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Evening star., 1949-06-08
Youth Held Without Bond
In Chapel Hill Staying

Vincent Lewis. Is, Chapel Hill.
Md. is being held without bond
in the jail at Upper Marlboro on
charges Of murder and assault
with intent to kill. in connection
with the Staying of Willie Ford.
10, of 1892 Old Fort road. Chapel
Hill.
Lewis will be given a prelimi-
nary hearing in Upper Marlboro
Police Court at 10 am. Friday.
Police charged he ran amok
Sunday at a Chapel Hill tavern.
shot and killed young Ford. and
shot the latter's brother, Clarence
Ford, "a, and Miss Mary Warrick.
"a. of 7101 Palmer road. All of
the PRINCIPALS are colored.
Evening star., 1949-06-08
Negro Schools in Montgomery
Lack Water, Chest Group Says

Nearly half of the 20 Negro
schools in Montgomery County
have reported that their water
supply is unsatisfactory. accord
ing to a survey by the Negro
School Committee Of the County
Community Chest and Council.
Results of the survey. which
covered the period from February
8 to March z. were presented yes
terday to the County Council.
The survey showed that four
of the schools receive their water
from public supply and that the
remaining is use pumps. Only
those using public supply and 3
of the l6 using pumps reported
their supply as satisfactory.
Rats Fan i'm Wen.
At one of the remaining eight.
the Scotland School, children
were forced to carry pals Of water
from q house three blocks away.
according to the report. At the
|Sellman School. water from the
roof drains into the well serving
the school, while rats have fallen
into the well at the Poolesville
School. the report stated.
The water at the Germantown
School was rusty and the pressure
at Lincoln High School was so
low there often was no water, It
was said.
The report also said ID schools
are heated only by small stoyes
Evening star., 1949-06-08

while others have leaking toilets
and roofs. Fairgrounds at some
of the schools were described as
a sea of mud" and the play
ground at the Ken Gar School Is
used as a public driveway and
dump. the report said.
Fire extinguishers are not pro-
vided ut two schools and fire In
spections are not made regularly
at IL others. the committee found
In its survey.
Can he Remedied.
In commenting on its findings.
the committee said:
Children being legally required
to attend school, public authorities
can be expected TO provide suitable
surroundings. Many Of the condi-
tions reported are adiniritstratively
remediable without large expendi-
lures Of money.
The question can be raised
whether the physical plant Of the
Negro schools il now receiving ssif-
icient and adequate supervision or
whether. witlexisting staff. visits
could not be made more fire.
quently."
The committee said the oficial
In charge Of school buildings made
an average Of one and half visits
to Negro schools during the last
two years and that visits by his
assistants average three times for
the same period.
Evening star., 1949-06-08
Four-SchooI Contract
Awarded in Fairfax
Al Less Than Estimate

The Fairfax County School
Board yesterday awarded a con-
tract to the Cannon g. Lewis Con-
struction Co. of Alexandria to
build four emergency school build
ings for $l48.651.85. The bid was
the lowest Of six.
The board had estimated orig
inally that each of the four-room
cinder block structures would cost
$40. 900.
The bid does not include wells
needed at two of the schools. nor
extension of water mains to the
two other sites. Cost of equip
ment also will be extra.
Original Estimate Doubted.
County officials had doubted the
accuracy Of the original estimates.
Several members of the Board of
Supervisors have indicated they
voted against 10 cent tax in
crease requested by the School
Board for a fifth emergency build
ing because they believed the
schools would cost less than esti-
mated.
The contract price Is broken
down as follows: Tysons. $39.-
307.11; Weyanoke. s39.450.26;
Holm Hall. $35. .243.25. and Penn
Daw, $39,379.75.
The School Board has set up
$220. 900 in 1t building fund this
year. After the cost Of wells and
equipment are added to the total
for the four buildings. there will
be about $4,000 left. The board
deferred authorizing an additional
emergency building. however. be-
cause sites have not been acquired
completely at Baileys Cross Roads
or at Graham road.
Regional School Dropped.
The board decided to end par
ticipation in the Regional Tech
nical High School at Manassas.
The school has been operated
jointly by Fairfax. Prince William
and Stafford Counties and Alex
andria.
The board decided it would send
students to the school on tuition
basis when necessary. The action
was taken after the board learned
only Is students from Fairfax
County are enrolled. Cost to the
county next year would be
S5.653.79.
Evening star., 1949-06-08
I2CondidotesFoce
| End of Race for
| Failing to Pay Tax

