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Evening star., 1949-06-05
Embassy Row
EntertOininQ

The Egyptian Ambassador and
Nine. Abdul Rahim viii entertain
at dinner Friday evening.
The French Ambassador. Mr..
Henri Bonnet. viii be host in alb
sentia tomorrow afternoon when
the Mayor Of Melun. Mr.. Tune. viii
present citizenship in the town OF
Melun TO three officers Of the
United States who were instru-
mental in the liberation Of the
community june 6. 1914. The Am
bassador will be at Sweet Briar
College tomorrow and Mayor Tune
will act in his place as host at the
reception following the presenta-
tons.
1t. Gen. Walter II. Walker. who
was commanding officer Of the
20th Army Corps In June. 1914.
now is in Japan with the 9th Army.
He will receive the citizenship
through Mai. Gen. Hobart A. Gay.
and Gen. Collier. who was chief
Of staff Of the 25th Army Corps
and now is on duty In Korea. viii
receive his honor through Col.
Thomas M. Warrington. 1t. Col.
David w. Allard. who was the first
officer to enter the city when 1t
was liberated, will be present to
receive his award. Col. Allard is
on duty In Michigan and Is COM
ing especially for the presentation
tomorrow.
The Ambassador will be back
Tuesday or Wednesday and Nine.
Bonnet is expected to join him in
Washington the first Of next week
after a months stay in Paris.
Evening star., 1949-06-05
Totes Hosts
To Visitors

The Acting Legal Adviser Of
the Department Of State and
Mrs. Jack B. Tate were hosts ut
o reception and buffet rupper
last evening In honor Of the for
eign delegates to the Sixth Con-
ference Of the Inter- american
Bar Association. which met In
Detroit.
Last evenings party took place
in the ballroom Of the Pan Amer
ican Union Building. Later In
the evening, the 800 or SO guests
danced In the Aztec Gardens 70
the music of the string section
Of the Navy Band Orchestra.
The party began ut z O'Clock
and in the receiving line with
Mr.. and Mrs. Tate were some OF
the officers Of the Inter-American
Bar Association.
Evening star., 1949-06-05
Miss van Artsdale
To Wed Mr.. Waldo

Mr.. and Mrs. L. w. Van Arts
dale of whitefsh. Mont. an
nounce the engagement Of their
daughter Anna Lee to Mr.. Willis
II. Waldo, son Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Howard c. Waldo OF Silver Spring
Miss Van Artsdale received her
bachelor Of science degree In
chemistry Mt Montana State Col
lege. She was the recipient Of
the Richardson Chemistry Aware
and president Of Electrons. the
women's chemical honorary So
ciety.
Mr.. Waldo received his 3. S
degree at Washington and Jeffer-
son College. where he was award
ed the Jones Prize In Chemistry
Both are now working for ad-
vanced degrees in chemistry ut
the University Of Maryland.
Evening star., 1949-01-31
Woman Dies Of Burns
In Blaze; Husband
Saved by Marine

Mrs. Mary Morgan. AZ. died last
night of burns received early yes
terday in fire which destroyed one
room of the apartment which she
and her husband occupied at 2026
P street NV.
The husband, Marshall Morgan,
80. taxicab driver, was rescued by
Marine Master Sergt. Ray Mccoy,
who lived in an apartment above
the Morgans.
Sergt. Mccoy. who is stationed at
a Baltimore recruiting Office, said
he was awakened by a call for help.
While his wife aroused other occu-
pants of the building. Sergt. Mccoy
broke down the door of the Morgan
apartment. Smoke was pouring from
beneath the door, he said.
The sergeant crawled through the
room on his hands and knees until
he found Mr.. Morgan. He dragged
him TO safety, but the intense heat
and smoke kept him from re-enter-
ing the burning room, he said.
Mrs. Morgan, who apparently had
attempted to reach a window, was
taken from the room by firemen
She died at Emergency Hospital.
Mr.. Morgan, who was overcome
by smoke, was released after treat
ment at the hospital. Fire officials
have not completed their investiga-
ton into the cause of the blaze.
Evening star., 1949-01-31
II Unhurt as Wall Collapse,
In Old Alexandra House

