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Evening star., 1949-01-18
Board toC|ose
lexington and
Bowen Schools
Enrolment Drop Cited;
Committee Backs
Cafeteria Control
By Colt Hendley, Jr.

School officials are ready to close
two school buildings, because they
are no longer needed for classes in
the areas they serve.
The Buildings and Grounds Com
mittee Of the Board Of Education
yesterday recommended the closing
of the lexington Elementary School,
First and Quincy streets NE, and
the s. j. Bowen School, Third and K
streets S.W. The latter building has
been used as an annex to the RAN
dali Junior High School. The pro-
posal was to be presented to the full
board today.
Also approved by the committee
was School Supt. Hobart M. Corn
ings recommendation that the
School Board recognize the school
cafeterias as a part of the school
system and draw up legislation to
bring them under actual control Of
the board, through a central cafe
terra department.
$750,000 Yearly Business.
The cafeterias are doing an esti-
mated business of more than $780,
600 year, DR.. Corning said. They
are operated by the school princi-
pals as non-prof1t private businesses,
and are not recognized" by the
school board.
DR.. Corning told committee mem
bers that the next section of the
survey of the schools being made
by DR.. George D. Strayer for Con-
gress undoubtedly will criticize the
cafeteria system severely and rec
ommend a central system.
In recommending the closing of
the two school buildings, DR.. Corn
ing explained enrolment at the
lexington School has been drop
ping steadily. In 1899, it was 2S4;
today it is only 1874. The children
attending the eight-room school can
be sent to nearby Emery and Seaton
Elementary Schools, after the pres
ent term ends on January 80, DR..
Corning said.
The S. J. Bowen School no longer
is needed as an annex to the Ran
dali Junior High School because
of the completion of an addition
to Randall already is under way,
and if the full board approves his
Recommendation, the school will be
turned into a temporary storage
center, he said.
Would Combine Schools.
DR.. Corning also recommended to
the Buildings and Grounds Com
mittee the combining of the Ray
mond and Bancroft Elementary
Schools into one school unit with
one principal. A similar combina-
ton was recommended for the Brent
and Wallace Elementary Schools.
This move was caused by the
pending retirement Of Miss Lou E.
Banenger, principal of Raymond,
and Mrs. Margarite S. Conway
Brent School principal, he ex-
planned. The Board is expected to
Iapprove these retirements tomor.
row.
No new principal will be appoint
ed to the eight-room Bancroft
School, because the law now re-
quires a principal to have at Least
is rooms under her control. The
Wallach School will be closed, prob
ably in April, when the new Tyler
Elementary School is finished, and
it was decided not to appoint a
principal for this short period.
Evening star., 1949-01-18

manufacturing techniques.
He was lecturing to a class OF bu-
reau employees on technical aspects
of paper manufacturing when ne
became i'll, officials said. While
standing at a blackboard illustrat.
ING his talk, he suddenly excused
himself and then started toward
a seat in the front Of the room. He
collapsed before reaching 1t.
Evening star., 1949-01-18

$86.83. OF course, you can take the
family for free to see the Freedom
Train or stop in on some Of the
State society receptions or even,
|if you managed to get an invita-
ton, drop over to the Presidents
reception at the National Gallery
lat pm. Thursday, likewise free.
Or, of course, you can find that
friend with a television set, go sit
in front of it with a drink in your
hand and watch all those million
people have a wonderful time.
Evening star., 1949-01-18
Council Takes Office,
Studies Plan 10 Cut
Jobs in Montgomery
By John V. Homer

