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Evening star., 1950-12-13
Former Postmaster
Convicted Of FORGING
Check Endorsements

French S. Brawner, former
Dumfries (Va) postmaster, was
found guilty in Alexandria Fed
eral Court Of forging indorse-
ments on checks mailed through
his post office to Dumfries resi-
dents.
A 12-man jury returned the
verdict after celebrating two
hours. He was convicted on
charges of forging Endorsements
and passing 28 income tax re-
fund checks and pension check,
and forging a postal money order.
At the request of Defense At
torney T. Brooke Howard, Judge
Albert v. Bryan deferred sentence
pending a, report by the courts
probation officer. Brawner can
receive up to 10 years in prison
and a fine Of $1,000 on each of
the SO counts.
The 6l-year-old defendant was
postmaster at Dumfries from 1881
until 1949. Government attorneys
said the checks were mailed from
Richmond between 1946 and 1949.
During the f1ve-day trial, the
Government presented two hand
writing experts who linked Braw-
ner's handwriting with signatures
on the checks. In addition, a
Dumfries resident testified the
former postmaster paid her in
cash from his own pocket" for
one of the checks.
A year ago, Brawner was acquit-
ted on a single forgery charge.
Judge Bryan said he expected
a report from the probation Of
ficer "in a week or two"
Evening star., 1950-12-13
Mrs. Hill Awarded
Contract on Diplomas

Mrs. Mary B. Hill, "a Kenil-
worth avenue, Garrett Park, Md,
again has been awarded the con-
tract for inscribing diplomas for
public school students.
She will receive Is cents for
each diploma. She will handle
10000 diplomas for a total of
$1,000.
The contract award, announced
yesterday by Roland M. Brennan,
District Purchasing Agent, gives
Mrs. Hill 40 days to complete the
work after she officially receives
the order. Mrs. Hill has been en-
crossing diplomas for the Board
Of Education since 1884.
Evening star., 1950-12-13
Prince Georges Face.
Teacher Shortage,
Worst in Five Years

The worst mid-year teacher
shortage in five years is facing
Prince Georges County.
School Supt. G. Gardner Shu-
CART told the County Board OF
Education yesterday there will be
81 vacancies in the systems 1,O63
teaching positions on January |.
Eleven of the 81 teachers leaving
have been lost to the armed serv-
ices. Mr.. Shugart said, including
one woman Marine.
Salary Scale Blamed.
Mr Shugart blamed the short
age also on the general country
wide shortage of elementary
teachers, plus the low salary scale
in Prince Georges County. Pay
in the Maryland County ranges
from $4,000 to $4,000 annually. It
is lower than the salaries in COM
parable counties in the Washing
ton area.
Vacancies not filled by teachers
with certificates will be taken
care of by substitutes, Mr.. Shugart
said.
At a regular monthly meeting,
the board yesterday approved ap-
pointment of Miss Ruth WithroW,
25. AS speech and hearing thera-
pist for the county system. Miss
Withrow, now employed at Walter
Reed Hospital, will receive $4,000
annually. She is graduate of
Heidelberger College, Tiffon, Ohio,
and has a masters degree from
Western Reserve University, where
she also taught.
Fisher Quits as Counsel.
The board accepted the resigna-
ton of Adrian P. Fisher as coun-
sci but took no action on sue
cessor. Mr.. Fisher. who has served
the board for Is years. has been
named attorney for the new all
Republican Board of County Com
miSsionerS.
Mrs. Perina Player was named
a trustee for the Calvert Homes
School, and Frank Weismiller, j.
B. Parker and Charles r. Russell
were appointed to similar posi-
tions at the Thomas Stone School,
Mount Rainier.
The board set June IL as the
graduation dates for Surrattsville,
Laurel, Gwynn Park. Hyattsville,
Fairmont Heights and Greenbelt
High Schools, and June 13 for
Bladensburg, Frederick Sasscer,
Douglass, Oxon Hill, Maryland
Park and Mount Rainier High
Schools.
Evening star., 1950-12-13

l6y udQ Jdkeu
off at Ala pm. on a routine
training fight to the vicinity of
the Potomac Naval Air Station,
Md, with Marine Reserve pilots
at the controls.
One of them, First 1t. U. A,
Knight, 20, of Burnsville, w. Va,
was picked up by the fishing boat
Mary w. Summers, after his plane
crashed in the choppy water. Be-
fore spending the night on
Smiths Island, he called in to re-
port that he was unhurt and that
the water was damn cold. !"
Anacostia officials thought he had
been killed. He was taken off the
island today by crash boats from
Patuxent. three hours distant by
water.
Other Plane Lands.
The other pilot, First 1t.
George Byers, 26, student at the
George Washington University
School of Law, made an emer-
gency landing at Webster Field,
an auxiliary landing area SO miles
southeast of Patuxent.
He had radioed ahead. and
crash trucks stood by when he
Evening star., 1950-12-13
$500, 900 Issue Favored
In Dickinson County Vote

