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Evening star., 1948-12-02
Montgomery School Needs
Seen Exceeding Proqrom

A preliminary survey indicates
that Montgomery County needs
additional school space that would
cost "at least several times as much
as the recent $5,000,000 construction
bond issue.
Such a report was made last night
at meeting Of the Building Com
mittee chairmen of Parent Teacher
Associations comprising the Mont
gomery PTA Council. The meeting,
called by Chairman George Pryor
of Silver Spring, was held in Rock
vile.
Members agreed that the county
would be unable to finance so vast
a program and decided to confer
with local and State authorities in
an effort to obtain State grants fol
construction.
Oficials said the preliminary sur
vey showed that practically every
public school needs to be expanded
now and that within short time,
needs will be SO pressing that s1p-
Elementary buildings will have to
be constructed to carry out the
school program effectively.
Evening star., 1948-12-02
Prices Drop in Shanghai
| On Gold Move Reports

SHANGHAI, Dec. R.-Prices
tumbled in Shanghai today follow
ing rumors that the Central Bank
of China was shipping out its gold
bullion.
The rumors-wholly unconflrmed
started when the Shanghai garri-
son blockaded the Bund (Shang-
hais main thoroughbred last night
Even persons carrying curfew passes
were not permitted to pass through.
A number of coolies were observed
moving heavy boxes from the Cen
tral Bank to ship tied up to a
dock opposite the bank.
Today, the price of rice dropped
TO $40 yuan from yesterdays $50:
department stores reduced prices
from 10 to Is per cent and news
print dropped so per cent-to 70
yuan a ream. (The unofficial ex-
change rate is 40 yuan to ST.
Evening star., 1948-12-02
GAO Building Sketches
To Be Reody for Builders

The Federal Works Agency an
nounced today that drawings and
specifications for the $22,850, ,00O
Government Accounting Office
Building should be ready for bidders
about December IS.
Bids for the construction Of the
building, between Fourth and Fifth,
G and H streets, across from the
present GAO building, will be taken
on or about February l. Prospective
bidders may obtain drawings after
December Is from Room 1925, Fed
eral Works Agency Building.
Evening star., 1948-12-02
Cathedral Fund Drive
Reaches 25% of Goal

About Is per cent of the Wash
ington Cathedral's sustaining fund
of $4,000 for the city has been
reached, it was announced at a
luncheon meeting at st. Adams
yesterday.
E. r. Finkenstaedt, chairman OF
the sustaining fund drive, said he
hoped a final report could be made
at the next luncheon meeting to be
held in the college of preachers at
the Cathedral on December Is.
Evening star., 1948-12-02
China
Continued From First Page

tCOntlnueQ from FlrSt rage
battle of Suchow "has drawn to an
end" and that the base had lost its
strategic Importance" He con-
tended the Suchow battle had ended
in the governments favor and that
the Reds had suffered more than
200,0 casualties.
In the developing battle of North
China, government forces were re-
ported to have withdrawn from the
two key points in Peiping's defense
system-Kupeikou and Luanhsien.
Kupeikou. gateway to Manchuria
through the Great Wall. is 10 miles
northeast of Peiping. Luanhsien is
a strategic rail town 80 miles north
east of TientSin.
Thousands of refugees were re-
ported fleeing Luanhsien.
Trains on the Peiping- -Jehol rail-
way, which runs through Kupeikou,
were in operation only as far as
Shunyi, less than 20 miles northeast
of Peiping. A few days ago. they
ran 40 miles to the northeast.
Evening star., 1948-12-02
THE EVENING STAR Washington, D. c. ** A
THURSDAY,

State of Maryland and members
of the County Council shall be
likewise nominated under provisions
Of the law of the State of Mary
land"
The charter supporters think
Article XI-A is broad enough in
providing for a council election to
protect their position. They say
further that holdover commissioners
could not legally perform all the
home rule duties assigned to an
elected council Thus, they argue,
Montgomery affairs will be snarled
unless a new council il elected as
scheduled.
The most important question is
that of local legislation, much of
which is shifted from the General
Assembly to the County Council.
Evening star., 1948-12-02
NAM
Continued From First Page