The side wall Of an old Alexandra
brick house partially collapsed yes
terday.
None of the II colored OCCUPANTS
of the house at 308 North Fairfax
street was injured, but they were
ordered to vacate the building by
A. r. Lash, Alexandria building in
spector.
Police said they believed the house
was more than century old. They
said the owner was Mrs. Helen
Coates, 1858 Thirteenth street NV.
The portion of the wall that COL
lapsed was about IL feet high and
Is feet wide. The cause of the col
lapse could not be determined.
Mr.. Lash's Office said this morn
ing he had received no complaints
about the building until the collapse
yesterday. The only buildings reg
ularly inspected are large industrial
or public buildings, the Office said.
The Alexandria Red Cross chap
ter made temporary arrangements
to house the three families who
were living in the house.
Evening star., 1949-01-31
Star News on WMAL
Three Times q Day

The Stars new radio news
programs are presented three
times a day, Monday through
Saturday, over Stations WMAL
and WMAL-FM.
The broadcasts, direct from
The Stars newsroom, may be
heard from IL noon to 1905,
6 pm. to 6:05 and II pm. to
11:15. They are prepared by
The Star, based on 'informa-
ton supplied by the papers
entire newsgathering orgari-
cation.
Remember the times: Noon,
6 pm. and ii pm. Supplement
your reading of The Star by
getting up-to-the-minut re-
ports by radio from Washing
tons news authority.
Evening star., 1949-01-31
Mrs. Charles Is Freed
Under Bond in Qayinq
By the Associated Press

NEWPORT NEWS, Va, Jan. 81
Mrs. Ivy Patterson Charles, IS,
charged with the murder of her
husband In a family argument Sat-
urday, has been released from jail
under 5000 bond.
The slain man, Winston H.
Oickie) Charles, As, was a star
halfback on the William and Mary
College football team in the early
'20s.
Deputy Sheriff H. D. Riley OF
York County said Mr.. Charles died
in his home near Dare with four
slugs from a 25-caliber automatic
pistol lodged In the region of his
heart.
The officer said an investigation
into the fatal shooting was contin-
uing despite the fact Mrs Charles
had made a statement afterwards
Mr.. Riley refused to say what the
statement was, but reported that it
"conf1icted to some extent" with
statements made by other persons
interviewed.
Evening star., 1949-01-31
Virginia Legion Drops
Alexandra as Site for
Convention After Row.
By the Assoeioted Press

LYNCHBURG, Va, Jan. 81
Executive Committee of the Vir-
ginia American Legion-whose an
nual convention had been set for
Alexandria in August-voted yester-
day to select a new convention site.
Department Compander j. West
Wood Smithers of Richmond said
action was taken after Alexandria
Post "a refused to participate in
convention arrangements unless 1t
was given exclusive control of all
details except the list Of speakers.
Ralph A. Sentman, commander of
the Alexandria post. told a reporter
there that I'VE Withdrew our invita-
ton because our post was not rep
resented on the committee named
to handle the convention"
He said it was customary for the
post which is host to the convention
to have control of the financial de-
tails but not to select the speakers.
Invitation Withdrawn
Under the arrangement proposed
by Mr.. Smithers, ne said, an outside
group would be brought in to handle
the details. But the Alexandria post
would still have financial respon-
sibility.
so We withdrew OUR invitation
However We will take part in the
convention, wherever it is held"
Mr.. Seminar said.
The Executive Committee voted
after a two and a half hour meeting
to reconsider the action it took at
Roanoke last summer naming Alex
andria as the convention site.
It empowered Mr.. Smithers to
name a committee of nine members
one from each of the States con-
gressional districts-to select a new
convention city.
The Legion, according to Comdr.
Smithers. already has received an
invitation from Mayor Everett E.
Carter Of Danville. the Danville
Chamber of Commerce and Posts
10, 1926 and 20 in that city asking
them to meet there.
Represented on Committee.
William Raugust, a member of
Alexandria Legion Post $50, who is
general chairman of the convention,
said Post No. "a was represented on
his Arrangement Committee, and
denied that Post No. "a was f1nan-
cially responsible for the convention.
Mr.. Raugust said r. Samuel
Luckett, a member of Post No. "a,
was serving on the convention
Arrangement Committee. Mr..
Luckett is an Alexandria City
councilman.
"I asked Mr.. Sentman to serve
on the Arrangements Committee,
but he refused" Mr. Raugust said.
I'm fact, I told him to invite all
members of Post "a who were in
terested to attend meeting of the
Arrangements Committee"
| Post No. $50 was formed last fall,
after dissent in Post No. "a became
known through an unsigned resolu-
ton circulyated at a Legion. con-
vention in Alexandria last summer.
The resolution criticized what it
termed the rule of a clique" over
Post No. "a. Some members of Post
No. $50 formerly belonged to Post
No, "a,
Evening star., 1949-01-31
Teachers Plan Panel
For Tukomu Park PTA

