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Evening star., 1948-10-02
Montgomery Charter
Court Test Scheduled
Tuesday>in Annapolis

Arguments by opposing sides over
whether the Montgomery County
charter is unconstitutional will be
heard Tuesday before the Maryland
Court of Appeals in Annapolis.
The court has before it an appeal
by Hubert A. Schneider, Bethesda
and Washington attorney, from a
circuit court ruling July 20 ordering
a referendum on the proposed
"home-rule" form of government in
the November general elections.
The lower court also ordered re-
moved provisions dealing with adop-
ton of a budget in executive session
each June on the ground they are
unconstitutional.
The ruling, in effect, denied a
petition by Mr.. Schneider seeking
to block a charter referendum.
Charter proponents claim no court
has jurisdiction in the matter be-
cause the plan has not yet been
enacted into law. They also con-
tend appropriation of funds is an
executive not legislative function.
Mr.. Schneider and his associate,
David E. Belts, allege, however, that
in similar cases Maryland courts
have held they have jurisdiction
where a proposal does not conform
with constitutional requirements,
They also deny the contention
of the Charter Committee and
Charter Board that appropriation
is an executive function. ~
Under the proposed charter, the
present five-man Board of Commits
sioners would be replaced by a
sever1-member council which would
have power to pass all county legis-
lation. At present, county laws are
adopted at biennial sessions of the
General Assembly in Annapolis.
Evening star., 1948-10-02
Woodson Named President
OF Virqinia Chiefs Of Police
Nv the A.soeio,sd Press

BY the ASSoeioteo PreS&
OLD POINT COMFORT, Va, Oct
2.-Col. c. w. Woodson, superin-
tendent of the State police, was
elected president of the Virginia As
ISOLATION of Chiefs Of Police yester-
day in the annual conventions final
session. He succeeds Chief Harry
L. woodward of Arlington.
Roanoke was selected as the 1949
convention site. Capt. H. c. Fergu-
son, Roanoke Chief; O. B. Dunn OF
Portsmouth, and L. B. Butler, Suf-
folk Chief, were placed in the three
vice-presidencies, while Harold I
Baumes was reelected executive Sec
retary and treasurer.
Placed on the executive committee
were Chief woodward; Col. Q. D.
Carton, Richmond Chief; Chief j
w. Slower of Bristol and Chief
Claude Lindsay of Norfolk.
Evening star., 1948-10-02
Two Churches in Arlington
10 Broadcast Services

Two Arlington churches will
broadcast their II am. services
tomorrow.
The Lomax A. M. E. Zion Church,
with the Rev. Thomas o. Diggs
officiating, will be heard over Sta
ton WARL and St. Mary's Episcopal
Church, with the Rev. George Tit
man in charge, will be heard over
Station WEAM.
Daily devotions Monday through
Friday will be broadcast over Sta
tion WARL by the Rev. Robert l.
Ryerse, pastor Of Cherrydale Baptist
Church at 8:45 am, and over Sta
tion WEAM by the Rev. j. Harvey
Glass, pastor of Trinity Presbyterian
Church at 10:15 am.
Evening star., 1948-10-02
Alexandra Hospital
To Supply Free Blood

The Alexandria Hospital yesterday
Joined the American Red Cross pro-
gram to supply blood free of charge
to patients.
Physicians will have access to the
supply for treatment of, their pa
tients. Van c. Adams, hospital ad-
ministrator, said there would be a
nominal charge for administration
OF the service and for laboratory
services.
Evening star., 1948-10-02
By the Assoeiofsd Press

