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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-03-19
School Board Charge!
Alexandria Council
Blocks Expansion

The entire seven-year expansion
program for Alexandria schools is at
standstill and will cost more than
planned because Of the City Coun-
ellis delay in purchasing three school
sites selected more than a year ago,
the School Board charged at joint
session with the council last night.
Sidney We'll, spokesman for the
School Board, said future develop
ments in the entire school program
ARE based on the acquisition of
those sites He explained the city
now would have to pay more for
them than if they were purchased
when originally selected.
Mr.. We'll said he knew of people
living on land selected for school
sites who said they had not been
approached by the city about the
purchase or condemnation of their
land.
"I think when the council in
structed the city manager to obtain
these sites he should have purchased
them" Mr.. We'll said. For over a
year the sites have been available
to the city and as far as we can find
out nothing has been done about it. -
Mayor William T. Wilkins said
the council was not in a position to
say what has been done about pur-
chase of the tracts because City
Manager Carl Budwesky is in Flori-
da. Mr.. Budwesky has handled the
work in that connection. he said.
Mr.. Budweskys leave expires next
month.
Mr.. We'll was assured by Mayor
Wilkins that information on pur-
chase of the sites would be fur
nished the School Board within
very short time
A delegation of colored residents
appealed to the School Board and
City Council to reconsider their
plan for using the location of Lyles-
Crouch colored school as the site of
white school, They contended
Lyles- Crouch was in colored
neighborhood and listed other sites
available for the new white school.
On motion of Councilman Paul
Delaney, the council requested the
School Board to investigate other
sites for the proposed white school.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-03-19
Man Is Held in Forgery
OF Check Written as Joke

Charged with forgery involving a
$500 check, a 35-year-old Arlington
man today was held for county
grand jury action although police
say he did not write or sign the
check in question.
Held under $1,000 bond is John
Frank Cabs. $500 North Twenty
second street who. according to
Detective Capt Hugh Jones, got a
woman friend to write and sign
the check so he could play joke. u
Cabs was held following hear
ing in Arlington County Court yes
terday during which the friend, Mrs
Ruth Rhoades of the Twenty-second
street address, testified she wrote
the check at his insistence.
Capt. Jones said the check. which
was drawn on a Maryland woman's
account, was cashed by Cabs in a
grocery on Lee highway in Cherry
dale. Mrs. Rhoades testified yester-
day she had since borrowed money
and made the check good.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-03-19
Virginia Teachers 10 Get
S1,675,30O in Extra Pay
BY the Associated Press

RICHMOND, Va, Mar. 49,
Checks totaling s1,675,3 300 will go
out soon from the State controller
to supplement the pay of Virginia
teachers under provisions OF the
Appropriation Act of the 1947 spe-
cial session of the General Assem-
bly,, according to Dowell J. Howard,
assistant State superintendent Of
public instruction.
The checks will be sent to treas
urers of the 80 counties and 20
cities which have complied with
the specification that localities must
appropriate 80 per cent of the State
funds to which they would be en-
titled.
The sum authorized for payment
yesterday amounts to approximately
II per cent of the total funds ap-
proved by the General Assembly to
supplement teachers pay for the
period ending June 80.
The largest single check-for $685.
745-Will go to Norfolk City, with
the second largest-$53, 458 ear
marked for Wise County.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-03-19

to it that everybody got everything.
All good hams are good eating,
but this one after every swallow
left a tang of the highly favored
goose liver on the tongue.
One of the accomplishments OF
the French Revolution was to trans
fer foie gras from the royalty to the
people, writes Joseph Donon, whom
Mrs. Hamilton NICK. Twombly of
New York pays $25, 900 year as her
chef de cuisine.
Dessert might seem impossible
after all that had gone before, but
it wasn't. The rum cake, the whole
strawberries in a sauce with ice
cream and the cream-puff swans all
became victims of appetite. They
were the creations of Joseph Tucci,
the Raleigh's pastry chef.
Some of Those Present.
Among the chefs in attendance
were Claude Jarrin, chef Of the
Wardman Park Hotel Chinto Mag
gia, whose Spanish chicken and rice
has made Peter Bora's Madrillon
Restaurant famous; Chinto's BROTH
er, Clement, who heads the catering
firm of that name; Eddie Dziura of
the Shoreham, Nick Marchitelli OF
the Mayf1ower. Armand Fisson of the
Carlton and Jacques Haeringer, the
dean of Washington's chefs. who
learned the art at the London Ritz
Carlton under the late Auguste
Escofher, the chef to kings and the
king of chefs.
The chefs were all happy, for at
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-03-19
Edgemoor Group Fovors
Teachers Puy Increase