A panel of teachers will discuss
social and natural sciences at the
meeting Of the Takoma Park Ele-
mentary School Parent Teacher
Association at pm. tomorrow in
the school.
On the panel will be Miss Esther
Phillips, Mrs. Clara Geier, Mrs
Elizabeth Murphy and Mrs. Geneva
Clark. The moderator will be Mrs
Marion lockwood, principal.
Evening star., 1949-01-31
Adults Taught Etiquette
Al Alexandra Hiqh School

A class in etiquette has been added
to the curriculum of the adult
evening school at George Washing
ton High School in Alexandria for
the semester beginning February 7.
Registration for the night classes
will be held from Z to $50 pm.
Thursday and Friday at the school.
The courses will run for Is weeks.
The only charge is 50 tuition foe.
Other courses to be offered in
clude shorthand, Spanish, public
speaking. interior decorating, Eng
lish, algebra, tipping, woodworking,
plane geometry, bookkeeping, auto
mechanics, drafting and blueprint
reading and machine shop practice.
Evening star., 1949-01-31
Arlington Red Cross
| Drive Committee Named

The Campaign Committee that
will aid in the 1949 drive Of the
Arlington County Chapter of the
American Red Gross was named to-
day by Oren r. Lewis, fund cam
paign chairman. The drive opens
in March. Those appointed, and
their duties are:
Mrs. Henry Liebschutz, 1922 South
Twenty sixth road, vice chairman
of the committee; Burton Kephart
Of the Arlington Motor Co., chair
man Of the business solicitation
unit; Mrs. Reuben Horchow, 2704
Beechwood Circle. chairman of So
licitors fer the north side Of the
county, and Mrs. w. G. Blackburn,
2612 South Joyce street, in charge
Of the southern section Of the
county.
Evening star., 1949-01-31
County Attorney
Difficult toFind
In Montgomery
Experienced Lawyers
Hesitate to Trade
, Fees for Fixed Pay
BY John v. Homer

Finding county ATTORNEY is
proving no easy task for the Mont
gomery County Council.
After weeks of study, a three
member committee is far from soly-
ing one of the most perplexins
problems Of the new government.
The committee is composed of
the councils lawyer members.
President Frederic P. Lee, former
Judge Thomas c. Kelley and Secre-
tary j. Douglas Bradshaw.
Recommendations they eventually
make undoubtedly will be approved
by the entire council. But much
work remains to be done before a
report can be filed.
Charter Complicates Problem.
The job is made difficult by a
charter stipulation that the county
attorney must devote full time to
his official duties.
There is high purpose behind the
requirement and every one recog-
nizes that the county has enough
legal business to need the full-time
services of a lawyer. In fact, the
law department may soon have q
stan Of several assistant attorneys.
The trouble is that not many.
qualified lawyers of experience are
willing to forego private practice
with prospects of sizeable fees-to
take the county job on a salary
basis.
The charter does not fix a salary
limit for the attorney but it does
specify pay ceiling of $4,000 for
the country manager. Councilmen
doubt the wisdom of paying any
Official more than the manager is
paid.
McNayr Gets $4,000.
AS acting manager, Irving G. Nc
Nayr is receiving $4,000 a year.
Can the council find a competent
and seasoned lawyer for that
amount?
Committee members think the
problem can be solved but they do
not know how soon. Legal business
Is piling up and every weeks delay
will mean that much more work
waiting for the new officer.
Collncilmen have begun giving
thought to enlarging the county
attorneys staff at some future date.
This may include the appointment
OF law clerks in addition to assistant
attorneys.
Such step probably will not be
taken Immediately put the heavy
volume of legal business in Mont
gomery is expected to become more
burdensome as the population in
creases.
Evening star., 1949-01-31
Arlington Property
Bought in Plan for
Fine Arts Academy