Acting quickly after its induction,
the Montgomery County Council
today began considering a proposal
to reorganize work at the Bethesda
and Silver Spring County Service
Buildings so as to save about $37 500
a year.
The council, elected recently to
assume charge of the new charter
government, was sworn in at Rock
vile by Circuit Court Clerk Clayton
M. Watkins in the presence Of ap-
proximately 100 prominent citizens.
In a matter of minutes, the coun-
Gil completed its organization by
electing its own officers and ap-
pointing Irving G. McNayr acting
county manager at an annual salary
of $4,000.
McNayr Proposes Change.
It then received Mr.. McNayr's
recommendation to abolish num-
ber Of jobs at the service buildings
and to transfer much of the staff
work there to Rockville. The man
ager declared the changes would
bring about more efficient, eco
nomic and sounder administration" "
At the request Of Councilman P,
Garland Lyon, it was decided to
table the proposal for one week.
that the job of county assistant pub
lie utilities agent, held by Charles
H. Carter at $1,840 annually, be
abolished.
Favors Executive Secretaries.
Under Mr.. McNayr's proposal ex-
ecutive secretaries would be re-
tanned at both county buildings to
maintain complaint files for street
services, meet the public" and give
information concerning matters on
which policies have been established
by the county council.
The acting manager said the
county would save $2,4O0 by elimi-
mating telephone switchboards now
maintained at the service buildings.
He proposed to replace them with
direct line to the Rockville Court
house.
Under the McNayr plan the coun-
ty manager would devote at least
half day each week to conferences
at each Of the service buildings.
The council decided formally to
meet in public session at Rockville
at am. on Tuesday.
To tighten control over county
vehicles, the Council directed that
cars and trucks be stored nightly on
county property. that each be paint
ed with an official county symbol
designating that they are being used
on county business and that per-
sonnel using the vehicles without
authority be subject to suspension
or dismissal.
1t decided to sell at auction or
transfer to other departments the
automobiles previously assigned to
the five county commissioners. Mr..
McNayr, who submitted this pro-
posal, estimated that the saving this
year would be at least SIS, 900 but
that it would not be as great in the
future,
Evening star., 1949-01-18

Laughlin produced telephone COM
pany records showing numerous
long-distance calls from the Rhode
Island avenue establishment as late
as last month.
Assistant District Attorney Arthur
Filhelly said he did not care to
comment on the failure to serve a
subpoena on Mrs. Keleher.
The special grand jury to investi-
gate gambling was created last May
Numerous witnesses have appeared
before 1t, but it has returned no in
dictments, nor issued any report on
the progress of its inyestigati9p.
Evening star., 1949-01-18
Grand Jury Summons
KeIeher in Probe Of
Wife, Scanning Charge

Charges of protected" gambling
in Prince Georges County which
were made at the divorce trial OF
John B. (Blackjack) Keleher,
wealthy retired District gambler,
have given new life to the nine
months-old special grand jury in
vestigation of the gambling racket.
it was disclosed today.
Mr.. Keleher has been subpoenaed
to appear before the special grand
jury on January Is. Although nc
subpoena had been served on his
estranged wife, Mrs. Anna T. Kel-
cher, this morning, her attorney
James j. Laughlin, said he would
advise her to tell the grand jury
everything she knows" if she is
called.
The subpoena was served on Mr.
Keleher Friday, Immediately after
Judge Edward A. Tamm dismissed
Mrs. Keleher's suit for limited di.
vorce on the grounds that she hac
failed to substantiate her charges oI
cruelty and misconduct.
Laughlin Notified Lane.
The Keleher marital tribulation.
were overshadowed at the divorce
trial by Mrs. Keleher's testimon!
that her husband is still engaged IL
gambling operations from which hi
derives a monthly income of ap.
proximately $4,000, and that he
had boasted that he has nothing
to fear" from Prince Georges
County police authorities.
At the height OF the divorce trial
Mr.. Laughlin telegraphed Gov
Lane Of Maryland that testimony
would show that Prince George.
County authorities were in collu.
sion with gamblers who were oper'
ating openly in the county. HI
urged the Governor to send observ.
ers to the trial.
The rules of evidence prevented
Mr.. Laughlin from fully develop.
ing the testimony which Mrs. Kele.
her appeared eager to offer. Judge
Tamm ruled that the attorney
would have to stick closely to thu
fact at issue in the divorce trial.
Police Fail to Testify.
Prince Georges County Police
Chief Ralph Brown and Eugene
Plumer, chief of police of Mount
Rainier, were subpoenaed by Mr.
Laughlin, but they did not take
the witness stand. Judge Tamn
ruled that M. Laughlin could not
call them as hostile" witnesse!
and he would be bound by any
testimony they might offer.
Mr.. Keleher, who lives at 240(
Sixteenth street NV, insisted thai
he had retired from all connection
with gambling on January 80, 1948
He refused to answer any othel
questions about his gambling activ'
tiles on the grounds that his answer
might tend to incriminate me-"
Mr.. Keleher's attorney, Alvir
NeWmyer, said he assumed hi!
client would invoke the same pro.
lection against standardization
if the grand jury sought to question
him about gambling activities II
which he may have been involved
Place Found to Be Empty.
Mrs. Kelaher testified that he,
husband maintained headquarter.
in the 5000 block of Rhode Islane
avenue, just across the District Line
in Mount Rainier.
Chiefs Brown and Plumer raidec
the Rhode Island avenue establish
ment last week, several days after
Mrs. Keleher testified, and reported
they found the place empty. Chie1
Brown said he believed the estab.
Ilishment has been closed since
September, 1947, when his forc'
conducted a countrywide campaign
against gambling.
Evening star., 1949-01-18

at the Bureau
and died a few
minutes a t er, I,
apparently the
victim Of a heart
attack.
Mr.. w e b e r
lived at 1907
North Upland
Country Clu b
drive, Arlington.
He had been
with the bureau
more than 20
years and had
been active In
the development
of saaW Naner
Evening star., 1949-01-18
By Chalmers M. Roberts