-
Co., said his committee has con-
cluded that next years Federal bud
get could be held to $37, ,000, ,000, 900
or $4,000, 100000 less than for the
current year. At present, he said
hundreds of millions, even billions
are bein squandered.
Giving examples of present waste
he asked whether the Veterans Ad-
ministration, in constructing new
hospitals is not being used as a
buildup for socialized medical care.
He said the Agriculture Department,
disposing of surplus potatoes, sells
them at / cent sack to buyers
who dump the potatoes in the river
and sell the sack back to the Gov
eminent for Is cents"
HagerstOwn Man Elected.
He said at least a billion dollars
could be saved through the actual
merger of the armed services, frus-
trated because of jealousy, profese-
sional ambition or false service
loyalty.
Herman B. Hopes, president OF
the Brandt Cabinet Works, Inc.
Hagerstown, Md, was elected a
member to the NAM board.
The organization adopted a reso.
luton urging Congress to put &
$4,000, 100000 ceiling on the budget
1t recommended that this goal bt
attained by making all possible i'm.
provements in administrative prece.
dure and organization, realizing thu
benefits of the military services uni
f1cation,f recurrent appraisals O.
the foreign air program in the ligh
of progress achieved, foreign cror
conditions and other gains, restrict.
ing Federal works, reduction of sur
plus Government personnel ane
elimination of unnecessary agencie.
ard reducing grants in aid to States
In another resolution the organi.
Eation recommended that if Con.
gress finds economic controls nee
essary to national defense the con.
trolls shall be restricted to those
absolutely necessary to meet de.
fense requirements administered ir
close cooperation with industry re-
Evening star., 1948-12-02
Two White Men on Trial
In Attack on Negro Women
by the Assoeio,ed Press

WETUMPKA, Ala, Dec. 2.-The
State continued today to marshal
evidence in the trial of John C.
Howard, jr, 80, one of two white
men accused of raping two Negro
women.
Melinda Jackson, %, testified al
the start of the trial yesterday that
Howard raped her twice on the seat
of pickup truck after threatening
her.
Howard's companion, Jack Oliver
%, is charged with raping Annie
Grayson. The two have been held
in Jail since their arrest last April.
An all-white Circuit Court jury is
hearing the case.
Evening star., 1948-12-02
u. S. Warned of Results
OF Marine Reinforcements

HONGKONG, Dec. 2 R.-A
spokesman for the China Demo-
cratic League" today warned the
American people of possible grave
consequence" of the recent order
ing of United States Marines to
Tsingtao. Tientsin and Nanking. He
added: IF any untoward event
should occur, the American govern
ment will have to assume full re-
sponsibility."
CThe Democratic League is head
ed bv dissident Chinese Marshal
Lii Chi-shen, an outspoken foe OF
Generalissimo Chang Kai-shek. 1t
has been working with Chinese
Communists on a proposed "coali-
ton government" in China.
Evening star., 1948-12-02
Council Will Continue
Probing Maryland u.
Control Of Negro Unit
By the Associofed Press