The Edgemoor Citizens Associa-
ton last night approved the Mont
gomery County Board of Educa-
TONS proposals for increasing teach
ers' salaries by 80 to so per cent.
At the same time, the group de-
clared that if there is an increase
there should be IAN improvement
in the quality Of the teachers" and
that "all substandard teachers now
employed should be removed
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-03-19

it all over anything put on by Lux
Radio Theater," the principal
stated.
Bad Little Bears" tells Of a
junior bear who disobeyed his
mamma and papa bear and went
near the river. An alligator grabs
him by the leg and is ready to
eat the little bear when his parents
arrive just in the nick of time
to save him.
Miss Young termed the whole
program truly a wonderful ex-
perience" for the children. Not
only did 1t give them chance to
show what they worked on in
school, but it also provided an OPP
portunity for them to get a
practical lesson in radio opera
ton, she said.
Encouragement Seen.
II hope that by their actual
participation in a radio program
they will be encouraged to have
something to say about what kind
of programs are put on the air."
Miss Young added.
Moreover, it probably will
make them more appreciative of
the work behind radio programs, -
the principal said.
Joseph Brechner. general manager
of WGAY, thought another ad-
vantage of the broadcast was that
it helped the youngsters to be-
come more confident. Il didn t
see anyone of them who looked the
least bit scared by the mike" he
said.
Next opportunity for school-age
youngsters to demonstrate their
own ideas of radio entertainment
goes to a group of students from
Montgomery Blair High School.
Their program will be presented
at II am. Tuesday from the WGAY
studios.
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'WGAY Presents Play Written
IBy Woodside Second-Groders

Youngsters from the second grade
at Woodside Elementary School in
Montgomery County yesterday
launched a series of radio programs
to show what children of all ages
want in the way of radio entertain
ment.
They chose to present play that
they had written and presented in
class as part of their social studies
program.
THE play started out to be a
short story but after they had it all
worked out, it was decided to make
it play" Miss Bess M. Young, prin-
cipal of Woodside, explained.
The children had no idea their
play was to be broadcast when first
they started working on it. Their
opportunity came after radio Station
WGAY and the Visual Aids Com
mittee of Montgomery County
schools had worked out plan for
presenting each Tuesday at II am. a
radio program put on entirely by
students of some Montgomery Coun-
ty school.
Title of the play presented yes
terday from WGAY studios was
Bad Little Bears
Each Pupil Helped.
Each pupil had a part in writing
the play under the guidance of their
teacher, Miss jeanette Anderson.
"One cast of characters acted
the play in the school but we chose
different actors and actresses for
the radio presentation" Miss
Young pointed out, emphasizing
that every students participation
was encouraged for the radio pro-
ject.
Those who did not have speak
ing parts over the radio supplied
musical effects by humming in the
background.
The children say their play has
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-03-19
Harvey Ennis Elected Head
OF VFW al Seat Pleasant

Harvey E. Ennis has been elected
commander of the Strawn-Turner-
Hartman post, Veterans of Foreign
Wars, of Seat Pleasant, 1t was
announced today.
Joe Miller, senior vice commander;
William Miles, junior vice COM
mander; John Mcfarland, quarter
master; Joe Miles, Judge advocate;
John Soust. chaplin: Demple Dykes,
surgeon; Jim Clark, officer of the
day; George Pearce, patriotic in
structor, and Thomas Martin, his
torian.
Milton Schmidt and Paul Noll
were elected trustees.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-03-19
Arlington COP Head Spurns
Bid 10 Democratic Dinner

John Locke Green, Arlington Re-
publican leader, has received an
invitation to buy four SIS tickets
to the Jefferson Day Dinner In
Richmond of the State Democrats.
Mr.. Green, who also is Arlington
County Treasurer, sent reply to
Edmund T. De Jarnette, chairman
of the Jefferson Day Campaign
Committee. The reply said:
It would be glad to contribute SIS
to the Democratic Party in Virginia
to help perpetuate the governmental
philosophy of Thomas Jefferson, In
whose honor this dinner is supposed
to be held. However. since actually
it seems to be to continue the policy
and governmental theory Of Serla-
tor Byrd. I am not willing to help
your Democratic Party"
Mr.. Green contributed SIS last
fall to Martin Hutcheson, who OPP
posed Senator Byrd In the Demo-
cratic primary.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-03-19
Amos Neumun Death
is Ruled Suicide

