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Evening star., 1947-01-22
Overhead Wire Lines
Removal Urged in
Nearby Counties

Removal. OF all electric and tele-
phone overhead lines in the urbar
areas of Prince Georges and Mont
gomery Counties was advocated to.
day by the Washington Suburban
Sanitary Commission.
According to Harry Shaw, deputy
chief engineer of the commission,
the utilities companies would not
be expected to make immediate
transfer of overhead equipment. In
stead, he said, it should be long
range plan.
"The Sanitary Commissions en-
cheering department" he contin-
ded, has completed a several
months long study of the situation
and has prepared tentative legisla-
tion for submission to the Prince
Georges and Montgomery County
delegations to the General Assem-
bly,.
.. Points to Dangers.
"Under existing legislation, the
Sanitary Commission Is, in charge
of the location of underground and
overhead construction within the
sanitary district.
Nearly all public utilities will
eventually be located underground
in urban areas and some portions
Of the Metropolitan Area have
reached the stage where certainly
no further overhead construction
MOULD he permitted"
Mr.. Shaw added that In the Sill.
Ever Spring ana Bethesda bushes.
districts and some others over.
head lines should be abandoned and
underground construction substi-
tuted.
Pointing out the disadvantages
unsightliness and in some cases
dangers of exposed high-tension
wires, he said the Silver Spring Fire
Department has cited instances OF
power lines adjacent to- second
story windows. Such a position
would make it virtually impossible
to place steel fire ladders against the
windows. it was claimed.
Long Range Program.
Falling wires during storms, and
hence interruption of service, were
cited as another argument for the
removal of the old-fashioned over
head lines.
Mr.. Shaw said the long-range
planning program should provide
for conduits under the streets to
carry water, sewer and gas mains,
storm drains and electric telephone
and telegraph cables. He indicated
these conduits should be side by
side.
Substitution Of underground power
and telephone lines, Mr.. Shaw
maintained, can be accomplished
without an increase in utility
charges to the public"
Sanitary Commission officials
planned to confer with Montgomery
and Prince Georges County dele
gates to the Assembly to discuss the
proposed changes.
Evening star., 1947-01-22

announcement said.
Mr.. Johns said Mr.. Sedgwick will
be responsible for all news orig
mated by the commissioners or
channeled through them.
A graduate of Central High
school, Mr.. Sedgwick attended
George Washington University
From 1887 to 1912 he worked in
the office OF the architect at the
Capitol. 49,
During the war he served with
the Army in a public relations ca
pacity and saw action in Normandy
He was discharged last year with
the rank of first lieutenant.
Mr.. Sedgwick, who is unmar-
ried, lives at 905 Thayer avenue,
Silver Spring. He is, a former presi-
dent of the Silver Spring Citizens
Association and of the County
Young Republican Club.
Evening star., 1947-01-22
Volunteer Firelnen Elect
lin West Lanham Hills

The West Lanham Hills Md
Volunteer Fire Department l1as
elected officers, as follows:
C. H. Gohr, sr., chief; B. G. Koe-
mig, assistant chief; w. r. john
son, captain; G.. A. Pufdnberger
lieutenant; R. L. Smith, secretary
and r. j. Smith, treasurer.
Mr.. Gohr and Mr.. johnson also
were named delegates to the Prince
Georges County valunteer Fire
mems Association.
Evening star., 1947-01-22
Employees Credit Union
Elects in AIexundriu

New officers Of the Alexandria
Public School Employees Federal
Credit Union were announced today.
Named to the Board Of Directors
we're 1t. Col. George A. Patrick,
Miss Thelma Pruden, Miss Mary
Thurman, Miss Katheryne Batugh
and Miss Helen Iddings, all of the
George Washington High School.
Charlex c. Bum and Misss Dolly
Callahan, both of the high school
and Mrs. Pauline G. Gorham, Jeff-
erson School, we're named to the
Credit Committee. r. w. Garner
of the high school, Miss Elizabeth
C. Good from Jefferson School ana
Miss Ruth Pontpn from Washing
ton School were named to the Sup
ervisory Committee.
Evening star., 1947-01-22
Proposed 500 Teacher Raise
Would Remove Inequities

