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Evening star., 1947-05-26
Political Pressure
For Stiff Labor Bill
Charged by Hartley
Chairman Says House
Must Yield to Senote,
Drop Bargaining Ban
BY The Associated Press

Chairman Hartley of the House
Labor Committee said today he
lis being subjected to political
pressures" from people who
want him to hold out for a
harsh" labor bill.
But Mr.. Hartley said he will keer
working for a bill that can be
written into law regardless of q
possible presidential veto. And that
means-in his opinion-that the
House must yield to the Senate and
abandon such provisions as a ban
on industry-wide bargaining.
He said, however, that too much
emphasis has been laid on what
the House Is conceding now, and
not enough on what he contended
the House won earlier by forcing
the Senate to pass a more far
reaching bill than expected.
Mr.. Hartley is the top House
spokesman on the Senate House
conference committee on the gen.
eral labor bill. This group will meet
again tomorrow after a weekend
recess during which it's legal staff
worked on the wording of suggested
compromise provisions.
Some Seek to Make Issue of Bill.
Taking note in an interview of
Democratic contentious that some
Republican leaders want President
Truman to veto the labor bill and
Congress to uphold the veto In
order to use this against Mr.. Tru-
man in the 1948 campaign, Mr.
Hartley asserted:
Let me say this. Even now am
being subjected to political pres
sures which I interpret as meaning
there are certain people who don't
even care whether this bill is en-
acted into law. They want to make
1t an issue in the 1948 campaign"
Mr.. Hartley said he thinks this
would be bad politics" for the Re-
publicans.
Charges Attack From Both Sides.
The New Jersey lawmaker de-
clared:
T am catching it from all sides.
Union leaders say I am the No. l
labor-baiter in the country. And
now many industrialists, who ought
to consider me their best friend, are
me for yielding on indus
try-wide bargaining and other issues.
Then there are those policial pres
sures for a harsh BILL
Entirely too much emphasis has
been laid on the differences between
the two bills, and on what the House
is conceding," Mr.. Hartley said.
What has been lost sight of Is
that the House has already obtained
It's concessions. We got more into
the House bill than anybody expect
ed, This forced the Senate's hand
and they passed stronger bill than
expected.
Claims Victory In Omnibus Bill.
ALSO the Senate people were in
clined to go about it piece-meal,
W4oit cCFCA ul 0AA1S. L Vic
ming have insisted that it be an
bill, and I have won out"
Concerning the House ban on
bargaining, Mr.. Hart
ley made two points:
/. "If you keep it in, you're going
to have no bill" He meant that
the Senate would uphold a presi-
Dental veto if the bill were that
broad. It takes a two-thirds vote
in each House to override a veto.
2. "One real menace of industry
wide bargaining-strikes that en-
danger the public health or safety
is handled in both the House and
Senate bills and will be in the final
version"
Both bills provide that such
strikes can be blocked by court In
functions obtained by the Govern
ment
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Poroguoy LoyoIists Take
Rebel Port and Town
By the Assoeiu,sd Press

ASUNCION, Paraguay, May 90
The government of President Hig-
inio Morinigo announced last night
that Loyalist troops had captured
the river port Of Desaguadero and
the town of Belencua from revolu-
tionary forces and reported that the
insurgents were falling back along
the entire front.
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Cairo Foctory BIost Kills 5

CAIRO. May 26 tR.-Police re-
ported today that five persons were
killed and 10 seriously injured last
night by an explosion which wrecked
match factory near Cairo. Cause
of the blast was uncertain.
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(See CARSON, Page A-4.)
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DR.. Leonard Arguello was elected
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CSee NICARAGUA, Page AS
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= tSee MOB, Page Al, N
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tSee FOOD, Page A-4.)
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(See TAXES, Page A-4)
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(See ARMS, Page A-4.
Evening star., 1947-09-12
Chew Says Williams
Makes False CHARGES