RICHMOND, Va, Oct. 2-State
Democratic campaign headquarters
will be opened here next week to get
out the party vote for the November
election.
Chairman G. Alvin Massenburg
yesterday completed arrangements
for three rooms in Hotel Richmond
a floor above headquarters Of the
States Rights Democrats who are
trying to swing the party vote be-
hind the presidential candidacy of
Gov. Thurmond Of South Carolina.
Mr.. Massenburg, when asked who
would serve, as campaign director,
said, "It looks like that duty is going
to fall upon the shoulders of Alvin
Massenberg."
The chairman still Left unanswered
Evening star., 1948-10-02
Virginia Democrats Remuin
Silent on Truman, Open Office

the question OF now much, II any,
of the organizations efforts would
be toward election Of the Truman
Barkley ticket. He said there had
been no orders for posters or buttons
yet and added, II never realized how
many people were in the button busi-
ness until now"
The deadline for all certifications
for the November ballot Is tonight
Levin Mock Davis, secretary of the
Elections Board, said the Socialist
Party had indicated 1t intended te
qualify Norman Thomas as its presi.
dental candidate.
Martin A. Hutchinson, Richmond
attorney and leader Of the anti.
organization faction Of the Demo.
cratic Party. said plans were pro.
ceeding toward the establishment ol
Iruman-Barkley headquarters.
Evening star., 1948-10-02
Alexandra Tipsy Driver
Gets 80 Doys, S1OO Fine

Walter Leon Fuss, 80, of 16 West
Del Ray avenue, Alexandria, yester-
day was sentenced to 80 days in Jail
and fined 500 in Alexandria Civil
and Police Court on a charge of
driving under the influence of an
tntoxicant.
/. Sentence was imposed by Judge
James r. Duncan. Fuss attorney,
James N. Colasanto, noted an appeal
to the conviction and $500 bond for
Fuss was continued pending the
appeal.
Fuss was arrested September 10
sitter he collided with another car.
He did not take the witness stand.
Evening star., 1948-10-02
Artists and 7ownfoIk Welcome
Guests to Waterford Exhibit

furniture; rugs, quilts and spreads;
typical early Waterford kitchen
where jellies, jams and pickles will
be on sale; elf1n gardens, painted
trays, interior and garden furni-
ture; miscellaneous gift articles
such as crocheting, knitting and
toys; art works including sketches,
prints, oils and water colors.
Houses to be open this afternoon
are the Friends Meeting House,
now the home of Mr.. and Mrs. A. B.
the George Hough House,
residence of Mr.. and Mrs. Reid
Mays; the Dormers, home of Mr..
and Mrs. Edgar H. Beans; Asa Bond
House, residence of Miss Eleanor
James and Jennings James, and the
Arch House, home of Thomas Ball
Wright.
Tour Planned Sunday.
Tomorrow afternoon will feature a
tour of the Friends Meeting House,
the Edward Dorsey House, home of
Mr.. and Mrs. K. R. Mattusch: the
Charles Moreland House, home of
Mrs. Edward Mullen. and the Ed
ward Bond House, home of Mr.. and
Mrs. ]. E. Divine.
Special programs will be held on
the old church green each after
noon beginning at 4 o'clock. Square
dancing by young people of the
community, under the direction of
Mr.. and Mrs. L. p. Schoene, will be
staged each afternoon while the
Waterford a cappella chorus, under
direction Of Mrs. Thomas M. Cooley,
will give a concert, this afternoon
and tomorrow afternoon.
The chorus was formed III i941
when Mrs. Cooley gathered hand
ful of residents to revive the Gus
tom of singing carols in the streets
Christmas eve. 1t grew as the
Waterford Choral Club to more
than so members. Last December
the chorus gave its first Washing
ton recital at the Carnegie Insti-
tute.
The foundation hopes, by means
of the annual exhibits, to raise
funds for fuu-time instructors in
the crafts of rug making. wood
working, lampshade manufacture
and sketchinR.
Evening star., 1948-10-02
St. John S Library Opens
With Silver Tea Tomorrow

st. Johns Episcopal Church will
mark the opening of its library
with Q book exhibit and silver tea
at 4 pm. tomorrow at the new
church building, Wisconsin avenue
and Bradley lane, Bethesda.
The library is housed in the Of
f1ce wing Of the church and con-
tains books of religious and phil
osophical nature. =
Members Of the Library Commit
tee are Miss Margaret Hill, chair
man; Mrs. Philip Banfield, Miss
Susan Magette, Mrs. Lyman Moore,
Mrs. George Schultz and Mrs.
Llewellyn Thomas. The Rev. wis
liam Creighton is rector of the
church,
Evening star., 1948-10-02
Air Force Lieutenant
Held on Charge Of
Attacking Nurse