For a little matter Of 1858
you can see the big events and take
the wife and two children along to
most Of them, a survey Of the latest
inaugural price tags showed today.
Now, Of course, this assumes
you're a Washingtonian, who
doesn't have to kick out train fare
to get here from Oklahoma or some
Evening star., 1949-01-18
ARLINGTON Firemen to Meet

The Arlington County Firemen's
Association will meet at 8 o'clock
tonight at the darlington Fire
House. Omcers will be elected.
Evening star., 1949-01-18

Charles G. Weber, SIS, assistant
chief of the paper division at the
Bureau of Standards, collapsed this
morning while delivering a lecture
Evening star., 1949-06-05

sharply. and vindictive light leaped into his
eyes, You sure about that river?" He had
some vague memory of the story now himself
'O course" Ann said. She not only knew
her history. but she had been studying WASH
ington guide books dreaming of that govern
ment job She saw now that her fathers wrath
had been washed away by joy at a chance to
expose ignorance in high places.
He shook off AIMS restraining hand, and
advanced with the clipping in his grasp just
as Buck Smith heaved his second dollar
you just dropped this. Senator. " he drawied.
trying without success to conceal a superior
smile What are you doing here - trying to
get rid of the governments money a little
faster?"
Buck Smith turned to tower over him. He
noted the disparity in age and size: he saw Ann.
and did double take in quick appreciation.
"I1l tell you" he said confdentially I'm
contributing to small sinking fund"
Mr.. Appleby bristled. Five will get you
ten that it wasn't the Potomac. 1t was the
Rappahannock.
HIN" said the young man. He looked at
Ann for confirmation of this statement
Tell him. her father said
I'm sorry. Senator Smith, Ann said.
Fathers down on all official Washington to
day. His Congressman ="
That rabbie-rousing crookw exclaimed Mr..
Appleby. Maybe you know him. His names
Britt - Sylvester J. Britt"
Happens do. quite we'll. Buck Smith said
heartily. "Syl Britt's good friend of mine.
A man of the people - an honest and consci-
entious public servant. Id call him. Almost
statesman"
>'HE's no friend of MINER uowied Mr..
Appleby. 'Al wanted to do was shake his
hand. and what did get? The brush of -
the runaround. Maybe I'm not important
back here. but do pretty well out in Prairie
Vista IL own a nice little store there. And
after all. it's lot of little people like me. out
in the States, who own this country
Nov, wait" Buck Smith frowned. you
speak of the States as if Washington was a
foreign city!''
That's just it! That's just what I've been
telling Ann! She wants to come here to work.
and get herself investigated. and all that, and
say well, never mind that, Senator. How
about that little bet?"
Evening star., 1949-06-05

TIVE girl who dragged MIR. Horace Appleby
l. from a cab at the Lincoln Memorial was
very. very pretty. considering that she was
MIR. Appleby's daughter. 1t was Sunday at
dawn. The sky reared rosy promise behind the
Capitol dome. the Monument repeated its re-
minder in the Reflection Pool. and Abe Lin
coin sat watching in his kindly way. Altogether.
it was a scene to lift the patriots heart.
But MIR. Appleby. plain and crusty little
man resembling the cartoons Of John Q. Public.
had got up too early. He was obsessed with an
impression that Washington wasn't an Ameri-
can city at all. and he was exercising consti-
tutional right by being very sore at his Con-
vgressman He turned his back on the magnif-
cence that belongs to all the John Q.'s. and
stamped down into West Potomac Park.
You'll come back to Prairie Vista with mer'
he said firmly. Government job - bah! This
towns rife with bureaucracy. rampant with
waste. Oh. read the columnistsr'
Nov, Father" Ann soothed. After all.
it was Saturday. And Congressman is just
too busy to see everybody"
Busy throwing away the taxpayers money"
growled Mr.. Appleby
liz HALTED. staring At the river brim, a
towering. bareheaded young man was winding
up like pitcher. He threw. A silver dollar
caught the dawns early light before it splashed
in the Potomac.
why. he's making a mistake" Ann said
softly. Hes following the old legend, and it's
wrong"
Hes erazy!'' her father said.
Il mean it wasn't the Potomac" Ann went
on. 1T was the Rappahannock that George
Washington really threw his dollar across"
The young man fshed another silver dollar
from his pocket. A newspaper clipping came
out with it. and the breeze fiuttered it across
the grass until Mr.. Appleby picked it up. 1t
showed photo of the tall young man. wearing
the same tweed jacket and rinning from the
steps Of a Pullman. At the bottom was line
reading: Buck Sssith - Conn Belt Colossus
Across the top. bold type said: NEWEST sENA-
TOR ARRIVES
MIR. Appleby read these, and controlled him
self with such visible effort that Ann grabbed
his arm to help.
Nov. Father!' she warned. AFTER all,
it's probably his money. If he wants to do
silly things -"
MIR. Appleby was looking at the young man
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-09-23
EDITOR GIVES HIS OPINION ON EXPLOSION