Plans for establishing in Arlington
of any academy of fine arts to serve
the Washington area were an
nounced yesterday by Van Lier
Lanning, director Of the Arlington
Civic Symphony.
Mr.. Lanning, former member of
the National Symphony Orchestra,
announced that he has purchased a
building at 2601 Wilson boulevard
to house the academy. The struc-
ture now is being used as furniture
store and warehouse and formerly
was the terminal for the Washing
ton Virginia and Maryland Coach
Co.
The purchase price, Mr.. Lanning
said, was 'in excess of 100000" In
addition to floor space in the build
ing totaling about $4,000 square
feet of land which may be used for
parking space and future expansion.
Mr.. Lanning said he plans to call
the school The National Academy
of Fine Arts. Plans include schools
OF music, art, dance, theater, pho
Biography and education.
In addition. the academy will be
the home of the 68-piece Arlington
Civic Symphony which Mr.. Lanning
founded in 1945. The symphony
season this year includes seven
concerts.
Mr.. Lanning, SO, holds a bachelor
Of science degree in music from the
ithaca IN. " College and studied
two years at the Curtis Institute of
Music, Philadelphia.
There is no comparable school
in the Metropolitan Area" he said.
Mr.. Lanning said plans call for a
recital room seating several hun
dred, where it is planned to hold
chamber music programs in addi-
tion to other functions.
During the summer Mr.. Lanning
plans to operate a band and or
chestra school for children. Plans
call for opening the academy about
September IS.
Evening star., 1949-01-31
Juvenile Court Dismissal
Held No Bar 10 Grand jury
By the Assoeioted Press

RICHMOND, Va, Jan. 31.-Attor-
ney General j. Lindsay Almond, jr.,
has delivered a new opinion on the
course Juvenile Courts must follow
in handling certain felony charges
against minors over II years of age.
In effect, he ruled Juvenile Court
dismissal of a felony charge does
not prohibit subsequent grand jury
action.
/. The Attorney Generals opinion
was in answer to an inquiry from
Commonwealth's Attorney c. E.
0Cuddy of Roanoke.
D Mr.. Almonds ruling answered
Mr.. Cuddy's query about case in
which a 12-year-old boy allegedly
shot and killed his grandfather in
Roanoke.
= The Judge of the Juvenile and
Domestic Relations Court there de-
sired If possible to handle the case
entirely in his court, Mr.. Cuddy
wrote. In view of a Virginia Su-
: preme Court ruling, Mr.. Cuddy
! thought there Is no choice but to
have this child bound over for ac-
ton Of the grand jury
Evening star., 1949-01-31
Athletic Fund Deficit Scored
BY Woshinqton-Lee Advisers

Kenenth D. Batson-all teach In
the high school as their regula,
employment)
The committee report said that
the incidents cited reflect the exist
ence of a very serious situation and
point with emphasis to the need for
the immediate adoption of a sound
budget and financial policy"
I'VE " insist that a sound
budget and financial policy be
adopted and strictly adhered to. The
alternative, and the only alternative,
is that the board accept our resig-
nations
1--WE cannot afford 80 to ask for
the confidence of the board and the
public in the handling of athletic
matters when we do not know and
cannot say with certainty the con-
dition Of the athletic funds until
they have all been spent"
Coach Dening said that for scout
ing trips it has been customary to
submit travelling expense bills at
the rate of 8 cents per mile. Meals
are billed at $1.25 each although
they frequently cost more, he added.
$17,600 Gross Receipts.
Mr.. Delning said the coaches have
nothing to do with administering
the athletic fund. This is handled
by other faculty members, includ-
inr Principal C. M. Richmond. =
The coach said, however. that the
t$17,600 mentioned by the COMMITTEES
represented gross receipts. Net
profits on the football season would
be much less, he declared.
He noted that Federal taxes take
20 per cent of the receipts. In addi-
ton, such expenses as guarantees tc
visiting teams, pay Of officials and
other game costs come from the
gross receipts.
Principal Richmond declined tc
comment upon the report.
The committee also said that 1t
was greatly embarrassed" to find
that it would be unable because Of
the condition of the fund TO make
a substantial repayment on the
costs of seats and lighting (which
amounted to more than $24,000)
other than $500 realized from the
rental of bleacher seats to the In
augural Committee. ...
The report noted that the re-
ceipts from the night football games
in the one. season amounted to
more than the entire receipts from
all athletics at the school, sirclud-
ing the sale Of programs, athletic
equipment and programs from July,
1913, to November, 1945.
Acquisition and installation Of
lights and additional seats at the
high school stadium was the first
project of the committee and was
carried out during the summer. "
Evening star., 1949-01-31
Arlington ~ Appoints
Committee Members

New committee appointments for
the Arlington Veterans Memorial
YMCA have been announced by DR..
Harold M. johnson, chairman. They
are:
Homer j. Tillman, building and
facilities; Mrs. Alyce Fleet, budget
and finance; Marion c. Peters, pub
lie relations and Mrs. Julia Dean,
religious emphasis. j. Bryon Hop
kins was named treasurer.
Evening star., 1949-01-31
Junitor Is Found Dead
|AtSt. MiIdred's Acodem,

