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Evening star., 1949-01-10
Elected School Board
In Arlington Upheld
By State High Court
Special pisnoteh 10 The stor


RICHMOND, Va, Jan. lO.-The
Virginia Supreme Court of Ap-
peals today unanimously upheld
the legality of Arlington County's
elected School Board.
The court ruled in a suit brought
by the old, appointed board which
challenged the right of the elected
body to take Office. The boards
legality was upheld by Judge j. Gar
land Jefferson in January, sitting in
Arlington Circuit Court, when he
ruled the law under which the elec-
ton took place was constitutional.
Todays decision affirmed Judge
Jefferson's opinion. Judge jefferson
sat in place of Judge Walter T. Nc
Carthy, who had disqualified him.
self.
Appeal Final, Plaintiff Says.
Harry w. Porter. Arlington attor-
ney and chief plaintiff in the case,
said that the Supreme Court ruling
is final and that no further appeal
can be taken. The appeal was
argued last November.
In addition to Mr.. Porter, plain
t1ffs were William Montgomery
Smith, John M. Stewart, Mrs. Lucy
q. Bussey and Ernest C. Belts, jr.
All were members of the old board
who sought election in November,
lS47. In voting which had been
authorized by county residents in
a referendum the preceding May
The old board had been appointed
under system which was abolished
by the May referendum. Mr.. Porter
however. did not run for election.
The elected School Board-Bar-
nard Joy, Mrs. Elizabeth Campbell,
Colin c. Macpherson, o. Glenn
Stahl and Curtis Tuthill-was rep
resented in the suit by Edmund D.
Campbell, husband of the board
member; former State Senator Will
liam D. Medley, who sponsored the
questioned legislation in the Gen.
eral Assembly. and Frank L. Ball
Richmond Attorneys George Allen
and Ralph T. Catterall appeared for
the plaintiffs.
Says Act Was Amended.
In the Circuit Court decision
Judge Jefferson declared he was of
the opinion that the General AS
sembly in providing for an elected
school board amended, in effect,
the County Manager Act of 1880.
That act established the present
form of government in Arlington.
" = after passage of the act
the General Assembly could amend
1t in any way that it could have
originally enacted it," Judge JET
ferson held.
The plaintiffs had contended that
the legislation permitting the ref
erendum and election violated the
constitution because it set up a !
special law for the conduct of elec-
tions.
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one with the agency's employees
who are we'll aware of his ability
Budget employees also were very
pleased with the promotion of
Frederick j. Lawton to assistant
budget director. A long time career
employe, Mr.. LaWton Is recognized
as one of the most capable officials
In Government.
incidentally, State Department
employees will find a sympathetic
friend in the new Undersecretary of
State, James E. Webb. AS budget
director, Mr.. Webb was always in
terested in bettering working con-
ditions for his employees.
X
TOP PAY-Several influential
members of the House Civil Service
Committee are baking at the top
bracket Federal pay bill, which would
among other things give agency
heads $17,500 a year and cabinet
officers $25,000 annually.
They want to hold hearings on
the measure before giving it their
approval. If they have their way it
would preclude the passage of the
measure by January 20 as requested
by President Truman.
These members, however, are per-
fectly willing to approve a pay raise
bill for the President Vice Presi-
dent and Speaker of the House by
January 20. But they say they
want a little more time to hold
hearings and 60 over the pay raise
measure for the Governments other
232 top officials.
CAPITAL ROUNDUP-H. Richard
McCamant of the Civil Service Com
mission is that agency's nominee
for the Junior Board of Commerce
most outstanding young Govern
ment employe" award. Mr.. Mccain
ant was selected for his work as
vocational rehabilitation officer in
which he found many Federal jobs
for the physically handicapped. The
Senate Civil Service Committee
holds its first session tomorrow
. The Civil Service Commission S
fourth regional Office announces
exams for storekeepers, construc-
ton inspectors. oilers. housekeepers,
and chauffeurs Apply at Third
street and Jefferson drive S.W. for
further details.
Be sure to listen In SUNDAYS
at I:I5 am. oUer WMAL, The
Star Station, for Joseph YoungS
broadcast DerSion OF the Federal
Spotlight. featuring additional
ne1US and pieWs of the Gouern-
ment Sceuey
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Ground Parties Seeking
To Reach Wreck of C-H

