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Evening star., 1950-01-29
By Alex R. Preston
Stor Sfaff Correspondenf

WILLIAMSBURG, Va, Jan. %.
Has Gov. Battle gone too far in
offering $45 100000 as an outright
gift to Virginia localities for
school construction?
That is the question left in the
minds of Old Dominion legislators
who came here to commemorate
the first session of this Nation S
Oldest legislative body.
Robert B. Tunstall of Norfolk, a
prominent Virginia attorney and
former vice president of the
Chesapeake 81 Ohio Railway, told
the members of the 1860 General
Assembly:
GAS a general principle of legis-
lation, I cannot think it helpful to
the State to bear the burden that
should be assumed by the locali-
ties, .,
From the standpoint of the
localities themselves, I believe it
inevitable that just so far as this
process is allowed to go, they will
lose their powers of self-govern-
ment."
Problems of Promises.
This message came to members
OF the General Assembly, in the
presence of Gov. Battle, as they
tussled with the problem of what
to do about the Governors cam
paign promises of last year.
He vowed. and bills have been
introduced to carry out his word,
to distribute $45,000,00 as an
outright gift to all of the counties
and cities Of the commonwealth
for school construction.
His plan already has met op-
position. State Senator E. o. Nc
Cue, jr., of Charlottesville, who
succeeded Mr. Battle in the State
Senate, said that the localities
should match the State funds by
putting up 40 cents for every dol
lar received. State Senator Gar
land Gray Of Waverly, has said
the localities should match the
State funds on a $3.50 basis.
There are some who regarded
Mr.. Tunstall's speech as a slap
at the State administration.
The occasion was the biennial
session of the Virginia General
Assembly In the restored capitol
here.
Invocation Delivered.
The Rev. Francis II. Craighill.
jr., rector of Brlton Parish
Church, delivered the invocation
for the House. Lacking q chap
lain, Lt.-Gov. L. Preston Collins
asked the members Of the Senate
to repeat aloud the Lords Prayer.
Wives and children Of the mem
bers gathered in the council
chambers above the old House of
lBurgesses TO hear the proceedings
Evening star., 1950-01-29
Deputies 10 Help Taxpayers
File Returns in MONTGOMERY

Deputy collectors of internal
revenue have been assigned to
help Montgomery County taxpay-
ers file returns.
Their assignments are as fol-
lows.
Silver Spring, Suburban Ma
tional Bank, tomorrow, Tuesday,
Thursday, Friday and February g.
\ Bethesda, Courtroom, County
Building, February 7-10.
Rockville, Fire House, February
~. % and March 1-3. clio, 1876.
Sandy Spring. National Bank,
February 24-25.
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7unstoII Assoi|s Gov. Battles Gift at Assembly Rite