F. Freeland Chew, member of the
Arlington County Board who will
seek reelection in November
branded as false recent criticism OF
him by Harley Williams of the Bet
ter Government League.
Mr.. Williams had characterized
Endorsement of Mr.. Chew and Harry
w. Cuppett. who also seeks re-elec-
ton by the Greater Arlington Coun-
ty Association as proof positive thai
these board members have always
favored real estate SPECTATORS over
the vast majority of homeoWnerS
and other citizens"
Mr.. Chew labeled the statement
"a deliberate, malicious and un-
mitigated" falsehood.
'As author Of the ordinance which
prohibits construction Of row houses
in Arlington County said Mr.
Chew, "I had incurred the dis
pleasure of the very real estate
operators and spectators OF whom
he speaks. During my II years OF
public service I have enjoyed a
county reputation as champion o1
the rights of the home owners and
individual citizens of Arlington"
The candidate asserted he well
coined the Endorsement of the
Greater Arlington Association "and
I am delighted and f1attered to have
it lust as I would be for that of any
other group of outstanding public
spirited citizens"
Evening star., 1947-09-12
Plank Staying Suspect
Faces Theft Sentence

Alvah B. Martin, 20, arrested as a
suspect in the Norman Leroy Plank
Staying, was scheduled to be SEN
fenced today in Fairfax Circuit
Court for the theft of an automo-
bile belonging to Plank's sister.
Martin, who pleaded guilty to an
Indictment charging car theft re-
turned by a Fairfax County grand
jury, admitted taking the sedan of
Mrs. Nellie Burner, sister of the
slain man, from her home at 4108
Forest lane, Falls Church. He said
Plank told him to take it and go to
Washington to get some whisky and
women, police said.
Plank, deputy clerk in District
Small Claims Court, was found shot
to death early July at the foot Of
the cellar stairs in his sisters home.
His death first was certified as sui
eide but after the car was discovered
missing, the certificate was changed
to murder. Martin was arrested in
the Burrer car in Kingston, N. Y,
on July II.
Martin told police he left the
Burner home July 5 and that Plank
. was alive at that time.
Evening star., 1947-09-12
BY the Associated Press

BALTIMORE, Sept. IL. Bombs
will be bursting in the air over Fort
McHenry again tonight, recalling
the bombardment by British war
ships in 1914 which inspired Francis
Scott Key to write his country's
National Anthem.
Re-enactment of the British at
tack, which Key immortalized in
THE Star Spangled Banner" will
be feature of Baltimore's observ-
ance of Defenders Day.
Spectators lining the fort ram
parts will see another fleet, 40 gaily
decorated boats from the Maryland
Yacht Club, parade past the historic
spot. Red, white and blue lights
will play on the yachts until they
drop anchor, when all but running
lights will be extinguished.
Then a Navy and Coast Guard
vessel standing in the Patapsco
River-where the British men o war
were stationed 1873 years ago in their
bid to knock out the fort-will let
go salvoS.
An Army field piece in Fort Nc
Henry will be the counterpart OF
the American reply as fireworks
Evening star., 1947-09-12
a Cleared on Charges
OF Draft Evasion

Draft evasion charges against
three Washington men were dis
missed and fourth defendant was
acquitted in Federal District Court
at Alexandria yesterday.
The men were indicted about four
years ago an charges of taking ben
zedrine to raise their blood pressure
to make them ineligible for military
service. A total of 18 men were in
dicted and IL cases have been dis
posed of to date.
Cases dismissed yesterday were
those against Watson w. Parsons,
Eugene l.. Turner and Albert l..
Brooks. Acquitted was j. Siravo.
Assistant United States District
Attorney George r. Humrickhouse
recommended the three dismissals
and the acquittal to Judge Albert
v. Bryan following testimony which
indicated the tests used to deter
mine the presence of benzedrine in
the mems systems had not been
conclusive.
Judge Bryan took under advise
ment the case of Thomas M. Crane
Charles Bauom and Clinton R
Tucker, jr., were acquitted Tuesday
Evening star., 1947-09-12
4 Wafer Trucks Used
To Ease Shortage in
7 Montgomery Towns

