite period.
Gasoline-No. 8 A coupons good for
3 gallons each until February 8.
B, B-1, G and C-1 coupons good
for 2 gallons each. These coupons
will expire on date indicated on
individual books. b. and ca
coupons in books issued since De-
cember are good for 5 gallons
each.
Tire Inspection Deadlines-For A
coupon holders, March 81. For B
coupon holders, February 20.
Fuel Oil-Period No. coupons, valid
now, expire February 8. Period
No. coupons, valid now, remain
valid through March IA. No. 2
and 3 coupons good for 10 gallons
per unit. According to the Dis
trict OPA, consumers in that area
should not have used more than
So per cent Of their total yearly
fuel oil ration as of January 2<
Evening star., 1944-01-25
Bethesda Red Cross
Elects Mrs. Powers

Mrs Richard j. Powers has been
elected chairman of the Bethesda
branch Of the Montgomery County
Red Cross Chapter it was announced
today.
Other officers include Mrs. F. w.
Berens, vice chairman; Mrs. John
B. Lawrence, corresponding secre-
tary; Mrs. James r. Galbraith, re-
cording secretary, and w. Paul
Stallsmith, treasurer.
Mrs. Dorothy Aubinoe, branch
chairman for the last three years,
was not q candidate for reelection.
Judge Albert E. Brault was named
to- head the branch's participation
in the 1914 Red Cross War Fund
Campaign.
Members of the Nominating Com
mittee were Mrs. James F. Dulin,
Mrs Florence F. Swain, Mrs. Mary
E. Moore, Mrs. Ruth B. Badger and
Mrs, Marie White.
Evening star., 1944-01-25
Walton League Unit
To Function Alone

The Maryland State Division of
the Izaak Walton League of Amer
lea was established as an independ-
ent organization instead of as a unit
OF the Regional Council, and mem
Der chapters elected T. H. Owen
Knight, Rockville chapter, presi-
dent at a meeting here Sunday, it
was announced today.
Columbus Oakley, Baltimore, was
named vice president and DR.. E.
Russell Cook of the Rockville chap
ter, secretary treasurer. The divi-
sion was organized in its new form
at the suggestion of national head
quarters in Chicago to meet in
creased needs for a wider conserva-
ton program.
Mr.. Knight appointed a Consti-
tuition and Bylaws Committee
composed Of T. Ormonde Nichols.
Bethesda, chairman; DR.. William B.
Holton, Bethesda, and Mr.. Oakley.
A Program Committee to promote
conservation ideas the league is
sponsoring and to develop other ac-
tivities, composed of William voight,
jr, Baltimore. chairman; R. j.
Beacham, Baltimore; Harry Yerrick,
Silver Spring; DR.. w. A. r. Bell,
Frederick, and E. E. Hamilton, Be-
thesda, was named.
John F. Stowell Of the District
chapter was reelected director of
the council, and Mr.. Knight was
named vice director.
The council authorized its exec
-utive board to represent the chap
ters in any hearings to oppose a
proposal to build dams on the up
per Potomac River.
1t was voted to request the NOM
mating committee of the Izaak
Walton League of America to nom
mate DR.. Lewis Radcliffe, Washing
ton, as a national vice president at
its annual convention in March. The
group also asked reelection of DR..
Holton and Talbot Denmead, Bal
timore, as national directors.
Evening star., 1944-01-25
Man Posing as War Hero Held
For Wearing Uniform illegally

