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Evening star., 1949-09-04
Montgomery Pupils
Register This Week

Registration for new pupils In
Montgomery County will be held
Thursday and Friday at all
schools.
A record enrolment of about
24,000.is expected when classes are
resumed September IL. This would
represent an increase of approxi-
mately 5000 over last year.
The children will attend In 81
schools, including the new To-
classroom Forest Grove Elemen-
tary School at Forest Glen road
between Georgia avenue and Sligo
Creek parkway.
Additions have been completed
at Sherwood and Pleasant View
Elementary Schools and Takoma
Junior High School.
Evening star., 1949-09-04
Mount Vernon Citizens
To Hold Fair Saturday

TIL Mount Vernon (Va.) Citi-
zens' Association will hold its
fourth annual fair and agricul-
tural show beginning at 1880 pm
Saturday at Fort Hunt Park, near
Mount Vernon.
The program includes exhibits
of garden and househald goods
canned and baked goods, needle
work and hobbies. Household
equipment, including deep freeze
units, will be demonstrated.
AS a feature a Junior fair" for
participants under Is years of
age will be held at 3 pm. It
will include a costume parade and
athletic contests. At 7 pm. a
home talent show" will be staged
on the clubhouse terrace. 4
Chairman of the event is Mrs.
Bernice Carter Davis of yelling
ton. Judges will be the Fairfax
County agricultural agent and
h0rne dono0nStratorS
Evening star., 1949-09-04
Automatic Lights Put Up
AT RiverdaIe Crossino

Automatic flasher lights and
protective gates went into oper-
alton Friday at the Queensbury
road and Madison avenue railroad
crossing in Riverdale. Z.
The Baltimore & Ohio Rail
road said. the $4,000 devices re-
place manually-operated gates
and are one of the first replace
ments made by the B. & o. in a
81. 100000 plan to improve grade
crossings,
Evening star., 1949-09-04
Eight Named 10 Arrange
Ceremonies al Hospital

An eight-member committee
has been appointed by the Board
of Directors of the Prince Georges
General Hospital to draft plans
for ceremonies marking the lay
ing of the cornerstone of the no.
bed hospital addition.
The group, headed by Harry
McNamee, president of the Board
of County Commissioners, includes
Waverly Webb, Walter F. Multi
gan, Theodore Siehler, DR.. Oscar
Lavine, Mrs. William Bowie, Mrs.
Betty Tayman and Frank F'ier-
stein.
Work on the addition as we'll as
new central heating plant Is
expected to start Wednesday, &C
cording to Hospital Supt. Harry
w. Penn, jr. The project will cost
more than $1,000, 900.
Evening star., 1949-09-04

Horse drawn cars with straw
covered floors the blizzard OF
'8S the cable house fire of '97.
Memories like these fit through
the minds of Washington old
timers, one of whom will be
selected by Capital Transit Co. as
the "oldest transit rider" and will
be appropriately feted at a lunch
con September IL, Transit Prog
ress Day.
One candidate, Harold B.
Stabler, IA. of 6123 Broad Branch
road NV, remembered the old
cable powerhouse at Fourteenth
and E streets NV. going up in
flames the night of September 20.
1897. And how by 7 am. the next
day horse cars were running on
the cable tracks, as though there
never had been anything else but
horse cars used there"
It looked like magic to Mr..
Stabler, but actually the Capital
Traction Co. of that day spent the
entire night rounding up horses
and mules from rural sections.
Two potential Oldest riders. F.
A. Denison, 83, OF TIL Sixth street
Sc, and Mrs. 0. j. Botsch, II, OF
Evening star., 1949-09-04
Brandywine Youth, Is,
Heads Jousting Field
Al Mechanicsvine
Speeial Dispoteh TO The stor