over public address system. That
was the only modern touch.
MIR. Tunstan compared the re-
lationship of the localities to the
State as somewhat akin to the
relationship between the States
and the Federal Government.
Then, he said:
In government as elsewhere, it
is true that he who pays the piper
calls the tune
Battle Talks Briefly.
Gov. Battle spoke briefly before
Mr.. Turnstalls address. He then
took a seat next to John D.
Rockefeller, III, chairman of the
board of trustees of Colonial
Williamsburg, Inc, host for the
Assembly's biennial Williamsburg
trip.
Nineteen Guns Boom.
Members of the Assembly, the
Governor, Lieutenant Governor,
Attorney General, members of the
State Supreme Court and their
guests came here by train. AS
they stepped off into the crisp,
gray weather a nineteen gun
salute doomed out in honor of
the Governor. 1t was unit of
the Richmond Howitzers greeting
Gov. Battle explosively.
At the Capitol-a reconstructed
version of the second capitol
built in 1747-the House and
Senate, went into separate ses-
sions. While the Senate awaited
the resolution from the House
for the Joint session 1t. Gov. Col
Inns called the upper branch to
face the future in the spirit of
their predecessors in the old
chamber.
The call came over and the
Senate went over into the Bur-
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gesses' chamber setting similar
to one in which Virginians began
making their laws under the
crown in 1919. It all went accord
ing to a pre-arranged plan.
The only hitch occurred. when
Delegate Lewis A. McMurran, jr.,
sought to introduce a bill in the
House at the commemorative joint
session.
For while. 1t looked like House
officers didn't want to acknowl-
edge the introduction.
McMurran wanted to drop in a
charter an enabling act for the
proposed city of Hampton Roads
a municipality of the future that
would embrace Newport News,
Hampton, Phoebus and the coun-
ties of Elizabeth City and War
wick.
The Newport News delegate
handed up in an imposing bill and
a duplicate, weighty and bound In
blue.
Clerk E. Griffith Dodson looked
mildly disturbed.
.sThis can't. be done" said he.
ITS just commemorative ses-
sion"
4 Thinks 1t Appropriate.
McMurran thought it would be
nice to commemorate the intro
duction of the charter bill.
Speaker E. Blackburn Moore
agreed with Dodson. Might start
a precedent-all sorts of bills be
introduced.
Then Dodson neatly resolved
the situation.
After the joint session had ad-
journed and the House was in
session by itself he took the bills
from McMurran.
II have received here bill from
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the airbase. The Associated Press
reported.
'He taught me about English
football. I am taking him back
because he wants to be an engi-
neer and I guess he will have a
better chance for university train.
ing in the States" 1t. Webster
said.
Mrs. Webster, who lives alone,
said her son told her Louis was
from a large family and probably
would not have an opportunity to
continue his education. She said
her son described the boy as very
bright, and eager to continue
school.
1t. Webster and Louis sailed
aboard the Army transport Alex
ander M. Patch. They will reach
this country in about q week.
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-,
Alexandra Handyman
Questioned on Blaze
Killing Ain Glen Burnie
By stoff Correspondent Of The sior

ov q St0'B SOfISSPOnoeNt OF tN8 SIoT
GLEN BURNIE, Md, Jan. %
Police here today questioned a 81
year -old Virginia handyman in
connection with the fire which
took the lives of four young chill
dren last Sunday.
He was identified as William
M. Cooper, Of Wellington Villa
near Alexandria. County Police
Chief John H. Souers said he fits
the general description of a man
reported seen by a 12-year-olc
boy in the vicinity of the home OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Hartensteir
before the fire.
Booked for investigation, he will
be placed in a lineup tomorrow tc
determine if the boy can positive
ly identify him, Chief Souers said
Police are also checking with the
FBI to find out if Cooper has a
record. -,
Questions Reused Suspicious.
The Hartensteins' four children,
ranging from eight months to S
years, were asphyxiated by the fire
which started while they were
sleeping. Their parents were a
short distance away at the time,
operating a filling station.
Chief Souers said Cooper was
arrested Thursday night. The
proprietor of a tavern, an uncle
of the dead children, became
suspicious when Cooper started
asking questions about the fire.
After his arrest, police dis
covered several newspaper clip
pings on the fire in his posses
sion, Chief Souers said. Cooper
also had accounts of other vio-
lent deaths of children within
recent months, as well as a de-
scription of a recent attack on
a 4-year-old Washington girl.
In explanation, Cooper said he
likes to study photographs and
likes to study people," Chief Sou
ers reported. He added that sew
eral clippings had notes penciled
on the margin.
Find Fire in Detention Room.
While police were questioning
Cooper, they smelled smoke. It
was traced to a small fire on the
floor of the detention room from
which Cooper had come.
Authorities reported Cooper
lives in a tent near the home of
wellington housewife, for whom
he did odd jobs. She reported
that he had not shown up be-
tween January IL and last Mon
day. y
Cooper admits having been in
Glen Burnie on January "a and
on the day he was arrested, po-
lice said. His account of his ac-
tions earlier are confused, accord
ing to Chief Souers. K
Raymond Poteet. IL, has re-
ported to police he saw a man
answering Coopers general de-
scription near the Hartenstein
home on the Wednesday preced-
Ing the fire. The boy became
frightened and ran home when
he screamed like a crazy man."
police were told.
Evening star., 1950-01-29
Democrats Also Ask
Ruling on Bipartisan
Election Of Council