A 28-year -old Air Force lieutenant
was being held without bond today
in the Upper Marlboro Jail, charged
with rape. He was arrested yes.
terday on the complaint of q Doc
tors Hospital nurse.
The officer, who has been attached
to the Boiling Air Force Base for the
last three months. will be given a
hearing in Upper Marlboro Police
Court at 10 am. Monday.
The lieutenant denied the charge
According to Prince Georges
County police, the 23-year old nurse
said she met the Air Force officer
Thursday afternoon After spend
ing some time together, she said,
they made date for 1880 pm,
when she got of duty.
She said after the officer met her,
they had something to eat. Then
she said, he drove to his apartment
but she refused to 60 in.
The pilot then started to take her
home, she said, but instead of turn
ing into her street, continued to a
spot near Camp Springs, Md. There,
she said, he stopped and took as
caliber pistol from the glove COM
partment.
She said the officer laid the gun
on the dashboard. It was then, she
said, that the alleged attack took
place. .rr .......n ...
Police later said they were told by
the officer that he carried the gun
because of apprehension over the
recent double murders at Glen
Burnie. '-''i
In that still-unsolved case two
persons were shot to death ap-
parently while sitting in a parked
car in secluded spot.
The nurse told police she returned
to the lieutenant's' apartment with
him, but fled when he fell asleep
on the couch.
Police said she left both her coat
and purse in the officers apartment.
The nurse reported the alleged as
sault at the 18th precinct. Prince
Georges police then were notified,
since the reported incident occurred
in their Jurisdiction.
Evening star., 1948-10-02
18-Yeor Old Recruits
Finish Meade Truininq
Rx tha Associofad Prass

FORT MEADE Nd, Oct. 2.-The
first company Of 18-year-old volun-
teer recruits to complete the Army's
eight weeks basic training at Fort
Meade was graduated in exercises
yesterday.
The l57 members Of D Company
Training Battalion, Sd Cavalry
Group mechanized), heard brief
address by Col. Charles A. Sheldon
group commander.
Evening star., 1948-10-02
Airport Sued for $4,000
On Safety Belt Charqe

Mrs. Frances E. Nyclemoe Of
Minneapolis, Mimi, yesterday filed
suit in Montgomery County Circuit
court at Rockville, for $4,000 dam.
ages against Arthur c. Hyde, oper.
ator of Congressional Air port on
the Rockville Pike and the Con.
gressional School Aeronautics, Inc.
Through her attorneys, the Rock
vile law firm of Miller & Miller,
Mrs. Nyclemoe claims her husband,
Palmer D. Nyclemoe, was fatally in
jured October Is, 1947, when the
safety belt on his plane owned by
Mr.. Hyde, snapped as he made .
crash landing near Travilah, Md.
She contends the belt was defec.
tive.
Evening star., 1948-10-02
Stuart Schools Closed
For Week Due to Polio
BY the A,soeioted Press

STUART, Va, Oct. a. Stuart
schools have been ordered closed
until October II because of infan-
tile paralysis.
The Patrick County Board Of
Health and the county's School
Board Joined in the issuance of the
order here yesterday after a Roa.
noke hospital confirmed that first.
grade girl pupil was suffering from
the disease. Patrick County has
recorded 10 polio cases.
DR.. L. j. Roper, State health COM
missioner, regarded the measures as
precautionary" The total in the
State now stands at 43O.
Evening star., 1948-10-02
Silver SPRING Art Show Set

The recent works of three Wash
ington artists, Martha Bache, Gus
tav Trois and Thomas Yanosky, will
be shown at pm. tomorrow at the
opening Of the second autumn exhi-
bition of the Silver Spring Gallery
of Art, 9216 Flower avenue, Silver
Spring. Charles Stottler, staff men,
ber of the National Gallery Of Art,
will speak on THE French impress
SiOniStS."
Evening star., 1948-10-02
SpseioI Disposeh to The Stor