Three District-owned trucks bor-
rowed by the Washington Suburban
Sanitary Commission today were
bringing water to residents Of CATH
ersburg and Washington Grove, Md,
after three of the nine wells in the
two towns ran dry Wednesday.
The three trucks, each of which
has 1O,O00-gallon capacity, were
pressed into service late yesterday
along with fourth truck owned by
the Contee Sand & Gravel Co.,
Kensington.
The Contee Co. truck will resume
hauling water tonight, according to
commission officials. They said the
trucks will continue carrying water
from a hydrant in Garrett Park
until the water supply of the two
communities passes the danger
point.
The water is dumped into two
50,OO0-gallon surface tanks and
then pumped into an elevated
150000-gallon tank, which is now
about one-third full.
Sufficient reserve is maintained
in the two surface tanks for fire
protection, the commission said.
Residents of the two towns have
been urged to conserve water for
essential uses and to exercise the
utmost care in preventing fires.
Commission officials said they
hope to strike new source of
water soon in a we'll now being
drilled in Gaithersburg. They
blamed the shortage on insufficient
rainfall.
Evening star., 1947-09-12
Alexandra Jail Fugitive,
Shot When Captured Dies

Ernest Jacobs, 20, colored one of
three prisoners who escaped from
the Alexandria Jail July 25, died at
a Richmond hospital today, Alexan-
dria police said.
Jacobs along with Henry Edward
Williams and James Brown, both
colored, was awaiting sentence for
trespassing on railroad property at
the time he escaped.
Brown and Williams are still at
large and Jacobs was shot by a
deputy sheriff near Richmond when
he was recaptured Saturday. He was
taken to a hospital Alexandria
police were not informed of the
cause of his death,
Evening star., 1947-09-12
By J. B. Zotmon.

Although approximately 200 Mont
gomery County children are being
forced to attend classes in churches
because their schools are over
crowded, Assistant Supt. Edgar M.
Douglass today insisted that I'VE
are in better shape than any other
school system in the Washington
area"
He stuck to his statement even
after admitting that part of the
kindergarten class at the East Sill
YER Spring Elementary School may
be transferred to nearby church
and that double shifts are being
considered for about 80 pupils at the
Colesville School.
Reporting to church for their stu
dies are 100 kindergarten and first
grade pupils at the Woodlin School
Silver Spring, who go to Grace Epis-
copal Church five blocks away; 81
fifth and sixth graders at the Sandy
Spring School, who go to the Ashton
Friends Meeting House, about 1OC
feet from the school, and approx
mately IS kindergarten children at
the Kensington School, who have
been shifted to the Kensington
Presbyterian Church, five blocks
away.
Nominal Cost Involved.
In arranging for the transfers, the
Board of Education agreed to pay
nominal sum to the churches to
cover the cost of light, heat and jan
itor service, Mr.. Douglas said.
He added that those shifted from
the Woodlin School will return in
about two months when construc;-
ton of a four-room addition is
completed.
Glasses for the other two groups
of children will continue to be held
in the Kensington and Sandy
Spring churches until September
1948. At that time an eight-room
addition to the Kensington School
and a three-room addition to the
Sandy Spring School are expected
to be ready for occupancy:
In explaining his optimistic view
Mr.. Douglass pointed out that while
enrolment has reached an all-time
high of about 1900 pupils, an in
crease of nearly 800 over last years
figure, a total of TIT teachers-an-
other all-time high for the county
have signed contracts. The num-
Der of teachers represents an in
Evening star., 1947-09-12
Alexandra City Hall
Repair Work Under WAY