McCHORD AIR FORCE BASE
Wash, Jan. 10 IP.-Two Air Force
pilots in a -hovering helicopter
have positively identified the wreck
age of a plane sighted 80 miles west
of Mount Rainier as Q missing
CAT.
Ground parties will attempt to
make their way through the rugged
hills to the wreckage today.
Its. Guy D. Carnine and Theo-
dore White said they few low
enough yesterday to make certain
the shattered wreckage was an Air
Force transport which vanished last
Thursday night with three aboard
1t was nearing the end of a flight
from Ogden. Utah, to McChord.
The officers reported no sign OF
life.
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Deaths Reported

[From District Of Columbia Bureau n
Vital Statistics
Charles Hooper, SO, l7i2 Monroe st. ne.
Joseph Meyers, So, oO2l Klinsle I'd NV,
John Leith. .73, 1885 Potomac st. NV.
Ilyoe moore, a.. 1921 South 9Th st,
Joseph Harpine, 20. Woodstock. Va.
Joseph McDermott. 81, 800 st. NV,
George Crofton, SO, 1905 37th st. NV,
Emma Hagert, 81, 1915 17tn st. NV.
Dewey Foley. 80, ,25l5 18th ST. NV.
Elsie Young. AZ. 131 Bates ST. NV
Howard Robinson. 35. New Bedford. Mass
Infant McHenry, 1929 9th ST. ne
Richard Cook; SO: 100 Eye St. NV.
Sarah Lee. SO. 619 23rd ST. NV.
Lille Maxwell 6s, 80 ST. ne.
Prevette coble, 81. 1915 Sth St NV.
Emma Byrd AS. 1414 v st. NV
henry Iaylor, 3s, 1858 Kenyon st. NV.
James Lewis, 33. Mclean. Va
Marie HARRINGTON. 81, 100 57th ave. ne
Alma McCrae. 4, 937 ST. NV
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|Crickets Latest Aid
To insomnia Victims
BY the Associated Press

ATLANTA, Ga.-Crickets are put
ting people to sleep in these parts.
That's what w. e. Voellinger of
Macon, Ga, says. He runs a cricket
hatchery.
Time was when he sold the crit
ters mostly for bait. Now he is
putting them in little boxes for folks
to hang near their beds. It's a sure
cure for insomnia. he says.
He put about 50 crickets in the
sleep boxes. Listening to their
musia.is lots better than counting
sheep, his customers tell him.
Evening star., 1949-01-10
Victor Fleming Funeral
To Take Place Today
BY the As,oeioted Press

HOLLYWOOD. Jan. lO.-Clark
Gable, Ward Bond and Lee Bowman
will be three of eight pallbearers
today at the funeral of Victor F1em-
ing, so. The director of many movie
hits, including Gone With the
Wind" and Joan of Arc died last
Thursday of heart attack near
Cottonwood. Ariz.
The service will be held at st. AL
bans Episcopal Church, West Los
Angeles, and the body entombed in
the Hollywood Cemetery mauso-
leum.
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Hebrew Home Meetino Set

The 34th annual meeting of the
Hebrew Home for the Aged will be
held at 230 pm. Sunday at the
home, Eleventh street and Spring
road NV. The meeting will hear
reports of various committees on
the institutions activities during
the past year.
Evening star., 1949-01-10
Pilot Dies When Plane
Crashes Into SchooIhouse