!; IrectorS, assistant directors, heads OF
departments, chief examiners anc
divisional directors would be in.
creased from 10 to IL per cent ovel
the 1945 salaries.
! Minimum Ranges to $500.
For this group the proposed min
imums range from 81, 300 to $4,000
as compared to present minimums
of $3,700 to $4,700. Proposed maxi
NUNS WOULD be from SIS, 100 to $500
as compared to present maximums
of $4,500 to $1,000. Reason for the
range given is that each claSsifica-
tion draws a slightly different sal
ary.
Teachers College personnel would
get raises amounting to q per cent
for instructors, assistant librarians
and librarians and ranging down to
II per cent for professors and asso-
ciate professors.
Proposed minimums in this group
run from $4,000 to $500 as COM
pared to present minimums OF
81, 100 to $4,000. Proposed maximums
range from $4,000, to $4,000 as COM
pared to the present $4,000 to 5000.
Lowest raises would go to the
associate superintendents, assist
ants to the superintendent and
teachers, college presidents and
would amount to about 6 to Z per
cent over their present salaries. In
this group, proposed minimums are
SC, 500 to $500 instead of the pres
ent $4,000 to $1,000. Maximums run
from $500 to $1,000 as compared
to the present $1,000 to $4,000.
st39 Other Recommendations.
Also recommended IN DR.. Corn
ing's report we're:
/. Substitute and temporary teach
ers be given credit for service at the
rate of 500 year up to f1ve<years.
At present they sign yearly con-
tract at the minimum in their group
no matter what their previous ex-
perience. 5.
2. The number Of years it takes
teacher to reach the maximum In
her pay bracket be equalized among
teachers in all categories. At pres
ent it varies several years in some
cases. Both the present and the
proposed plan places the increases
on a yearly basis.
60. The supermaximum" plan be
made available to school system
officers as we'll as all teachers. At
present, officers and number Of the
teacher categorieS do not have ad-
vantage of this plan.
The cost OF the proposed fiat $700
raise would amount to $4,000, 600.
This is 100000 more than the cost
of the $3.50 temporary raise which
expires on July l.
Teachers salaries, exclusive Of the
81 800 900 which the $3.50 raise cost,
now total $685., 900. Thus, If the
proposed raise is given, the total for
salaries in the first year Of the pro-
gram would be $12,483 900.
Evening star., 1947-01-22

Johns, chairman
Of the board,
announced to-
day.
Mr.. Sedgwick,
who has written
a column for
the Maryland
| News for the
| last 10 years un-
, der the name OF
! Wick Byron, will
assume his du-
| ties February l
on a part-time
| basis at a salary
set at $2,400 a
x,oor &he on.
Evening star., 1947-01-22

Complete overhaul OF the present
teachers pay schedule to remove
inequities which have had teachers
grumbling in the District for years
was recommended today by DR.
Hobart M. Corning, superintendent
of schools.
The fiat $500 raise proposed would
be $3.50 more than the temporary
increase granted by Congress which
expires on July l. .
Overhauling of the pay schedule
would result in single salary
schedule for 1920 teachers in which
salaries would be increased about q
per cent over 1945 levels. For 211
school officers, the increase would
run from per cent to 13 per cent
over 1945 salaries.
The plan would add the $700 to
the base.pay under the l945 sched-
tule, which does not include the $3.50
temporary increase. With this new
salary figure, the teachers and OFF,
GERS would be placed in their appro-
pirate place in the proposed pay
schedule and carry on there with
their regular yearly raises up the
scale.
Would Get $2,5O0 Minimum.
Under the proposed pay schedule,
the teachers holding a bachelors
degree would receive a minimum of
$2,50O, as compared to $1,000 now.
and a maximum of $3,700, as COM
pared to $4,000. If they have a
masters degree, the minimum would
be $1,000, as compared to $2,100, and
the maximum .s4,206, as compared
to $1,000.
When these maximums, have been
reached, the teachers are eligible for
promotion into a "supermaximum"
bracket.
At present, to advance into this
bracket teachers must take written
examination, have records and
qualifications reviewed and then be
placed on a list of eligibles. How
ever, only about 10 per cent of that
list can be promoted to the super
maximum" because of a numerical
quota.
Urges End of Written Examination.
DR.. Corning recommended the
abolition of the written examina-
ton and the numerical quota and
asked for promotion based upon
credential evidence of growth in
service and teaching record.
This will open to more teachers
promotions into the "supermaxi-
mum" brackets, which means a
minimum of $4,000 as compared to
So 600 if they have bachelors de-
gree and a maximum of $4,000 as
compared to $1,000. With mas
ter's degree, the minimum would be
$4,000 as compared to s3,40o and a
maximum OF $4,700 as compared to
s3,70o.
Under the proposed schedule,
principals, assistant principals, di-
Evening star., 1947-01-22
Maryland Youth Cleared
In .Deuth of Father
BY the A.soeioted Press