CHICAGO, Sept. 23.-R- The editor of the bulletin of the Atomic Scientists said today that if there was an atomic explosion in the U. S.S.R., that explosion was caused by an atomic bomb"
 President Truman, in state ment issued in Washington, said, we have evidence that within re- cent weeks an atomic explosion occurred in the U. s. S. R."
 Eugene Radinowitch, Bulletin ed- itor, said no atomic explosion can be made on a small scale. Any explosion would have to be of a magnitude of the atomic bomb the U. s. used on Japan, he added
 The reason, he added, is that a certain critical amount of enrich ed uranium or plutonium must be assembled before it will explode When that critical amount is ob- tained, it is in effect an atomic bomb.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-09-23
BOY OWES LIFE,
 SIGHT TO GIFTS
 FROM FAIRBANk!

FAIRBANKS, Alaska, Sept. 23- REA l3-year-old boy, who doctors say owes his life and remaining eyesight to the generosity of Fair banks residents, was enroute today to Ogden, Utah, to attend school.
 The boy, Nordell Carol, was op- erated upon for brain tumor last year after local residents dug ur more than $4,00O to pay costs of the surgery. The operaton saved his life and small portion of his eyesight.
 Remaining money was set aside in a fund for the boys use. Mem bers of the Lions Club, who spear headed the original drive, voted tc allot $500 from the fund for g years schooling.
 While in Ogden, the boy will live with relatives-Mrs. James Beverly and Mrs Eugene Cook.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-09-23
ATOMIC EXPLOSION REPORTED TN RUSSI|
F|oating Air Force Base Al North Pole Is Planned
 Next Spring, Says Ba|then

OSLO, Norway, Sept 23-tR-The US. Air Force is going to establish a base on the ice at the North Pole next spring.
 Col. Bernt Balchen, here after a flight over the Arctic, disclosed the plans yesterday to newsmen. He said the air rescue base would give American fliers experience in the Polar regions.
 Balchen said there wouldn't be any difficulty landing ski-equipped transport planes at the North Pole. At least 10 percent of the polar ice is always suitable for landing, he declared.
 But the base will float on ice. and will have to be moved at inter- vals, Balchen said. The ice drifts slowly away from the pole, and the tase will drift with it.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-09-23
SECOND REWARD
 OF $500 OFFERED
 FOR MISSING MAN
ISLANDS GOVERNMENT

FAIRBANKS, Alaska, Sept. B. R-Another $500 reward was offer ed today for finding Howard Siva- don, missing Ladd Air Force base employee.
 He is believed to have strayed from his hunting party in the Liv- engood area north of here Septen- Der 4. His union recently offer up a $500 reward.
 Today's sum was put up by his son, Howard, Jr. Another son, John, University of Alaska stu dent, is now searching the Liven- good area. Another searching par ty is farther north.
 Food is being dropped by pri- vate planes to the searching par ties.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-09-23
U55R Had Secret of
 Afonl Bomb
YearsAgov vishinskY Made Remark that Indicates So-
 viet Broke Monopoly
(By the Associated Press)