The Democratic State Central
Committee for Montgomery Coun-
ty yesterday requested court
action to determine whether
County Council elections shall be
non-partiSan.
Following by one week action
on the same issue by the County
Council, the Democrats asked the
Board of Election Supervisors to
start court proceedings.
The problem arose last May
when the county's charter gov
ernment passed legislation re-
quiring County Council candidates
to seek election without party
labels. This conflicts with the
States Lindsay law, which re-
quires party primaries.
The election supervisors have
not indicated which law they plan
to folloW. The County Council
has asked the election super
visors to announce whether nom
partisan or partisan candidacy
certificates will be accepted. 1t
was understood that supporters
of either side would take the
issue to court after the election
supervisors announced a ruling.
The Democrats action, how
ever, asks that the election su-
pervisors take the problem direct
to court.
Any ruling by the elections
board would not be decisive and
might lead to partisan discus
sion which is no part of what is
exclusively legal question, y +"
the Democratic group stated.
Both the County Council and
Democratic Committee hope to
have the issue settled before the
primaries in September.
The Democratic group an.
nounced that one of its members.
Ward w. Caddington, who also
is chief clerk of the elections
board, took no part in the dis,
cussion and vote on the matter,
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drainage Facilities on petition of
81 per cent of the abutting prop
erty owners.
8. Increase the Bowie tax rate
from 80 to a maximum of so cents
per $100 subject to referendum.
4. Rewrite the Bowie town char
ter to clarity its provisions. This
also would be subject to a referen-
dunn.
5. Raise the Edmonston town
tax from so to maximum of 90
cents per $100.
In addition to his assessment
bill Senator Goldstein plans to
submit a measure expanding the
three-man State Tax Commission
to five, one of whom would repre-
sent Southern Maryland.
Evening star., 1950-01-29
Columbia Pike Citizens
Will Meet Tuesduy

The Columbia Pike Citizens AS
sociation of Arlington will meet
at 8 pm. Tuesday in tflesaudi-
torium of the Columbia Pike
Branch of the Old Dominion
Bank.
Speakers will include: Howard
Stanley of Station WEAM, Nor
bert Melnick, Arlington plumbing
inspector, and Ray r. Cogswell,
Arlington electrical inspector.
Evening star., 1950-01-29
Ladies' Night Program Set

The Mems Club of the Woodside
Methodist Church of Silver Spring,
Md. will hold its annual ladies'
night at BIS pm. Tuesday in the
church social hall. Featured on
the program will be the Chesa-
peake & Potomac Telephone Glee
Club under the direction of Rob-
ert Davidson.
Evening star., 1950-01-29

the delegate from Newport News, E"
he said. and read the title.
"It is hereby received here, :"
he went on, "for introduction in
the House at Richmond Monday" J"
That Strengthened things out.
McMurran and Dodson walked
out smiling.
Evening star., 1950-01-29


Requests for construction of
sidewalks in the vicinity of Peyton
Randolph and Henry Clay schools
were earmarked for consideration
in the 1850 budget. Mr.. Lundberg
said walks near the Randolph
School will cost $88,1O0 and in
the Clay School area, $2l4,60
George Duborg, manager of the
Virginia Electric g. Power Co., out
lined steps being taken to correct
a noisy substation at Eleventh and
North Illinois streets. Area resi-
dents protested the condition. The
board asked Mr.. Duborg to report
at the February II meeting.
Joel T.. Broyhill and B. Alden
Lilywhite were named to vacan-
cies on the County Planning Com
mission: Board Member Robert w.
Cox to the County Recreation
Council, and Mr.. Frisbie to the
Northern Virginia Regional Plan.
ming Commission.
Evening star., 1950-11-22