MECHAN1CSV1LLE, Md, Sept
3. - Douglas Parran. Calvert
County's veteran knight of: Prince
Frederick shared ,jousting honprs
at the Mechanicsville Volunteer
Fire Department tournament to-
day with 16-year-old John, A
Earnshaw of Brandywine, who en-
tered the annual contest for the
first time this year. sEl'-.
A crowd of 1000 'cheered Mr.
Parran .ass he speared nine; 1@inch
and three 1a-fnch rings without q
miss to top a field Of nine pro-
|fessionals. Joseph Brady of Balti-
more County was second and his
brother, Charles, third.
Riding in the amateur class as
Knight of Gwynn Park, young
Earnshaw, son of Richard j. Earn
shaw, a Prince Georges County
policeman, picked off nine 1-inch
rings and six a4-inch circles for
a perfect score. His performance
was greeted by bedlam OF shouts
and hand-clapping.
Philip Clark of Hollywood, Md.
knight of Little Red Wagon, fin
ished second after missing one
ring in his final trip over the
course.
Mr.. Clark led the st. Mary's
county class and also won a silver
trophy, donated by Mrs. L. L.
Parlett of Mechanicsville in men,
ory of her husband who died sew
eral months ago.
Another Calvert County rider
Nathaniel Sellers, Knight of May
fair, was third in the amateur
class. ....
Second and third places in the
st. Mary's County class went to
two Hollywood brothers-Johr
Woodburn, Knight of Hollywood
and James Woodburn, Knight o1
ittlo Dow Iyorco
Evening star., 1949-09-04
RAYMOND N. Hall Funeral
Set al Martinsburg Today
Spseiol Dispatch 10 The Sfor


MARTINSBURG, w. Va, Sept.
3.-Services will be held here to-
morrow afternoon for Raymond
M. ReO Hall, Sc. widely known in
the pubic utilities, field in this
area and active in fraternal
circles. He died at his home here
yesterday after a long illness.
He had been associated with
Potomac Light 81 Power Co. here
for the last % years, 19 as super
visor of sales in this district.
He was a past exalted ruler of
the Elks lodge here, member
of the Loyal Order of Moose, and
honorary member of the Volun-
teer Firemen here and the Fra
ternal Order of Police.
Surviving are his widow. Mrs.
Rhea G. Palmer Hall; a daughter,
Mrs. Mary Louise Syster, this city.
and three sisters.
Services will be at the First
Presbyterian Church, of which he
was long member. Burial will
be here.
Evening star., 1949-09-04
Nv the Associoted Press

ANNAPOLIS, Sept. 3.-The
Navy's budget will be "a receding
one for long time" Admiral
Louis E. Denfield. chief OF naval
operations, predicted today.
THE economy of the country
cannot stand large armaments."
he said in a speech at the 22d
annual convention of the Fleet
Reserve Association.
The current cutbacks are in
the interest of getting the best
and most efficient operations we
can possibly get" he told the $50
career enlisted men and auxiliary
members of the association.
The admiral disclosed that the
Navy is trying to find "other jobs
and good jobs" for civilians to be
discharged under recent Defense
Establishment layoff order.
He predicted higher pay scales
for servicemen.
I'VE are not going to have the
same quantity of personnel" he
said, "but we must have. quality" "
He urged his listeners to "get to
the grass roots and tell the people
Evening star., 1949-09-04
Young Mother Chosen
As Mrs. America Entry
Nv the A.sociotsd Press

BY the Associated Press
BALTIMORE, Sept. 3.-A young
mother of a 4-year-old son will
represent Maryland in the Mrs.
America contest at Ashbury Park,
N. j., September 10-11.
She is Mrs. Ruth ]. Smalley, a
brunette from nearby Middle
River, where her husband works
in the Glenn l.. Martin aircraft
factory.
The green-eyed housewife was
crowned last night when judges
eliminated IL other finalists at
the Lombardee Beach volunteer
fire department carnival.
Evening star., 1949-09-04
Judqes Will Pick Best Baking
At MARYLAND State Fair Today

placed them in deep water so they
would be in the best condition.
Attendance today reached 23.-
783 persons, exceeding the turn
out of the same day last year by
5000. Slightly more than half
the fair visitors took in the races
at the half-mi1e track a'2s2'
b Also on tomorrow's program is
q, two-hour parade of 500 boys
and girls from All clubs through
out the State. The teen-agers
will march around the track with
some 200 head of livestock. Six
drum and bugle corps and 80 diff
ferent floats also will participate.
Evening star., 1949-09-04
Roins Damage Apples
In Winchester Area
Special Dispatch TO The stor