WATERFORD, Va, Oct. L.
Townspeople and visiting artists
today welcomed guests to the Water
ford Foundations 5th annual exhibit
of arts and crafts, now in its second
day.
The exhibit, which opened yester-
day continues through tomorrow
Several thousand visitors from
Washington and nearby States are
expected to view the work of artists
and craftsmen who are re-establish-
ing the earlier traditions of this
216-year-old community.
Hidden in the rolling foothills of
the Catoctin Mountains, Waterford
can be reached from Washington
by taking Lee highway or Lee boul-
evard through Arlington to Falls
Church; then on the Leesburg pike
route 9--to Leesburg. Continu-
ing on, as If going to Charles Town,
w. Va. the motorist follows route
8 through Leesburg to a point about
5 miles north and then veers off
to the right for another 2 miles.
Restoring Old Homes.
The Waterford Foundation was
incorporated in 1943 as a nom
profit. nonsectarian group to as
sist in the restoration Of old homes
and buildings in this town founded
by Quaker, as well as to stimulate
a revival Of some of the arts and
handicrafts which once flourished in
the area.
Unlike Williamsburg, where q
corporation is undertaking q mass
restoration process. Waterford's re-
habilitation is being done by in
dividuals who have purchased the
quaint dwellings as part-time and
all-year residences.
Many of the comparatively new
residents are artists or skilled
craftsmen in their own right while
others promote interest in the
works of the natives.
Exhibits in Six Houses.
Exhibits will be shown in six
houses from 10 am. to 8 pm, and
various buildings converted into
homes will be open for a tour from
2 to S pm.
Exhibits include lamp shades and
Evening star., 1948-10-02
Parks Report
Increase in Visitors
by fhe Assoeioted Prass

RICHMOND, Va, Oct. 2.-Attend-
ance at Virginia's seven State parks
and four recreational areas this sea-
son ran 10000 ahead of the 1947
total. the State Department OF
Conservation and Development re-
ported yesterday.
Randolph Odell, director of parks
said the total attendance for the
season ended last Sunday was 714,-
1856. compared with 704,143 persons
registered the previous season. The
park attendance was 616,108 and
that for the recreational areas 9S,-
048.
Evening star., 1948-10-02
West Virginia Group
Gets $4,000 Loon

The Rural Identification Admin.
istration yesterday granted loans
totaling $4,428,000 to nine borrowers
for extension of electrical service to
farming areas.
The loans included $4,000 to the
Harrison Rural Electrification Asso,
citation, Clarksburg, w. Va.
Evening star., 1948-10-02

old youth, who
mas been miss
ing since wreck
ing his car on
the outskirts of
that city the
night of Sep
tember %.
He is James
j a ck Malcolm,
son Of Mr.. and
Mrs. C.. B. NAL
colin of Roa-
noke. His par
ents believe he
may be suffering
70 m amneSia
Evening star., 1948-10-02
Virqiniu DAV Unit Holds
Eoraet-Me-Not Sole

A Forget-Me-Not sale was being
held in Northern Virginia commu-
mites today by Northern Virginia
Chapter u, Disabled American Vet
Grams, and its women's auxiliary.
The paper flowers are sold by the
DAV to help raise funds for its vet
erans' aid programs.
Evening star., 1948-10-02

J. ]. Malcolm. as q result OF a
blow on his head when his car over
turned.
The following description of the
youth has been teletyped to sta
tions in this area by Roanoke
police:
Weight, $50 pounds; height, 6 feet
2 inches tall; dark brown hair,
brown eyes; small scar on forehead
and another on side of mouth, both
of which are scarcely noticeable;
two false front teeth, one of which
is broken; usually wears glasses.
Evening star., 1948-10-02
Charles County Fair
.ToCIose on Note Of
Pageantry, Politics
speeioI pispoteh TO The s,or