AMERICAN GUERILLA IN THE PHIL
1PP1NES," a goth Century-Fox release.
produced by Lamar Trotti, directed BY
Fritz Lang, screenplay by Lamar Trotti
from the novel by Ira Wolfert. At the
Palace.
Evening star., 1950-11-22
Hollywood Diary
Zonuck Wants Loretta Young
for Come to the Stable SeoueI
By SheiIoh Grohom

to put her signature to the con-
tract.
Joan Crawford has a date al
Palm Springs to rest-aftel
Goodbye, My Fancy" is canned
Don't know any gal who works SC
hard when she's working. And
Joan is still a bit exhausted from
her recent operation.
Evelyn Keyes is shading her
hair back to its normal, very pretty
honey blond. Evelyn went plati-
mum during her campaign further
A couple of top studios are bidding
against each other to sign her to
a long -termer.
William Holden says he doesn't
mind at all being called in from
his layoff and told he is on sus-
pension for refusing a picture. 81
had to be paid one days salary
for their calling me in," he
explains.
Estelle Taylor was applauding
Carl Brisson at the Mocambo
Estelle's escort: Ernest Capretta,
the interior decorator now redoing
the former Rita Hayworth home
owned by Margaret Storm.
(Released by North American Newspaper
Alliance.)
Evening star., 1950-11-22
HOLLYWOOD.


Rita Hayworth and Prince Ali
Khan are leaving France this week
for a lengthy tour Of Africa and
the Moslem countries. Ali Wants
to show his followers the type of
beauty he married. They will be
gone until early next spring. Rita
will get to see the ceremony where
they weigh her father in law
against his weight in gold-or is
it diamonds?
Loretta Young is back from
the East with Husband Tom Lewis.
And her first appointment is with
Daryl Zanuck, who wants her to
star in the sequel to "Come to the
Stable" very attractive film.
I guess Tony Dexter, born
Walter Craig, is as good in
valentino" as his press agents
say-because Producer Edward
Small is now preparing swash-
buckling picture for his prize
property.
Bob Hope will get to stay in
Hollywood for all of three months
after his mammoth Thanksgiving
and Christmas television shows in
New York. He doesn't start "My
Favorite Spy" until January 2.
Tallulah Bankhead regrets but
she doesn't think she'll be able
to star in "Clash by Night" at
RKO with Robert Ryan-too
many other things to do. But
there is a top glamor star waiting
Evening star., 1950-11-22