WINCHESTER, Va. Sept. s.
Excessive rainfall in this section
of the Shenandoah Valley during
August, when 7.73 inches were
recorded at the Winchester Fruit
Research Laboratory, has resulted
in many Stayman apples cracking
because they absorbed too much
water. The normal rainfall for
the month is 1892 inches. .iat
Other varieties more resistant
to water have come through sat
isfactorily, and the Frederick
County apple crop, on the whole
was not seriously affected. Peaches
however, also absorbed excess
amounts of water, which had the
effect of sharply cutting the sugar
content Of Elbertas and similar
varieties.
Evening star., 1949-09-04
Planners Recommend
Rezoning Denial for
0|ney Theater Tract

Denial by the Montgomery
County Council of a petition for
commercial zoning of nearly nine
acres on which the Olney Theater
is located was recommended yes
terday by the Maryland National
Capital Park and Planning Com
mission.
The commission also recon-
mended that a second rezoning
petition be approved and that ac-
ton be deferred on a third.
The petition to rezone the Olney
tract, now classified Residential
A, was filed by C. Y. Stephens.
Mr.. Stephens said he planned
to expand housing facilities for
performers adjacent to the thea
ter and redesign the front of the
theater.
In its recommendation, the COM
mission said the necessity for plac-
ing such a large tract of land in
the commercial zone at this time
lis not at all clear" The agency
pointed out there are three COM
mercial centers within a two
mile radius of the property in
question and expressed doubt that
the rural character of the area
would warrant the establishment
of a new commercial center at this
location"
Recommended for approval, with
the exception of a portion fronting
along Blair road, was a. petition
by Robert +. Daniel, agent, +fol
ESQ Standard Oil Co., for the re-
classification from residential A
to commercial B of 932 square feet
at Blair road and Georgia avenue
The third petition, filed by D
Lee Batten, seeks reclassification
from residential A to commercial
D of $4,000 square feet at Mac
Arthur boulevard and Great Falls
road.
The commission proposed that
the council defer action on the
application pending recommended.
tions by the Public Roads Admin
istration. the District Engineer
Office, the Public Buildings Admin
istration and the National Capital
Park and Planning Commission.
Evening star., 1949-09-04
Harrisonburg Area Entries
For Delegate Seats Named
By the Associated Press

HARRISONBURG, Va, Sept. 3
Rockingham County and Har-
risonburg Democrats and Repub-
licans have named their candi-
dates for the districts two House
of Delegates seats.
At q mass meeting here' last
night, the Democrats renominated
Delegate James O. Stickley of
Harrisonburg for a third term.
They named George Aldhizer, II,
of Broadway, a Harrisonburg at
torney, to run with Stickley.
The COP has nominated DR..
Paul Bowman of Timberville, re-
tired president of Bridgewater
College, and DR.. Linden N. Splitter,
Harrisonburg councilman and
dentist, as it's candidates.
Republican Delegate George w.
Taliaferro of HarrisonbTg, a
member of the House for several
sessions, declined denomination
for business reasons.
Evening star., 1949-09-04
Tuck, Budget Advisers
To Meet tuesday With
Stress on School Fund
By the Associofed Press

