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Evening star., 1949-03-05
Lane Puts Signature
On Sc New Laws
Passed in Maryland
By the kssoeioted Press

ANNAPOLIS, Md, March s.
Gov. Lane put his signature on
So new Maryland laws yesterday
With few exceptions they take
effect June /.
The Governor previously had
signed an emergency measure
freezing the State income tax rate
at 2 per cent, along with several
other bills.
One of the new acts allows DR..
Horace E. Flack to remain as di-
rector of the Department of Leg
islative Reference after he reaches
retirement age-70-in May.
New Penalty for Rapists.
Another act would allow juries
to limit the sentence of convicted
rapists to 20 years. They may be
hanged nGE.
The words without capital pun
iShment" in a verdict would mean
a limited prison term. .,,,,,,.s-e >,
Ttse Governor also signed 4
resofuticff urging CONGRESS 10 con-
firm States rights to submerged
lands within thetcshardeEs.s South
ern and estesn States are nteSs
ested iii oil-rich tidelands; Mary
land in its fishery resources.
Other acts signed by the Gov
ernor include:
Making the offense of kidnap-
ing a felony, to conform with the
fact that kidnapping is now pun
ishable by death, but exempting
parents who abduct their own
child from the death penalty.
Adding the offense of man
slaughter by motor boat" to the
law covering manslaughter cases.
Providing that any person who
commits an indictable offense on
a bus, airplane or other intercity
or interstate means of transporta-
ton may be tried in any county or
city through which the vehicle
may run.
Local Measures Passed.
Authorizing the town of District
Heights in Prince Georges County
to levy street lighting tax not to
exceed 10 cents per $100.
Legitimizing the children Of
persons whose marriage has been
annulled.
Raising the salary of the stenog-
rapher to the States attorney OF
Prince Georges County from
$4,000 to $4,000 annually.
Allowing appeals from Orphans
Courts to be taken to Circuit
Courts. At present, they must be
heard by the Court of Appeals.
Requiring that motor scooters
and bicycles with motor attach
ments may carry more than one
person only if an extra seat has
been properly constructed for
SuCll use.
Changing the drivers signal for
right turn to conform with the
uniform law for most other States.
Requiring that the entire fee
for unused automobile license tags
be refunded if the tags are re-
turned to the Department Of
Motor Vehicles within 80 days.
Providing that operators of
motor scooters or motor bikes
must be at least 16 years old. They
may obtain licenses now If they
are IA.
Providing a minimum annual
franchise tax of $40 on every
domestic corporation.
Evening star., 1949-03-05
Bethesda Plant
Psychological
SurveyAsked
$lS,3o0, 900 Project
Listed in Report to
House Committee

An $lS.3oo,000 plant in Be-
thesda for the Geological Survey
is among projects proposed by
the Public Buildings Adhinistra-
ton in a report to the House Pub
lie Works Committee.
Like other projects listed, the
Geological Survey construction Is
included in a long-range program.
with no time specifications at
tached.
The committee is considering
legislation which would give the
Federal Works Agency authority
to draw plans and acquire sites
for the proposed projects, some Of
which may not be undertaken for
20 years, according to Public
Buildings Commissioner w. z.
Reynolds.
3 Post Offices Included.
Also included in the eligible"
list of projects are a post Office in
Arlington estimated to cost
$1,450,0 900: a post Office in Silver
Spring. $865,000, and one in
Hyattsville, $705,000.
Joseph E. Betterley. superin-
tendent of post Office quarters.
emphasized that these projects
are in the same category as the
Geological Survey building. The
first legislation simply would en-
able site acquisition and prepa-
ration Of plans. Priority and time
of construction will depend on
future appropriations and speci-
fications.
T. B. Nolan, assistant director Of
the Geological Survey, said the
Bethesda project is needed for the
agency's Eastern field activities.
which are expanding. It Is ex-
pected to house laboratories and
other divisions of the Survey, per-
mitting consolidation of work now
carried on in IA buildings in the
District.
Four Stages Planned.
The PBA report said the Geo.
logical Survey construction would
be undertaken in four stages. It
proposed the expenditure OF
$6,3O0.000 in the first stage. $4,-
100000 in the second, $4.000.000
in the third, and $3.700.000 in the
fourth.
The report recommended inclu-
sion OF the following post offices
in the long-range program:
Virginia-Front Royal, Hern-
don, Kilmarnock, Mclean, Mid
dleburg, Purcellville, Quantico,
Tappahannock, Vienna and Fair
fax.
MISUNDERSTANDING, Brent
wood, Capitol Heights, College
Park, Gaithersburg, Glen Burnie.
Indiar Head, Kensington, La
Plata, Leonardtown, Mount Airy,
Mount Rainier and Riverdale.
MIR. Reynolds submitted list OF
eligible projects previously author
lied but deferred for various rea-
sons, although sites have been
acquired. These include post
offices at Denton, Md, Waynes-
boro, Va, and Falls Church. the
latter costing about $330,000..
Evening star., 1949-03-05
By the Associated Press