BALTIMORE, Dec. 2.-The Legis-
lative Council wants to look further
into the question of whether the
University of Maryland should re-
tain control over Maryland State
College at Princess Anne.
However, the council voted yester-
day to keep the Eastern Shore col
lege for Negroes under control OF
the university pending further
study.
In the meantime, it recommended
that no further extension of the COL
lege's facilities be undertaken until
it completes its investigation.
The vote came as the council was
approving the report of its commit
tee on education.
Proposes Advisory Board.
The council also adopted these
recommendation of its Education
Committee, which had studied the
proposals of the Marbury Commits
sion on Higher Education:
l. That an advisory board of edu-
cation be set up to work out State
educational policies.
2. That the Marbury Commission
proposal for Statewide system of
Junior colleges be rejected.
3. That Frostburg State Teachers
College and St. Mary's Female Sem
mary be retained. The Marbury
Commission had recommended they
be abandoned.
4. That the system under which
State scholarships are allotted be
revised completely.
S. That Washington College and
the Engineering School of Johns
Hopkins University scholarships be
continued.
6. That the Marbury suggestion
that separate elementary teacher
training courses be set up at the
University of Maryland and Morgan
State College be rejected.
The education committees report
was sharply critical of the way
Princess Anne College has been run.
Evidence of Neglect Seen.
"We saw at Princess Anne evi-
dence of the neglect mentioned in
the Marbury report" the committee
said in its review.
Where the blame lies is no part
Of the committees function. The
past neglect, however, does give
this committee some concern as to
the wisdom of permitting the re-
tention of the school under the con-
troll of the University of Maryland" b"
The Marbury report recommended
that Princess Anne be placed under
Morgan State College as Maryland
land-grant institution for Negroes.
The committee criticized efforts
made to build up the student body
at Princess Anne with enrollments
solicited from outside the State"
and cited full-page advertisements
in out-of State Negro newspapers.
Presents Building Program.
Earlier, DR.. Thomas G. Pullen, jr.,
State superintendent of schools, had
asked approval of a $139, 300 900 five
year school building program.
Some $4,000 additional pupils will
be enrolled in Maryland schools by
1850, he estimated.
DR.. Pullen said the State could
increase its share of the expense by
an outright grant or stepping up its
incentive program. This appor-
tions State aid in ratio with county
He also declared $500 900 is
needed Immediately for construction
at the four State teachers colleges,
and another $4,000, 900 las soon as
possible"
To improve libraries. DR.. Pullen
proposed that counties raise their
tax for this purpose from 2 to 3
cents and the State boost its con-
tribution. --
Evening star., 1948-12-02
Naval Academy Aecords
Brown 17-Gun Salute
By the Associated Press

ANNAPOLIS, Md, Dec. 2.-John
Nicholas Brown, Assistant Secretary
of the Navy for Air, was greeted
today by a 17-gun salute on his
arrival for a one-day visit to the
Naval Academy.
Evening star., 1948-12-02

truths with which much Of Europe
has been fed. Mr.. Garner stressed
the necessity of approaching closer
balance between our exports and
imports.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1948-05-06
State Police Plan
To Curb Road Danger

Special teams Of State Police, at
tired in civilian clothing and riding
in plain, unmarked automobiles, Will
begin patrolling Maryland roads next
Saturday in a determined effort to
curb reckless drivers, Col. Beverly
ODER, superintendent Of the State
police, announced.
He said the plan had been approved
by the State Law Department and
also by the Maryland Motor Truck
Association, the Automobile club Of
Maryland, and the keystone Auto
mobile club.
He said the use Of the special pa
troll teams was directed against cer-
tain motorists with an "I'll-get-by-
with-it" attitude, those who will
weave in and out of line, cross the
center line of a road; pass on hills
and blind curves, and fail to regulate
speed to the condition of the road
and the amount of travel on it.
There arc to be four such special
teams, one for each of the four
State Police troops.
They will in no sense, he continued,
function as Gestapo force, nor are
they to concern themselves with
minor technical violations which are
dangerous to no one
Members of the patrol teams will
not be judged by their superiors on
the number of arrests they make,
but on the number of accidents which
occur in the areas which they We're
patrolling at the time.
Colonel ODER said he realized the
success or failure of the plan would
depend on his selection of men of
judgment to make the patrol teams.
Result of Investigation
Investigation shows" he said,
"that small group of drivers is re-
sponsiblc for a large percentage of
highway accidents and traffic snarls
which plague the motoring public.
There are more than 10000 miles
of roads in the state, l,244 of which
are rated among the most heavily
Travelled in the nation.
The plain clothes troopers driving
standard stock model automobiles
will work with identified marked cars
by means of radio communication
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1948-05-06

day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Stanton d. Whipkey
have returned to their apartment in
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ira Har-
desty, afer spending the winter in In
tercession City, Fla.
Jared Young, of Florida, is a guest
at The Colonial cottage.
Willard Hayden, who is a student
at Catherman's school in Cumberland,
spent the weekend with his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. G. w. Hayden.
Elwood Bray Swanton, and LAYER
ma Calhoun were guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. George Right on Tuesday night.
Mrs. Cecilia Sifries and son Redge,
of Fredericktown, Pa, were weekend
guests of relatives.
Guests at the home Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Ebert Hershman on Friday were
Mrs. Virginia Lanham and Warner
Smith, of Baltimore, Mrs. Jennie Crit
fifth and two grandsons, of Kitzmiller
Mrs. George Peddicord is a guest
at the home of Mrs. Frank Murphy.
A. j. Stottlemcyer, Of Morgantown
spent the weekend with relatives.
Mrs. NJ Morgan and family spent
Sunday in Gormania visiting rela-
tiveS.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1948-05-06
MT. LAKE PARK