TOWSON, Md, jan 22.-The Bal
timore County grand jury yesterday
ordered the release of John Frances
Cavanaugh, 35-year-old Dundalk
pipefitter, after failing to find sufi-
cient evidence to sustain charge
that Cavanaugh caused the death
of his 67-year-old father.
The son said his father sustained
the injuries in a fan down the stair
way. 49, ---s# =
Evening star., 1947-01-22
Referendum Proposed
In Prince Georges on
School Bond Issue

A Prince Georges County ref.
erendum on a proposed $500, ,00t
bond issue was in prospect today al
result of recommendations OF the
county commissioners.
Acting on a request of the County
Board of Education to approve such
bond issue which would provide
funds for school construction in the
county, the commissioners yesterday
announced they would not issue the
bonds without a referendum vote.
The School Board previously had
disclosed plans to construct seven
new schools and additions to two
others if the money is provided.
1948 Referendum Possible.
BY their decision, the commission
ers make it necessary that any bill
introduced before the State Legis-
lature for authority to issue the
bonds include a provision for a
referendum. The referendum might
be held in connection with the 1948
elections, the commissioners ex-
planned.
Commissioner John H. Beall,
whose motion to decide the issue at
a referendum was adopted unani-
mously, declared that such bond
issue would be "too much of bur-
den to place on people without their
consent" -..
According to school board plans,
funds from the proposed bond issue
were to be used, in.addition to money
left over from 81 800, 600 bond issue
authorized in 1945. Construction
would include new high schools
at Upper Marlboro and Oxon Hill
and an elementary school in Land
over Hills, and new construction or
additions at six other schools, whose
proposed locations have not yet been
revealed.
Lease Approved.
In other action, the commissioners
approved a five-year lease of space in
the Masonic Hall, Hyattsville, by the
Princes Georges County Memorial
Library Committee. The annual
TcIlCdl Will NC SA,OOV OOto1lCo AAohA q
2-cent library tax,
which was assessed for the first time
last year.
Clarence L. Tucker, Samuel O.
Willett and Richard j. Brown were
named as road examiners to con-
slider the taking over of Olive street,
from Addison road to Eastern ave-
nue., Beaver Heights, as a county
road.
A permit to operate a pistol and
rifle range on part of the Rogers
Clark acreage, Rogers Heights, was
renewed for another year for the
Mount Hooper Pistol and Rifle Club.
A new application by the National
Capital Rifle and Pistol Club, Inc,
of Washington, to operate a similar
range on the Merson property, near
Beltsville, was referred to county
police for investigation.
Evening star., 1947-01-22
HuirfieId Seeks House Seat

FREDERICKSBURG, Va, Jan
% R.-Frank j.. fairfield, farmer
lumberman and school bus driver
of Spotsylvania County, today an
nounced his candidacy for the House
of Delegates from Fredericksburg
and Spotsylvania, subject to the
Democratic primary In August.
Evening star., 1947-01-22