Repair work on the city market at
Alexandria City Hall now Is under
way, Acting City Manager Joseph
M Pancoast said yesterday.
The work, being done under the
suoeryision of City Engineer c.
Luckett Watkins and Building In
spector A. r. Lash, is expected to
cost ABOUT $500. 1t involves re-
moving shed roofs on either SIDE
of the main building and construct
ing a new roof on the center struc-
ture, Mr.. Watkins said.
A movement to tear down the So
year-old building was halted after
city residents and farmers using the
market protested to city council.
Evening star., 1947-09-12
Democratic Action Group
Urges Two for Rent Board

Two candidates for the Rent
Advisory Board for the Montgom-
ery-Prince Georges County area
today were proposed by the Wash
lngton Chapter, Americans fol
Democratic Action.
In letter to Gov. Lane of Mary
land, the group proposed Leroy A
Halbert, 5545 Manning drive, Be-
thesda, an insurance man and
president of the Potomac Co-opera-
tive Federation, and Joseph A
Clorety, jr., 8OO2 Newell court, Silver
Spring, an economist in the Bureau
of Labor Statistics of the Labor
Department and president of the
Greater Washington Area Council
American Veterans Committee.
Federal Housing Expeditor Frank
R. Creedon previously had asked
Gov. Lane to nominate additional
members to the board after it was
determined the six originally nomi-
mated and appointed own their own
homes and none rents from others
Mr.. Creedon asked for a more rep
reSentatiVe" board
Evening star., 1947-09-12
Trustees Are Elected
For ArIinqton Memorial

The following trustees of the Ar.
lington War Memorial Association
have been elected:
At large for two-year terms
Charles J. Walsh, Paul Carrier ane
Mrs. Pearl Khronke, and for one
year term, Colin C. Macpherson
For two years: Paul Hill, Airing.
ton Chamber of Commerce; Henry
Haney, Veterans of Foreign Wars
Edgar w. Humphrey and Raymond
l.. Hanback,, American Legion. Fol
one year; A. 2. Thomas, Izaak WAL
ton League, and Eleanor Hatcher
Business and Professional Women:
Clubs.
Evening star., 1947-09-12
Mrs. Walter Davis Heads
CisseI- Saxon Auxiliary

Mrs. Walter S. Davis has been
elected president of the Clssel-
Saxon unit, American Legion Aux
iliary, of Silver Spring, succeeding
Mrs. Ethele Fields.
: Other officers are Mrs. James E
Roeder, first vice president; Mrs
Lewis Hamlet, second vice presi-
dent; Mrs. George F. McMurray
secretary; Mrs. George T. Thomas
treasurer; Mrs. Henry Eslin, chap
lain; Mrs. Maurice L. Colburn, his
torian: Mrs. Eleanora Youngblood
sergeant at arms, and Mrs. Helen
Fangmeyer and Mrs. Dorothy
Thompson, color bearers.
Members of the Executive Com
mittee include the above officers and
Mrs. Fields, Mrs. Thomas B. Foster
Mrs. William E. Marvel and Mrs
George j. Smith.
Installation of officers will be held
in the Silver Spring Armory at
$50 pm. September 10.
Evening star., 1947-09-12
Bombs Bursting in Air to Recall
British Attack on Fort McHenry

explode overhead. The center of
powerful searchlights, Old Glory
then will be hoisted inside the fort,
calling to mind Keys words that
the Flag was still there"
Those attending a dinner OF the
Society of the War of 1872 will see
a reproduction of Congreve in
cendiary, the weapon which terrified
Baltimoreans and evoked the rock
cts red glare" in the National An
them.
A model of the rocket was made
from Congreve's own drawings at
the Aberdeen Proving Grounds and
will be used to illustrate talk by
F. w. F. Gleason, military his
torian.
Rear Admiral William S. Parsons,
commander of the mission which
dropped the first atomic bomb on
Hiroshima, also will talk. Just to
show that Baltimore harbors no i'll
feelings, Sir John Balfour, Minister
IPlenipotentiary of Great Britain,
also has been invited.
Defenders Day is legal holiday
in Maryland. Banks and courthouses
were closed. Schools were open
however.
Evening star., 1947-09-12
Arlington Suit Seeks
To Enroll Negro at
Westinghouse High