Charles E. Kelly. 40. colored, a
janitor- -handyman at st. Mildred's S
Academy, Laurel, Md, was found
dead in his room at the school
shortly after 7 am. today.
Prince Georges County police re-
ported that when Mr.. Kelly failed to
show up for breakfast school off,
cials investigated and found the
door locked. They detected the
odor Of coal gas, and summoned
the Laurel Fire Department.
Mr.. Kelly was found lying on his
bed. There was a small coal stove
in his room. DR.. John T. Malone
county medical examiner, was asked
to investigate.
Evening star., 1949-01-31
Prisoner, Let Out of Cell
To Use Phone, Escapes
BY the Asseeioted Press

BALTIMORE, Jan. 31.-Baltimore
police are looking for a man who
escaped when a Federal marshal
let him out Of a cell to make a
telephone call.
The man was one of several ar
rested on charges Of selling mari
juana.
Boyd M. Martin, superintendent
of the Federal Narcotics Bureau
here, said the fugitive, Milton
Bloombaum, 3, was taken into Gus
tody in a raid. He said Federal
agents and city detectives had been
watching marijuana ring here for
several months.
Evening star., 1949-01-31

Charging that the Washington
Lee High School athletic fund is
lin the red" because Of unbusiness-
like handling, an advisory commit
tee of the Arlington School Board
has demanded adoption Of a sound
budget and financial policy" for
athletics.
In a report just transmitted to
the board, the Advisory Committee
on Athletics said every cent" OF
the s17,60O fall football receipts
at Washington-Lee has been spent
Committee members said they
We're "acutely shocked to learn OF
the condition of the fund and that
no money was left to run other
sports, which are not self-support-
ing They declared the fund to be
''in the red because of commit
ments made over receipts
Some hack bills, which had been
contracted in former years, were
paid" the report stated. The COM
mittee had anticipated the presen-
tation of these old accounts ano
several members had considered
the matter of compromising the
claims.
Signed by Hillenbrand.
"As far as we could ascertain
these old accounts were committed
by one man and others were moi
advised of their existence unit
statements were presented for pay.
ment."
The report was signed by William
Hillenbrand, chairman Of the COM
mittee which was appointed by thu
School Board at the close Of the
1947-4s school year. Other men,
bers of the committee are Arling.
ton Sheriff j. Elwood Clements
Ralph L. Clark. r. w. Oberlin and
Frank L. Ball, jr, an attorney who
also is counsel to the School Board
THE books" the report said
suggest the possibility of some
discrepancies in the matter o1
accounts for shoes. They also re-
fleet lack of accurate accounting
for advances made for trip expenses
and an apparent excessive amount
paid for scouting trips.
Certainly the amounts paid for
scouting trips exceed the mileage
plus a reasonable amount for meals
In this connection it must be borne
in mind that each of the coaches
is paid an additional amount TO,
coaching The sport to which he Ii
assigned and If he is entitled to any
compensation for scouting it should
be In the nature Of reimbursement
for travel at the rate Of 6 cents pen
mile plus actual cost Of meals to q
maximum of $1.25 each"
tThe coaciaes-Head Coach Harry
lDeming and Franklin Rockwell anc
Evening star., 1949-01-31
4Resignations
AreAcceptedby by
ST. John S Board
Presid ident and 3 Other
Officers Quit Over
Administrative Row
By the Assoeiafed Press

ANNAPOLIS, Jan. 31.-An admin.
istrative controversy at st. Johns
College has resulted in the resigna-
tions Of President John s. Kieffer
and three other college officials.
The Board Of Visitors and Gov
ernors meeting In a special session
In Baltimore yesterday accepted the
designations of Mr.. Kieffer, Dean
Raymond N. Wilburn and his assist
ant, Luke Harvey Poe, jr., and
Treasurer Harrison Fiddesof.
The board said the shakeup was
the result Of differences of opinion
Evening star., 1949-01-31
Arlington and Foirfox
To Mark Scout Sabbath

National Boy Scout Sabbath will
be observed by Arlington and Fair
fax County Scouts at $3.50 pm.
Friday at the Arlington Jewish Cen.
ter, Lee boulevard and South Fen.
wick street, Arlington.
Ralph Lutz, commissioner of the
Boy Scouts Of Montgomery County,
win be guest speaker. Rabbi Ira
Sud will conduct the services.