~ Y ~ ~ "a ~
Council Build
ing, Jesup Blair
Park Silver r
Spring, 1t was an
nounced today.
T h e C e n t e r
now is operated
by a Community
Service Commit
| tee Of the Cis-
sel-Saxon Post
No. Al, Amer
lean Legion. w
c. Kathme!yer is
chairman Of the
committee
Evening star., 1947-01-22

The center VIII MI. NashmesH
attempt to aid all veterans present
ing problems of housing, insurance
or education. It maintains photo
stat service for discharge recording
| in court records, Mr.. Kathmeyel
said.
| Other members OF the committee
are Gregg Everngam, Lacy H. Smith
Curtis A. Wangsness, William R
Bloxham and william B. Wheeler.
Evening star., 1947-01-22
Information Center 10 Open
For Silver Sprinq Veterans

A veterans Information Center
will be open Monday through Fri
day from 8 am. to pm. and on
Tuesday from to pm. in the
Evening star., 1947-01-22
Sedgwiiek Gets News
Post in Montgomery

Byron Sedgwick, 81, Of Silver
Spring, has been appointed pub
licity agent for the Montgomery
County commissioners, Brooke
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-06
LEWIS mot IN
TO S~OUTHERNERS
Gives Brush-O Off To Oper.
ators In South; Men
To Work

WASHINGTON, July 5 - B
24-hour hitch in signing of a soft
ccal peace pact for northern
mines developed tonight, while
southern operators reported get
ting "a complete brush-off" from
John L. Lewis.
Lewis, head of the United Mine
Workers, postponed until 2:30 pm.
(E.S.T.) tomorrow Sunday at a
meeting of his 200-member policy
committee to ratify the "agree-
ment in principle" which has been
reached with the northern employ
+ Of $50, 600 miners. 1t calls for
a "A 12- cents basic hourly III
crease.
A UNIV spokesman said the
lawyers "simply haven't got the
language of the agreement work
ed out yet" but prophesied this
would not interfere with a re-
sumption of digging in 5000 north
ern pits on Tuesday, when a TO-
day industry-wide vacation ends.
Not so right was the outlook
for southern workings. A member
of the Southern Coal Producers
association reported that five I'M
successful attempts have been
Continued on Page Two; Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-06
CHILD'S FATHER
PROTECTS NEGRO
Attempted Criminal As
sault On Seven-Y Year
Old Told

ELIZABETHTOWN, July will
Thomas, Negro, about 40 years
old, was taken out of the county
for safe keeping this morning aft
er attempting to criminally assault
a seven year old white girl, daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Shep Thomp-
son of near Abbottsburg, Bladen
county.
The chllds mother was in the
garGen some distance away when
the Negro man went to the house
and asked the little girl for a
drink of water.
When she went in the house for
a glass he followed her and it is
alleged the attempted assault took
place.
The father returned in about 80
minutes and he and neighbors in
stituted search.
They found the Negro, lied him
and brought him to Sheriff John
B. Allen. The child was not badly
injured.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-06
FLOOD WATERS
SAID RECEDINC
Mississippi, Lapping Sec.
ond Floors, Reported
Stalled

GRAND TOWER, ILL.,, July 5 -
P)-The muddy Mississippi, lap
ping at second floors of some
Grand Tower buildings, appeared
to have leveled off today after
reaching the highest peaks in. over
100 years between st. Louis and
Cairo, Ill.
An estimated 900 homeless per-
sons of this towns 1000 popula-
ton were sheltered in tents and
two schoolhouses on high ground.
Mayor Jesse Grammer said it
would take two weeks for all the
wafer to drain from the town if
the river falls at the rate predict
ed.
At st. Louis, Harry F. VAIL
gren, U. S. meteorologist, said a
fall of II feet was expected in
the next 48 hours at St. Louis
with a slight drop extending as
far south as Cape Girardeau, Mo-,
and Cairo late tonight or tomor-
row. The river was stationary al
the southern points.
u. S. army engineers said
levees would hold in Perry coun-
ty on the Missouri side and across
the river between Preston and
Mcclure in Illinois. The crest was
at least one foot below the bar
riers' tops on both sides.
However, the few remaining
levees protecting farmland on
both sides of tae Mississippi in
the st. Louis area were still term
ed critical despite the rivers
drop. The Mississippi, still more
than nine feet above flood stage,
can exert a lot of pressure against
soggy bikes already weakened by
rain, sand boils and three weeks
of nigh water, engineers said.
At Dupo, Ill, Mayor Delmar E.
Valine said the danger of over
topping a hastily constructed dixie
Continued on Page Two; Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-06
ARMY BELIEVES
C-54 IS LOST
Part OF Plane Found In
Ocean May Spell
The Worst