BIG SPRING, Tex, Jan. 10 LP).-
Edward C. Mickey Mcclure. 81,
Dallas commercial pilot, was killed
yesterday when his plane crashed
into the side of the Midway school,
6 miles east of here The school
house was set afire and burned to
the ground
No one was in the school at the
time. The plane parrowly missed
a nearby house In which four
teachers lived.
Mr.. Mcclure was employed as a
pilot ny the Means Drilling Co. of
Dallas,
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ment brings the number Of assist
ants to 30
Mr.. Sommer, who lives at 1872
Webster street NE, was graduated
with a bachelor of arts degree in
1943 from Xavier University, Gin
cinnati. He was graduated in law
from Catholic University in 1916
and admitted to the bar that year
From October, 1916, to December
1947, he served as a law clerk to
Judge Holtzoff. He then engaged
in private practice until January
7 of this wear.
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M6ch1wGM
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As miserable colds continue to
spread through many neighbor- =
hoods, mothers today are advised
to follow these simple health
rules:
Live normally. Avoid excesses.
Get plenty of rest and sleep. Avoid
crowds. And II anyone In your
family does catch q cold, always
remember 90.
The bsu-knovn home remedy
you can use to relieve distress
Of colds IS WSrnsing, comfort
ing Vieks NpoRsb!
STARTS Instantly ..
The moment you rub 1t on throat,
chest and back. VapoRub starts
right to work to bring relief. It
Pe1aetrates into upper bronchial
tubes with special medicinal
Evening star., 1949-01-10

VI dCUlSC, NJNd y
was sworn in as
an A S S i s t a n t
U n | t ed States
Attorney.
The oath was
given by William
o. FL a n a g a n,
deputy clerk at
District Court.
Mr.. Sormmer will
be assigned to
t he U n t e d
s t q t e S Attor-
ney's branch of
Municipal Court,
i'C was announc-
ed. His APPOINT
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forest and range, animals, structures
and machines, soil and water. hu.
man nutrition and home economics
marketing utilization, and agricul-
tural economics.
2. Consolidate the Soil Conserva.
ton Service, the Forest Service anc
the Bureau Of Land Management in.
to one Agricultural Resources Con-
servation Service" under a director
3. One or two additional level!
of authority would be placed be-
tween bureau chiefs and the secre-
tary. For example, the chief of the
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
would no longer be the Secretary's
immediate advisor on economics
Instead he would report to "direc-
tor who would report to an assistant
secretary, who in turn would report
to the Secretary.
RECOMMENDATION-The spe-
cial advisory council to the Senate
Finance Committee, composed of
some of the country's leading in
dustrialists, insurance executives,
educators, public affairs officials
and labor leaders, has recommend
ed that Government employees be
granted unemployment compensa-
ton benefits Immediately"
"A civil service system in itself
provides no guarantee against un-
employment; separations among
civil service employees in recent
years 1944-4O have ranged from
36 to IS per cent annually, and on
the average somewhat more than
half have been involuntary" the
advisory council declared.
Referring to the time-worn
argument that Federal employees
with less than 10 years of service
always have their retirement funds
to fall back on when they lose
their jobs, the council retorted ::
I'VE are not OF that opinion. Re-
funds to these short time workers
are usually very small and, in any
event, represent withheld savings" -"
Also. the council rejected the
contention that accumulation of
accrued annual leave is an ade-
quate substitute for unemployment
compensation benefits.
The annual leave system is de-
signed to promote the efficiency of
the service, and Federal employees
are expected to use the leave
privilege as they are able" the
council declared. 1T would be un-
sound policy to encourage persons
to forego vacations so that their
accumulated annual leave will af-
ford protection against the risk of
unemployment"
The council recommended that
Federal employees should receive
their unemployment benefits through
the various State unemployment
insurance agencies, depending on
where they legally resided. The
States as we'll as the District of
Columbia would be reimbursed by
the Federal Government.
VULNERABLE-Th Civil Service
Commission last week indignantly
denied reports that the salaries of
Government supervisors we're de-
termined in the main by the num-
ber of persons they have working
under them.
The very next day this column got
possession of a letter sent by the
commissions administrative CLASH
fication division to q Government
official, denying his request for a
raise The official had asked that
he get at least as much money as
another official in his bureau, who
actually was his subordinate.
But the commission justified the
higher salary. The
general reason: He had more people
under his supervision!
II
BUDGET BUREAU-The appoint
ment of Frank Pace, jr.. as the new
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Worne to Address MEETING