Tyrone Power and Micheline Prelle-
In form-f1tting roles, but the
events it echoes were clearly q lot
more dramatic than the picture
manages to be.
This is not what should happen
to screenplay written by two
such competent reporters as Ira
Wolfert. who wrote the original
story. and Lamar Trotti who did
the adaptation. Even when shot
against the native island back
ground Of the events being re-
called, there is not enough ex-
citement to make American
Guerrilla" a more than routine
addition to the war films list.
Twentieth Century-Fox has
made the Palace opus with a
whole-souled enthusiasm. 1t is
an impressively thoroughgoing re-
call of details of a battle that
ended in ultimate victory against
insuperable odds.
Powers role is the central one
in American Guerrilla in the Phil
ippines." He is the Ensign Chuck
Palmer of Wolfert's book, an
American PIT boat skipper who re-
fuses to quit a war just because
the Japs have shot his last foot
hold from under him. Palmer'S
notion of what to do next is a
getaway to Australia but when
escape proves futile, he is left to
whatever guerrilla activities he can
find in the islands among the
Filipino people.
AS Wolfert set it down in his
book, there is a strong combative
spirit left among the natives and
a few fiery foreigners. What it
needs is organization and before
Power realizes what has happened
to him, he is UP to his neck in the
project of needing the Japs until
Gen. Macarthur returns.
The challenge of the picture is
to make these hit-and-run opera
tions against the enemy look de-
cisive when everyone involved
knows they really are no such
thing, most of all Director Fritz
Lang.
BY way of providing a dramatic
fill for the lulls, a note of romance
is introduced. Even it turns out
to be rather an awkward problem.
It's awkwardness stems from the
fact that while Ensign Power is a
footloose and strikingly eligible
young man, Miss Prelle's situation
is less happy. She not only is mar
ried but married to a charming,
brave and resourceful man. He
must he disposed of before the
romantic younger people can get
together and even with the Japs
finally available as executioners,
the affair is more dampening than
dramatic.
AS anyone can see, Director
Lang was up against quite diff
cult material.
One rewarding aspect of Amer
lean Guerrilla" is that which grows
out of the decision to make it in
its native setting. This pictur-
esoue landscape which comes UP
brilliantly in Technicolor and as
the setting for guerrilla warfare, it
is patiently perfect.
This is just the jungle depth for
resourceful enemies to play crafty
tricks upon each other and VOL
fert has set down a number of in
cidents which show just how it
worked.
In these, Power is revealed as
Navy chap who is not at all lost
by finding himself out of his nat
ural habitat, which of course was
the case with thousands of fight
ing seamen who did their scrap
ping on land. Wolfert had great
admiration for such men as these,
as we'll he should. AS reflected in
the picture. however, he and his
associates often look less like in
dividuals than symbols.
One passage of the film which
l-t
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|Air Force ObIiges
With Real Wreck
by the Associated Press
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When Universal International
was making arrangements to
spend two weeks on location at
Williams Field, Ariz., for filming
Of "Air Cadet" the studio re-
quested permission to create a
wreck near the landing field.
Don't bother, the Air Force base
advised, We'll save the next real
one for you.
Sure enough, before the U-I
crew arrived, q student pilot
tipped over while making a land
ing. The base roped of the
wreck and tagged it do not re-
pair. Hold for UNIVERSAL Inter-
national"
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this rule is that in which Actor
Tom Ewell. surrounded by Japs,
lies in silent agony while a swarm
of ants dimes on his exposed feet.
Other than this moment, however,
Ewell is the standard comedy
character in another one of those
soldier groups which so many
movies recall.
The story of Philippine resist
ance and ultimate deliverance was
perhaps too dramatic for re-en-
actment by any cast.
The group headed by Power and
Miss Prelle in American Guerrilla"
does it's best but it sounds too
faint to serve its undeniably lofty
purpose.
Evening star., 1950-11-22
3,737 Get Certificates
In Mother Baby Care

A total of 3,737 certificates was
issued last year to persons COM
pleting classes in mother and
baby care and home nursing and
care of the sick and injured. con-
Quoted by the District Red Cross
Nursing Service, the Red Cross
has announced.
Information concerning these
classes may be obtained by call
ing the nursing service at Hobart
$500,
Evening star., 1950-11-22
Drama News and Reviews
FiIipinos' Guerrilla Strife
Recalled at the Palace
By Joy Carmody

There no denying that dreadfy
making American Guerrilla in the Philippines" worthy of
heroic There question: however that the Techni
colored screenplay which off as in
tended
It is all quite big and surface romantic with
Evening star., 1950-11-22
AIumnoe Smoker TONIGHT

The Lincoln University tPa.)
Alumni Association will hold a
smoker at 9 o'clock tonight in the
Delta Sorority House. 1914 Twelfth
street NV.
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Summer Stage