LA PLATA, Oct. 2. - Charles
County will close its 25th agricul-
tural fair today on a high note of
tobacco blended with pageantry and
politics.
Gov. Thurmond of South Carolina,
States Rights candidate for Pres
ident, will make 15-minute address
Immediately after he crowns Miss
Mary, Matthews of La Plata as
Queen Nicotina XIV. Miss Matthews
is the daughter of w. Bruce Mat
thews, United States marshal fol
the District Of Columbia.
A four scene tobacco festival
pageant, Port Tobacco Flames, ~
was to follow the coronation. Rep
resentative Sasscer, Democrat, OF
Maryland will present awards to
four members of the fair board who
have served Is or more years. They
are P. D. Brown Of La Plata, presi-
dent: Mrs. Sadye Hayden of Bel
Alton; Mrs. Thomas P. McDonagh
of La Plata, and Harold S. Swami
of La Plata, author of the pageant
200 in Pageant Cast.
Mr.. Swami was stricken with a
heart attack Thursday and was
taken to Baltimore hospital. If
he is unable to be present, his award
will be received by his daughter, Mrs.
Anna Wills of Faulkner.
The fair board also announced
that the Rev. w. Curtis Draper OF
Upper Marlboro will serve as the
pageant's narrator. He is a former
rector Of Port Tobacco parish.
His narration will accompany q
portrayal of life in old Port Tobacco
from the time the colony was founded
until the courthouse was destroyed
by fire in 1892.
The four episodes will be played
by a costQmed cast of 200 drawn
from Calvert, Charles, Prince Georges
and st. Marys Counties. The pagean,
will be directed by Miss Vera Mowry
a member of the faculty of George
Washington University.
5000 Expected Today.
Early morning forecasts of warn
sunny weather caused fair official.
to predict that at least 5000 farmer
and their families will attend.
The fairs other activities wert
concluded yesterday with the judg.
ing of beef cattle and Draft horses
and horse-pulling contest.
Heading the list of winning cat
tie was a Hereford steer owned b,
Mary Blackhall of Popes Greek
Her entry was adjudged the cham.
plon steer of all breeds. Thursday
Miss Blackhall, who is IS, won 8
silver cup when she defeated AZ
and Future Farmers of Americs
boys to become the fairs champion
junior Snowman.
Other winners were: Herefords
grand champion bull and female
keechland Farms, Popes Greek
shorthorn, grand champion bull an;
female, West Hatton Farm, Noun
Victoria; Aberdeen Angus, gran,
champion bull and female, Tacar
farm, NutWell, Nd.
In the horse-pulling contest
team of dapple-grays owned b
Benjamin Watkins of Davidsonvill
won first place by registering a,
l8-ton pull on the dynamometer. 4
black and a strawberry roam, owne
by Herbert Moreland of Bristol, too
the lightweight class with a 16-to]
pull,
Evening star., 1948-10-02
Lone Aids Fire Prevention

Gov. Lane will launch Maryland's
observance of National Fire Preven-
ton Week next week with q radio
address in Baltimore. He will be
heard locally over. WGAY, Silver
Spring at pm. tomorrow.
Evening star., 1948-10-02
GreenbeIt Dance Tonight

The Advisory Board of the Youth
Center Of Greenbelt will sponsor a
dance for teen ayers at 9 o'clock
tonight In the Greenbelt community
building.
Evening star., 1948-10-02
Police Asked 10 Locate
Missing Roanoke Youth

Police throughout Virginia, neigh
boring States and the District have
been asked by Roanoke VaD FAM
lily to help them locate a 21-year-
Evening star., 1948-12-16
Mlahler's Das Lied Repeated
BY Symphony After Long Lapse