 The Russians and their Con- munist allies in Europe have thrown out repeated hints that the U.S.SR. has broken the secret of atomic bomIs production.
 A year ago Andrei r. Vishinsky, Soviet Foreign Minister proclaimed in Paris that the United States no longer had a monopoly on the deadliest weapon in the history of warfare.
 Vishinsky, then Deputy Foreign Minister, made this remark Oct l, 1948, in United Nations address:
 Tt is a mistake to think that there is just one state which has a monopoly over atomic energy and the atom bomb. It is useless to think of such thing. ...
 Almost a year before that, Wish insky's predecessor as Foreign Min ister, V. M. Molotov, dropped a suggestion only bit less broad. The secret of the atomic bomb, he said, "has ceased to exist"
 Samedo Soir, a Paris weekly newspaper, said July 26.
 "The USS.R. has the atom bomb"
 The Paris newspaper said that on July 1O,. United States detecting devices had revealed without pos sible doubt that the Russians had atom Combs exploded in their fai away Asian territories"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-09-23

 EVIDENCE
 IS GIVEN
Radiation Detection In. struments Probably
 Recorded Incident
By FRANK CAREY

Associated Press Science Reporter)
 WASHINGTON, Sept. 23. --tR- The evidence of an atomic explo- sion in Russia probably was picked up by radiation-detectio instru- ments-or just possibly by earth quake recording devices.
 While neither President Truman nor the Atomic Energy Commission offers an explanation of how the U. s. got wind of the explosion reported by the White House, these are known facts:
 l. Atomic scientists have instru- ments, such as Geiger counters, for spotting rays coming from the ground or in the atmosphere.
 But how far radiation from an atomic explosion can be detected has never been made public.
 9. Earthquake-recording instru- ments called "seismographs" are able to record disturbances in the earth's crust. But this must be remembered: An atomic bomb ex- plosion doesn't begin to compare with the energy of an earthquake
 Thus. if seismographs actually did record evidence of an explosion in Russia, they necessarily would have had to be quite close to the scene.
 Detection by radiation-spottine instruments is by far the most likely possibility.
 Conceivably-although there is nc official word to back this--airplanes bearing such devices might have been operating close to Russian Territory. If so, airborne particles of radioactive dust might have come within the range of these in- strumepts.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-09-23
ATOMIC ENERGY CONTROL
Brings Forth Need for International
 Agreement Says Lie

NEW YORK, Sept. 23-lR-U. N Secretary General Trygve Lie said today President Truman's an- nouncement shows more than ever the need for international agree ment on atomic energy.
 Informed that MT. Truman had announced the United States has evidence of an atomic explosion in the Soviet Union, Lie made this comment:
 If it is true that they have the atomic bomb, it shows how in- dispensable international agreement is."
 The Truman announcement ere ated stir in the 59-nat;on assem- ply.
 The highest U. N. officials first learned of the Presidents state ment while presiding over ses- sion devoted to national policy statements in the assembly.
 Reporters sent note with the news to Assembly President Carlos P. Romulo on the rostrum of the big hall in Flushing Meadow Park
 Lie, sitting beside him, left the dais after the note Arrived.
 A. A. Arutiunian, ranking dele gate on the assembly floor when the announcement was made, said :
 T have heard this news from the President for the first time"
 'Is it true that the Soviet Union has the atomic bomb?' he was ask ed.
 T have no comment" Arutiunian replied.
 Asked if the Presidents announ- cement was a surprise, Arutiunian laughed and said:
 There is no surprise under the sun"
 Asked if that was a confirmation, he laughed and said:
 Tt is merely general comment It is an old Russian saying"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-09-23
PEACE TALK IS MADE BY
 v|5H|N5kY
Soviet Foreign Minister
 Makes No Mention . Atomi1ExpIosion

NEW YORK, Sept. 23.-lR-So- viet Foreign Minister Andrei Y Vishinsky talked today on the Big Five powers establishing a peace pact among themselves.
 He made no mention of an atomic explosion in the Soviet Union in his general policy address to the United Nations Assembly.
 Vishinsky prefaced his peace pro- posal with his usual slashing at tack on the Western powers.
 He charged the United States and Britain are leading plans for an aggressive war.
 Then he introduced formal res olution by which the assembly would express the desire for Russia, the United States, Britain, China and France to conclude a peace pact among themselves.
 Vishinsky said not a word about President Truman's announcement in Washington that there is evil dence of an atomic explosion in the Soviet Union.
 He also took no notice of a de- claration by Secretary of State Dean Acheson that the United States had expected such an atomic development and had no plans to change policy because of it. Ache son held news conference just before Vishinsky spoke.
 The Vishinsky speech was faI less fiery than his 'war-monger' blast in the 1947 assembly which provoked boos from the gallery.
 The speech was one of the short est major efforts in Vishinsky's career. It was the first speech delegates recalled that he had end ed on such a peaceful note.