SALEM, Va, Mar. 5.-Clark
Council Hamilton. jr., drew a
three-year suspended penitentiary
sence yesterday when he pleaded
guilty in Roanoke County Circuit
Court to a charge of violating Vir-
ginia's miscegenation statute.
The 20-year-old Navy veteran
indicated through his attorney.
T. Warren Messick, that he
planned to leave the State i'm
mediately. The statement was
made in reply to a question by
Judge Thurston l.. Kesiter.
Hamilton left the courtroom, re-
turned to the county jail where he
had been confined since December
%, packed his clothing and de-
Evening star., 1949-03-05
Modern Londover Hills School
To Be Dedicated Tomorrow

ceilings, half of which are feet
higher than the other half.
The other five rooms for classes
through the sixth grade, have
similar features but do not have
their own individual play ter
races. Instead, they have doors
leading into one play area COM
mon to all.
Three types of desks are used.
Individual tables serve the lowest
grades, conference tables seating
as many as six children with
storage compartments for each
child, serve intermediate grades,
while the arm-rest type OF desk
serves the higher classes.
In all rooms, walls are utilized
to the fullest. Blackboards. bulle-
tin boards, easels and storage space
for clothing and supplies disap-
pear behind sliding panels. In
stead of the conventional black
board, the school has boards made
like a book with four leaves. -
Eight writing surfaces are pro-
vided.
Low Cabinets With Basins.
The woDkrooms for each class
room are equipped with low cabi-
nets with 4builtir1 basins, running
water and a drinking fountain.
Here pupils carry out classroom
projects. tts
Teachers desks are built within
the walls. These facilities include
sliding writing surface and built
in filing cabinets. thus permitting
instructors greater freedom to
move about.
Ceilings are acoustically treated
and the library has. in addition a
fireplace.
About $50 pupils from Landover
Hills, Bellemead. Defense Heights
WoodlaWn Park. Radiant Valley
Ardmore and adjacent areas at
tend the school, which Prince
Georges officials term 1.-The best In
the county and one of the most
modern in the country"
Despite innovations. the school
cost no more than other struc-
lures of a more commonly used
design erected about the same
time, according to Supt. Shugart
The building was designed by
the architectural firm Of Paul Kea
& Associates of HyattSville.
Evening star., 1949-03-05
Three Rockville Bills,
Two on Annexation,
Introduced by Davis
BY a stuff Correspondent. Of The star