CLINTWOOD, Va, Dec. 13 (P).
An 100000 bond issue for the
construction of three schools in
Dickinson County apparently has
been approved.
Unofficial returns from 81 of
the county's "a precincts last
night showed 1886 votes in favor
OF the bond issue and 780 op-
posed. Returns from the other
precincts were expected today.
A bond issue proposal for 81
million for school improvements
two years ago was turned down
by 81 margin by county voters.
Evening star., 1950-12-13
Board Looks for Site
I'm Annexation Area
For New High School
The new Alexandria high school

The new Alexandria high school
may be located in the territory
annexed from Fairfax County. in
stead of the present proposed site
adjacent to the Macarthur Ele-
mentary School.
The school board agreed last
night to tour the annexation area
on December 81 to examine pos
sible sites for high school.
The present 16-acre site in the
northwest section of the city ad-
jacent to Macarthur School was
bought before the trial of Alex
andria's annextion suit against
Fairfax County. which has been
decided in favor of the city. Bar
ring an appeal, the additional 71a
square miles will become part of
the city January !.
Possible relocation of the high
school was considered after school
board members pointed out that
the annexation territory is likely
to develop rapidly. The city al
ready has indicated it wants part
of the 16-acre tract for recreation
purposes, and school board mem
bers said the city could sell the
remainder at a profit if another
site is chosen for the high school.
Needed in 1852. ~
School Supt. T. c. Williams
urged the board to speed up ac-
ton on the new high school be-
cause one will be needed by 1852
when the impact of adding an
eighth grade to the school system
will be felt.
Mrs. Sarah Kerbel asked if it
would be better to build sepa-
rate junior high school. thereby
taking eighth-grade students out
of the present George Washington
High School, instead of building
a new high school.
Mr.. Williams said he favors
high schools that include the
eighth grade because they give
students a year of orientation to
high school methods. He also said
he feels growth in the annexation
territory would justify a new high
school.
To Inspect Another Site.
The school board, on December
III. also will inspect site that
had been set aside in Fairfax
County for an elementary school
at the Shirley-Duke Apartment
project, which is in the annexa-
ton area. Mr.. Williams said he
does not think the site is suitable
He asked the board to make a
decision in the matter because
the school was urgently needed.
Mr.. Williams reported the
school board will have on hand
about 1895 for it's construc-
ton fund next year. This will
include $87,728 of unspent funds
from the city's 1850 Battle fund
ALLEGATION: an anticipated $780,
051 from the 1851 Battle fund
ALLEGATION: $24,220 additional
grants as a result of assuming
some Fairfax County pupils
through annexation, plus $4,000
llnexpended from bond money.
Noting that there had been
criticism in Washington about use
of Magruder's American Gov
ernment" social studies textbook,
Mr.. Williams said he has asked a
committee of teachers to study
the book, which is also used in
Alexandria high schools. He said
Miss Dolly Callahan, social studies
instructor at the high school, is
chairman of the committee.
Evening star., 1950-12-13
Prince Georges Meeting
To Discuss Orchestrus

The Prince Georges County
Recreation Department will spon-
sor a meeting at pm. tomorrow
at the Calvert Mansion, 4811 Riv-
erdale road, Riverdale, to discuss
formation of two orchestras in the
county.
Joe M. Power. director Of the
University of Maryland Orchestra,
has agreed to rehearse the music
groups if enough people are in
terested.
Evening star., 1950-12-13
DronesviIIe (Vo.) Church
Badly Damaged by Fire

The Dranesville (Va.) Metho-
dist Church was severely damaged
by fire this morning.
The frame building is on Lees
burg pike about half way between
Falls Church and Leesburg.
Origin of the fire was unde-
termined.
Evening star., 1950-12-13
Library Contract Is Let

HARRISONBURG, Va, Dec. 13
P).-A contract for construction
of the first unit of the Rocking
ham Public Library was awarded
here yesterday to, the Nielsen
Construction Co. of Harrisonburg.
The bid Of the Nielsen firm was
SOL ,942.
Evening star., 1950-12-13
Fairfax May Ask
Higher Tax for
School Bui|dinq
School Board to Make
, Requestin ApriIif Bond
Issue Is Still Delayed