A suit which seeks to force Ar
lington school officials to enroll
colored student in the white Wash
ington-Lee High School has been
filed in Federal Court at Alexandria
The suit was filed by Leon A
Ransom, colored attorney here, on
behalf of Constance Carter, daugh-
ter of Mrs. Elizabeth Taylor, 3525
South Twenty-second street, Ar
lington. 1t names Schools Supt
Fletcher Kemp and members OF the
County School Board as defendants
Basis of the action is the refusal
of school officials to enroll MISS
Carter at Washington-Lee after
courses which she sought to take
were not offered at the colored
Hoffman Boston High School.
Newport News Suit Filed.
The suit is believed to be the first
of it's kind affecting Arlington
schools.
Meanwhile in Newport News, Va.
two cases involving claims OF
Negroes that they have been denied
eeuual rights in both educational
and recreational facilities with
whites came before the Federal
court for the Eastern District o1
Virginia yesterday.
One involved a suit entered on be-
half of Negro pupils in Gloucester
County against the Gloucester
County School Board complaining
that Negro pupils were not afforded
equal educational, athletic ano
TRANSFORMATION facilities, the AS
sociated Press reported. The other
was filed against the city OF New
port News by a group of Negro resi-
dents alleging discrimination IN
recreational facilities.
Asks Use of Building.
The suit against the city of New
port News asks, in effect, that the
city either permit use of the recre-
ational building in the East End by
whites and Negroes or that another
building be constructed for Negroes
which would be duplicate OF the
present one used by the whites.
In the Gloucester suit the charges
are made that Negro pupils are
not afforded the same adequate
facilities as whites: that educational
courses for Negroes are fewer ano
that transportation of Negro pupils
is not comparable to that Of the
whites
Evening star., 1947-09-12
Sprigg Retires
From Race for
School Board
Two Other Arlington
Non-Orgonizotion
Candidates Stoy In
BY Robert c. RoIIinqs

Roger B. Sprigg, one of three can
didates who lacked formal organi-
zation Endorsement for Arlington's
first popufarly elected School Board
today announced his withdrawal
from the race. The other two, how
ever, declared they will remain in
the contest.
Mr. Sprigg, a certified public &C
countant, said he will notify the
Arlington Electoral Board today OF
his withdrawal.
The two candidates VINO said they
will remain are Mrs. Lucy G.. Bussey
and John M. Stewart, both incum-
bents. Mrs. Bussey declared she is
running as "the peoples candidate
because I'd like the School Board
to be nonpartisan organization. u
Mr.. Stewart, a veteran of IS years
on the board. asserted: Il have
no idea of Withdrawing"
Club Backs Mrs. Bussey.
Announcement also was made to-
day of the formation of Vote for
Mrs. Bussey for School Board" Club
The announcement was made by
Winfred M. Brown, 2601 North Lex
ington street, temporary chairman.
The campaign to re-elect Mrs.
Bussey is being started, Mr.. Brown
said, by group of Arlingtonians
who are anxious to keep politics
out of the schools. They know the
excellent work that has been done
by Mrs. Bussey on the school board
in the past and feel that candi-
date that has not sought organiza-
ton backing at any time would con-
tinue to keep the education of our
youths above partisan politics"
Meeting Called Next Week.
A meeting of the group, of which
Mrs. Margaret Bryant is temporary
secretary, will be held next week,
Mr.. Brown said.
The Arlington School Board
nominating convention, made up of
a number of citizens groups headed
by the Citizens Committee for
School improvement, the Civic
Federation and the Better Govern
ment League, last month nominated
five persons for the board. The
Greater Arlington Association last
Monday night indorsed five of the
eight other persons who had filed
for the board.
The nominating conventions slate
comprises Mrs. Edmund D. Camp
bell, Colin C. Macpherson, Barnard
Joy, o. Glenn Stahl and Curtis E.
Tuthill.
Endorsed by the GAA are William
Montgomery Smith and Ernest c.
Belts, jr., incumbents, and DR..
Charles P. Cake, Ralph Kimble and
Ernest Gearheart
Evening star., 1947-09-12
Firemen 10 Pick Beauty
AT Jubilee in Kensingfon