ANNAPOLIS, Mar. 5.-Three
bills affecting Rockville, two OF
which would authorize the town
to annex the Twin Brook, Haiti
and Lincoln Park subdivisions, are
before the State Senate. They
were introduced yesterday by
Senator Roy Tasco Davis. Repub-
lican. of Montgomery County.
One of the measures would en-
power the town to borrow up to
$4,000 for acquisition of an exist
ing water supply and sewage sys-
tenn in Twin Brook, provided the
Rockville boundaries are extend
ed to include that community.
Inclusion off, the Haiti and Lin
coin Park communities in the
town is provided in separate bill.
The third bill would empower the
Mayor and Council of Rockville
to levy lad valorem" taxes to
finance public improvements.
Another bill sponsored by SEN
ator Davis would authorize the
County Council to impose a tax
not to exceed 10 cents per $1O0 on
residents of the Sandy Spring area
for the benefit OF the Sandy
Spring Volunteer Fire Depart
ment.
A bill introduced by Senators
Stanford Hoff. Republican, of
Carroll County. and John G. Turn
bull, Democrat. of Baltimore Coun-
ty would make carrying a con-
cealed weapon a felony. This, it
was explained, would enable police
to introduce in evidence weapons
seized in a search without q war
rant.
Extradition Changes Urged.
Senators L. Harold Sothoron,
Prince Georges County, and
George w. Della, Baltimore, Dem
ocrats. introduced a bill to amend
Maryland's extraUtion law to
cover only acts which are a crime
in this state.
Under the measure when a per-
son is wanted in one State for q
violation committed while he was
in Maryland or another State,
the governor could sign release
papers only if the act would be
punishable by the laws of this
State"
Also introduced was a bill pro-
viding free scholarship in each
senatorial district to the Univer-
sity of Maryland Medical School,
provided the recipient pledges
himself to practice in his home
county or city for two years after
graduation.
Another bill would authorize
each Senator to grant three and
each delegate to grant one $165
scholarship annually to the uni
versity.
Roosevelt Holiday Favored.
Delegate Thomas F. Dempsey,
Democrat, of Baltimore, sponsored
a bill to make January 80, the
birthday of the late President
Roosevelt, a legal holiday in Mary
land.
Among bills passed was one by
the Montgomery delegation to in
crease the State allowance to
counties and Baltimore for the
education of handicapped chill
dren from 5000 to $400 per child.
Evening star., 1949-03-05
By Chorles A. McAIeer

The little red schoolhouse" Of
Landover Hills, Md. is a struc-
ture of glass brick. f1uorescent
lights. disappearing wall cabinets
and revolving blackboards with
some claSsrooms equipped with
their own private play areas.
It is the latest thing in school,
house design in the Washington
area.
Gone are the stationary School
brown" desks and drab colored
interiors. Absent, too, are the
conventional desks for teachers at
the front of the class.
In their places are gayly painted
walls of yellow, green, blue and
pink. The desks. and in some
rooms the student conference
tables" are of light colors. They
are movable to permit a variety
of uses.
Although it has been in use
since September. the Landover
Hills Elementary School will be
formally dedicated at 4 pm. to-
morrow when DR.. Earle T. Hawk.
ms, president OF. the Maryland
State Teachers College, Towson,
will be the main speaker. Prince
Georges County School Supt. q.
Gardner Shugart will formally
present" the school to Miss Eliz-
abeth lynch, principal.
More Light in Classrooms.
Mrs. Louis H. Schwartz Of Land
over Hills Is chairman of the Com
mittee on Arrangements.
Modern f1uorescent lighting ar
rangements and extensive use OF
glass brick give the claSsrooms
more light than is found in build
ings of more conventional design.
Use of light shaded wall paint
also reduces eye strain.
Erected at a cost of about $780,
900, the school consists Of nine
classrooms, a cafeteria. library. a
combination auditorium -gymnasi-
um and Office space.
Four of the rooms, used by the
lower grades, have individual as
phalt play terraces outside. Each
of these also have toilet facilities
and their own work rooms. An
unusual effect is created by Offset
Evening star., 1949-03-05
Sermon Contest Winner

BLACKSBURG, Va, Mar. 5 (P,.
"A sermon called "A Rural Faith
for Today" by the Rev. c. R.
Stevens, Henrico County Baptist
minister, was the winner OF the
1s4s Virginia rural life sermon
contest, it was announced yester-
day.
Evening star., 1949-03-05
Christian Soldier Is Topic

THE Christian Soldier" will be
discussed by John H. RenshaW,
pastor of the Arlington Church OF
Christ. at II am. and 7:45 pm.
services tomorrow in the church,
- =; I. irr street.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-12-16
Michael Carey
Dies AT Home
This Morning