Two candidates for Arlington
Offices apparently were eliminated
today, almost before the campaign
got under way.
They are Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur
r. Souther. 1920 North Quinn
street, who are candidates. re-
spectively, for the Democratic
nomination for the House OF Dele
gates and the town meeting
selection as independent stand
ard-bearer in the county board
race.
State law requires all candi-
dates to be eligible to vote IN the
election in which they are run
ming. One Of the prerequisites for
votingsis payment Of the poll tax
by May Z.
Records at the courthouse show
the Southers did not pay until
June 3.
Evening star., 1949-06-08
By John A. Giles
Ssor SsoH Correspondent

BALTIMORE. Md. June s.
A cradle crane-somewhat SIM
liar to a baby's cradle with one
side and both ends knocked out
soon may be launching lifeboats
at sea in a matter Of seconds TO
save untold numbers of lives In
future maritime disasters.
The new method, demonstrated
by the Coast Guard for the first
time yesterday in the calm waters
of Baltimore Bay. would replace
the slow and dangerous line and
pulley method which has been
used for lowering and retrieving
lifeboats for hundreds Of years.
The crane, attached to the side
of the ship. swings out and down
under the control of an air-oper-
ated winch with such speed and
momentum that the lifeboat
moves forward from its cradle
within five seconds from the start.
The push into the water given
the Iifeboat by the speed OF the
launching vessel allows the crew
to row out the dangerous water
swell created by the mother
ship"
Split Second Timing.
To return, a line is thrown TO
the crew, who then may pull
themselves aboard the cradle
which lifts them back aboard.
Split-second timing Is required In
the operation.
Under the old method. lowering
q lifeboat is accomplished from a
davit. overhanging the water. by
means OF lines and pulleys. Man
power is needed TO swing the boat
out and lower it horizontally.
When the boat finally rests in the
water, these lines must be disen-
Evening star., 1949-06-08
Four Repeat Shows Slated
On Annapolis Pageant
RY the Associated Rre,s

! ANNAPOLIS, June 8.-Four re-
peat performances OF the 300th
anniversary pageant, Song Of
the Severn" have been scheduled
by the Annapolis Tercentenary
Commission.
Chairman Elmer M. jackson.
jr., announced that the outdoor
show with q cast of 750 would 60
on the nights of June "a to Is.
The City's week-long tercen-
tenary celebration ended May ~,
after three pageant performances
Three were rained out. The
commission announced an overall
profit of $1,000, to be spent on
memorial plaques at historic An
napolis homes. Proceeds from the
repeat performances will go to the
Annapolis High School building
fund.
Evening star., 1949-06-08
Siaunion. Arlington Girls
Gel Mary Baldwin Degrees
ss@ss~a sssss.rssA - ssSs sa~s

ETAuGTOs. Va. Iurs a.
Nine etauntun girls and ofas from
Arlington weye among 90 men,
hers Of Mary Baldwin Cotiegss
graduating class Who received
bachelor Of artA dswrses at tis
Etaunton institutions . 1919 con-
s1eneeuaent.
The staunson giris arr Jean
Farrow. Carrie Ham. Joan Kesiey.
cecilie Kaufman. AVIS LeweIlyn.
Elizabeth Starr Oxwn. Agfes
printx. Betty Run and casoasns
6prOsae
Tns graduate from AFisngiun 10
Helen Hoaghton. daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Joseph %. Hpagnsor.
44o4 North Asrete~nth ssxr~i
DR.. Prxnets prrdiss1aa uaasses.
president of wasl1snssun and Ire
University. delivered tks com
usennetnent address Mossdny. Ths
degrees xrTe conferred by Mary
Das6wlns president. Ds. Prank
H~fl fSwts
Evening star., 1949-06-08
AImos Club Meeting Set

Masonry and Tire Constitution
viii be the subject os an address
By Representative EaaeEney. Re-
publican. Of Michigan. nj 1915
pm. Friday ai o luncheon meet
lng cf the Almaa Temple Club
1915 X street NV. n
Evening star., 1949-06-08
.PTA Forms in Foirfox
Elementary School,

IN 0EEmntxssaonal meeting 90
0 pm. Friday in Tire Fanfax Kss.
naent&sy School wtli lazaneh o new
school Parent t-Ten8h<v AanDeaa-
ton fer families sf tire hrfa0oss
go pszpslA. T1se sraaooa has ta4
no pTA sow several yessxs
A group uf parents MT JsEs .
and 10 stimulate sassfss& 10 Ifas
n~w PTA. J. n Eswunat. spokss-
man. tab4 slss group u sasss 10
nFganase before tie s1sa1sa3 rear
el0aes 70 ~ 20 paan 9aIi pro-
gram q
Evening star., 1949-06-08
Slot Machine Payofs
In Cash Still Barred
AsCounty Drafts Code