The Federal Bureau of Investiga-
ton disclosed today how an ex-sol-
dier won his way into the affections
of a Cumberland (MdD family by
telling them that their son, missing
two years, was safely on his way
back to the United States.
The man, Robert E. Sirbaugh, "a
was arraigned in Cumberland yes
terday and pleaded guilty to a charge
Of illegally wearing uniform. He
waived final hearing and was COM
mitted to the Allegheny County Jail
under 1000 bond.
According to the FBI, Sirbaugh ar
rived in Cumberland about two
weeks ago in the uniform of a mas
ter sergeant. His chest was covered
with campaign ribbons and he had a
number of service stripes.
He said he had escaped from 9
Japanese prison camp and exhib-
tied scars on his wrist to show evil
dence of Jap brutality, the FBI said
He also said he had been in the
landings in Sicily, fought at Sa-
lerno and taken part in the italian
campaign.
The FBI said he had told a Cum
berland businessman that he had
played cards In . Philippine prison
camp With . Cumberland you'd,
Evening star., 1944-01-25
Five Baltimore Men Jailed
In Assaults, BurgIaries
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE, Jan. 25.-The ar
rests of five colored men and the
positive Identification of sixth has
broken up gang believed to be re-
sponsible for assaults on two women,
attempted criminal assaults on two
others and half-dozen burglaries,
Police Commissioner Hamilton r.
Atkinson reported yesterday.
New York police were requested
to aid in apprehension of the sixth
man, Mr.. Atkinson said.
One of the men was identified as
the one who attacked the wife of a
soldier Saturday in her apartment
and is believed to be the assailant
Of another woman in her apart
ment, the commissioner added. He
said . quantity Of jewelry was dis
covered Ia the rooms where the
men Nved.
Evening star., 1944-01-25
N. & W. Line Opened
After Freight Wreck
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
JAEGER, w. Va, Jan. 25.-Nor.
folk & Western trains operated nor
mally today after wreck in which
81 coal cars were derailed, tying uI
traffic for six hours.
officials of the line would moi
comment on the wreck, which oc-
CURED at nearby Hull Sunday.
1t was learned that the train con-
sisted of 80 coal cars being haulee
by lead and pusher engines, and
that it broke" in the middle. There
was no explanation of the mishap
No one was hurt in the derail-
ment, but in the cleanup work
Wreckmaster v. L. Morris, Blue.
field, suffered a leg injury.
Besides tying up traffic, the de-
rallied cars tore down several utility
poles, disrupting telephone and tele.
graph communication.
Evening star., 1944-01-25
Faurot, Missing Pilot,
Promoted and Decorated

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo-, Jan. IS
Promotion Of Capt. Robert l.
(Bob) Faurot, former University
Of Missouri football player now
missing in action, to major In the
Army Air Forces and the award OF
four decorations were announced
yesterday in a letter from the ad-
jutant generals ONCE to his father,
Frederick w. Faurot.
Maj. Faurot has been missing
since his fighter plane was shot
down in the Bismarck Sea battle last
March. Correspondence with men,
bers Of the squadron has caused
his family to abandon hope that he
is alive.
The decorations include the Silver
Star with one Oak Leaf Cluster
the Distinguished Flying Cross and
the Air Medal.
Maj. Faurot has three older
brothers, all former Missouri ath-
letes and now In the service: 1t
Jaylyle Faurot, 1T. Fred Faurot and
1t. Don Faurot, coach Of the Iowa
predight football team.
Evening star., 1944-01-25
Junior Chamber Urqes
Revised School System

RICHMOND, Va, Jan. 25.-The
Virginia State Junior Chamber OF
Commerce yesterday placed itself
on record as urging immediate
adoption of the State Board of Edu-
cations proposed minimum program
for the Virginia schools.
State Jaycee President Richard H
Mullikin announced in Roanoke
that the Board of Directors, in ses-
sion in Charlottesville, adopted
unanimously a resolution calling or
the General Assembly to enact i'm.
mediately enabling legislation to put
the program in full operation.
The resolution calls an improved
education system in Virginia "the
prime consideration in future eco
nomic and social development" OF
the Old Dominion and declares at
is to the greatest interest of the
people of Virginia to raise the
States educational program to a
level comparable to that of other
States without delay"
Evening star., 1944-01-25
Cherrydale Citizens Plan
Community Movie House

Calling attention to the absence
OF local theaters, the Cherrydale
VaD Citizens Association last
night laid plans to build a COM
munity movie house as a possible
cure for juvenile delinquency.
1t was pointed out during the
discussion that the nearest theater
In that area was in Clarendon. a
mile away. Children, they said
should have local places of enter
tainment where they will not wan
der about the streets.
The Public Welfare Committee
which suggested the resolution, will
attempt to contact chain movie
houses to build theaters in their
community within the month.
The committee further suggested
that with three main arteries
Military road, Old Dominion drive
and Lee highway-leading to Cher
rydale, other businesses likewise
should be encouraged.
School authorities will be notified
OF the present waste paper salvage
drive and hope was expressed by the
association that the school children
be enlisted to collect paper for a
designated week.
Committee chairmen were named
as follows: Utility, j. j. Kelley:
-,oaos and Streets, c. F. Rogers;
Schools, Mrs. Dallas w. Smith;
ra-ks and Fairgrounds, j. Humph-
reys; Public Welfare, Thomas j.
Broyhill; Legislature and Law
Percy Crittenden, and Membership
William R. Western.
The meeting originally scheduled
for the Cherrydale School was held
In the j. Monticello Cleaners store
since the janitor forgot" to open
the school. 1t was presided over by
the president, Charles s. Cobbins-
Evening star., 1944-01-25
81 More Montgomery
Men Enter Service