Higher taxes to pay for school
construction will be requested by
the Fairfax County School Board
next April if a sos million bond
issue is still in the courts.
School Board Chairman Fred
w. Robinson predicted the in
creased levy at a meeting of the
Executive Committee of the
School Emergency Association
last night at Fairfax.
Validity of the school bonds
was challenged a week ago by
Paul E. Rhinehart, jr., of Vienna,
just before they were to be sold.
His action stopped the sale. Mr..
Rhinehart said the security be-
hind the bonds was altered by
an annexation decision last month
awarding 71a square miles of the
county to Alexandria.
Date to Be Set.
The date for hearing of the
Rhinehart suit will be set in
Fairfax County Circuit Court on
January Is.
commemorative Attorney Hugh
B. Marsh told the meeting that Mr.
Rhinehart could appeal an ad-
verse decision to the State Su-
preme Court, holding up sale of
the bonds for possibly longer
than a year"
Mrs. Eleanor Justusson of An
nandale. president Of the associa-
ton. said parent-teacher associa-
tions and other groups in the
county will be asked to consider
whether they will support a tax
increase for school construction if
the Rhinehart suit is not settled.
A former president of the asso-
citation. w. Alvord Sherman, of
Mclean, said he believes that
something like 50 million should
be raised" by a tax increase but
he said the exact amount should
be determined by a study.
Reassessment To Be Made.
The present tax rate of $3.19
Mr.. Sherman said. might not have
to be increased because a reassess-
ment program now under way will
raise the county's present $64 mill
lion valuation approximately 10
per cent.
Mr.. Sherman said at is imper-
ative that minimum job be done
as quickly as possible to take chill
dren out of Railways and off half
day sessions" He said the funds
might be used to build temporary
structures.
Mr.. Robinson turned down a
suggestion that the county pro-
ceed with the bond sale in spite
of the suit.
I'm all my experience" Mr.
Marsh said. II have never known
a county in Virginia to go through
what this county has gone through
in the last IL months" He said
he was referring to the annexa-
ton suits, bond issues and suits
against the bond issues.
Evening star., 1950-12-13
Hearing in Traffic Case
Against Chuvez DeIuyed

A hearing on a charge of
drunken driving against Dennis
Chavez, jr., SO, of 1927 Cleveland
avenue NV, son of Senator Cha
vez, Democrat. of New Mexico,
was continued today in Arlington
County Court until December 81.
The charge grew out of an
automobile accident November %
on Lee boulevard.
The postponement was request
ed by Bankhead Davies, jr., at
torney for Mr.. Chavez.
Evening star., 1950-12-13
Legion Tree Sole

American Legion Post 139 Of
Arlington will sell Christmas trees
Friday through Christmas eve at
the post home. 3445 Washington
boulevard. The sale is for the
benefit of the posts community
welfare fund.
Evening star., 1950-12-13

ugnter p / a n e
W hich went
down late yes
terday after a
mid = air COLI
sion with a sis
ter craft.
No one was
injured in the
accident, which
involved the
f a S t F. F
'' B e ar a t -
fighters from
Anacostia Nav
al Air Station.
Evening star., 1950-12-13
Radio Stations Plan
Civil Defense Compoion

PIKESVIILE, Md, Dec. 13 (P).
-Maryland's radio and television
stations will cooperate in a cam
paign to educate the public in
what is necessary for an effec-
tive civil defense system.
That was agreed yesterday as
about 80 radio and television ex-
ecutives met here in the National
Guard armory for a briefiing on
the proposed program by Col
David G: Mcintosh III, State
director of civil defense.
Evening star., 1950-12-13
Roanoke County Rejects
School Construction Bonds

SALEM, Va. Dec. 13 P.-A
proposed $35 million bond issue
for school construction has been
turned down by Roanoke County
voters.
Unofficial returns from the
county's "a precincts, none of
which favored the bond issue, last
night showed 1922 vote in favor
of the bond issue and 1900 votes
opposed.
Evening star., 1950-12-13
Montgomery Speeds
Plans for Permanent
Civil Defense Set-Up