Slot machines, even though
legalized last Thursday in Prince
Georges County. still cannot Off
cially pay of In cash.
Such will be the situation, the
county commissioners decided yes
terday, until the proper ma
chinery can be set up to regulate
the machines. Until then no ap-
plications - either for machine
licenses or for operators permits
will be accepted, the commits
sioners ruled.
The question was raised when
a group of machine operators.
including a Silver Spring man
who has filed a suit seeking to
prevent the commissioners from
issuing any licenses, appeared be-
fore the county heads in quest
of licenses.
Cash Payments Spotted.
Informed by two county police
sergeants that at least three
places, all in Capitol Heights. had
been observed paying off prema-
turely in cash on Monday, Com
missioner Harry w. McNamee,
board president, ordered:
"They must watt
Applications have not yet been
prepared. Mr.. McNamee told the
group. The commissioners directed
their legal counsel, Waldo Burn
side and Robert Matthias, to draft
proposed regulations.
Cauthen Walter Hendrix of
10130 Old Bladensburg road. Silver
Spring, whose suit against the
commissioners is slated for a hear
ing June 16 in the county Circuit
Court, appeared with his attorney
Walter L. Green, and attempted to
submit a check for 81 900 to cover
his license fee.
Refuse to Take Check.
The commissioners, while not
ruling on whether they would
grant Mr.. Hendrix a license, re-
fused to take the check and .saic
they would accept his application
as soon as the machinery" is ir
full operation.
Attorney George G. McLeish,
member of the county's delegation
to the House of Delegates and one
of the sponsors of the slot ma
chine measure, represented the
county Hotel and Restaurant
Owners Association. He said the
commissioners were mot taking
anything away from him" (Hen-
dricksl but "just refusing to give
him something that he never hao
before legally"
Hyattsville Files Plea.
The commissioners received a
resolution adopted by the Hyatts-
vile City Council asking that nc
slot machines be licensed in the
municipality.
Although the slot machine bill
won in the countrywide referen-
dunn. the Hyattsville vote was
against it.
The council also directed City
Attorney Crem to prepare refer
endum legislation for the 1850
session of the General Assembly
in the hope that the community
might be given an opportunity to
control the licensing within its
boundaries.
The latter action indicated the
council had little hope the COM
missioners would accede to the
|city's request.
Hyattsville is the second in
Icorporated town In Prince Georges
to seek to bar the machines.
Greenbelt councilmen. although
mo action has been taken. have
expressed the opinion they may
be able to bar them under home
rule provision of their charter.
Evening star., 1949-06-08
Mrs. Beede Named

Mrs. Merrill G. Beede Of Alex
andria has been appointed chair
man of the Volunteer Services
Center of the Alexandria Com
munity Welfare Council. She was
one of the originators of the
Washington Civilian Defense VOL
unteer Bureau.
Evening star., 1949-06-08
ReuIty Men Plan Bcnquet

The annual banquet Of the
Montgomery County Real Estate
Board viii be held at 7 p. m. FIJI
day at the Kenwood Country Club.
Judge Sseadnan Prescott Of the
Montgomery County Circuit Court
wiIl act ax toastmastest
Evening star., 1949-06-08
Ashton Heights Tulk Set

William S. Merwin. regional di-
rector for the Middle Atlantic
States of the Save the Children
Federation. Inc. will speak at the
Ashton Heights Women's Club
house. 413 North Irving street,
Arlington. at 1880 pm. Friday. 4
Evening star., 1949-06-08
Maryland U. Regents
Propose 14-hi|Iion
Budget for Next Year
D. The A.sessssed Press