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla.
July 5-R-Army authorities fear
ed the worst" today in their
search for a missing C-54 military
cargo plane with six aboard as
the Atlantic Ocean gave up an
oxygen bottle and a yellow cush-
ion identified as army aircraft
equipment.
The equipment, among numer-
GUS pieces of wreckage reported
sighted by searching planes in an
area 300 miles northeast of Palm
Beach, was identified by Maj. l..
R. Humphreys, commanding OIL
Ger of the 5th air rescue squadron
at Morrison army air field here,
but he emphasized that 'there is
no assurance it is from the miss
ing plane
The plane left Kindley field,
Bermuda, Thursday morning, and
was due at Morrison field that
afternoon.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-06
STUDENT LEFT
r.. HOLDING BABY
Now He Wants Fountain
Pen Back Mother
Borrowed

NEW YORK, July 5-PHA 23-
year-old Notre Dame university
student walked into Bellevue hos
pital today and asked two infor-
nation clerks if they would take
a baby girl off his hands-he had
to catch a plane.
The student, Henry j.. Marvin
of Mishawaka, Ind, explained that
an attractive brunette had walked
up to him at the airlines terminal
here and asked to borrow his foun-
tain pen.
She took the pen into a rest
room, he said, and left with him
a baby girl about two weeks old
and two small bags.
A few minutes later she came
back, stuffed a piece of paper into
a bag and asked him if he would
hold hte baby a few minutes long
err.
After he waited an hour and
no one around the terminal could
Continued on Page Two; Col. 9
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-06
Survivor Tells
How Tornado Blew
House From Head

DETROIT, July 5-tP)-A resi-
dent of suburban Dearborn got a
firsthand description today Of the
tricks played by the tornado in
Dakota and Minnesota.
John Stoltman said his brother,
Victor Stoltman, telephoned from
Oslo, Mimi, to tell of running to
shelter in his basement with his
wife and children.
Then.
1.-THE house sailed from over our
heads like a balloon and was toss
ed 100 feet away.
'"The family car landed in some
trees, and the barn and other
sheds sailed out of sight.
"a wagon wheel just missed us
when it whirled into the base
ment."
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-06

"Since I'll probably have to vote
on an appropriation bill next year
for the dredging project, 1 want
to learn mere about the Cape Fear
and the dredging operations now
underway he said yesterday. He
is a member of the Senate Rivers
and Harbors committee.
Col. B. c.. Snow. district engi-
neer, will be the Senator's host.
Also making the trip will be
Mayor E. L. White, Harry Gard
ner, New Hanover county commits
sioner, Frederick. Willetts, chair
man of the Wilmington Port Com
mission, J. T. Heirs, executive
secretary of the commission, J.
E. L. Wade, city councilman, R.
B. Page, chairman of the North
Carolina Ports authority and H,
E. Boyd, Wilmington industrial
traffic manager.
The boat will leave from the
Customhouse dock at $50 am.
Colonel Snow said.
The Republican Senator said in
an interview yesterday:
II think river and harbor dredg-
ing appropriations for ports such
as Wilmington will and should in
crease during the next few years.
"This type of spending is far
better than having to have rocks
moved from one pile to another
Continued on Page 4, Column A.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-06
FIGHTER PLANES
READY FOR DISCS
PSI Ships Are Alerted To
Photograph
Objects
BY The Associated Press