Mrs. r. L. Hitler entertained with
a party on Tuesday night.
Mr.. and Mrs Thomas Stevenson
were in Cumberland on business re-
Gently.
John H. Sisk was in Cumberland on
Sunday visiting his wife, who is a
patient in Memorial hospital.
Guests at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Kenneth Fike last week were Mrs.
Daisy Stottlemeyer, Mrs. Ida Fike,
Mrs Erbie Stottlemeyer and Mrs. Ed
ward Hoye, all of near Deer Park.
Mrs. William Rishell and family
Mrs. Charles Mundy and family Wis
tied Mrs. Frank Murphy near Deer
Park last Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Calhoun were
shopping in Cumberland one day last
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. W. Hayden and
Mrs. f. B. Hill visited relatives in
Piedmont and Westernport on Sun
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1948-05-06
MARRIED

Hogan-ScrOgum-The Living Stone
Church of the Brethren was the scene
Saturday evening Of the marriage Of
Miss Ruth Marie Scrogum, daughter
of Rev. and Mrs. Arthur Scrogum, of
Cumberland, formerly Of Accident,
and Herbert w. Hogan, LaVerne,
Calf, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Milo Hog
an, of Hemet Calf. The vows, uniting
the young people, were read by the
brides father who is pastor Of the
church, at $3.50 o'clock.
The church was decorated with as
sorted greenery and white flowers,
and program of nuptial selections
was played by Miss Ruth Welbright,
of Bridgewater, Va, who also played
the wedding marches and accompani-
ments for Mr.. and Mrs. John Click,
Richmond, Va, vocalists.
The wedding party included Mrs. w.
Donald Clague, Bridgewater, Va,
sister of the bride, as matron of hon
or; Miss Evelyn Jones, New Windsor,
Md; Miss Frances Clemens, Miss
Catherine Roller and Miss Mary Alice
Fletcher, all of Elgin, H., as brides
maids.
Mr. Hogan had Julian Griggs, of
Elgin, as his best man.
The bride, who was escorted to the
altar by her brother-in-law, w. Don
aid Clague, was attired in a gown of
Chantilly lace over satin foundation,
fashioned with fitted bodice, jewel
neckline, long pointed sleeves and a
long court train. Her fingertip veil
of nylOn net, was held with halo of
| fine silk threads crocheted in de-
sign of orange blossoms, made by the
brides mother. She carried a bouquet
of brides roses and lilies of the val
ley with shower of satin ribbons
and lilies of the valley.
Her matron of honor wore a pale
pink organdy gown, made with fitted
bodice and full skirt, with headdress
of pink net and sprays of pink flow
ers, and carried a bouquet of pink
roses and blue de1phinium.
The bridesmaids wore taffeta gowns
made on similar lines to the matron' 5
gown. They wore small bonnets of
the same material as their dresses
tied with bows under the chin, and
all carried small white baskets filled
with assorted spring flowers.
Following the church ceremony
Rev. and Mrs. Scrogum entertained
with a reception at their home il
honor of the bridal couple.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hogan left for a we'd
ding trip to Washington, D. c., and
other eastern cities. For travelling the
bride wore a two-piece butcher linen
dress with gray coat and accessories,
and an orchid corsage.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1948-05-06

The bride is a graduate of the Ac-
cident high school and of Bridgewater
College, Bridgewater, Va, where she
received her degree in Public School
Music. She taught music in public
schools Of Cumberland in 1916 ano
1917. She has been recently employed
as secretary to the general brother
hood board of the Brethren, at Elgin.
Mr.. Hogan graduated from LaNernc
College, Calf, and did graduate work
at Claremont College, Pomona, Calf.
He is professor of History at LaVerne
College.
The couple will reside at 1886 Sixth
Street, LaVene, Calf, following
their honeymoon.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1948-05-06
Found Dead at Cumberland