William E. Warne, Assistant Sec
retary of the Interior, who is in
charge of the Federal Governments
Alaskan development program, will
speak at joint meeting of the Bev-
erly Hills (VaD Women's Guild and
the Arlandria Civilians at 8 pm.
tomorrow in the Beverly Hills
Church,
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l. All research
W or k, except
secondary" re-
search, would be
placed in a con-
Solidated Re
search Service"
under a director
I is proposed
that the major
scientific, eco
nomic and social
research activi-
ties be brought
into this service
and divided into
appropriate bu-
Evening star., 1949-01-10

vapors. It Stimulates chest and
back surfaces like q good comfort
ing poultice.
WORKS FOR HOURS
And VapoRub actually keeps
up this wonderful Penetrating-
Stimulating action for hours
keeps working to bring relief
eren ,Dhile you sleepl It relieves
coughs, soothes irritation, and re-
lieves muscular soreness and
tightness. Often by morning the
worst missries of the cold are
gone!
But remember you get this
special Penetrating Stimulating
action only when you use Vicks
VapoRub! So for children and
for grown-ups, always be sure
you telieve distress Of colds with
the one and only Vieks VapoRub.
Evening star., 1949-01-10
Absurd Says Magnuson
OF Marriage Reports
By the Associoted Press

"Completely absurd" says Sena-
tor Magnuson, Democrat, of Wash
ington, Of reports that he had mar
ried 25-year-old actress
Reports that the 43-year- ole
Senator had married June Millarde
known as Toni Seven, arose last
week when he was listed as "neces-
sarily absent" at the opening OF
Congress.
The weather, not romance, de-
layed him, Senator Magnuson tolC
reporter on his return to town
yesterday. He started to drive from
seattle to Washington, he said, but
heavy snowstorms in the West
forced him to leave his car in San
Francisco. On the way by plane,
he said he heard the marriage re-
ports.
"The reports that Miss Millarde
and I had been married are COM
pletely absurd" he said. Il know
Miss Millarde and she recently
stopped in Seattle on her way from
New York to Beverly Hills. All of
our friends there saw us together
and there was no mystery about it.
"I know that these reports a3e just
rs embarrassing to Miss Millarde
as they have been to me-"
Senator Magnuson was married in
1923, while still in college, to the
former Eleanor Maddieux of Seattle
They were divorced in 1885.
History Teacher to Speak
The Rev. Daniel E. Power, pro-
fessor of history at Georgetown
University, will speak on the "Su-
preme Court and Education" at $3.50
pm. tomorrow at the Study Guild
Catholic Library, 1725 Rhode Island
avenue NV.
Evening star., 1949-01-10
j. A. Sommer Sworn In
As u. 5. Attorneys Aide

Joseph A. Sommer, 26. a former
law clerk to Judge Alexander Holt
zof1 OF District Court, and for more
than a year engaged in private law
Evening star., 1949-01-10
The Federal Spotlight
The Federal Spotlight
For-Reoching Hoover Plan Seen
For Agriculture Department
By Joseph Youno

The Forthcoming Hoover recommendation for
reorganization of the Agriculture Department
more far-reaching that at first supposed.
Earlier reports stressed that the proposal for sub
the proposals farther than
Evening star., 1949-01-10

BUDGET BUREAU-The appoint
ment of Frank Pace, jr.. as the new
Budget Director was very popular
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HIsH &hu Low TOT fesNfday.
High, 5S, at $50 pm.
Low, 40, at 1883 am
Record Temperatures This Year.
Highest, SO, on January g.
Lowest 20, on January 3.
Tide Tables.
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The Sun and Moon
PreciDitati0n