BALTIMORE. June a.---T'he Uni
yersity OF Maryland's Board OF Re-
gents made public yesterday pro-
posed working budget calling for
expenditures OF $l4.5si .56G at the
university during the II months
starting July /.
The budget Is subject 10 the ap-
proval OF the State Board Of Pub
lie Works.
The Ie4e General Assembly ap-
propriated si3.203.i4o for the uni
versity. The budget also included
an estimate OF s56o.5ii 10 be re-
ceiyed from Federal funds-~for an
overall total Of si3.7s3.e5i avail
able TO the university.
Therefore. the ti4.3si .S66 the
institution now proposes to spend
Is s8i7.9i5 more than the Legisla-
ture had contemplated.
Four-Page Statement.
Mrs. John L. Whitehurst. chair
man Of the Board OF Regents
Budget Committee. released q
four page statement including
high lights Of the proposed budget.
She said no actual copy Of the
budget would be released because
the Board OF Public Works and
Gov. Lane might make later
changes.
The report listed an increase of
s776 ,362.e0 In the estimated In
come from special funds. over the
amount presented TO the legls-
Iature as an estimate.
II said the increase would come
from these sources.
/. Additional income from stu
dent fees at the various schools.
s63s.s74 This includes o larger
number Of nonresident fees from
out-of state students. The In
crease in such students was ex-
planned by the fact that the new
i2-year program In State schools
would reduce Maryland high
school graduating classes for the
next two years. and thus allow
for more out-of skaters.
Hospital Receipts s7s.is3.
Q Estimated Increase from
dorrnitories. dining haIl receipts.
student supply store and patient
ices at university hospital. BaitI-
more--sT5.iS3.
.. Estimated increase in re-
s;ricsed funds. including grants
from the Federal Government and
industries for research-t32 .so7.
4. Estimated increase IN re-
eetpts from agricultural depart
Enents--s26.42 .42g.
Nest Of the meeting vas .
closed executive session. News
men we're called In afterwards to
receive the fouT-pazs statement.
Mrs. whitehurst told reporters
the newxmen should moi have &C.
cess TO the actual. detailed bsAssrt.
She said IL would dtscioss In
divsdual salaries which sns con
tended should not be MADE public.
Evening star., 1949-06-08
New Cradle Crane Launches
Lfeboot Within 5 Seconds

gagged and the crew must fend on
quickly TO avoid crashing into the
ships side. The retrieving In this
process is the reverse and equally
dangerous. Such launching
usually requires around two min
utes.
Launching a boat by the old
process requires five men. The
new system requires only two.
Comdr. w. E. Creedon Of the
Coast Guards Field Testing and
Development Unit said the new
system had been tried in mod
erately heavy seas" of Norfolk
and found satisfactory. Further
tests far out in the Atlantic are
planned within two weeks.
Grew Stands Upright.
Yesterday. for the benefit of
newsreels and photographers.
crew OF five men remained up
right in their boat through dozens
of launchings from the cutter
Cuyahoga. which saw wartime
duty as escort for the presidential
yacht Williamsburg.
THAT splash sometimes gets
you pretty wet. but otherwise it's
okay," said Boatswain's Mate
2fclass James w. Giliikin OF Beau
fort. N. c.
In q heavy sea. sudden roll
in the same direction as the cradle
crane might make the lifeboat
spank the sea with terrific wal
lop, possibly throwing the men
clear of the boat. Therefore. only
the most experienced seamen can
operate the system. Ofilcials en-
phasized. however. that every test
run of so far had been perfect.
r. Forrest Pease. a Boston in
ventor, originally developed the
crandie crane system for launch
ing experimental torpedoes during
the war. Lately. 1t has been modi-
fed for life saving work.
Aluminium Ducks Tested.
Comdr. creedon said that tests
would be conducted soon on a
new litter for casualties. so con-
structed that 1t would float In the
water should 1t be accidentally
dropped at sea.
The unit also Is trying out
new amphfbious duck with an
aluminium body. which would not
be subject to the corrosion Of the
steel bodies OF ducks built during
World War IL
The cutters bridge have large
sections Of new types Of paint
and the latest in nyion and manila
lines ''iindergoing weather tests.
The whole ship Is an expert
mental laboratory and virtually
everything aboard. including the
cradle crane. is stiIl in the expert
mental stage" Condr. Creedon
said.
Coast Guard otfscials would not
say whether big ocean liners might
someday be equipped with cradles
or whether the method could be
adapted for picking up seaplanes
launched from warships. but they
thought both 10 be possibilities.
Evening star., 1949-11-12
Riot Breaks Up Speech
By Left-Wing UE Leader
BY the A.seeioisd Press

PITTSBURGH. Nov. 12.-A
street riot broke UP q scheduled
speech by James Matles, left-wing
former director Of the United
Electrical Workers. here yesterday
More than 5000. had assembled
for the meeting and dozens OF
them swung fists. Nobody report
ed injuries and police. who broke
up the fighting. made no arrests.
The incident took place at the
Cable avenue entrance to the East
Pittsburgh plant Of the Westing-
house Electric Corp. where the
men are employed.
A crowd. with rightists In the
majority, rushed toward a sound
truck which arrived carrying Mr..
Matles and other leftists.
Police, who had been watching
the meeting. dashed into the fray.
During momentary lull which
followed, the sound truck backed
out and sped away.
This was the third instance of
fist fighting among members of
the East Pittsburgh local since
the national CIO last week ex-
pelled the UE from membership.
Evening star., 1949-11-12
Thomas Charges Snub
By 'EuropeanC Country,
Opposes Further Aid
BY the Associated Press