Montgomery County Selective
Service Board No. yesterday an
nounced the names of 81 white and
colored men, including % pre-Pearl
Harbor fathers, who were inducted
at Baltimore January II and II
and will report for duty with the
Army and Navy following their fur
Tough periods. .--...
Board officials said II white IA
theirs will report for duty with the
Army. They are:
Charles l. Fellows, Martin w. Bell,
Leonard B. Nimro, Theodore R.
Schneeman, Roy D. Shields, Frank
c.. Hamilton, Preston w. Grant,
Kenneth c. Barnes, John F. Clark,
Elwood R. Ely and Peter j. Klein.
Fourteen white fathers win re-
port for service with the Navy. They
are:
Theodore D. Woolsey, Wilbur E.
Loveland, David L. Weed, Carlos C.
Van Lear, Lewis w. Crosby, jr.;
James w. Jobes, George A. Pugh,
Roland H. Hargett, Francis I. Lee,
Ralph H. Mittendorf, James M.
Long, Ellsworth c. Nelson, Charles
M. Mathers and Edwin P. Shaffer
Colored fathers who will report
for duty with the Army include
Emmett E. Steiner, Raymond w.
TWyman and Arthur Brown.
Among 16 white nonfathers in
Quoted eight will report for duty
with the Army and seven will re-
port to the Navy. Those reporting
to the Army are:
George w. Killion, William T.
Denell. Samuel c. Doyle, Sidney
A. Corderman, John w. johnson,
jr.; Noel M. Moebs, William D.
Rowe, jr.; Edward H. Dickens and
Roy L. Lyman, jr.
Those reporting to the Navy in
clude Claude M. Mathers, Claude w.
Tibbs, Littell E.. Wilson, Glenn A.
Ruggles, William j. Shine, Thomas
P. Bones, jr., and John H. Kennedy
Colored nonfathers reporting to
the Army include Harris j. Rainey,
Joseph N. Davis, Rudolph c. Jones,
James v. Lindy, Wayland Harmon
and Paul Dorsey.
Roy Ware, colored, will report
for duty with the Navy.
Evening star., 1944-01-25
Raymond {. Brehaut
Elected President Of
Chest in Alexandra
Donors Vote for Change
In Constitution to Allow
"a to Serve on Bourd

Raymond c. Brehaut was elected
president of the Alexandria Com
munity Chest by the board Of di-
rectors last night.
Mr.. Brehaut. an official OF the
Rosslyn Gas So, served as chair
man of the Special Gifts Com
mittee of the 1943 Community War
Fund campaign. He is president OF
the Alexandria Boy Scouts and
chairman of the Postwar Planning
Committee of the Alexandria
Chamber Of Commerce.
Stanley Hing, United States COM
missioner for the Eastern district
of Virginia and president Of the
Alexandria Rotary Club, was
elected vice president and Luther
H. Dudley, an officer Of the Alex
andria National Bank, was re-
elected treasurer.
Chest Contributors Meet.
Prior to the meeting of the direc-
tors the annual meeting of con-
tributing members of the Com
munity Chest was held, with Will
liam G. Illch, 1s43 president, pre-
siding.
The group voted to amend the
constitution to permit maximum
of "a board members. Each Of the
II participating agencies has rep
resentative on the board, and the
constitution formerly provided for
an equal number of at-large direc-
tors.
Pending ratification of the change
by the State Corporation Commis-
sion, the meeting elected only II
of the directors named by the NOM
mating committee, with additional
directors elected subject to ratifi-
cation of the amendment.
Those elected directors at large
were Mr.. Brehaut, Mr.. Dudley, Mr..
Illch, Mrs. Edward Hulburt, Mrs.
Glenn Richard, Lawrence Combett,
Francis H. Fannon, John Schafe,
Capt. Robert S. Simons, Fobert G..
Whitton and Charles Henry Mason.
Others Elected.
Directors elected subject to the
new constitution include Gardner
L. Boothe, Mrs. Harry Cation, J. c.
Crump, Mrs. Albert Miller. the Rev.
John O'Shea, Mrs. H. B. Weaver,
jr., and Beverly May.
The agency representatives, elect
ed by their own boards, are Judge
Harry F. Kennedy, Alexandria Boys
Club; P. H. Butler, jr., Alexandria
Boy Scouts; Mrs. William thinner
man, III, Alexandria Girls Club;
Mrs. Frank Bowles, Alexandria Girl
Scouts; j. Randolph Davis, Com
munity Health Center; Clarence j.
Robinson, Alexandria Hospital; r.
Samuel Luckett, Salvation Army;
Mr.. King, Family Service Society;
T. c. Graham, Council Of Social
Agencies; Mrs. Henry Rau, jr., Wis.,
iting Nurse Service, and James
Webster, Hopkins House.
Evening star., 1944-01-25
New Peach Introduced
By Experiment Station
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
The Maryland agricultural ex-
pertinent station at College Park
reported yesterday that it had in
troduced to nurserymen and peach
growers a new yellow, freestone
peach which ripens slightly ahead
Of and during the Elberta season.
The "Redskin," the result of 8
cross between the j. H. Hale anc
Elberta, has been tested thoroughly
and fruited in several parts Of Mary.
land during the last IA years, thu
station said, and combines the gooc
qualities of both the Hale and the
Elberta.
High edible and canning qualities
excellent shipping and keeping anc
high yields were attributed to the
new peach.
Evening star., 1944-01-25
Horticultural Society
To Meet Thursday