Miss Montgomery County Fire
man" will be chosen at the silver
Jubilee and annual convention OF
the Montgomery County Association
of Voluntary Firemen at pm. to-
morrow at the Kensington fire.
house.
The winner will receive a SIS cash
prize and a silver trophy. She Will
represent Montgomery County IN
the State convention at Ocean CITY
in 1948.
Following the beauty contest
there will be a parade, games,
banquet, and refreshments Tor nre
officials from outside the county.
Evening star., 1947-09-12
MontgomerySchooIs Co|IedBest
|InD.C. Area Despite Overflow
ease of 10 over the previous school

crease of 10 over the previous school
year.
Six Schools Being Built.
mo school in the county ha:
been forced to hold classes in cor
ridors nor have any double shifts
been ordered" he asserted. THE
shifts of pupils at the Kensington
Woodlin and Sandy Spring Schools
were put into effect to avoid such
conditions"
In addition, according to Mr.
Douglass, six school construction
projects, estimated to cost 81 1885,
900 are under way. One-the Wood
lin addition-Will be completed in
two months and the other five will
be ready for occupancy no Later
than next January. When all have
been finished, they will meet the
county's most urgent school needs
he declared.
Besides the addition to the Wood
lin School, the projects include:
Four room additions to the Pine
crest, Gaithersburg and Lynnbrook
Elementary Schools, 12-room ad.
dition to the Montgomery Hills
Junior High School and a new Ken
sington- Wheaton School which will
accommodate about ITS children.
Takoma Park School Planned.
Pressure on the East Silver Spring
Elementary School will be relieved
when a new school in the Flower
avenue area of Takoma Park is
built, Mr.. Douglass asserted. Bids
will be sought within the next 80
days and construction probably will
be completed by September, 1948
he said
According to Mr.. Douglass, the
average number of pupils per teacher
last year was 20 in high schools and
IS in elementary schools.
While he termed that pretty
good" Mr.. Douglass said school Off
cials hope to reduce the elementary
school figure to 80 pupils per teacher
this year.
Meanwhile, officials at the Ken
sington, Woodlin and Sandy Spring
Schools said parents of the children
involved in the shifts have expressed
approval of the move.
The fifth and sixth grade children
involved in the Sandy Spring shift
took the transfer as challenge,
according to Miss A. c. Hutton, prin-
cipal. She said they Joined whole
heartedly' in planning to redecorate
, their new room.
Evening star., 1947-09-12
Z Beer and Wine Licenses
Approved in Montgomery

The Montgomery County Liquor
Control Board yesterday approved
two applications for beer and wine
licenses. Two other applications
scheduled for hearing were with
drawn.
An application for a class A Off
sale beer and wine license was
granted to j. & J. Super Market
Inc, TIT Sligo avenue, Silver Spring
A class D on-sale beer and wine IL
cense was granted to Jack and Mary
kalyjian, operating Jacks Lunch
1855 Rockville pike, Montrose.
Applications for class D licenses
were withdrawn before the hearings
by John P. Hewitt, Argyle Restau-
rant, sos Forest Glen road, Silver
Spring, and by Sarah c. Coles
Mamie M. Stewart and Harvey J
Stewart at Norbeck,
Evening star., 1947-09-12
Gov. Lone Will Attend
Frederick County Fair
sx the Associated Press

FREDERICK, Md, Sept. 12.-The
Frederick County Fair will include
a Governors Day" this year for
the first time in several years, Of
ficials of the County Agricultural
Society announced.
Gov. Lane has accepted the So
cietys invitation to be present on
October l, second day of the four
day exposition.