RICHMOND, Va, Sept. 3.-Gov.
Tuck and his budget advisers will
confer at the State Capitol Tues
day on the budget for the forth
coming biennium.
A major item before the group
will be funds for school construc-
ton.
In the past the State has not
directly financed school building
programs.
In the recent Democratic guber-
material primary, however. the
successful candidate. John S.
Battle. proposed that $15.000.00O
in grants be given to the localities
from the expected State surplus
of June 80, 1850. and that an
other S15,000,000 be provided by
appropriation to be paid from
revenues after next July l..
This probably will be provided
in legislation to be submitted to
the next session of the General
Assembly.
AS early as May 27 OF this year,
Gov. Tuck forecast a tremendous
requirement for school aid and
directed his department heads to
take every possible step toward
economy. He told tfies officials to
make a definite financial plan for
particular emphasis on reducing
costs and accumulating as large q
. departmental surplus as possible
On August 4. the Governor di-
lreeted that the departments not
sspend in the current fiscal period
surplus reperational funds aecu-
mulated in the preceding fiscal
year. He directed again that his
executives submit to the budget
hearings concrete results of econ
omy studies and a definite flnan-
cial plan.
The Governor and his advisory
group will tour the State for
budget hearings after the prelim-
mary conference here.
Evening star., 1949-09-04
Upper Marlboro
| Still Seeks Just
One Candidate

Upper Marlboro may have to
draft a town commissioner.
With an election set for Thurs
day there are as yet no candi-
dates for the post made vacant
by the resignation of Charles l..
Wood.
Town authorities appealed to
those willing to accept to make
their availability known through
the press, but this brought no re-
sponse.
Election will be held at the fire
house from 3 to 6 pm. !
Evening star., 1949-09-04
By the Associated Press

BALTIMORE. Sept. 3.-Balti-
more's only sky ride may soon pass
from the local scene.
The Baltimore Transit Co. petit
toned the public service commits
sion for authority to tear down
the trestle carrying street cars over
eight blocks Of Guilford Avenue
The BIC, wants to reroute the
one line still using 1t to ease traffic
movement in. the downtown areas.
Evening star., 1949-09-04
by the Associoted Press

TIMONIUM. Md, Sept. s.
Maryland State Fair judges face
the enviable task tomorrow OF
deciding on the best in Free State
baking.
Homemade pies and cakes,
cookies, rolls, loaves of bread and
SO different Kinds of holnemade
candy poured into the fair today:
They will be judged on the basis
of taste, consistency and appear
ance.
Judging also will take place to-
morrow in the cut flower. contest,
and an estimated 100 competitors
cut their blooms last night and
Evening star., 1949-09-04
Arlington School Suit
Over Negro Facilities
Set for Trial tuesday

A two-year-old suit charging
school officials with failure to pro-
vide Negro high school students
with facilities equal to those ac-
corded white pupils is set for trial
Tuesday in Alexandria Federal
Court.
The suit was brought byt Mrs.
Eleanor Taylor, eolored, on be-
half of her daughter. Constance
Carter, II. a student at the Hoff-
man-Boston High School for
Negroes. The action asks that
the facilities Of the Negro school
be made equal to those at Wash
ington-Lee High School, the
school for white children, or. that
Constance be admitted to the lat
ter institution.
Lawrence Douglas, Arlington
attorney who represents the
School Board. and Supt. William
A. Early said the defendants con-
tend there is no discrimination
against any pupil in the county
because of race or color. f.:
Difference in Numbers Noted.
Any disparities which exist be-
tween the white and Negro school
facilities, he said, are caused by
the fact that there IS such, a
tremendous difference in the r1umA'
Der of white and Negro school
children in the county.
Under Virginia law the Arling-
ton School Board is compelled to
maintain separated school dis
tricts for white ana colored stu
dents" Mr.. Douglas said. r-sThe
principle of segregation is firmly
established by decisions of the
United States Supreme Court and
by the constitution of the State of
Virginia.
The attorney noted that CEN
sus showed there were 6,598
Negroes as against 1924 whites
in Arlington. Hoffman Boston
had an enrolment of 18 during
the 1947-48 term and 48 during
the 1948-49 term. During the
same periods pupils at Washing
ton-Lee totaled 1895 and 1887.
Equality a Policy.
While it is the fixed and deter
mined" policy of the board to
afford equal opportunities and
facilities for education of white
and Negro pupils, perfect equality
is impossible to maintain even be-
tween two white or two colored
schools" the answer to the suit
contends.
School officials pointed out that
for the first time in Arlington's S
history, the Hofman-Boston High
School has a conditional rating,
which is a required preliminary to
final accreditation due next year.
In addition, plans are being pre-
pared for a new gymnasium, new
industrial arts shop and a new
cafeteria at Hoffman-Boston, to
be financed out of bond issue
proceeds. Also new elementary
school will be built this year at
Hoffman-Boston, releasing space
in the present building for use by
high school classes.
Evening star., 1949-09-04
Nearby Virginia
Schools Expect
$4,000 Pupils
Record Enrolment
To Find Communities
Pinched for Space