Automobile lights must be turned O
ene-half hour after sunset.
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FURNISHED by United States Coast and
Geodetic Suryavl
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his mOrnin{
The Nome nugget., 1949-01-12
Postal Inspector Shot I'm 20. Lobby

OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla, (R)- Postal inspector E. M. Harkins was slain today in the lobby of ..lc main post office.
 This is the second staying here - :wo days. Attorney Earl Pruet was shot and killed late yesterday.
 Harkins was 5l year old. He had been a postal inspector since Sept. 30, 1881. During the war, Harkins served overseas as a postal in- .pcc.or.
 The slayer surrendered 70 postal eoinioyens. They heard the shot. ran out into the lobby and the
The Nome nugget., 1949-01-12
Flier Can't Take Off I'm Wet Snow

ANCHORAGE, (F) - War n Wright is sitting comfortably-if immobile-in his four-place plane on the Cook Inlet flats, doggedly trying to outlaSt the weather.
 The Tenth Rescue Squadron, in radio contact with the manager of the Northern Commercial Com pany's aviation department, said he was forced down on a flight from Lake Clark to Tyonek, 55 niles southwest of here.
 Wet snow, which stuck to the skis on his plane, was preventing a takeoff.
The Nome nugget., 1949-01-12
Pedestrian Dies As Auto Hurls Him 64 Feet

Edward A. Becker, 37 years old, a machinist, was killed Dec. 27, when he was struck and thrown GA feet by an automobile in East Union Street at 18th Avenue, in Seattle.
 The force of the impact was so great Becker was knocked out of his shoes, which lay 25 feet from the point of impact, Coroner John P. Brill, Jr., reported.
 The motorists, Clifford E. Jones, 55, estimated his speed at 20 miles "a nhOur at the time of the acci- dent. Traffic pa.ro.man said, how ever, his automobile left 105 feet of skid marks on the pavement. Jones was charged with reckless driving and released on $50 bail.
 Edward Becker was born and raised in Nome; his father having operated a machine shop here for many years.
 i He is survived by his father, a younger brother and a sister oi 1 Seattle.
The Nome nugget., 1949-01-12
Most Alaskans Will File Tax Returns

Very few residents of Washing ton and Alaska during l948 are exempt from filing an income tax return by March Is in this dis trict, according Ii internal revenue collector Clark Squire in Tacoma.
 Every person having gross in- come of $500 or more must make a return, even though he may not be taxed. A husband and wife must file a return if the combined gross income is Sl,200 or more, or if separate gross income of one spouse is $500 or more.
 It is no longer necessary fo: the the taxpayer to sign his return be- fore notary public or a deputy collector. He is urged 10 follow in structions on the income tax forms, prepare his return and mail if with remittance 10 the col lector. This will enable him to save time and avoid inconvenience of standing in line at the Internal Revenue office.
 The collector warns taxpayers that failure to receive a blank form does not relieve him from filing a return or paying his tax on time. Forms may be obtained from local banks and postoffices and from the office of the Collec- tor in Tacoma and zone offices The nearest zone office is in Fair banks.
 Deputy collector Oron w. Dover is scheduled to be at Nome from March to l5 to advise taxpayers At that time he may be contacted at the Wallace Hotel. This sched- ule is contingent on weather con- ditions. During the above period Deputy Dover hopes to also assist taxpayers at Candle, Kotzebue and Teller.
The Nome nugget., 1949-01-12
us. Commissioners Court

Pfc BookWalter is being held to answer the issuing of checks with out sufficient funds.
 Thomas J. Prout is being held for jury trial for issuing a check without funds. The trial will prob 7bly be held tomorrow.
 A warrant has been issued for the arrest of James Larson on the filing of a complaint of disorderly conduct against the person of Glenna Paul.
 U. s. Commissioner Ted Duff field states that his office is ready to accept payment of School Tax, issue car licenses, Territorial Driv- ers' licenses and Intention to hold on Mining Claims, and he would appreciate the payment of same at an early date to avoid the mid summer rush.
The Nome nugget., 1949-01-12
Miner Buried By Rock Slide Freed