The Hyattsville Horticultural So.
clety will meet at pm. Thursday
at the home of Mrs. Eva G. Chase
5305 Riverdale road, Riverdale, II
was announced today.
Recently elected officers Of the
society are George E. Vadney, pres
1dent; j. s. Cooley, vice president;
Mrs. John K. Lynch, secretary;
Mrs. A. K. Bowie, corresponding
secretary, and H. F. Mitchell, treas
urer,
Evening star., 1944-01-25
Need for Substitute
Volunteer Teachers
In D. T.. Continues
Most of High Schools
Forced to Ask Students
To Conduct Glasses

Need for substitute teacher VOL
unteers continued in the public
schools today as principals had to
resort to use of students to fill the
posts of absent teachers.
More than 100 substitutes are
needed. it was estimated by Robert
L. Haycock, superintendent of
schools. Although 80 persons ap-
peared in person and about Is more
wrote or telephoned to school Off
GERS after an appeal published in
The Star Saturday, only five of them
were substitute teacher volunteers.
The others were all permanent posi-
ton applicants, also badly needed
by school officers, but not in such
immediate need as substitutes.
Two senior high schools called on
students as teachers" yesterday,
Mckinley High School in physical
education classes and Dunbar High
School in tipping class. All but two
OF the nine other senior high schools
needed substitutes also and had to
telephone for hours before securing
adult volunteers.
Mary Jean Wexford, 18, a senior.
did the clerical work and some of
the physical education instruction
ordinarily done by Mrs. Elizabeth
r. James, Mckinley High School
teacher absent yesterday.
Outstanding Student.
Miss Wexford, an outstanding
student, also has taught history and
English when qualified adult sub
stitutes could not be found.
Sometimes the students act up"
she said, especially the boys. But
after speak to them a couple of
times they usually quiet down"
Principal Frank c. Daniel ex-
planned that maintaining discipline
is the main drawback in use of
student substitutes.
THE pupils are often apt to in
struct very WELL" he said, but their
contemporaries do not take orders
from them as readily as from an
older teacher"
Juniors Also Used.
He had to use Sterlin Tavell, a
junior, for nearly a month in tie
forge shop, he said, to replace l..
Birch, the regular teacher, out on
sick leave. William Farrar, Is, a
junior. substituted there last week
and Allan Barr, 16, also has served
as forge instructor.
Robert L. Haycock, superintendent
of schools, urged all ex-teachers and
any one else with instructors ex-
perience and a college education to
apply to him at the Franklin Ad-
ministration Building, Thirteenth
and K streets NV. Examinations
are held for all applicants for perma-
nent teacher positions, of which
nine are already open in machine
shop, business and Spanish classes.
Substitutes, however, need only to
have certiication Of the school au-
thorities.
Evening star., 1944-01-25
Special Dispatch to The Star.

special DISPATCH 10 Inc STAR.
RICHMOND, Jan. 25.-Arlington
and Fairfax Counties and Alex
andria wilyl receive substantial in
creases in State teacher salary allot-
ments next year If present attend
ance records hold I'D.
A Virginia Department of Educa-
ton report to the House of Delegates
revealed 81 counties and 5 cities
stand to lose State-appropriated
teacher salary money under the
budget recommendation for dis
tribution of $840 per teacher unit
next year.
The report. prepared for the
House under a resolution sponsored