School doors will open for an
estimated $1,000 children in the
Alexandria Fairfax area
this week.
The record enrolment. expected
to total about 5000 more than
last year, will find all the COM
munities pinched for space but
doing what they can to make
room for the children.
In Arlington the bulk of the
registration was completed last
week. Children who were out OF
town during that period will sign
up Tuesday, the first day Of
school. Officials figure the en-
rollment will,be about $4,000, ap-
proximately 1900 more than last
year.
Fairfax students will register
Tuesday, when there will be a
morning session only. and start
classes Wednesday. Fairfax also
expects a total enrolment Of
about $4,000, an increase of 1000.
Registration in Alexandria.
Alexandria registration for new
elementary pupils will be held
from 10 am to noon and l to
3 pm. Tuesday and Wednesday,.
Newcomers to the George WASH
ington High School will register
from 9 am. to 4 pm. either day.
Glasses in Alexandria will begin
Wednesday. The expected enroll
ment is 5000, about 400 over the
1948-49 term.
In Falls Church, where a sep
arate school district has been set
up independently of Fairfax
County, sixth and seventh grades
will register at 8 am. Tuesday
In the Madison School audito-
rum. and fourth and fifth grades
at the same hour in Jefferson
Annex. The first. second and
third grades will sign up at 10 am.
in the Madison auditorium.
Arlington, with a number of new
buildings and additions being con-
structed under a $6,526. 900 pro-
gram, will utilize a war-surplus
building at Old Dominion drive
and North Twenty-sixth street to
house some SEVENTH grade classes.
Seventh grades also will 60 to
cshool in special sections of the
Woodrow Wilson and Thomas
Nelson Page Elementary Schools.
where similar classes were held
last term.
Basic Buildings" to Be Used.
In Fairfax. four basic build
ings," the initial sections of future
schools. will be used for classes
to help relieve the overcrowding
as soon as they are completed.
These will be at Penn Daws Holm
Hall, .Tysons, Corner and Weya-
.1oke. ''->'-''
Fairfax also will use temporary
rooms. Quonset huts and other
temporary buildings to provide
classrooms for all pupils. Even
with this. there may be double
shifts in some. localities. LII
In Alexandra. two, new addi-
tions and one new school win be
ready for students. The additions
are at Maury and Macarthur
Schools and the new structure is
the Ficklin School on Second
street. A new Negro high school.
a new Parkfairfax Elementary
school in special sections Of the
George Mason Elementary School
are under construction. Bids have
been asked for an addition to the
Mount Vernon Elementary School.
All the construction is under 0
$2,800,000 program.
Evening star., 1949-09-04
Baltimore Transit Seeking
To Remove Eiqht-BIock Trestle

The elevated was built SO years
ago. At one time, it was favorite
ride of sightseers.
In early morning hours, motor
lists infrequently mistook its in
cline for a continuation OF the
roadway. One made the top be-
fore humping to a halt last year.
There are stories about one in
trepid motorist who negotiated the
entire distance several years ago.
Evening star., 1949-09-04
Arlington Church Plans
Carnival Starting Friday

Trinity Episcopal Church. Co
lumbia pike and South Wayne
street, Arlington. will sponsoS a
carnival Friday and Saturday at
South Adams street and Columbia
pike.
The affair, which will include
rides, games and refreshments,
will start at pm. Friday and
1 pm. Saturday. Proceeds Will
60 toward payments on the new
parish hall.
Evening star., 1949-09-04
Senator Byrd to Speok