A certificate of suicide has beer
issued by DR.. James 7. Boyd, Prince
Georges County deputy medical ex-
aminer, in the death of Amos Neu-
man, as. of Baltimore, whose body
was found Monday near the Grain
highway, about eight miles north OF
Upper Marlboro, police reported to-
day.
A retired confectionery store op-
orator and World War / veteran
Mr.. Neuman was found with a bullet
wound in his right temple, police
said. A 80 caliber revolver was
clutched in his right hand, while q
note indicating he was going to
shoot himself was discovered in his
automobile parked nearby, police
added.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-03-19
Mrs. Woodward Heads
Red Cross Committee

w. w. McCollum, chairman of the
Arlington Chapter, American Red
Cross, has announced the appoint
ment of Mrs. Marion H. Woodward
as chairman of the Committee on
Community Services to Camps and
Hospitals. Mrs. Woodward is secre-
tary to the Arlington Red Cross
Chapter.
Mrs. Woodward announced her
committee will consist of Mrs. Will
bur B. Tubbs and Mrs. Gregg w
Heath, vice chairmen; Mrs. Robert
w. Livingston, Mrs. Walter F. Cakes
and Miss Nadia Lesson.
A representative from every COM
munity organization in Arlington
also will serve on the committee.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-03-19
Board Hears Strong
Demand for Arlington
School Bond Issue

Representatives of more than SO
Arlington organizations, including
the County Council of Parents and
Teachers, Civic Federation and the
Citizens Committee for School I'm
provement, last night told the
County School Board they want at
least a $3,250,0O0 bond issue to
finance improvements to the coun-
tvs schools.
Only one organization was placed
on record as opposing bond issue
at a public hearing sponsored by
the school board at the court
house and attended by more than
300 persons.
About 40 of the organizations an
nounced support of the $3.250, 600
four-point program sponsored by
the Citizens Committee. Five asked
for a bond issue of from $4,000, 600
to s4,O000O0, six left the amount up
to the school board, one favored
the s6,263,OOO suggestion Of the
school board and one came out
fatty against any bond issue at this
time.
Chamber Favors Board Plan.
The vast majority Of the organ
izations represented fayored the
our-point Citizens Committee pro-
gram, which calls for full-day ses-
siors for first and second grades,
kindergartens, reduction Of the
teacher load and increased Sec
ondary school facilities.
The Chamber of Commerce went
on record for the program of the
school board, with the exception of
the two items calling for full-day
sessions for the first and second
grades and kindergartens.
Opposing any bond issue at all
was the Nellie Gusts Elementary
School PTA. An overwhelming num-
Der of organizations stressed the
need for the first two of the Citizens
Committee items full-day sessions
and kindergartens.
Critical Situation Seen.
Mrs. Florence Cannon, represent
ing the Civic Federation and the
Organized Women Voters, declared
the existence of an extremely criti-
cal situation as far as schools are
concerned"
She said that a bond issue can
be financed without tax increase
until 1949 when 7-cent boost prob
ably would be necessary, followed
by like amount the next year.
Mrs. Art Brown, president Of the
County Council of Parents and
Teachers. said that her group repre-
sented 26 parent-teacher associa-
tions, comprising about 5000 mem
bers. She said the council did not
attempt to say which part Of the
program should come first but did
vote for the S3,250.000 issue. The
balloting was not unanimous, she
declared, since some of the delegates
preferred the s6,263, 900 proposal.
Due Consideration Promised.
DR.. Oscar r. LIE Beau, chairman
of the Citizens Committee, declared
his group. after interviewing thou
sands Of residents, is more con-
WINGED than ever that the things
Arlington parents want are the
points contained in the groups
program.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-03-19
wSchooI Plan
In Montgomery
ToBeCurtaiIed
Commissioners Find
Building Program
Is Too Elaborate