Michael c. Carey. So. died this
morning at ais a. m, IN ms resi-
dence al 4O4 White street, after
an illness of several weeks.
Funeral services will be held
Sunday afternoon at 4;SO p: m.' in
the chapel of the Lopez Funeral
Home.
Rev. w. w. life of the First
CONGREGATIONAL Church will Off
ciate az the services. Burial will
be in the family plot in City
Cemetery.
Survivors: four sons, Watson
of the Bahamas: Franklin, Benja-
min. and Roland, of Baltimore,
Md: one daughter, Mrs. Henry
J. Johnson; one brother. Watson
Carey: One sister. Mrs. Sarah E.
Curry. and 10 grandchildren.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-12-16
Retail Prices
Pick During
Past Week

nav YORK. Der l6.-lA1--
Hfsii tIaas plskcd up during the
nsli Week although remaining
HhflF helsN last years level.
tsH ard llfalsircct estimated
auiiI talumr Coz the country as
8 mie a. fanar from even with
lNi Fesf O. fuuT pr cent lower.
t'nf Euiumc approached last
ffms luNei in many sections
Neeasuai estimates varied from
6ai feaf levels by the follow
80 nfftfniages South. Midwest
anf paeaiie Coazt. down ono %
So neF ceni east and north
e4f raneed from even with last
ffn ia iau pa cent below New
~ Sand 40 two % four. and
Haaihasa,. doan four ~ eight
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-12-16
Twenty Indicted
By Federal Court

NEW YORK, Dec. 16.-(R)-
Twenty persons were indicted in
New York federal court today on
charges of transporting and con-
spring to cash one million dollars
in counterfeit American Express
travellers checks.
Federal prosecutors say the in
dictments followed a nationwide
investigation by the FBI after
the cashing of some 100000 in
phoney travellers checks around
the country. Besides eight men
already arrested, the indictments
cover IL others named in bench
warrants issued today.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-12-16
AtchesOn Dies
In Miami Today

Burrell Atcheson, 81. who was
a cousin Of Police Chief Joseph
Kemp, died at S a.. M. today in
Miami. according to word re-
ccived here this morning. He will
be buried in Miami.
tie Is survived by his wife; a
son. George: a Sister, Olga Atche-
son: another sister, Mrs. Nellie
Morales Of Key Wste, and his
aunt. Flora Michal.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-12-16
lIanSlein War
Grimes Trial
Ends Today

HAMBURG Germany. Dee. 10.
HH Thr Waf crimos trial %
fFa German Fcid Marshall
Nnth tun Mantioin came % an
cas- taiat
a Nrfiift s probable Monday
zen Mangtrin pleaded innocent
e. tT ear crimes charge Tie
fFal hrEan in August. 3
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-12-16
Federal Judge
Dies
DC Heart Attack

PITTSBURGH Dec. i6.-ta9.-
a leaefai hides. John J. o'con.
ns4 ded 81 3 heart attack today
"a 49, hane in nj Lebanon. 3
arb ~ Pittsburgh.
TIE SO wear Cd iurist was a
nlsF of the third United
iaies Cifruit Court 81 Appeals
lis aas aspunied 81 the Federal
hnh ~ President Truman in
lass
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-12-16
Choral Group To
Present Program

A vesper program will be pre-
scented by the Key West High
School Choral Group at the High
School at 4:30 p M, Sunday, Mrs.
Olive Bond. director, said today.
The choral group has a long
list Of vespers. and will sing Sc
veral OF them during the service
on Sunday.
Evening star., 1949-02-13
By Harold Heffernon

careful. Lillian Harvey was such
a sensation on the European stage
that the late Winfield (Winnie)
Sheehan, head of Goth Century
Fox, decided she would be an equal
favorite on the American screen
So Lillian was brought over under
a terrific buildup.
Within two years she was miss
ing from the Hollywood scene
The studio chalked up a loss OF
more than half a million dollars
Another who lacked what 1t
takes to live up to an overwhelm-
ing buildup was Isa Miranda. She
was a brilliant success in Italy, sc
in 1888 Paramount imported her
and gave her a superlative intro
duction. BY 1910 1sa Miranda was
through so far as her American
screen career was concerned.
Many we're the grand deceptions
and outright frauds practiced on
studio chiefs by smart girls who
tucked themselves under the wings
Of imaginative press agents. Some
Of these would make rollicking
Aim plots in themselves.
There was the time Sam Gold
wyn, still smarting under the
fiasco of Anna Stems million dol
lar buildup and almost immediate
flop. signed q descendant Of Nor
ways royal family. one Princess
Sigrid Gurie.
Tomtoms on the Goldwyn lot
beat furiously. And then, just as
her first picture was hitting the
theaters, the word came out that
Sigrid actually was an American
Evening star., 1949-02-13
HOLLYWOOD.