Allegany County Circuit Court
clerk Robert Jackson, known to many
Garrett County residents, was found
dead Monday morning in his ROOM
He had been clerk since August 10,
1897 and had been employed at the
court house in Cumberland since 1914
He was a native Of Homecoming,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1948-05-06

State income tax receipts thus far
reached $12,261 ,767.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-08-17
Bv Lowell MeHeft

If those rule ruin statesmen of
the South really hope to do any,
thing except ruin this year they
will have to lower their sights.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-08-17
lined Politics.
Democratic Strategsts Vainly Seek
Counter.Measures to Great Spy Story

has come from the Democratic com.
mittee to the effect that some of the
accused are Republicans-the Silver
masters for example were Taft sup.
porters. Attorney General Clark has
also scolded the investigators fol-
hampering Sound prosecution" o.
espionage cases. But these efforts
hardly compete with the Chambers
Bentley thrillers and Mrs. Kosenkina
jumping from a Soviet Consulate
window.
Other methods suggested, includ-
ing nonpartisan commission tc
study sthe whole matter Of security
seem too defensive or too apologize
to Democratic planners. >
Money Worst Problem.
The Democrats really did not neeo
any more problems. Their worst Is
money; National Chairman Nc.
Grath has refused to okay any more
campaign projects until he knows
where the funds are coming from
Chairman McGrath and his prin.
cipal aides move this week to the
Biltmore, New York, where they will
have the customary national head.
quarters on the fourth floor. They
justify this heavy expense on the
ground that it will put them closer
to the sources of their funds in past
years.
Apparently Mr.. McGrath will bt
expected to do the collecting. He
has no such able and personally
ambitious treasurer on his staff as
Robert E. flanagan enjoyed In A
in the person of Ed Pauley. Biggest
items: Radio time now budgeted al
million dollars and the specia
trains for the whistle-stop campaign
the President wants to make.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-08-17

ment of Senator Ferguson. Would-be
Attorney General in a Dewey ad-
ministration, that the Ferguson
committee would reopen its hear
ings in September.
President Truman and the ma
tional committee are in complete
agreement that this nicely timed
Republican solicitude is politics
but the committee at least admits
frankly that present disloyalty dis
closures are harmful to the party
Some Hope in Hiss.
They have some hope that Alger
Hiss, who has demanded the right
to confront publicly his accuser
Whitaker Chambers, may be able
to discredit the wholesale methods
of the Un-American> Activities
Committee. Unfortunately for the
administration, the four Democrats
on that committee are all South
erners who carry no torches for
Mr. Truman. The result has been
that there has been no effort to
protect the administration in the
Un-American hearings, except for
one outburst which came, surpris-
ingly. from Representative Rankin
of Mississippi.
The administration has New
Deal reserves on the Ferguson
committee-Senators Hatch, Nc
Grath, Pepper and O'Conor-who
at least can present its point of
view. though they can't, Of course,
control the hearings.
Some feeble counterpropaganda
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-08-17


Military observers consider these
moves merely as part of the war OF
nerves, intended to increase the al
ready severe headaches of the AL
lied military commanders. The Rus
slams would not need any additional
troops to force us out of Berlin.
The American, British and French
combat forces in the former German
capital total about eight battalions,
as against the four or more Soviet
divisions which have been there for
some time. That is to say less than
5000 men against approximately
$4,000.
Dependents Evacuated.
The Russians many weeks ago
completed evacuation of their de-
pendents from Berlin. We have
quietly removed from the city most
of our dependents who expressed a
desire to be transferred either to
the Western zones or to the United
States. The remaining American
families have been quartered near
the Tempelhof airport and in an
emergency could be placed aboard
C-54 transport planes and evacuated
promptly.
The movements of the Russian
ground and air forces which now
are taking place in Eastern Europe
are designed to blackmail the West
ern Allies into surrender to the Rus
sian demands.
These movements are supposed to
be very secret, but the Soviet high
command has taken no real pains
to prevent unauthorized persons"
from noticing the arrival of Red
forces in Romania and Hungary, as
well as in the Eastern zones of
Germany on the outskirts of Berlin.
The Soviet military shifts have