Branding proposed building pro-
gram of the Board of Education
far too elaborate" the Montgom-
cry County Board of Commissioner
announced yesterday that confer
ences will be held Immediately with
school officials and building con-
sultants to determine "a workable
program"
The statement was made after a
delegation from the Kensington area
appeared at the commissioners
weekly meeting to ask for county,
wide Improvement in school condi-
tions, including an increase In
teachers. salaries.
Lewis Hanke, chairman of the
group, which represented parent
teacher associations of Kensington
md other civic groups, told the
commissioners that parents don't
ant gold inlaid elevators in the
chools but good safe buildings
Explaining that the group had
first been concerned with the Ken
sington Elementary School. which
was described as a fire trap" two
weeks ago by the Kensington Volun-
teer Fire Department, Mr.. Hanke
said attention should be paid to inn
proving conditions in all county
schools.
Increased Costs a Problem.
Brooke Johns, chairman of the
commissioners, said increased costs
of labor and materials undoubtedly
would have an unfavorable effect
upon the long-range Sl4000,oo0
school construction program previ-
ously announced by the Board Of
Education.
However" he added, IAN expert
from New York is coming to confer
with us on school buildings After
talking with him and members of
the Board of Education I hope we
will be able to make provisions in
the budget for the next fiscal year
for all needed improvements and
on practical and non-fancy scale"
The commissioners also passed a
resolution approving submission to
Gov. Lane of a list of three persons
from which Juvenile Court judge
will be selected to succeed Judge
Alfred D. Moves when his term
expires in May.
Those nominated include George
Warner and Clarence c. Keiser, both
of Bethesda, and J. Douglas Brad
shaw of Takoma Park.
Recommendation Required.
The commissioners explained that
according to law passed by the
Legislature in 1945 the Governor
cannot appoint a Juvenile Court
Judge except upon the recommended
ton of the county commissioners.
The job of county automobile
assessor, now filled by Forrest w.
Crown, was abolished effective
April Is. The position has paid .
salary of $4,000 annually.
The Welfare Board was request
ed by the commissioners to furnish
the names of all persons on the
welfare list and the sum of money
each receives.
The commissioners discussed a
plan to move civil service offices
from Bethesda to the old courthouse
building in Rockville. No action
was taken, however, pending study
of a location. Tentatively being
considered, it was announced, Is
space occupied by the law library.
Mr.. Johns proposed that steps be
taken to eliminate wild dogs in the
county which, he said, ARE Destroy
ing smaller types of livestock"
He suggested that officials In
charge of the county animal shelter
be empowered to round up wild dogs
and destroy them. No action was
taken by the commissioners.
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ton in Food PIeoses PoIoes of Chefs at Epcueon Club
by GEORGE Kennedy


Imagine giving a blowout for all
the best professional cooks of the
community-men land, of course,
they'd be mem whose palates can
d1fferentiate and take inventory of
all the seasoning that has gone into
the food they are tasting.
Edmond johnson, chef Of the
Raleigh Hotel, was the host. and he
was little nervous. But he needn't
have been. Everything was wonder
full. Every one had a swell time.
The occasion was one of the buffet
suppers of the Epicurean Club of
Washington after one of the month
ly meetings at which the chefs
among the members are hosts in
rotation.
OF course chefs are not cooks
let that be Strengthened out right
away. They are executives or admin
istrators. But they can cook every
dish they put on their menus.
The commonplace idea that their
occupation has cost them their
appetite is all wrong. Never feel
sorry for them on that score. They
swept the boards clean.
First there was the hors d'oeu-
vres table with the usual canapes
prepared with extra artistry, plus
oysters returned to their shells in
white jelly that looked like a con-
lection and tasted like an apotheosis
of these producers of pearls. They
delighted the tongue as well as the
eye.
Are you interested in the wines
chefs partake while eating? White,
red and rose wines from the Napa
Valley of California were on the
tables. Most of the older chefs
opened a bottle of beer to drink
with the hors d'oeuvres, drank beer
with the soup, opened another bot
tie for the entree and continued
drinking beer with the roast. They
did not abandon beer until they
got the dessert.
Wine Pronounced Good.
Not Rene Girault, however, who
has recently returned to Washing
ton from a short period of pre-
siding over the kitchen of Peter
Goelet Gerry. Mr.. Girault. native
OF Savigny, drank the California
wine and pronounced it good.
Frances loss in the recent war is
not fully realized. France got back
Indo-C China and her other colonies,
but Mr.. Girault, who was with the
French Embassy here for IA years,
is now with the British Embassy.
There was no lobster apsic. life
like salmon or roasts glazed with
rosettes on the buffet board. Fish
and meat were prepared for taste
and taste only. The show was left
to the pastries and confections.
The soup de pecheurs Fishermen S
soup was high with salty lobster
flavor-a broth of essence exquisite.
The tripe cooked for 10 hours with
seasoning and vegetables would
make one 60 back for more but for
the certainty of more wonderful
things ahead.
Do you want your guests to'spread
your fame as a host? Do you want
such a popularity that even the
men who can give that raise or
arrange that contract will gladly
accept your entertainment?
What to Do With Ham.
Take a ham. Boil it. Cut 1t In
thick, even slices. Then paste 1t
together again with pate de foie
gras. Cover with flour and water
paste and bake.
That's what Mr.. johnson did to
entertain his peers. He served the
hams himself, breaking open the
pastry envelopes and forking out the
slices. Brunow Bonkow, the maitre
d'hotel of the Raleigh, was seeing
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-03-19
Fairfax Session Limited
To Roads in Project