Hoax-conscious screen barons,
burned often and badly by phonies
of the past, take it easy nowadays
in the exploitation of their new
personalities. Ballyhoo is actually
held up on the foreign imports
until fans have had a chance to
determine their durability.
Only a few days after her ar
rival on the RKO lot. Betsy Drake
was tabled by all the studio ex-
ecutives as a sure bet for stardom.
Her tests were sensational. She
was co-starred with Cary Grant
in Every Girl Should Be Mar
ried."
During production. the daily
rushes pointed up the fact that
she would be q hit. Still the
studio gave her only token" pub
licity in advance Of the pictures
release. Today. six months after
the films general release. Betsy
Drake is regarded as the most
outstanding of the screens re-
cent discoveries.
Was Hit In London.
Betsy was an American girl who
had scored in Deep Are the
Roots" on the London stage. but
was completely unknown to Amer
ican movie fans. The same situa-
ton IS years back would have
found RKO screaming her praises
to the far corners months in ad-
vance of the debut. But not to-
day. Producers had to learn the
hard way. Depleted purses and
red faces are left in the wake OF
these sorry experiences.
Over at Paramount these days
they're watching with keen an
ticipation the performance Co.
rinne Calvet is giving to Rope
Of Sand" in which she is CO.
starred with Burt Lancaster. Miss
Calvet is the French actress who.
No. ! favorite in her native land.
was brought to this country a
few months ago by Hal Wallis.
She has a future date with star
dom here, or at least in Wallis
books. Yet Paramount refuses to
go about in publicizing her. They
want fandom to decide. They've
compromised bit by giving her a
special frame at the start Of the
picture, Introducing the distin-
guished French actress, Corinne
Calvet." After that she'll be on
her own.
Recklessness Costly.
In the roaring 20'S and even
later, producers weren't nearly so
Evening star., 1949-02-13
Coming Attractions

AMBASSADOR - SHOCK
proof" with Cornell Wilde,
starting Thursday.
CAPITOL-"Command Deci-
sion," with Clark Gable,
starting Thursday.
COLUMBIA - Unknown Is
land" with Phillip Reed,
starting Thursday.
HIPPODROME - Take My
Life" with Hugh Williams.
KEITH'S - "Rogue's Regi-
ment," with Dick Powell,
starting Wednesday.
Observation-Disclosures
Magic Fountain" with Lex
Barker, starting Thursday.
NATIONAL-"The Return of
October" with Glenn Ford.
PALACE-"Down to the Sea
in Ships" with Richard
Widmark.
PIX - -Four Steps in the
Clouds" an. Italian film
starting Tuesday.
PLAYHOUSE-"Scott of the
Antarctic" with John Mills.
TRANS-LUX - "Paisan," an
Italian film.
RNER r - "Shockproof,"
with Cornell Wilde, starting
Thursday.
Evening star., 1949-02-13
Today's Schedules
AMBASSADOR-"The