VIENNA, Nov. IL. - Senator
Thomas, Democrat, of Oklahoma
said today one European country
had snubbed his Armed Forces
Subcommittee of the Senate Ap-
preparations Committee and "any
more money granted to that coun-
try will be over my protest"
Senator Thomas did not name
the country, but congressional
members of his party said he was
referring to Sweden.
"The government officials" SEN
ator Thomas told newsmen, acted
as if they did not know we were
within a thousand miles of the
place. " The country refer to
has helped no one in the last 1875
years. Anyone with a military uni
form on in that country is a spy.
They saw some easy money
and they grabbed it-now they
want more"
Senator Thomas is chairman of
the seven-man subcommittee,
which Is touring Europe to inves-
tigate the use of American aid
funds. The party arrived in
Vienna last night for conferences
with American military and diplo-
matte officials.
They plan to leave here Monday
for Greece. Besides Senator
Thomas. the committee is COM
posed of Senators Maybank, Dem
ocrat, of South Carolina; McLel-
Ian, Democrat, of Arkansas; Rob-
ertson, Democrat. of Virginia;
Thye, Republican, of Minnesota;
Stennis, Democrat. of Mississippi,
and Chavez. Democrat, of New
Mexico.
The committee has visited Bel
gium. Norway, Sweden, Denmark.
Germany and Switzerland. It has
yet to visit Greece, Spain, Italy
and Britain.
A member of the group, who
asked not to be quoted by name,
said: 1--WE have discussed at great
length the wonderful receptions
we were given in Brussels, Oslo,
Copenhagen, Frankfurt and Bern.
We have not been able to say any,
thing as nice about Stockholm"
Evening star., 1949-11-12
BY the Associated Press

SALONIKA, Greece, Nov. H.
American radio engineers are
working round the clock here on
a 50.000-watt Voice Of America
transmitter which is to start bor-
ing holes in the Iron Curtain by
the end of the year.
The million dollar radio install
lation will be the second major
relay in Europe for trying to break
through the broadcast jamming
set up by Soviet stations. The
other one is at Munich.
The engineers said the new
radio weapon in the cold war"
will cover the Balkans and other
parts of Europe easily, with direc-
tionM antenna that can be beamed
to any spot.
Evening star., 1949-11-12

cent OF theoretical capacity be-
fore the strike. It sank to from
9 to IL per cent during the walk
out and rose to about Is per cent
just before United States Steel
and the union made their peace.
United States Steel accounts for
about SO per cent of all American
steelmaking capacity.
President Benjamin F. Fairless
Of Big Steel, who led the indus
try's fight against the unions de-
mands. said in prepared state
ment:
I'VE welcome the conclusion OF
the strike and resumption of steel
operations which will enable us to
do our part in meeting the steel
needs of the Nation,
Will Resume Work Quickly.
Vice President John A. Stephens
OF the corporation. who signed the
pact with Mr.. Murray, said last
night the company would be pour
ing steel by Monday or Tuesday
and added:
II should assume that in the
course of four or five days, we will
be going along at pretty good
clip" ofJ9ft 75'j 5&
Chairman Carroll R. Daugherty
Of President Truman's steel fact
finding board hailed the strikes
end with this statement:
"1t is an indication of what real
collective bargaining can do when
parties want to get together and
find suitable solution Of their
differences. The terms of the
settlement are entirely within
the framework of the steel fact
finding boards recommends
tionS."
Last September 10, after the
union had called a strike and the
President had postponed it with
the boards appointment, the
three-man panel recommended a
10 cents an hour pension-insur-
ance package to be paid for by
the companies. Six cents would
cover pension costs and 4 cents
would go for insurance expenses.
The steel industry was willing
to bargain on the basis of the
report. The union accepted it
without reservations.
But industry refusal to be bound
in advance to the principle that
workers need not contribute to
welfare programs prevented re-
sumption of negotiations. That
impasse brought on the steel
strike October /.
Evening star., 1949-11-12

that the Allies may want to build
a Western German army.
The rumors, developing since
the Big Three foreign ministers
met in Paris, have attracted more
attention in the German press
than the hot issue of dismantling
of factories which might be adapt
ed to war purposes.
The Stuttgarter Zeitung called
on Secretary of State Acheson to
set the rumors at rest when he
confers with West German politi-
cal leaders tomorrow at Bonn.
The influential Sueddeutsche
Zeitung of Munich said:
1T could be that opinions in
America. which have turned in
favor Of Germany. are expecting
more from us than we can do
now"
The Sueddeutsche Zeitung said
Western Allied fear of Commu-
niSm was "a bad adviser"