CAIRNBROOK, Pa. (P) - A band of miners worked more than ten hours in one-man relays to rescue a fellow worker trapped in a rock slide, but he died shortly afterWard today.
 William Wallace, 27, was crush ed under a 20-ton rock slide yes terday in the Cairnbrook mine. He was unconscious when freed.
 The rescue workers had been forced to labor one at time be- cause of the threat of further rock slides. As they worked, Wallace whispered to them:
 Please, please, please, get some of this weight off me. Hurry up fellows. I can hardly stand it."
The Nome nugget., 1949-01-12
Congress Will Up Trunan's Air
 Force Budget

WASHINGTON, PD-PTesldent Truman's budget brake On ar force expansion plnas stirred up a Congressional hornets nest to- day. Both Democrats and Repub- licans joined in.
 Mir. Truman recommended a minimum 48-combat group air force in his budget message MOn- day. Rep. Vinson D.-GaO, pros pective chairman of the HOuss armed services committee, dis agreed.
 "I am thoroughly convinced an overwhelming majority Of Con gress will vote for the funds 10 put into being a 70-group air force over a period of three or four years," Vinson sadi. Tt is the min imum we must have for security. Senator Tydings D. -MoO, chair rlan of the Senate armed services committee, said he didn': hin. he Presidents recommendation ruled out" an ultimate 70-grouy force, but intended to study the matter very closely.
 MT. Truman took the stand that | the number and size of planes is q better way to measure air force strength than by the number cf groups.
The Nome nugget., 1949-01-12
SEATTLE, (P)-The Alaska De-

SEATTLE. (P)-The Alaska De- velopment Board reported yester- day it will appeal to the Civil Aeronau ics Board against any curtailment of services allowed non-scheduled air carriers operat- ing to or within Alaska.
 In telegram to CAB chairman James O'Connell, the board asked favorable consideration instead for the expansion of such service because of the unique" Alaska transportation situation.
 Certifica:ed regular carriers, the board said, don; begin to take care of Alaska's needs"
The Nome nugget., 1949-01-12
Floating Ice Clogs Port Of Portland

PORTLAND, Ore. P)-Floating ice clogged the Columbia river ap- proach to this inland port city to- day.
 The prolonged freezing weather already had idled several thousand lumber and logging ind u try workers and brought the region it's most critical power shortage in years.
 Upriver movement of ocean ves- sels was slowed and barging oper- ations stalled. Ferry operations at The Dalles were halted when the river froze over in the slack wa ter pool above Bonneville Dam.
 Aluminium reduction mills in this area were cut off from some power service, other industries have curtailed late day time op- erations and scores of offices have arted eo;"'y closing hours.
 4 voluntary br<wn-out appeal fo- outdoor lighting throughout Oregon was winning cooperation, utilities executives reported, as they worked to maintain essential service.
The Nome nugget., 1949-01-12
Fish Gives Away Fishy'Story

BENTON, HARBOR, Mich. (P) Little 7-year-old Diana Davidson's story of falling in mud puddle didn't sound fishy. But it was.
 Wringing wet and shivering, she arrived home and told her mother her sled had tipped over and thrown her into a pool of melted snow.
 Mrs. Wayne Davidson accepted the story and began to undress the child to give her hot bath.
 As she pulled off the jacket of her snow suit, out popped a six inch fish.
 Thereupon. Diana admitted that she had disobeyed her mothers orders and gone out on the ice of treacherous St. Joseph river with playmates. She broke through and was pulled to safety by eight year-old Louis Franz.
 Diana's been a good girl since. her mother said, even tough it was while before she could sit down comfortably.
The Nome nugget., 1949-01-12

Blue point oysters were origin ally so named from Blue Point, a Long Island near which certain delicious oysters were found.
The Nome nugget., 1949-01-12

man said:
 "I shot him and want to give myself up"
 Officers did not identify Inc man held.