A public hearing at 10 am. March
26 in Fairfax County Courthouse
will be for study only of those prof.
ects already in the State secondary
road system in the county, r. M.
Loughborough, executive secretary
to the Board of Supervisors, an
nounced today.
Mr.. Loughborough contfadicted a
previous announcement that the
meeting can by law deal only with
petitions for inclusion Of new roads
in the secondary system.
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Citizens Group to Meet

A special meeting of the Dominion
Hills Civic Association will be held
at 8 pm. tomorrow at the Recrea-
ton Center in the Old Cherrydale
school, 3710 Lee highway, Arlington,
to. elect a president and fill the I'M
expired term of George J. Freisem,
resigned.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-03-19

with him also. Several of the others
were pupils of Escof1er's pupils.
IT remember him when he arrived
in London from Monte Carlo" said
Harry Kopel of Hammers Restau-
rant. "He was very short man, and
he used to walk into the kitchen of
the Ritz Carlton wearing high hat.
I was a waiter, II years old. I'll
never forget him"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-03-19

their meeting it had been decided
to revive the sen1iannual dinners Of
Les Amis d'Escoff1er. Curt c. Schif-
feler, director of the Raleigh, had
given them the go-ahead. The spring
dinner is planned for next month.
After the buffet supper, men sat
around and talked about Escoff1er as
football coaches would about
Rcckne. Papa Jarrin had worked
Evening star., 1947-02-06
Citizens Group Hears
Spokesmen Of 3 Faiths

Democracy in the United States is
being challenged today as it has
never been before, 1t was agreed by
representatives of the Jewish, Cath
olic, and Protestant faiths, who
spoke at the Arkansas Avenue Citi-
zens Association meeting.
The meeting was held last night
in Burdick Vocational School, Four
teenth and Allison streets NV.
The Rev. DR.. Charles Hart, asso-
ciate professor of philosophy at
Catholic University and secretary of
the American Catholic Philosophic
Association, maintained. Religion
must go hand in hand with the eco
nonnic world"
In his two years of overseas serv-
| ice as chaplain in the North Afri-
can theater, Rabbi Henry Tavel said
he was inspired by the ability of the
three faiths to cooperate in time
! of war.
surely with so much to gain, we
can do as well in peace" he said.
DR.. Frederick A. Reissig, executive
secretary of the Washington Fedora
| ton of Churches held there is room
for neither isolationism nor loyal
ties to unimportant things. He also
reasoned that although all religions
must be in general harmony, hon
est disagreement is no barrier to
understanding and friendship"
The meeting was conducted By
Mary S. Resh, president, who con-
graduated two recent Roosevelt
High School graduates, who had
previously been presented medals
for their scholastic achievement by
the association. They are Ivan
Tempchin, 1929 Taylor street NV.
and Anna Marsonopalis 720 Shep-
herd street NV.
The association favored adoption
of daylight saving time here next
summer.
Evening star., 1947-02-06
HospitoI Benefit Saturday

A party for the benefit Of the new
George Washington University Hos
pital. win be given from 8 to II pm
Saturday In the Silver Spring Ar
Imory. The District Kappa Delta
Sorority is sponsoring the party.