attempt to place them in a special
atmosphere. The genuineness of his
feeling, however, and the particular
manner of its expression, is impress
sive. There is atmosphere, too, in
each OF the sections, though it is
Western and not Eastern.
Considered from this angle, the
music is moving at all times. 1t
sinks occasionally to mediocrity and
the sentimental especially in the
lines OF melody which, while pleas
ing, contain nothing out Of the ordi-
nary. When the text deals with the
sadness of autumn or the conscious
ness of finality of death, then the
composer steps into the spiritual
realm where he discourses force
fully and poignantly Then the in
strumentation is reflective of the
words and expressed with communi-
cative simplicity.
The work is dramatic in arrange
ment and the contrasting quality
of the voices brings a strong play
OF light and shade in mood. The
philosophy of the poems is echoed
IN rich Instrumentation, which
varies from monotonous level to a
stirring eloquence sometimes reach
ing the grandiose. BY it's very un-
eVenness of value, with passages of
MINOR worth followed by arresting
Evening star., 1948-12-16
BY Alice Eversmon

Eight years ago, lacking three
months, DR.. Hans Kinder with
the National Symphony, presented
Mahler's "Das Lied Won der Erde." "
IIts second performance was given
last night in Constitution Hall for
the Wednesday subscribers and pro-
grained with the two Gluck num-
bers as at its initial hearing. The
vocal parts offered the occasion to
hear Nell Tangeman, mezzo-soprano,
and Harold Haugh, tenor, as soloists,
both of whom are known for their
artistic performances in major vocal
works.
There is more to "Das Lied Won
der Erde" than simply its novelty
or the exposition of new elements of
construction. 1t is personal work
rejecting primarily the composers
own poetic sensitiveness and again,
the elimination of a creative idea.
previously tried out, whereby the
vocal and instrumental are inte-
grated into symphonic pattern.
The text is taken from Bethges
collection of Chinese poems of the
9th Century which, in spite of deli
cacy and beauty of thought, are per-
vaded by a deep melancholy. The
six poems used are divided alter
nately between the two singers.
Mahler's inspiration came from
the ideas expressed in the texts and
his reaction is from his own ma
tional standpoint. Neither the pic
lures placed before his eyes or the
subtletries of emotion as set down
by the Chinese poet are so impor-
tant as his personal translation of
them. So that in listening to "Das
lied Won der Erde," 1t Is the COM
poser's sentiments released by the
words that stand out rather than an.
Evening star., 1948-12-16

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Evening star., 1948-12-16

creative power, it attains a quality
strongly appealing because it is both
human and inspired. The inter-
ludes between the vocal sections are
as. significant as that surrounding
the songs and mounting in dramatic
intent to the climax of 1.-The Fare
we'll"
This concluding poem gave Miss
Tangeman her greatest opportunity
for the full display of her vocalism
and her musicianship. Her warmly
tinted voice is we'll adapted to por-
Evening star., 1948-12-16

tray the sombreness of Autumn
Loneliness" or the pastel effects of
Beauty" Mr.. Haugh's feeling for
the music was exceptionally fine,
although the timbre of his voice is
somewhat too veiled for the more
robust sentiments assigned the
tenor. His singing of Youth" how
ever, was lovely.
The orchestra was most responsive
in color and phrasing to DR.. Kind
ler's directing in "Das Lied" pre-
ceding 1t with superb playing Of the
Evening star., 1948-12-16
THE EVENING STAR, Washington D. c. B.
DECEMBER .16 l94s - -

Overture" to Gluck's "Iphigenia in
Aulis" and the Gluck-Mottl "Suite." !"
In the classic numbers, the clarity
in attacks, tone and effects was
particularly noteworthy and matched
by the sorority and f1exibility pres
ent in the Mailer work. The audi
ence was stirred to enthusiasm and
the applause was long and warmly
appreciative for the soioists, the
conductor and the musicians.
Evening star., 1948-12-16

GIFT WRAPPING is a lot more
fun with gay, colorful Scotch"
Gift Wrap Tapes. They stick at
a touch without moistening, add
sparkle to gift packages of any
shape. Be sure to pick up a few
rolls on your next shopping trip.
And for some clever hints on
holiday presents and parties drop
a postcard to Dept. F. Minnesota
Mining & Mfg. Co.. st. Paul s,
MINI. Shortly you'll receive your
free copy of Tricks d Trim, an
entertaining booklet chock full
Of helpful decorating tips.