HARRISONBURG, Va, Sept. 3
P).-Senator Byrd, Democrat, of
Virginia will address a public
meeting at Madison College
Thursday night on Economy in
Our Federal Government" The
meeting is sponsored by the Har-
risonburg Kiwanis Club.
Evening star., 1949-09-04
Keller of NLRB to Talk
To Silver Spring Bourd

Frank Keller, executive secre-
tary of the National Labor Rela-
tions Board, will speak at the first
fall meeting of the Silver Spring
Board of Trade at $50 pm. We'd
nesday at the Indian Spring
Country Club.
Another speaker will be Comdr
o. D. Waters, jr. of the Naval
Ordnance Laboratory. Comdr.
Waters will discuss community
day at the laboratory planned for
later this month.
Evening star., 1949-09-04
Vale Community Outing

The Vale Community will hold
an outing at pm. tomorrow at
the Vale Community Club House
near Oakton, Va. There will be a
cake contest, All exhibits and
Yames.
Evening star., 1949-09-04
Two New Druqs
Tested Here on
All 5 VD Types
Both Show Positive
Results, May SuppIont
PeniciIIin, Sulfus
By Ted Mcdowell

By Ted Mcdowell
Tests in progress here indicate
that two new miracle drugs" are
effective against all five types of
venereal disease. in contrast to
all other drugs used to date.
The tests, begun six months ago,
are being conducted by the Dis
trict Health Department, the
George Washington University
Medical School and the United
States Public Health Service.
They show that the two drugs,
aureomycin and chloromycetin.
combat injecting organisms in
volved in all types of venereal
disease, according to DR.. S. Ross
Taggart, head of the venereal dis
ease bureau of the health depart
ment.
Data in Preliminary Stage.
+, Penicillin, now the most widely
used venereal disease cure, is ef-
fective against syphilis and gonor-
rhea, he said. The other three
types are usually treated with sulfa
drugs.
Besides syphilis and gonorrhea,
venerea1 diseases include lymphlo-
granuloma venereum, chancroid
and granuloma inguinale. All
three are characterized by ulcers
and do not affect the bloodstream
as does syphilis.
DR.. Taggart stressed that clin-
ical data on the studies is still In
q preliminary stage, that follow-up
of treated cases is brief and that
time-dosage relationships are not
yet clearly established. However.
he said, results to date are as
favorable as those noted. after
penicillin therapy.
At this point. nevertheless. pen
ecillin is still the drug Of choice
for syphilis and gonorrhea, he
said
A drawback, he said. is that the
two new antibiotics, especially au-
reomycin, cause stomach upsets.
This, however, can be controlled
in part by an antacid or antispas-
modic.
Results of Tests Listed.
Results of the tests show:
To date, SO cases of syphilis in
various stages have been treated
with aureomycin. Doses given by
mouth every four hours for four
days appeared effective in all cases.
Chloromycetin was given on the
same schedule in 40 cases and also
appeared effective. One case,
treated for primary syphilis. also
had granuloma inguinale and
chancroid. ALI LESSONS healed COM
pletefy g Several other patients had
gonorrhea and chancroid in addi-
ton to syphilis and were cured OF
all infections during the syphilis
schedule of treatment.
A. Confirmation Awaited.
= STUDIES with gonorrhea showed
that one oral dose of 750 nilli-
grams of either drug was effective
in about 30 per cent of the cases.
In cases of lymphlogranuloma
venereum patients showed good
responses" after four to eight days
treatment.
Aureomycin was used on II pa
tients with granuloma inguinale,
several of whom had extensive ul-
GERS over a period of years. Seven
were treated at four-hour inter-
walls for eight days. OF these, two
had q recurrence of LESSONS. These
two and the other ten were treated
on a 12-day schedule and all were
apparently cured.
Confirmation of these studies"
DR.. Taggart said. "if supported by
further research, will indicate the
role of aureomycin and chloromy-
cetin may play in control and
treatment of venereal diseases"