AMBAssADoR-"The Ac-
cused":: los. 3:15, $40,
7:30 and 9:45 pm.
CAPITOL - Chicken Every
| Sunday: 1885, 4:20, 7:05
and $50 pm. Stage shows:
3:35, 6:25 and 9:10 pm.
COLUMBIA-"The Snake
Pit: 1885. $40, 5:25, TAO
and 9:55 pm.
DUPONT-"The Red Shoes:
2:30, $50 and $50 pm.
HIPPODROME-"The Ghost
Goes West: 2. 4:45, 7::30
and 10 pm.
KEITH'S-"Joan of Arc:
11:15 am. 1:5O. 4:25, 7,
9:35 and 1915 am.
LITTLE - Hamlet: 2::30,
$50 and $3.50 pm.
METROPOLITAN - ct he
Plunderers":: 1870, $40,
$40, 7::45 and $50 pm.
NATIONAL - THE Sun
Comes Up: 1870. 3::25, $40,
tbs and 9:10 pm.
PALACE-"The Paleface"::
1870, 3:35, 5:35, TAO and
9:40 pm.
PIX-Symphony of Life: /,
$40, 5:25, TAO and $50
pm.
PLAYHOUSE - Symphonic
Pastorale": los, $40, $40,
7:30 and $40 pm.
TRANS-LUX "Enchant-
ment": 1870, 3:35, $40,
7:50 and 9:55 pm.
WARNER-"The Accused:
l, $40. $40, 7:35 and
9:45 pm.
Evening star., 1949-02-13
Gaynor and Farrell
Only Team Missing
by the Asseeietsd Press

BY the Asseeietsd Press
HOLLYWOOD.
This seems to be the year for
reuniting old movie teams.
Roy Rogers and his wife, Dale
Evans. after a two-year screen
separtion, are together again In
Susanna Pass" Their first was
''The Cowboy and the Senorita,"
in 1943.
Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers
are paired again in "The Barclays
Of Broadway" and Nelson Eddy
and jeanette Macdonald in En-
bassy for Brazil"
All Hollywood needs is a new
vehicle for Janet Gaynor and
Charles Farrell.
Evening star., 1949-02-13
Miller Play
Rates Cheers
AT Premiere
Broadway Greets
Salesman as Best
OF Years Drama
By Mark Boron

A thoughtful and moving adj
venture in the theater, Arthur
Miller's new play, Death OF a
Salesman" excited a Broadway
premiere audience to prolonged
cheers at the Morosco Theater.
Miller, a 33-year-old dramatist
from Brooklyn. already has one
prize winning drama, "All My
Sons" which previously won the
critics circle award. He also won
drama prizes when studying play
writing at the University Of Michi-
gan.
In Death of Salesman" Play
wright Miller chooses as his SUBJ
1ject q travelling salesman, an al-
most anonymous man who never
succeeds with any of the great
deeds he planned in his dreams.
His Willy Loman is simply sales
man with great, unrealized
dreams, one who confidently goes
out to conquer the world armed
only with "a smile and a shine on
his shoes"
Sons Also Failures.
He succeeds in deluding himself
until he begins to grow old. His
favorite son, whom he dreams will
be a great merchant prince, turns
out to be a bum. His other son is,
too, a second-rate. Finally, Willy
is forced to sit down and face
facts. He must admit to himself
that he is pretty much failure in
comparison with the magnificent
figure he had believed himself to
be through most Of his adult life.
Ella Kazan has staged the play
with skill, giving almost cinematic
illusion in the frequent changes
Of the many scenes.
Lee j. Cobb, as the salesman,
Arthur Kennedy, Mildred Dun
mock and Howard Smith head 0
brilliant cast of players.
Richard" a Hit.
Richard Whorf, q commanding
actor with a deep. rich voice to
match his noble roles, revealed to
a first night audience on Broad
way last week a ringing. yet
unpretentious, performance Of
Shakespeare's Richard III"
The story of this production Of
Richard III" really begins in
1s45. when Whorf directed q CT
cast to do the play at the United
States Army University In Biar-
ritz, France. Recently Whorf and
Richard Barr arranged the pres
ent version, which was first pre-
sented at the Copley Theater in
Boston before being brought to
New York.
Utilizing his own talents for
settings and costumes, plus Bars
direction and lighting, the two
have rearranged and edited
Shakespeare's play so that it
plays quickly, effectively and. I
; suspect, economically.
Whorf has surrounded himself
with a capable. and sometimes
splendid. cast. Philip Bourneuf as
the Duke of Buckingham, Frances
Reid, a Pasadena playhouse grad
uate. as Anne, and Grace Coppin
of Salt Lake City as Queen Mar
garet, are especially notable in
this Cameo production Of good
Shakespeare.