Col. AL Dutton, commanding Of
ficer of the Oregon National
Guard, announced Saturday night
that the Guards squadron would
attempt to photograph any future
apparitions of the flying discs.
He said six Psi fighter planes,
equipped with gun and telescope
cameras, would be kept ready to
take off on a moments notice.
States where the discs have been
reported:
Oregon, Washington, California,
Idaho, Arizona, New Mexico, Tex
as, Montana, Wyoming, Colorado,
Missouri, Nebraska, Michigan, In
diana, Louisiana, Kentucky, Geor-
gia, South Carolina, Pennsylvania,
New Jersey, Ohio, Illinois, Arkan'
sas. Tennessee, Maine, Florida,
Utah, Maryland, Iowa, Kansas ano
the District of Columbia.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-06
MANS
BODY IDENTIFIED
Mystery Shrouds The Case ;
Hoax Perpetrator To
Be Questioned

PONTIAC, Mich, July 5 - P)
The body of ~19-year-old Richard
ScAweitzer, Detroit factory work
Ell whose disappearance two
months ago was followed by a
ransom plot" against his widow
ed mother, was found in a swamp
today.
A murder theory was first ad-
vanced, but preliminary investi-
cation failed to determine the
cause of death. DR.. Richard o.
son, Pontiac General hospital pa
biologist, said he found no evil
dence of violence.
Berry piokers stumbled upon the
body lying in shallow water in a
swamp near Lake Orion Village
almost two months to the day the
young former Coast Guardsman
vanished without a trace from his
Detroit home.
Under : Sheriff Donald Menzies
Of Oakland county said the body
had been identified through finger
prints and tattoo designs on both
arms. The body evidently had
lain in the swamp for weeks, Of
ficers said.
Police in Detroit claimed to
have nipped an >eXtortion attempt
against Schweitzer's mother, Mrs.
Marie Schweitzer, Sc, hospital die
tician, early last month.
At that time police, masquer-
aiding as workmen and housedoor
statesmen, took into custody George
Continued on Page Two; Col. ~
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-06
Robbins Held
In Knife Affair
At Carolina Beach

B. M. Robbins, so. of Whining
ton, an employe of spofford Mills,
was arrested last night at Caro-
lima Beach, charged with assault
with a deadly weapon with intent
to kill, and confined to jail with
out bond pending the outcome of
injuries suffered by his brcther-ln-
law, Spurgeon Brittman, of Lum-
berton.
Brittman was taken to a local
hospital for treatment of lacera-
tons about the neck. The arrest
was made by Assistant Chief Floyd
Whitman and Office G. W. Wolfe,
Police reported Brittman had
lost a slot of blood and was CIV
en- plasma."
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-06
Holiday Baby Born
To Noffsingers
AT James Walker

At least one patriotic baby was
born Friday, July 4, in Whining
ton, but it was too late last night
to make a comprehensive check
for others.
The Independent day miss is
Margaret Brock Noffsinger, daugh-
ter of Mr. and Mrs. j. w. Noffsing-
er, 101 Bryan avenue, who was
born in James Walker Memorial
hospital at Ssh p. m.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-06
KING CAROL,
LUPESCU WED
Ceremony Performed On
Her Death Bed May
Not Be Legal

RIO DE JANEIRO, July 5-(R-
Former King Carol of Romania
was disclosed today to have sought
to legalize his % years compan-
ionship with the gravely i'll Nine.
Elena Lupescu, in a special
"death bed" ceremony.
The mony performed
Thursday in Carols luxurious
suite at the Hotel Copacabana was
requested by Nine. Lupescu under
a Brazilian law which permits
marriage to dying persons. There
were some doubts, however, as to
the legality of the action.
News of the ceremony was given
out by Nine. Ernesto Udreanu,
wife of Carols secretary. She said
Nine. Lupescu was seriously i'll.
Two physicians were reported
attending Nine. Lupescu. She had
suffered for many months from a
lingering illness, which earlier was
described as lukem1a and was now
said to be pernicious anemia.
One witness to the bedside cere-
mony said he was unauthorized to
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