Montgomery County Manager
Irving G. McNayr today was
drafting plans for a permanent
civil defense Office, to be presented
to the County Council next week
The council authorized Mr.
McNayr yesterday to prepare such
a program. after hearing report
by Edward L. Foster, county civil
defense director, on the status of
defense preparations in the
county.
Mr.. Fosters suggestion that
funds be provided for an Office
and clerical help met with i'm
mediate support from the county
manager.
Full Time Deputy Suggested.
Mr.. McNayr then recommended
that Mr.. Foster, a Silver Spring
attorney, be made a full time
county appointee to head civil de-
fense. Mr.. Foster explained, how
ever, that he would be unable to
take the job and suggested that a
full-time deputy be named.
Both he and Mr.. McNayr agreed
that the Federal and State civil
defense programs were extremely
nebulous" and that the county
should organize it's own program
so that it would not be caught
mapping" in case of attack.
The two men also were in agree
ment on the need for exploring
the question of auxiliary police.
Mr.. McNayr said Police Chief
Orme had indicated he would pre-
fer to have regular police officers,
rather than civilians, handle
emergencies. But council men,
bers expressed doubt over the
adequacy of such a plan.
Survey Equipment Needs.
In his report. Mr.. Foster said
ground observer stations have
been set up throughout the coun-
ty and the various fire depart
mentS are conducting a survey to
determine what additional equip
ment will be needed.
He added the fire department
also wanted money to buy equip
ment for auxiliary firemen whom
they plan to train.
And, finally, Mr.. Foster said he
plans to divide the county into
six zones, with civil defense
officers (the equivalent of air raid
wardens) in each zone.
Hearings were scheduled for
8 pm. January in the Bethesda
County Building on proposals to
buy two public parking lot sites
in che Bethesda business district
One Of the sites. containing 39,577
square feet, is near the proposed
extension Of Arlington road. The
option price is $79,154.
Other at S25,419.
The other, containing 16,946
square feet, is on Elm street about
1000 feet west of Wisconsin
avenue. The option price is $25, ,419
No opposition was voiced at a
hearing yesterday on a proposal
to buy 6.737 square feet on Walsh
street for a public parking lot al
a cost of $13,474. The council de-
ferred final action, however.
A $750-a-year salary increase
was approved for Acting County
Attorney j. Hodge Smith. This
brings his annual salary to 81, 500
Evening star., 1950-12-13
BuckneII Manor Election

Election of officers will be held
at a meeting of the Bucknell Man.
or Citizens Association at 8 pm.
tomorrow in the Penn-Daw Fire
Hall.
Evening star., 1950-12-13
School Putro! Purty

A Christmas party will be held
for 900 members of the Fairfax
County School Patrol at l pm.
Friday in the Fairfax Theater.
Evening star., 1950-12-13

Navy salvage tugs and barges
today anchored off Smiths Island
in Chesapeake Bay. seeking to
recover all or part of Grumman
Evening star., 1950-12-13
Single Virginia
Sewage Plant .
Held Inadequate
. Engineers Soy Two,
One for Arlington,
Would Handle Flow
By james BirchfieId

Sanitary engineers are in agree
ment that single sewage treat
ment plant in the Old Dominion
for all nearby Virginia communi-
ties would be impractical.
Engineers believe that if ar
Yangements cannot be made for
Evening star., 1950-12-13

This is the Fourth Of Series Of Articles
About the Problem Of Pollution in the
Washington Areo.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1950-10-14

School and Xavier university, To-
cally, is a 1949 graduate Of the
Howard university Law school,
and did special study at Southern
university, Baton Rouge. He open
ed law offices here recently.
Platform Announced
A six-point platform announced
by Mr.. Amedee, included the fol-
lowing points:
1. Granting of a fair and equi-
table pay increase to all teachers,
especially those in the Ills year
category who presently receive no
annual salary increase.
2. Abolition of the shift or
platoon system in Negro schools.
3. Discontinuance of the practice
of separate superintendent for
Negro and white schools.
4. Immediate construction of
new schools wherever needed.
5. Emphasizing courses of in
struction which instill in the stu
dents a deeper appreciation for
the principles of American De-
mocracy.
6. Encouragement of greater
teacher-parent participation in
the public meetings of the school
board in order that the board may
be assisted in it's formulation Of
overall administrative and fiscal
policies for the school system.
Two On Faculty Of
Social Work School
PHILADELPHIA CAMP A new
program . for employed social.
workers, being offered this school
year by the University of Pennsy-
lvania, has on it's faculty two Ne
gro social workers., Mrs. Laura
Drake Nichols, executive director
of Children's Service, Inc. (form-
erly the House of the Holy Child)
and DR.. Marchal-Neil E. Young, a
supervising counselor in the local
public school system.
Mrs. Nichols will teach "Intro-
duction to Social Casework," and
DIR. Young, "Counseling Inter
view" Both have the title of lect-
urers and both have served the
school bfre. In this case however,
they comprise the entire faculty
Of the new program.
The courses are intended for
of stats of social agen-
els and closely related organiza-
who are interested in i'm
proving their equipment for prac-
teal service but who are not pre-
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1950-10-14

pared at the present time to enter
upon a program of full profess
ional education. Both ourse lead
to credits in the School of Social
Work.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1950-10-14
By AMP
Speiman Teacher Earns Pho
From u. of Chicago