CANVAS THEATER - How
on Earth" an original musi-
cal, nightly except Sunday.
CROSSROADS-"The B a t."
with Edith Aymar, now
showing.
McLEAN-"Private Lives"
with Frances Kerian, start
ing Tuesday.
OLNEY-Hildegarde and her
"One Woman Show" start
ing Tuesday.
SESQUI AMPHITHEATER-
Faith Of Our Fathers"
with Charles F. McClelland,
nightly except Monday.
WATERGATE-Kiss Me
Kate" starting Monday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-08-13

gun against just such an emer-
gency could not discharge his
weapon with the crooks revolver
lying on the floor. So Ralph could
do nothing but close in, grapple
with the fellow and then fall to
the floor, dying.
The audience took it all right
but one of the cops did not. AS
soon as Ralph came off the stage.
this worthy collared him. you're
a great cop!" he said-"the first
one I ever saw killed by a punch
in the stomach"
A qualified grovel seems due
Sam Wanamaker and his Festival
Theater for our earlier sheer at
his efforts to bring repertory to
Broadway. The latest effort, Ib-
sens Lady From the Sea-" with
Luise Rainier, shows that a good
play with a good cast can satisfy
a metropolitan audience - this
even though the choice of vehicle
is questionable-for it is far from
Ibsen's best-and despite Miss
Rainer's falling back in moments
of tension on personal manner
iSmS unbecoming the role.
(Released by the North American
Newspaper Alliance
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It's as Easy
As 1t Looks,

By GIorio Yorbrough
HOLLYWOOD.

Did you ever notice the ap-
parent ease with which Esther
Williams skins through the water
in those lavish color movies? 1t
looks so easy and she seems to
be having a wonderful time. But
just to be sure, I asked her.
IT'S as easy as it looks" she
answered. But that's because I
love it. I've never been afraid of
water. feel at home there.
For the underwater scenes I
save all my strength and breath
for just the moment when the
camera is shooting. AS soon as a
scene is over I shoot up to the
surface"
Wears Out Three Suits.
But there is a lot of work in
every scene. The studio has esti-
mated that for every minute that
Esther swims on the screen, she
spends 25 hours rehearsing.
Esther has at least three copies
of each suit that she wears in a
picture, and all are worn out by
the time the film is finished.
The swimming scenes are
more dangerous than people
realize" said Esther. After you
have been in the water for hours
your skin becomes soft. Then
everything you run into cuts.
I've got cuts all over me-" she
said, displaying an arm with a
long scar.
I'VE did some scenes in the
ocean when we were in the
Hawaiian Islands," said Esther
Its much easier to swim in the
ocean. And I think it will look
much more realistic on the screen
81 was surprised that there are
so few good girl swimmers on the
islands. The men swim like fish
Maybe those wrap-around affairs
the girls wear hinder them.
They look like sarongs anc
are as unstable. The girls take
a couple of yards of bright print
material and wrap it arounc
themselves. They tie it in knot:
around the bust and the hips.
would hate to wear one in high
wind, though. They don't veal
anything underneath"
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Joan BIondeI Back
AtHer Movie Chores
But She Won't Live in Hollywood Because
The Children Prefer School in the East
By SheiIoh Graham

And, at the end Of 1t, what do
you get? Complaints if something
is wrong. No praise if everything
is right. If you were to get a good
notice at the end. maybe it
wouldn't be so bad. But there's
no spotlight for the housewife
it just goes on and on-the work
I mean"
Smog Got Her.
Well, Joan's a pretty good
housewife. She was always chang
ing servants when she was mar
ried to Powell because they
couldn't measure up to her stand
ards of home perfection.
you look very we'll" tell Joan.
IT didn't feel so good at first"
she replies. This new little thing
that's been added to Los Angeles
since left-smog-makeS me feel
very sick. DR.. FRESHMAN put
me in the hospital for obServa-
tion-thought I might have bad
sinus condition. Now I feel fine
you can even get used to smog,
I guess"
When I first met Joan, she was
waiting for her divorce from
Cameraman George Barnes to be
final so she could marry Powell.
Now she isn't waiting to marry
any one. I think she'll be fairly
cautious before taking the leap
again.
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