CHICAGO CAMP Miss M. Ly-
nette Saline of Atlanta was one of
the candidates awarded doctor of
philosophy degrees in the Sept
ember convocation held at the
University Of Chicago.
Miss Saline is a member of the
English and education depart
ments of Spelman college. She
wrote a dissertation on "Reation-
ships of Selected Factors to the
Reading Interests of Negro Col
lege Freshman" for her thesis.
Her theme was the result of a
study she made of students en-
rolled in colleges of the Atlanta
university center = Clark, More
house, Morris Brown, and Spell
man colleges.
She earned her A. B. in 1910
at Spelman, and her M. A. at At
lanta university in 1912.
Tennessee State Enrolls
1000 Students
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (ANP)-
Tennessee State college opened it's
39th year last week with an en-
rollment of aboue 1000 students.
Among them were 700 freshmen
and new students.
DR.. Walter S. Davis, president
of the college, also announced
that there are % new members on
the school faculty.
Three Man Federal Court Hears
Law School Case In Louisiana
NEW ORLEANS, La. (ANP)-
A three member federal district
court listened last week to argu-
ments in a case in which a Negro
veteran, Roy S. Wilson, Ruston,
La, is seeking to enter the law
school of the all white Louisiana
State university.
Hearing the case were Circuit
Judge Wane G.. Borah and District
Judges Herbert w. Christenberry
and J. Sicily Wright, They have
taken the case under advisement.
Wilson, recently rejected by the
L.S.U. law school because of his
race, is in this suit trying to force
the school to admit him. Named
as defendants are President Har-
old Stoke OF L. 5. u, Dean
George Mcmahon Of the L.S.U.
law school, President FELTON, G.
Clark, Southern, and Dean A. A.
Lenoir of the Southern law school.
Arguing for Wilson is Thur
good Marshall, chief counsel of
the NAACP. He claims that the
Negro law school at Southern <is
far from being equal to the white
school. He charged that Southern's
school had no journal, no expert
enced faculty, and M accreditat-
ion. Of the faculty he declared
that some of the teachers actually
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1950-10-14
Educational News

WC1e IISSI IIOIH UcluS SCuuS1lIo,
themselves, and had no experience
in practicing law.
Chief counsel for the white
school was Laurence w. Brooks.
He rated Southern equal to the
L. S. U. law school, and predicted
that it would be accredited "soon"
He also praised the physical plant
Of Southern.
Brooks also argued that this
case should not be argued for the
benefit of all Negroes, but merely
on the case of Wilson alone.
Marshall, in his closing statement
said:
"Your honors, irrespective of
the excellent facilities which coun-
sci for l.. S. U. says Southern
university enjoys, no mention is
made in his brief, or in his argu-
ment that the facilities at South
ern are equal to those at L.S.U."
Clark College English Head
Writes Book About Creator
OF Uncle Remus'
ATLANTA (ANP)- DR.. Stella
Brewer Brookes, head of the Clark
college English department, has
been acclaimed for her new book,
"Joel Chandler Harris: Folklor-
ist."
This book is a study of Joel
Chandler Harris, the creator of
the famous "Uncle Remus" stories.
Her book was published by the
University Of Chicago Press. DR..
Brookes is a graduate of Wiley
college. She earned her M. A.
from the University of Michigan
and her doctorate from Cornell
university.
Richmond Teacher Accepted
BY u. of Virginia
RICHMOND, Va. (ANP)- A
Richmond school teacher has been
accepted conditionally to do grad
uate work in education at the
Richmond Professional Institute
through the University of Virgin
la.
She is Miss Alfredo Louise Ma
Olson, whose acceptance was an
nounced last week by Dean L. j.
Stiles of the ~university's education
department. She will take extern
sion courses at the RPI.
This action is based on plans by
which Virginia State college for
Negroes will cooperate with the
white school in the extension
courses.
Originally Miss Madison was re-
fused admission because her marks
we're too low to qualify for grad
uate studies at the university. How
ever, she has done some graduate
work in Catholic university in
Washington, D. C.
Martin A. Martin, Miss Madi-
sons attorney, said he would take
no immediate action on the condi-